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“The Odd Life of Timothy Green” doesn’t get too gooey Reuters
LOS ANGELES - Parents have been known to tell their young kids to make sure to wash between their toes at bath time or they might start sprouting plants amid all the grime. “The Odd Life of Timothy Green” will only help these parents. This is a movie about a boy who has delicate green leaves growing from his ankles and feet. It’s not due to a lack of soap or scrubbing. Rather, it’s magic; Timothy Green was born that way. Yes, we’re in the Land of Whimsy with “Odd Life,” which can be delicate and often dodgy territory for a filmREUTERS/Mario Anzuoni maker. Director-screenwriter Peter Hedges (“Dan in Cast member Joel Edgerton poses at the premiere of “The Odd Real Life”) is to be congratulated for nearly pulling Life of Timothy Green” at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood, Cali- it off in this gentle comic fantasy. Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel fornia August 6, 2012.
Edgerton), a married couple living in a small Midwestern town, are applying to adopt a child at the start of the film. They explain to the adoption agency social workers that they feel ready to adopt because of their experiences with Timothy (C.J. Adams), and then they begin telling his strange tale. To wit, after learning they couldn’t have kids, the Greens wrote down all the qualities they’d want in a child, put the slips of paper in a box and buried the box in the backyard. That night, during an unexpected and ferocious thunderstorm, the box popped out of the ground and a young, mud-covered boy appeared in their house. Cindy and Jim take him in, name him Timothy and treat him as a son. They also make sure that he always wears high socks so that no one can discover the foliage sprouting from his lower limbs.
Taylor Swift releasing new album ‘Red’ on Oct. 22 Associated Press Writer
FILE - In this March 2, 2012 file photo, Taylor Swift performs on stage at the Burswood Dome during the opening night of her “Speak Now” Australian tour in Perth, Australia.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Multi-platinum superstar Taylor Swift is releasing her fourth studio album called “Red” on Oct. 22. She announced the upcoming worldwide release during a live web chat from Nashville, Tenn., on Monday before a living room full of fans. She said she named it “Red” because of all the different emotions she explores on the album. “They’re all pretty much about the kind of tumultuous, crazy, insane, intense, semi-toxic relationships that I’ve experienced in the last two years,” she said of the album, which was two years in the making. “All those emotions spanning from intense love, intense frustration, jealousy, confusion, all of that, in my mind all those emotions are red. There’s nothing in between. There’s nothing beige about any of those feelings,” she added. The album will have 16 songs, including the title track. It also features collaborations with other artists, producers and songwriters, unlike 2010”s “Speak Now” album written entirely on her own. Swift confirmed that there is a duet with British singer Ed Sheeran on the album and revealed that they wrote it while sitting on a trampoline. Wearing a red and white striped dress, red earrings and red lipstick, the Grammy-winning singer took questions from the live audience and online. Fans joined in from places such as New York, Alabama, Ohio, Sweden, Brazil and England, and Montreal, Canada. Swift played the first single from the album during the web chat. It’s called “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” She sarcastically described it as “really touching and sensitive,” saying “it’s a really romantic song that’s to my lovely ex-boyfriend.” As the tune played over a speaker, she chair-danced and mouthed the words along with her fans. The song is available now at iTunes and can be downloaded at all digital outlets starting Tuesday.
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Bali only becomes object on investment
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Per capita income of Balinese population targeted by Bali Government to increase up to 100 percent from IDR 13.5 million per year in 2008 to IDR 24.48 million per year in 2013 has not been felt equally by Balinese people. Bali Post
DENPASAR - Per capita income of Balinese population targeted by Bali Government to increase up to 100 percent from IDR 13.5 million per year in 2008 to IDR 24.48 million per year in 2013 has not been felt equally by Balinese people. It is evident from the number of poor people showing an increase in September 2011 when compared to March 2011. This data showed that Bali only becomes object of investment that grow rapidly in Bali. Per capita Gross Regional Domestic Product (GDP) in 2009 reached IDR 15.8 million, while per capita GDP of Bali in 2010 amounted to IDR16.59 million. Meanwhile, the number of poor people in 2008 reached 215,700
people. Such number continues to decline during the period of 20092011 namely to 181,700 people (2009) and 174,900 people (2010). But until September 2011, the poverty rate reached 183,100 or an increase of 8,200 people.
General Secretary of the Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI) of Bali, Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Raka Suardana, assessed the increasing poverty was caused by many factors, including the purchasing power against the staple.
For instance, the rice, meat and vegetables were formerly still affordable, but now people could not afford them because their real income had decreased due to inflation and the uneven distribution of income. “Despite the GDP increases, but unfortunately it does not result in equity. As evidence, it is indicated by the increasing poverty rate in September 2011,” said Raka Suardana. Raka Suardana also revealed that to evaluate the success of a regional development could not be solely
seen from the GDP or per capita income. It could happen where the income of a few rich people contributed more than 80 percent of the GDP, while the remainder was contributed by the community who was still poor. “Therefore, the best method to measure the welfare of a society is in term of the equality. If the income is evenly distributed and above the standards set forth, then it means the social welfare has been reached,” he said. Continued on page 6