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The end of theworld: R.E.M.calling it quits

Rent a bike atroadsidecomplained Kutaleaders urged todiscipline itimmediately

Agence France-Presse

A powerful typhoon that barrelled through Japan and threatened the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant killed at least 10 people includ-ing a woman aged 101, according to officials and reports.

Typhoon Roke, which churned across the main island of Honshu and through the already disaster-ravaged northeast, caused flooding and trig-gered landslides in an echo of a vi-cious storm earlier in the month that killed around 100 people.

But it did not cause any further damage to the battered nuclear power plant, as had been feared, its operators said, after workers had scrambled to secure the facility to prevent more radiation from seeping out.

Public broadcaster NHK and Jiji Press news agency put the death toll at 10, with five missing and hundreds of people injured.

Police and rescuers recovered at least four bodies on Thursday morn-ing, including a 65-year-old woman who was buried when a mudslide en-gulfed her house in Iwate prefecture, officials said.

Two people, including the 101-year-old, were found dead in Shi-zuoka prefecture, where the typhoon made landfall on Wednesday, an official said.

In Sendai, the largest city in the northeastern region that was battered by the March 11 earthquake and tsu-nami that led to the atomic crisis, two sewerage workers went missing, a city official told AFP.

“The identity of the victims cannot be confirmed yet but we are quite certain that the number of victims could increase, “said the Head of Public Relation Division

in Klungkung Police Department, Ida Bagus Syiwa.

Currently, the search for the rest of 12 victims is still going on. He also hoped that the weather is clear

so the search can be done thoroughly. Meanwhile, the Head of Klungkung Police Department, Tri Wahyudi, stated that the weather was the main cause of the accident.

“Big waves suddenly hit the boat and drowned it. The waves were approximately 4 meters high,” he explained. The “Sri Murah Rejeki” boat was 20 meters long and had the capacity of 40 people or 10 tons.

When only traveling for 200

meters from Jungut Batu Village, the boat was capsized by big waves. It made the boat carrying 35 passengers and three crews drowned. The Head of Jungut Batu Village, I Ketut Gunaksa, said that at 00.30 am, he heard a scream for help.

He and the people in the area rushed to help the victim and the other report the accident to the police. The serach has been going on since that night.

Two more victims of drowned boat found

AP Photo/Bali Police

In this photo provided by Bali police, rescuers scour the waters to discover the victims of boat sinking, off Bali island, Indonesia Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. Indonesian police say a wooden boat carrying dozens of Balinese musicians has sunk in high waves, killing 11 people.

Antara

Semarapura – Search and Rescue team (SAR) with the assistance of the local fishermen found two more victims of the drowned boat on Klungkung coastal area on Wednesday, September 21, 2011. That’s make the total casualties of the accident become 13 people.

Japan typhoon kills 10, spares nuclear plant

AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye

Pedestrians make their way through strong winds and rains from Typhoon Roke in Tokyo, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011.

InternationalFriday, September 23, 20112

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Negara (Bali Post)—Complaints about the rise of sea

sand mining at Pekutatan have been proved. A truck carrying about 2.5 cu-bic meters of sea sand was secured by Criminal Unit III of Jembrana Police, Tuesday (Sep 20) night. The arrest was based on information from residents that there was a truck carrying sea sand from around Pekutatan Village.

Mobile detective unit (Buser) scout-ed at the exit access of the sand quarry at around 9:00 p.m. Local Time. At the end, the truck suspected of car-rying out the sea sand emerged. The

by I Gusti Ngurah Yasa, a resident from Yeh Buah, Yeh Embang Kauh Village right in front of the Pekutatan petrol station. When examined, suspicion

truck, evidence and the driver were led to Jembrana Police. Spokesperson of Jembrana Police, Wayan Setiajaya, with permission from the Chief of Jem-

arrest on Wednesday (Sep 21). Until Wednesday morning, they

were still questioned by investigators of Jembrana Police along with the evi-dence, namely a truck with license plate of DK 9686 WI. Furthermore, the sus-pects would undergo a misdemeanor

trial in the District Court of Negara. According to Setiajaya, the arrest was undertaken by police for the sake of law enforcement and in response to the public report on the rampant dredging of sea sand at Pekutatan. “Having been checked to location, there was indeed sea sand dredging at Pekutatan. We take action to back up the Regional Regulation,” explained Setiajaya.

Meanwhile, the truck owner, I Wayan Mulya from Dangin Pangkung Hamlet, Pekutatan, was also secured last Wednesday.

They infringed the Regional Regu-lation No. 4/2003 and circular of Jembrana Regent No. 600/400/PULH dated March 10, 2006 concerning with taxation crime of the taking and processing of class C excavation as well as prohibition of sea sand tak-ing. IGN Yasa claimed he was only ordered by another resident to take sea sand that he purchased at Dangin Pangkung Hamlet, Pekutatan. At the location, he bought the sand at IDR 400,000. Furthermore, the sea sand ordered for building material would be sold to Biluk Poh Hamlet, Tegal Cangkring Village, Jembrana. As planned, the 2.5 cubic meters of sea sand from Pekutatan would be sold at IDR 750,000.

Head of the Village, A.A. Made Sukarata, added the disciplinary was one of the efforts in reaching administration disciplinary in the area he led. Just like other places, he wants his residents to have a clear identity on them. “If there

Negara (Bali Post) –Tens of chickens owned by a resi-

dent at WR Supratman Street, Pendem, Jembrana last Wednesday (21/9) morn-ing was destroyed by the workers of Jembrana Livestock Agency helped by Army, Police, Civil Service Police, and Village Head. This was done after a rapid test on the dead chickens last Tuesday (20/9) afternoon shows posi-

sudden death also socialisation was done in the evening of the situation.

Workers targeted a number of chicken breeders such as Suparlan who handovered 10 chickens, Ketut Putih with 2, Madame Ngakan with 2, Made Seraman with 2, Nyoman

Denpasar (Bali Post) –Dengue is an infected illness due to

a virus and spread through a mosquito which became endemic not only in Bali but the whole Indonesia. Even so, with 4 million people in this island, Bali has the highest number in Dengue sufferers over Jakarta last year 2010. Head of Bali Health Agency, dr. Nyo-man Sutedja, MPH, when contacted last Wednesday (21/9), stated the death caused by the illness reached 0.27 percent or 34 people. Compared to 2011, 2010’s dengue sufferers were way more up to 12,574. Until July 2011, the total reached 2,528 people with 4 or 0.16 percent died compared to 2009’s 5,810 sufferers and 9 or 0.15 percent people died.

The high total on 2010 was sus-pected due to the many paramedic diagnose stating patients with high temperature suffers dengue. Besides that patients early awareness of den-gue gives early diagnose as well so it

didn’t cause any casualties. Dengue treatments are not only by

medicines but also through preven-tion such as a place’s hygiene and strengthen body immunity. Dengue can be prevented by destroying the mosquito that brought it, Aedes aegypti, that likes to breed on clear waters. The 3M act has to be done: menguras (clearing), menutup (cover-ing) and mengubur (burying) places

plus placing ABT salt on water places including holy water places.

Meanwhile Head of Sanglah Hos-pital Medication Service for Non Hospitalised Treatment, dr. Ken Wirasandhi, stated a while ago that the dengue case last year in Sanglah was high reaching 5,662 people while in 2011 so far 996 people. The high number could be caused due to the long rainy season with little dry season which supports dengue vector to breed while this year is an opposite.

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A police officer is checking the indentity of of girl.

Peguyangan Kangin inspectedDenpasar (Bali Post) –

is no Denpasar City National ID Card, at least they have a KIPP so their status here is clear,” Sukarata stated.

Sukarata demands all non resi-dents to get KIPP, yet during the

will take care of their non resi-dents livers. “The raid won’t stop here and only in one banjar. After this our team will raid on other banjar especially those expected with non residents,” Sukarata concluded.

Positive Bird Flu

Tens of Chickens in Pendem DestroyedSoma with 2, Tangkil with 1 and Gung Alit with 1, and burnt them where the

Madame Bina’s chickens are always let around the house so it can’t be destroyed yet. Head of the Agency, Ir.

Wednesday (21/9) stated the Rapid Test was positive and for that in this month the area has been supervised including Inpres Negara Market and spraying on necessary places. He also thinks Gilimanuk Quarantine should be much tighter on birds come and go. “I suggest owners who haven’t got its chicken destroyed to capture and cage them so they are more supervised and

also an indication non Bali chickens come in and a transaction might bring a bird flu virus without knowing,” Wiratma explained.

Wiratma is also not sure if the virus could spread to other areas and still waiting for the report. Until Wednes-day, workers only have targeted several houses yet some couldn’t be destroyed due to the owners not at home. A num-ber of residents also took disinfectant to be sprayed by their own. Meanwhile

in markets at Jembrana yet worries have hit sellers and so public suggest the responsible agency workers to su-

more than 10 chickens or more. (wis)

A truck hauling sea sand secured by police

Bali has highest dengue patients in Indonesia last year

60 Non Residents Found

3International Bali News Friday, September 23, 2011

ONE of the most peaceful cus-tomary villages and having no

Penglatan, Buleleng Subdistrict.Though the economic life of resi-dents is very simple, they live in

residents and inter-groups. Even,-

cal nuances goes too far into thecustomary life, the potential never

Penglatan Customary Villageconsists of two customary ham-lets, namely Kelodan and KajananCustomary Hamlet. Althoughbelonging to city subdistricts, theirrural life remains to look earthy.Most people live from the resultof agriculture and plantations.Similarly, many other residents

of handicraft and small-scaletrades. But, do not be surprised.Though the income of residents

the turnover owned by the RuralCredit Agency (LPD) is largeenough, namely IDR 12 billionmore. Almost all residents havesavings in the agency.

Chief of Penglatan CustomaryVillage, Nengah Sumarta, said thatas long as his lifetime he neverfound any conflicts among the

residents, either related to bound-ary, temple or customary issueswith political nuance. If therewas a problem potentially leading

apparatus and community lead-ers would quickly resolve it. Theapparatus and customary leadershad not given the opportunity toprovokers to live in the village.“There are no provokers. Even, inelectoral campaign or election ofregional leader and village head,residents will appreciate to all dif-ferent choices without any interestto provoke,” he said.

Such peaceful atmospheremakes the development at Pengla-tan Village run smoothly. It is indi-cated by virtually all temples at the

the construction was undertaken instages. Since 2006, local residentshave improved the Desa and BukitKencana Mas Temple in stages.In 2010, it was then followedby renovation to Dalem PurwaTemple and resumed with theDalem Alit Temple. “Having ac-complished all projects, we haveorganized inauguration (pamelas-pasan) ceremony on the last fullmoon falling on September 12,”said Nengah Sumarta.

According to Sumarta, Pengla-

tan Village consisted of two cus-tomary hamlets, namely the Kelo-dan and Kajanan. Both hamletsrespectively supported one dalemtemple, where Kajanan Hamletwas responsible for Dalem Alitand Kelodan for Dalem Purwa.However, in the temple construc-tion, all residents worked togetherin mutual assistance. As a result,all development could be carriedout smoothly as expected.

-es of the development come from?The largest amount of fund wassourced from the village cashcollected from the dividends(SHU) of LPD Penglatan becauseit belonged to healthy category.Its turnover reached IDR 12billion. Other than for helpingthe rural development, the rural

for the community in developing-

tations. Additionally, the creditagency also often assisted peoplein meeting the school fees of theirchildren. As a result, the childrenof Penglatan Customary Villagerarely dropped out of school.“Nearly all children go to schoolthough with their restrictednessand the dropout rate is only a few,”said Sumarta. (ole)

Of the seven diving companies atPemuteran Village examined by theinvestigators, infactonlyonecompanythat had owned the business license,namely the diving company based inAddi Asri Hotel. In fact, the six othercompanies examined could not showoff their permit document. The sixentrepreneurswere thensummonedbythe investigators of Bali public order

The raidwas led theHeadofSatpol

The drought overwhelmingTabanan is progressively dis-turbing the farmers. Sadly, theyare even engulfed by droughtafter the establishment of Te-laga Tunjung Dam at TimpagVillage, Tabanan. Before thisinfrastructure existed, the areanever faced any drought. “Weare also surprised, when thedam has been established theirrigation to rice field even

drought is getting worse,” saidDeputy Chief of Subak BantasBale Agung Kelod, East Selema-deg, Guru Subagia, Wednesday(Sep 21).

Before the dam existed, heexplained, the irrigation to rice

dry season, the water remained

now, it completely dries up,” hecomplained. The circumstancesinvited a question among thefarmers. Moreover, the subakwas located adjacent to the dam.They worried, the dam evenharmed and there was an issueemerging if water of the damwas taken up by MunicipalityWaterworks (PDAM) for sale.

The drought engulfing thefarmers has lasted for 2.5months. However, there is noindication if the water will berunning. Ideally, farmers shouldhave started planting rice but

-cultivated and dry out as thereis no irrigation water. So far,they only rely on the water sup-plies from the dam and rainfall.Since the farmers are unable to

job. One of them is becoming aconstruction worker and otherblue-collar worker. The wetlandarea in the local subak reaches112 hectares and it is cultivatedby 400 farmers. Of this amount,almost the entire land is plantedwith rice. Therefore, when the

drought strikes local farmersare unable to do much. Theyall allow their farmland to dry.If the water supply continues

ascertained to lose their liveli-hood, including foodstuff.

Farmers hoped the TelagaTunjung Dam being proud couldgive a hope. Moreover, the damwas able to accommodate alarge amount of water. Besides,farmers deplored if the waterof the dam was also enjoyed bythe Municipality Waterworksbecause during the dry seasonthe water was very much neededfor irrigation. The Telaga Tun-jung Dam had been operatingfor about three years. Since then

-ing. “Formerly, the water supplywas always abundant despite indry season. Now, the water isheld in the dam,” complainedSubagia.

Lack of water also diminishesthe productivity of crops. Byand large, one hectare can yieldup to 7 tons of grain. However,since the water supply runs ab-normally, the yield of farmersdeclines to 3 tons per hectarewhereas the cost of growing riceis quite expensive.

Luckily, in the dry season, thewater supplies served by PDAMrun normally. On that account,

clean water. “What we need is

does not work,” he said. Sincethere was no irrigation water, all

dry, even farmers could sleepon it. The drought was not onlycomplained by farmers at BantasVillage. Thousands of agricul-tural land in Tabanan faced watercrisis. Meanwhile, the TabananAgricultural and HorticulturalAgency could only advise farm-ers to change their croppingpattern from rice to crops. (udi)

Six diving companies at Pemuteran have no permit Gerokgak (Bali Post)—

Six diving companies atPemuteran Village, GerokgakSubdistrict, were alleged tohave infringed the Bali Re-gional Regulation No. 7/2007concerning with the Businessof Aquatic Tourism FacilityProvision. It was known afterthe investigator team of the

PP) of Bali Province made araid against a number of div-ing companies at PemuteranVillage, Gerokgak Subdistrict,Wednesday (Sep 21).

PP, Ketut Arnawa and Section Headof Law Enforcement, Ketut Nayaka,withother investigators. Itwascarriedout because so far the public order

report from residents about the un-licensed diving companies operatedat Pemuteran. “To check the truth of

information, we come down to loca-tion,” said Ketut Nayaka. Pursuantto Regional Regulation No. 7/2007,service providers that did not have abusiness license could be subject tosanction under penalty of six monthsimprisonment or a maximum fineworth IDR 50 million. (kmb15)

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The officers are checking the permit of a diving company in Pemuteran Village.

Penglatan Customary Village

No chance for provokers to take action

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A farmer show the dry irrigation system in Tabanan.

International4 Friday, September 23, 2011 News

Obama attempted to reassert his credentials as a world statesman in an address inside the cavernous U.N. General Assembly hall even as he grappled with high unemploy-ment and low poll numbers at home that threaten his re-election bid.

His high-profile foray into for-eign policy challenges was domi-nated by efforts to head off a Pales-tinian plan to seek U.N. recognition of statehood, a move that could erode U.S. global standing and further isolate close ally Israel.

Obama’s last-ditch diplomatic drive won praise from Israel, which will rely on Washington to block the Palestinian U.N. membership bid in the Security Council, but the Palestinians vowed they would not be deterred.

The president -- whose earlier

peace efforts accomplished little -- insisted that Middle East peace “will not come through statements and resolutions” at the world body and put the onus on the two sides to break a yearlong impasse and return to peace talks.

“There is no short cut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades,” Obama told an an-nual gathering of world leaders in New York, though he offered no new prescriptions for relaunching negotiations.

Obama finds himself in the quan-dary of opposing a move toward Palestinian self-determination even as he hailed Arab democracy move-ments that have shaken -- or toppled -- authoritarian rulers in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria and Libya.

A senior Palestinian official said

Obama’s stance violated the spirit of the “Arab spring,” and it seemed the best the president could hope for was to slow down the Palestin-ian statehood bid or contain the diplomatic damage it causes.

This comes as Obama’s out-reach to the Muslim world has already been faltering and further underscores the stark new limits of U.S. influence amid Middle East upheaval.

Obama attempted to strike a delicate balance from the U.N. podium. He sought to reassure Palestinians he was not abandoning his pledge to help them end Israeli occupation and achieve eventual statehood while also placating any Israeli concerns about Washington’s commitment to their security.

He was considered unlikely to lean too heavily on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for concessions to the Palestinians, mindful that he cannot afford to alienate Israel’s broad base of sup-port among American voters as he seeks re-election in 2012.

Agence France Presse

Former TV journalist Shelly Yacimovich has been elected as the new leader of Israel’s Labour party, defeating former union leader Amir Peretz in a run-off.

The 51-year-old Yacimovich secured 56 percent of the vote Wednesday, compared to Peretz’ 46, to take the helm of the ailing party, according to results reported by public radio as only a few votes remained to be tallied.

Peretz conceded defeat and congratulated the new chairwoman, assuring her of his full cooperation.

The once-mighty party, now reduced to eight seats in the 120-member parliament, has been without a chairman since Defence Minister Ehud Barak jumped ship in January to form the centrist Independence movement.

Yitzhak Herzog, a Labour party leader, said the results “revealed that the party was divided and will need to overcome this obstacle and unite in order to regain its status as a significant player on the political scene.”

Tel Aviv-born Yacimovich becomes the sec-ond woman to lead the Labour party after Golda Meir, who held the job from 1969 to 1974.

She benefited from wide support in the media and was endorsed by Israel’s powerful Histradrut trade union federation, scoring her best results in the country’s big cities.

The former journalist has a reputation as a pragmatist and a good debater.

She made her name denouncing social injustices but remained very cautious during her campaigning on major controversial issues such as the nature of an eventual peace deal with the Palestinians.

Associated Press Writer

DUBLIN — Britain said Thursday it will offer compensation payments to the families of Northern Ireland people killed and wounded on Bloody Sunday, a nearly 40-year-old massacre by British paratroopers that fueled Irish Catholic support for the IRA.

Thirteen people were killed and 14 wounded on Jan. 30, 1972, in Lon-donderry when the soldiers opened fire on a Catholic crowd dem-onstrating against Britain’s detention without trial of Irish Republican Army sus-pects. Britain compounded local fury by hastily rul-ing that the soldiers were responding to IRA attacks and targeting gunmen.

Last year, Prime Minis-ter David Cameron apolo-gized after a 12-year probe ruled that the soldiers fired without justification on unarmed civilians — many of whom were fleeing or aiding wounded — and were solely responsible for the carnage.

Britain’s Defense Min-istry confirmed Thursday it has written to lawyers rep-resenting the Londonderry victims’ families seeking terms for financial pay-ments. It offered no details

of potential payouts. “We acknowledge the pain felt by these families for nearly 40 years, and that members of the armed forces acted wrongly. For that, the gov-ernment is deeply sorry,” the ministry said in a statement.

But some families immediately re-jected any offer of financial compensa-tion, stressing that they want criminal prosecutions of those who opened fire. Nobody has ever been charged over the 13 killings.

Obama seeks to ease doubts on global leadership

AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

President Barack Obama talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting in New York, Wednesday, Sept., 21, 2011.

Reuters

UNITED NATIONS - President Barack Obama sought to ease doubts about his leadership on the world stage on Wednesday as he confronted a looming diplomatic crisis in the Middle East and hailed popular Arab revolts.

Israel’s Labour party candi-date and former journalist Shelly Yacimovich poses with supporters outside a polling station in Tel Aviv on September 21.

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Former journalist elected Israel’s Labour leader

UK to pay victims over 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre

AP Photo/PA, File

FILE - This is a Sunday Jan. 30, 1972 file photo of a man receiving attention during the shooting incident in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, which became known as Bloody Sunday.

Activities Friday, September 23, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for August 31 through October 5, 2011

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

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

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

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese Temple Ceremony

31 Aug Buda Umanis Tambir Sari Bankar Titih Temple Kapal

12 Sep Purnama Ketiga Gunung Sari Temple LombokPauman Bhujangga Tonja DenpasarKawitan Arya Gajah Para Tianyar KarangasemPedarman Arya Telabah BesakihBukit Mentik TempleGunung Lebah Batur Kintamani

14 Sep Buda Keliwon Matal Village Temple SukawatiMerajan Agung Batuyang - batubulanPasek Gelgel Bebetin Temple Sawan - bulelengMaspahit Temple Sesetan - Denpasar SelatanPasek Bendesa Manik Mas Dukuh Kendran - TegalalangPanti Pasek Gaduh Temple SesetanMerajan Pasek Kubayan Wangaya GedePedarman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih

24 Sep Tumpek Kandang Puseh Temple GianyarLuhur Dalem Sagening Kediri - TabananMerajan Pasek GelgelTegal Gede Badung

27 Sep Tilem Ketiga Ulun Kulkul TempleUlun Kulkul Besakih

28 Sep Buda Wage Menail Tarukan Temple Cemenggaon SukawatiMr. Pasek Dangke Bambang - BangliPenataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Kaja - GianyarPuseh Menakaji Temple Peninjoan - BangliMerajan Agung Temple Blangsinga - BlahbatuhKawitan Gusti Agung Blangsinga Blahbatuh GianyarKawitan Gusti Celuk Kapal Mengwi

4 Ock Anggar Kasih Perangbakat Bukit Buluh Temple Gunaksa - KlungkungTirta Sudamala Temple Bebalang - BangliPaibon Pasek Bendesa Sangsit - sawan - BulelengPasek Gelgel Temple Pangi Dawan - KlungkungGunung Tengsong LombokDalem Benawah Temple Benawah - GianyarDalem Temple Bitra - GianyarDalem Temple Banyuning Timur - BulelengDalem Pauman Batan Getas Pauman Batan Getas Titih DenpasarTengah Padang TegalalangMerajan Pasek Gelgel Desa Sande - Pupuan TabananKawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Adat Pagan DenpasarHyangaluh/Jenggala BesakihMerajan Pasek Lurah Tutuan GunaksaMr. Pasek Gelgel SelulungMerajan Pasek Subrata MedahanMerajan Pasek Munggu MungguTengkulak Temple Tulikup - GianyarPenataran Badung Ogang Sidemen

5 Ock Buda Umanis Perangbakat Puri Agung Dalem Tarukan Pejeng Tampak SiringRambut Siwi Temple JembranaBatu Bolong Temple Canggu - KutaPasek Marga Klaci Temple TabananAgung Pasek Temple Dauh Waru JembranaRatu Pasek Temple Sangsit Sawan - BulelengPasek Tangkas Darma R. TabananVillage Temple Banyuning BulelengSrijon Temple TabananMr. Pasek Gelgel Lebah PangkungMerajan Pasek Gelgel PatemonTirta Anom Padang Sigi Sading - Tampak SiringDadi Agung Pasek Bendesa Dukuh Manuaba TegalalangPedarmaan Batursari Ngilis Jegu Penebel TabananPuncak Mundi Nusa Penida

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The hotel’s General Manager, Charles de Foucault, said the package was a way of expressing gratitude to the resort’s thousands of Facebook and Twitter fans for their support and loyalty. “As of Sep-tember 2011, we had more than 12,600 Facebook fans, up from just 2,000 fans in 2009, and we wanted to thank those guests for making this personal connec-tion with our brand,” he said.

“More than any other form of online communications, social media forges a deeper relationship with our guests be-fore, during and after their stay. We are able to respond to their queries, listen to their feedback, develop products to match their preferences, and keep them updated on new promotions, community projects and events,” Charles continued. “It is critical to our branding, not only from a marketing standpoint but also from an operational perspective, as we leverage social media to enhance our service and products across all depart-ments, from Rooms, Spa and Food & Beverage right through to Housekeeping and Reservations.”

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Ayana launched exclusive offer For Facebook and Twitter fans

Friday, September 23, 2011 6 News International

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the Copperbelt towns of Kitweand Ndola, in northern Zambia,as demonstrators stoned cars andgovernment buildings, accordingto police.

In Kitwe, angry protesters setalight a market in town. PresidentRupiah Banda and opposition

a tight race for president that wasmarred by rioting on election day.

Agence France Presse

Venezuelan President HugoChavez is feeling well after com-pleting a fourth round of che-motherapy in Cuba, the leftwingleader said in a telephone call tosupporters broadcast on state TV.

-vana on the last day of the fourthround of chemotherapy and Ihope it will be my last (round),”Chavez said Wednesday to social-ist supporters who were holding

Riots in Zambian towns as vote results delayedAgence France Presse

Zambian opposition supporters rioted on Thursday in two mining towns, complaining thatresults for a tight presidential election were too slow to come two days after the vote, policesaid. “We are trying to handle the situation. We have riots in Kitwe and Ndola,” regional policechief Martin Malama told AFP.

reporting.Results from more than half of

Zambia’s voting constituenciesgive the presidential challenger acomfortable lead. Two days afterthe vote, the Electoral Commissionof Zambia said results were in from

-dates split the remaining votes.

Final results are expected byday’s end. Banda narrowly won hispost in a special election after thesudden death of his predecessor,

said Banda, who had been Mwa-

from voter sympathy when he won

Chavez completes fourth chemo treatment in Cuba

an ecumenical mass for him inNew York.

“I have assimilated quite well,thank God,” he added.

Chavez will not be attending the

president George W. Bush as the

because of health issues.Chavez traveled to Cuba late

-companied by Bolivian PresidentEvo Morales.

Chavez had a tumor removed

have provided little information-

was removed from his “pelvicarea,” but have given no indicationof the severity of his condition.

Chavez has been in power

recover in time to win re-electionby a “knock-out” in 2012.

IBP/afp

Zambian police officers stand near a burning truck in Lusaka’s Kanyama area during election riots on Wednesday. Zambian opposition supporters rioted on Thursday in two mining towns, complaining that results for a tight presidential election were too slow to come two days after the vote, police said.

“We are aware that one bodywas recovered this morning buthave not confirmed it belongsto one of the missing workers,”he said.

Local police and rescuers re-covered another body from a riverin central Aichi prefecture andthey were investigating whetherthe death was typhoon related, an

A series of strong typhoonshave hit Japan, which is still re-

covering from the massive quakeand tsunami that left around20,000 people dead or missing.

-

of Nemuro, on the eastern tip ofthe northern Hokkaido island,

from Japan, the meteorologicalagency said.

It is expected to weaken intoan extratropical cyclone later inthe day.

Japan...

Reuters

BEIJING - China stepped up its

on Thursday for selling arms toTaiwan saying they could disruptmilitary exchanges, a warningthat is likely to unsettle, but notderail, ties with Washington. Armssales are one of several irritants in

include Washington’s decision to

on China to loosen controls on itscurrency.

China’s Foreign Ministry hasalready lambasted the Obama ad-ministration for telling Congress

and security links.China considers Taiwan a break-

the mainland eventually, and byforce if necessary. “The Chinesemilitary expresses its utmost indig-nation and strong condemnation ofthis action that gravely interferesin China’s domestic affairs anddamages China’s sovereignty andnational security interests,” a Min-

Colonel Geng Yansheng, said onthe ministry’s website (www.mod.gov.cn).

sales of advanced air-to-air mis-

and radars -- would “create seriousobstacles to the development ofordinary exchanges between ourtwo militaries,” said Geng.

to Taiwan on the grounds they-

their future peacefully, and that itis obliged by law to help the islanddefend itself.

Chinese authorities were prob-

be closely watching domestic

“This could be a spiraling response

“When it comes to arms salesto Taiwan, the (Chinese) publicis strongly against and the centralgovernment will have to take intoaccount public opinion or risk beingcriticized as too weak.” But despite

unlikely to match last year’s, whenChinese outrage over an earlier

to several disputes that roiled rela-tions with Washington for manymonths.

This year both sides have soughtto keep relations on a steadier path

Barack Obama faces re-election andChina’s Communist Party under-goes a leadership handover.

China steps up condemnation of U.S. over Taiwan arms

REUTERS/Pichi Chuang

A soldier stands guard at the Mashan observatory in Kin-men, one of Taiwan’s offshore islands, August 22, 2011.

Friday, September 23, 2011 7Indonesia Today International

Antara

JAKARTA - The cabinet reshuf-fle discourse may have disturbed ministers but the president had bet-ter realize that it is now or never at all so that his ministers can concen-trate on their jobs in the remaining three years, observers say.

“If the president really intends to replace low-performing or prob-lematic ministers, he had better do it immediately because , if not, it will have political implications that will affect his government`s performance,” Arizka Warganegara, political analyst of Lampung Uni-versity (Unila) said in response to the cabinet reshuffle discourse.

Arizka`s view was shared by his political scientist colleague Edi In-drizal of Andalas University in West Sumatra. Edi said that if the presi-dent did not reshuffle the cabinet, it would further worsen his image which had already dropped by an unprecedented figure of late.

“Moreover, the president now has objective reasons to reshuffle his cabinet because there are several ministers whose performance is considered not optimal,” Edi said.

Besides, if the president reshuffles his cabinet, the new ministers will have enough time to carry out their visions and missions in the administration`s remaining three years.

However, the two political ob-servers said that in replacing some of his ministers President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should not base his decision on political con-siderations.

“It would be useless to reshuffle the cabinet if it is based on political considerations, much less if it is based on like and dislike. The new ministers` performance would not be maximal

because the right man was not put in the right place,” said Arizka.

In the meantime, Edi said that if political considerations were taken into account in replacing the minis-ters, it would be hard to expect that an improvement in the ministers` performance could be made in the remaining three years.

He said that political consider-ations for a cabinet reshuffle could be a boomerang for the president because so far the ministers who got more public spotlights were those who came from political parties.

Therefore, now is the time for the president to prove to the public that he was not `held hostage` by political parties and could take a firm step to place professional people for carrying out his vision and missions, Edi said.

He said it was now time for Yud-hoyono to carry out reshuffle be-cause now was the last momentum for him to decide the journey of his leadership. Two years of his second presidential term was enough for him to judge which ministers had to be replaced.

According to Arizka Wargane-gara, the president in replacing his ministers should use a clear and measurable criteria. He must have the courage to ignore political inter-vention from political parties in his coalition and the opposition party.

Besides, the president should place professionals in their respec-tive fields and provide no rooms for personal egoism in the cabinet, thus objectivity would become a means of measuring the composition of the cabinet.

In this case, the Head of State should empower the Presidential Work Unit for Development Su-pervision and Control (UKP4) as

an institution which is able to pro-vide an objective assessment of the government`s performance.

Political observer of the Malang-based University of Muhammadiyah (UMM) Dr Mas`ud Said meanwhile suggested that Yudhoyono should pay attention to three aspects in reshuffling his cabinet.

He said that the three aspects covered ministers who were re-lated to legal problems, who had bad performance and who had bad

health conditions. A minister with legal problem was not good in public opinions while those with bad health conditions would affect work performance.

The new ministers must be more capable than the outgoing ministers they had replaced as otherwise it would invite new public criticisms. “It would not pose any problem if the successor ministers have more capability,” Mas`ud said.

Rizka Negara added that if order

to see incapable ministers their performance should be learned from the assessment and report of the UKP4. He said that at least four ministers should be replaced due to inability to handle the problems of Indonesian migrant workers overseas, judicial mafia cases, un-professional handling of the upcom-ing SEA Games and the failure in the mediation of free trade such as the Chinese Asian Free Trade Area (CAFTA).

The head of state visited the Temple, considered one of the richest archaeological sites on the island of Sumatra, in the company of First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, Cul-ture and Tourism Minister Jerwo Wacik, Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono and a number of other ministers, Jambi Governor Hasan Basri Agus, and several local officials.

President Yudhoyono arrived here on Wednesday for a three-day

working visit until Friday, and the visit to Muarojambi Temple is part of his agenda.

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

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

The capital was sieged and

destroyed in 1377 by armies from Burma, now Myanmar.

For centuries, the site had been lost and forgotten deep in the jun-gle, only to be rediscovered in 1920 by a British military expedition team. Muara Jambi temple complex covers an area of 12 km2, along the side of Batanghari river.

There are eight main temples in the complex, all of them are located in the center area, fortified by walls. Three of them are already renovated.

In 1982, a 32-centimeters tall female bronze statue was found at Koto Kandis, in the Muara Sabak sub district. It is believed to be the goddess Laksmi, holding a lotus bud in her left.

Antara

MATARAM - An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted Sumbawa District, on Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province, Thursday at 3.59 am local time.

The quake`s epicenter was located at 9.92 degrees Southern Latitude and 117.79 degrees Eastern Longitude, around 68 km southeast of Sumbawa Besar, and at a depth of 10 km below sea level, according to information from the National Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

The temblor did not have potential to trigger a subsequent tsunami, and no reports of damages were available so far.

Residents of East Lombok District also felt the tremor.Samsul Rizal, a local resident, said the tremor lasted about 25 sec-

onds and caused villagers to rush out of their homes in panic.“I was still in bed when suddenly there was an earthquake. I and

my family members rushed out of the house. Outside, I noticed that my neighbors were also staying outdoor,” he said.

On July 25, 2011, Sumbawa was also shaken by a magnitude-5.0 earthquake at 7.59 pm local time.

The temblor`s epicenter was located at 7.91 degrees Southern Lati-tude and 117.60 degrees Eastern Longitude, around 68 km northeast of Sumbawa Besar. The earthquake did not cause a tsunami.

President Yudhoyono visits Muarojambi templeAntara

JAMBI - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday morning visited Muarojambi Temple which has been registered by UNESCO to be one of the world`s cultural heritage monuments.

Earthquake jolts Sumbawa

Cabinet shake-up, now or never

AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD

Anti-corruption protesters from a coalition of anti-corruption organisations with members from Is-lamic hardline and conservative groups rally outside the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta on September 22, 2011. Jakarta has been rocked by series of high profile corruption cases that included Muhammad Nazarrudin, the sacked treasurer of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s Democratic Party. Protestors called Yudhoyono liar and demanded to step down. The shirt slogan reads “corruption hunter force”.

8 InternationalFriday, September 23, 2011

Bali Today

Rent a bike in Kuta area park-ing their bikes on the road bodycan be encountered along the JalanLegian, from the intersection ofJalan Melasti to the south untilreaching the bemo corner area. Alegislator of Badung House fromKuta, I Gusti Anom Gumanti,said on Wednesday (Sep 21) thatit had become a classical problemin Kuta.

Despite becoming a classicalproblem, government did not takedecisive action up to these days.Anom Gumanti worried if it wasneglected persistently it could then

On the way home from provid-ing lectures overseas, Swami Vive-kananda, a Hindu monk of India,dropped in the house of his friend,who is also a king. There, he wasentertained in familial atmosphere.In the meantime, they also talkedabout religion passionately.

His friend asked why the Hindus

Rent a bike at roadside complained

Kuta leaders urged to discipline it immediately Bali Post

MANGUPURA - Motorcycle rental (rent a bike) businesses in Kuta, especially those oper-ating that takes advantage of the road body, reap a complaint again. This kind of business isconsidered to have caused the severity of congestion.

harm the image of Kuta tourism.He said further that some efforts

had been undertaken to cope withthe congestion. For example, it hadbeen attempted the diversion of

to achieve maximum results if thebreach in the main street of Kutaarea was still allowed. “As longas the violation is allowed, suchcongestion will never be resolved,”he said.

On that account, he urged theBadung Regency to immediately

-nesses violating. If the problem was

allowed to persist, it would even be

Similar opinion was also re-vealed by community leader ofLegian, Nengah Soewarna. Ac-cording to him, the mushroomingrent a car or rent a bike businessesat roadside did not only interferewith road users, but also made thestreets in Kuta narrower. Therefore,he also asked the government totake decisive action against suchbusinesses so the road sections inKuta could at least be maximized to

frequently took place. (kmb25)

IBP/Net

Motorcycle rental (rent a bike) businesses in Kuta, especially those operating that takes advantage of the road body, reap a complaint again. This kind of business is considered to have caused the severity of congestion.

Statue of Great Heroes Guarding Denpasar worshiped idol like statue. Thisyoung monk smiled while askingpermission to his friend to borrowthe picture of his grandfather on thewall. Having been taken and handedover by a servant, Vivekananda ex-amined and placed it on the carpet.Afterward, Vivekananda politelyremarked if his friend would not

have the heart to touch the photoby the toe of his boots. Finally, thefriend realized his mistake that wor-shipping a statue or the like wouldhelp in conceptualization.

Meanwhile, according to aFrench linguist, Ferdinand deSaussure, in the language of signthere are the signifying (object)

-ence). In this context, photographis the object, while grandfather isthe reference. God has been uni-versally acknowledged to be themost perfect. To help concentratethe mind on God, the Hindus ap-ply a medium like various kinds of

has different ability to contactHim. Common people may use amedium, while those having high-er spiritual knowledge do not needany medium. Therefore, none iswrong and it is a freedom.

Inspired by puranic or mytho-logical stories, many Hindu ar-tisans in Bali manage to makevarious kinds of sculpture. Whenvisitors happened to have islandexcursion, you may encountermany statues such as outside thetemple, at the end of each bridge,intersection, hotel’s gardens oreven on the pavement on the pro-tocol roads in Denpasar. Sacred

statues are placed in the sanctumrepresenting gods and goddessas well as heavenly creatures,decorative statue installed incommercial premises and the lastone is statue to commemorate thegreat heroes.

Statues depicting the greatheroes can be encountered inthe regencies pursuant to theirrespective origin. One of thegreat heroes of Bali is I GustiNgurah Rai as the name of localinternational airport. Right in theeast of the airport stands still theStatue of Ngurah Rai. He wasthe commander of Ciung Wanaratroops of Bali struggling bitterlyagainst the Dutch colonial for thesake of freedom.

With him, there were someother companions in arms. Forinstance, I Gusti Ngurah BagusSugianyar, his statue is strategi-cally installed in the intersectionof Jalan Gatot Subroto and JalanCokroaminoto, Ubung. As if hewelcomes everyone entering thecity from outside Denpasar andoutside Bali from the west. Then,Cokorda Agung Tresna—Headof Badung Struggle Headquar-ters. His statue is installed onthe intersection of Jalan GatotSubroto and Jalan Nangka, right

in the east of Sugianyar’s statue.Meanwhile, Ida Bagus Putu Japawas a member of Pembela TanahAir (embryo of the Indonesian Mil-itary) immortalized with a statueput in the Renon roundabouts.

In the meantime, PuputanBadung Square located right inthe heart of Denpasar City alsoretained statutes of other greatheroes. The statues are placed inthe northern side of the square.They depict the bitter struggle ofthe Badung Kingdom against thecolonial until their last bloodshed.This heroic incident occurred onSeptember 20, 1906 and nowit is celebrated as the PuputanBadung Day.

Those statues are intended toshow an appreciation over themerits of great heroes of Bali thathad dedicated their entire lifesincerely for the nation. Simi-larly, they denote an educationalmedium to introduce the heroesto younger generation so theyget a simple illustration about theheroes living before their time.Last but not least, they also givegood visual impression to the ar-rangement of urban landscaping

one of the artistic treasures ownedby Bali. (BTN/punia)

Balinese Culture

9International Friday, September 23, 2011

Kare Ikan(Fish Curry)

Ingredients

* 1 1/2 Lb, cleaned weight fish * 6 Shallots or 1 lg Onion * 2 Cloves garlic * 2 ts Ground coriander * 1 ts Ground ginger * 1/2 ts Powdered lemon grass or 1 Blade fresh, lemon grass * 1 ts Chilli powder * 1 Salam leaf or bay-leaf * 1/2 ts Turmeric * 1/2 c Tamarind water * 1 c Of thick santen (coconut -milk) * 2 tb Vegetable oil * Salt * sl Cucumber * Mint

DirectionsIt is better to select a white fish with firm flesh, such

as haddock, angler-fish, swordfish or dogfish. In Australia the various fish known as whiting would be a good choice. Americans might like to use snappers.

Whatever fish is used, it can be cut into small cubes or slices before frying. Heat a little oil in a heavy frying-pan, and carefully brown the fish in it. Meanwhile, in another frying-pan, fry the chopped shallots (or onion) and garlic until tender. Stir in the chilli, ginger, turmeric, coriander, lemon grass, salam, salt and tamarind water. Let this mixture simmer for 10 minutes, then put in the fish. Cover, and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Add the santen and cook for a further 5 minutes. Serve hot, garnished with very thin slices of cucumber and chopped mint. (Alternatively, put the cucumber and mint into the kare itself for the last 2 minutes of cooking.) Incidentally, the same kare can be made with prawns. There is no need to fry the prawns separately; but fry them in the mixture of onion, etcetera for a few minutes before you put in the tamarind water. Makes 4 servings. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Bayung Gede Village,Kintamani subdistrict, Bang-li Regency, is developed intoa tourism pilot project 2010.“Previously, we have alreadymade comprehensive studieson various aspects and isnow determined to be a pilotproject of community-basedtourism 2010,” said VillageChief of Bayung Gede IWayan Suwela, recently.

He added, since the vil-lage was declared as a pilotproject, his party receivedthe help and facilities fromthe National Program forCommunity Empowerment(PNPM). Bayung Gede Vil-lage is one of 11 villages inIndonesia developed into apilot project for community-based tourism.

Meanwhile, UdayanaUniversity has performedvarious studies in relationto the project since 2005concerning with severalaspects of Bayung GedeVillage. “Previously BayungGede Village was just asa backup, but having beenreviewed by a team fromcentral government, our vil-

he explained.Similarly, he mentioned

Ikan Bali(Bali Fish)

Ingredients

* 1 Fish, about 650-900g dressed Weight. Preferably sea bass or Mackerel * 1 t Salt * Oil, for deep frying * 2 T Margarine or oil * 2 sm Onions, sliced * 1 t Sambal Oelek * 1/2 t Laos * 1/2 t Lemon grass * 3 T Tamarind juice * Pinch of ground ginger * 1 t Brown sugar * 1 T Sweet soy sauce

DirectionsCut fish into serving portions and rub salt all over.

Feep-fry and drain on absorbent paper.

Heat oil and saute sliced onions until lightly brown. Add sambal oelek, laos, lemon grass, tamarind juice, ginger, brown sugar and soy sauce. Heat thoroughly.

Place fried fish in deep serving dish and pour sauce over it. Serve with rice. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Bayung Gede Village as Tourism Pilot Project

that the basic reason on theselection of Bayung GedeVillage as tourism pilotproject 2010 was stated inthe letter from the Coor-dinating Ministry for Peo-ple’s Welfare No. 10.13.834/KMD/D/VII/V/2010. Withthe publication of the letter,it meant in the developmentof community-based culturaltourism of Bayung Gede, thegovernment would allocate afund worth IDR 2.5 billion.

The main factor of BayungGede Village selected asa pilot project, accordingto Suwela, was caused bya unique tradition ownedby the village prevailing aprohibition to newlywedcouple. In the village, thecouple recently married isnot allowed to enter into thehome yard and not regardedas residents of the BayungGede Village before payingtumbakan (a kind of dowry)submitted to the village inthe form of two bulls andundertaking particular fast-ing.

In addition, the newly-wed couple was requiredto make a procession calledpenyekeban (maturation)by living in a small shack at

the end of the local village.In addition to this uniquetradition, Bayung Gede alsohas a system of governmentpracticed from time imme-morial called saih nembelassystem. This traditional gov-ernment system, continuedSuwela, ran the administra-tion chaired by a leader man-aging the local temples andtraditional village. “Withthis traditional leadershipsystem, the residents of ourvillage remain well unitedup to these days,” he said.

Regarding to livelihood,he explained that since 2005most local residents hadrelied on the crops obtainedfrom planting citrus, whilepreviously they only cul-tivated cassava and gogorice variety planted on non-

In the meantime, for themanagement of BayungGede Village as a tourismpilot project, Suwela added,his party would establisha committee. “In years tocome, this committee willmanage the assistance ob-tained and at the same timebuild the tourism at GedeBayung Village,” he con-cluded. (BTN/BB)

Friday, September 23, 201110 InternationalDestinations

IBP

Tirta Empul Temple or Tampak Siring Temple is a holy spring water temple located in Tampak Siring Vil-lage, Gianyar regency and it is about 39 km eastwards from Denpasar town. It is set in the dale and encircled by the hill. In the west side of this temple, there is an Indonesian President palace which has been found by the first president. The name of Tirta Empul is loaded in a inscription which is kept at Sakenan Temple, Manukaya village, Sub district of Tampak Siring, about 3 km from Tirta Empul Temple. In this inscription, the Tirta Empul is named by the Tirta Ri Air Hampul and then the name has changed into Tirta Hampul and finally become the Tirta Empul. Tirta Ri air hampul is meaning the water emerge or the holy pool (Petirthan) which is the water emerge from the land.

The wellspring emerges from the land is believed that it is the infinite creation. According to the history, that, that this water source is arranged and sanctified by king Indrajayasinghawarmadewa in the year 882 Saka (960 M). He has given the name with Tirta ri air hampul. The data is loaded in the inscription that is located at Sakenan Temple. Besides of the above epigraphy data, in Tirta Empul Temple is also found the archaeology omission like Colossus Yoni, Arca Lion, Tepasana and Tirta Empul Pool. According to papyrus of Usana Bali

narrated that Tirta Empul is created by Bhatara Indra (Sun Deity) when bearing arms against the king where his palace is located in Bedahulu Countryside. He is known as a very miraculous king, which he can lose or show suddenly, therefore he is named by Mayadenawa. Because of its miracle, he becomes the arrogance and expressing himself as a god. The Mayadenawa King owns the assistant (Patih) which is called Kalawong. They prohibit the people to do the Yadnya (praying to the god) so that is often happened the natural disaster, disease epidemic, agriculture fail and finally miserable life society. Finally Betara Indra (one of Hindu God) gives battle against the kings that happened in Tampak Siring and then the Mayadenawa is gone to the wall and disappear. King Mayadenawa has also created poisonous pools which can the team of Bathara Indra die and faint after drinking this water. Then Bathara Indra stick the weapon of Umbul-umbul and finally the water is emerging so that called by Tirta Empul and then it is passed to the dead and faint soldier that made them back to live. Therefore at the moment this pool water is sanctified by the Hindu society in Bali and they believe that this water source can heal various of diseases, hence every day this place is a lot of visited by Hindu people to do the ritual and sanctify them self . This place has been opened for public and as a famous tourist destination in Bali.

Tampak Siring Temple

Friday, September 23, 2011 11

BUSINESSInternational

Associated Press

TOKYO — Japanese auto-makers Nissan and Mitsubishi arestrengthening their cooperation byexpanding the number of modelsthey make for each other in Japan.

Nissan and its smaller rival Mit-subishi have had what is called anoriginal equipment manufacturer, orOEM, deal since December 2010.

models for each other and sell themunder their own brands.

Nissan Motor Co. said Thursdayit will provide the Fuga luxurysedan to Mitsubishi Motors Corp.,

Taiwan’s East Asia RelationsCommission Chairman Peng Run-tsu signed the agreement Thursdaywith his Japanese counterpartMitsuo Ohashi, who is chairmanof the Japan Interchange Associa-

Reuters

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday warned of

new plan to lower long-term borrowing costs and bolster the batteredhousing market.

-ment debt, its latest attempt to kickstart growth that slowed to a crawl

Apparently spooked by the central bank’s dismal outlook for the

closed down nearly 3 percent.Prices for long-term government debt rose, pushing yields lower

-- a sign the measures were more aggressive than some investors hadexpected. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note dropped as low

“Recent indicators point to continuing weakness in overall labormarket conditions, and the unemployment rate remains elevated,” the

downside risks to the economic outlook, including strains in global

In offering a fresh approach to spur the economy and lower unem-ployment, the Fed ignored top Republicans on Capitol Hill who hadpressed the central bank to refrain from action.

-forts to shore up the housing market by pledging to reinvest proceedsfrom maturing housing-related debt it holds back into the mortgagemarket.

Analysts said the Fed’s actions might not have a great impact, evenif they did lower long-term interest rates.

“The cost of borrowing simply isn’t the problem,” said Paul Ash-worth, an economist at Capital Economics in Toronto. “Businesses

recovery.The economy grew at less than a 1 percent annual rate over the

of recession.With Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke reluctant to stay on the sidelines,

his activism has become a punching bag for politicians as an electionyear nears. Top Republican lawmakers wrote to Bernanke this weekurging the central bank to resist further economic interventions, echo-ing criticism voiced by Republican presidential candidates.

The portfolio retooling plan stops short of an outright expansion ofthe Fed’s holdings -- sometimes referred to as quantitative easing -- ofthe type that has drawn harsh criticism domestically and internation-

steps the Fed takes to help the economy. The Fed could cut the rate itpays banks for reserves parked at the central bank, which might freeup lending, or promise not to raise rates until unemployment dropsto a certain level.

By shifting its bond holdings into longer maturities, the Fed is try-ing to push long-term interest rates lower, which hopefully will spur

Not all policymakers were on board with the Fed’s latest move. The

bolster a low interest rate pledge also opposed Wednesday’s move.

world’s biggest bond fund, said the combination of dissents and agloomier outlook pointed to a growing policy divide.

maturities of six to 30 years by the end of June 2012, selling an equalamount of debt maturing in three years or less.

Taiwan and Japan sign investment pactAssociated Press

TAIPEI — Taiwan and Japan have signed an arrangement to bolster investment despite thelack of diplomatic ties.

tion.The deal is not expected to

claims sovereignty over the self-ruled island but has improved tieswith its rival in recent years.

Last year, China signed alandmark deal to offer tariff cutsfor hundreds of Taiwan-madegoods.

Tokyo switched recognition

Nissan, Mitsubishi strengthen cooperation

AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi

Nissan Motor Co. chief vehicle engineer Hidetoshi Kadota demonstrates how to charge a Nis-san’s electric vehicle during a media event unveiling a new charger in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. Japanese automakers Nissan and Mitsubishi are strengthening their cooperation by expanding the number of models they make for each other in Japan.

starting from summer next year.They have also started talks on

Mitsubishi providing the Minicab-MiEV commercial electric car to

April 2012.

common in the auto industry. Theyallow companies to cut costs byincreasing production scale and toexpand their lineup of types of carsthey don’t want to invest in the de-velopment or manufacturing of.

Nissan, which also makes the Leafelectric car and March subcompact,is providing the NV200 Vanette

compact van to Mitsubishi Motorsfrom next month.

called NMKV Co., which beganoperating in June, to work togetheron minicars for the Japanese mar-ket, which may later include othernations.

Mitsubishi President Osamu

venture will fuse his company’sdesign expertise with Nissan’spurchasing power.

“These initiatives are intendedto strengthen the competitivenessof both companies in Japan,” bothsides said in a statement.

Fed takes new tack to avoid economic slump

Entertainment InternationalFriday, September 23, 201112

“A wise man once said — ‘the skill in attending a party is knowing when it’s time to leave.’ We built something extraordinary together. We did this thing. And now we’re going to walk away from it,” frontman Michael Stipe said in a statement on the website.

“I hope our fans realize this wasn’t an easy decision; but all things must end, and we wanted to do it right, to do it our way.”

The Grammy-winning group, now composed of Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck and bassist Mike Mills, released its debut album “Murmur” in 1983; at the time it was a quartet, with drummer Bill Berry. He left the group in 1997, two years after he suffered symptoms of an aneurysm onstage.

The group got its start in Athens, Ga., coming out of the region’s flourish-ing indie-rock scene. The band was cred-ited for helping launch college radio with songs such as “Radio Free Europe.”

Later, the mainstream caught on, and R.E.M. became chart-topping rockers, selling millions of albums with hits like “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine),” ‘’Losing My Religion” and “Everybody Hurts.”

Stipe, the band’s chief songwriter, crafted songs that were atypical of the standard rock fare. “Man on the Moon” was about the late comic Andy Kaufman. “Losing My Religion” was not about religion at all, but about try-ing to relay the feelings of a crush.

The band’s videos also became staples on MTV in the 1990s, includ-ing the eye-catching “Losing My Religion” and the stark “Everybody Hurts,” which had Stipe walking through a highway traffic jam.

R.E.M. became one of the more forceful voices of 1990s rock, and came along around the same time as another rock quartet — U2. But whereas U2

managed to maintain (and even in-crease) its popularity over the years, R.E.M. stumbled commercially in recent years, and their hits dwindled.

The band continued to create music that resonated with critics and their core group of fans; the group’s last album, “Collapse into Now,” was released in March and a greatest hits retrospective is in the works. But Mills said the band was running out of ideas.

“During our last tour, and while making ‘Collapse Into Now’ and put-ting together this greatest hits retrospec-tive, we started asking ourselves, ‘What next?’” he said. “Working through our music and memories from over three decades was a hell of a journey. We realized that these songs seemed to draw a natural line under the last 31 years of our working together.” Buck said the band parts as “great friends” and thanked fans for their support.

“One of the things that was always so great about being in R.E.M. was the fact that the records and the songs we wrote meant as much to our fans as they did to us,” said Buck. “It was, and still is, important to us to do right by you. Being a part of your lives has been an unbelievable gift. Thank you.”

Agence France Presse

MIAMI — Miami is the new city of angels — at least the city of “Charlie’s Angels.” ABC is jumping into the reboot game this fall with an updated version of the classic series that kicks off the network’s Thursday night prime-time lineup. Moving its setting and production from Los Angeles to South Florida, the new show gets a fresh start in a new city.

The remake tries to distance itself from the camp of the 1970s version, striving to be a more grounded action series. The first episode begins with two Angels — a former thief played by Rachael Taylor and a disgraced police officer played by Annie Ilonzeh — seeing the third member of their team killed during a mission. Their boss Charlie Townsend and his assistant Bosley — played by Ramon Rodriguez — persuade the survivors to recruit a new Angel, a street racer played by Minka Kelly.

With Drew Barrymore — an Angel in the 2000 and 2003 films — serving as an executive producer, the show was developed by Al Gough and Miles Millar, the duo behind the hit WB show “Smallville,” which followed the exploits of a young, pre-Superman Clark Kent. ABC had been planning to bring back “Charlie’s Angels” for several years when Gough and Millar got involved last spring.

They acknowledge that fans have certain expecta-tions and will scream if they aren’t met. The original “Charlie’s Angels” was a cultural phenomenon when it debuted in 1976, making stars of Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith. Fawcett proved particularly popular, with boys posting her iconic poster in their rooms and girls copying her feathered hair. The first episode of the new “Charlie’s Angels” is scheduled to air at 8 p.m. EDT Thursday, the 35th anniversary of the original’s premiere.

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Just days after hosting her first Emmy Awards, actress Jane Lynch says she’s not sure she’d do it again. Lynch said in an inter-view Wednesday that if she had to decide now, her answer would be no. But she says she had a great time and hadn’t felt “that creative and alive in a long time.” Her Emmy per-formance Sunday received mixed reviews.

The actress is promoting her new memoir, “Happy

Accidents,” and “Glee.” Lynch plays glee-club-hating cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on the hit Fox series, which premiered its third season Tues-

day.Lynch says she’s looking forward

t o s p e n d i n g time with her family now that the Em-mys are over. She married Lara Embry

last year and is stepmother to

Embry’s 9-year-old daughter, Ha-den.

The end of the world: R.E.M. calling it quitsAssociated Press Writer

NEW YORK — R.I.P. to R.E.M. The alternative rock group that shook up the music world with its experimental, edgy sound and then earned multiplatinum success and a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced on its website Wednesday that it has “decided to call it a day as a band.”

AP Photo/Warner Bros

FILE - In this 1994 file photo originally released by Warner Bros. Records, alternative rock band R.E.M., from left, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, Bill Berry, and Peter Buck are shown when they released their new album “Monster.” The band announced Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011 on their website that they are breaking up.

‘Charlie’s Angels’

AP Photo/ABC, Bob D’Amico

In this undated image released by ABC, from left, Rachael Taylor, as Abby Sampson, Minka Kelly, as Eve, and Annie Ilonzeh, as Kate Prince, are shown from the ABC series, “Charlie’s Angels,” premiering Sept. 22 at 8:00 p.m. EST on ABC. The series is filmed in Miami.

Jane Lynch not sure she wants to host Emmys again

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2011 file photo, Jane

Lynch arrives at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, where

Lynch served as the host for the

show.

APPhoto/Matt Say-les, file

International Friday, September 23, 2011 13Science

NASA’s old research satellite is expected to come crashing down through the atmosphere Friday afternoon, Eastern Time. The space-craft will not be passing over North America then, the space agency said in a statement Wednesday evening.

The predictions should become

more precise by Thursday afternoon and certainly by Friday. “It is still too early to predict the time and location of re-entry with any more certainty,” NASA said.

An estimated 26 pieces — repre-senting 1,200 pounds — are expect-ed to survive. NASA is anticipating a splashdown rather than a landing.

Nearly three-quarters of the world is covered with water. The Aerospace Corporation in California, in fact, predicts that re-entry will occur over the Pacific late Friday afternoon, Eastern Time. But that’s give or take 14 hours.

The 20-year-old Upper Atmo-sphere Research Satellite will be the biggest NASA spacecraft to fall un-controlled from the sky in 32 years.

It is expected to break into more than 100 pieces as it enters the atmosphere, most of it burning up. The heaviest metal parts are ex-pected to reach Earth, the biggest chunk weighing about 300 pounds. The debris could be scattered over an area about 500 miles long.

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. has used mobile games to promote its movies, but now it’s trying something new: launching a cuddly character in a game in the hope he makes it to the big screen someday. In a first effort at the new strategy, Disney is launching this week an animated alligator named “Swampy,” whose bizarre quest in the 99-cent iPhone game “Where’s My Water?” is to keep clean.

The reptile, unlike his in-the-

wild counterparts, lives under a big city and mostly hangs around in his bathtub, waiting for iPhone owners to dig a digital trench that allows water to flow into his poorly con-nected plumbing. Disney Mobile general manager Bart Decrem says one goal of the launch is to incubate new characters that can cross over into other Disney business units like movies and merchandise.

“Maybe five years from now, wouldn’t it be great if there was a movie that started up on the

App Store?” Decrem said. He said mobile devices are becoming central

to kids’ lives and Disney wants to

make sure it is there. “To me, this is where a generation of kids is growing up. And it’s really critical for the success of the company that we be there and telling stories and introducing characters to a new generation of kids,” he said.

Disney’s interactive unit has long been a troubled one. Expensive forays into making video games for consoles such as the Xbox and PlayStation 3 have resulted in big losses.

In the most recent quarter through July, Disney’s interactive unit lost $86 million on revenue that grew 27 percent from a year earlier to $251 million. That marked the 11th con-secutive quarterly loss since Disney began breaking out results for the

unit in late 2008.Analysts have questioned

what Disney is doing in the games business, especially after its $563 million pur-chase of social games maker

Playdom last year didn’t help stem the losses. The unit’s new co-presidents, John Pleasants

and James Pitaro, have made it a goal for interactive to be profitable in 2013.

APPLE plans to unveil its next generation iPhone next month, technology blog AllThingsD said Wednesday. AllThingsD cautioned that Apple could “change its plans anytime,” but said the present plan calls for Apple’s new chief executive Tim Cook to preside over the launch of the iPhone 5 on October 4.

Cook, 50, replaced Apple’s ailing co-founder Steve Jobs as chief executive of the Cupertino, California-based gadget-maker last month. Citing “sources close to the situation,” the Dow Jones-owned AllThingsD said the iPhone 5 would go on sale within a few weeks after the announcement.

Jobs, 56, the Silicon Valley visionary behind the Macintosh computer, the iPod, iPhone and iPad, stepped down as Apple’s CEO on August 24. Jobs has presided over Apple’s splashy product launches in the past and AllThingsD said “the pressure will be on Cook to turn in a good performance.”

“What will be interesting to see, of course, is if Jobs himself will also make an appearance, which is

something that is likely to be determined by his health, in a decision that will be made very close to the event,” it

said. Jobs underwent an operation for pancreatic

cancer in 2004 and a liver transplant

i n 2 0 0 9 . Apple re-leased the i P h o n e

4 in June 2010 and sold

20.34 million of the devices last

quarter.Apple shares

have been trad-ing at record

highs this week and the stock was up 1 . 3 7

percent at $419.13 on

Wall Street on

Satellite still on for Friday freefall from space

AP Photo/NASA

Associated Press Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A dead 6-ton satellite is getting closer and closer, and is expected to smack down on Earth on Friday.

In this image provided by NASA this is the STS-48 onboard photo of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) in the grasp of the RMS (Remote Manipulator System) during deployment, from the shuttle in September 1991.

Disney hopes game character makes it to big screen

This image provided by the Walt Disney Co. shows a new game character named, “Swampy.” The Walt Disney

Co. has used mobile games to promote its movies, but now it’s trying something new: launch-ing a character in a game in the hope he makes it to the big screen someday.

AP Photo/Walt Disney Co.

Apple to unveil iPhone 5 on October 4: report

Friday, September 23, 2011 14 InternationalSport

Jose Mourinho’s Real team,who are attempting to end Bar-ca’s three-year strangleholdon the Spanish title, won theiropening two games but suffereda shock 1-0 defeat at Levante onSunday. They again looked shortof creativity against Racing andbarely threatened the home goalin an uninspiring display.

Valencia top the standingswith 10 points from four match-es, one ahead of Malaga, whobeat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 ear-lier on Wednesday, and surprisepackage Real Betis. PromotedBetis have won three out of threeand move clear of Valencia witha win at home to Real Zaragozaon Thursday.

Barcelona, Sevilla and Le-vante all have eight points, withReal Madrid, Atletico Madridand Real Sociedad on seven.Barca, who demolished Osasuna8-0 on Saturday, faced a stifftest at Valencia and were rockedin the 12th minute when EricAbidal turned the ball past hisown goalkeeper Victor Valdes.

They were level two minuteslater thanks to Pedro’s powerful

AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti

FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi from Argentina, right, Francesc Fabregas, second right, and Xavier Hern‡ndez, left, celebrate after scoring against Osasuna during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011.

Barca draw at Valencia, Real heldReuters

MADRID - Barcelona twice came from behind to rescue a point in a 2-2 draw at Valenciawhile Real Madrid dropped points again in a goalless affair at Racing Santander in La Liga onWednesday. Barca missed the chance to go top at early pacesetters Valencia but will be happy witha point against Unai Emery’s impressive side and were unlucky not to leave with all three.

low shot from a tight angle butfell behind again in the 23rdminute when Pablo Hernandezfinished off a sweeping move.

FABREGAS EQUALISER

Cesc Fabregas, the former Ar-senal captain who rejoined Barcain the close season, equalisedagain with just over 10 minutesleft and the visitors pressed hardfor a winner at the end. FormerValencia striker David Villasquandered a chance after beingplayed through by World Playerof the Year Lionel Messi whowas furious not to get a penaltywhen he appeared to have beenbundled over by defender Miguelin added time.

The outcome could have beeneven worse for Real at the Sar-dinero as Racing, coached byArgentine Hector Cuper, hada couple of chances to pull offan upset victory. Real defenderAlvaro Arbeloa prevented ArielNahuelpan getting a shot awayin the first half and their Spainkeeper Iker Casillas pulled off abrilliant save just after halftime

when he palmed away a lowdrive from Oscar Serrano for acorner.

“This is two matches nowwithout winning against oppo-nents who to be honest do notcompete with us,” Casillas toldSpanish television. “It’s hard totake in but we have to lift ourheads and we know that the im-age we are projecting is not theright one and is not up to thestandard of Real Madrid.”

At the Calderon, Atletico’snew signing, Colombia strikerRadamel Falcao, followed Sun-day’s hat-trick against Racingwith a double in a 4-0 win athome to Sporting Gijon. Spainmidfielder Santi Cazorla net-ted the only goal in Malaga’swin against visitors Bilbao withthe Basque club’s latest failureincreasing the pressure on theirnew coach, Argentine MarceloBielsa, who has yet to win agame this term.

Levante built on Sunday’ssuccess against Real with a 2-1win at Rayo Vallecano, whohad Pedro Botelho sent off withabout 15 minutes left.

Reuters

LONDON - Owen Hargreaves celebrated his Manchester Citydebut with an early goal against League Cup holders BirminghamCity in a third round tie on Tuesday, exactly three years to the daysince he last played a full competitive match.

The former England international, who has played less than 15minutes of competitive soccer since Sept. 21, 2008 when he playedfor Manchester United against Chelsea, put City ahead after 17minutes with a shot from outside the penalty area.

Hargreaves, 30, who made just 39 appearances in four years atUnited, joined City last month after putting a video on YouTubeshowing he was over the worst of a series of injuries that haveblighted his career.

Reuters

MILAN - Juventus’s new signing Mirko Vucinic scored and thengot sent off before halftime as Juventus were held 1-1 at home by Bo-

The Montenegro striker, signed fromAS Roma for 15 million euros($20.5 million) in the close season, turned in a free kick on the half-hour as Bologna were caught off-guard only to be dismissed for twosenseless yellow cards just before halftime.

Daniele Portanova levelled for the visitors after the break. Cham-pions AC Milan remained winless as they were held 1-1 at home byUdinese withAntonio di Natale, last season’s league top scorer, nettingfor the third straight game for the visitors.

Napoli, who beat Milan 3-1 on Sunday, came down to earth witha bump as they lost 1-0 at Chievo, Davide Moscardelli scoring thewinner midway through the second half.

Vucinic on target for Juve then sent off

Hargreaves celebrates return with debut goal

Friday, September 23, 2011 15International Sport

The world number two hassome sympathy for the topmale players who have maderumblings about possible strikeaction over what they see as atoo punishing calendar but af-ter having her career knockeds i d eways by in j u ry she i sc lea r ly happy to be g lobe-t ro t t ing aga in and winningtournaments.

“I really missed doing whatI’ve done since I was four yearsold and I really felt that thereis so much more in me that Icould bring to the court,” the24-year-old told Reuters inTaipei where she will play anexhibition match against fellowRussian and world No.4 VeraZvonareva on Thursday.

“(The schedule) is so muchbetter than it was years ago,”she added, when asked aboutthe demands on the servingshoulder that needed major

surgery in 2008 and kept herout of the game for 10 months,in which time she dropped to126 in the world.

“We f in i sh two or th r eeweeks before the men do. Youcan say that’s nothing but it’shuge in our sport, it gives usmore time to take a breatherwhereas before after the seasonyou could maybe take a weekoff . Now you can take twoweeks off and not feel guiltyabout it.”

Sharapova, who returned tothe top 10 in March after reach-ing the final in Miami, was asemi-finalist at the French Openand runner-up at Wimbledon andrecently won her 24th career titlein Cincinnati.

While she did suffer bouts ofillness early in the season shehas crucially remained injuryfree this year -- a major factorin her rise up the rankings. Now

she is looking forward with re-newed optimism.

“That’s what drives me, that’sthe reason why today I findmyself in that position and aposition also to even do bet-ter,” she said. “I’d love to winWimbledon again, that’s alwaysa goal of mine, the French Openis one that I haven’t won but Ifeel like with every year I com-pete I play better at the FrenchOpen. “I have many goals andthat’s what’s drives me to keepgetting better.”

With no dominant force in thewomen’s game this year, the pathdoes seem open for Sharapovato add to her three grand slamtitles, although the depth of thefield makes it tricky.

Three of the four grand slamtitles went to first-timers thisyear and Sharapova dismissedany suggestion that it was evi-dence of a lack of top quality.

Associated Press Writer

MONTREAL — The widowof boxer Arturo Gatti said shewas tired of fighting her in-laws Wednesday as the sidescontinued to negotiate a pos-sible settlement over his will.A sobbing Amanda Rodriguessaid it was painful to have torelive their tumultuous rela-tionship, day after day.

The sides have been battlingeach other in an emot iona lcourt case over his $3.4 million

Associated Press Writer

N E W Y O R K — S t a f fmembers from the NBA andplayers’ associa t ion havemet , and top nego t i a to r sf rom both s ides wi l l ta lkThursday.

A small group from eachside took part over a few

AP Photo/Wally Santana

Tennis great Maria Sharapova attends a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. Sharapova and Vera Zvonareva are in Taipei hosting a tennis clinic for students and an exhibition match against each other.

Tour is no grind for resurgent SharapovaReuters

Estate trial of Arturo Gatti resumes in Montreal

AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes

Amanda Rodrigues, widow of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti, arrives at the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday, Sept., 21, 2011. The estate trial of Arturo Gatti has resumed, with both sides still trying to work out a deal.

fortune. As she returned to thewitness stand on the 12th dayof the trial , Rodrigues saidshe’s had enough. “I’m so tiredof fighting,” a crying Rodri-gues told Justice Claudine Royat the end of the day.

“I’m tired of leaving (myson) Junior every single dayat home, crying, coming here.I don’t want it to be like this.”The sides appeared less hos-tile to each other Wednesdaythan they had earlier in thetrial. Both Rodrigues and the

boxer’s brother, Fabrizio Gatti,were more subdued on the wit-ness stand.

The trial had been suspend-ed for a day this week whilethe sides attempted to reachan agreement. Carmine Mer-cadante, a lawyer for the Gattifamily, said there could not be adeal until he and his clients fin-ished discussing some issues.

In the absence of a deal, testi-mony resumed Wednesday withRodrigues being questioned byher own lawyer.

Small NBA meeting held, leadership talks Thursday

hours Wednesday. On Thurs-day, Commis s ione r Dav idStern, Deputy CommissionerAdam Silver and other topnegotiators from the leaguew i l l m e e t w i t h e x e c u t i v edirector Billy Hunter, presi-d e n t D e r e k F i s h e r o f t h eL a k e r s , w h o w a s f l y i n governight to New York, and

others from the union.Players and owners are

sti l l clashing over the sal-a r y c a p s t r u c t u r e a s t h elockout that began July 1reaches an important stage.Training camps expected toopen Oct. 3 would likely bepos tponed wi thout a dea lthis week.

Friday, September 23, 201116 SportI N T E R N A T I O N A L

Vettel made it clear on Thursday, howev-er, that his goal is to make the best possible job this weekend, without thinking about the possible scenarios that would make him a double world champion. “Would, could, should... so far we haven’t won anything,” Vettel said in Singapore on Thursday. “We are in a good position but still have some way to go. We have to race and doing our normal job, try to achieve our best.

“It is one of the most difficult tracks for cars and drivers, it is a long way to the chequered flag. “Obviously a lot of people talk about it, but certain things have to happen. It reminds me of the situation we faced in Abu Dhabi last year, where people came up every two/three minutes giving another option, what is possible out

of 1,147 options.“This could be one, that is not the objec-

tive or target this weekend - the target is to optimise our performance. “Generally out target going into this season was to defend the title. W are in a very good position and there is no reason the target should change. It doesn’t matter when, it matters that it happens.” The world champion said there is no added pressure to clinch the title in Singapore, but admitted he will go for it if he has the chance.

“I think there is always pressure on me and us because we want to achieve our best every single weekend, and achieve our maximum,” he added.

“If there is a possibility or a chance to win we want to go for it. I don’t feel any

extra pressure trying to win the champion-ship here or win it in one particular place. We just have to remind ourselves what the target was going into the season, it was not to win the championship in Singapore, it was to win the championship itself.”

And the German said it was hard to predict who will be strongest this weekend, but he believes the battle with Ferrari and McLaren will be very tight.

“It will be a long weekend, a very long race, it is nearly two hours, longer than the other races we have during the season. Ferrari were competitive last year, we were equally matched but couldn’t get past on the track. Hopefully this year is the other way around.

“On this circuit it’s hard to predict who is going to be competitive. I think we will be fighting McLaren and Ferrari, but Mer-cedes could have a good chance here. It is a circuit where the car is important but the driver can make a difference.”

JORGE Lorenzo believes the reason Honda is defeating Yamaha in this year’s MotoGP title race is because HRC took more risks with its 2011 design.

The reigning champion thinks there were signs in late 2010 that Honda was poised for a breakthrough year, and suggested that its success drought since Nicky Hayden’s 2006 title had led to HRC taking a more aggressive approach than 2008-2010 champion squad Yamaha.

“I think the Honda was extremely fast and very competitive from the last part of last year, and this year even more,” said

Lorenzo. “They improved one step at the end of last year, and one step more by the beginning of this year.

“We won three world titles in a row, all three crowns, so it’s logical that we stayed a little bit more calm and didn’t take so many risks. “Yamaha have won so much and they’ve done a great job, but at this moment in this category [Honda] are a little bit further away at most of the tracks.”

He admitted he feels fortunate that Casey Stoner’s championship lead is not larger than 44 points given how fast Honda has been this year.

Lorenzo managed to interrupt Stoner’s

winning run and claw a few points back with victory at Misano earlier this month, before Honda struck back by dominating the most recent race at Aragon - leaving Stoner in a commanding championship position.

“I think the surprise is to be only 44 points behind Casey,” said Yamaha team leader Lorenzo. “He has dominated the championship and he’s winning a lot of races. To be only 44 points [adrift] is not too bad given how we are this year.”

Lorenzo now feels he needs a mi-raculous turnaround in order to retain his crown. “Our hope is that something happens - hopefully not bad for Casey, but to help us a little bit to keep on fight-ing,” Lorenzo said. “But if this doesn’t happen it’s almost impossible.”

AP Photo/Vincent Thian

Sebastian Vettel

Vettel insists title is not won yet Sebastian Vettel insists he has not won anything yet and claims he is in no

rush to secure his second title as long as he manages to clinch it. The Red Bull driver has a 112-point advantage over Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso with six races to go and has his first chance to secure the title in Singapore this weekend.

Lorenzo : Honda’s aggressive approach paying off

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

MotoGP Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo of Spain steers his motorbike on his way to finishing in third place during the MotoGP Aragon Motorcycle Grand Prix over MotoGP Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo of Spain at the Motorland racetrack in Alcaniz, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011.