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A woman gets his retina data captured during making e-KTP. Head of the Denpasar Population and Civil Registry Office, Nyoman Gde Narendra, targeted the implementation of electronic citizen identity card (e-KTP) in Denpasar City could be enforced from October 2011.

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DENPASAR - Head of the Denpasar Population and Civil Registry Office, Nyoman Gde Narendra, targeted the implementation of electronic citizen identity card (e-KTP) in Denpasar City could be enforced from October 2011. Even, some supporting machines of the e-KTP had already arrived in respective subdistrict.

WEATHER FORECAST

“We dare to target that e-KTP can be applied starting in October because the supporting equipment is ready. However, it is impossible for us to implement it this September,” Narendra said.

In the fourth week of September, he said, the consortium or the

winning bidder would still conduct a test on the four units of machine.

After the consortium accomplished the test and declared the readiness to operate, his party would start to provide the e-KTP services to society of Denpasar. “Prior to be officially launched, we indeed require

a series of test first,” he said.

Nevertheless, Narendra did not deny if the application of e-KTP in the city of Denpasar was still far from previous expectations. Previously, of the 33 units of machine promised by central government, his party just received four units. It did not matter and his party remained optimistic if the e-KTP could be enforced in each subdistrict as of next October. “Yes, we are optimistic. Moreover, a unit of machine has been prepared in each subdistrict so the e-KTP can be applied. If we wait for the other 29 machines to imple-

ment the program, we may have to wait very long,” he said.

According to Narendra, so far the remaining 29 machines had no clarity when it would be distributed.

Even, the Regional Coordinator I could not ascertain the arrival of the rest of the machine. “I have called the Regional Coordinator frequently.

But, he could not ensure when the promised remaining machines would arrive,” he said while adding that socialization related to the e-KTP implementation had been carried out in respective subdistrict.

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JAKARTA - Police have interrogated 15 witnesses in connection with a suicide bomb blast at the Bethel Injil Sepenuh (GBIS) church in Solo, Central Java, on Sunday.

“So far, we have interrogated 15 witnesses in connection with the bomb blast at the GBIS church,” Chief of the Public Relations Division at the Indonesian Police Headquarters Anton Bachrul Alam said here on Sunday.

Anton asked the public to report to the police if they happened to know the characteristics of the suicide bomber believed to be 30 years old.

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black trousers, and canvas shoes. We have yet to arrive at the conclusion about which terrorist group the suicide bomber belonged to,” he said. Police would look into the motive behind the suicide bomb blast which left one person killed and 22 others injured, he said.

It was believed the dead victim was the suicide bomber. Nineteen of the injured were taken to dr. Oen hospital and three others to Brayat Minulyo hospital in Solo for treatment.

According to chief of the Oen hospital`s intensive care unit dr. Rudi Handoyo, 11 of the 19 bomb blast victims AP Photo treated at the hospital had to undergo medical operations and eight others out- Villagers gather after a bomb went off in a church, not in photo, in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. patient treatment.

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Bali News Hongkong Being Biggest Importer of Bali Jewelry Importers from Hong Kong recorded as the biggest buyer of any kind jewelry and handmade gems from Bali. It is followed with Singapore and Australia in accord with Statistic Central Institution (BPS) Bali.

Silver jewelry market featured with gold and manmade gem of Balinese craftsman. They are indeed sending to Hongkong at most, said Wayan Wijaya, businessman and exporter of Bali gems from Gianyar.

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The Palasari Dam which is located Ekasari Village, Melaya Subdistrict in Jembrana Regency

Subak at Palasari cannot utilize Palasari dam Negara (Bali Post)—

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They could not enjoy the water from the dam since position of the subak area was parallel to the dam. “Nowadays, the water is deliberately not drained and may be opened in next December. Then, it will only be enjoyed by other villages, while local farmers here only get one planting season,� said Andi whose land located near the dam.

The farmers at his location chose to breed cows as side job other than farming. When entering the dry season, the water was really low and FDXVHG WKH ÂżVK WR OLH RQ WKH GDPÂśV bed. Of course, it would become a fortune for the locals to harvest the ÂżVK $XWKRULW\ RI WKH GDP DOORZHG

WKH FDWFK ÂżVK E\ ÂżVKLQJ EXW SURKLEited to do so by using nets. “Occasionally, some people were still desperate to search for fish by means of net whereas it has been prohibited by the dam’s authority,â€? he added. In the meantime, some residents from another hamlet installed pipes to irrigate their ponds.

7KLV PDWWHU ZDV DOVR MXVWL¿HG E\ the Head of Ekasari Village, IGM Dharma Wiryadhi. According to the village head from Palasari Hamlet, there was an axiom saying if this village breastfed other villages EHFDXVH LW GLG QRW JHW EHQH¿WV IURP the dam’s water for their subak.

The irrigation was even enjoyed by other villages on lower land under Ekasari. Conversely, the 3DODVDUL 9LOODJH JRW EHQHÂżW LQ GLIferent forms, such as tourism and ÂżVKHU\ VHFWRU Admittedly, there were some farmer groups utilizing the pipeline to drain water from the dam for their fresh water ponds. For instance, the Tirta Pusaka Wahana Giri group

was capable of supplying carp and FDWÂżVK WR RWKHU VXEGLVWULFWV LQ %DOL “Although we install the pipes IRU WKH ÂżVKHU\ JURXS LW GRHV QRW interfere with the water. The water discharge remains normal and this has been lasting since long time ago,â€? said Wiryadhi. The village DQG WKH GDP DXWKRULW\ MXVWLÂżHG WKH SURKLELWLRQ WR FDWFK ÂżVK E\ QHWV However, the authority allowed peRSOH RU YLVLWRUV WR ÂżVK LQ WKH dam. Yet, the income generated was small as visitors would only be crowded on holidays. “The revenue obtained from fishing attraction was only about IDR 250,000 per day on Galungan or Kuningan festivity. It will turn quiet on usual days,â€? he added. $FFRUGLQJ WR KLP DVLGH IURP ÂżVK farming, the community around the Ekasari Village also preferred to grow teak cultivation. Since he led the village, dozens of hectares of land owned by local residents had been planted with teak. Other WKDQ PRUH SURÂżWDEOH LW ZDV DOVR considered easier. NPE

create art commodity in accord with foreigners taste so most of them exSRUWHG WR IXOÂżOO IRUHLJQ FXVWRPHUV IURP Hongkong, Singapore, and Australia. +H VDLG LWV RUGHU FDQ IXOÂżOO GXH WR sophisticated facilities of them. BPS Bali mentioned export realization of gem in this area along June 2011 was about 36,7% as it bought by Hong Kong, 25% of them bought by Singapore, 13,39% of them bought by Australia, and the rest of them sold to another countries.

A ranger bitten by Komodo dragon DESPITE many years’ experience handling the tasks as ranger on Komodo Island, West Manggarai, it does not necessarily mean if Mardzuki, 21, is immune against the attack of Komodo dragon. On Saturday (Sep 24), Mardzuki who is the resident of Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, Flores, NTT, had to be rushed to Sanglah Hospital as bitten by the dragon, an ancient creature he usually encountered in his daily life.

When met in the Ratna treatment room of Sanglah Hospital on Sunday (Sep 25), he said the incident occurred precisely on Saturday (Sep 24) morning. At that time, he was performing his duties as a ranger. “My task was ushering JXHVWV IURP 6RXWK $IULFD ZKR ZDQWHG WR PDNH D GRFXPHQWDU\ ÂżOP DERXW WKH Komodo dragon,â€? he said.

When about to return to the accommodation, a dragon suddenly intercepted Mardzuki in front of the entrance. Mardzuki who had been getting accustomed to interacting with the giant lizard did the things he used to do and ascertained to scare the dragon with a stalk of tree branch. “I drove it by swinging the tree branch. However, the Komodo was not running away, even it lunged toward me,� said Mardzuki.

The Komodo beat his left leg. As a result, he suddenly shocked and fell XQFRQVFLRXV 7KH ¿OP FUHZV IURP 6RXWK $IULFD ZKR ZHUH ZLWK KLP KHOSHG him escape from the Komodo’s bite and drove that protected animal. Since the bite of Komodo dragon was hazardous and the saliva contained thousands of JHUPV 0DUG]XNL ZDV WKHQ UXVKHG WR %DMR FRPPXQLW\ KHDOWK FHQWHU WR JHW ¿UVW aid before referred to Sanglah Hospital for further treatment. Mardzuki arrived on Saturday afternoon and until last Sunday was still in care. (san)

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Price drops, farmers let their tomatoes rot Tabanan (Bali Post)—

Vegetable farmers at Candikuning Village, Baturiti, encounter another misery. In the great harvest season this year, the price of tomato commodity declines sharply. As a result, many farmers are reluctant to harvest. Even, some farmers let their tomato plants be withered and slipshod.

Price of tomato dropped from IDR 6,000 to IDR 700 per kilogram.

Drop in prices has been continuing since the past few weeks. Actually, the quality of harvest is pretty JRRG ³6LQFH WKH WRPDWR LV QRW VDOable, many farmers are reluctant to harvest. They prefer to let their tomatoes rot,� said Smaraputra, one of the tomato farmers, Sunday (Sep 25).

This man said the drop in the price of tomatoes was discouraging the farmers because many local farmers relied on their livelihood from farming vegetables, where one of them was tomato. Drop in price was also felt to be the most severe. Since the price was so cheap, many collectors disappeared. This circumstance made the farmers confused because the planting costs incurred was high enough. One hectare of tomato land averagely cost up to IDR 15 million. Most expenses were used

to purchase seeds, fertilizers and LUULJDWLRQ ³'XULQJ WKH GU\ VHDVRQ we must increase the use of water from Municipality Waterworks (PDAM),� said Smaraputra. When SULFHV GHFOLQHG IDUPHUV KDG GLI¿culty to return the planting capital.

Even, it only wasted energy when they should harvest their vegetable because when picked up the tomato was not salable.

Since tomatoes were not harvested, they were finally scattered on the plantation area. Even, some began to dry up. Farmers were also reluctant to cultivate their land anymore because RI FDSLWDO GLI¿FXOW\ ³7KH ZDWHU LV DOVR GLI¿FXOW DQG SULFH RI WRPDWR NHHSV plummeting,� he sighed. Farmers expected the price could return to normal because the crop yields and quality were pretty good. Other than tomato, the price of vegetable commodities also declined. Farmers worried if the price drop would continue, while the planting cost never dropped. (udi)

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A farmer is harvesting her tomato plants. The decline prices of tomato make the farmers reluctant to sell their crops.

Being unproďŹ table to tourism

Sail Indonesia asked to be re-assessed Singaraja (Bali Post)—

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Tourists are enjoying their time on Lovina Beach where the Sail Indonesia will be held.

The annual Sail Indonesia (SI) held at Lovina tourist resort was requested to be evaluated and reviewed by Commission B of Buleleng House. This measure was undertaken because a number of tourism perpetrators, such as hoteliers and restaurateurs, acknowledged if the event was not too favorable for tourism businesspeople.

Chairman of Commission B of Buleleng House, Putu Mangku Budiasa, said on Sunday (Sep 25) the measure to review the Sail Indonesia was not just a discourse.

His party would review the program related to the lack of impact on the tourism advancement in Buleleng.

With the expenses taken from the regional budget, the Buleleng Cultural and Tourism Agency should dare to set a target to be achieved in every organization of Sail IndoneVLD ³,W VSHQGV WKH UHJLRQDO EXGJHW and it should bring in a positive EHQH¿W 'R QRW MXVW ZDVWH WKH EXGget,� he explained.

Mangku Budiasa said that in the implementation of Sail Indonesia, the Cultural and Tourism Agency should always cooperate with the Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) of Buleleng Regency. This cooperation was very important

EHFDXVH ERWK SDUWLHV FRXOG EHQH¿W equally. On the one hand, the Agency made the Sail Indonesia a means of promoting the tourism potential in Northern Bali and vice versa the PHRI as tourism perpetrator should get benefits when the SI participants arrived at Lovina. But in reality, the PHRI complained because the participants of Sail Indonesia did QRW VWD\ LQ KRWHO ³:H ZLOO UHYLHZ WKH LVVXH ¿UVW ZK\ SDUWLFLSDQWV GLG not use hotel accommodation during the Sail Indonesia took place, whether PHRI and the Cultural and Tourism Agency have made cooperation or they worked independently,� he said.

Previously, tourism perpetrators at Lovina pleaded not to get a VLJQLÂżFDQWO\ SRVLWLYH LPSDFW ZLWK the implementation of the Sail Indonesia at Lovina. Hundreds of those participants were expected to sleep in local hotels or eat in restaurants. On the contrary, they ate and slept in their yacht. Even, those participants were rarely interested to take tours to the tourist destination in Northern Bali or purchasing distinctive souvenirs of Buleleng handicraft. Conversely, the participants were only attracted to watch the entertainment of traditional arts. (kmb)

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President Abbas declares ‘Palestinian Spring’ Associated Press Writer

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Thousands of Palestinians cheering and waving flags gave President Mahmoud Abbas a hero’s welcome in the West Bank Sunday, as he told them triumphantly a “Palestinian Spring” had been born following his historic speech to the U.N. last week.

Abbas’ popularity has skyrocketed since he asked the U.N. on Friday to recognize Palestinian independence, defying appeals from Israel and the United States to return to peace talks. His request has pushed the region into uncharted waters, and left the international community scrambling over how to respond.

Thousands of people crowded Abbas’ West Bank headquarters in the city of Ramallah to get a glimpse of the 76-year-old president upon his return from New York. Abbas was uncharacteristically animated, shaking his hands and waving to the audience.

Abbas compared his campaign to the Arab Spring, the mass demonstrations sweeping the Arab world in hopes of freedom, saying that an independent Palestinian state is inevitable.

“We have told the world that there is the Arab Spring, but the Palestinian Spring is here,” he said. “A popular spring, a populist spring, a spring of peaceful struggle that will reach its goal.”

He warned that the Palestinians face a “long path” ahead. “There are those who would put out obstacles ... but with your presence they will fall and we will reach our end.”

The Palestinians want an independent state

in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war.

Israel says it’s ready for peace talks, but has rejected Palestinian calls to freeze construction of Jewish settlements in lands claimed by the Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also rejected Palestinian demands that the borders between Israel and a future Palestine be based on the 1967 pre-war lines.

Abbas last week asked the U.N. Security Council to grant the Palestinians full U.N. membership. The Security Council is expected to study the request for several weeks before making a decision, though the U.S. — Israel’s closest ally — has promised to veto the request if it proceeds.

As an alternative, the Palestinians say they will seek lesser observer status in the General Assembly — short of full statehood but a position that would allow them to join international bodies where they could push their agenda against Israel.

The U.S., like Israel, says it is committed to Palestinian independence, but that direct negotiations, not a U.N. vote, is the only way to resolve the conflict.

AP Photo/Bernat Armangue

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, left, are seen during Abbas’ welcoming ceremony at the government compound, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011.

French left seizes Senate majority, hurts Sarkozy Reuters

PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservative government lost its majority in the Senate to the left on Sunday, officials said, in a historic defeat that deals him a blow just seven months before a presidential election.

For the first time since 1958, the right-dominated upper house swung to a left-wing majority as the body’s membership underwent a major generational change of guard.

Early results from the indirect

elections showed left-wing candidates took at least 23 seats from the ruling conservative party, securing them an absolute majority.

The shift to the left, which UMP Senate leader Gerard Larcher had described as having “seismic” consequences ahead of a presidential election next April, drew howls of joy from left-wing supporters at a meeting in Paris.

“The 25th of September, 2011, will go down in history,” Jean-Pierre Bel, head of the Socialist group in the Senate, said on LCI television.

AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, Pool

French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives on Liberty Island to take part in a ceremony in anticipation of the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 in New York.

“The results of this Senate election represent a real comeuppance for the right.”

The left’s victory followed a series of wins by Socialist candidates in local elections in the same regions where tens of thousands of municipal officials -- empowered as so-called “super voters” in the Senate poll -- cast votes on Sunday.

SYMBOLIC SETBACK

A left-leaning Senate will not be able to derail Sarkozy’s legislative plans but the loss of a longstanding bastion for the right is a symbolic setback especially when taken together with his persistently poor poll ratings.

Sarkozy has become slightly more popular in the past few months, but he remains one of the least well-liked presidents in postwar France and faces a tough battle for reelection in a two-round vote scheduled for next April.

French voters are depressed about their economic prospects, unemployment remains stubbornly high and a European debt crisis has invited intensive scrutiny of France’s public finances.

Such worries have overshadowed Sarkozy’s foreign policy victories, notably France’s role in the toppling of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.

First African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize dies Associated Press Writer

NAIROBI, Kenya — Wangari Maathai, the first African woman recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died after a long struggle with cancer, the environmental organization she founded said Monday. She was 71.

One of Kenya’s most recognizable women, Maathai won the Nobel in 2004 for combining environmentalism and social activism.

She was the founder of the Green Belt Movement, where over 30 years she mobilized poor women to plant 30 million trees.

Edward Wageni, that group’s deputy executive director, said Maathai died in a Nairobi hospital late Sunday. Maathai was in and out of the hospital since the beginning of the year, he said.

In recognizing Maathai, the Nobel committee said that she had stood up to a former oppressive regime in Kenya and that her “unique forms of action have contributed to drawing attention to political oppression.”

Maathai said during her 2004 acceptance speech that the inspiration for her life work came from her childhood experiences in rural Kenya, where she witnessed forests being cleared and replaced by commercial plantations, which de-

stroyed biodiversity and the capacity of forests to conserve water.

Although the Green Belt Movement’s tree planting campaign did not initially address the issues of peace and democracy, Maathai said it become clear over time that responsible governance of the environment was not possible without democracy.

“Therefore, the tree became a symbol for the democratic struggle in Kenya. Citizens were mobilized to challenge widespread abuses of power, corruption and environmental mismanagement,” Maathai said.

AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim, File

In this file photo of Aug. 28, 2006 Wangari Maathai, Noble Peace Laureate and conservation heroine, is seen in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Wonderful Colors

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UBUD - Maya Ubud Resort & Spa will host “Wonderful Colors by Trio Masters”, a painting exhibition featuring 30 masterpieces by three Bali based talented artists – Suminarto, Yung Min and Ida Bagus Alit for the month of October 2011.

The artworks on show will present a diversity of visions, techniques, ideas and emotions by each master. They include impressionistic and realistic works by Suminarto, one of Indonesia’s most respected master painters. Suminarto has found inspiration for his work in the unique character and beauty of the faces of Bali, which he believes are influenced by the nature of Bali, the religious and cultural activities of the people.

Yung Min combines wild imagination and precision in his painting, creating out of the ordinary composition between fantasy and reality. His outstanding acrylic paintings are created by brushing the colors layer by layer to get the effect and texture that close to perfection.

While Ida Bagus Alit works feature naïve style which are inspired from the traditional shadow puppet paintings of Mahabharata and Ramayana epics. His unique paintings fascinate artistic community for their humor. His works has been praised, not only locally but also in USA, Japan, Germany, Singapore and Switzerland.

“Wonderful Colors by Trio Masters” exhibition will be held in the Lobby area of Maya Ubud Resort & Spa from October 1st to 31st, 2011.

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

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

Balinese Temple Ceremony EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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&KLQD WHQVLRQV UHNLQGOH 9LHWQDP ZDU GHEDWH tions, which were unusual in authoritarian Vietnam. “I think that the state of VietNearly four decades after the end of a war which divided nam should have done that before Vietnam, a debate over national the people,� said Le Hieu Dang, reconciliation between former 67, an underground communist foes has been rekindled by ten- agent in South Vietnam during the war who now works with the sions with China.

Despite government policies Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland designed to woo its wartime op- Front, a coalition of state-linked SRQHQWV PDQ\ RI ZKRP ÀHG social and other organisations.

Inspired by the action in Haabroad -- those linked to the old US-supported regime in South noi, he and other intellectuals Vietnam still feel stigmatised by in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, held their own tribute to communist authorities.

But recent anger at Beijing’s all Vietnamese “who died for the perceived aggression in South territorial integrity of the nation�

China Sea territory has led to in battles against China.

A South Vietnamese navy unprecedented public recognition RI VRXWKHUQ ÂżJKWHUV ZKR VWRRG XS veteran of the Paracels battle said to the country’s giant northern this recognition was “a very good signalâ€?. neighbour. “These people died protecting Vietnam, which has a competing claim with China over sover- the country, not protecting the eignty of the potentially oil-rich Saigon regime.â€?

On the edge of Ho Chi Minh Paracel and Spratly island groups, has objected to what it described City lies a cemetery containing as Chinese harassment of its ships the graves of hundreds of South Vietnam’s war dead. in the disputed waters.

Communist military units The issue has stoked nationalist sentiment and in July protest- based on the burial ground after ers in Hanoi -- the communist the war were removed in recent north’s historic heartland -- held years and the public has been alaloft the names of 74 South Viet- lowed to mourn in private.

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sized merchant vessel.

Son said the repatriated Vietnamese sailors will undergo health checks. “We know that some might have been affected, physically and mentally,� he said, but gave no details about the piracy attack or the treatment of the crew.

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In this photo taken on Aug. 20, 2011, Suratmi, left, receives a treatment at Insani Herbal Clinic in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia.

Islamic healing is on the rise in Southeast Asia Associated Press

JAKARTA — A 47-year-old housewife who recently started using Islamic alternative cures emerged tearfully from an exorcism, speaking of newfound tranquility after a turbulent time in her life. Also, her abdominal pains are ďŹ nally easing.

Suratmi, who suffers from an ovarian cyst, has been taking a mix of herbal treatments harking back to the dawn of Islam, as well as undergoing exorcisms at a clinic in Jakarta.

She is among a growing number of Muslims in Southeast Asia turning away from Western medical care in favor of al-Tibb al-Nawabi, or Medicine of the Prophet, a loosely deďŹ ned discipline based on the Quran and other Islamic texts and traditional remedies. “I heard that so many people have been healed, so I hope Allah can help me. I followed His path here,â€? said Suratmi, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.

The trend in Islamic treatments, cosmetics and toiletries is often associated with fundamentalists who charge that Western, chemically laced prescriptions aim to poison Muslims or deďŹ le them with insulin and other medicines made from pigs. Members of terrorist groups have been involved in Islamic remedies as healers and sellers, while some clinics are used as recruiting grounds for Islamist causes.

But the bulk of those seeking out Islamic clinics, hospitals and pharmacies appear to be moderate Muslims, reecting a rise in Islamic consciousness worldwide. “Islamic medicine carries a cachet that, by taking it, you are reinforcing your faith — and the proďŹ ts go to Muslims,â€? says Sidney Jones, an expert on Islam in Southeast Asia with the International

Crisis Group.

These Islamic products have become a big business with a customer base in Southeast Asia alone of roughly 250 million Muslims.

The industry’s advertising is as gimmicky as any in the West.

Capitalizing on the popularity of U.S. President Barack Obama, who spent four of his childhood years in Indonesia, one company produces a popular anti-stress concoction called Obahama — in a corruption of an Indonesian phrase for herbal medicine.

Siwak-F, also exported to the Middle East, is hailed as “toothpaste just like the Prophet used to use.�

The industry also is going hightech. Malaysia’s Petronas University of Technology is developing an application for mobile devices to query what Islamic remedies are recommended for anything from toothaches to depression, says Hanita Daud, one of the developers.

Like much of Islamic medicine, it’s grounded on the saying that “Allah did not create a disease for which he did not also create a cure.�

This is taken from Prophet Mohammed’s teachings known as hadiths, which along with the Quran make frequent references to diseases, remedies and healthy living.

What is termed classical Islamic medicine developed in medieval times when it far outshone that in Christian Europe, and exerted a signiďŹ cant inuence on it.

Practitioners say many ingredients in today’s treatments were used in Mohammed’s time, including honey, olive oil, bee pollen, dates and black caraway — which one ad claims is “a cure for every disease but death.�

In Indonesia, Islamic alternative healing really took off after a government promotional campaign in 2009, says Brury Machendra,

owner of the Insani Herbal Clinic in suburban Jakarta where Suratmi and up to 400 other patients per month seek treatment.

Only one such clinic existed in the Depok suburb two years ago, but now there are 20, with 70 others waiting for government permits.

Machendra, who also is secretary-general of the Traditional Herbal Medicine Association of Indonesia, says most Indonesian Muslims don’t doubt conventional medicine. But he says Indonesia’s health services are so poor and expensive that many people seek out alternatives.

His clinic offers herbal medicine, a bloodletting treatment known as bekam and exorcisms in which a white-gloved therapist places a hand on a patient’s head while chanting verses from the Quran.

An exorcism costs about $12, while Machendra’s governmentcertiďŹ ed herbal products such as the purportedly anti-cancer BioCarnoma and anti-diabetes BioGlukol go for no more than $5 for 60 capsules.

He acknowledges that clinics such as his beneďŹ t from traditional Muslim rules forbidding certain ingredients and that many fundamentalists “tell people not to go to inďŹ del doctors and say that buying Western medicine is forbidden.â€?

Jemaah Islamiyah, an al-Qaidalinked militant network that is essentially banned in Indonesia, is believed to have links to some herbal manufacturers and operate many of the country’s Islamic medicine clinics, International Crisis Group says.

But Jones says the clinics are aimed more at building solidarity among Islamists rather than recruiting militants.

Some doctors are trying to bring Muslim elements into the Western tradition.

JAKARTA — A rescue ofďŹ cial says the wreckage of a helicopter hired by a U.S.-mining giant and the bodies of both people on board have been found central Indonesia.

The Bell 412 chopper was on the way to a Newmont Mining Corporation exploration camp on Sumbawa Island in West Nusa Tenggara province when it went missing over the weekend.

Rescue ofďŹ cial Ida Bagus Budisma says the wreckage was found Monday in a valley 50 miles (75 kilometers) from the town of Sumbawa Besar. He says the bodies of both people on board were being evacuated.

Neither of those killed were Newmont employees.

Transportation accidents are common in Indonesia, a sprawling archipelagic nation of 17,000 islands.

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JAKARTA - PT Mandala Airlines, Saratoga Group and Tiger Airways have signed a conditional purchase agreement and various other commercial as well as legal documents.

The signing of all the documents was done on Friday (September 23), PT Mandala Airlines said in a press statement received here on Saturday. Under the agreement, Saratoga Group would act as a ďŹ nancial investor and Tiger Airways as a corporate strategic investor.

Saratoga would be the majority shareholder controlling 51 percent of the company`s shares and Tiger Airways 33 percent.

The rest of the shares was to be held by concurrent creditors and old shareholders. With the signing of the agreement, all parties had moved closer to a settlement of Mandala`s restructuring.

The Mandala`s press statement did not mention the value of Saratoga`s 51 percent and Tiger`s 33 percent stakes. Mandala is currently still in the process of restructuring in accordance with Indonesian laws.

The next stage would be fulďŹ lling transaction requirements needed including the government`s approval so that Mandala could immediately y again.

Before Manadala could operate again, all of the processes had to be completed in 90 days` time.

Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd. CEO Chin Yau Seng said “we are glad we have reached an agreement on this transaction and hope Mandala can operate again soon.�

Sandiaga Uno, one of the founders of the Saratoga Group, said “we are very glad about the finalization of the transaction documents and hope Mandala can operate again soon.�

Diono Nurjadi, president director of Mandala Airlines, said he was also relieved that the long process to arrive at the deals had been completed. “We thank all parties that have helped in the process and the government, especially the director general of air transportation, for their full support throughout the process ,� he said.

Diono also expressed hope that Mandala`s plan to y again could be realized soon. After the change in Mandala`s ownership, the new airline company would follow a Tiger Airways business model, namely offering low cost fares on routes to international and domestic destinations that can be reached in ďŹ ve hours` time. Mandala had previously stated it would be using Airbus A320 planes.

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Bali Today Tourism development PXVW EHQH‍ۋ‏W local economies Antara

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that development of tourism should be carried out comprehensively so that it ZRXOG EHQHÂżW QRW RQO\ WRXULVWV EXW DOVR WKH ORFDO HFRQRP\ WKH local people’s welfare. “Success in the development of a tourism site could be seen from the development of the local economy and improvements in the welfare of the local people,â€? the President said at the commissioning of the Moarojambi Temple Complex as an integrated historical tourism site.

The president hoped that with its inauguration as an integrated tourism area, the Moarojambi Temple Complex would give a chance to the local tourism to develop and local people to improve their welfare.

Accompanied by First Lady Mrs Ani Yudodyono, the president said that Indonesia had since the past several years initiated the development of ancient heritage tourism as announced in the Buddhist Borobudur Temple in 2007.

The idea was welcomed by other ASEAN member countries. Now the events had been held in Cambodia and Los whih also owned temples belonging to the ancient civilization, he said.

Yudhoyono said that the Jambi regional government’s plan to develop the Murojambi temple complex should be supported, after all, the temple had

been registered by the UNESCO as one of the world’s historical heritages in 2009.

According to Wikipedia, the eight temple-like structures appear to be Buddhist, and were probably built around the 14th century.

Archaeologists conclude that the site was the center of Old Jambi, the capital of ancient Malay kingdom which reigned supreme about ten centuries ago.

The capital was sieged and destroyed in 1377 by armies from Burma, now Myanmar.

For centuries, the site had been lost and forgotten deep in the jungle, only to be rediscovered in 1920 by a British military expedition team.

Muara Jambi temple complex covers an area of 12 km2, along the side of Batanghari river.

There are eight main temples in the complex, all of them are located in WKH FHQWHU DUHD IRUWLÂżHG by walls. Three of them are already renovated.

In 1982, a 32-centimeters tall female bronze statue was found at Koto Kandis, in the Muara Sabak sub district.

It is believed to be the goddess Laksmi, holding a lotus bud in her left

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A policeman guarding in Kuta Beach on Monday, September 26, 2011. Bali’s police department intesifying security of tourism objects amid the bomb at Solo.

Quiksilver releases authentic surf Batik collection IBP

In honor of Indonesia’s National Batik Day on October 2nd, Quiksilver Indonesia is proud to announce the release of their new Quiksilver and Roxy Authentic Surf Batik collections for men, women, teens and kids, available now in all Quiksilver, Roxy, Sogo and Seibu stores throughout Indonesia.

Quiksilver Indonesia is the leader in creating and developing batik products in the surf industry in appreciation of Indonesia’s fascinating centuries-old cloth making tradition, adapting it to fashionable and comfortable modern day apparel as more and more people are proudly wearing batik in casual everyday life.

“This is our second year of producing and releasing our batik collections in Indonesia in celebration of National Batik Day, and we’ve seen the popularity of batik grow by leaps and bounds, not only in Indonesia but world wide. Batik as a way of decorating fabric is both an art and a craft, DQG WKH ÂżQHVW EDWLN LQ WKH ZRUOG LV produced here in Indonesia, so as a way to both celebrate and honor this ancient tradition this year we have a beautiful new Quiksilver and Roxy Authentic Surf Batik collection to offer to our customers,â€? said Quiksilver SEA CEO Paul Hutson.

The Quiksilver men’s Modern Batik collection has strong ties with traditional batik using motifs

RI OHDYHV ÀRZHUV ELUGV DQG WKH VXQ yet with modern shapes and colors, whereas the Batik Pesisir collection features Chinese motifs such as FORXGV SKRHQL[ DQG YDULRXV ÀRUD and fauna images; both collections are available in men’s and youth batik shirts, polo shirts, t-shirts, boxer VKRUWV ÀHHFHV DQG VDQGDOV The Roxy Eklektik and Le Kawoeng collections for ladies and teens offer unique interpretations on traditional themes, the Eklektik having Polynesian inspired animal and plant motifs whereas the Le Kawoeng get its influence from the fruit of the Kawung palm tree, ZKLFK KDV GHHS VSLULWXDO VLJQL¿cance. Both collections are available in skirts, tops, shirts, long pants, dresses, and tees.

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Balinese Culture Babi Kecap (Pork Cooked in Soya Sauce)

Balinese Characters:

From Palm-leaf to Keyboards Probably, you have watched or are going to watch arja operetta or Ramayana Ballet during the visit in Bali. It would be more convenient if it is enjoyed while having dinner of Balinese cuisine. At the same time, you watch the beauty of culture and taste the delicacy of local culinary. You may hear the language spoken by players or puppeteer was not understandable. Of course, it is Balinese language.

As Japanese and Chinese, Balinese language also has its own characters. They consist of some 18 main characters and 10 vowel sounds. Ordinarily, Balinese characters are used to write palm-leaf manuscript or lontar. Such characters are incised with sharp knife or stylus. When the writing works have completed, they should be rubbed with a blend of oil and lamp shoot to blacken them. So they are visible easily. Since the works were performed manually, the copying of a manuscript took a long time.

At a glance, Balinese characters look like Old Javanese, Tamil (India). It is inseparable from historical aspect where they had similarity of genealogical lines. Today, Balinese characters still have restricted use, namely at school for local subject from elementary school to senior high

school. It is becoming the responsibility of local government to preserve and develop Balinese language in order it could survive in the midst of the growth of other languages like Bahasa Indonesia and foreign languages.

Balinese language poses a medium and spirit of Balinese culture. To preserve Balinese culture should also simultaneously maintain and use of Balinese language in daily life. In other words, speaking Balinese language also characterizes one of the identities as a Balinese. Among the use of other languages, Balinese language should remain to give a space to grow and develop. Other than speaking and teaching it at schools, it should also accommodate the need of modern community or use in wider functions of language.

Balinese community receives abundant heritages of lontar or palm-leaf manuscripts from the predecessors retained by individuals and museums. They carry many aspects of knowledge, ranging from philosophy, local healing, literature, architecture, agriculture, herbal practice, astrology and so forth. Therefore, if they could be interpreted and presented in popular language, they could become attractive information for young generation and saleable

books for commercial needs. Today, there is also a trend of poising the tradition with modern science namely by re-interpreting the indigenous wisdoms that are relevant to the current time. People will get balanced inputs from the past and current orientation.

Of course, such treasures will be beneficial for the conservation and future development of Balinese culture because it stays in touch with its original roots.

Young generation should be introduced to these roots at early stage. Later, they will not lose their identity and even could feel proud of it. Moreover, it could give them inspiration in making WKHLU FUHDWLYLWLHV HLWKHU LQ ÂżQH DUWV performance, traditional architecture or herbal healings.

Thanks to modern technology, the writing of Balinese characters now can be made easy by Bali Simbar font. It is the innovative thinking of I Made Suatjana (1986) lies behind the composing of this font. His work has helped the writing of Balinese characters in word processing application like Microsoft Word. Hopefully, there would be more creative software helping the development and learning of Balinese language so it would not come into extinction or be far left behind with the modern life. (BTN/punia)

Though Indonesia is an Islamic country, there is some pork available. It is hard to ďŹ nd and most restaurants don’t serve it because any restaurant that cooks pork would have to have completely separate facilities and equipment to prepare it or the restaurant would not be considered halal (clean).

Ingredients 1/2 kg (1 1/4 lb) ďŹ llet of pork -or leg of pork 1 tb Clear soya sauce 2 tb Plain our 1/2 ts Powdered ginger 20 g (4 oz) button mushrooms 4 Cloves garlic 1 sl of root ginger, about 2 cm -(1â€?) across and 1/2 cm -(1/4â€?) thick 3 tb Dark soya sauce Pepper or a pinch of chilli -powder 2 tb water 2 tb Medium dry sherry or rice -wine (optional) 2 ts Lemon juice 6 tb Oil or pork fat Directions This, as its name suggests, is pork cooked in soya sauce. It is a particular favourite with my own husband and children, who always know when it is about to appear on the table because the ginger and garlic frying in the sauce smell so deliciously savoury.

Cut the pork into small cubes. Put the our into a bowl and add the clear soya sauce and ginger powder, mixing them well together. Coat the pork with the mixture and then let it stand for at least 30 minutes.

Clean and slice the mushrooms. Peel the garlic and ginger and slice them very thin; you can use these thin slices as they are, or cut them again into very tiny sticks.

Heat the oil or fat in a wok or thick frying pan and fry the meat, half of it at a time, turning it from time to time, for 5 minutes.

Repeat the process for the remaining half of the meat. The our that coated the meat will tend to stay in the pan or stick to the bottom of it, but leave it there-it will thicken the sauce later.

Now take most of the oil out of the pan, leaving only about two tablespoons which you then heat again. In this, fry the tiny slices of garlic and ginger and the mushrooms, stirring continuously, for i minute. Add the soya sauce, the water and the meat. mix well, season with pepper or chilli powder, and stir continuously for 1 or 2 minutes. just before serving, add the sherry or rice wine and the lemon juice. Serve hot.

This dish keeps extremely well in the freezer, and it is worth making a large quantity from, say, half a leg-of pork, which is much cheaper than buying pork ďŹ llet. If you are going to freeze your Babi Kecap, however, do not add the sherry or lemon juice at the time of cooking.

To serve from the freezer, thaw the meat out completely and heat quickly on a high ame for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring or shaking the pan well all the time. Add the sherry or rice wine and lemon juice just before serving. (http:// asiarecipe.com)

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Kuta IBP

Kuta, located in southern Bali, was a sleepy ďŹ shing village half a century ago, but it has slowly expanded since the 1960s after its long sandy beach was discovered by travellers from Asia and wandering surfers from nearby Australia.

Nowadays Kuta is quite busy and packed with varied accommodation from four-star hotels to budget hostels. Cheap bars and clubs make it a party centre, while local and international restaurants offer great dining.

Kuta also offers shopping aplenty, from the chic beachfront ‘Discovery Shopping Mall’ and Kuta Square to the souvenir shops lining Jalan Kartika Plaza, Jalan Pantai Kuta and up to Legian and Seminyak – all within easy walking distance.

Kuta has its own beauty and attractions and remains one of Indonesia’s major tourist destinations; particularly during the peak season from July to August and the holiday season for Christmas and New Year: at these times Kuta will be fully booked by a local younger crowd, Asian travellers and Australian teenagers who are intent on enjoying an affordable vacation in Bali.

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Chinese local governments have borrowed heavily to build subways and other infrastructure. That lending soared after Beijing ordered massive stimulus spending to fend off the 2008 global crisis.

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Shoppers are curbing spending the focus at the three-day conferamid fears major economies are ence would also be on how comfalling back into recession and a panies can cope by, for example, Reuters

maximizing their potential in still growing subsectors like online retailing and tapping relatively undeveloped markets, like those in Africa. “Multichannel and best practice will be among the major talking points,� he said, referring to store-based retailers’ attempts to integrate their businesses with the internet.

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The blue and white-painted long-range aircraft, which boasts a graceful new design with raked wingtips, will leave for Japan on Tuesday and enter service domestically on October 26.

Boeing has taken orders for 821 Dreamliners, which will compete with the future Airbus A350, due in 2013.

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The aircraft goes 52 percent further than the all-metal Boeing 767 which it is designed to replace while using 20 percent less fuel for WKH GLVWDQFH Ă€RZQ DQ $1$ H[HFXWLYH VDLG In a classic roll of the dice in the high-stakes aerospace industry, Boeing abandoned plans for a sound barrier-chasing “Sonic Cruiserâ€? a decade ago and worked on lighter long-range jets as cash-starved DLUOLQHV YDOXHG HIÂżFLHQF\ RYHU VSHHG The resulting composites-based technology proved popular with airlines, forcing Airbus to turn its back on the aluminum airframe for its next generation of jets. Boeing expects this to become the standard for future passenger planes. Âł7HFKQRORJ\ ZLOO RQO\ JHW PRUH HIÂżFLHQW DQG OLJKWHU ´ VDLG WKH program’s chief project engineer Mike Sinnett.

The plane’s lighter weight allows airlines to operate routes even wKHQ WKH GHPDQG LV LQVXIÂżFLHQW IRU ODUJHU DLUFUDIW OLNH WKH %RHLQJ 777 or 747, or the Airbus 380 superjumbo. “For aviation we believe this is as important as the 707 was with the introduction of the jet age,â€? Fancher said.

He moved to head off any fears over the new materials, stressing tough composites were nothing like ordinary plastic. “Plastic is what you have on the dashboard of your car. This is not plastic,� he told reporters.

The 787 development program has been delayed seven times due to challenges with engineering, supply chain glitches and a 58-day labor strike in 2008. [ID:nS1E78O09V] “We have been waiting for the 787 for over 3 years as we expected it in the summer of 2008,� said senior vice president Satoru Fujiki who took part in negotiations to buy the 787. “I can’t say the delayed delivery didn’t have any impact but ANA and Boeing worked closely to mitigate it,� he said, adding Boeing had provided alternative jets to meet the shortfall.

ANA has ordered a total of 55 Dreamliners worth $11 billion at current list prices, including 40 of the 260-passenger 787-8 variant being delivered this week. # ANA plans to take delivery of 4 planes in 2011 and an additional 8 next year. “By the end of 2017 we will get all our 787’s so it is catching up on all our deliveries.�

The Seattle Times reported on Sunday that 787 program costs had topped $32 billion due to delays. That estimate raised questions, the newspaper said, over whether the new jet would make money for Boeing before “well into the 2020s, if ever.� Boeing declined comment.

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Lautner’s action career starts slowly in “Abduction” Reuters

LOS ANGELES - So much for Taylor Lautner being a big action star -- at least for now. The “Twilight” hunk’s turn as a Jason Bournelike mover and shaker in Lionsgate’s “Abduction” opened to just $11.2 million -- enough probably for the studio to make its money back, but not enough to launch Lautner into action-hero stardom.

“If ‘Abduction’ works, he’s a movie star,” an individual with ties to the Lautner camp told TheWrap Friday, before the movie’s box office numbers came in. And if it didn’t have a big opening?

“Studios are certainly not going to greenlight a $50 million movie with him in the lead.”

With Lautner’s name leading the development of several studio tentpole projects -- notably Universal’s “Stretch Armstrong” -- that sentiment could become an issue.

Certainly, with Lionsgate winning a bidding war for the

“Abduction” script, and producing the film itself on a budget of around $35 million, the movie was a gamble for Lautner, too.

Although he was a proven commodity in the “Twilight” movies, he had never carried a film on his own. Lautner’s gamble illustrates how tricky it is to manage the career of a young actor who wants to be a movie star -- like now.

“If you’re 20 years-old, there’s no rush to be the only guy in the movie, because you’re the only guy it gets pinned on when it fails,” said an agent who handles

young actors. “And I don’t think at 20, whether you’re an actor or a student, anyone is ready for that pressure.”

Contrast Lautner’s career choices to those of his “Twilight” co-star, Robert Pattinson. Sure, Pattinson has made some questionable decisions, including last year’s critical miss, low-budget romantic drama “Remember Me” for Summit.

But Pattinson also starred in the acclaimed drama “Water for Elephants,” surrounding himself with Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz, and nominees Hal Holbrook and writer Richard LaGravenese. “Pattinson seems to be making choices that are based on artistic merit,” a highprofile film producer told TheWrap. “Taylor is making choices on commercial merit.”

REUTERS/Fred Prouser

Actor Taylor Lautner arrives for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) Annual Installation Luncheon in Beverly Hills, California August 4, 2011.

‘Lion King’ chases off Brad Pitt to remain No. 1 Associated Press Writer

Morgan Freeman says Tea Party is “a racist thing” Reuters

LOS ANGELES - Don’t look for Morgan Freeman at any Tea Party events anytime soon. Unless he’s there to protest them.

The “Invictus” star condemns the Tea Party political movement as “a racist thing” for trying to oust Pres. Barack Obama from office on Friday’s edition of “Piers Morgan Tonight.”

“Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term,” Freeman noted.

“What underlines that? ‘Screw the country. We’re going to whatever we can to get this black man outta here.’”

Dismissing Morgan’s suggestion that the Tea Party’s motivations might be merely political, Freeman asserted, “It is a racist thing.”

The actor went on to say that the Tea Party agenda “just shows the weak, dark, underside of America … We’re supposed to be better than that.”

Asked if he was disappointed that Obama hasn’t taken a tougher stance against the right-wing, Freeman, who endorsed Obama in the 2008 presidential election, admitted: “Kind of, but I understood that he was trying to hold onto his own promise that he would be president of all the people.”

LOS ANGELES — Brad Pitt was unable to put the cat out of first place at the weekend box office.

Walt Disney’s “The Lion King” reissue was No. 1 for the second-straight weekend with $22.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That puts it just ahead of Pitt’s baseball drama “Moneyball,” a Sony Pictures release that opened at No. 2 with $20.6 million.

Debuting closely behind at No. 3 was the Warner Bros. family film “Dolphin Tale” with $20.3 million. “Dolphin Tale” stars Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman.

The 3-D reissue of 1994’s “The Lion King” has taken in $61.7 million since opening the previous weekend to a much bigger audience than expected. That’s on top of nearly $800 million worldwide the movie made in its original run and a 2002 re-release.

The film has done so well that Disney plans to leave it in theaters longer than the two-week run the studio initially planned as a prelude to its Blu-ray home-video debut Oct. 4, said Dave Hollis, Disney’s head of distribution.

The studio has not yet decided how long or how widely the film would play theatrically after the Blu-ray release, Hollis said.

“Consumers I think will be happy to consume it in multiple ways for this kind of franchise, as they have for the last 17 years,” Hollis said.

“The Lion King” held up well despite a rush of four new wide releases this weekend.

“Twilight” co-star Taylor Lautner’s action tale “Abduction” opened at No. 4 with $11.2 million. The Lionsgate release casts Lautner as a teen hurtled into a world of espionage as he tries to uncover the mystery of his past.

Casey Rodgers/AP Images for Time Warner Cable

In this photo taken by AP Images for Time Warner Cable, guests pose before a Time Warner Cable and Disney screening of “The Lion King” 3D at The El Capitan Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, in Los Angeles.

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Prospect of FasterThan-Light Travel Could Open New World In a startling new discovery, the European Organization for Nuclear Research says is has defied the law of physics and Albert Einstein’s timetested theory that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light.

According to Mail Online, physicists at CERN research institute near Geneva, Switzerland, conducted an experiment in which they sent a beam of neutrinos 500 miles from their facility to a lab in Italy. The scientists discovered the neutrinos had arrived 60 billionth of a second quicker than the speed of light.

The physicists themselves were bewildered, but their findings were checked stringently, and the results were based on three years of measurements. They put their results out to the scientific community so their conclusion could be confirmed.

In the United States, Fernilab has already performed its own ex-

periment, called MINOS, and also clocked the neutrinos moving faster than the speed of light back in 2007.

The researchers did not release their findings, as the margin of error was greater than the one reported in the CERN experiment.

If the CERN findings are confirmed, it will change everything we know about the basics of physics and essentially the way our world and the universe works altogether.

Did you know that anything that goes faster than the speed of light also goes backward in time?

For years it’s been said backwards time travel was not possible because of the fact that it is physi-

cally impossible to go faster than the speed of light. Imagine the possibilities if it was discovered that this theory is not true.

Throughout time, discoveries have been made that have changed the way we look at our planet and the entire universe. We can’t be so narrow-minded to assume that everything we’ve been taught up to this point about physics and the world we live in is correct and will not change in the future.

It wasn’t so long ago that we all thought out earth was flat and people believed if they sailed far enough they would fall off the edge of the world. This was believed for thousands of years; when it was finally discovered that our planet was actually round, it changed everything.

People who eat fish a few times each week are slightly less likely to suffer a stroke than those who only eat a little or none at all, according to an international analysis. The omega-3 fatty acids in fish may lower stroke risk through their positive effects on blood pressure and cholesterol, wrote Susanna Larsson and Nicola Orsini of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute in the journal Stroke.

Their analysis was based on 15 studies conducted in the United States, Europe, Japan and China, each of which asked people how frequently they ate fish, then followed them for between four and 30 years to see who suffered a stroke.

“I think overall, fish does provide a beneficial package of nutrients, in particular the omega-3s, that could explain this lower risk,” said Dariush Mozaffarian, a Harvard School of Public Health epidemiologist whose research

was included in the analysis.

“A lot of the evidence comes together suggesting that about two to three servings per week is enough to get the benefit.” Vitamin D, selenium, and certain types of proteins in fish may also have stroke-related benefits, he added. Data for the analysis came from close to 400,000 people aged 30 to 103.

Over anywhere from a few years to a few decades, about 9,400 people had a stroke. Eating three extra servings of fish each week was linked to a six-percent drop in stroke risk, which translates to one fewer stroke among a hundred people eating extra fish over a lifetime.

The people in each study who ate the most fish were 12 percent less likely to have a stroke than those that ate the least. Mozaffarian’s report separated the effects of different kinds of fish and found that people who ate more fried fish and fish sandwiches, not surprisingly, didn’t get any stroke benefit.

REUTERS/Matt Cardy/pool

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha look at the fish counter inside the fish shop “Fresh From The Sea” in Port Isaac, south west England August 21, 2011.

Samsung says 10 million Galaxy S II handsets sold SOUTH Korea’s Samsung Electronics, the world’s second-largest mobile phone maker after Nokia, said it had sold 10 million Galaxy S II smartphones worldwide since the device debuted in April. Sales of the new model, an upgraded version of the firm’s flagship smartphone, had doubled in two months after hitting the five-million mark in July, the company said on Sunday.

The new device was released locally on April 29 and in some European countries in May. It also went on sale in China in July before hitting

the US market in September. “In just five months the Galaxy S II has seen tremendous growth, reflecting strong support from carrier partners,” JK Shin, the head of the firm’s mobile device unit, said in a statement.

Shin said earlier this year that Samsung planned to sell globally more than 10 million of the phones, powered by Google’s Android operating system and spearheading the firm’s smartphone push this year. Sales at home amounted to 3.6 million followed by 3.4 million in Europe and 2.3 million in rest of

Asia, the company said.

The firm, one of the world’s major mobile phone sellers competing against companies like Apple, has sold more than 14 million of its Galaxy S smartphone which was released in June 2010.

Samsung and Apple are at loggerheads in a series of patent lawsuits over the technology and design of their smartphones and tablet computers. Despite their legal battles, Apple is one of the biggest customers for Samsung’s chips and display screens.

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Roma win at last, Juventus, Udinese stay unbeaten Reuters

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Juventus fell behind after 21 minutes at Catania, Alejandro Gomez supplying a low cross which was turned into the net by his fellow Argentine Gonzalo Bergessio.

Serbian striker Milos Krasic equalised four minutes after the re-start with a rightfoot shot which was badly misjudged by goalkeeper Mariano Andujar, another member of the Argentine contingent in the Sicilian side.

ATTACKING FOOTBALL Juve had a let-off late in the game when Luis Henrique has promised to turn a mistake by Giorgio Chiellini set up a 5RPD LQWR DQ H[FLWLQJ DWWDFNLQJ RXWÂżW EXW chance for David Suazo but the Honduran Europa League elimination at the hands of was foiled by Gianluigi Buffon.

Juventus, who drew 1-1 at Catania, stayed unbeaten and share the Serie A lead with Udinese, who are also undefeated after a goalless stalemate at Cagliari. The two sides have eight points from four games. Promoted Atalanta remain the only other unbeaten team after a 2-1 win over Novara with goals from Matias Schelotto and Luca Cigarini.

They have the best playing record with three wins and a draw but have only four points after having six deducted before the VWDUW RI WKH VHDVRQ LQ D 6HULH % PDWFK ¿[LQJ scandal. Genoa’s unbeaten record ended when they lost 2-1 at Chievo, who also beat Napoli in midweek.

Striker Rodrigo Palacio, recalled by Argentina last week after a three-year absence, put Genoa ahead just after halftime with his fourth goal in as many games. Sergio Pellisier levelled for Chievo in the 74th minute and Davide Moscardelli scored a stoppage-time winner.

Siena beat Lecce 3-0 helped by a brace from Emanuele Calaio after Mattia Destro opened the scoring, while Lazio and Palermo played out a goalless draw.

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AS Roma Daniel Osvaldo, of Argentina, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring against Parma during their Italian Serie A soccer match at Tardini stadium in Parma, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011.

Bayern eye group domination with win over City VHDVRQœV &KDPSLRQV /HDJXH ¿QDO to be held in the Bavarian capital BERLIN - In-form Bayern and Bayern eager for a shot at a Munich host Manchester City in ¿IWK WLWOH ³,Q WKH IRUP ZH DUH their Champions League Group currently in the only team that can A game on Tuesday knowing beat us is ourselves,� said Bayern that victory against the team that captain Philipp Lahm after their looks like their direct group rivals 3-0 league win over Bayer Lewill put them in the driving seat. verkusen on Saturday.

Bayern also saw the return of Bayern go into their second group game in scintillating form, having Dutch winger Arjen Robben, who won their last nine games in all had been out since late August competitions without conceding with a groin injury. He could not a single goal. They also won their have hoped for a better comeback group opener at Villarreal two himself as he scored the third weeks ago to lead the standings. goal 12 minutes after coming on.

While Bayern have historic Mario Gomez is also expected to associations with the city of Man- start again after playing against chester, they are linked to United Leverkusen, following a brief rather than City. United’s 1958 air absence due to a groin injury. ³7KH WHDP LV ZHOO SUHSDUHG crash in Munich that decimated the team and the 1999 Champi- hugely motivated and I am very RQV /HDJXH ¿QDO ZKHUH 8QLWHG optimistic,� said club CEO Karlsnatched a last-gasp victory over +HLQ] 5XPPHQLJJH ³&LW\ DUH %D\HUQ DUH WZR VLJQL¿FDQW GDWHV the favourites in the group together with us so it would be in Munich.

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Munich’s Arjen Robben of the Netherlands celebrates after scoring his side’s third goal during the German ďŹ rst division Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in southern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011.

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Tsonga seals sixth title with Metz win over Ljubicic Reuters

METZ, France - France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga clinched his sixth ATP title when he beat big-serving Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-3 6-7 LQ WKH ¿QDO RI WKH 0HW] WRXUQDPHQW RQ 6XQGD\ Wo r l d n u m b e r 1 0 Ts o n g a showed he had a strong serve of his own, firing 14 aces past Ljubicic, and he broke six times to secure his first title since prevailing in Tokyo almost two years ago.

Ljubicic, who had not dropped serve on his way to the final, trailed 4-5 in the second set but held serve to force a tiebreak that he won 7-4.

The effort cost the Croat dearly and he gradually ran out of steam against the 2008 Australian Open runner-up.

Tsonga, whose career has been hampered by injuries, sealed the win when Ljubicic served a double fault.

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Woods to hire Dustin Johnson’s caddie very successful together,â€? Winkle said. “Nonetheless, we think highly of Joe, ATLANTA — Tiger Woods has both as a caddie and a person, which is hired Joe LaCava to be his third full- ZK\ KH ZDV KLUHG LQ WKH ÂżUVW SODFH :H time caddie. LaCava decided to leave wish him nothing but the best with his Dustin Johnson, one of the most talented new employer.â€?

LaCava was the longtime caddie for young Americans, to go to work for the former world No. 1 who hasn’t won in Couples, a relationship that ended in the last two years. According to a story the summer because Johnson was lookposted on Woods’website Sunday night, ing for a caddie and Couples’ playing LaCava approached Woods and his schedule was being reduced because of his health. Swing coach Butch Harmon agent, Mark Steinberg, about the job. “This was an important decision, recommended LaCava to Johnson, and and I wanted to think about it care- said Sunday night he was “shocked� by fully,� Woods said in the story. “Also, the change. “The thing that bothered me the most out of deference for the FedEx Cup Playoffs, I decided to wait until they was T.W. not calling Dustin and asking were concluding to have substantive if he could talk to Joe,� said Harmon, talks. We then spoke to Joe and came who used to work with Woods. “That’s the way it’s done. I’m a little disapto an agreement. “Joe is an outstanding caddie, and I pointed with the way Tiger handled it. have known him for many years. I’ve But I’m not surprised.�

The post on Woods’ website said personally seen the great job he did for Freddie (Couples). I’m anxious for us he talked to Johnson after LaCava to be working together.� David Winkle, informed his employer he was leaving Johnson’s agent at Hambric Sports to work with Woods. The website story 0DQDJHPHQW DOVR FRQ¿UPHG /D&DYD also said Woods spoke to Couples about was going to work for Woods and a the decision.

Woods fired Steve Williams after search for a new caddie would begin nearly 13 years this summer after Wilimmediately. “Needless to say, Dustin and I were liams worked for Adam Scott while completely surprised, as they have en- Woods was recovering from a knee joyed a great relationship and have been injury.

Associated Press Writer

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In this April 5, 2010, photo, Tiger Woods shakes hands with Fred Couples’ caddie, Joe LaCava, during a practice round for the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga.

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Vettel on brink of title Sebastian Vettel moved to the brink of a second title by winning the Singapore Grand Prix, but Jenson Button’s runner-up finish meant the German was one point shy of the championship lead he required to wrap things up for 2011.

Vettel utterly dominated the majority of the race. The Red Bull man was a second per lap faster than his pursuers at first, and though the pack closed up with a midrace safety car after Michael Schumacher clipped Sergio Perez and was launched into a violent accident - from which he emerged unhurt - Vettel had a cushion of backmarkers behind him at the restart and was eight seconds clear again after just one lap.

McLaren driver Button started closing in with some very rapid late laps, but Vettel always appeared to have everything under control as he clinched his ninth win of the season.

Button had claimed second with a quick start, while Vettel’s front row partner team-mate Mark Webber got away slowly.

Lewis Hamilton challenged Webber down

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the inside in the second McLaren but ran out of space and fell as low as eighth, while Fernando Alonso took his Ferrari around the outside of everyone to grab third from fifth on the grid.

Webber twice passed Alonso on the road, having to get back ahead after the Ferrari reclaimed third in the first pitstops following an on-track exchange. But a bold dive into the Turn 10 chicane amid traffic on the restart lap secured Webber’s third place and he pulled away thereafter.

Hamilton had a highly eventful run to fifth.

He quickly recovered from being wrongfooted on the first lap but then clipped Felipe Massa while racing with the Ferrari immediately after the first stops. The McLaren picked up both wing damage and a penalty, while Massa was left with a puncture.

AP Photo/Toru Takahashi

Furious Massa blasts Hamilton SINGAPORE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - A simmering feud between Formula One’s Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa threatened to explode on Sunday when the pair clashed again under the Singapore floodlights. Massa, already fuming from an incident in qualifying, was furious and confronted Hamilton after the grand prix during which the Briton’s McLaren had clipped his Ferrari while attempting to pass.

Hamilton collected a drive-through penalty for causing the collision but still finished the race fifth while the Brazilian, who limped back to the pits with a punctured rear tyre, was ninth and blamed Hamilton for “destroying” his race.

Massa was unable to mask his anger.

Spotting Hamilton sipping from a drinks bottle in front of TV camera crews and reporters in a roped-off media pen, he slapped his rival on the shoulder spinning him round before offering a sarcastic ‘thumbs-up’ sign and telling him ‘good job, very good job’.

A stony-faced Hamilton wisely thought better of responding, and immediately stalked off to his team’s motorhome without speaking to Massa or the media.

Massa, though, was more forthright. Just 24 hours after having accused the Briton of “not using his mind” in qualifying, he again vented his anger.

“I told you yesterday that he cannot use his mind... even in qualifying, so

AP Photo/Tim Chong, Pool

Pit crew change tires for Ferrari driver Felipe Massa of Brazil during a pit stop during the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix on the Marina Bay City Circuit in Singapore, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011.

you can imagine in the race,” the Brazilian said. “In qualifying he tried to do a Superman on the out-lap, you know?

And today he tries to do the same in the race.”

Sweat dripping from his face in the Singapore heat, Massa continued: “He could have caused a big accident. He touched my wheel on a straight -- 300 kph, and he punctured my tyres, so he destroyed my race.” “(He paid) for that because he had the drive-through, (but) that’s the problem. He doesn’t understand even paying for a problem,” said Massa.

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“It is important the FIA (governing body) is looking, and penalises him all the time he is going in the car, because he cannot be thinking about it.” Massa looked exasperated when asked if he would speak to Hamilton about the situation.

“I tried. But he don’t listen to me... he don’t listen maybe to even his father, so you imagine myself.” Hamilton, who has repeatedly had to defend his aggressive style while also making regular trips to the stewards, and Massa have been at odds since the Monaco Grand Prix in May. The two collided in that race, with Massa retiring. The Brazilian, who lost out to Hamilton by a single point in the 2008 championship won by the McLaren man, called on the FIA after that to teach the Briton a lesson “or he will not learn”.

A fightback charge from Hamilton took him from a post-drive-through 15th to fifth in the end, helped by the safety car closing him onto the lead pack again. A string of DRS passes got him back into the top five, though having to pit for another set of tyres while those behind him did not meant Hamilton had to make a lot of his moves twice before his top five finish was secure.

Paul di Resta secured the best result of his Formula 1 career so far in sixth for Force India. A very long first stint and the ability to make his second and final stop just as the safety car came out got him ahead of Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg and the second Force India of Adrian Sutil.

Massa fell to 20th following the clash with Hamilton, before clawing his way back through to salvage some points in ninth.

Perez’s Sauber was undamaged in the incident with Schumacher, which happened when the Mercedes was coming back through after a pitstop, and he finished 10th.