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GENOA, Italy – Sixteen peoplewere hospitalised early Wednesdayafter Serbian fans clashed with Ital-ian police following the two countries’cancelled Euro 2012 qualifying matchin Genoa, northern Italy. In violencebefore, during, and after the match,some Serbian fans targeted not justItalian fans and local police but theirown team’s goalkeeper.

Police made 17 arrests, Ansanews agency reported, citing offi-cials. Buses carrying Serbian fanswere later escorted out of the cityby police to avoid further clasheswith Italian fans.

Officers seized sticks, metal barsand knives from the Serbian fans, as

Media outlets around the worldincluding CNN International,Britain’s Sky News, France’s iTeleand BFM and also Europe-wideEuronews live-streamed the drama

Chileanminer MarioGomez exitsthe Phoenixcapsule afterbeingbrought tothe surface,on October13, 2010following a10-weekordeal in thecollapsedSan Josemine, nearCopiapo, 800km north ofSantiago,Chile.Gomez, at 63years old isthe oldestminer of thegroup of 33.

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WASHINGTON - A captivated global audience looked on as the first of 33 miners trappedfor a record 68 days deep underground emerged Wednesday into the cold night air of Chile’sAtacama desert. People logged on and tuned in to read, watch and listen as Florencio Avaloswas extracted safe and sound from 600 meters (2,000 feet) below ground at 0311 GMT, fol-lowed exactly one hour later by co-worker Mario Sepulveda.

as it unfolded in real time. As wellas cameras trained on the surface,viewers also saw grainy picturesof the miners still awaiting rescuein the their deep underground shel-

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Millions, struggling to compre-hend the nightmarish existence ofthe trapped men and the anguish oftheir families, have followed thelong rescue efforts since as a shaftwide enough to extract the minerswas drilled.

Serbia fans clash with Italian police after cancelled matchwell as a bag carrying large explosivefireworks. The violence brought sharpcondemnation from Italy and Serbia.

“The Beasts,” read a front-pageheadline in La Gazzetta dello Sport,accompanied by a picture of one ofthe ringleaders of the violence. Themost seriously injured in the violenceearly Wednesday was a member ofthe carabinieri, who was rushed tohospital after an explosive devicedetonated in his face. A Serbian fanalso suffered facial injuries.

The match was abandonedTuesday night just six minutes in,after Italy’s goalkeeper was hit bya flare, which Serbian fans werethrowing onto the pitch and at Ital-ian supporters.Continued on page 6

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Semarapura (Bali Post)—Ticket brokers of the Nusa Jaya

Abadi ferry were increasingly brutaland difficult to be dammed. Residentsor passengers continued to complainabout it. Unmitigated, prospective pas-sengers that normally should pay IDR35,000 for the crossing motorcycleswere obligated to pay far more expen-sive, namely IDR 250,000. “It wastruly harming the passengers,” criti-cized the Village Chief of Sekartaji,Nusa Penida, Wayan Suarta, when at-tending a hearing with the chairmenand members of the KlungkungHouse, Tuesday (Oct 12).

Suarta proposed a shift or mutationimposed to the ticket officers. Other-wise, it would be very difficult to dis-continue the action that seemed to havebeen well organized. “Probably, thereare some officials getting involved inthe ticket brokerage,” added the resi-dent of Nusa Penida, Nengah Setar.

Setar questioned where the excessof money paid by ticket purchaserswent. The normal fare was IDR35,000, but passenger should paymany-fold namely IDR 250,000. “Itshould be questioned, whether the ex-cess payments were allocated to theirsenior,” he said.

Setar urged the relevant parties, gov-ernment and the police to come downto the field in order to check the bro-kerage activities because the ticketbooth was scheduled to open at 9:00a.m., but the tickets had been sold outprecisely at 8:00 a.m. Surprisingly, at

“There are 3 schools in the air-port area. The three schools will berelocated but their location remainsin the vicinity of the airport,” saidPresident Director of PT AngkasaPura I (Persero), Tommy Soetomo,in the meeting of the project devel-opment acceleration of Ngurah RaiAirport on Monday.

It was said that the moving wouldbe discussed immediately betweenthe party of AP I and the BadungEducation Agency so that it wouldnot interfere with the process ofteaching and learning.

Meanwhile, General Manager(GM) of PT Angkasa Pura I(Persero) Ngurah Rai Airport, HeruLegowo, Tuesday (Oct 12) claimed

Expansion ofExpansion ofExpansion ofExpansion ofExpansion ofNgurah Rai AirportNgurah Rai AirportNgurah Rai AirportNgurah Rai AirportNgurah Rai Airportmoves 3 schoolsmoves 3 schoolsmoves 3 schoolsmoves 3 schoolsmoves 3 schoolsMangupura (Bali Post)—

Three schools namely Wipara Kindergarten, SDN 4 Tuban state primary school and SMPAngkasa junior high school located in the airport area will be moved in relation to the devel-opment of Ngurah Rai Airport. In addition to schools, a number of office facilities will alsobe relocated, too.

the land of the three schools wasowned by AP I. Admittedly, the kin-dergarten and junior high schoolwere schools managed by the Foun-dation of the Spouse Association ofAngkasa Pura’s Employees(Periskapura). “We would like toemphasize that there will be no evic-tion,” he affirmed.

The party of AP I would buildthose relocated schools prior to therelocation process. It was intendednot to interfere with the learning pro-cess. Even, it was recognized that anumber of offices within the airportarea would be relocated as well.Admittedly, the relocation was in theinterest of the airport development.

Development for the expansion of

Ngurah Rai Airport was acceleratedfrom the previous schedule. Origi-nally, the construction was sched-uled to begin early next year, but itwas then brought forward to Novem-ber 2010. This was related to the in-struction of President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in thecabinet meeting on the developmentacceleration of Ngurah Rai Airport.

Acceleration of the airport devel-opment was related to the implemen-tation of Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Summit 2013.President targeted the airport devel-opment should have been completedby March 2013. Earlier, the accom-plishment of the development wastargeted in May 2013. (par)

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The Balinese take part on the parade in Bajra Sandhi, Renon onOctober 12th 2010 to commemorate the Bali Bomb I tragedy.

Ticket brokers increasinglybrutal, officials requestedto act decisivelyFare at IDR 35,000 but charged IDR 250,000

around 11:00 a.m. (a few hours beforethe ferry departed), emerged an indi-vidual offering tickets at a higher fare.“Regency Police have many members.On that account, please attempt to comedown to location and capture the bro-kers and the officers getting involved.Parliament as the working partner canalso coordinate the issue,” added Setar.

A member of Commission B,Komang Gede Ludra, agreed with themutation of ticket officers. Even, headmitted to have noted the three namesof officers indicated to play as broker.Likewise, he also expected that relatedagencies could take firm action.

The Head of Klungkung House,A.A. Anom, promised to follow up thematter immediately. Afterward, AgungAnom directly ordered the DeputyHead of Klungkung House and Com-mission B Putu Tika to investigate thecase in person so that they could findout the truth of the information regard-ing to such brokerage.

In the meantime, the Head ofKlungkung Transportation, Commu-nication and Informatics Services,Nengah Sukasta, acknowledged thatit was difficult to handle the brokers.However, he would attempt to antici-pate the case by the implementationof ticket sales system where each pas-senger was only allowed to purchasetwo tickets for the crossing fromPadangbai to Nusa Penida. Con-versely, passengers from Nusa Penidawere only permitted to purchase up tofive tickets. (kmb20)

If government is serious aboutdeveloping new destinations as aneffort to attract more tourists tostay longer on this island,Mayungan Anyar Hamlet can po-tentially be developed intoagrotourism. The hamlet belong-ing to Antapan Village territory,Tabanan has uniqueness of itsown. “Mayungan Hamlet hasagrotourism attraction along withits Five Enchantments,” said EkaMahadewi in Nusa Dua recently.

This lecturer of Bali TourismInstitute (STP Bali) then explainedthe five types of enchantmentsconsisted of characterized envi-ronmental conditions, undulatingtopography and beautiful hills.Similarly, the village had a vari-ety of vegetables, horticulturalplants and characteristic crop. “Interms of historical development,Mayungan Hamlet produced vari-ous vegetables being able to pro-vide supply for the Baturiti sub-district long time ago,” she said.

Mayungan Anyar Hamlet RetainsAgrotourism Potential

Historically, continued Eka, thevillage was capable of producingvegetables that provided suppliesfor Baturiti subdistrict as well asother areas from the past times.Meanwhile, in the field of technol-ogy, local villagers remaining to usetraditional manners along with itssubak irrigation system could be-come the main attraction.

Its products comprised the com-bination of activity to enjoy thenatural scenery of plantation andagriculture with other activities,such as enjoying the scenery aroundthe tourist object while pickingpineapples, tomatoes, oranges andother fruits. “And the current trendat the village is that visitors can doadditional activities such as hikingand cycling around the location ofagrotourism,” said the administra-tor of the Indonesia Hotel and Res-taurant Association (PHRI) ofBadung Chapter calmly.

Mayungan Hamlet also had an-cestral cultural heritages such as

Chinese ceramics originated inthe Ming Dynasty times (thir-teenth to fourteenth century),pieces of slonding gamelanblades, buffer of slonding blades,and the Okokan arts. The pan-oramic view of terraced rice fieldcombined with sunset generatedan interesting scene. Likewise,there were also tourist attractionsof Ngingil and Cepung Waterfallthat were no less interesting.

However, Eka added that theroad leading to the village stayedto become a significant constraint.Road access to the village was ex-tremely damaged and not worthyto be passed through. Then, con-necting bridge of Tohjiwa Villagein Badung Regency andTalangpati Village in TabananRegency had not been improvedyet properly. For this moment,these objects could only be reachedby motorcycle or four-wheeled pri-vate car because there was no pub-lic transport. (BTN/bud)

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Negara(Bali Post) -About 223 kilometers of roads

in Jembrana are still in damagedcondition. However, the local gov-ernments can not repair the roadbecause of limited budgets for roadinfrastructure.

The head of Department of Pub-lic Works in Jembrana, I KetutSwijana on Tuesday, October 12th2010, said that the length of dam-aged roads was around 22 percentof the total length of roads inJembrana. Of the total road lengthof 941 kilometers according to theDistrict with the fiscal capacity ofaround Rp 12 billion per year, theOffice can only work an averageof 40 miles per year. So whencounted, it took up to 20 years morefor all of the road could be im-proved. “We are targeting allhotmix indeed, but our budget isinsufficient for the” said Swijana.

These cafes status are very un-sure as if it’s categorized as a bar itdoesn’t complete the regulations,and also could not be categorizedas a restaurant.

“The café could be a restaurant.Yet until now it doesn’t completeitself to be one looking from theregulations. As the food and drinkssold are not completing its stan-dardization,” Head of DenpasarPermits Agency, AA Rai Soryawan,explained when met at Mayor ofDenpasar City Office, last Tuesday(12/10).

Denpasar (Bali Post) –Foreign tourists’ visitation to

Bali has significantly increasedevery year from 2006 to 2009. Yetterrorism threats have to be awareof with Bali’s security conditionstill conducive. This has to be pro-tected together.

Although there is another threatwhich is health issue such as ra-bies did disturb tourism market inHong Kong, China and Australia.Bali Government and the publichave taken effective steps to treatit so and hoped this sort of issueswon’t disturb any visitation. Thiswas stated by Head of Bali Tour-ism Agency Drs. IB KadeSubhiksu MM last Monday (11/10) when met in an opening of

Tabanan, DenPost—Existence of a monastery at

Batunya Hamlet, Batunya Village,Baturiti Subdistrict, began to botherlocal residents. Activities carried outat location touted as a place of wor-ship often interfered with the com-fort of surrounding residents. Even,the village authority had sent a let-ter of protest, but it was not re-sponded at all.

“Existence of the sanctum is notobvious. Even, most of our residentsdo not agree with such kind of ac-tivity. However, so far our protestwas not responded,” said the villagechief of Batunya, Nyoman Tika,Tuesday (Oct 12).

Local residents objected, accord-ing to Nyoman Tika, because theland of the monastery belonging toFather Joseph Gerungan was origi-nally purchased with a pretext of aresidential home. Then, two years

Monastery at Baturiti disturbs local residents

Nine Laptops GoneDenpasar (Bali Post) –The Jimbaran campus of

Udayana University (Unud) inJimbaran, South Kuta, Badung,now is back as the criminal targetas on Monday (11/10) morning itis known the study building IA inEconomy Faculty have beenrobbed. The robbers successfullygot in and took 9 laptops with eachof its chargers. While Unud admit-ted to have loss tens of millionsrupiahs and the case has been re-ported to the South Kuta Police.

From the police’s information,the incident was just known hadhappened at 7.30 am local time.Witness also security of the loca-tion, Nyoman Sumarsawan (38),saw a window’s iron chain dam-aged and did a checking straightaway. “Two Acer laptops and the

Illegal, Dimly LitIllegal, Dimly LitIllegal, Dimly LitIllegal, Dimly LitIllegal, Dimly LitCafes in DenpasarCafes in DenpasarCafes in DenpasarCafes in DenpasarCafes in Denpasar

The booming cafes in several areas of Denpasar have not given any positive effects to its sur-rounding. It’s not rare there have been complains from its local residents who felt disturbed bythe loud music that was on. More over, it’s only opened at night and the kind of food and drinksare only certain kinds. This condition has cause difficulties for Denpasar City Government toproduce permits for these dimly lit cafes.

It is said that until now theyhaven’t given out a café permit asfrom the supervising done, this kindof business usually operated with-out finding a permit and so thosecafes are actually illegal, “I think thiskind of business operated withoutany permits.”

Connecting to the contribution ofthe area, there has been none. Thisis admitted by Kesiman’s VillageHead, I Made Karim, as when con-tacted through telephone he actuallydid not know there’s a café in hisarea, “Until now there are no con-

tributions from cafés to the village.And I don’t know if there are anycafes in the Kesiman Traditional Vil-lage.”

Meanwhile an owner of a caféaround Renon admitted has beenfilled by quite a number of workers.At least there are 19 people andmostly from outside Bali. They workat night accompanying the café’sguests. Sadly, when asked about theirsalary, the café owner did not want toshare it, “Ah I think it’s not ethical totalk about that. Yet for now the visi-tors have been going down.” (ara)

22 Percent of Jembrana Roads DamagedIn progress, the Office based on

the priority scale by prioritizing roadaxis. That is the road connecting thevillage road with country roads.Therefore, according Swijana not allbad roads should be charged to theDepartment of Public Works. Be-cause in every village there shouldADD that is used to repair infrastruc-ture including rural roads. But thefact it sucked them to build the vil-lage offices, temples and othersbriefly. “Later if the roads have been,handed to the PU. Supposedly thisis not the case. Because ADD is there“he said.

To cope with budget shortfalls, hesaid the Office to find a solution byproposing a stimulus budget of theCentre road improvements since thelast few years. But until now no onehas thought to be realized.

Also according to him there arealso a number of roads that need ur-

gent repair due to flooding or land-slides. As happened in PangkungManggis, Tegak Gede-KaleranYehembang-Kaleran andYehembang-Yeh buah. The fourroads are damaged and nearlybroke. While the lean river de-stroyed by the flood of them on thebridge wing on banjr Ngongeng,Mendoyo Dauh Tukad and Pendem,Negara. Department said had beenpreparing a proposal and will coor-dinate with the Parliament ofJembrana. According Swijana, thereare two alternatives for improve-ment. A proposed budget of postalfunds in the Secretariat or unex-pected equipment installed in themain Budget 2011. “Look in themirror of the previous case, if weused the funds will be unforeseenproblems and got a warning from theBPK. Maybe we’ll put in the mainbudget “he concluded. (Kmb26)

ago the Regent of Tabanan, AdiWiryatama, issued permission for thehouse functioned as a Catholic priestministry. However, in keeping withthe passage of time, the place sud-denly turned into a monastery. Thismatter was just known when therewas a blessing activity on behalf ofthe Carmelite Convent, recently.

“People have long disagreed withsuch an activity. Beside there was nocoordination, local people also feeluncomfortable because it raised rum-bling noise during the worship ser-vices,” he said.

It was also deplored that the mon-astery never made coordination andsocialization. His party questionedabout the clarity of the building’s per-mit. Moreover, his party had not beenable to know exactly the activity com-mitted inside the abbey.

“We’re not looking for trouble.However, we just would like to seek

for clarity so that we could avoid anyinconvenient causes that may ensueat our village” he said.

Similar opinion was conveyed bythe Chief of village representativeagency (BPD) of Batunya Village,Made Yasa. According to him, he hadnever received notification from themonastery’s party about the activitiesof blessing there. Moreover, its utili-zation permit was unclear, either. Forthat purpose, his party hoped the gov-ernment could immediately interveneand address the matter to avoid anyinconveniences in the future.

“I myself was truly surprised. Ihope that government could followit up. Additionally, I appeal the rel-evant regional apparatus unit (SKPD)could selectively issue permissions inrelation to development, particularlyin the area of Baturiti Village,”pleaded the Head of the DemocraticFaction of Tabanan House. (122)

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Tourists enjoy beautiful scenery on a lake. Many lakes inBali could be arranged so it could attract more tourists tovisit Bali.

Udayana UniversityJimbaran Campus Robbed

others are Byon. The total of lossreached IDR 34.2 Million,” asource from Denpasar Police ex-plained on Tuesday (12/10).

There’s a strong suspicion thatthe crime actor was more than oneand went in by force opening abuilding’s window. The windowhad its iron chain damaged by aquite heavy item, “Maybe withscrewdriver or crowbar. Also therobbers went in during theevening.”

No one has seen the crime actas besides the building position isfar from the nearby houses, it isalso a quiet place and far from thesecurity’s supervision which socausing these robbers to do it eas-ily, “The case has been reportedto the South Kuta Police and nowis deepening the case and is tryingto capture the robbers.” (kmb21)

Health Issue AlsoDisturbs Tourism

tourist guide certification at Indo-nesia Hindu University (Unhi).

Besides health, cleanness has toget an attention as this were alsocomplains with rubbishes stillfound in tourist objects and roadswhen actually rubbish bins havebeen provided. For that, cleannessculture has to be increased to reachBali Green and Clean.

Meanwhile in the opening ofthe event, IB Subhiksu mentionedtourism in Bali is a main sector indeveloping after agriculture as awhole. The success in Bali’s tour-ism development was also due tothe public’s awareness and partici-pation. And so, tourist guides areimportant and a colleague to thegovernment. (08)

International4 Thursday, October 14, 2010 News

Ahmadinejad is making his firststate visit to Lebanon at a time whentensions have mounted between Ira-nian-backed Hezbollah and Western-backed parties in the government.The growing crisis has raised fearsover the fate of the unity governmentthat includes both sides and has man-aged to keep a tenuous calm.

The visit by the leader of Iran —Hezbollah’s most powerful ally —throws Lebanon’s divisions intosharp relief. Trailed by heavilyarmed security in bulletproof vests,Ahmadinejad smiled and waved tothe crowds from the sunroof of hisblack SUV as he headed to thepresidential palace to meet Presi-dent Michel Suleiman.

AP

Poster of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seen between Lebanese and Iranian flags

AP

SEOUL, South Korea – SouthKorea launched its participationWednesday in a U.S.-led coalitionto intercept ships suspected ofspreading weapons of mass destruc-tion, risking the anger of rival NorthKorea, one of the countries targetedby the program.

North Korea has long warned itwould consider Seoul’s participa-tion in the Proliferation SecurityInitiative as a declaration of waragainst the North.

South Korea was hosting a semi-nar Wednesday among 15 partici-pating nations in the southeasterncity of Busan, to be followed Thurs-day with naval interdiction drillsinvolving South Korea, the U.S.,Australia and Japan in internationalwaters between South Korea andJapan, the Defense Ministry said.

The program, which began in2003, has been joined by more than90 countries to help deter trade inweapons of mass destruction andmissiles by states including NorthKorea and Iran. Seoul said last yearit was joining the maritime web af-ter the North conducted its secondatomic test.

The drills also come amid linger-ing tension on the divided Koreanpeninsula following the Marchdeadly sinking of a South Koreanwarship blamed on Pyongyang.

In May, a multinational investi-

Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) – China of-fered on Wednesday to open talks onmilitary issues with rival Taiwan, amove that could cool a potentialflashpoint in the Asia-Pacific regionand help warming ties, but it drew acool reaction from the island.

“We advocate conducting con-tacts and exchanges on military is-sues, including the cross-Strait mili-tary deployment issue, in a properway at a proper time,” Yang Yi,spokesman for China’s Taiwan Af-fairs Office, told a regular news brief-ing in Beijing.

“(We will) discuss setting up a

China offers Taiwan military dialogue, island wary

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Destroyers from the U.S., left, South Korea and Japan, right, are atanchor at a naval base in Busan

Experts meet ahead ofnaval drills in SKorea

gation led by Seoul concluded thata torpedo fired from a North Ko-rean submarine sank the 1,200-tonwarship. North Korea has denied in-volvement in the sinking that killed46 South Korean sailors.

The sinking has dimmed theprospects for resuming the stalledinternational talks aimed at disman-tling North Korea’s nuclear pro-grams. North Korea quit the talkslast year, but it has expressed will-ingness to rejoin the talks, whichinclude the U.S., South Korea,China, Japan and Russia.

Seoul and Washington have saidthe North must first take specificmoves to demonstrate its sincerity.

In Beijing, Chinese nuclear en-voy Wu Dawei told reporters Tues-day after his meeting with NorthKorea’s First Vice Foreign Minis-ter Kim Kye Gwan that Pyongyangappeared to have positive stance inresuming the nuclear talks, SouthKorea’s Yonhap news agency re-ported Wednesday.

Kim, who served as the North’stop nuclear envoy, was promotedlast month from vice foreign min-ister.

The trip comes two weeks afterNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Ilpromoted his youngest son, KimJong Un, to four-star general andgave him key political posts aimedat an eventual succession in whatwould became the country’s secondhereditary power transition.

cross-Strait security mutual trust sys-tem to stabilize the cross-Strait situa-tion and ease military security worries,”he added. China has as many as 1,900short- and mid-range missiles aimed atTaiwan, defense officials on the islandsay, and Taiwan has urged China to re-move them. Beijing has never re-nounced the threat of force to bringTaiwan into its fold.

Taiwan Premier Wu Den-yih, how-ever, told parliament that the time wasnot yet right to discuss disarmamentbecause the two sides needed moretrust.

“I’m afraid the time is not ripe,” Wusaid, according to the semi-official Cen-tral News Agency reported.

With elections on the island com-ing up this year and in 2012, Taiwanofficials can be reluctant to rush intotalks with China, and risk raising sus-picion among voters nervous aboutthe mainland.

China and Taiwan have been ruledseparately since 1949 when defeatedNationalist forces fled to the islandfollowing the Communist victory ina civil war.

TRADE WOULD TOP AGENDAMilitary dialogue would ease the

60-year-old threat of war between twosides just 160 km (100 miles) apartand could raise a recent thaw in rela-tions to a new level following a se-

ries of landmark economic dealssigned since 2008.

Taiwan’s stock and currency mar-kets would welcome any reduction ofmilitary tension as a sign of long-termstability for growth in trade ties be-tween the island’s $416 billion export-led economy and powerhouse China.

Military suspicions remain deep onboth sides. Taiwan, beginning to lagin the balance of power, has upsetChina by asking the United States forsales of advanced weapons systems.

A Taiwan government official saidon Wednesday trade issues would stilltop Taiwan’s agenda in talks withChina.

But analysts say Beijing is getting

anxious to discuss political matters,having put them to the side for now toconcentrate on less contentious prob-lems. The two sides plan to meet againbefore the end of the year.

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou ofthe China-friendly Nationalist Party isexpected to run again in 2012 againstthe anti-China opposition after may-oral and county magistrate races nextmonth offer clues about which partyis gaining.

“Before the next presidential elec-tion, the status quo with China will bean optimal choice for the ruling party,”said Liu Yi-jiun, an international af-fairs professor at Foguang Universityin Taiwan.

Ahmadinejad boostsAhmadinejad boostsAhmadinejad boostsAhmadinejad boostsAhmadinejad boostsHezbollah with Lebanon visitHezbollah with Lebanon visitHezbollah with Lebanon visitHezbollah with Lebanon visitHezbollah with Lebanon visitAP

BEIRUT – Thousands of cheering Lebanese welcomed IranianPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Lebanon on Wednesday, throw-ing rose petals and sweets at his motorcade at the start of a visit thatunderscores deep divisions within this tiny Arab nation.

“Ahmadinejad has done a lot forLebanon, we are here to thank him,”said Fatima Mazeh, an 18-year-oldengineering student who took theday off classes to join the crowds.“He’s not controlling Lebanon. Ev-eryone has a mind and can think forhimself. We are here to stand withhim during the hardest times.”

Hezbollah’s opponents in Leba-non often brand it a tool of Iran andfear the movement is seeking to im-pose control over the country.Hezbollah boasts widespread sup-port among Shiites, virtually runs astate-within-a-state in Shiite areas,and has the country’s strongestarmed force. Iran funds Hezbollahto the tune of millions of dollars a

year and is believed the supply muchof its arsenal.

Hezbollah and its allies, in turn, saytheir political rivals are steering Leba-non too far into the American camp.

As Ahmadinejad arrived, thou-sands of Lebanese lined the mainhighway into the capital fromBeirut’s airport, located near themainly Shiite districts of southBeirut. Many waved Lebanese andIranian flags, and giant posters ofAhmadinejad towered over the road,while loudspeakers blasted anthemsand women in the crowd soldHezbollah flags and balloons to on-lookers.

Ali Chehade, a 32-year-old mathteacher, told his kids to take the dayoff to come to the airport road.

“Ahmadinejad is a big leader inthe region because of his words aboutthe resistance,” he said, referring toIran’s support for what Hezbollahtouts as its armed resistance to Is-rael.

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Temple Ceremony

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annualCeremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Ba-linese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine whicheach family possesses. Because of this practically every fewdays a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in someVillage in Bali. There are also times when the entire islandcelebrated 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 consid-ered its birth day and celebration always takes place on thesame day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When newmoon is used then the celebration always happens on new moonor full moon. The day of course can differ the religious cel-ebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some templecelebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakihtemple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and mostof the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importanceof the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed withpieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, deco-rations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold andChinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the fourcorners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, whiteor black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped inthe shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrel-las soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, longflags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. Infront of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles,decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, riceand other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are thegirls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangementsof all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Everyvisitor admires the grace with which the carry their load ontheir heads.

Balinese TempleCeremony

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9th – “Tumpek Landep”, the day devoted toSanghyang Pasupati, the lord of all metal tools (in-cluding car) for magical power and proper function,held at every family- compound, especially at smithsand garages

– Temple Festivals at:- Pr. Agung Tirtha Bhuwana, Bekasi, Jawa Barat.- Pr. Mutering Jagat Dalem Sidakarya, Jl.

Dewata I, Ds Adat Sidakarya, Denpasar.- Pr. Pasek Gelgel Ds.Pedungan, Denpasar.- Pr. Agung Pasek, Ds. Tangguntiti

Kaler,Tabanan.- Pr. Agung Pasek Selemadeng, Tabanan- Pr. Pasek Tangkas, Kediri, Tabanan.- Pr. Kertha, Banyuning Barat, Buleleng.- Pr. Toya Katipat, Ds. Wanagiri, Buleleng.- Pr. Dalem Tenggaling, Br. Sengguan,

Singapadu.- Pr. Kawitan Arya Bang Pinatih, Ds.

Peguyangan, Singaraja.- Pr. Bhujangga Wesnawa, Tegalcangkring,

Jembrana.- Pr. Taman, Ds. Bubunan, Seririt, Buleleng.- Pr. Penataran Pande Dalem Batur Jati, Br.

Pandean, Mengwi.- Pr. Dalem Pingit, Br. Taro Kaja, Tegallalang.- Pr. Dadia Pasek Gelgel Gobleg, Ds. Selat,

Sukasada- Pr. Batur Arya Warih Kepaon Cengolo, Ds.

Sudimara, Tabanan.- Pr. Ida Ratu Pande, Besakih.- Pr. Penataran Pande , Ds. Kusamba,

Klungkung- Mr.Pasek Batan Tubuh, Melinggih.- Mr.Pasek Gelgel, Ds. Akah, Klungkung.- Mr.Pasek TohJiwa, Tangguntiti,- Pr. Dalem, Ds. Bungsu, Batubulan.- Pr. Pasek Tatar Bale Agung, Buleleng.- Pr. Panti Abian Buru, Ds. Kenderan, Buleleng.

- Pr. Penataran Agung Pinatih, Br. Menak,Tulikup.

- Pr. Kumuda Saraswati, Ubud.

13th – Temple Festival at:- Pr. Pasar Agung, Besakih- Pr. Puseh + Desa, Ds. Bebalang, Bangli.- Pr. Pasek Bandesa Hyang, Ds. Selat,

Kerobokan, Badung.- Pr. Hyang Agung Ibu Wanasari, Br. Tegal.- Pr. Pr. Gede Gunung Agung, Ds. Dukuh,

Munggu, Badung.- Mr. Pasek Bandesa Pasar Badung, Br. Legian,

Kuta Kaja.- Mr. Ida Bhatara Dalem Tarukan, Br. Pakel,

Satria, Klungkung.- Pr. Kerebuan Langit, Ds. Sading, Mengwi.- Pemerajan Saren Kangin, Ds. Baleran, Ubud.- Pr. Pajenengan Kawitan Arya Tauman, Br.

Jelantik Kuri Batu, Tojan, Klugkung.

19th _ Temple Festival at:- Pr. Penataran Tangkas, Br. Tebuwana,

Sukawati.- Pr. Dalem Lagan, Ds. Bebalang, Bangli- Pr. Puseh, Br. Lembeng, Batubulan, Sukawati.- Pr. Pasek Gelgel Penulisan, Ds.Kerambitan,

Tabanan.- Pr. Gaduh, Ds. Sading.- Pr. Dalem Gandamayu, Klungkung.- Pr. Sanghyang Tegal, Br. Taro Kaja,

Tegallalang.- Pr. Penataran Agung, Besakih.

20th _ Temple Festival at:- Mr. Kawitan arya Pengalasan Pusat, Ds.

Bedulu, Pejeng Gianyar.- Pr. Pasek Tangkas, Ds. Pasekan Kaler, Tabanan.- Pr. Gaduh Binoh, Ds. Ubung.

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NUSA DUA - Run in partnershipwith other hotels at Nusa Dua HotelCommunity, Meliá Bali Indonesiaparticipate the Beach Clean Up Dayprogram organized by BTDC (BaliTourism Development Corporation)for surrounding resort’s area. This ac-tivity highlights the Melia Bali com-mitment to sustainable tourism asAsia’s only Earth Check Gold Certi-fied company.

At the same time, the hotel alsoheld a regular Cleaning Blitz Programfor the resort’s area organized bySafety & Environment and HumanResources Departments to ensure acleaner and healthier environmentaround the Hotel, a simple act for agreener environment. In line with ourcommitment to implement one from12 values hotel philosophy that is “Weare committed to preserving a cleanand green environment”, more than 50staffs joined these programs gather-ing all the plastic garbage, proper solidwaste disposal and others.

Beach CleanUp Day

Thursday, October 14, 20106 News

AP

MADRID – A Spanish officialsays three Frenchmen died when asmall plane they were flying incrashed into the side of a fog-shrouded mountain in the northernNavarra region.

Searchers scoured the blackenedsite high up the mountainside forthree other crew members missingand feared dead, said police Gen.Zulmayi Horya Khail.

The plane went down east of thecapital shortly after take-off fromBagram Air Field, the main U.S.military base in Afghanistan, atabout 8 p.m. (1530 GMT) Tuesday.The cause of the crash wasn’t im-mediately known. Weather condi-tions were clear at the time.

An Associated Press photogra-pher near the scene saw wreckageablaze on the mountainside Tuesdaynight.

Hundreds of Afghan securityforces in fatigues carrying M-16rifles gathered at the bottom of the

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Afghan soldiers stand guard near the site of a plane crash, on the mountain side above them,east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010.

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KABUL, Afghanistan – Five charred bodies were recovered from the wreckage of a cargoplane Wednesday that slammed into a mountaintop east of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul witheight people aboard.

mountain Wednesday. Smoke couldbe seen rising from the scatteredwreckage several hundred yards(meters) straight up.

“Today our forces are workingto secure the site and we are wait-ing for the further orders from theAfghan defense ministry to moveto the next step,” said Afghan Na-tional Army commander Col. AbdulMalik.

Kabul Airport DirectorMohammad Yaqub Rassuli said theaircraft was carrying supplies forNATO forces. He said all eight crewmembers were believed dead.

The plane owned by United ArabEmirates-based TransAfrik was un-der contract by the U.S.-based com-pany National Air Cargo.

“The company has confirmedthat a TransAfrik L-100 aircraft fly-ing from Bagram to Kabul wentdown shortly before 8 p.m.,” Na-tional Air Cargo said in a statement.“Our thoughts and prayers go outto the crew and their families.”

The L-100 Hercules aircraft isthe civilian equivalent of a militaryC-130 plane.

NATO said in a statement thecrash occurred about 16 miles (30kilometers) east of the Kabul Inter-national Airport.

In May, a passenger plane oper-ated by Pamir Airways, a privateAfghan airline, crashed while trav-eling from Kunduz in northern Af-ghanistan to the capital. All 44 pas-sengers on the plane died.

Spain: 3 killed in crash of small planeThe official with the Navarra re-

gional government says the plane thatcrashed Tuesday was one of 12 whichhad taken off from the southernFrench town of Lezignan-Corbieresas part of a fundraising air rally thatwas to take them all the way down toSenegal in West Africa.

Their first destination in Spain wasthe northwest city of Salamanca.

The plane crashed in a mountain-ous region of Navarra where therewas thick fog after a day of heavyrains, the official said. He spoke oncondition of anonymity in line withdepartment policy.

After the game, in the early hoursof Wednesday, Italian police keptSerbian fans hemmed into a gatedparking area, intending to releasethem in small groups to waitingbuses.

The clashes started when some ofthe fans managed to break out andpolice in riot gear moved to try toget them under control.

Serbia apologyItaly has received a formal apol-

ogy from Serbia following violentclashes that forced the cancellationof a Euro 2012 qualifying matchbetween them, Foreign MinisterFranco Frattini said Wednesday. “I

Serbia...

Wellwishers from around theglobe, ranging from fellow min-ers to heads of state, watchedminute-by-minute overnight as amissile-shaped capsule bearingChile’s national colors waswinched into the mine.

A measure of how the epic sur-vival tale has ballooned into a glo-bal human interest story, live im-ages from the site were broadcastto viewers as far afield as NewYork and Sydney, London and To-kyo. The BBC streamed footageof the operation alongside ascrolling sidebar of mini-bites ofinformation emerging from thecrowd of relatives and Chileanpoliticians waiting to receive theminers-turned-national heroes.

Many outlets also employedcounter graphics as the minerswere brought out one-by-one.Japan’s major television networksoffered live coverage, completewith profiles of the 32 Chileansand one Bolivian, who survivedtheir first 17 days before makingcontact with rescuers by rationingemergency supplies.

Japanese doctors discussedvarious medical complications themen could suffer, while Australiannews stations, websites and radiobulletins devoted non-stop cover-age to the dramatic operation.

“It was supposed to be a day offfor me, and I was planning tocatch up on my reading,” highschool English teacher TetsuroUmeji in Kudamatsu City, Japan,wrote on the BBC live feed. “Butnow my eyes are glued to the com-puter screen as the rescue isbroadcast live. Absolutely amaz-ing! Congratulations, Chile! I willkeep my fingers crossed until thelast of the 33 miners is brought tothe surface!”

In Europe, Austrian televisionhad a special news program dedi-cated to the rescue — a rare oc-currence for foreign events — andin the Netherlands the second-largest daily newspaper AD ran itsfirst three pages dedicated to theevent. In Poland, which has seen

From page 1have just received a phone call fromSerbian Foreign Minister VukJeremic, who presented a formalapology from the government,”Frattini said.

Jeremic promised “to intensifythe search for those responsible andto capture the criminals who will bepunished to set an example,” headded.

Clashes overnight betweenSerbian fans and Italian police inGenoa in northern Italy injured 16people including two police officers.At least 17 people were also arrested,Italy’s Ansa news agency reported.Tuesday night’s match had to be can-celled after just six minutes of play.

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its share of mine disasters, two24-hour news channels — thecommercial TVN24 and publicbroadcaster TVP3 — had liverolling coverage of the dramaticrescue efforts.

Similarly, 24-hour news chan-nels in the neighbouring CzechRepublic and Slovakia also pro-vided viewers with minute-by-minute coverage. In the Spanish-speaking world meanwhile, therescue bid dominated news sta-tions and websites.

Spanish-language stat ionUnivision ran live video of thesite, while Chile’s La Terceranewspaper website carried agraphic header with empty boxesto be filled in as each mineremerged safe, and two counterstallying “rescued miners” and“miners in hospital.”

The interest appeared to over-whelm authorities managing me-dia at the mine site. They ran outof international media badges andbegan issuing hand-labeled IDs toreporters arriving from as farafield as China and Turkey.

China’s Xinhua news agency andstate television were reporting fromthe ground, and popular news por-tals Sohu and Sina set up specialsections on their front pages featur-ing details on the rescue effort.

Throughout Asia, whether inSingapore, South Korea, Thailandor Vietnam, citizens were greetedwith the exciting news that thefirst miners were out.

China’s CCTV streamed thefirst two rescues live, and SouthKorean newspaper Chosun Ilbosplashed the headline: “Today,Chile will be jubilant.”

Al-Jazeera’s English languagestation broadcast the rescue andtheir correspondent stationed atthe site updated a Twitter feedwith the latest information.

Venezuelan President HugoChavez also took to the micro-blogging site to send his bestwishes to the rescue crews and theminers. “We are with Chile! Godbe with you,” he wrote.

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian gov-ernment has asked Taiwanese au-thorities to clarify nepagin preserva-tives in soy sauce of Indomie instantnoodles circulating in Taiwan, TradeMinister Mari Elka Pangestu said.

“We have asked the drug and foodsupervisory board there to clarifythat our products are safe and meetinternational standards and are notdangerous,” she said here on Tues-day night.

The clarification was very impor-tant since misinformation on one ofexport products would have an im-pact on trade in other Indonesianexport commodities, she said.

She made it clear the nipagin ormethyl p-hydroxybenzoate contentin the soy sauce of Indomie instantnoodles under certain variants hadcomplied with the regulation of thehealth minister on standard contentof food preservatives.

Chief of the Food and DrugMonitoring Agency (BPOM)Kustantinah said earlier under thedomestic rule the maximum limit ofnipagin content in soy sauce was 250milligram for every kilogram of the

Australian Immigration MinisterChris Bowen said after meeting In-donesian Foreign Minister MartyNatalegawa that Jakarta would sendofficials to further talks on develop-ment of the facility.

“Minister Natalegawa agreed tomake his officials available in thecoming weeks to further develop theproposal,” Bowen told reporters.

“He certainly understood the im-portance of a processing centre interms of a broader regional frame-work,” he said.

Indonesian foreign ministryspokesman Teuku Faizasyah said theprocessing centre was still an idea.

“We return to the position to lis-ten to their explanation. Our foreignaffairs minister stressed its impor-tance as part of a regional frame-work,” Faizasyah said.

Australia and East Timor agreedon Tuesday to form a joint workinggroup to develop the processing cen-tre to stem the flow of asylum seek-ers heading to Australia.

East Timorese President Jose

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PALU - At least 10 people havebeen killed and another three werefeared dead after they were bur-ied in a landslide on Indonesia’sSulawesi island, police saidWednesday.

A steep part of a hill in theMorowali district of CentralSulawesi province collapsed onTuesday and engulfed dozens ofpeople working for a local palmoil company, local police chief

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA - New infra-red foot-age released Tuesday captures a raretiger roaming in protected forests onIndonesia’s Sumatra island, whichconservationists alleged to have beenillegally cleared.

The video captured in May andJune this year was released by envi-ronmental group WWF, which hasbeen monitoring Sumatran tigerssince last year in a wildlife preservenear Bukit Tigapuluh national parkin Riau province.

Government asks Taiwanto clarify preservatives ininstant noodles

Footage shows land clearingthreatens Indonesia tigers

In one clip, a male Sumatran ti-ger was seen walking towards acamera and sniffing it.

About a week later, a bulldozerwas seen flattening land at the samespot, believed to be making way forroads to new palm-oil plantations,WWF spokeswoman DesmaritaMurni told AFP.

“There were strong indications ofillegal land-clearing activities andthis must be investigated. The videoshowed concrete evidence that therewere threats to tigers in this area,”she added.

The WWF said it had reported theland clearing in the Bukit Batabuharea to the authorities and “the op-erations have since stopped”.

“But we don’t know when they willcome back, so we’re urging for moni-toring to be intensified in the area,”Murni said. Human-animal conflictsare a rising problem as people encroachon wildlife habitats in Indonesia, an ar-chipelago with some of the world’s larg-est remaining tropical forests.

There are as few as 400 Sumatrantigers left in the wild in Indonesia,WWF said.

Ten killed in Indonesia landslideSuhirman told AFP.

“The workers were taking a lunchbreak on the hill’s slope when theincident happened,” he said.

Heavy rains as well as excavationwork to build an access road for theplantation company may have beenpartly to blame for the landslide, hesaid, adding that 18 people were alsoinjured, most suffering brokenbones.

Search and rescue teams weretrying to locate the three missingpeople using heavy machinery but

hopes were slim of finding themalive as they were buried in aboutfive metres of earth, Suhirmansaid.

At least 148 people were killedearlier this month when flashfloods struck a remote region ofeastern Indonesia.

Indonesia’s climatology agencysaid most parts of the SoutheastAsian archipelago had experi-enced torrential rains, strongwinds, high waves and floodingdue to extreme weather this year.

product. The rule was based on theglobally-accepted guidelines set bythe Codex Alimentarius Commis-sion (CAC), she said.

In fact, CAC itself had set themaximum limit of nipagin contentin soy sauce at 1,000 milligrams forevery kilogram of the product, hesaid. She said Taiwan had indeedadopted different standards in theuse of nipagin for soy sauce.

“Although their standards are dif-ferent from ours both are safe andmeet international standards,” shesaid.

The BPOM chief said all regis-tered and licensed instant noodlescirculating in the domestic marketwere safe for consuming.

Taiwanese authorities late lastweek conducted a raid on Indone-sian-made instant noodles circulat-ing in Taiwan for allegedly contain-ing methyl p-hydroxybenzoatewhich is commonly used in themanufacture of cosmetics.

The world’s biggest instantnoodle producer, PT IndofoodSukses Makmur (ICBP), said onMonday its products exported toTaiwan had met the local food safetyrequirements.

Australia, Indonesia agree moreAustralia, Indonesia agree moreAustralia, Indonesia agree moreAustralia, Indonesia agree moreAustralia, Indonesia agree moretalks on Timor asylum centretalks on Timor asylum centretalks on Timor asylum centretalks on Timor asylum centretalks on Timor asylum centre

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Indonesian Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar (R) shakes hands with Australian ImmigrationMinister Chris Bowen (L) during their meeting in Jakarta on October 13, 2010.

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JAKARTA - Australia and Indonesia agreed on Wednesday to fur-ther discuss plans for a refugee centre in East Timor to stem the flowof asylum seekers through Southeast Asia on their way to Australia.

Ramos-Horta previously said theproposed centre to be built in hisimpoverished nation had to be tem-porary and could cost about 30 mil-lion dollars.

Ramos-Horta dismissed reportsof widespread domestic oppositionto the proposals, saying peoplewould agree once he explained thehumanitarian imperatives.

Australian Prime Minister JuliaGillard first raised the proposal fora regional migrant detention facil-ity based in East Timor in July amida surge in the arrival of undocu-mented migrants by boat in Austra-lian waters.

Thousands of asylum seekershead through Southeast Asian coun-tries on their way to Australia everyyear and many link up with peoplesmugglers in Indonesia for the dan-gerous voyage.

About 100 boats carrying morethan 4,000 people have arrived thisyear, in which it has become a po-litically sensitive issue for Gillard’sfragile Labor-led coalition.

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Bali Today

The revision was done as the tar-get is no longer suitable with the de-velopment happening now as the tar-get of the movement until 2014 is stillusing economy growth assumption of2004-2008, “At first we used 2004-2008 data, yet now the growth

Bali PostDENPASAR - Immigration on

Board (IoB) has become a break-through to the problems of immi-gration services in Bali when thecrowdedness incurred in the im-migration process at the airport.At least, the implementation ofthis visa on arrival (VoA) wouldease the entry of foreign touristsinto Indonesia. They need nothave to queue at the airport im-migration.

Minister of Culture and Tour-ism of the RI, Jero Wacik, earlythis February launched the IoB inGaruda air carrier. This operationwas expected to reduce the longqueues at the counter of visa onarrival (VoA). Wacik also ex-pressed the possibility to add IoBfacilities to other destinations.

The party of Garuda Denpasar,Wayan Supatrayasa, Tuesday(Oct 12) submitted that Garudahad served the IoB service for theTokyo and Osaka to Denpasarroutes. Denpasar-Tokyo route hadbeen served 7 times a week byAirbus 330-300 of Business Classwith seating capacity of 42 and215 seats of economy class.Meanwhile, Osaka-Denpasarroute was served as much as 4times a week.

“All this time, tourists werecomplaining about the length oftime during the process of VoA.They had to wait for hours just toaccomplish the immigration af-fairs. Garuda Indonesia as a pio-neer in the application of IoB hasserved a number of routes,” hesaid.

According to him, starting

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DENPASAR – Miss UniverseJapan 2009, Miyasaka Emiri willtake part in marathon on the BaliInternational Sport Week which willbe held on Sunday, October 17th2010 in Nusa Dua.

Ida Bagus Antara, the head ofBali International Sport Week(BISW), said that Miyasaka Emiriwill take part in the 5 kilometersrace. “She already confirmed tocompete in the race,” he added.

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DENPASAR – Approximately40 paintings made by 12 foreign art-ists will be exhibited in Sika Galleryin Ubud, Gianyar. The exhibition willhe held on November 17th through23rd 2010.

Wayan Diantha, the head of thecommittee of the exhibition, said “theexhibition will have a theme of real-good-patience and will be opened bythe head of Gianyar RegencyTjokorda Oka Artha ArdhanaSukawati.

The paintings are already travel-ing all around the world in exhibi-tions held in Asia, Europe, America,and Australia.

Diantha said that during the exhi-bition, there will be also video aboutart review and there will be two

Miss Universe Japan 2009 to take part in marathonThe race itself is divided into

three categories which are 5 kilome-ters, 10 kilometers, and 21 kilome-ters.

“Approximately 1,000 runnersfrom Indonesia and abroad will takepart in the race. The marathon is alsoa part of the 8th Nusa Dua Fiesta,”Antara said. He also explained thatthe 21 kilometers race will beopened by Indonesian Sport andYouth Minister, Andi Malarangeng,the 10 kilometers by Bali’s Gover-nor, Made Mangku Pastika, and the

5 kilometers by the head of Bali Po-lice Department, Hadiatmoko.

“The star of the marathon will bein Nusa Dua then the participants gothrough Ngurah Rai Street and finishin Nusa Dua once more,” Antara said.

Many runners will confirm theirparticipation only one or two daysbefore the race start so the commit-tee is still waiting for them.

Antara said that in addition to pro-fessional runners, students, policeand the army also will take part inthe marathon.

Domestic tourists movement revised

Government targeted225 million movementsBali Post

Culture and Tourism Ministry (Kemenbudpar) will soon revised the domestic tourists’ move-ment as it has been increasing significantly year to year. “We will revise the target and willrecount in the Central Statistics Board (BPS),” Secretary Director General of Marketing, NoviendiMakalam, explained.

reached above 1,5 percent.”It will involve other agencies to

recount the target as the data usedis no longer up to date, “Our GDP(gross domestic product) has alsoincreased so the national touristsfollowed the growth. This repre-

sents their interest.”In 2010, they have targeted as much

as 225 million movements with spend-ing IDR 400.000 per person per jour-ney. Until now that target has beenmore than 80 percent, so it will go offthe target by the end of the year. (010)

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Domestic tourists walked along the Kuta Beach, Bali Island. Culture and Tourism Ministry(Kemenbudpar) will soon revised the nation tourists’ movement as it has been increasing sig-nificantly year to year.

Foreign artist to heldexhibition in Ubud

speakers, Arif Bayu Prasetyo, an artobserver and M.Bachtijar, the exhi-bition curator.

The paintings which will be exhib-ited have the value of real, good, andpatience. “Human has two sides, thegood side and the bad one. Paintersshould use their good side, kindnessto create art works,” Diantha said.

Every art works produced by thegood heart will have positive energyand could affect the surrounding area.

“Something that is consideredgood in old time could become notgood nowadays and vice versa.This is because the morality and theway of thinking are different fromtime to time. There is great hopethat through the exhibition, thevalue of kindness and spiritual andother good criteria could be devel-oped,” Diantha added.

To minimize queuing,Garuda adds IoB

from last Tuesday Garuda addedits flight frequency to 7 times aweek. “We are going to add IoBservice to a number of cities,while the infrastructure of IoBservices is provided by theGaruda itself,” he added.

In the meantime, the Commer-cial Director of Garuda Indone-sia, Agus Priyanto, not long agodeclared that as the national car-rier Garuda Indonesia would al-ways support the government’sprogram to increase the numberof tourist visits. “This poses themeasure of Garuda Indonesia tofacilitate the entry of foreign tour-ists,” he said.

He claimed to have designedthe IoB application for other des-tinations. “We already have anIoB program for other destina-tions when there has been readi-ness of the immigration office andpayee bank,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of BaliGovernment Tourism Office, IdaBagus Kade Subhiksu stated whatperformed by the government andGaruda was an effort to increasethe number of tourist visits. “Wedo hope there is an addition to anumber of major markets of Bali.Australia, China and Korea areremarkable potential markets,” hesaid.

According to him, this wouldfacilitate the IoB implementationto tourists visiting Bali. “Themost important thing is half of thelines will be resolved. If thesecountries are provided with thefacility 50 percent of foreign tour-ists would no longer have toqueue,” he concluded. (par)

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Balinese Culture

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There are various kinds of beverages that are uniqueto Bali

Cendol:Jello-like consistency, green pieces of tapioka, mixed

with water and santan or coconut milk, and sweetenedby a liquefied gula jawa or brown sugar.

Es campur (Mixed drink):Somewhat similar to cendol, but it contains a variety

of things. In addition to different kinds of tapiokaproducts, sometimes people different kinds of fruits likeavocado, nangka or jackfruit, etc.

Air kelapa muda (Young coconut juice):Fruit juice: you can find various kinds of fruit juice

drinks, from papaya to markisah (passion fruit) to sirsak(Dutch durian).

By this time the corpse has lost ‘allimportance,’ and from this time on, thefamily is concerned entirely with thesoul of the dead person, A most im-portant accessory for the ensuing cer-emonies, and the object around whichthe rites revolve, is the adegan, the ef-figy in which the soul is embodied tobe purified. The adegan consists of twoimages’, one silhouetted out of palmleaf in the traditional tjili shape and amore realistic one drawn on a thin tab-let of sandalwood: bound together andplaced- on a, silver vase that rests on asilver platter. Betel-nut, sirih leavesand flowers for praying are placed in-side the vase to make the soul com-fortable and, nothing being too goodfor it the to-do add a third, imagemade of beaten gold, bracelets,ankleits and a comb of silver or gold.The person’s name is written a smalllabel of palm-leaf attached to eachadegan. There is effigy for eachcorpse, but only the adegan is usedshould remains be available; for in-stance, if no bones should be foundon opening the grave, if its locationhas been forgotten, or if the persondied at sea or in a foreign land.

The souls are provided daily with“drinks,” holy water, from sacredsprings. Processions go regularly todistant mountain-springs to fill thenew clay pots inscribed with a lo-tus and I sacred syllable ong, whilesomeone casts coins into the watersand recites prayers for the spirit of,the spring. Rolls of ancient black “coppers are tied to the neck of eachpot with the special white yarn usedin ritual, and each pot is providedwith a label’ bearing the name ofthe dead. The pots of holy water arethen deposited on the pavilionswhere the bodies lie.

For alcoholic beverages,there are two primary drinks:

Brem (Rice wine):As described above, brem is a by-product of tape.

The wine comes out of the rice because of fermentation.Arak:

arak is a kind of hard liquor. It is fermented from thesap of a special kind of palm tree.

Additionally, there are variants of non-alcoholicbeverages above that have met Balinese creativity andoutside influence, resulting in various kinds ofinteresting drinks. Air kelapa muda (young coconutjuice) with various kinds of liquors like rum or tequilacan be found in many restaurants, presented attractivelyin the coconut fruit itself. And what can be moreinteresting than a Pina-Colada like drink served inside afreshly cut out pineapple. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Balinese Drinks

The SoulThe elusive souls are next “ awak-

ened “ and captured in the effigies.They are taken to the burial ground,and the company kneels, in front ofthe open graves strewing offerings onthe ground and singing song and themen dig the earth a little knockingupon it, and call the souls to awakenwhile someone scatters pennies to dis-tract the devils that wait ready topounce upon the e and pollute them.The procession returns home, eacheffigy now incorporating a soul, car-ried on the bead of a girl, to be blessedin the shrine of each household. Eacheffigy is then cured as if it were acorpse: it is sprinkled with holy wa-ter, the various, ingredients (bantensuci to attain physical perfectionshreds of mirror, flowers, a gold ring,nails, etc.) are placed over it the eggrolled along its length, and it is deco-rated with gold and silver objects. Thecured effigies are placed near thecorpses, wayang music is played andthe little egg shell lamps of theangenans are lit for the night and theceremonies acquire greater signifi-cance as the date for the cremationapproaches.

A great procession is held on the,the cremation day to take the effigiesto the house of the high, priest for theirfinal blessing. It is important that thisprocession be grand and luxurious,and, all the relatives of the dead Pa-rade in it dressed in the finest clothesobtainable, with brocades gold flow-ers, jewellery, and jewelled krissesmuch in evidence orchestras, barisdancers, and scores of boys carryingspears banner stand flags, followed bylong lines of women offering bearerscome at the bead of the parade; theyrepresent the retinue souls in the effi-gies which are borne on silver platters

on the heads of a specially pickedgroup of beautiful girls in ceremonialfull, dress - diadems of trembling goldflower-on elaborate arrange ments oflacy scarf binding their breasts and yel-low or green skirts of brocade trailingin the dirt often the youngest descen-dant of the family a boy or a girldressed in silks and gold riding on agilt palanquin and shaded by gilt um-brellas Groups of men relatives closethe procession. In once saw some fiftymen uniformed in yellow trailing loin-cloths magenta breast-cloths, andwhite bead-dresses, all wearing goldkeris awkwardly conscious of beingadmired, marching in triple file to thebeat of gongs and drums amidst burst-ing firecrackers.

The procession goes to the priest’shouse, where he waits to consecratethe effigies through a performance ofmaweda, the spoken formula empha-sized by gestures of the hands. Thepriest recites his formulas, flings flow-ers, and sprinkles holy water towardsthe effigies, which are reverently heldin front of him by the kneeling girls.After the ceremony the procession re-turns home, stopping along the way inthe temple of the family’s origin tooffer final prayer. At the house, towardsdusk, the baris dancers perform wardances to cast a protecting net of magicvibrations, and shows are given to en-tertain the guests. Relatives, guests,and populace spend the night dividedbetween watching an all-nightshadow-play and listening to publicreadings of the Balinese classic BhimaSwarga, the tale of the fantastic adven-tures of Bhima on his visit to Hades.Tradition prescribes that this should beread aloud from beginning to -end onthe eve of cremation. In dark comerspeople huddle to steal naps. Outside,the orchestras, among them thegambang, only heard at cremations,boom and bum throughout the night.

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Mas Village is one of villages in Bali fundamentally identi-fied as an artistic countryside by focusing in artistic of woodcarving. Mas Village is located in Ubud sub district and GianyarRegency, east part of Bali. It owns the typical style of woodcarving art by placing forward the distinguish synergy the hu-manism and naturalism. The village’s popularity as an art vil-lage is famous in the national and world level which is not for-getting from the highness name of some maestros which hasborne and found the spirit (taksu) and soul. The famous mae-stro who was borne in this village is Ida Bagus Tilem.

This Artistic countryside owns the long history root. The result ofwood carving art in this village owns the immeasurable and widedimension like idol for the devoting (arca idol), representative di-mension of everyday Balinese social society life (farmer, fisherman,worker, intellectual, merchant etc), the abstract dimension as exist-ing of actor imagination which is listening carefully of reality, dy-namics and life philosophy. The villagers are same as villagers atother tourism countryside in Bali that have also experienced the trans-formation from agrarian society to the crafting society. Even nowa-days, it is continued to service society from commerce service untillevying service of the souvenir for overseas and domestic tourist.

It is strategically located in the main road from Denpasar to Ubudand it can be reached from several of angle. It is about 15 km east-erly go to the majors road to Ubud from Denpasar town. If you wishto go to this place from Denpasar, the starting spandrel points stepinto Mas Village is Sakah, where a big baby idol monumentallyexisting in the middle of road. The Baby idol is a symbol and repre-sentative of human being life early which is believed by local resi-dents with full of philosophic value, religious and dynamism.

http://farm4.static.flickr.comArtists carving in mas village

Mas Village

Thursday, October 14, 2010 11

BUSINESS

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON - There is “no risk” of a global cur-rency war erupting, despite recent currency interventionsby nations ranging from Japan to Colombia, US TreasurySecretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday.

Geithner acknowledged in an interview on “The CharlieRose Show” broadcast on Bloomberg TV that Brazil hasmade reference to the possibility, but he brushed aside fears.

“They used that phrase,” Geithner said. However “thereis no risk of that.” Geithner’s comments came despite afailure this weekend by the world’s top finance officialsmeeting in Washington to reach a consensus on measuresthat could head off a potential currency battle.

In a statement, the International Monetary and Finan-cial Committee — the policy arm of the IMF — on Satur-day stopped short of any specific call on China or others tochange policies of using a low currency and accumulationof reserves to boost exports.

The International Monetary Fund steering committee,which has been struggling to address friction among keyeconomies including China and the United States, noted“tensions and vulnerabilities” due to “widening global im-balances” but said the organization should continue to studythe situation

Geithner on Saturday said the IMF “must strengthen itssurveillance of exchange rate policies and reserve accu-mulation practices,” adding that “excess reserve accumu-lation on a global scale is leading to serious distortions inthe international monetary and financial system.”

Recent IMF figures showed Beijing had currency re-serves of 2.447 trillion dollars, the largest in the world andnearly 30 percent of the global total.

Washington maintains that China purchases largeamounts of dollars to keep the yuan artificially low, whichdistorts global trade by boosting Chinese exports.

The criticism of US monetarypolicy and its weakening dollarcomes as Washington steps up at-tacks on Beijing over its yuan ex-change rate, which US lawmakersclaim is grossly undervalued and iscausing global trade imbalances.

US policies were putting pressureon emerging economies’ currenciesand fanning inflation in them as theyimport resources denominated indollars at higher prices, ZhangMonan, a researcher at the State In-formation Centre said in commentspublished in the official China Se-curities Journal.

Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - China said Wednesdayits trade surplus shrank in September,but analysts warn the drop is unlikelyto ease fears of a global currency war,with Beijing accused of cheating its wayto commercial dominance.

The country’s trade surplus fell to16.88 billion dollars in September from20.03 billion dollars in August, and wasthe lowest surplus in five months, cus-toms authorities said.

The figures come as China set theyuan’s central parity rate — the middleof the currency’s allowed trading band— at 6.6693 to the dollar, its strongestsince a June promise of limited currencyreform.

But the data is unlikely to calm an-gry US and European lawmakers, whoare demanding that China let the yuanappreciate faster against the dollar.

“I think the pressure is still going tobe there,” Brian Jackson, a Hong Kong-based senior strategist at Royal Bankof Canada, told AFP. “I think the factthat their exports are still very strongsuggests that there’s plenty of scope forthem to do more on the currency.”

Some critics claim the yuan is un-dervalued by as much as 40 percent,giving Chinese exporters an unfair ad-vantage by making their shipments ar-tificially cheap.

Beijing vowed in June to let the yuantrade more freely against the dollar.Since then, the currency has advancedaround two percent against the green-back.

Recent currency interventions bynations ranging from Japan to Colom-bia have sparked fears of a global cur-rency war and the Chinese trade datahas done little to ease those concerns,analysts said.

“China’s overall trade surplus mayhave declined slightly last month, buttensions are unlikely to do the same,”said Mark Williams, a London-basedeconomist at Capital Economics.

Falling US dollarFalling US dollarFalling US dollarFalling US dollarFalling US dollarhurts emerginghurts emerginghurts emerginghurts emerginghurts emergingeconomieseconomieseconomieseconomieseconomiesAgence France-Presse

SHANGHAI - A loose monetary policy in the United States hurts the global economy and putsmassive inflation pressure on emerging economies, a researcher with a Chinese government thinktank said Tuesday.

A weaker dollar tends to boostdemand for dollar-priced resources,which come cheaper for buyers us-ing stronger currencies. In turn, thatusually lifts demand and prices.

“Data showed that nearly two-thirds of the 20 emerging economieshave negative real interest rates. Theupward pressure on overall pricelevels is huge,” she wrote.

“The quantitative easing mon-etary policy in the US will severelyhurt the balance of international pay-ments and currency reserves inemerging economies,” Zhang wrote.

The dollar has fallen 6.5 per-

cent against a basket of major cur-rencies since September while theChinese yuan has risen 1.74 percentagainst the dollar in the same period,the researcher said.

Zhang noted that given the cur-rent situation, an interest rate hikemay not help China curb domesticinflation as monetary liquidity floodsglobal markets and pushes priceshigher.

With the interest rate gap betweenChina and other countries, a rate hikemay increase upward pressure on theyuan and lead to more speculativefunds flowing in, she said.

‘No risk’ of currency war: Geithner

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US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

Chinese workers stitch various clothes for export to Europe at atextile factory in Hefei, in eastern China’s Anhui province onOctober 12, 2010. China’s trade surplus shrank in September asgrowth in exports and imports slowed sharply, official datashowed on October 13, but the decline was unlikely to ease pres-sure on Beijing for a stronger yuan.

China’s trade surplusshrinks in September

China’s exports rose by 25.1 percentin September year-on-year to 144.99billion dollars, compared with an in-crease of 34.4 percent in August, thedata showed.

Imports rose 24.1 percent on-yearin September to a record high of 128.11billion dollars, but slower than the 35.2percent growth recorded in August, thereport said.

The slower growth was due to thehigh base effect last year rather thanweakness in the global economy, Bankof America-Merrill Lynch analyst LuTing said in a research note.

Beijing-based Citigroup economistKen Peng told AFP that despite theslowing export and import growth lastmonth, the data remained very strongand would “not stop the calls for moreappreciation” in the currency.

China has repeatedly rejected de-mands for a sharp rise in the yuan, withPremier Wen Jiabao telling Europeanlawmakers last week that such a movewould destroy Chinese firms and fuelsocial instability by triggering joblosses.

“The world will by no means ben-efit from a crisis in the Chineseeconomy,” Wen added, pledging to“gradually allow more flexibility in theyuan exchange rate while maintainingits basic stability”.

While China has said it wants to re-duce its heavy reliance on exports todrive the economy, the export sectorremains a massive employer in thecountry of 1.3 billion people.

China’s top central banker ZhouXiaochuan said at an InternationalMonetary Fund meeting last week thatthe yuan would move gradually to-wards an “equilibrium” level but re-jected any “shock therapy”.

The country’s foreign exchangeregulator said Tuesday that reformingthe yuan exchange rate did not equateto currency appreciation and that mar-ket players should get used to “two-wayfluctuation in the yuan exchange rate”.

Entertainment InternationalThursday, October 14, 201012

“There is very little performancecomedy that works on his intellec-tual level. He’s one of these guys thatcan do it. It just needed a form,”Seinfeld said during a press eventTuesday to publicize the show. “Ikind of challenged him to come upwith a form and he did. And thenonce he did, I was kind of stuck get-ting involved with it.”

In the show, Quinn — the formerhost of MTV’s late-1980s game show“Remote Control” and a “SaturdayNight Live” cast member — takesaudiences through the history of theworld, highlighting why empires al-ways seem to fail. “This show is abouthow human nature just steps in everytime and ruins everything,” he said.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Hilary Duff maybe a recently married youngwoman of 23, but when it comesto books she’s not quite ready togrow up. “I love reading youngadult books even though I’m a littleolder than the set demographic forYA,” she said Tuesday. “I love ad-venture. I relate to girl characters,love, finding yourself and break-ing out of the mold that people putyou in.”

It makes sense then that the ac-tress and singer would decide towrite her first novel “Elixir” for theyounger set. Duff may have a feelfor her reading audience, too, from

Agence France Presse

LONDON - British authorHoward Jacobson was named thesurprise winner of this year’s pres-tigious Booker Prize for literaturefor his comic novel about love, lossand Jewishness. Jacobson’s work“The Finkler Question” defied theodds Tuesday to pick up the awardand 50,000 pounds (80,000 dol-lars, 55,000 euros) prize money forhis tale of two old school friendsand their teacher.

The London columnist andwriter — twice previouslylonglisted for the Booker — beatfavourite Tom McCarthy anddouble winner Peter Carey to theprize. Almost as well known for hisability to narrowly miss out onmajor literary prizes as for his writ-ing skills, Jacobson joked about thelong wait he had faced for such rec-ognition as he picked up the award.

“I’m speechless. Fortunately Iprepared one earlier. It’s dated1983, that is how long the wait’sbeen,” the 68-year-old told theLondon ceremony.

He added: “It is beyond belieffor me because I was so accus-

AP Photo/Jeff Christensen

Actress and recording artist Hilary Duff poses for a portrait Tuesday,Oct. 12, 2010 in New York.

Hilary Duff stays young with first novelknowing her viewing audience. Duffplayed Lizzie MacGuire for two sea-sons on the Disney Channel from2001-2004. Fans who watched her onTV may also want to check out herbook.

“Elixir” is about a young photojour-nalist named Clea Raymond whosephotos have extra images in them thatweren’t there originally. Then her fa-ther disappears. Clea sets off to unravelthe mystery of both.

“This idea just kept coming to meand building in my head. I thought‘What am I gonna do with this? Am Igonna write a script or pitch the idea?Have someone else write it?’ And thenI thought ‘I’m open for a new chal-lenge. I’m going to try to write a

book.’”Duff has had a busy year. Besides

writing, she also wed pro hockeyplayer Mike Comrie in August. Shesays publishing deadlines can be morestressful than planning a wedding.

“It’s very similar ... They (pub-lishers at Simon & SchusterChildren’s) were very good to meduring the writing process and verylenient with dates and stuff until thevery end. Then it got hectic. I wasplanning the wedding, and there’sdeadlines with that, too, like gettingthe location and getting your dressat a certain time ... I tend to do ev-erything at the last minute ... Icouldn’t even choose which one isharder. I guess I’d say the book.”

AFP PHOTO/CARL COURT

FILES- A file picture taken on October 10, 2010 shows British writerHoward Jacobson, shortlisted for the Man Booker literary prize, poseswith his book ‘The Finkler Question’ at the Royal Festival Hall in Lon-don, on October 10, 2010. British author Howard Jacobson on Octo-ber 12, 2010 won the prestigious Booker Prize for literature for hiswork “The Finkler Question”, beating the favourite Tom McCarthy.

British author Howard Jacobsonin surprise Booker Prize win

tomed to being somebody that was,to begin with, not liked by theBooker Prize.” The decision by thefive judges to award him the prizewas not unanimous, with the finalverdict three to two in his favour.

Chair of the judges, English poetAndrew Motion, said the work was“a completely worthy winner of thisgreat prize.” “‘The Finkler Ques-tion’ is a marvellous book: veryfunny, of course, but also veryclever, very sad and very subtle.”

The story’s main character is aformer BBC radio producer, JulianTreslove, who despite not beingJewish develops a fascination withJewishness. The tale explores thistheme through his relationship withtwo Jewish friends.

Britain’s press praised the decisionto hand the award to the writer, withthe Guardian newspaper hailing “avictory for that most overlooked genreon literary prize lists, the comic novel.”The Independent said awarding theprize to Jacobson “broke the mould.”

“It was predicted to be the mostlikely loser, not least because acomic novel has never satisfied thetastes of high-minded judges,” saidthe paper.

AP Photo/Charles Sykes

Jerry Seinfeld finds himselfJerry Seinfeld finds himselfJerry Seinfeld finds himselfJerry Seinfeld finds himselfJerry Seinfeld finds himselfa Broadway directora Broadway directora Broadway directora Broadway directora Broadway directorAssociated Press Writer

NEW YORK – One word seems to best describe Jerry Seinfeld’s role as a Broadway director: reluctant.The TV and stand-up star said he began helping comedian Colin Quinn develop material for what wouldbecome Quinn’s one-man stage show “Long Story Short” and then got roped into directing a work thattraces global events from the caveman to the digital age in just 75 minutes.

The show debuted off-Broadwaythis summer to generally good re-views and now goes on Broadwayat the Helen Hayes Theatre for an11-week run starting Oct. 22.

Seinfeld and Quinn, who met de-cades ago while working comedyclubs, said collaborating on thisproject was easy since they bothknow stand-up and have comple-mentary talents.

“I’m very smart about beingfunny and he’s very funny about be-ing smart,” said Seinfeld. “He’s re-ally a smart guy that figured out howto be funny, and I’m smart about tak-ing funny and figuring out how topace it and organize it. So it was agood blend of skills.”

Quinn has been testing slivers ofthe show’s material for years, butfound comedy clubs weren’t the bestvenues for intellectual humor.“They’ll stay with you for about 30minutes. Then they’re like, ‘All right,c’mon. Will somebody talk about thelower half of the body, please? Weget it: You’re smart,’” he said.

The one-man show is constantlybeing tweaked to add or removetopical elements. “We don’t want itto end. At some point, it’ll end. Butit’s fun to keep playing with it. It’slike a car — you keep tuning it,”Seinfeld said. Asked how he knewwhat was funny on stage, Seinfelddeadpanned: “I had a sitcom in the’90s,” he said.

Colin Quinn,left, and Jerry

Seinfelddiscuss

‘Long StoryShort’, the

one-mantheatrical

show movingto Broadway

starring ColinQuinn and

directed byJerry

Seinfeld, at anews confer-ence in New

York, Tues-day, Oct. 12,

2010.

International Thursday, October 14, 2010 13Life Style

The high-definition sets unveiledTuesday evening in New York willhave LCD screens ranging from 24inches to 46 inches, with recom-mended retail prices from $600 to$1,400. Sony will begin selling thenew sets in its online store Satur-day, and they should be available inBest Buy Co.’s U.S. stores by earlynext week. Pre-orders are currentlybeing taken at both Sony’s and BestBuy’s websites.

Sony’s price for its Google TVsets is $200 to $400 higher thancomparable TVs without the highlytouted software, a differential thatthreatens to dampen sales at a timethe still-shaky economy is causingmore households to pinch their pen-nies.

The strong sales of Apple Inc.’siPhone and iPad have demonstratedthat people are still willing to opentheir wallets to buy breakthroughgadgets, but persuading them usu-ally requires a snazzy marketingcampaign that shows why the prod-ucts are worth the extra money.

Forrester Research ana-lyst James McQuivey

Agence France Presse

ZAGREB - An iron used for awedding suit, a rear-view mirrorbroken in a jealous fit and a lowerleg prosthesis — at first it’s hard tofind any link between the items ondisplay at a new museum in Croatia.But every exhibit in the Museum ofBroken Relationships has one thingin common — it tells the story of alost love.

These material remnants of failedromances down the years are some-times mundane, sometimes bizarre,sometimes funny, sad or even kinky.The prosthesis is laid out on a whitepillar, tastefully lit. It belonged to aCroat war invalid who had an affairwith a social worker.

“The prosthesis lasted longerthan our love. It was made of stur-dier material,” says the caption. Oth-ers exhibits include a tool used toaxe an ex-girlfriend’s furniture, a redwig from New York and garterbeltsfrom Sarajevo.

“I never put them on. The rela-tionship might have lasted longer ifI did,” laments the donor. The ideafor the museum came five years agowhen artists Olinka Vistica andDrazen Grubisic, who broke up af-ter four years together, discussedhow to preserve the heritage of abroken emotional relationship.

“Inspired by our own situationwe discussed the idea that every-thing that was nice once and has

Agence France Presse

BERLIN - German scientistsunveiled on Wednesday the latestself-driving car, a phenomenonthat its proponents say willsharply reduce accidents, help theenvironment and transform cities.The car, dubbed the “Made inGermany (MIG)” by its engineersat Berlin’s Free University (FU),uses cameras, laser scanners and

‘Self-driving car’ unveiled in Germanysatellite navigation to “see” other ve-hicles and pedestrians and deal withtraffic situations.

“Cars that use sensors torecognise other vehicles, pedestriansand bikes will in future drive moresafely than people, who lose concen-tration and get tired,” the FU said.

The technology will sharply re-duce the number of cars on the road,because people will no longer needtheir own vehicle so much, using

instead driverless cars pooled in car-share schemes, the MIG’s develop-ers believe. “Most cars spend 90-95percent of the time parked on the sideof the road ... Our aim is to give backmost of the roads back to pedestri-ans,” it said.

“In the future people will wonderwhy at the beginning of the 21st cen-tury we still drove our own cars.” TheMIG, which from the outside lookslike a regular Volkswagen Passat

with a camera on top, was put throughits paces at Berlin’s disusedTempelhof airport on Thursday, butit has already been tested on publicroads.

It is by no means the first self-driving car, however. US technol-ogy giant Google said this weekthat its driverless cars — but alsowith a human inside — have al-ready travelled 140,000 miles(225,000 kilometres) around the

San Francisco Bay area.Engineers working with both

Google and Berlin’s FU tookpart in 2007 in the DARPA Ur-ban Challenge organised by theUS government, involving driv-erless cars developed by 35teams from around the world.Prototypes so far have alwayshad a human being inside to takethe controls in case somethinggoes wrong.

AFP PHOTO/ HRVOJE POLAN

Visitors look at stuffed animals presented at the Museum of BrokenRelationships in Zagreb, on October 6, 2010. The museum grew froman idea by Croatian Olinka Vistina and Drazen Grubisic who brokeup a few years ago. Each of the more than 700 items on display isexplained by a love story.

Heartbreak museum isCroatia’s latest attraction

changed should not be destroyed butrather preserved in a certain way,”Vistica said.

“So in 2006 we launched theproject, calling it the Museum ofBroken Relationships, in whichpeople could kind of store their feel-ings. “The concept is that peoplehave a sort of cathartic experience,getting rid of the burden of a failedrelationship by donating items fromtheir personal stories.”

Although some may baulk at re-vealing such personal details,Grubisic believes the main motiveof donors, who remain anonymous,is to symbolically close a chapter intheir life.

“All major events in our lives,like weddings or funerals, are ac-companied with a sort of a ritualwhile only in break-ups is one alone.

“This in a way provides a kindof a ritual. Through a donation tothe museum an object changes itscontext and becomes somethingelse,” the 41-year-old explained.The newly-opened exhibition inZagreb has provoked lively interestin both Croatia and abroad.

Over the past four years, it hastoured around 20 locations in Eu-rope, North America, Asia and Af-rica.

“The original project actuallyoutgrew us so as soon as a suitablelocation was found we moved toopen it as a permanent exhibition,”Vistica says.

Sony unveils TVs withSony unveils TVs withSony unveils TVs withSony unveils TVs withSony unveils TVs withGoogle’s Web-surfing systemGoogle’s Web-surfing systemGoogle’s Web-surfing systemGoogle’s Web-surfing systemGoogle’s Web-surfing systemAssociated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO – Sony’s lineup of sleek televisions boastingGoogle’s Web-surfing system will go on sale Saturday, testing how muchconsumers are willing to pay to combine access to the entire Internetwith their regular TV programming.

This productimage providedby Sony Electron-ics Inc. shows theSony Internet TVwith the QWERTYremote, poweredby Google TV.

said he isn’t convinced that Sony andGoogle will be able to make a com-pelling enough case to turn this newgeneration of TVs into a must-haveitem, even though he is impressedwith the technology inside the sets.

“Price is going to be important,”he said. “Google TV is a powerfulexperience, but most people aren’tgoing to understand it unless theycan see it in action. And Google isn’tknown for its consumer marketingexperience. I think they have theright concept here, but I am not sureabout the execution yet.”

Sony is planning a marketing blitzto promote its Google TV setsthrough the holiday shopping sea-son, although the company isn’t say-ing how much it will spend onthe campaign. Google tra-ditionally has refrainedfrom buying TVads, relyinginsteado n

its ubiquity on the Internet and themarketing acumen of its partners.

Like millions of mobile phonesthat have been sold in the past twoyears, Sony’s new TVs will be builton Google’s Android operating sys-tem. They will navigate websiteswith Google’s Chrome browser andrely on Intel Corp.’s Atom chips fortheir processing power. The systemcan comb through the Internet, tele-vision programming guides and evenDVRs from satellite operator DishNetwork Corp. to find all video con-nected to a request entered into asearch bar at the top of the screen.

“Finally, you can seamlesslysearch your favorite TV programsand websites on the same screen, atthe same time,” said Mike Abary,senior vice president of Sony Corp.’shome division.

The remote control for Sony’sGoogle TVs includes a standard,“QWERTY” keyboard to enter the

search requests or make othercomments on the Internetwhile retaining the abilityto watch TV simulta-neously.

Logitech InternationalSA has bundled the sameGoogle TV package intoa set-top box that can beplugged into existing TVswith HDMI sets. TheLogitech boxes, alreadyavailable for pre-order,are selling for $300, un-dercutting a similar boxwith a Blu-ray player thatSony is selling for $400.

AP Photo/Sony Electronics Inc.

Thursday, October 14, 201014 InternationalSport

Fabio Capello’s England turned ina bitterly disappointing Group Ggoalless draw at Wembley withMontenegro, who thus still top thegroup with ten points from four gamesto seven from three for England afterwhat skipper Rio Ferdinand rued asan opportunity missed.

“These are the sort of games weshould be winning,” the defenderconceded. World champions Spainbriefly threw away a two-goal leadat Hampden Park before FernandoLlorente conjured a close-rangewinner barely three minutes aftercoming on in place of David Silva.

The 3-2 win ensured that theworld and European championsmaintained their run of winning alltheir qualifiers going back to a2007 draw with Iceland - 17matches ago.

David Villa was earlier on tar-get from the spot with his 44thSpanish goal to go level withrecord marksman Raul whileAndres Iniesta also netted withSteven Naismith and a GerardPique own goal briefly givingScotland fans hope.

Germany, the team Spain beatin the World Cup semi-final aswell as the final of Euro 2008, ranout far clearer winners in theirGroup A encounter away toKazakhstan. Miroslav Klose,Mario Gomez and Lukas Podolskiall scored in a 3-0 win to make it amaximum 12 points - five ahead

Agence France Presse

AMSTERDAM – The Dutchfootball federation (KNVB) are setfor another row with German cham-pions Bayern Munich after selectingmidfielder Mark van Bommel fortheir Euro 2012 qualifier with Swe-den on Tuesday.

The Dutch - who have alreadysparked a row over their playingArjen Robben during the World Cupfinals and who has subsequently notbeen able to play this season - wereasked by the German club to send vanBommel home immediately after hewas injured playing in the 1-0 winover Moldova last Friday.

However, both national coach Bertvan Marwijk - van Bommel’s father-in-law - and the Dutch medical staffsaid he had recovered and accordingto the ANP agency so did the player -he eventually played 70 minutes ofthe match before being replaced.“This is a storm in a teacup,” said vanMarwijk shortly before the kick-off.“Mark is not injured. But I understandthe Bayern directors as they have alot invested in him.”

However, van Marwijk was not asconciliatory after the 4-1 victorywhich saw the Dutch make it foiurwins from four qualifiers. “I find it apity the amount of pressure Bayern

England’s Wayne Rooney (L) vies for the ball against Montenegro’s Miodrag Dzudovic(R) during the Euro 2012 Group G qualifying football match at Wembley Stadium inLondon on October 12, 2010. The game ended 0-0.

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England struggle,GermanyEngland struggle,GermanyEngland struggle,GermanyEngland struggle,GermanyEngland struggle,Germanystroll as tempers flare in Italystroll as tempers flare in Italystroll as tempers flare in Italystroll as tempers flare in Italystroll as tempers flare in ItalyAgence France Presse

PARIS - Tuesday’s Euro 2012 qualifiers brought drama on and off the pitch as Germanywalloped Kazakhstan, Spain edged Scotland and Holland trounced Sweden to cement 100 per-cent records - while Italy’s match against Serbia was postponed for crowd trouble.

of Austria, who drew a topsy-turvygame 4-4 in Belgium.

German coach Joachim Loew wasdelighted. “We have 12 points andwe are in a good place. I cannot askfor more.”

World Cup finalists Holland arealso in a good place after Jan ClaasHuntelaar and Ibrahim Afellayscored a brace each against theSwedes. Liverpool fans will be fum-ing, though, after forward Dirk Kuytwas taken to hospital with a rightankle injury, having only recentlyreturned from shoulder problems.

Events in Genoa, Italy, cast ashadow over the evening as hooli-ganism reared its ugly head, Serbiansupporters throwing flares onto thepitch to force the postponement oftheir match with the Azzurri.

Following a half-hour delay, Scot-tish referee Craig Thomson stoppedthe encounter after just six minuteswhen a flare appeared to hit Italygoalkeeper Emiliano Viviano.

After police struggled to maintainorder at the Marassi stadium, offi-cials finally called off the match fol-lowing meetings between UEFA, theItalian and Serbian Football Associa-tions and the referee. There had beenproblems before the game in the cen-tre of town while Serbia’s goalkeeperVladimir Stojkovic was attacked byhis own fans.

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli toldreporters: “We’re not playing, I’venever seen anything like this before.

“It seemed organised, listening to theSerbian players it turns out theirteam coach was attacked.

“Before the game the Serbiangoalkeeper (Stojkovic) was in ourdressing room and wasn’t just afraidto play he was also afraid for his re-turn home, he didn’t understandanything.”Stojkovic used to play forRed Star Belgrade but now plays forPatizan Belgarde, angering hardcoreRed Star fans.

Elsewhere, Russia head Group Bfollowing a 1-0 win in Macedoniaafter a Robbie Keane missed pen-alty saw the Republic of Irelandblew a chance to stay in pole posi-tion on the way to a 1-1 draw inSlovakia.

The Irish had taken the leadthrough Sean St Ledger beforeSlovakia equalised through JanDurica. Russia lead the Irish and Slo-vaks by two points.

In Group D, France are emergingfrom their World Cup nightmare andsit atop Group D after a routine 2-0victory over Luxembourg, courtesyof goals in either half from KarimBenzema and Yoann Gourcuff.Belarus, who shocked France in theopening match, are only a solitarypoint adrift after a 2-0 win over Al-bania.

Cristiano Ronaldo meanwhilesent Portugal on their way to a 3-1victory in Iceland with an early goalbut his side stay two points behindearly leaders Norway.

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The Dutch football federation (KNVB) are set for another rowwith German champions Bayern Munich after selectingmidfielder Mark van Bommel, seen here in September 2010, fortheir Euro 2012 qualifier with Sweden on Tuesday.

Dutch set for anothershowdown with Bayern

put on to try and prevent Mark fromplaying this evening,” he said.

“All the scans showed that Markcould play. I heard the doctors say thathis knee was okay.

“Therefore he played. We are try-ing to get a place at the Euro 2012finals. The Swedish match was an im-portant match for us to win. AndMark is one of the pillars of the side.”Bayern, who are one of the most ag-gressive European clubs when itcomes to taking on national federa-tions over their players, had taken thedecision to recall the player after con-sulting with their doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt.

Van Bommel, the club captain buta vital element to the Dutch midfieldfor his hardtackling role, had said fol-lowing the Moldova match that thepain in his knee felt worse.

He missed training on Sunday butresumed on Monday.

The row over Robben -Bundesliga player of the year lastseason as he inspired them to thedomestic double and the Champi-ons League final - exploded whenthe injury-prone winger suffered arecurrence of the thigh injury thathad looked like ruling him out ofthe World Cup finals. He sufferedthe injury in a pre-finals friendlyagainst Hungary.

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Another day of rainy weatherdisrupted the programme at thepremier ATP event, but officialswere at least able to finish first-round play by moving indoors tothe practice courts at the QiZhong centre.

Under the lotus-shaped move-able roof at the showcase venue,it was business as usual for worldnumber two Djokovic, who re-peated as China Open championin the capital in a delayed Mon-day final — an easy win overSpain’s David Ferrer. The 23-year-old Serb is among threeplayers to have qualified for nextmonth’s year-end event in Lon-don, leaving five spots still openand little more than a month leftin the ATP regular season.

With a routine 6-3, 6-3 winover Ljubicic, Djokovic im-proved to 7-2 over the big-serv-ing Croatian. “I had no fatigue atall — actually it was a greatstart,” said Djokovic, who haswon two titles so far this seasonin Dubai and Beijing.

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PHOENIX – Al Jeffersonscored 16 points and the Utah Jazzmade 21 of 24 free throws in thesecond half, including 19 in a row,to withstand a Phoenix comebackand beat the Suns 105-100 Tues-day night for their third consecu-tive preseason victory.

Trailing by eight points enter-ing the final period, the Suns tookan 84-83 lead midway through thequarter on a jump shot by EarlClark. Utah quickly surged back,going on a 17-4 run, sparked by

Novak Djokovic of Serbiareacts to a point againstIvan Ljubicic of Croatia

during their second roundsingles match at the Shang-

hai Masters ATP tennistournament in Shanghai onOctober 13, 2010. Djokovic

won 6-3, 6-3.

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SHANGHAI - Novak Djokovic launched his bid to conquer China for a second week runningas the Beijing titleholder rolled past Ivan Ljubicic into the third round on a wet Wednesday at theShanghai Masters. But it was heatbreak for American Andy Roddick for a second straight yearas the 10th seed was forced out with a groin injury to hand a 3-6, 3-2 win to Spain’s GuillermoGarcia-Lopez.

“Beijing was one of the besttournaments I’ve had in the year.I’m feeling confident on the courtand I’m trying to keep that going,”he told reporters. “I’m definitelysatisfied with this performance,satisfied with my game, physicalstate, my condition. I’m playingwell, moving well, motivatedmentally, and full of energy. I’mhoping that it’s going to stay thatway.”

Roddick was blasting throughthe contest when he tweaked hisgroin while moving laterally onthe last point of the fourth gameof the second set against Garcia-Lopez.

The trainer applied heavystrapping but after one more gameRoddick was forced to retire ayear to the day he quit here with aleft knee injury which ended his2009 season. Two-time FrenchOpen finalist Robin Soderling,who had a bye in the first round,rebounded from an early loss inBeijing with a win over Serbia’sJanko Tipsarevic, 6-3, 7-6 (7/5).

Fourth seed Andy Murray, whoalso was bounced early from theChina Open, bested unheraldedlocal favourite Bai Yan, 6-2, 6-2,but needed three match points toget the second-round job doneover the world number 465.

Austria’s Jurgen Melzer, the13th seed and a semi-finalist atRoland Garros this year, put outSpain’s Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 7-6 (7/2).

Frenchman Jeremy Chardy ad-vanced over Alexandr Dolgopolovof Ukraine, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, whilehis countrymen Gael Monfils andRichard Gasquet posted first-round wins.

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Hedo Turkoglu #19 of thePhoenix Suns lays up a shotagainst the Utah Jazz duringthe preseason NBA game atUS Airways Center on Octo-ber 12, 2010 in Phoenix,Arizona.

Jazz holdoff Suns 105-100

Jeremy Evans’ six points, for a100-88 lead. Again Phoenix ral-lied, cutting the deficit to 103-100on a 3-pointer by Matt Janning inthe final minute, but the Jazz heldon.

C.J. Miles scored 13 points forthe Jazz, Othyus Jeffers had 12and Andrei Kirilenko 10. GoranDragic topped the Suns (1-3) with15 points, Jason Richardsonscored 13 and Robin Lopez andHakim Warrick had 11 apiece.

The Jazz took advantage ofPhoenix’s sloppy ballhanding andpoor shooting to assume a 50-42halftime lead. The Suns, who havebeen turnover prone during thepreseason, lost the ball 12 timesin the first half, compared to onlysix miscues for the Jazz. Phoenixwound up with 20 turnovers.

Phoenix, which had shot a siz-zling 59 percent (10 for 17) inbuilding a 31-25 advantage afterthe first quarter, slumped to 28 (5for 18) in the second period, whenthe Suns were outscored 25-11.

During that period, it was theUtah reserves who did all the dam-

age. Raja Bell, playing against hisformer Phoenix teammates, con-tributed five points during thequarter, including a 3-pointer. TheSuns also fared poorly at the foulline in the half, missing seven of16 free throws.

Jefferson was the only playerin double figures at intermission,scoring all of his 10 points in theopening period. Jared Dudley ledthe Suns with nine, while SteveNash had seven assists — includ-ing six on the Suns’ first sevenbaskets. Nash finished with agame-high 10 assists.

The teams played evenlythrough the third period, withUtah leading 79-71. The Jazzwere able to stay in front thanksto their 14-for-14 free throwshooting. The Suns, meanwhile,were only 7 for 12. Jefferson,Deron Williams and Miles com-bined for 27 of Utah’s 29 pointsin the third period, Miles leadingthe way with 10. The Suns’ HedoTurkoglu left the game with aback contusion in the secondquarter and did not return.Christian Petersen/Getty Images/AFP

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With victory at Sepang com-ing after Rossi had originally pre-dicted a tough weekend, he isnow eager to maintain his formto the end of the season beforehe embarks on his switch toDucati.

“Sunday was a truly fantastic

IN what may be interpreted asan admission that his own titlehopes are now all-but dead-and-bur-ied, defending world championJenson Button has tipped SebastianVettel to ‘have the advantage’ overRed Bull Racing team-mate MarkWebber should the Abu Dhabi F12010 season finale boil down to astraight shoot-out between the pair.

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Rossi keen to keepwinning momentum

Fresh from his return to the winners’ circle at Sepang, Valentino Rossi is determined to keephis momentum going as he chases a first Australian Grand Prix victory in five years. WhilePhillip Island is a circuit where Rossi has won at on seven occasions during his grand prix career,he hasn’t tasted the winners’ champagne there since 2005.

day,” the FIAT Yamaha rider said.“To win again was wonderful, my46th for Yamaha and I think oneof the best victories of my career,I am so happy. Now I really wantto try to finish the season stronglyand I’m excited about getting toPhillip Island, which is one of the

most fantastic places in the worldto ride a motorcycle.

“I haven’t won there for a fewyears and I would really like tochange that. It’s always specialto go there because many of myteam are Australian and the fansare great. I can’t wait!”

Button tips Vettel to pip Webber to F1 crownIt is Webber who has led the way

in the drivers’ standings for much ofthe year, but of the Red Bull duo,Vettel is the one who is inarguablycurrently on-form, off the back of aclose runner-up finish to Ferrari’sFernando Alonso in Singapore and asublime victory in Japan last week-end.

The German has outscored his

Australian colleague in each ofthe last three races to close towithin just 14 points of him head-ing next to Korea, and holds a ten-six lead in the qualifying stakesto-boot. Should the Korean andBrazilian results mirror that ofSuzuka – a one-two finish, withVettel ahead – then the pair wouldbe equal on points heading intothe crucial UAE showdown, andButton knows who his moneywould be on.

“Vettel has to beat Mark twicemore to be on the same points,”mused the British star, who haspiled the pressure on Webber on anumber of occasions this seasonalready. “Going into the last racewith equal points, I would say Vettelhas the legs in qualifying and overthree races would have the advan-tage over Mark. If those two carshave the advantage over everyoneelse, there won’t be pressure onVettel and he will do it.”

RBR team principal ChristianHorner has similarly sung his youngprotégé’s praises in the wake of hissupreme, lights-to-flag Japanesesuccess – a second dominant per-formance at Suzuka in as manyyears from the 23-year-oldHeppenheim native.

“One of Sebastian’s strengths ofcharacter is the self-belief that hehas, and I don’t think he has everdoubted for one moment that he isout of this championship,” the En-glishman revealed. “Seb has re-sponded in the best possible way.

“We are fortunate in the team tohave two level-headed and strong-willed drivers, and while that inevi-tably poses challenges at times, itis a luxury problem to have. I amdelighted with the performance ofthe two drivers, and I obviouslyhope they keep performing at thislevel over the remaining threeraces.”

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