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DENPASAR — A powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia’s popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, sending people fleeing from their homes and hotels in panic. No tsunami alert was issued. Some roofs collapsed, and witnesses told local radio and television stations they saw cracks in the walls of buildings. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 was centered 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest of the island. It struck 36 miles (60 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor. Although not strong enough to trigger a tsunami, the quake was felt on neighboring Java and Lombok islands, hundreds of miles (kilometers) away. “It knocked me off my motorcycle,” said one badly shaken Bali resident, Miftahul Chusna. Candy Juliani, a public relations officer for the Sanur Beach Hotel, said terrified guests fled the building.
“We have special emergency routes for this type of situation, but everyone was so scared, they just ignored them,” Juliani said. At least 50 people were hurt, suffering cuts, broken bones and head wounds, said Wayan Sudanti, a hospital spokesman. The patients included 12 students and three teachers injured when the ceiling of their high school caved in, said I Gede Tejo from the local disaster agency. The Red Cross said 43 people in the south of the island suffered injuries, including head wounds and broken bones, after some ceilings fell. Seventeen were taken to hospital in the island’s capital Denpasar, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho from the disaster mitigation agency. Continued on page 6
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A Balinese woman walks past a damaged gate at a Hindu temple after an earthquake in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, causing widespread panic and injuring at least 50 people, many with broken bones and head wounds.
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Bali News Six Weeks Left
World Mask Conference Place Still Unknown Singaraja (Bali Post) –
After changing several times, at last the World Mask Festival that’s held by International Mask Art and Culture Organization (IMACO) in Buleleng will be on 30th November until 3rd December 2011. Even its approximately 50 days left counting from last Wednesday (12/10), Buleleng Government haven’t decided where it will be as the Building Project of Singaraja Convention Centre (SCC) at Buleleng Harbour won’t be ready by the time of the festival as it is still on the construction level. For that government did plan to use the House of Representatives or a hotel in Lovina. Vice Regent, Made Arga Pynatih, who became one of the ¿JXUHV EHKLQG WKLV IHVWLYDO DGPLWted to have got the dates decision after a meeting with the Culture and Tourism Minister at Jakarta a while ago. Pynatih stated Buleleng should be proud as the host of the third festival after being commenced in Korea where Pynatih himself signed the agreement with IMACO team. Buleleng was chosen because of the masks existence at Tejakula Village which has a positive appreciation form countries in previous conferences at Korea and Thailand. According to Pynatih, SCC won’t be ready especially on its audio, lights and other equipments for the festival ongoing. For sure, Buleleng Regency has prepared facilities and places to support the conference that will involve 55 countries of the world. (kmb15)
Vandalism seemed to have spread in Klungkung with one of the objects targeted were the board name of Semarapura 7HQJDK +HDG 9LOODJH 2IÂżFH DW Ngurah Rai Street, Klungkung. The writing was ‘ARSJ’ and not known when it actually happened. “It is still unclear when this vandalism was acted. All of a sudden it’s just there,â€? Head of National Economy Section for the village, Doni Arsana Putra,
Denpasar (Bali Post)—
'HVSLWH WKH WKUHDW RI ELUG Ă€X UH emerged in Bali and had claimed two fatalities, in fact it did not have an impact on the singing bird hobbyist community to make a visit to a number of bird markets in Denpasar. “Transactions of birds are almost the same as on previous days, where the sale of singing birds averagely reached 5-8 birds per week,â€? said Wayan, one of singing bird traders in Denpasar, Wednesday (Oct 12). He acknowledged the threat of ELUG Ă€X YLUXV UH HPHUJLQJ UHFHQWO\ LQ Bali could make him worry because he was getting involved in a variety of bird species every day as it was his livelihood. “I always clean up the cages and surrounding area of my kiosk. At OHDVW RWKHU WKDQ EHLQJ FOHDQ WKH ELUG Ă€X virus can be prevented at early stage. All the times I take care of my singing birds,â€? he said. Along with some colleagues, he expected the government, in this regard the Livestock Agency, could immediately take quick action so WKH + 1 ELUG Ă€X YLUXV FRXOG EH
addressed. “Well, at least one of the measures taken is regular spraying to bird markets, not only during the disease outbreak,â€? he hoped. 5HODWHG WR ELUG Ă€X FDVHV WKH +HDG of Bali Livestock Agency, Putu Sumantra, said on Wednesday (Oct 12) that the agency had been making coordination to all regencies/city to take a quick step in the handling and preYHQWLRQ RI ELUG Ă€X FDVHV $GGLWLRQDOO\ he also explained that Bali Livestock Agency had recommended related agencies and the head of livestock health in the regency/city across Bali to take necessary measures to control WKH ELUG Ă€X “The regency/city government is requested to no longer wait for the QHZ SRVLWLYH FDVHV RI ELUG Ă€X ´ KH VDLG )XUWKHUPRUH KH VDLG WKH ÂżUVW VWHS XQdertaken was by spraying the poultry markets in Bali. Poultry markets were targeted for the prevention of the bird Ă€X RXWEUHDN EHFDXVH WKH SODFHV SRVHG the central point of poultry distribution. The spraying effort to those markets was an early prevention against the WUDQVPLVVLRQ RI ELUG Ă€X (bit)
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stated last Wednesday (12/10). Yet it is expected happening around a month ago as the same writing also existed on the south of Batutabih Petrol Station. No one knows who exactly have done it. “It’s probably just someone having fun especially for the YLOODJH KHDG RIÂżFH QR RQH HYHU had a problem with our side,â€? Putra continued. If it was done by pupils, Putra hoped the teacher and head teacher supervises against their
pupils behaviour as this kidn of act disadvantaged general priorities moreover this board is owned by the nation. When contacted separately, Head of High/Vocational Schools, Gusti Ketut Kaler, stated every beginning of year there is an orientation time (MOS) where new pupils given discipline guidance so these schools has been obliged to dos o based on good behaviour and education character. (kmb20)
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%LUG Ă€X YLFWLPV , :D\DQ $OGLDZDQ (10) and sibling I Nengah Rika Ani were cremated at Taman Mumbul around 5 pm local time last Tuesday (11/10) which before that, Head of Forensic Installation for Sanglah Hospital, dr. Dudut Rustyadi, SpF, stated the bodies have been treated based on standard operational procedure (SOP) as the death is due to infection before entering the corpse room around 4 pm. The SOP involved steps such as waiting until its death level to cellular by waiting the body to react for four hours before washed by water with 10 percent chlorine and holes on the body covered by cotton with chlorine also wounds to be plastered then shrouded. “With these steps the body it is assured safe,â€? Rustyadi explained. Meanwhile, Sanglah Hospital Bird Flu Management Team Secretary, dr. Ken Wirasandhi MARS when met
last Wednesday (12/10) revealed to IROORZ WKH 623 ELUG Ă€X YLFWLPV KDYH to be quickly handled by cremation to minimise contact and the virus spreading in the environment and in this sibling case the family have agreed to do so. Connecting to the Balinese tradition of having to do such cremation on the right day, it ZDV DW ÂżUVW WR EH GRQH WKH FRPLQJ Sunday having the bodies placed on the Corpse Room for another week. Yet through Health Agency approach to the family, they then agreed to do it earlier. Last Wednesday (12/10) another ELUG Ă€X VXVSHFW SDWLHQW IURP %DQJOL again got in to Sanglah Hospital with IHYHU DQG Ă€X V\PSWRPV $FFRUGLQJ to Ken this patient did not come from the same area as the siblings and after a lab test it is not caused by a virus yet a bacterial. “The lab test was negative DQG DIWHU FRQÂżUPLQJ IURP WKH SDWLHQW patient was never in contact with birds,â€? Ken concluded. (san)
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occurred several months ago. Seeing the anxiety of the community, the Klungkung Livestock, Fisheries and Maritime Agency (PPK) having the responsibility to control WKH ELUG Ă€X RXWEUHDN ÂżQDOO\ KDQGHG down. The controls were carried out more intensively. One of them was by spraying with disinfectant. If originally performed twice or even once a week, it was then performed every day. The target was not only cattle markets, such as the Cattle Market of Galiran posing the largest market in East Bali but also homes and vehicles carrying poultry coming into Klungkung from other regions. “We have done regular spraying and now the intensity has been increased. If previously we did it once or twice a week, it is now done every day,â€? said the Head of PPK Klungkung, Ni Ketut Suartini. According to Suartini, at least 3,000 poultry entered Klungkung
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12 ZRQGHU LI SHRSOH QRZ ZRUU\ DERXW WKH RXWEUHDN RI ELUG Ă€X 0RUHRYHU LW KDV FODLPHG IDtalities as happened in Bangli Regency. Such anxiety is also felt by Klungkung society, especially WKRVH ZKR DUH YHU\ FORVH RU DGMDFHQW WR %DQJOL 5HJHQF\ 0RUHRYHU WR SXUFKDVH FKLFNHQ Ă€HVK for consumption purposes, residents living in the border area usually tend to look for it in the Bangli Market rather than in the markets in Klungkung Regency. “Yes, I am anxious to buy chicken Ă€HVK ULJKW QRZ )RU D ZKLOH , SUHIHU WR consume tofu for side dish,â€? said Ni Wayan Suartini from Tengah Hamlet, Tohpati Village, Banjarangkan, Klungkung, who claimed to often buy FKLFNHQ Ă€HVK IRU KHU IDPLO\ FRQVXPStion in the markets in the existing region of Tembuku, Bangli. Moreover, in keeping with the ELUG Ă€X RXWEUHDN GR]HQV RI FKLFNHQV owned by local residents also died suddenly. Indeed, so far the residents also knew the term gerubug (Newcastle Disease) where their chickens suddenly died. However, the death of chickens bred conventionally or chickens left to roam around freely also often disturbed people psychologically. “Perhaps, the chicken death LV FDXVHG E\ ELUG Ă€X DQG QRW FDXVHG E\ Newcastle Disease like ever before,â€? said Suartini while adding that sudden death of chickens at Tohpati was the second time after similar incident
Completion target of the data recording for e-ID (electronic identity FDUG SURMHFW LQ 'HFHPEHU LV HQVXUHG WR EH GLIÂżFXOW WR UHDOL]H $ QXPEHU RI obstacles are encountered in some subdistricts up to the difference in the ratio of population number to incomparable amount of the equipment. Head of Jembrana Population, Civil Registry, Manpower and TransPLJUDWLRQ 2IÂżFH .HWXW :LDVSDGD :HGQHVGD\ 2FW UHYHDOHG WKDW KLV party would request a time extension for the making of e-ID card up to two-three months or until next March. Various technical problems found LQ WKH ÂżHOG LQFOXGLQJ WKH GDPDJH RI UHWLQD VFDQQHU WKDW ZRXOG OHDG WR GLIÂżFXOW\ RI UXQQLQJ WKH SURJUDP RQ WDUJHW 3URSRVDO RI WKH WLPH H[WHQVLRQ according to Wiaspada, would be submitted in the National Working Meeting on e-ID cards in mid-October. He said the next national working meeting would indentify a number of constraints occurred in each of the areas implementing the program. Aside from delivering the constraints, his party would also question when the public would receive the ID card and the equipment that so far had not been received by Jembrana. His party did not want if the program of central government would even forfeit the government of Jembrana Regency. Meanwhile, Chairman of the Jembrana House, I Ketut Sugiasa, previously revealed that many people required the ID card quickly. So, if the community could not be served with e-ID card, they should be served with ID card implementing the population information system (SIAK) that remained valid in Jembrana. “Ideally, such ID card should not be revoked ÂżUVW ZKLOH ZDLWLQJ IRU WKH H ,' FDUG ´ VDLG 6XJLDVD Withdrawal of SIAK ID card should be carried out when the community KDG UHFHLYHG WKHLU H ,' FDUG $ QXPEHU RI VXEGLVWULFWV IRXQG GLIÂżFXOties in data recording such as caused by the damage to retina scanner and the device that had not been received so the service provision was KDPSHUHG ,Q DGGLWLRQ WKH GDWD UHFRUGLQJ SURFHVV WRRN ÂżYH PLQXWHV SHU person. On that account, for particular amount of residents multiplied with the existing time was worried if it would not meet the target until next December. (kmb26)
and then they were distributed to the public. They did not include the species of kampong chicken bred conventionally by the community. “Now, it depends on the behavior of society, whether or not they have bred chickens and slaughtered the chickens properly,â€? she said. Obviously, she said the potential of bird Ă€X WUDQVPLVVLRQ RI FDJHG FKLFNHQV and wandering chicken was the same. The fastest spread was through the feces of chickens. $FFRUGLQJ WR 6XDUWLQL WKH ELUG Ă€X had begun to infect to Klungkung since three years ago. Later on, several chickens of residents in Klungkung died suddenly, especially in the area of Tohpati. In the family of Ni Nengah Karpa from Tengah Hamlet, for instance, 26 of 30 her chickens died suddenly and so did the chicken of Wayan Pondok. He bred ten chickens and all died at the beginning of October 2010. (kmb20)
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Having nine years elapsed, the Bali bombing incident in Legian still leaves a profound grief for the victims’ family. Dozens of families including survivors, Wednesday (Oct 12), laid a wreath and held a joint prayer in front of the Ground Zero monument, Legian. Streaks of the families’ grief were still visible when looking at the monument engraving the names of their beloved relatives. A number of tourists seemed unable to hold their grief. Their tears looked dripping when they were gazing at the monument. Even, several of them were hugging and seemed unable to express a single word. Volunteer of Bali bombing incident, H. Bambang, accompanying the entourage of Bali bombing victims revealed the heartbreaking memories remained to ring in the minds of the families and victims even though the incident had gone by for nine years. His party with the victims was still recalling and echoing peace every year in the monument. His party expected that government would not fail to give proper care to bombing victims in Bali and throughout Indonesia. According to him, the bombing victims still needed special care and assistance from the government. In particular, he also highlighted the matter of terrorism Act. He expected the Act could be implemented to the maximum so the acts of terrorism could be reduced to a minimum. Government and the authorities were expected to no longer be missed in an effort to create a favorable situation in the homeland. Aside from the activities at Ground Zero, the memorial event was also resumed in the evening with meditations for peace held on Kuta Beach. Chairman of the Kuta Beach Task Force, IGN Tresna, said the procession was performed by ignition of12 torches, release of 12 turtle KDWFKOLQJV OLJKWLQJ FDQGOHV DQG ÀRZHUV VRZ WR WKH EHDFK 7KH UHÀHFWLRQV posed an attempt to echo the peace throughout the world. (kmb25)
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Commonwealth to discuss changing royal succession Agence France Presse
Commonwealth leaders will discuss proposals to change the rules of succession for the British throne when they meet in Australia later this month, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. Cameron wrote to the leaders of the 15 other Commonwealth realms which have Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state in September to propose allowing first-born daughters and heirs who marry Catholics to inherit the throne. There has long been discussion about changing the archaic and discriminatory rules, but the issue has taken on fresh urgency since the marriage of Prince William, the second in line to the throne, to the former Kate Middleton in May.
Proposals to change the law, which must be approved by all the affected realms, will now be discussed at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Perth, western Australia, from October 28 to 30. “I have written to the heads of state, the prime ministers of the other realms concerned. We will be having a meeting about this at the Commonwealth heads of government conference,” Cameron told the House of Commons on
Wednesday. “It isn’t an easy issue to sort -- for many of them there may be issues and worries about starting a parliamentary or other legal process. “But I’m very clear it’s an issue that we ought to get sorted and I’d be delighted to play a part in doing that.” Labour MP Keith Vaz urged the prime minister to act quickly, saying: “Does he not agree that it’s better that we resolve this matter before rather than after any future royal children are born?” A government spokesman repeated the warning that it was a “complex and difficult issue -- it needs careful thought and consideration”.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton are pictured during a visit to Witton County Park, in Darwen, April 2011 before they married. Commonwealth leaders will discuss proposals to change the rules of succession for the British throne when they meet in Australia later this month, Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday
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A police officer examines suspected explosive devices at the rail tracks nearby the Staaken station in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.
$QRWKHU ۋUHERPE IRXQG near Berlin train tracks Associated Press Writer
BERLIN — German police say they have found another firebomb set to go off next to train tracks in southwest Berlin. Federal police spokesman Meik Gauer said Thursday that experts were on hand to defuse the device. Sixteen firebombs have been found in nine locations since Monday and hundreds of trains have been delayed because of partial
shutdowns, but there have been no injuries. Two have gone off — one damaging a track west of the city and another igniting but not exploding in Berlin with little effect. Gauer says it is not known when the most recent bomb was placed — and authorities have said that all of the devices could have been planted at the same time over the weekend. A previously unknown leftist group has claimed responsibility for one of the firebombs.
SEAL BEACH, California — A gunman opened fire Wednesday in a busy hair salon, killing eight people and critically wounding another while leaving bodies scattered throughout the business in a normally sedate Southern California beach community. The gunman got into a truck and drove away from Salon Meritage after opening fire. A suspect was stopped by officers about a half-mile away and surrendered without incident while saying he had multiple weapons with him, police Sgt. Steve Bowles said. Authorities did not immediately release his name or those of the victims. In all, one man and five women died at the salon, one man and one woman died after being transported to a nearby hospital, and one woman remained in critical condition late Wednesday. Friends of the salon owner said the gunman was the ex-husband of a stylist who worked there. Bowles would only say, “There may be something to the motive as to a relationship with somebody in the salon, that is our assumption.” He declined to elaborate later. Kimberly Criswell, who owns a salon just two doors down from the scene of the shootings, said she and her customers and employees heard gunshots, and her receptionist saw a man through a window as he was
shot in a parking lot. “There was like a pop, pop and my receptionist screamed, ‘he just shot that man’ and we all ran into the bathroom and locked the door,’” Criswell said. Glenn Zachman, who owns a video news-gathering service, said he arrived at the scene of the arrest shortly after police and saw they had placed plastic bags over the man’s hands to preserve possible gunshot residue. He also saw a bulletproof vest on the back of a patrol car but didn’t know if the man, dressed in a button-down shirt and pants, had been wearing it. The man, in handcuffs, was placed in a patrol car and taken away about two-and-a-half hours
after the shooting. A new white pickup truck that was believed to be his was parked on the modest residential street with its doors open. The man was cooperative when officers, working from a description of the shooter, stopped him near the salon, Bowles said. Shortly after he was arrested, police arrived at a house on Melody Lane in nearby Huntington Beach and escorted two women to a white car and then roped off the house with crime scene tape. Neighbors identified photos of the alleged shooter as their neighbor Scott. The house is registered to Scott Dekraai, and one of the licensed cosmetologists at the salon was Michelle Dekraai.
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Friends and acquaintances react near the Salon Meritage in Seal Beach, Calif. where nine people were shot, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.
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JIMBARAN - Ayana Resort and Spa Bali has been announced Asia’s Best Resort in the 2011 Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, as voted by over 28,000 travelers. With an overall score of 95.7, Ayana topped the list of the 20 Best Resorts in Asia and ranked 42 of the 100 Best Resorts in the World, in the magazine’s annual Readers’ Survey. The survey collated 8 million votes from discerning travelers across all categories to make it the travel industry’s most extensive and prestigious compendium of the world’s best destinations and places to stay. Armed with the slogan ‘Truth in Travel’, Conde Nast Traveler is the world’s leading travel publication, with some 800,000 paid subscribers and audited circulation of 3.5 million. “These awards reflect the combined opinions of 28,876 Condé Nast Traveler readers rating the cities, islands, and hotels they visited in the past year, and the airlines and cruise ships they traveled with. For its range and depth, the Readers’ Choice Awards are a unique and trusted source of advice globally,” the magazine said on its website www.concierge.com, where the full list of results is available. The results will also be released in the November issue of the print edition.
Ayana General Manager Charles de Foucault thanked travelers for their continuing support since the resort rebranded in April 2009, when it was brought under the management of West Paces Hotel Group led by Horst Schulze. “This award reaffirms the vision and excellence of our owner and the leadership of West Paces Hotel Group, but most of all it reflects our guests’ recognition of the passion, care and dedication of our 900+ staff, “ said Charles. “While Ayana’s facilities and amenities are world-class, it is really our staff who have won this award. They do not think of awards when they serve our guests, but they are the living example of Maya Angelou’s famous quote, ‘People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’ The awards are a byproduct of their natural care and dedication to provide a memorable stay for every guest, and so I congratulate all of our staff for this well-deserved recognition; they are Asia’s Best.” The award is one of several accolades bestowed upon the resort recently. Ayana was voted Indonesia’s Leading Resort and Indonesia’s Leading Spa Resort in the World Travel Awards last month, while Rock Bar was voted Bali’s Best Sunset Venue at The Yak Readers’ Awards.
Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for October 11 through October 29, 2011 11 Oct Purnama Kapat Bhatara Tiga Sakti (Padmasana) Penataran Agung Besakih Meru Cakra Lombok Lempuyang Madya Karangasem Penerejon Temple Kintamani Pulaki Temple Buleleng Tirta Emupul Tampak Siring Puseh, Village T, Penataran, Luhuring Akasa, Bhatara Hyang Basukih Cemenggoan Sukawati Tirta Temple Negari Singapadu Puseh-Pr. Desa. Penataran Tangsub Sukawati Penataran Agung Tegalalangm Desa Denjalan Batubulan Puseh Temple Singakerta Ubud Nataran Sanding Tampaksiring Bakung Temple Ceningan Nusa Penida Pasek Getas Kawan Kedewatan Ubud Agung Dukuh Sakti Pangku/Subamia Braban Pasek Gelgel Carik Selemadeg Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Klating Dukuh Kerambitan Pasek Bendesa Mas Gadungan Selemadeng Agung Pasek Temple Tohjiwa Wanasari Selemadeg Pr. Penataran Pasek Kayu Putih Bandem Karangsem Puseh Werdi Agung emoga Bolang Mangondow Sulut Dukuh Segening Wangsiang Karangasem Dalem Kahyangan Arya Gajahpare Sukaluwih Tejakula Buleleng Pasraman Suci Temple Renon Denpasar Penaratan Agung Kertabumi T. M. I. I. Jakarta Timur Puru Luwur Waisnawa, Asah Badung-Sepang Buleleng Ulun Danu Batur Songan Kintamani Agung Surya Bhuwana Skyline JayaPapua Dalem Bengkel Temple Ubung Denpasar Merajan Suci Geriya Penataran Gemeh Denpasar Pejenggali Temple Tegalalang Pasek Bendesa Gadungan Selemadeg Tabanan Panti Pasek Gelgel Meliling Kerambitan Pajenengan Dukuh Ogan Sangkan Gunung Rendang Karangasem Dadia Dukuh Segening Lampung Tengah
Dukuh Sakti Blatung Kuruh Kerambitan Gumang (bukit Juru) Bugbug Karangasem Kawitan Arya Samping Banjar Langon Kapal Pejenengan Pulasari Desa Dukuh Sidemen Karangasem Segara Penimbangan Bakti Segara Buleleng Puseh Yeh Ulakan Suana Nusa Penida Pr. Mentik Ring Gunung Lebah Batur Kintamani Pasek Tangkas Kori Agung Kuruh Kerambitan Pr. Penataran Ubud Luhur Giri Kusuma Daun Peken Blahkiuh Abiansemal Pemerajan Agung Jambe Guwang Busungbiu Buleleng Dalem Puri Temple Batuan Sukawati Dalem Temple Kediri Silakarang Singapadu Dalem Temple Sukawati Dalem Temple Singakerta Ubud 19 Oct Buda Keliwon Ugu Dalem Tarukan Temple Peninjoan Tembuku - Bangli Pasek Gelgel Boading Kaba-kaba - Tabanan Pemayun Temple Banyuning Tengah - Buleleng Desa Kayangan Tiga Bubunan Seririt - Buleleng Agung Gunung Raung Taro Kaja Taro - Tegalalang Merajan Pasek Dangka Bungbungan 29 Oct Tumpek Wayang Majapahit Temple Jembrana Odalan Betara ratu Gede Celuk Sukawati Odalan Betara Ratu Wedyadari Camenggaon Sukawati Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Denpasar Betara Ratu Alit dan Ratu Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pedarmaan Dalem Sukawati Besakih Pedarmaan Mengwi Besakih Pedarmaan Kaba-kaba Besakih Pedarmaan dalem Bakas Besakih Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Pegatepan Gelgel Klungkung Merajan Pasek Bendesa Kori Agung Pengatepan Pedarmaan Dinasti dalem sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Temple Besakih (Dalem Klungkung) Penataran Giri Purwa & Pesraman Kendal Rejo Tegal Delimo Banyuangi 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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Philippine hostage stand-off ends safely: police Agence France Presse
Armed robbers in the Philippines who held eight people hostage at a bank released all their captives unharmed and surrendered after a stand-off lasting more than two hours, authorities said. Four gunmen were robbing the bank in Bacoor city, just outside the Philippine capital, when responding policemen arrived. The gunmen then seized eight bank workers, national police spokesman Agrimero Cruz said. They initially set free one of the hostages who had a health problem, then released all the others unharmed shortly before 3:00 pm (0700 GMT), Bacoor Mayor Strike Revilla said on ABS-CBN television. “They have all come out and they have released all their hostages,� Revilla said. “We had negotiations and the robbers were OK. They were calm and our negotiations had the right result.�
Tight race seen as Liberia gears for vote results Reuters AP Photo/Kevin Frayer
King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck,left, and Queen Jetsun Pema sit during Buddhist blessings prior to their marriage at the Punakha Dzong, in Punakha, Bhutan, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011.
King of Bhutan marries in elaborate ceremony Assiociated Press Writer
381$.+$ %KXWDQ ² 7KH ÂżIWK 'UDJRQ .LQJ FDPH GRZQ IURP KLV JROGHQ WKURQH WR SODFH D VLON FURZQ XSRQ WKH KHDG RI KLV EULGH 0RQNV FKDQWHG LQ FHOHEUDWLRQ DQG VKH WRRN KHU VHDW beside him Thursday morning, the new ueen of the tiny imalayan nation of Bhutan. The wedding of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck to his commoner bride, Jetsun Pema, has captivated a nation that had grown impatient with their 31-year-old bachelor king’s lack of urgency to take a wife and start a family since his father retired and handed power to him five years ago. Thousands of Bhutanese from the surrounding villages joined the king and queen at their wedding reception at a fairground outside the country’s most sacred monastery fortress, where a slate of dancers performed traditional routines for the new couple. “I have longed for this celebration, and here it is,â€? said Pema Gyeltshen, a nearby villager, as he watched the dancing. When the king, who has a
reputation as a down-to-earth and accessible leader, was asked how it felt to be married, he asked his questioner if she was married. When she said no, he responded: “It’s great you should try it yourself.� The celebrations began at :20 a.m. a time set by royal astrologers when the king, wearing the royal yellow sash over a golden robe with red flowers and multicolored boots, walked into the courtyard of the 17th century monastery in the old capital of Punakha and proceeded up the high staircase inside. A few minutes later, his 21year-old bride, the daughter of an airline pilot, arrived at the end of a procession of red-robed monks and flag bearers across a wooden footbridge over the wide, blue river beside the fort
and followed him inside. S i nge rs c ha nt e d s ongs of celebration amid the clanging of drums and the drone of long dhung trumpets. She wore a traditional wraparound skirt with a gold jacket with deep red cuffs. Inside, the nation’s top cleric, who presided over the wedding, performed a purification ceremony for the couple in front of a massive 100-foot (30-meter) Thongdal tapestry of Bhutan’s 17th century founder, the monkking Zhabdrung. The pair then proceeded to the temple for a ceremony broadcast live on national television, save for a few minutes when the king, his father and the cleric, known as the Je Khenpo, entered the sacred tomb of Zhabdrung, where only they are allowed.
MONRO IA - /LEHULD LV WR UHOHDVH D ÂżUVW EDWFK RI RIÂżFLDO UHVXOWV RQ Thursday from its hotly contested presidential election, in which Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is seeking a second term. $Q XQRIÂżFLDO SDUWLDO WDOO\ UHOHDVHG RQ 7KXUVGD\ E\ D ORFDO PHGLD DVVRFLDtion, the Liberia Media Center (LMC), showed Johnson-Sirleaf had an edge over her main rival Winston Tubman, with percent to his 36 percent of some 3 0,000 votes counted. Ex-rebel leader Prince Johnson is in third place with 12 percent, acFRUGLQJ WR WKH /0& ÂżJXUHV ZKLFK LW VD\V DUH D WDOO\ RI UHVXOWV SRVWHG E\ the National Election Commission at individual polling stations around the country. That could make him a possible kingmaker in any second-round runoff. “If there is a run-off, I will get to my constituencies to ask them which way to go. Based on what they will tell me, I will then make a decision, but for now, I cannot say anything. We represent a huge group of people,â€? Prince Johnson told Reuters on Thursday. The vote is seen as a test of Liberia’s progress since the 19 9-2003 civil war killed nearly a quarter of a million people and left infrastructure in ruins. If smooth, the election could pave the way to billions of dollars in investment in Liberia’s mining, energy and agriculture sectors. “We are all waiting for the results, and from my perspective, I think they will be accepted,â€? said Amadou Kante, a resident of the Sinkor neighborhood in the capital Monrovia.
Bali rattled... From page 1 The epicenter of the quake was about 100 miles southwest of Denpasar, the U.S. geological survey said. Caroline Mercier, a 0-year-old tourist in the island’s cultural center of Ubud, said she was used to feeling quakes in California, but never like this one. “It started at my feet and went all though my heart and head -- it made PH QDXVHRXV 0\ ÂżUVW UHDFWLRQ ZDV to get out of the house. I was very confused when the roof started shaking,â€? she told Reuters. Novotel Bali Benoa, one of many resorts in the luxury southern beach area of Nusa Dua, evacuated its guests as the hotel shook for a minute. “The funny thing is that the foreign guests who were sitting in the
lobby did not feel the shaking. They started running when hearing people say there’s an earthquake’ while running down the lobby,� hotel worker Ariyanti told Reuters. Endro Tjahjono, head of information at Bali’s meteorology agency, said there was no tsunami potential. Cracks appeared in the walls and glass lobby windows of KLV RI¿FH LQ WKH VRXWKHUQ WRZQ RI .XWD DQG VRPH WRS ÀRRU FHLOLQJV fell, he said. Indonesia straddles a series of fault lines that makes the vast island nation prone to volcanic and seismic activity. A giant quake off the country on Dec. 26, 200 , triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, half of them in Indonesia’s westernmost province of Aceh.
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Indonesia sentences jihadist to 8 years Associated Press
JAKARTA — An Indonesian militant was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for helping set up a terrorist cell plotting attacks on Western hotels and embassies in the capital. Abu Tholut is among more than 120 alleged members of “Tanzim Al Qaeda in Aceh” captured or killed since authorities discovered their jihadi training camp in westernmost Aceh province early last year. Judge Musa Arif Aini told the West Jakarta District Court the 50year-old Islamic militant helped set up the camp and procure M16 assault rifles and other weapons for the group. Tholut, also known as Mustofa, became one of Indonesia’s mostwanted fugitives after Noordin Top and Dulmatin — master bomb mak-
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Indonesia Freeport workers lower pay demand Associated Press
TIMIKA — Striking workers at Freeport-McMoRan’s giant gold and copper mine in Indonesia say they have lowered their pay demand to allow for new negotiations. Union spokesman Juli Parorongan says they will demand an initial
increase of $7.50 instead of $17.50 to $43 per hour. The mine’s 12,000 employees are currently paid between $2.10 to $3.50 an hour. Most of them have been on strike since Sept. 15 and they are slated to continue until mid-November. Parorongan said Wednesday
that they hoped the management would attend a Thursday meeting with mediating local authorities where they would convey their new demand. It’s the second strike this year at the gold and copper mine, one of the world’s biggest. The first in July ended after eight days.
President starts calling prospective ministers to Cikeas Antara
CIKEAS - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday morning started calling prospective ministers to his private Cikeas home in Bogor, West Java. Presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said the head of state started calling the prospective minister around 10 am to his home in Cikeas. “The president started calling the candidates for deputy ministers at 10 on Thursday morning,” Julian said. He said the candidates for deputy ministers might come from both professional and non-professional circles. “Let us wait and see. As we
know the number of the candidates for deputy ministers has been clear but maybe there will be some more for positions deemed important,” Julian said. He added that after President Yudhoyono had called the candidates for deputy ministers, he would call candidates for full ministerial posts. According to Julian, President Yudhoyono had earlier issued a circular to all cabinet ministers asking them not to make strategic policies until he had announced a cabinet reshuffle. He said the circular was designed to maintain the continuity of government policies before and after the cabinet shakeup was an-
nounced. “It (the circular) is a presidential instruction. It was issued ahead of the reshuffle so the ministers will not take any strategic step or issue any strtgic policy before the cabinet reshuffle has been announced,” he said. The circular contained a ban on the issuance of strategic policies including ministerial regulations and other regulations at each ministry, he said. Yet the ban did not apply to deliberations on draft laws, draft state budget and policies involving other state institutes, he said. The circular had been sent to all ministries, with copies addressed to all state institutes, he said.
An Indonesian militant , Abu Tholut, center, arrives for his trial at the West Jakarta District Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. Tholut has been sentenced to eight years in prison for helping set up a terrorist cell plotting attacks on Western hotels and embassies in the capital.
ers for the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network — were killed in police raids last year. He was convicted for involvement in a 2001 bomb blast at a shopping plaza in central Jakarta that wounded six. He served five years of an eight-year sentence and was released for good behavior. Like dozens of other convicted Islamist extremists in the world’s most populous Muslim nation he returned to his terrorist network after his release. Indonesia was thrust onto the front lines of the battle against terrorism in 2002, when Jemaah Islamiyah militants bombed two crowded nightclubs on the resort island of Bali, killing 202 people, many of them foreign tourists. There have been several suicide bombings targeting Western hotels, restaurants and an embassy since then, but all have been far less deadly. The last occurred more than two years ago.
Indonesia needs to grow at least nine percent Antara
JAKARTA - An economist said Indonesia needs to grow minimally nine percent in 2015. A growth of 6.5 percent would not as yet guarantee a better life for the Indonesian people, the observer, M Chatib Basri from state University of Indonesia said in a CIMB Niaga Economic Outlook Conference here on Wednesday. He said Indonesia needs to grow minimally nine percent in 2015 considering global volatility and future challenges. “When asked about the target of six to seven percent growth I am convinced we could realize it without government intervention. The problem is the target is not sufficient. We need growth at nine percent levels,” he said. He said if Indonesia could grow at only six to seven percent people would be trapped into a potential poverty because it would not be able to catch up with the emerging markets. He said because of the large population in the working force category it would be easy for Indonesia to grow up to seven percent. This is because domestic consumption rate is high, he said. “That is why companies like Astra or Unilever can grow well in the middle of current crisis. So without government efforts we could grow,” he said. To achieve a nine percent growth Chatib said infrastructure had to be improved. With the settlement of infrastructure problems logistic obstacles that have so far hindered domestic trade would be overcome, he said. “Look. Why Astra does not want to build a plant here. It is because the logistic cost between regions is far higher than the cost of imports. So, if the problem could be overcome I believe a nine percent growth is not impossible to achieve,” he said.
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186$ '8$ $6($1 VHQLRU RIÂżFLDOV FRQYHQHG D PHHWLQJ KHUH RQ :HGQHVGD\ WR VWUHVV WKH FRRUGLQDWLRQ RI WKH $6($1 FRPPXQLW\ÂśV WKUHH SLOODUV “Overall, this meeting is a coordination meeting of senior officials to stress ASEAN community’s three pillars in the political, economic and sociocultural fields,â€? Priatna, a senior official of the ASEAN Cooperation Directorate General at the Indonesian Foreign Ministry said here on Wednesday night. The ASEAN senior officials meeting which kicked off on Monday will end on Friday. According to him, each of the senior officials would verify themes and interests in the three
pillars before being endorsed by their heads of state government at the ASEAN Summit here on November 13-19. “So the meeting is like a tool to know the interests of each other’s country in respect to the three pillars,� he said.
ASEAN senior ofďŹ cials convened a meeting here on Wednesday to stress the coordination of the ASEAN community’s three pillars.
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%DOL *HDUV 8S )RU $6($1 $6($1 (DVW $VLD 6XPPLWV BALI which hosted the first ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit in February 1976, will be the venue of another ASEAN Summit on November 17, 2011. The upcoming 19th ASEAN Summit will be the second ASEAN summit organized by Indonesia, the current Chair of ASEAN, this year after the 1 th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, May 2011. In conjunction with the 19th ASEAN Summit, the Sixth East Asian Summit which is to be attended by the leaders of ASEAN plus Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Russia and the US, will also be held in Bali on November 19, 2011. The United States and Russia ZLOO SDUWLFLSDWH IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH in the East Asian Summit. Besides, there will also be an ASEAN Plus Three (Japan, China and South Korea) summit on November 1 , 2011. The three summits will all be held at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center. On the sidelines of the three summits, there will be among other things the Third ASEAN-US Summit to discuss ASEAN-US cooperation in the Southeast Asian region and at global level, Foreign Ministry spokesman Michael Tene said at a press conference in Ja-
karta on October 7, 2011. More than 2,000 journalists from around the world were expected to cover the event, Communication and Informatics Minister Tifatul Sembiring reported to Vice President Boediono in Jakarta, on October 6, 2011 during a meeting discussing the preparations for the Summits. “US President Barack Obama alone will bring along about 150 American journalists,� the minister said as quoted by a spokesman of the vice president. Prior to attending the East Asia Summit, President Obama is scheduled to attend the ASEAN-US Summit in Bali, on November 1 . Established in 1967, ASEAN groups Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam. Indonesia’s theme for its ASEAN chairmanship is “ASEAN Community in a Global Community of Nations�. Besides Obama, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are also expected to join the Summits. Vice President Boediono inspected the venue of the Summits and expressed optimism that Indonesia would host the events
successfully. “I am also optimistic we will be a good host,� he told newsmen at Ngurah Rai airport, Denpasar, Bali Province, on Tuesday (Oct 11) after inspecting the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center as the venue for the Summits and Hotel Ayodhya which is to be used as a retreat for the leaders of ASEAN and the association’s dialogue partners. Boediono was flanked by Chief Security Minister Djoko Suyanto, Deputy Foreign Minister Triyono Wibowo and Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika during the inspection. As almost 20 world leaders, including US President Barack Obama, are expected to gather in Bali, security naturally must become a priority concern for the Bali provincial administration. “We as the party responsible for national security will guarantee the safety of all the foreign dignitaries attending the summit in Bali,� Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto said when accompanying the vice president during the inspection of the Summit locations earlier this month. He said although none of those countries had requested special security arrangements,
his office had been coordinating with their security authorities. Minister Djoko said although Bali was accustomed to the need for security preparations ahead of international events, his office deemed it necessary to take extra precautions for the ASEAN Summits and EAS as they would be attended by quite a number of world leaders. Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika also has ensured Bali is secure and ready to welcome participants of the summits and is secure. “Nothing will happen that could hinder its preparations, stability and its personnel’s readiness,� the governor said in Denpasar, recently. Four F16 jet fighters will escort planes carrying the heads of state government to attend the Bali summits. “Where air territory is concerned, we will escort the journey of the heads of state government from the national defense territory to Bali using F16 jet fighters until they land,� Commander of Bali’s Ngurah Rai Air Base Lt. Col. Jumarto said on Sunday. Three warships will be made standby in Bali Waters during the Summits. Around 600
Naval officers would also be deployed to secure Bali, Commander of the Main Naval Base V Denpasar Colonel I Wayan Suarjana said in Denpasar last Sunday (Oct 9). “The area to be secured of course the whole Bali are, but for the Summits, we will concentrate on soutern and northern parts of Bali,� he said. Denpasar’s Ngurah Rai aiport meanwhile had also provided extra parking space for six widebodied planes that would carry the leaders of foreign nations to Balo for the summits. Besides the parking lot for six wide-bodied planes the airport had also provided space for the parking of Air Force aircraft that would be assigned to safeguard the air territory in Bali during the event. Medium-sized planes belonging to heads of states government would be parked in Surabaya. This has to be put in order to ensure that commercial flights at Ngurah Rai would not be disturbed. He said the Bali provincial administration would issue rules or make arrangements to mitigate the inconveniences tourists may experience during the top level conferences.
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Balinese Culture Balinese women:
,Q GHYRWLRQDO VHUYLFHV WKURXJK WKH DUWV Beauty can stop everyone’s eyes ÀLFNHULQJ %HDXW\ RI WKH NLG VRQJ can lullaby a baby. Similarly, beauty also can toss the imagination, soothe the mind and draw people to get near. Bali has many sources of that beauty offering the charm of nature, culture or adventure. By maintaining traditions inspired by Hinduism, Balinese people go on running in harmony with the time. In other words, they do not feel inferior because of inheriting those traditions. Beauty in the form of various dance movements has been introduced since early ages. On seeing a dance staged, a toddler PD\ ZDWFK LW DWWHQWLYHO\ RU LWV ¿Qgers move and move as if imitating the movement of the dance. Virtually all customary villages in Bali have gamelan troupe. This troupe plays important role in expressing their entertainment arts and accompanying every ritual activity. This existence gives opportunity to villagers from child to adult to express their artistic talent especially in dance, drama and gamelan arts. Young girls under twelve or elementary school age have a chance to participate in performing Rejang Dance. By wearing white and yellow costumes and ÀRUDO GHFRUDWLRQ RQ KHDG WKH\ GDQFH beautifully accompanied by gamelan music. Rejang Dance is one of the sacred dances performed in relation to the organization of temple anniversary
or odalan. Other than putting a basic love to their tradition, they also show devotional service or ngatur ayah through the arts. When they grow older, right on entering secondary school, they join customary village youth club or Sekaa Taruna. Here, with their male friends and their brothers and sisters start to learn about organization. Many things can be learned through this organizaWLRQ 6LQFH LW KDV DIÂżOLDWLRQ WR FXVWRPary village, they can learn about the making of some simple oblation under guidance of senior oblation maker and various traditional arts. In Bali, this youth club actually play important role in preparing young generation to maintain their valuable cultural heritages or to prepare themselves for inheriting customary responsibility. With their male counterpart, here the young girls also learn to play drama or more complex traditional arts. Popular genres of performance showed are pure entertainment and the one in combination with sacred dance. The latter usually features Calonarang. This magical drama involves a combination of male and female players. In essence, this Calonarang drama KLJKOLJKWV WKH HQGOHVV ÂżJKW EHWZHHQ truth and untruth symbolizing by sanctified effigies or tapakan like Rangda and Barong. By and large, it is also associated with ritual events at local temple. In the following stage, when wom-
an gets married she will enter the new organization, namely customary village. Having learned much about ritual works, it is now the time to practice them in wider social life. They should attend some socio-religious activities when the events engage the members of customary village. At this stage, household mother can remain to show her devotional service through the arts other than social works. Through the arts, they may join the drama or individual psalmodic singing or pasantian. How is about their private life It is normal as others. They also have opportunity to build career in their profession. In modern life with heterogeneous professions as today, woman also works as men do. Traditions do not impede them to reach outstanding achievement in self-employee or RIÂżFH MRE ,I WKH\ ZRUN DW GD\WLPH some social works will be held at the evening. Tradition is not something obsolete. Even, it retains abundant inspirations to create something new and creative that is advantageous for modern life. However, traditions should also be reviewed and adjust to the current condition without leaving behind its core. Tradition does not hinder women to get their career achievement. Even, it stays to give them a channel to express their spiritual sense through devotional services. (BTN punia)
BUBUH INJIN (Black Rice Pudding) OVERVIEW: Different versions of this Balinese snack are a great favorite with visitors to Bali. INGREDIENTS: 1 cup black glutinous rice ž cup white glutinous rice 2 pandan leaves 5 cups water ½ cup palm sugar syrup 1½ cup freshly squeezed thick coconut milk PREPARATION: 1. Rinse both lots of rice well for 2 minutes under running water. Drain 2. Put 5 cups water, both lots of rice and pandan leaf into heavy stockpot. Simmer over medium heat approximately 40 minutes. 3. Add palm sugar syrup and continue to cook until most liquid has evaporated. Season with a pinch of salt. Remove from heat and allow cooling. 4. Serve at room temperature, topped with freshly squeezed coconut milk. Helpful hints: As fresh coconut milk turns rancid fairly quickly, a pinch of salt is usually added to the milk to help preserve it for few hours. A more effective alternative is to cook the coconut milk with 1 teaspoon of cornstarch diluted in a little water: heat gently, stirring constantly for a couple of minutes. This coconut sauce will keep overnight. Milk made from instant powdered coconut will not turn rancid, although the avor is not as good as fresh coconut milk. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)
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Jayaprana and Layonsari Grave IBP
In Teluk Terima, a short distance under the way, visits Makam Jayaprana, gravesite of Jayaprana. According to the legend of Balinese, Jayaprana was an orphan who was bred by the rule of the village of Kalianget. As an adult he married the charming Nyoman Layonsari of the neighboring village of Banjar. Nevertheless, the same rule fell in love with the wife of Jayaprana and projected to kill Jayaprana. He sent Jayaprana with an army to attack and destroy the pirates. He said the pirates had arrived in Bali of the northwest. In arrival in Teluk Terima, the minister of the rule killed and buried Jayaprana. When the rule requested Layonsari to marry him, nevertheless, she chose to continue being faithful her husband and trusted suicide. JayapranaThe tomb of the temple of the Jayaprana is a long ascent and escarped but the visions from around halfway to traverse to Mount Semeru in Java, the island of Menjangan, and Gilimanuk in the western extremity of Bali. The Temple contains a case of crystal that exhibits the statues of Jayaprana and Layonsari, are very sacred.
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BUSINESS IMF trims Asian growth forecasts as risks grow Associated Press
ONG KONG The International Monetary Fund trimmed its economic growth forecasts for Asia on Thursday EHFDXVH RI ¿QDQFLDO WXUEXOHQFH LQ (XURSH DQG D SRVVLEOH slowdown in the .S. The risks to Asia’s growth are “decidedly tilted to the downside” reflecting the negative outlooks for Europe and the U.S., which are the major markets for the region’s exports, the IMF said in a twiceyearly report. Asia’s economic growth is forecast to average 6.3 percent in 2011, rising to 6.7 percent in 2012. That’s lower than the IMF’s April forecast of nearly 7 percent in both years. IMF officials warned that an escalation of the debt crisis affecting nations that use the euro, and a more severe slowdown in the United States, would hit Asia too.
Europe and the U.S. together still “constitute more than a third of trade in Asia, therefore any uncertainties ... in advanced economies will have a significant effect on Asia,” said IMF Asia-Pacific Director Anoop Singh. “Although domestic demand remains strong, we cannot assume Asia will be immune from risks if they materialize in the rest of the world,” said Singh. Inflation is still strong in a number of Asian countries but the report said consumer prices are expected to ease after peaking this year as food and energy prices “gradually moderate.”
South Korean head at White House after trade approval Associated Press
AS INGTON South Korea’s president is set to visit the White House a day after Congress approved a longsought free-trade agreement. President Lee Myung-bak will also on Thursday become the first South Korean leader in 13 years to address a joint meeting of Congress. The high-profile state visit will cement his standing as
President Barack Obama’s staunchest ally in Asia. Congress approved the trade pact Wednesday, some four years after it was first agreed by the two governments. South Korea’s legislature must also approve it before it takes effect. The pact is expected to generate tens of thousands of jobs and boost the U.S. trade agenda in the economically vibrant Asia-Pacific region.
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People walk by the Apple Store in Sydney, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. An Australian court temporarily banned Samsung from selling its new Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the country, after rival technology giant Apple accused the company of copying features from its popular iPad tablet.
China’s trade surplus narrows in September coming months.” Exports to the European Union, China’s politically sensitive China’s biggest trade partner, fell trade surplus fell to 1 .51 billion to 31.6 billion in September from 3 .2 billion in August, customs in September as exports slowed sharply, hit by economic turmoil in data showed. Shipments to the United States the United States and Europe, ofwere steady at 30.1 billion last ¿FLDO GDWD VKRZHG 7KXUVGD\ The data is likely to boost Bei- month. “This has been a long time jing’s argument for its control of the yuan currency but fuel concerns coming,” said Alistair Thornton, a about the country’s vast manufactur- Beijing-based analyst at IHS Global ing sector, which employs millions Insight. “We have seen the gradual deteof workers and has been contracting rioration in the eurozone and United for several months. Exports rose 17.1 percent year States markets for a while. It takes on year to 169.7 billion, compared time for that to feed into the trade with a rise of 2 .5 percent in Au- data and it looks like that has started gust, the customs agency said in a to happen now.” Despite the weak data, the statement. Imports expanded 20.9 percent to Shanghai Composite Index was up 155.2 billion in September from a 0.39 percent at 2, 29.3 in afteryear earlier, compared with an in- noon trade. The closely watched trade surcrease of 30.2 percent in August. “Some impact from weaker plus fell from 17. billion in Auglobal growth was to be expected, gust, marking the second straight and it looks like this is starting to month of contraction. Economists had forecast a happen,” said Brian Jackson, senior 17.25 billion surplus, accordstrategist at Royal Bank of Canada ing to a Dow Jones Newswires in Hong Kong. “We don’t expect China’s ex- survey. The figure is a perennial point ports to collapse as sharply as they did at the end of 200 , but risks of contention for China’s key DUH GH¿QLWHO\ VNHZHG WR D IXUWKHU trade partners, the United States moderation in external demand in and Europe, who argue the counAgence France-Presse
try’s currency is grossly undervalued, which gives its exporters an unfair advantage. Earlier this week the US Senate passed legislation to punish China for its alleged currency manipulation -- a charge Beijing has repeatedly denied. China has denounced the bill as a “ticking time-bomb” that threatens to blow up trade ties between the economic superpowers, and US House Speaker John Boehner has signalled he would block the bill to prevent a “trade war”. The latest trade data will bolster China’s defence of its yuan exchange rate -- which it has repeatedly pledged to make more flexible -- though it is unlikely to silence the critics, analysts said. China continues to strictly control the value of the yuan despite vowing in June 2010 to let it trade more freely against the dollar. Since then, the currency has appreciated more than seven percent against the greenback. “Chinese officials will be able to cite today’s data as evidence that exporters are already feeling the pinch from the recent appreciation of the yuan in tradeweighted terms,” said Jackson.
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Mike Daisey goes after Apple, the late Steve Jobs Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — Normally, the launch of a new Apple device such as the iPhone 4S would make Mike Daisey salivate. But not this year. Daisey, a monologuist in the vein of Spalding Gray and a recovering “Apple fanboy,” hasn’t upgraded his phone since flying to China to investigate how those smooth, beautifully designed hand-held gizmos are made. What he found was horrific labor conditions, impossibly long hours and the use of crippling, repetitive motions. He met very young factory workers whose joints in their hands were damaged because they performed the same action thousands of times a shift. “I was woefully ignorant most of my life. Even though I love the devices deeply, I never had any idea how they were made and never thought about it in the least,” says Daisey, who had assumed robots put together his iPad and iPhone. “I know that people in charge know about these things and chose not to address them,” he adds. “And
that’s hard to swallow when you see the damage it does and you know how little it would take to ameliorate a high degree of human suffering.” Daisey’s undercover investigation forms the backbone of his latest monologue, “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” which he began working on 16 months ago and has had to alter to acknowledge the death this month of the Apple co-founder. “In a profound way, this will reinvent the monologue,” Daisey says. “The context of it shifts so much that it will be like blowing a wind through it. I think it’s going to stir up a lot of things.” While the piece specifically targets Apple, most of what he discovered is applicable to all high-tech manufacturers. Daisey has performed the new monologue for some 50,000 people from Seattle to Washington, D.C., and it is now at The Public Theater until mid-November. The death of Jobs hasn’t prompted Daisey to pull any punches. While he considers the man a visionary, he also calls him a “brutal tyrant” who “failed to think different about anything.”
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In this image released by Millennium Entertainment, Nicolas Cage, center, is shown in a scene from “Trespass.”
Cage laments lack of screen time for ‘Trespass’ Associated Press Writer
TORONTO — Nicolas Cage may be happy he got to work with Nicole Kidman and reunite with director Joel Schumacher on his new thriller “Trespass.” Yet Cage isn’t thrilled that viewers will be able to watch the movie at home the same day it opens in a handful of theaters.
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In this undated image released by The Public Theater, Mike Daisey is shown in a scene from “The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” running at The Public Theater in New York from Oct. 11 to Nov. 13.
The story of a family terrorized by home intruders, “Trespass” debuts Friday for a limited theatrical run in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and seven other major markets. It will be available at the same time for home viewing through video on demand. The DVD and Blu-ray release follow barely two weeks later on Nov. 1, compared with a typical window of about four months between the time most Hollywood films open in theaters and debut on home video.
It’s a business decision that will help “Trespass” distributor Millennium Entertainment, an independent outfit that does not have the big marketing bucks of a Hollywood studio, make the most of its advertising dollars. Cage understands that, but he wishes the movie could have a separate life on the big-screen before it goes to smaller television and computer screens — or even tiny cell-phone screens. “I like movies to be seen the way the director wanted them to be seen, which
is on the big-screen, with an audience, with their popcorn,” Cage said in an interview alongside Schumacher at September’s Toronto International Film Festival, where “Trespass” premiered. “I want movies to be an event. I want people to get excited about it and go out for the night with their wife or their date, whatever it may be, and have it be an event. I don’t want it to get smaller and smaller and wind up on a cell phone.” Smaller distributors such as Magnolia Pictures and IFC Films often release films to theaters and video on demand around the same time. Some films can be watched at home ahead of their theatrical release, such as Kirsten Dunst’s “Melancholia,” already available to rent through video services a month before it debuts in U.S. cinemas.
Hilary Duff moving full speed ahead with life Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — Although she’s appeared in hit movies, starred on a Disney TV show and sold millions of records, Hilary Duff still feels like she has things to prove in showbiz. Duff says during her time on “Lizzie McGuire,” the show she starred in for two seasons that made her famous, she “got to do so many fun things and be so physical with my comedy. I had no inhibitions. It was fun for me to be goofy.” “Then I wanted to sing and that was new but I had so many fans by that point they were all supporting me so I was really confident. Now I’m a little older and I feel I need to re-learn some of those things. I have goals and aspirations but they kind of fall into what
I’ve already accomplished. I feel like I still have work to do within things I’ve already dabbled in.” One recent success she’s had is in the publishing world. Duff’s a best-selling young adult novelist with her “Elixir” trilogy. The second book, “Devoted” is now in stores. “To put a book out was huge,” she said. “To hear people be like, ‘I didn’t want to give you much credit but I love this book.’ It’s an overwhelming feeling of gratefulness and relief.” Besides writing, 24-year-old Duff is expecting her first child with pro hockey player Mike Comrie. The two married in 2010. She says she sees fans posting on Twitter that her pregnancy makes them feel old. “The truth is that I’m very young and things in my life have happened very fast. I guess, why stop now?”
She doesn’t know if the baby is a boy or a girl, but plans to take her husband, mom and sister (actress Haylie Duff) to the appointment to find out. Duff says the suspense is “killing” her and predicts it will be a boy. Although she’s grown up in the spotlight Duff says being in the public eye can be hard while she’s experiencing the ups and downs of pregnancy. “Being pregnant every day is a little bit different. Sometimes you’re feeling great and sometimes you just like could cry at the drop of a hat. I handle it as best as I can I think.” FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2011 file photo, actress Hilary Duff arrives at the grand opening party for Kendra Scott Jewelry’s Beverly Hills Store benefiting Blessings in a Backpack in West Hollywood, Calif.
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Agence France Presse An environmental group is asking the Nepal government to consider installing portable toilets on Mount Everest for climbers caught short at the roof of the world. Eco Himal says the thousands of trekkers who set off from the South Base Camp in Nepal each year would do a better job of keeping the place clean if they and their porters had somewhere civilised to go when nature called. “Human waste is a problem, of course,� said the group’s director, Phinjo Sherpa. “I am merely suggesting that if we have public toilets they can be used.� Many groups bring expedition toilet cans, but Phinjo Sherpa said porters were often left with little choice but the nearest snowdrift. Environmental activists say Everest is littered with the detritus of past expeditions, including human waste and mountaineers’ corpses, which can take decades to decompose because of the extreme cold. Phinjo Sherpa said installing the
toilets would be discussed as part of a wider waste management plan being prepared by the government that would encompass popular peaks throughout the Everest region. “If there could be two or three toilets that would be good but this is just at the planning phase. We will have to decide what is a good idea and what isn’t,� he said. However, the idea has been rejected by some of Eco Himal’s partners within the Nepal-based climbing community. “The ice moves around a lot during the year. If you built toilets at the base camp, the ice would shift and
the structures would fall down,â€? said Wangchhu Sherpa, president of the Everest Summiteers Association. Climbers spend tens of thousands of dollars trying to reach the 8,848-metre (29,028-foot) summit of Everest, but campaigners say few pay much attention to the rubbish they leave behind. There is no official figure on how much trash has been left on the mountain, but the debris of 50 years of climbing has given Everest the name of the world’s highest dumpster. The privately-funded Eco Everest Expedition, a Nepalbased coalition of environmentalists campaigning to keep the mountain clean, has collected more than 13 tonnes of garbage, 400 kilos of human waste and four bodies since 2008. Government ofďŹ cials say Everest trekkers are expected to bring down all their rubbish themselves.
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WASHINGTON — Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the Black Death, one of history’s worst plagues, and found that its modern day bacterial descendants haven’t changed much over 600 years. Luckily, we have. The evolution of society and medicine — and our own bodies — has far outpaced the evolution of that deadly bacterium, scientists said. The 14th century bug Yersinia pestis is nearly identical to the modern day version of the same germ. There are only a few dozen changes among the more than 4 million building blocks of DNA, according to a study published online Wednesday in the journal Nature. What that shows is that the Black Death, or plague, was deadly for reasons beyond its DNA, study authors said. It had to do with the circumstances of the world back then. In its day, the disease killed
between 30 million and 50 million people — about 1 of every 3 Europeans. It came at the worst possible time — when the climate was suddenly getting colder, the world was in the midst of a long war and horrible famine, and people were moving into closer quarters where the disease could infect them and spread easily, scientists say. And it was likely the ďŹ rst time this particular disease had struck humans, attacking people without any innate protection. “It was literally like the four horseman of the apocalypse that rained on Europe,â€? said study lead author Johannes Krause of the University of Tubingen in Germany. “People literally thought it was the end of the world.â€? In devastating the population, it changed the human immune system, basically wiping out people who couldn’t deal with the disease and leaving the stronger to survive, said study co-author Hendrik Poinar of McMaster University in Ontario.
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Undated handout image provided by Rocky Mountain Laboratories showing an electron micrograph depicting a mass of Yersinia pestis bacteria (the cause of bubonic plague).
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An outbreak of listeria in farmgrown cantaloupes has killed 23 people and sickened 116 more in the United States since late July, health authorities said Wednesday. A woman who was pregnant and fell ill with listeriosis after eating a contaminated cantaloupe has also miscarried, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its
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An outbreak of listeria in farmgrown cantaloupes has killed 23 people and sickened 116 more in the United States since late July, health authorities said Wednesday.
latest update. Illnesses have been reported in 25 states due to the cantaloupes originating from Colorado-based Jensen Farms, the CDC said. A recall was issued on September 14 and all the affected fruit should be off store shelves by now. “More ill persons may be reported because of the time lag between diagnosis and laboratory conďŹ rmation and also because up to two months can elapse between eating contaminated food and developing listeriosis,â€? the CDC warned. The cases mark the worst US foodborne disease outbreak in more than a decade, and the ďŹ rst time
listeria has been found in whole melons. Investigators are still trying to ďŹ nd out how the contamination occurred. Listeriosis is particularly dangerous to the elderly, those with weakened immune systems and pregnant women because it can cause miscarriage or stillbirth. Only cantaloupes from Jensen Farms have been implicated in the outbreak, and none were shipped outside the United States. Listeriosis can cause diarrhea, fever, muscle aches and other ulike symptoms. In most people, the bacteria spreads from the intestine to the bloodstream, but it can be treated with antibiotics.
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AC Milan Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, center, goes for the ball as Juventus midďŹ elder Andrea Pirlo, right, looks on, during a Serie A soccer match at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011.
LONDON - Mexico striker Javier Hernandez has signed a new ÂżYH \HDU FRQWUDFW ZLWK 0DQFKHVWHU 8QLWHG DFFRUGLQJ WR KLV DJHQW The 23-year-old, nicknamed “Chicharitoâ€?, made a big impact with 8QLWHG LQ KLV ÂżUVW VHDVRQ VFRULQJ JRDOV IURP DSSHDUDQFHV LQ all competitions after arriving in July 2010 from his hometown club Chivas de Guadalajara. His agent Eduardo Hernandez told ESPN Deportes: “We have reneJRWLDWHG -DYLHUÂśV FRQWUDFW DQG KH LV QRZ FRPPLWWHG IRU ÂżYH \HDUV ZLWK Manchester United. “The initial contract was good for Manchester and IRU -DYLHU EHFDXVH LW HQDEOHG WKHP ERWK WR VHH LI WKH\ FRXOG ÂżW WRJHWKHU and if he could achieve what was expected of him. “Both sides have met their expectations and United were happy to reward Javier after his very good performances last season. Âł, ZLOO QRW WDON DERXW QXPEHUV EXW LW LV D ÂżYH \HDU FRQWUDFW ,W LV D Âż[HG VDODU\ ZLWK LQFHQWLYHV EDVHG RQ WKH WHDPÂśV VXFFHVV LQ HDFK RI the different tournaments. “Javier was not badly paid with his initial contract, but it was his ÂżUVW FRQWUDFW DQG ZLWK UHVSHFW QRW FRPSDUDEOH ZLWK WKH OLNHV RI :D\QH Rooney and Nani. But today, I can say that the contract has just been VLJQHG DQG HYHU\RQH LV VDWLVÂżHG ´ +HUQDQGH] EHFRPHV WKH WK PHPEHU RI WKH 8QLWHG ÂżUVW WHDP VTXDG to sign a new deal in the last year. His excellent form pushed Dimitar Berbatov out of a regular starting place and the Bulgarian striker’s future at Old Trafford is still to be decided.
Milan forwards feel the heat after poor start Reuters
MILAN - The pressure is starting to tell on Serie A champions AC Milan, where forwards Antonio Cassano and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have both complained of tiredness and stress. AC Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani, whose side host Palermo on Saturday, said that he was unworried by the situation, although the Italian Footballers Association (AIC) says it is time to help players confront the problem. Cassano, 29, who scored twice for Italy in a 3-0 win over Northern Ireland on Tuesday, told RAI television that he had already made retirement plans. “I’ll play for another three or three-and-ahalf years,� he said. “I want to have a good Euro (2012), a good World Cup and a regular place for the national team. “I’ve been involved with the national side for 10 years and have only 25 caps, I’m always in and out of the team. I’ll quit at 32 or 33 at the latest, I’ll get out of football and enjoy life with my family. “Football has been the most beautiful thing in the world for me but despite that, I’m exhausted. I’m stressed, for the last 13 years, whatever I say has been wrong.� Last week, Sweden forward Ibrahimovic said that he had started to think about retirement, when
he said he would be able to enjoy life. He also complained he was tired and not enjoying the game as much as before. AIC president Damiano Tommassi told the ANSA news agency said the problem needed to be confronted. “It’s one of our objectives,â€? he said. “We have started a project to help players, from 17 years onwards, to deal with pressure. “They are boys and there toughest game is to be themselves and not have to put on a mask.â€? *DOOLDQL VDLG KH ZDV FRQÂżGHQW the pair’s form would not be affected. “I’m not worried,â€? he told reporters. “I’m not a psychologist, but I speak to the players LQ SULYDWH DQG HYHU\WKLQJ LV ÂżQH “After 25 years of management at Milan, I known how to do it. I’ve spoken to Ibrahimovic, he absolutely wants to play. There’s nothing else to comment.
Milan, a modest 15th in the WDEOH DIWHU WDNLQJ RQO\ ¿YH SRLQWV IURP ¿YH JDPHV KDYH EHHQ KLW by injuries this season but should at least have Brazil forward RobLQKR ¿W DJDLQ IRU 6DWXUGD\ ³,œP ¿QH KDSS\ DQG UHFRYHUHG ´ WKH former Santos, Real Madrid and Manchester City forward told reporters. Leading pair Juventus and Udinese, who have 11 points each and are the only unbeaten sides, are both away, Juventus visiting Chievo and Udinese at Atalanta. Struggling Inter Milan, who have only four points, travel to Catania for a Saturday game. The Lazio-AS Roma derby on Sunday will round off the weekend. Roma captain Francesco Totti is out of the game with a thigh strain and Lazio’s Germany striker Miroslav Klose is doubtful with a knee injury.
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Manchester United’s Javier Hernandez walks injured from the pitch after colliding with Stoke City’s goalkeeper Asmir Begovic during their English Premier League soccer match at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke, England, Saturday Sept. 24, 2011.
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Tsonga loses opening match in Shanghai Reuters
SHANGHAI - Fourth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga suffered an unexpected defeat in his opening match at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday when he was beaten 6-7 6-4 6-4 by Japanese Kei Nishikori. Top seed Rafael Nadal produced a whirlwind opener to beat Spanish compatriot Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3 6-2, while defending champion Andy Murray got a walkover into the third round after his Russian opponent Dmitry Tursunov retired with a thigh injury. Frenchman Tsonga, still smarting from defeat by Czech Tomas Berdych in the Beijing semi-finals on Saturday, had hoped to pick up points to help him secure one of the eight places in the ATP world tour finals in London next month. Nishikori, ranked 47th in the world, had other ideas, however, and, despite needing treatment from the trainer, came back from a break down in the third set to beat Tsonga, who started the week ranked eighth. It was Nishikori’s best performance at an ATP World Masters 1000 event and only his second win over a top-10 player in 11 attempts. “Today my opponent was just better than me,” Tsonga
said. “I have more points than all my opponents (in the qualifying race) so, of course, for the moment I’m confident. I will take some rest and then I will come back to qualify.” With an unexpected day off, world number four Murray watched from the stands as Nadal whipped through his first set. Nadal, clearly annoyed by noisy latecomers in the stands at the Qi Zhong Stadium centre court, tied the floundering Garcia-Lopez in knots with thundering forehands and backhand returns. “I had a comfortable victory with two sets,” said Nadal. “I didn’t play my best match but it is unbelievable the conditions can change from Tokyo to here. The ball is completely different. “Something must change because is too dangerous for the shoulders,” he said, echoing Murray’s complaints on Tuesday about constant changes of ball designs during the Asian swing of the ATP tour.
The 25-year-old Nadal, who lost to Murray in Sunday’s Tokyo final, is eager to turn around what, by his high standards, has been a disappointing season and reclaim the rankings top spot from Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, who is missing Shanghai because of injury. So far this season, Nadal has taken three title wins from 10 finals, a dip in form from 2010 when he took seven from a possible nine. Murray, who had a first-round bye, will now get his title defence underway in the third round when he plays Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka, the world number 19. Third-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer overcame tenacious Canadian Milos Raonic 7-5 7-6 in the second round while, in another all-Spanish battle, Juan Carlos Ferrero beat 16th seed Fernando Verdasco 4-6 6-3 6-2. Sixth seed Berdych kept up the momentum from his Beijing title win to defeat compatriot Radek Stepanek 6-4 6-3.
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France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga reacts after losing a point to Japan’s Kei Nishikori during their men’s singles match of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.
Anthony doesn’t want return to Denver canceled Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony was eager to return to Denver next month. Now not only could that game be lost, but the Knicks’ All-Star is concerned there may not be any basketball at all this season. “Right now, anybody would be,” he said Wednesday. “They cancel the first two weeks of the season, maybe in a couple of days they cancel another two weeks of the season. So I don’t know how to feel right now.” He wanted to play in Denver on Nov. 16, just to get the trip to his first NBA home
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New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony arrives for a meeting with the NBA’s owners’ labor relations committee and the players’ union’s executive committee on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 in New York.
out of the way. He knows it could be a “circus” when he does go back, but said: “I can’t shy away from that. I’ve got to deal with it.” “Obviously once they said the first two weeks was going to be canceled, of course the Denver game was highlighted on the calendar, not just for me but for everybody. So right now, that has a chance to be up in flames now.” The current season opener is Nov. 15, but games slated for the rest of that month could be gone if there is no collective bargaining agreement soon. The schedule will be rewritten whenever the NBA does return, so it’s unknown if the Knicks would still end up in Denver on Nov. 16. “Looks like everything is up in jeopardy,” Anthony said. Anthony released his Melo M8 on Wednesday, his eighth Jordan sneaker and first since being traded to the Knicks in February. Anthony said the sneaker, with a suggested retail of $135, was his lightest
model by far. The move to New York has given him more opportunities for exposure, part of the reason he was looking to leave Denver. He could have become a free agent this summer and left through that route, but pushed for a trade to get it done during the season so he could get under contract under the old rules. And though he took some criticism from Knicks fans who would have preferred getting him for nothing instead of a costly trade, he made the correct financial decision given the current lockout. “I think I did the right thing. For the average person out there who really thought I was just trying to get up and just leave for no reason, that really was a big key in my decision,” Anthony said. “I knew free agency was coming, I knew it would be altered, I knew it’d be messed up, so imagine if I’d have stayed. I’d have been a free agent now in limbo. It’d have just been all bad.”
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%XWWRQ FRQۋGHQW McLaren is a match for Red Bull JENSON Button is confident McLaren can now challenge Red Bull on all high-speed circuits, having outpaced the team at the Japanese Grand Prix. Button scored his third win of the season at Suzuka as he outperformed world champion Sebastian Vettel, despite the German starting from pole position. Vettel had to settle for third position behind Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso after struggling with the degradation of his softer tyres. Button believes McLaren has raised its game on high-speed tracks where Red Bull has been strongest in the past few years. “I think our overall pace forgetting the strategy and looking after the tyres has been pretty good on high-speed circuits,” said Button on Thursday in Korea. “I think our car works well on high-speed circuits and it’s good to see that because that was a weak-
ness of ours if you compare us with Red Bull. At high-speed corners we were always looking at them and go ‘how the hell are they doing that?’. Then we went to Spa and we were very competitive. And it’s the same thing in Suzuka. “Our car worked very well, and in the first sector of the lap we were actually quicker than the Red Bulls for the first time in three years. So I think our car is generally competitive in high-
speed circuits.” Button, who has outshone team-mate Lewis Hamilton in recent races, downplayed the benefit this year’s tyres have had in his strong season, despite the general belief that his smoother driving skill is helping him. “I don’t know. I think if we were on last year’s tyres this year I’d be pretty happy anyway, because you still have a lot of tyre work on high-speed circuits,” he said. “I don’t know, maybe it does suit my style more. It’s difficult to know. But at some circuits I’ve really struggled w with tyre wear, so it’s not always gone m my way.” The McLaren driver also reckons the K Korean Grand Prix will be very hard on ttyres, and he thinks drivers could be forced tto stop up to five times in the race. “It’s going to be tough. The softs are ppretty tough tyres to do a long run with aanyway, so with the supersoft is going tto be interesting. You could see a lot of stops here. We can only have five stops, w we can’t have any more, but I think we m might be using all of them. “Qualifying is going to be interestiing, as you don’t want to flat-spot a tyre, bbecause you are going to need them all m maybe. And then we have India, which iis a fast circuit like Suzuka and at the m moment is 35 degrees, so it’s going to bbe like Suzuka but even hotter, so even ttougher on tyres. “So we have a tough couple of races ccoming up. It’s not just about sheer speed, it’s whether you can look after tthe tyres or not.”
Simoncelli thinks podium is realistic MARCO Simoncelli believes he has made a breakthrough in race-pace consistency and expects to mount a strong challenge for a podium in Australia this weekend. After a spectacular start that saw him qualify on the front row for six straight races, Simoncelli’s form has tailed off in recent rounds and his third place at Brno remains his sole MotoGP podium to date. But he believes the pace he showed at Motegi
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Italy’s Marco Simoncelli on his Ducati does wheelie during free practice ahead of Sunday’s MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, north of Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011.
- where ere he finished fourth despite a jump-start penalty proves es that he is back to more competitive form. “Now I am feeling motivated and ready to fight again at Phillip fe Island,” nd,” said Simoncelli. “At At Motegi I was able to see once again, that I can fight with the th guys at the front and at a circuit where I won 250cc racess in 2008 and 2009, I want to show it again. “II was w lacking some race consistency but we have addressed sed that and if it wasn’t for the jump start at Motegi I would ld have been fighting for the podium, so that is somethingg I want to make up for at Phillip Island.” Before efo Motegi, Simoncelli secured a deal to continue on a works specification Honda with Gresini next year. w He tested est Honda’s 2012 1000cc bike last week, and was extremely upbeat about the machine. “It was an amazing em experience - 50 laps of pure adrenaline,” he said. rie “The The bike is so much fun and it keeps pulling in fifth and sixth six gear. I gave some feedback to the HRC engineers that will wi hopefully be taken into consideration before the next test te at Valencia.”
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McLaren driver Jenson Button heads out after a pit stop during the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011.