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THE earthquake in Western Sumatra several weeks agowhich killed hundreds of people, attract the attention andsympathy of many people. For that reason, the managementand employees of Sanur Beach hotel gathered donation thathopefully could help the victim of the quake.

The 5 million rupiah donation was given by the GeneralManager of Sanur Beach Bali Margit Arnold through BaliPost, on Thursday, October 29th 2009. The donation receivedby the chief editor of Bali Post, I Nyoman Wirata in SanurBeach Bali. Other officers also present in the event, they wereA.A Ngurah Heribawa, the Sales and Marketing Manager,Ngakan Putu Ngurah, the Executive Assistant Manager, andCandy Juliani, the Public Relation Officer. (iwan)

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Tourists prepare life saving equipments for marine tourism in Sanur beach on Thursday, October 29th 2009. The lack oflifeguards in Sanur beach could decrease the interest of tourists to visit the beach.

Several high rank officers in BaliPolice Department carried out ameting on Thursday, October 29th

2009 to discus the case. The plan to

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The General Manager of Sanur Beach Bali Margit Arnold (left) give thedonation to the Chief Editor of Bali Post, I Nyoman Wirata.

Sanur Beach Hotelgives donation forearthquake victim

Riot in Lemukih

The case taken over byBali Police DepartmentDenpasar (Bali Post) –

The riot case in Lemukih village in Buleleng which madethree people seriously injured will be handled by Bali PoliceDepartment. The police department worried that the case willspread to the other villages.

take over the case is done in order toanticipate other riot that may occurin the village. The police will inves-tigate thoroughly especially because

there were victims on the incidents.The police will interrogate wit-

nesses to investigate the case and theyworried that group of people will cre-ate other incident to prevent the po-lice to questioned the witnesses. Asource in the police department said“other incidents are the main concernof the police so the case is taken overby Bali Police Department.”

I Gde Sugianyar, the spokesman

of Bali Police Department, said thatthe case is being taken over becausethere is the potential of another ri-ots and the party involved in it didn’tfind any agreement yet.

The riot in Lemukih village whichoccurred on Wednesday, October 28th

2009 made three people seriously in-jured. A house was also destroyed byfire. The victims are treted in thehospital.(kmb21)

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Bali News

As in the case of villa developmentat Gumang Hill, the Head ofKarangasem Agency for RegionalDevelopment (Bappeda), I WayanArtha Dipa and the Head of IntegratedPermit Services (KP2T), IB KetutSulendra, met in the midst of sessionof Karangasem House, last Wednes-day (Oct 28), gave impression to leavemutually their responsibility for thematter of permit. Both admitted thatthey would recheck if the villa belong-ing to Dutch investor has had permitor not.

Previously, Artha Dipa asked jour-nalist to meet the Head of KP2T forthe confirmation if the villa has hadbuilding permit or not. When con-tacted, IB Ketut Sulendra suggestedcontacting the party of Bappeda. “Be-cause, Bappeda team led by DivisionHead of Spatial Layout and RegionalInfrastructure, I Ketut Sedana Mertha,has made site inspection to Samuh torecheck the existence of such villa.

THE AREA of Gumang Hill,Bugbug, Karangasem, in fact,has been reached by villa de-velopment. At least, there havebeen two investors building onthe western slope of the hill.Their location is not far to eachother. These investors havingunclear address establishedvilla close to the beach. Itsbuilding is now under finishingphase. Meanwhile, another in-vestor is from the Netherlands(IBP, Oct 28).

The investor from the Neth-erlands built on the land of some0.25 hectares. Now, on the lev-eled area has been built a two-floored building sizing around20 x 5 meters, while anotherbuilding is under construction offoundation with tenacious rein-forced concrete pillar. In termsof its construction, this buildingis also designed to be two-floored.

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Movement to anticipate the

threat of rabies in Denpasarkeeps on intensifying. Havingtargeted tens of dogs belongingto Grenceng Hamlet, PemecutanKaja, last Wednesday (Oct 28),the team moved to the area ofSumerta Kaja. At least, 50 dogsbelonging to local residents andwild dogs could be eliminated.The current elimination move-ment was also related to theRegulation of Mayor No. 25/2009 concerning with RabiesPrevention in Denpasar.

In dog elimination at the vil-lage, the team engaged in re-lated institutions. A number ofdogs roamed around at largebecame the target of team. Simi-larly, the search of dog was re-sumed to small lanes belongingto local residents.

The Head of Animal Hus-bandry, Fisheries and MaritimeServices (Disnakkanlut) ofDenpasar City, Dewa MadeNgurah, met in the midst ofelimination activity said that itwas intended to follow up thereport of community. The elimi-nation was also on the requestof the Head of Sumerta KajaVillage.

Villas permit

Bappeda—KP2T SeemBappeda—KP2T SeemBappeda—KP2T SeemBappeda—KP2T SeemBappeda—KP2T Seemto Neglect Responsibilityto Neglect Responsibilityto Neglect Responsibilityto Neglect Responsibilityto Neglect Responsibility

THE PRESENCE of a number of investors in Karangasem seemed uncontrollable. The au-thority of Karangasem was just aware that the building has been erected and even put intooperation. Even, there is impression of leaving responsibility when the permit that should berequired has not been issued yet.

“We are still rechecking it because ourparty handles many permit proposalsso I could not remember them all. I donot involve in the handling of villa per-mit at Samuh. If I did, of course, Icould remember it,” he said.

It was not for the very first time thatKarangasem was distraught regardingto permit of tourism facilities.Megaproject on Mimba Hill,Padangbai, building Hotel Chateau deBali has not had a permit. SiddhartaResort, a five-star hotel facility atKubu, Karangasem, has not had thepermit, either. “Permit of the resort isunder process and assessment,” saidIB Ketut Sulendra.

Siddharta Resort is only some 500meters from the office of the Head ofKubu subdistrict and borders on thecompound wall of Dalem Temple ofKubu. Though it has not had a permit,the resort belonging to a German onceoperated. However, since JusticiaryTeam of Karangasem Regency has

reprimanded it, name board of thehotel was dismantled. The thatchedhotel with swimming pool is consid-ered to have violated the allocation ofTulamben tourist resort.

Karangasem Regent I WayanGredeg, last Wednesday (Oct 28), inKarangasem confessed that negli-gence often occurred regarding to thematter of business permit, particularlytourist accommodation. It was causedby investor meeting in person with thehead of village or customary villageand got support. After that the devel-opment was begun without submit apermit to Karangasem Government.

On responding the question ofKarangasem House, Gredeg said thatinvestor or entrepreneur made ap-proach first to the owner of the landand then customary village. Havingobtained the land and support frompersonnel of village figure, investorbuilt right away without submitting apermit to Regional Government. (013)

Investor at Gumang HillTo Build Two-Floored Villas

To reach at the villas is notso difficult. Investor has madea wide white-walled road. How-ever, to enter the area one shouldpass through some securityposts. On that account, fewpeople could enter the area.

If standing at Gumang Hill,we will see how beautifulCandidasa Beach is. From thatplace, we can also see the allure-ment of Kambing Island andGili Tepekong being famous fortheir population of decorativefish. Similarly, from GumangHill we can also see the spreadof extensive sea.

Establishment of building atthis area triggered a big questionmark on the surrounding resi-dents. Near the location standsa big temple supported by resi-dents of Bugbug Village,Karangasem. In addition, thepeeling of hill was also worriedto result in landslide. (bud)

At Sumerta KajaFifty Dogs Eliminated

According to Dewa MadeNgurah, the activity would bepersistently committed as longas his party received the reportfrom local residents. His partyalso performed d elimination towild dogs at South Denpasar,North Denpasar and WestDenpasar. Each subdistrict inDenpasar looked united so thedog elimination should be per-formed comprehensively.Disnakkanlut of Denpasar Cityprovided all tools required in thewild dog el imination inDenpasar City.

Apparatus of Sumerta KajaVillage assisted the eliminationactivity at Sumerta Kaja Village.To constrict the transmission ofrabies in Denpasar City, DewaMade Ngurah expected that resi-dents seeing wild dogs at theirarea could report i t toDisnakkanlut. “We are going tocommit mass elimination inDenpasar. This activity is wait-ing for the decree of Mayor thatcould be realized around nextNovember,” he said. Having car-ried out the wild dog eliminationat the area of Sumerta Kaja Vil-lage, the team of Disnakkanlutresumed their mission to UbungKaja Village. (kmb12)

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The picture shows the villa in Gumang hill in Bugbug, Karangasem. Investors destroyed the hillto build the villa

3Friday, October 30, 2009International Bali News

Tabanan (Bali Post)—Fate of farmers in Tabanan is getting un-

luckier. After mice attacked their corn plantsresulting in the loss of billions of rupiah, laterwas the time for monkeys to disrupt the gar-den of farmers at Padangan Kelod, Pupuan.

To prevent the wider damages, a residentwas alleged to poison the monkeys living atthe forest near Temple Branch of PucakKedaton, Padangan Kelod, Padangan, Pupuan.As consequence, hundreds of monkey werefound dead instantly since two days beforeand this incident shocked local residents. Ul-timately, the apparatus of local village sum-moned one of its residents and resumed thereport to police station.

Head of Padangan Village Representatives(BPD), Jro Putu Tesan, last Wednesday (Oct28) said that those monkeys considered beingsacred animal belonging to temple were al-leged to be poisoned by local resident due tofeeling dejected as their garden was damaged.Hundreds of monkey’s carcasses were foundand his party remained to find out the others.It was said, having been investigated it wasknown that they were poisoned by a kind oftemic poison. Ironically, perpetrator of thepoisoning was local residents named WayanWela alias Pan Gablor.

Tesan said that many residents saw PanGablor fed poisonous food to the monkeys.He put the poisonous food at his garden, neara road. The food was hung on electricity poleand at a number of places that often visitedby a crowd of monkeys. “We regretted the casebecause perpetrator did not report his prob-lem to village apparatus both of administra-tive or customary before setting up the poi-son for the monkeys. Whereas, those monkeyswere made sacred by local residents,” saidTesan.

Tesan added that Pan Gablor and a numberof witnesses were summoned to the Office ofVillage Head to clarify the allegation abouthis action of poisoning the monkeys. Tesansaid that Pan Gablor confessed his act and hedid so because he felt dejected due to a crowdof monkeys damaged his garden. Since PanGablor did not regret his deed, based on themeeting of village apparatus it was agreed toreport the case to police station. Other thanbeing reported to police, perpetrator would

Unfortunately, Satpol PP was left be-hind because three owners of sand suck-ing machine escaped. More than that,with the reason that vehicle used was toosmall, so they could only convey a partof evidences to be secured. A tense onceoccurred between the owner of machineand apparatus of Satpol PP.

Chief Unit of PP, Komang DharmaSuyasa, led Satpol PP of Klungkungmaking inspection to ex C-class excava-tion. It engaged a number of personnelby means of patrol truck of Pol PP. Theytargeted five points of sand excavationusing machine. “We could arrest twoowners of machine, while three others es-caped,” said Darma Suyasa while men-tioning both owners of the machine wereDarpu from Gunaksa and Jati fromTangkas Hamlet.

On seizing the machines, a tense oc-curred between the owner and personnelof Satpol PP since the owner of machineobjected due to their equipment. DarmaSuyasa said that his truck was once

Three Owners ofThree Owners ofThree Owners ofThree Owners ofThree Owners ofSucking MachineSucking MachineSucking MachineSucking MachineSucking MachineEscapedEscapedEscapedEscapedEscapedSemarapura (Bali Post)—

Again, Civil Servant Police Unit (Satpol PP) of Klungkung Regency madesite inspection to ex C-class excavation, last Wednesday (Oct 28). After target-ing two Asphalt Mixing Plants (AMPs) and stone breaking machines, Tuesday(Oct 27), the Satpol PP then targeted the owners of sand sucking machine thatremained to operate their machine actively.

trapped in the muddy area so he couldnot capture the other owners. “We en-countered many sand sucking machinesand they will be used for evidences. Un-luckily, our vehicle is too small so wecould only seize a part of them,” he said.Evidences seized consisted of hose, pipe,filter and others. Though the others es-caped, all owners of machines would besummoned and asked their clarificationin the upcoming Tuesday (Nov 3).

They violated the Regional Legisla-tion of Bali Province No.4/2005 on theenvironmental impact and could be im-posed with six-month imprisonment anda fine of IDR 50 million.

Related to the patrol vehicle whosesize was small that become obstacle toperform the operation, it would be co-ordinated with the Head of JusticiaryTeam who is also the Deputy Regent ofKlungkung, Tjok Gde Agung. On thataccount, it could be prepared a heavyequipment (high size truck) immedi-ately. (kmb20)

Destroying Garden,Hundreds of Monkeys killed

also be imposed with customary sanction.However, the sanction was not decided yet andit would be adjusted with the prevailing con-vention of customary village.

Chief of Pupuan Sector Police, S. Irianto, jus-tified that a number of Padangan residents cameto report the case on monkey poisoning. How-ever, said Irianto, his party remained to carry outfurther investigation at location, including themeeting between perpetrator and village appara-tus before taking legal action. “We are still carry-ing out further investigation at location what ac-tually happened,’ said Chief Irianto. (kmb14)

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Using his psychical strength, a young labor tries to finish his work. He is work-ing to arrange the road in Cok Agung Tresna Street, Denpasar.

International4 Friday, October 30, 2009 News

Agence France-Presse

SRINAGAR - India’s PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh her-alded Thursday the opening of a“new chapter” in a peace processto end a two-decade-old revolt inIndian-held Kashmir.

Winding up a two-day trip tothe Muslim-majority Kashmir val-ley, Singh reiterated hisgovernment’s willingness to holdtalks with all separatist groupsopposed to Indian rule as long asthey renounced violence.

“I believe that a new chapter isopening in the peace process in thestate and we are turning a corner,”Singh told a news conference inIndian Kashmir’s summer capitalSrinagar.

“We are willing to engage inserious discussions with everygroup provided they shun the pathof violence,” Singh said as he an-


BRUSSELS - Europe’s leadersconverged on Brussels Thursdayto consider candidates for a cov-eted new post of EU president, andgrapple with differences overhelping poor countries fight glo-bal warming.

Fresh from a celebratory eve-of-summit dinner in Paris hoursafter Angela Merkel was sworn infor a second term as German chan-cellor, French President NicolasSarkozy said the EU’s twin driv-ers were in “almost total” agree-ment on the key issues.

These include tactics for ensuringthe Czech president, the remaininghold-out against the 27-nation bloc’sLisbon Treaty, puts pen to paper ifand when a Prague court rules againstan appeal over the treaty’s constitu-tional legality next week.

Deeply eurosceptic CzechPresident Vaclav Klaus onWednesday gave a “guarantee”that he will sign the treaty —which aims to streamline deci-


TEGUCIGALPA - A high level USdelegation Wednesday opened a newdiplomatic push here to resolve a fourmonth-old political crisis over theouster of President Manuel Zelaya.

Led by Thomas Shannon, the USassistant secretary of state for west-ern hemisphere affairs, the Ameri-cans met first with Zelaya at the Bra-zilian embassy, where he had beenholed up since mid-September.

They were then supposed to meetwith Roberto Micheletti, the headthe interim government that seizedpower after a military-backed coupon June 28 and which has so far re-fused any deal that would involveZelaya’s reinstatement.

Zelaya told AFP the US officialsAFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA

Manmohan Singh.

AFP PHOTO / SAMUEL KUBANI

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors arrive on October 29, 2009 at Vienna airport, re-turning from their trip to Iran. Iran was widely expected to deliver on October 29 its response to a UN-brokered proposal regarding the supply of much-needed fuel for a nuclear research reactor in Tehran.

EU leaders to mull candidatesfor president, climate change

sion-making and create new posts— according to his prime minis-ter, Jan Fischer.

As the current chair of theGroup of 20 leading global econo-mies, British Prime Minister Gor-don Brown — who is pushing forpredecessor Tony Blair to benamed the first EU council presi-dent — the top job which theLisbon Treaty creates — has hisown agenda.

That includes targets for job cre-ation amid the fear that rampantunemployment will stunt thegrowth needed to wipe out bloateddeficits and potentially exponentialdebt rises.

Meanwhile, Italian premierSilvio Berlusconi, a pivotal figurein obtaining any consensus on whois named Europe’s “George Wash-ington”, its first full-time president,was to miss the two-day summit.

The 73-year-old, beset by sex,corruption and media intimidationallegations at home, is said to havecontracted scarlet fever from agrandchild.

Indian PM says ‘new chapter’opening on Kashmir

nounced a series of economic mea-sures to boost the region’seconomy. Last month, IndianHome Minister P. Chidambaramoffered to start a “quiet dialogue”with separatist politicians in thedisputed region.

The offer was welcomed by lo-cal moderates but rejected byhardliners.

Moderate separatist leaders inthe Muslim-majority state haveheld several rounds of talks withIndia’s central government, thoughhardliners oppose any contact thatdoes not involve neighbouring ri-val Pakistan.

Nuclear-armed India and Paki-stan each hold part of the Hima-layan region and claim it in full.

The insurgency against Indianrule in Kashmir, which New Delhiaccuses Pakistan of arming andabetting, has claimed more than47,000 lives.

US envoys to tackle crisis in Hondurasassured him they regarded him as“president of the Hondurans” andthat the United States would notrecognize the outcome of presiden-tial elections November 29 unlesshe is reinstated.

“I continue being the presidentrecognized by the nations of theworld,” Zelaya said after the hourand a half session. “I represent away out, a way toward a politicalconsensus and a peaceful solution.”

Besides Shannon, the US delega-tion included Principal Deputy As-sistant Secretary of State, CraigKelly, and senior White House ad-visor on Latin America, DanRestrepo.

“They are urging both sides toshow flexibility and redouble theirefforts to bring this crisis to an end,”

State Department spokesman IanKelly said Wednesday in the UScapital.

US Secretary of State HillaryClinton, who decided to send thedelegation after speaking toMicheletti and Zelaya representa-tives at the weekend, “believes thatUnited States could play a construc-tive role and would encoura ge allsides to return to the negotiatingtable,” he added.

On Tuesday, Kelly said “the clockwas ticking” for a deal to be reachedrestoring Zelaya to power ahead ofthe November 29 elections.

The rival factions have been un-able to agree on whether and howZelaya would be allowed to com-plete his mandate, before a newpresident is sworn in early next year.

“We had a good trip,” saidHerman Nackaerts, head of the four-member mission of theInternatinonal Atomic EnergyAgency.

“We visited the Fordo enrichmentplant. Now we’re going to analysethe data. And the DG (Director Gen-eral Mohamed ElBaradei) will re-port in due time,” Nackaerts told re-

IAEA inspectors returnIAEA inspectors returnIAEA inspectors returnIAEA inspectors returnIAEA inspectors returnfrom ‘good trip’ to Iranfrom ‘good trip’ to Iranfrom ‘good trip’ to Iranfrom ‘good trip’ to Iranfrom ‘good trip’ to IranAgence France-Presse

VIENNA - A team of experts from the UN atomic watchdog returnedto Vienna Thursday from a four-day trip to Iran where they inspectedfor the first time a newly-revealed second uranium enrichment plant.

porters on arrival at Vienna airport.Asked whether the inspection

had revealed any surprises, the of-ficial declined to comment.

He also refused to provide anydetails about the nature of the in-spection.

The IAEA inspectors had arrivedin Iran on Sunday for a first visit ofthe site, which is being built inside

a mountain near the Shiite holy cityof Qom.

The disclosure of its existence onSeptember 21 triggered widespreadoutrage in the West, which suspectsIran is enriching uranium with anultimate goal of using it to makeatomic weapons.

Tehran strongly denies thecharge.

Iran has already been enrichinguranium — the most controversialaspect of its nuclear project — forseveral years at another plant in thecentral city of Natanz, in defianceof three sets of UN sanctions.

General Info Friday, October 30, 2009 5International

Denpasar

There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners -Denpasar General Hospital(RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah Sakit Wongayaand Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Itsfacilities have improved since the emergency ward had beenbuilt in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become aproblem anymore since it has complete equipments. It islocated on Jl. KesehatanSelatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with :Phone : 227 911 – 15Fax : 226 363

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters forless serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, ane-mia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equippedto care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl.Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.Phone : 223 036Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit)Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.Phone : 222 142.

Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private)Jl. Sudirman No 50, DenpasarPhone : 227 560, 234 824

In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medicalevacuation company, thatis:AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali.PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah RaiNo. 24X, Kuta 80361.Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that theBlood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh)Negative blood.

Badung

Bali Medical ClinicsThere are some medical clinics that are well known by for-eigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and oper-ated :

Bali International Medical Center (BIMC)Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excel-lent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Servicesfor tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali.Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance& Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone: 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta,Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com

International SOS Clinic BaliOpened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visi-tors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-houremergency medical service.Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - IndonesiaPhone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919E-mail : [email protected] ://www.sos-bali.com

Bali Nusa Dua Emergency ClinicJl Pratama No. 81 Phone : 771 324

Kuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

Dental ClinicDr Indra Guizot, Jl. Patimura 19, DenpasarPhone : 222 445, 234 375

DDS. Ritjie Rihartinah, Jl Pratama No. 81Nusa Dua Phone : 771 324

Retno W. Agung, Jln. Bypass Ngurah Rai No.4ABr. Tamansari – Sanur Phone : 288 501

Australian Consulate GeneralJalan Tantular 32 Renon DenpasarPhone: +62 361 241118Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

The Czech RepublicJalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.286 465

France Consulate AgencyJalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.285 485

The Federal Republic of GermanyJalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.288 535

The Republic of HungaryJalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.287 701

Italian ConsulateJalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 005

Honorary Consulate of MexicoJalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.223 266

Honorary Consulate of The NetherlandsJalan Raya Kuta 127, BaliPhone +62.361.761 506

Honorary Consulate of SpainKomplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. JalanPatih Jelantik Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.769 286

USA Consulate AgencyJalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.222 426

Consulate General of JapanJalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.227 628

Honorary Consulate of BritishJalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.270 601

Swiss and Austria ConsulateJalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan IstanaGalleriaPhone +62.361.751 735

Honorary Consulate of BrazilJalan Legian No. 186, BaliPhone +62.361.757 775

Honorary Consulate of ThailandJalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.263 310

Embassy of IndiaJalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.241 978

Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf FinlandSegara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.282 223

Honorary Consulate of MalaysiaAlam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.752 520

Bangli

Bangli General HospitalJl. Kesumayuda 27, BangliPhone : +62 366 91521

Gianyar

Clinic MasJl. Raya Mas, UbudPhone : +62 361 974573

Toyo ClinicJl. Pengosekan, UbudPhone : +62 361 978078

Permata Bunda ClinicJl. Patih Jelantik 50 X, GianyarPhone : +62 361 942082

Ubud ClinicJl Raya Ubud No.36 Campuhan, UbudPhone : +62 361 974911

Gianyar General HospitalJl. Ciung Wanara 2, GianyarPhone : +62 361 943049

Karangasem

Karangasem General HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai, KarangasemPhone : +62 363 21001

Klungkung

Klungkung General HospitalJl. Flamboyan 40-4, KlungkungPhone : +62 366 21371

Negara

Negara General HospitalJl. Gelar, NegaraPhone : +62 365 41006

Tabanan

Laboratorium ClinicJl. Gunung semeru No. 8, TabananPhone : +62 361 819260

Mengwi ClinicJl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai 46, TabananPhone : +62 361 880550

Darma Kerti HospitalJl. Teratai 16, TabananPhone : +62 361 812359

Tabanan General HospitalJl. Pahlawan 14, TabananPhone : +62 361 811027

Praja Taxi : (0361) 289090Bali Taxi : (0361) 701111Ngurah Rai Taxi : (0361) 724724Pan Wirthi Taxi : (0361) 723366Komotra Taxi : (0361) 758855

Singaraja

Prodia ClinicJl. RA Kartini 12, Singaraja Bali0362 - 24-516

Singaraja HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai 30, Singaraja Bali0362 - 22-573

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At the heart of their story is thebizarre fact that there are more finefish swimming in the tiny tanksthan there are in the surroundingsea.

Having overfished and pollutedits own waters to the point wherethey are home mainly to greatghosts of the past, Hong Kong nowimports up to 90 percent of its sea-food.

The problem with that, scien-tists say, is that Hong Kong is amicrocosm of a marine disaster inwhich wild fish are being eaten outof existence worldwide.

“It is a sign of what is happen-ing in most of the fisheries in theworld,” says Guillermo Moreno,head of global environment groupWWF’s marine programme inHong Kong. “It’s a scary pan-orama.”

In scenes replayed throughoutHong Kong’s archipelago, the sea-food for the restaurants in YungShue Wan arrives in the dull lightof a hazy dawn, while most of thevillage is still asleep.

Through the rough streets, wirymen in singlets trundle trolleysladen with sloshing buckets full ofstruggling fish nearing the end of

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HONG KONG - The live fish facing death in the glass tanks in Hong Kong’s famous seafoodrestaurants tell a strange and haunting tale of a looming global tragedy.

their lives far from their usual habi-tat on distant, colourful coral reefs.

They are tipped into crowdedtanks outside restaurants lining theharbour to await the pointing fin-ger of a diner which will flag thelast leg of their long journey, to thekitchen.

At weekends, the open air res-taurant tables under spinning fanshost large family gatherings wherecheerful children tuck in to foodthat researchers say could disap-pear in their lifetimes.

“Unless the current situation im-proves, stocks of all species cur-rently fished for food are predictedto collapse by 2048,” the WWF re-ports, quoting a controversial sci-entific survey.

Restaurateur Ben Chan Kin-Keung acknowledges that HongKong’s waters no longer providewhat his seafood-loving customerswant, but says that is not a prob-lem — at the moment.

“It’s very fast and convenient toimport seafood around the globe ei-ther by plane or ship,” he says.

But he knows the feast cannotlast and says it is already becom-ing difficult to find fish in the quan-tities he requires.

“It’s like people just want to eatthe fish when they are not (even)born. I’m afraid that I may have tochange my job in 10 years time.”

Offshore from the restaurants, alone trawler dredges the jade sea— but bleak records show it is un-likely to bring up table-worthyfish.

“The average size of fish nowcaught in these bottom trawls isabout 10 grammes” — about onethird of an ounce or the weight ofa small coin — Professor YvonneSadovy of Hong Kong Universitytold AFP.

“To put this into some kind ofcontext, Hong Kong was a famousfishing centre in the past and wehad incredibly productive and spe-cies-rich ground fisheries.”

WWF says that “Hong Kongwaters were incredibly rich just de-cades ago with manta rays, ham-merhead sharks, giant grouper andcroakers taller than a man. In lessthan a lifetime Hong Kong has lostthem all.”

Sadovy, a marine scientist whohas made a special study of HongKong’s seas, says there are severalreasons the local fisheries are insuch a bad state.

AFP PHOTO / ED JONES

This photo taken on September 27, 2009 shows fish being prepared for transport from the Aber-deen fish market in Hong Kong to restaurants around the southern Chinese territory. Around 400fishermen, 80 wholesalers and 1,000 buyers trade daily through Hong Kong’s Fish Marketing Orga-nization (FMO), which in 2007-08 sold 51,500 tones of fish through seven wholesale markets.


KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’sconservative Islamic party has urgedMuslim men to marry single mothersas additional wives instead of “youngvirgin girls”, a state official said.

Wan Ubaidah Omar, a cabinet min-ister from northern Kelantan, whichthe party controls, said the proposalaired in state parliament this week wasneeded to help single mothers andwidows in the underdeveloped region.

“Muslim men usually like younggirls or virgins as their additionalwives, so I suggest instead of takingthese young virgin girls, why don’tthey marry the single mothers as theirsecond or third wife?” she told AFP.

“This will ease the burden of thesingle mothers as the men can helpthem to take care of their children. Thesingle ladies have no burden,” saidWan Ubaidah, who is in charge ofwomen, family and health affairs inthe state.

Muslim men in Malaysia are al-lowed to marry up to four women butIslamic courts must approved mul-tiple marriages before they take place.About 60 percent of the country’s 27million population are Muslims.

Women’s groups here have cam-paigned against polygamy, saying it


WASHINGTON - A rare collec-tion of unique, ornate books of divi-nation consulted by shahs, sultans andMuslim laymen in 16th century Per-sia and Turkey are on show atWashington’s Smithsonian Institution.

“It won’t happen again, it’s a oncein a lifetime opportunity” to see thebrilliantly painted manuscripts,Massumeh Farhad, chief curator andcurator of Islamic art at the presti-gious institute’s Sackler Gallery ofAsian art told AFP.

Titled “Falnama: The Book ofOmens,” the exhibition includes 65manuscripts and fortunetellingbooks depicting figures from the OldTestament, the Koran and a host ofastrological symbols that providedinsight to people’s questions abouttheir future.

The manuscripts, whose largesize make them a rarity in Orientalliterature, are pages from three of thefour known books of divination fromthe Persian and Ottoman culturesafter 1550. It includes the book ofomens from the court of ShahTahmasb, who reigned from 1524 to1576).

The works of art were lent bymuseums including Istanbul’sTopkapi Palace, the Louvre in Paris,Berlin’s museum of Islamic art,Geneva’s museum of history andDublin’s Chester Beatty Library. The

Malaysia’s Islamicparty tells men tomarry single mums

is cruel and has deviated from itsoriginal purpose in Islam, which wasto protect widows and orphans.

Wan Ubaidah said her call was notmeant to encourage polygamous mar-riage, but as a way to help at least16,500 single mothers aged under 60in Kelantan, a state that has one ofthe highest divorce rates in the coun-try.

“Even if I don’t make the sugges-tion, these men are going to marry thesecond, third wife anyway but I haveto emphasise that under Islam, onlythose who have the social and eco-nomic capacity can have additionalwives,” she said.

The minister also called for hus-bands who leave their wives withoutgood reason to be whipped under re-ligious laws.

“Some of these husbands just gomissing in action suddenly, and leavethe wives without any food or money.These kind of men should bewhipped, they deserve it,” WanUbaidah said.

“This punishment is not in the statesharia law at the moment, but we canmake it a law to make men more re-sponsible; there is a lot of room forimprovement in the legal system toprotect the welfare of women,” sheadded.

Rare Muslim books of divinationon show in Washington

exhibition run until January 24.“It’s the first study of these manu-

scripts, the catalogue is the first pub-lication on the subject anywhere inthe world,” Farhad said.

The books, she added, show a dif-ferent view of Islam because theywere used “in private secular con-text; the imagery is not used for re-ligious reasons.”

Prior to a series of rituals andprayers, the texts were opened to apage at random and their images andaccompanying verses would provideguidance or revelation for whateverwas asked.

“They were meant to aid theseeker in the process of making dif-ficult decisions, from embarking ona voyage to waging war against anenemy, getting married or sellingone’s horse,” Farhad explained.

“Astrology and astronomy havealways played an important role inthe region, it’s a very rich tradition”in the Muslim world.

The manuscript depicted in hap-hazard fashion prophets from Islamand the Bible, including Adam andEve, the Virgin Mary, personalitiesfrom the Koran and the symbols andplanets from the Zodiac.

“It shows a different aspect of theculture, a universal message: ‘We allwant to know what’s going to hap-pen.’ The concerns that people hadthen are concerns that people havenow,” she said.

Friday, October 30, 2009 7Indonesia TodayInternational

Speaking at a function to openthe National Summit 2009 here onThursday, President Yudhoyonosaid students with the spirit of en-trepreneurship would be able to sup-port national development in thefuture.

The president said the main strat-egy in the improvement of the nextfive-year development program wasthe spirit of entrepreneurship, tech-nological innovation, and people’sempowerment.

According to the president, con-


JAKARTA - Indonesia firmly denied Thursday reaching a dealwith Australia to receive money in return for temporarily acceptingboatloads of asylum seekers intercepted at sea.

Indonesia and Australia had reached no definite agreement ondealing with a recent rash of arrivals from countries including SriLanka and Afghanistan, despite talk in Australia of an “IndonesiaSolution” to deal with the crisis, foreign ministry spokesman TeukuFaizasyah told AFP.

“We’re very much unaware of the term ‘Indonesia Solution’. We’renot at all comfortable with the notion of an Indonesia Solution,”Faizasyah said.

“The term is political jargon used in Australia for domestic po-litical purposes and we’re not comfortable at all,” he said.

Australia has said it has agreed to hand over financial aid to helpIndonesia, a major staging post for asylum-seekers, intercept anddetain the refugee boats which have long been the subject of fiercedomestic debate.

But Faizasyah denied any such agreement had been made.He said a recent decision to accept a group of 78 Sri Lankans

intercepted by Australia 11 days ago, who have refused to leave theAustralian ship the Oceanic Viking on the Indonesian island ofBintan, was a “one-off occasion” in lieu of further agreement.

“I’ve not heard about money. There’s no talk about money. Nomoney has been involved so far,” Faizasyah said.

“For sure in the latest two cases involving the Sri Lankans, there’sno discussion concerning compensation,” he said referring to the 78migrants and an earlier group of 255 Sri Lankans who are refusingto leave their boat at the Javanese port of Merak.

“We’re not interested in being dragged into the political debate inAustralia because what we’re simply doing is offering humanitarianassistance,” he said.

“If there’s a need to develop a framework, we’ll have to sit to-gether and discuss it.”

Despite Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd saying he wouldnot rule out using force to get the 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers offthe boat, Faizasyah said Indonesia would not compel them to dis-embark.

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JAKARTA - The Civil Soci-ety for Climate Justice (CSF)plans to organize a climate gath-ering for farmers and fishermenin Jakarta on November 2-11.

The climate gathering willserve as a venue of interactivedialog between policy makersand farmers and fishermen af-fected by the climate change,CSF member Siti Maemunahsaid in a press conference hereon Wednesday.

In the gathering to be attendedby climate change stakeholdersin Indonesia, the farmers andfishermen will show evidence ofhow daily life is getting difficultbecause of climate change, saidMaemunah, who is also the na-tional coordinator of the MiningAdvocacy Network (JATAM).

The stakeholders will amongothers come from the NationalCouncil for Climate Change(DNPI), the Agriculture Minis-try, the Marine Affairs and Fish-eries Ministry, the Health Min-istry, and the National Develop-

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono delivered his speech during the opening session of National Sum-mit at Jakarta on Thursday, October 29. Yudhoyono has called on national education authorities to reformthe existing teaching methods and arouse the spirit of entrepreneurship among students.

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JAKARTA - Indonesia has gaineda new tool to rapidly detect and moni-tor damaging forest fires with thelaunch of an Australian-funded onlinesystem in Jakarta on Thursday.

Indofire is a collaborative projectbetween Indonesia’s Ministry of For-estry, Institute of Aeronautics andSpace (LAPAN), Ministry of Envi-ronment, the Australian Governmentand the Western Australian state gov-ernment agency Landgate, accordingto information on the official websiteof the Australian embassy.

Fires in forests and peat landsand the smoke haze they produce

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JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called onnational education authorities to reform the existing teaching meth-ods and arouse the spirit of entrepreneurship among students.

tinual subsidy could not lead to sus-tainable development.

Therefore, the head of state calledon the national education minister toreform the existing teaching meth-ods and to make the students activein the teaching and learning processinstead of the teachers.

He added that if the teachingmethods enabled the students to havethe spirit of entrepreneurship, theywould later be able to create theirown job opportunities, instead ofapplying for jobs.

The president said the unemploy-ment and poverty rates in the futurewould be reduced significantly iftoday’s generation had the spirit ofentrepreneurship and was able tocreate job opportunities.

Compared with the United Statesand Singapore, the president said,Indonesia only had a small numberof entrepreneurs, even fewer thanone percent.

“Creating the spirit of entrepre-neurship is not easy indeed butthrough various efforts - one of themis national education reform - it ispossible,” the president said, add-ing that the students with the spiritof entrepreneurship would later becreative and innovative, and able tomake Indonesia even better.

Online forest fire monitoringsystem launched in Indonesia

are seasonal problems in Indonesia.Indofire downloads satellite infor-

mation for all of Indonesia twice aday. This data appears on the Indofirewebsite within an hour. This facili-tates fast detection of fires, allowingfire fighters to respond quickly andreduce the fires’ spread and severity.

Indofire also includes mappinginformation which allows forestryofficials to identify where fires startand track their spread.

Deforestation and fires in forestsand peatland account for more than65 per cent of Indonesia’s green-house gas emissions. Monitoring,controlling and reducing fire is a keymeans to reduce greenhouse gas

emissions from these sources.The A$1.5 million Indofire sys-

tem has been developed as part ofthe A$40 million Indonesia-Austra-lia Forest Carbon Partnership. Thispractical cooperation between Indo-nesia and Australia on REDD (re-ducing emissions from deforesta-tion and forest degradation in de-veloping countries) aims to ensureREDD is part of a future interna-tional agreement on climate change.

Other partnership activities in-clude the A$30 million KalimantanForests and Climate Partnership andsupport for development ofIndonesia’s National Carbon Ac-counting System.

CSF to holdclimate gathering

ment Planning Agency (Bappenas).Meanwhile, Raja Siregar, policy,

advocacy and campaign manager ofOxfam GB Indonesia, said fisher-men and farmers are among thosewho are highly vulnerable to theimpact of climate change.

Raja said many farmers havefound it hard to determine plantingseasons because the rainy season isdifficult to predict.

Because of the climate change therainy season becomes short withhigh rainfalls, he said.

The condition makes it difficultfor farmers to choose the types ofrice seeds and determine the start ofplanting season, thereby raising therisks of harvest failure, he said.

CSF expressed hope the gather-ing will be able to address a gap be-tween policy makers’ response andthe problems faced by farmers andfishermen affected by climatechange.

CSF is a forum of 30 non-gov-ernmental organizations, includingJATAM, the Indonesian Forum forthe Environment (Walhi), and the Al-liance of National Customary People(AMAN).

Indonesia denies Australiaasylum seeker deal

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Bali Today

Bali Collaboration for ClimateChange (KBPI) as the departmentthat proposed the World Silent Dayis gathering autographs to supportthe idea. I Made Suarnatha, the co-ordinator of KBPI, said that the de-partment is trying to collect 10 mil-lion autographs to gain the worldacknowledgement and currently,10,000 autographs had been col-lected.

“For those who wanted to sup-port the World Silent Day could logon www.worldsilentday.org . Thisis the preliminary step for the cam-paign of the World Silent Day,” headded.

The World Silent Day is a waywhich is adopted from Balinese cul-ture to anticipate climate change. Theconcept was taken form Nyepi daywhere all of the Hindus didn’t con-duct any activities for one whole day.

The concept is started to be ac-cepted by several countries in the

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KUTA – Foreign tourists whooften sunbathe in Kuta admitted thatthey can’t stay out in the open fortoo long because the sunlight washotter than usual. Normally, the for-eign tourists sunbathe until noon.But now, they only spend few hours,they only sunbath up to 9:30 localtime.

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DENPASAR - The Marineand Fisheries Department (DKP)has built 2,236 disaster-proofhouses for poor fishermen in 55districts and cities across Indone-sia in 2009, an official said.

“The program was aimed atreducing the possible negativeimpact of climate change andnatural disasters on the fisher-men,” Director of DKP’s Coastaland Sea Division, SubandonoDiposaptono, said after attendinga seminar about climate changeconducted by Bali Collaborationfor Climate Change Issue (KBPI)here on Tuesday.

Subandono said two types ofdisaster-proof houses were built,namely traditional and modern.

The modern type of houseswere built in coastal areas wherethe risk of being engulfed by tsu-nami was low while the tradi-tional type of houses were builtin areas where the tsunami riskwas high with waves that mightreach a height of more than threemeters.

“The traditional house is

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DENPASAR – World Silent Day is being proposed as one ofthe way to anticipate the climate change in United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) inCopenhagen in December 2009.

world and some even had been ap-plied it but it didn’t accepted yet inUNFCC. Suarnatha said “several cit-ies such as Sidney had started to carryout World Silent Day.”

Actually the idea of World Si-lent Day has been accepted by theworld society because it emphasizeon preserving the environment. How-ever, it also needed more support toincrease the spread or the program.

Based on the calculation ofKBPI, the Nyepi day can decreaseup to 23 million tons of carbon diox-ide in one day. The World Silent Dayis carried out on March 21st whereall people throughout the worldshould stay in their houses for fourhours started on 10 o’clock through14 o’clock and shutting down allelectronics equipments and cars ormotorcycles. “Everyone could con-tribute in decreasing green housegases which triggered the climatechange,” Suarnatha said.

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The photo shows the situation of street in Bali during Nyepi Day. World Silent Day is beingproposed as one of the way to anticipate the climate change in United Nations Framework Con-vention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in Copenhagen in December 2009.

DKP built 2,236disaster-proofhouses for fishermen

structured in such a way that it canwithstand the horizontal pressureof a tsunami wave so that thebuilding will only suffer minordamage. On normal days, tenantsof traditional houses can use thespace underneath the house forleisure activities, trading, repair-ing fish nets or weighing their fishcatches,” Subandono said.

He said averaging 27.5square meters in width the tradi-tional houses were built parallelwith the probable direction of tsu-nami waves and in perpendicularlines to the coastline to minimizethe pressure big waves on thebuilding structures.

Building disaster-proofhouses for fishermen had been aDKP program since year 2006. Uptill 2008, the department had built497 houses for fishermen in 18districts and cities in Indonesia.

DKP provides the budgetfor house construction while theregional administrations providedthe needed land.

“In 2009, we built 40 disas-ter-proof houses in each district orcity where there were fishermen,”Subandono said.

Bali’s heat makes tourists uncomfortable Michael Lois, a tourist from

Australia who already coming to Balifor three times, said that the heat inKuta is quite different than before.In his previous visit he could sun-bathe for 6 hours on the beach butnow he can only do it for three hoursor even less.

The similar statement also wassaid by Jeans, a tourist from Canada.He said that he could not stay for long

period of time on the beach becausethe sun seems to burn his skin. Therewere not many tourists lying on thebeach when the sun was high.

Made Suarta, a tour guide inKuta, said “we can not even standon the sand. It is very hot and ourfoot is like burning.” The hot condi-tion made some tourists chose toplay on the beach. They swim andsurf on the beach which has mediumsize waves. The increasing of tem-perature is not only happening inKuta. The similar condition also canbe found n all parts of Bali.

Denpasar Meteorology, Clima-tology, and Geophysics Department(BMKG) said that the raising of thetemperature actually already startedon October 2009. Currently, themaximum temperature in Bali is 34degree Celsius, but before the maxtemperature was only 32 degree Cel-sius.

Endro Cahyono, the head ofData and Information division inBali BMKG, said “the high tempera-ture is because currently, the sun isright on top of Indonesia. It madethe situation hotter than before. Thecondition will last until November2009.”

Cahyono reminded all thepeople in Bali to be more carefulbecause the hot condition could trig-ger local rain fall and even whirl-wind. Thunderstorms also often oc-cur during the season shift.

REUTERS/Murdani Usman

(FILE) Soldiers patrol along Kuta beach in Bali July 18, 2009.Foreign tourists who often sunbathe in Kuta admitted that theycan’t stay out in the open for too long because the sunlightwas hotter than usual. Normally, the foreign tourists sunbatheuntil noon. But now, they only spend few hours, they onlysunbath up to 9:30 local time.

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DENPASAR - “InternationalBali-India Yoga Festival” will beheld once again in Bali. 1,500 yogifrom throughout the world willtake part in the festival which willbe held on December 3rd throughDecember 10th 2010.

Dr Somvir, the head of Bali-India Foundation, said that most ofthe participants will come from In-

One of the principal functions offorests is to maintain the stability ofnature, apart from conservation andbeing supporter of tourism. Therefore,if the forest is damaged it will result inlandslides, floods, droughts and soforth. Most forest damage is causedby human activity.

Bangli Regency has forest areaamounting to 9,000 hectares, namelysome 17% of the Bangli’s total extentthat reaches 52,000 hectares. “Ideally,forest figure should be 30% of theland’s extent,” said the Head of BangliAgricultural, Estate and Forestry Ser-vices, I Ketut Sutresna lately.

Explained, of the total number

Overview:This dish is traditionally prepared after a cockfight, when

the winner receives the loosing chicken as a reward.

Ingredients:1 tsp coconut oil½ cup chicken spice paste400 gr boneless chicken, skin removed and minced1 liter chicken stock1 salam leaf1 stalk lemon grass, bruised1 tsp crushed black pepper salt to tast2 tbsp fried shallots

Preparation:Heat oil in heavy soup pot. Add spice paste and saute

until fragrant. Add minced chicken and continue to sautéuntil meat is evenly colored. Add stock and all remainingingredients and simmer for five minutes.(www.baliguide.com/balifood)

Forests Supports Tourism9,000 hectares of forest, 6,000 hectaresbelong to the category of forest pre-serve, 400 hectares production forestand the remaining 2,600 hectares na-tional park. To maintain the figure offorest extent, his party constantlyendeavours to invite all elements inorder to care about forest preservation.“We are also going to expand the ex-tent of the forest by promoting a com-munity forest,” he said while addingthat, urgent action is overcoming criti-cal land by reforestation andregreening.

“Recently,” said Ketut Sutrisna,”forest fires and clearing away fre-quently occurs, both intentionally and

unintentionally so the function transferensues that it takes advantage of foragricultural and estate needs.”

Nevertheless, his party has prepareda number of regulations, either legisla-tion of central government or regionallegislation as reference to take action.Stubborn offenders should be sen-tenced. The more so forests in BangliRegency also constitute a buffer andspring for other regencies at its vi-cinity like Klungkung, Gianyar,Badung and Buleleng. Other thanthat, forests in Bangli become thesupporter of tourism like the pan-orama at Kintamani and other tour-ist objects. (BTN/Suka)

International Bali-India YogaFestival will be held in Bali

dia and the rest will be from Eu-rope, USA, and Asian region. Yogiand yoga lovers from Indonesiaalso will take part in the event.

“The annual festival will beheld regularly in Bali. This year’sfestival themed Yoga and GlobalWarming issue,” Dr. Somvir said.He explained that the festival willbe held in Patanjali Yoga City inBanjar Gunung Sari, TegalLinggah village, Sukasada,

Buleleng. The village is very beautiful

and still very natural. TegalLinggah is also very important inthe development of Hindu and Is-lam in Indonesia. Rsi Markandeya,the holy man who became the pio-neer of the establishment ofBesakih Temple, once stayed in thevillage. There is great hope that thefestival will be successful as theone held in March 2009.

Want to taste a flavoursome freshwater fish? Just trythe gourami. It is easily obtained here at restaurant orfood stalls that offer grilled fish. Local people widelycultivate this fish in floating cage, backyard fishponds, inthe lake or even by minapadi or rice-fish cultivation. Thelatter is now commonly done by subak organization inBali, the more so those that join the competition. One ofgourami delicacies is special grilled gourami.

Ingredients:1 medium size gourami, 2 tbsp limejuice, ½ tsp salt, 2

tbsp cooking oil for scrubbingSpices for sambal:2 tomatoes, 5 pc small chillies; 2 large red chillies; ½

tsp grilled shrimp paste; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp palm sugar; 2tbsp cooking oil

Method:

1. Finely cleanse the gourami, take out its abdominalcontents and discard its scales. Make some crosswiseincisions on fish surface.

2. Scrub both surfaces of the fish with limejuice. Grillthe fish on the ember until blackish. Take out when it’salready cooked.

3. All spices are stir-fry till done, except for shrimppaste

and palm sugar. Then, ground on a pestle. Add withshrimp paste, palm sugar and bit limejuice.

4. Serve with grilled fish with sambal and fresh salad(optional). (BTN/029)

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Grilled Gourami withTomato Sauce

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TIRTA Gangga is a beautiful parkwith the huge water fountain and widepond located at Abang Sub-district,Karangasem Regency in east part ofBali. Tirta Gangga Park is built in theyear of 1948 by the Karangasem Kingof Anak Agung Agung AngluerahKetut Karangasem. Before this parkis found, there is big wellspring foundin this area which the local societybelieve that this water come from theland is holy spring therefore they callthis place is Embukan means well-spring. According to the local believethat this wellspring functioning as abath place for the god and also usedas drinking water for the local com-munity from the nearest village.Therefore this wellspring is sacrificedby local people and keeps the parknaturally. The King of Karangasemhas got an idea to improve this parkinto a good looking and nowadays, itbecomes one of the famous touristdestinations in east part of Bali.

Tirta Gangga Park is also featuredby the wide public pool with the cooland clean water where it can be used

Tirta Gangga Parkby everyone who visiting this place. Itis situated on the foot Abang Hill withcool temperature in particular night timeor morning time. The lush tropical gar-den are well surround the park and bigfish ponds are running away at anotherponds to give the impression for everytourist who pay a visit to this beautifulpark. Some buildings and other decora-tions are intentionally made as accord-ing to the spirit from Puri AgungKarangasem (Agung Karangasem Pal-ace), so it can be said that between TirtaGangga Park and Sukasada Park (TamanSukasada) which is located at Ujungcountryside is a union.How to Find Tirta Gangga?

Tirta Gangga is strategically locatedbeside of the main strait fromKarangasem to Singaraja Town and itis just 20 minutes from the local townor 2 hours and 15 minutes fromDenpasar Town. You may also join theexciting tour to the east part of Bali thatwe call it by Karangasem Tour and youwill discover many places of interest ineast part of Bali including Tirta Gangga.(www.balistarisland.com)

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BUSINESS

In its latest economic outlook forAsia and the Pacific, the IMF forecastan “impressive recovery” with regionalgrowth speeding up to 5.75 percent in2010 from a projected 2.75 percent thisyear.

The IMF said that while output inmost of Asia was initially hit evenharder than in countries at the centre ofthe crisis, “now Asia is leading as theworld pulls out of recession”.

“Just as the US downturn triggeredan outsized fall in Asia’s GDP (grossdomestic product) because interna-tional trade and finance froze, now theirnormalisation is generating an outsizedAsian upturn,” its report said.

“For this reason, the rebound ineconomic activity has been fastest inthe export-dependent Asian economiesthat were hit most severely at the endof 2008.”

The IMF also credited the region’s“rapid, forceful, and comprehensivepolicy response”.

It said this was made possible bysounder government finances, morecredible monetary policies and stron-ger corporate and bank balance sheetsthan in the past.

“These conditions gave Asia thespace to cut interest rates sharply andadopt large fiscal stimulus packages,”it said. “As a result, overall domesticdemand has held up remarkably well,despite weak private demand.”

The IMF reaffirmed its forecast forChinese GDP growth of 8.5 percent thisyear and 9.0 percent next. It said Japan’sstruggling economy would contract by5.5 percent this year, before rebound-ing modestly in 2010 by 1.75 percent.

The IMF cautioned that whileworld conditions would likely continueto improve in 2010, the recovery wasexpected to be sluggish.

It predicted that output in the largeG7 economies would grow by just 1.25percent next year since private demandremains hobbled by the legacy of thecrisis.

“Households will find it difficult


WASHINGTON - US newhome sales fell unexpectedly in Sep-tember after five consecutive monthlyincreases, government data showedWednesday, adding to concerns overthe pace of economic recovery.

The Commerce Department saidsales of new single-family homesdropped at a seasonally adjusted annualrate of 402,000 or by 3.6 percent lastmonth from a revised 417,000 in Au-gust.

The department also revised lowerthe figures for June, July and August.

The September data was far be-low the market forecast of a 5.5 per-cent jump to 440,000 homes as ana-lysts had expected builders would ben-efit from a federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers that expires at the endof next month.

“The decline in sales is extremelydisheartening,” said analysts atBriefing.com in a client note.

“The first-time homebuyer taxcredit was expected to push up salesfor homes through the end of Novem-ber. We’ve seen the effects of the taxcredit as existing home sales havesurged,” they said

The credit facility, limited to buy-ers who have not owned a home forthe past three years, is scheduled toexpire November 30 but some lawmak-ers are pushing to extend it in a bid tofuel the country’s recovery from reces-

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SEOUL - Asia is leading the way out of the global economicslump but must adapt to a “new world” of softer demand inmajor Western export markets, the International Monetary Fundsaid Thursday.

to spend and banks to provide creditsince they must focus instead on repair-ing their balance sheets after the size-able destruction of wealth that occurredduring the recession.”

The IMF said G7 consumptionwas likely to stay weak for some time,limiting demand for Asian exports.

Regional policymakers face twomajor challenges, it said. In a near-term“balancing act” they must supporteconomies until the recovery wasclearly self-sustaining, but avoid fuel-ling inflation or damaging fiscalsustainability.

“Striking the right balance will bedifficult,” the report said. Butpolicymakers would have to assess theextent to which private demand couldsubstitute for a withdrawal of public-sector demand.

So far, the IMF said, “private de-mand remains weak, and the outlookfar from encouraging, both in Asia andabroad. Consequently, Asian countrieswill likely need to maintain policy sup-port for some time.”

Asia must also adapt to a “newworld” of softer demand from G7 na-tions, and rebalance export-dominatedeconomies to give domestic demand abigger role in driving growth.

The IMF said better social safetynets would be needed to reduce sav-ings by private individuals. Continuedreforms to the financial sector and tocorporate governance would also per-suade more Asian firms not to hoardcash, it said.

“Finally, Asia will need to be will-ing to live with smaller current accountsurpluses and more flexible exchange-rate management,” the IMF said.

IMF Asia-Pacific director AnoopSingh also stressed the danger of a pre-mature withdrawal of stimulus mea-sures.

“The recent recovery is not per-manent,” he told a briefing. “Thereforewe need to maintain fiscal and mon-etary stimulus until we are fairly surethat recovery is firmly in place.”

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A real estate “For Sale” sign sits on a residential corner in Centreville, Virginia, 29 August 2006.US new home sales fell unexpectedly in September after five consecutive monthly increases,government data showed Wednesday, adding to concerns over the pace of economic recovery.

US new home sales in surprise fallsion since December 2007.

Analysts at Barclays suggested ina report that new home sales could fallfurther.

Since new home sales track re-cently signed contracts, homebuyersmay have suspected that it would bedifficult to close on the contract beforethe end of November, they said.

“This suggests that new homesales are likely to dip lower in Octo-ber, and potentially in November, de-pending on if and when the credit isextended. We also suspect that exist-ing home sales will fall back some-what in the fourth quarter,” the ana-lysts said.

The surprise drop in new homesales reflects the sluggish recovery ofthe housing sector, at the epicenter ofthe global financial crisis that slammedthe brakes on US growth following amortgage meltdown.

The government is due to releaseon Thursday its first estimate of third-quarter gross domestic product, or theoutput of goods and services in theworld’s largest economy.

Most analysts say GDP will seean average 3.2 percent expansion, thefirst growth rate for the United Statesafter a year of quarterly contractionsthat arose after surging home mortgagedefaults triggered financial crisis.

The growth could come on theback of stepped-up home construction,consumer spending and business equip-ment investment but that pace of ex-

pansion may not be sustainable as stimu-lus efforts ease, analysts said.

The “main concern, naturally, isabout the sustainability of the US recov-ery,” said Ed Yardeni, chief investmentstrategist of Yardeni Research.

“A frequent question is: ‘What hap-pens when your fiscal stimulus wearsoff?’”

Earnings of most listed US compa-nies have been better than expected butthis may not immediately translate toeconomic dynamism.

“This should result in a V-shapedrecovery in earnings, though probablynot in real GDP during the first half of2010,” Yardeni said.

A key component of US economicexpansion is consumer spending but ifdata this week is anything to go by, thegrowth driver is still sluggish.

The Conference Board, a privateresearch firm, said Tuesday that its con-sumer confidence index declined for thesecond month in a row, to 47.7 in Octo-ber from a revised 53.4 in September —much steeper than expected by WallStreet.

Confidence slumped largely due toworries about rising unemployment.

The unemployment rate jumped toa new 26-year high of 9.8 percent in Sep-tember, with job losses accelerating to263,000 that month.

Since the start of the recessionnearly two years ago, the number of un-employed has increased by 7.6 millionto 15.1 million.

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Those evening screenings alonewere enough to top the $1.7 millionthat Paramount’s fright flick “Para-normal Activity,” last weekend’s No.1 movie, pulled in over the entire dayTuesday. With Halloween at hand,“Paranormal Activity” expands intoits widest release yet, about 2,400theaters, compared to about 3,500for “This Is It.”

Distributor Sony said Wednes-day matinees for “This Is It” al-ready had surpassed the film’s haulfrom those first evening screenings.The studio paid $60 million forworldwide rights to the film, whichwas distilled from more than 100hours of footage shot as Jackson re-

“Desperate Housewives” star Teri Hatcher has brought production on thehit TV show to a standstill after becoming the latest celebrity struck down byswine flu, according to reports. Cast and crew on the set of the drama havebeen put on high alert after Hatcher notified show producers she had beendiagnosed with the virus known as H1N1, reports TVGuideMagazine.com.

Hatcher’s illness comes at a bad time for the production crew - shewas due to join all of her co-stars to shoot an important Christmasepisode said to involve a small plane crash. The actress has joined agrowing list of celebrity stars who have been crippled by the swine flu- Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell and “Harry Potter” actor RupertGrint have both contracted the virus.

Previously Hatcher’s Child Molester UncleThe uncle DesperateHousewives star Teri Hatcher helped put behind bars for molestingtwo girls has died in prison. The actress, 44, helped police convictpervert Richard Hayes Stone after coming forwardwith her own harrowing recollections of heruncle. Hatcher told the authorities she hadbeen subjected to Stone’s sexual advancesbetween the ages of five and seven.

It was Hatcher’s statement to Califor-nia investigators that gave them the am-munition they needed to put Stone be-hind bars for 14 years. One of his vic-tims was so traumatized by her contactwith Stone, she committed suicide. In2006, Hatcher went public with her molesta-tion nightmare, telling Vanity Fairmagazine, “I was blown over bythis pain. I kept thinking, ‘Whatdo I do with this information Ihave that no one else has?’ (I de-cided) it’s time for me to stophiding. I don’t want to pretend itnever happened anymore.”

MORRISSEY, the former frontman of British bandThe Smiths, has returned to the stage after collapsingduring a concert in Britain last weekend. Morrissey per-formed at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday, jok-ing about his recent collapse. The 50-year-old was takento a Swindon hospital after suffering breathing diffi-culties and slumping to the ground on Saturday duringa gig in the southern England town. He spent a night inhospital as a precautionary measure.

The BBC reported that back on stage in London,Morrissey pretended to faint again before springing tohis feet and declaring: “Thank you, Swindon!” The taci-turn star spoke briefly about his collapse, according tothe BBC, telling the sell-out crowd: “The doctor said Ishouldn’t smile. I told him, ‘I don’t’.”

Morrissey has canceled several dates this year dueto ill health, with the Royal Albert Hall gig itself re-scheduled from May. Morrissey’s tour is due to moveto Europe next month, with concerts in the Netherlands,France, Belgium, Germany and Ireland. He will per-form in the United States in December. The Smiths shotto prominence in the 1980s with their bleak but sar-

Singer Morrissey resumes tour after stage collapsedonic songs and had a string of hits including “WhatDifference Does it Make” and “Heaven Knows I’mMiserable Now,” before they split in 1988.

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Singer Morrissey presents the MTV Legend award toMexican group Cafe Tacvba at the MTV Los Premios09 awards in Los Angeles, California October 15, 2009.

THE Jonas Brothers have reached out to their fans to insist they are“not breaking up” following news of Nick Jonas’ plans. The siblings’mother Denise Jones revealed her youngest superstar son has been work-ing on a side-project away from the group, entitled Nick Jonas and TheAdministration. The announcement sent Jonas devotees into a spin overfears the solo work could lead to the trio going their separate ways.

However, the brothers have taken to their official website to assurefans they have no intention of splitting - saying “a three chord strand isnot easily broken.” On the blog, Nick Jonas writes, “We’ve said from thebeginning of our career as the Jonas Brothers that anything we do out-side of the group is a side project because you can’t break up brothers.My brothers are my biggest supporters, and were on the phone with meevery day while I was in the studio asking how it was going, and tellingme they couldn’t wait to hear the record.”

And Joe and Kevin are backing their brother all the way, adding, “Weare so proud of our brother Nick. We know that we will be doing musictogether for the rest of our lives. But we are thrilled for you to hear thesesongs that were on his heart. They are amazing works of art from anamazing talent... our brother.”

Jonas Brothers: ‘We’reNot Splitting Up’

Teri Hatcher DiagnosedWith Swine Flu

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Fans of the late US performer Michael Jackson, seen prior to the screening of the movie “This Is It” inParis, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.

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Michael Jackson may be headed to the top of the charts again —this time at the movie box office. “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” tookin $2.2 million domestically from its first late-night screenings, set-ting it up for a big full opening day Wednesday and a strong shot at aNo. 1 debut weekend.

hearsed for what would have been a50-concert comeback run in Londonstarting last July.

While “This Is It” is not quite aconcert film, box-office watchers aregauging its success against “HannahMontana & Miley Cyrus: Best ofBoth Worlds Concert,” the biggestconcert movie on record. “Best ofBoth Worlds” had a $31.1 millionopening weekend last year andpulled in $65.3 million domesticallyduring its entire run.

“This Is It” so far has not ap-proached any major box-office records.The best results ever for advanceevening screenings came from “Piratesof the Caribbean: At World’s End,”

which took in $13.2 million Thursdaynight ahead of its official Friday releasein summer 2006. “Independence Day”had the best Tuesday night advance re-sults, with $11.1 million in summer1996. Still, “This Is It” already is wellon its way to becoming a top-grossingmusic documentary.

Last March’s “Jonas Brothers: The3D Concert Experience” runs a dis-tant second to “Best of Both Worldsin the concert-film record books, top-ping out at $19.2 million. “Madonna:Truth or Dare” follows with $15 mil-lion, and last year’s “U2 3D” is fourthwith $10.2 million. “As a genre, con-cert movies and even documentariesaren’t usually the type of films tobring in big box-office bucks, but be-cause of his name and also the timingof it, I think it’s a winner,” said PaulDergarabedian, box-office analyst forHollywood.com. “That $60 millioninvestment I think was worthwhile.”

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Scientists suspect a fungus thatthrives in cold, moist caves causeswhite-nose syndrome, named for thesugary smudges of fungus on thenoses and wings of hibernating bats.The repopulation experiment startingTuesday at caves in Bridgewater andStockbridge, Vt., is not aimed at cur-ing the disease. But it could showwhether affected caves can sustainnew populations of hibernating bats.

“Can you have bats successfullysurvive there? Or will they develop the

Associated Press Writer

LONDON – British authoritiessay the fossilized skull of a giantsea monster has been found offEngland’s southern coast. The fos-sil came from a pliosaur, a fero-cious predator that lived in theoceans 150 million years ago.

The skull was discovered inDorset by a collector and measures2.4 meters (8 feet) in length. Thediscovery was announced Tuesday.

Reuters -

LONDON – A molecule found in a curry ingredientcan kill esophageal cancer cells in the laboratory, suggest-ing it might be developed as an anti-cancer treatment, sci-entists said on Wednesday. Researchers at the Cork Can-cer Research Center in Ireland treated esophageal cancercells with curcumin — a chemical found in the spice tur-meric, which gives curries a distinctive yellow color —and found it started to kill cancer cells within 24 hours.

Asociated Press Writer

NEW YORK - Hold Esquire’sDecember issue in front of awebcam, and an on-screen imageof the magazine pops to life, let-ters flying off the cover. Shift andtilt the magazine, and the anima-tion on the screen moves accord-ingly. Robert Downey Jr. emergesout of the on-screen page in 3-D,offering half-improvised shtick onEsquire’s latest high-tech experi-ment for keeping print magazinesrelevant amid the digital onslaught.

Esquire’s top editors are clearlyenthused about the new technology,called “augmented reality.” “I feltlike a caveman seeing fire for thefirst time,” says David Curcurito,the magazine’s art director. Trigger-ing the animation is a box just be-low Downey’s cover image, resem-bling a crossword puzzle and look-ing a little out of place. The maga-zine has printed about a half-dozenboxes inside the issue, each callingup a separate interactive feature,plus a couple of ads. The issue willbe available nationally by Nov. 16.

At a fraught time for the maga-zine industry, one could draw a lotof conclusions from Esquire’s at-tempts at innovation: It may be thefuture of print or just a dyingmedium’s last desperate grab atattention as the Internet swallows

A radio transmit-ter is insertedinto a little brownbat in an aban-doned mine inRosendale, N.Y.Researcers onTuesday Oct. 27,2009 will intro-duce 79 healthylittle brown batsto two hiberna-tion sites inVermont struckhard by white-nose sydrome,which has beenobliterating batpopulations inthe easternUnited States forseveral winters.

AP Photo/Mike Groll, File

Bats reintroduced intoBats reintroduced intoBats reintroduced intoBats reintroduced intoBats reintroduced intoVermont caves hit by fungusVermont caves hit by fungusVermont caves hit by fungusVermont caves hit by fungusVermont caves hit by fungusAssociated Press Writer

ALBANY, N.Y. – Wildlife biologists studying a mysterious fungus killing off hundreds of thousands ofbats around America want to find out if they can repopulate caves decimated by the disease. Researcherswill introduce 79 healthy little brown bats to two hibernation sites in Vermont hit hard by the fungus, whichmay have killed as many as 500,000 bats in the eastern United States over several winters.

disease even if there aren’t any in-fected bats there?” asked Al Hicks, awildlife biologist for New York’s De-partment of Environmental Conserva-tion. Hicks said that if the bats shippedin from Wisconsin survive the winter,that could provide evidence that batscan be successfully reintroduced tocaves that housed infected animals. Italso could show whether the diseasepersists at hibernation sites even afterinfected bats are gone.

Entrances at the two sites are

screened to keep in the bats. Gateswill keep out people. First noted inupstate New York in 2006, the dis-ease has spread around the Northeastand has been detected as far south asVirginia. Researchers worry about amass die-off of bats, which help con-trol the populations of insects that candamage wheat, apples and dozens ofother crops. The repopulation projectis a cooperative effort among conser-vation officials from Vermont, NewYork and the federal government.

Scientists say curry compound kills cancer cellsThe cells also began to digest themselves, they said in

a study published in the British Journal of Cancer. Previ-ous scientific studies have suggested curcumin can sup-press tumors and that people who eat lots of curry maybe less prone to the disease, although curcumin loses itsanti-cancer attributes quickly when ingested. But SharonMcKenna, lead author of the Irish study, said her studysuggested a potential for scientists to develop curcuminas an anti-cancer drug to treat esophageal cancer.

Cancers of the esophagus kill more than 500,000 peopleacross the world each year. The tumors are especially deadly,with five-year survival rates of just 12 to 31 percent. McKennasaid the study showed curcumin caused the cancer cells todie “using an unexpected system of cell messages.” Nor-mally, faulty cells die by committing programed suicide, orapoptosis, which occurs when proteins called caspases are‘switched on’ in cells, the researchers said.

But these cells showed no evidence of suicide, and theaddition of a molecule that inhibits caspases and stops this“switch being flicked’ made no difference to the numberof cells that died, suggesting curcumin attacked the cancercells using an alternative cell signaling system. U.S. re-searchers said in 2007 they had found curcumin may helpstimulate immune system cells in the Alzheimer’s disease.

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A traditional curry dish is placed on a plate at a res-taurant in Kuala Lumpur December 7, 2007. AP Photo/Chris Ison/PA Wire

Paleontologist Richard Forrestmeasures the jaw bone of afossilized pliosaur found on

the southern coast of Englandin Dorchester, England Tuesday

Oct. 27, 2009. A local councilsays the fossilized skull of agiant sea monster has been

found off the southern coast ofEngland. The fossil came from

a pliosaur, a ferocious predatorthat lived in the oceans 150million years ago. The skull

was discovered in Dorset by acollector and measures 2.4

meters (8 feet) in length. Thediscovery was announced

Tuesday. Scientists believe thecreature would have been

some 16 meters (52 feet) long.

Fossilized skull of seamonster found on UK coast

Scientists believe the creaturewould have been about 16 meters(52 feet) long.

David Martill, a paleontologistfrom the University of Portsmouth,says pliosaurs had short necks andhuge, crocodile-like heads with pow-erful jaws and a set of razor-sharpteeth. He said they used paddle-likelimbs to propel their bodies throughthe water and were generally carni-vores. The skull will be put on dis-play in a Dorset museum.

Esquire looks to energizeprint with 3-D animation

more of peoples’ time. With theWeb drawing some ad dollars andreaders from print, publishers havemade various attempts to give moreoomph to the medium. Time Inc.has tested personalized magazinesthat allow readers to mix and matchsections from eight different titles.Entertainment Weekly ran a videoscreen in some copies of its fall TVpreview issue. Last year, Esquireanimated the front of its 75th an-niversary edition with digital e-ink,the same stuff used in Amazon’sKindle electronic-book reader.

Though Esquire is being forcedto rein in expenses like most pub-lications, the augmented reality is-sue is one sign the magazine’s par-ent company, Hearst Corp., isn’ttaking as big an ax to its proper-ties’ budgets. Hearst, a privatelyheld company, publishes 14 othermagazines, including Good House-keeping and Cosmopolitan. Whiledeclining to give out a dollar fig-ure, Esquire Editor-in-Chief DavidGranger acknowledged the issue iscosting more than usual to put to-gether. The car maker Lexus is ab-sorbing some of the expense byagreeing to buy space for two “aug-mented reality” advertisements inthe issue. Granger said the maga-zine won’t be able to use the tech-nology every month, but would liketo as often as possible.

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Parker collided with Chris Pauland Hilton Armstrong of New Or-leans, landing in heap on his side. Hestayed down for more than a minutebefore being able to get to his feet.Manu Ginobili added 16 points offthe bench for the Spurs. An ankleinjury forced Ginobili to miss 38games and the National BasketballAssociation playoffs last season.

Rookie DeJuan Blair scored 14points and 11 rebounds, while TimDuncan chipped in nine points and12 rebounds for the Spurs, who wereeliminated in the first round of lastyear’s playoffs by Dallas. The Hor-nets were led by Paul who scored26 points and had nine assists.Emeka Okafor and David West bothscored 18 with Okafor having 10rebounds and West nine boards indefeat for the Hornets who wereeliminated in five games in theopening round of the playoff lastyear by Denver.

In another key season-opening

Agence France - Presse

DOHA - Russia’s DinaraSafina hobbled out of the WTAChampionships here on Wednes-day, surrendering the year-endworld number one ranking toSerena Williams in the process.Williams then celebrated thelandmark by beating sister Ve-nus 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), sendingthe defending champion to a sec-ond defeat and virtually certainof exiting the 4.55 million dol-lar tournament.

The 23-year-old Safina quither opening match against JelenaJankovic with a lower back in-jury with the score at 1-1 in thefirst set and after only 13 min-utes on court. “My body justgave up, and I couldn’t handlethe pain anymore,” said Safina,who had gone back to the top ofthe rankings on Monday, butonly with a 155-point lead onWilliams.


VIENNA – Frenchman GaelMonfils kept hopes for a place in nextmonth’s season-ending championshipsalive Wednesday beginning his cam-paign at the Austria Tennis Trophy witha 7-5, 6-4 defeat of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. The defeated Spaniard sealedhis own fate with a double-fault aftersaving two match points against thirdseed Monfils.

Monfils, provisional 16th, faceslong odds to make it into one of thetwo spots remaining for the ATP WorldTour Final starting November 22 inLondon. But he says the chase is thelast thing on his mind as he competesat the event where he lost the 2008 fi-nal. “I’m really not thinking about Lon-don, not at all. I’m more excited aboutmaybe winning a title here after miss-ing it last year. I hope to play well hereand next week in Valencia - maye I cangrab the title in Bercy (Paris Masters),that would help.”

The youngster trails top seedMarin Cilic standing 12th in the chaseand second seed Radek Stepanek onprovisional 14th. Monfils has had areasonable run of recent form, win-ning the indoor title last month inMetz and playing the Tokyo semi-fi-nals against compatriot Jo-WilfriedTsonga, also a competitor for Lon-don. It is the first event for Monfilssince his third-round showing inShanghai this month.

He said that he remains unwor-ried by playing Vienna instead of

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New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul, center, chases the ball be-tween San Antonio Spurs players Tony Parker, left, of France, andMatt Bonner during the first half of an NBA basketball game in SanAntonio, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. San Antonio won 113 - 96.


SAN ANTONIO - TonyParker took a hard fall andleft the game but not beforescoring 17 points to lead theSan Antonio Spurs to 113-96season-opening win over NewOrleans Wednesday. Parkerfell hard to the floor aftermaking a layup late in thethird quarter. He left thefloor under his own powerand later returned to theSpur’s team bench.

matchup, Dwight Howard scored 21points and pulled down 15 rebounds,and the Orlando Magic routed Phila-delphia 120-106. Howard shot nine-of-11 from the field for the Magic, whoadvanced to the NBA finals last sea-son where they lost to the Los Ange-les Lakers in five games. The Magic’sbiggest offseason move was bringingin veteran Vince Carter, who scored15 points in the win.

They also added forward RyanAnderson from New Jersey and hedidn’t disappoint contributing 16

points and five rebounds. NewcomerJason Williams scored 15 points andFrance’s Mickael Pietrus added 13 ofhis own. Marreese Speights led theSixers with a career-high 26 points on10-of-11 shooting. Orlando came outquickly jumping to a 29-27 lead asPietrus scored 10 points in a see-sawfirst quarter. The Magic dominated thesecond quarter to take a 23-point leadat halftime. Howard scored 13 pointsin the third quarter as Orlando cruisedto a dominating 100-69 lead headingto the fourth.

Serena on top of the worldas tearful Safina hobbles out

The American won her openerin this 4.55 million dollar event onTuesday against SvetlanaKuznetsova, and then added moreranking points by defeating Venus.“It’s a great feeling to be worldnumber one, but I feel really sorryfor Dinara. She’s a great player andnever gives up,” said Serena, whowas also the year-end number onein 2002.

“It’s a shame for the tourna-ment that she couldn’t get throughto the final.” Organisers said thatfellow Russian Vera Zvonareva,the 2008 runner-up, would takeSafina’s place in the competition.

Safina said she had startedfeeling the inflammation in herlower back on her way to her thirdtitle of 2009 in Portoroz in July, buthad been determined to keep play-ing to stay on course for the year-end top spot. “I was advised to takea break after the US Open. But Ithought that I was chasing this No.1 place, I was fighting with my

body. Maybe I should have stoppedafter the US Open. But for twotournaments - in Beijing and To-kyo - it didn’t bother me thatmuch.”

Safina, whose earlier 25-weekreign as world number one rank-ing had come under fire due to theglaring absence of a major title onher CV, said she was confident thatsurgery wouldn’t be required. “It’sthe time, then it’s the rehabilitation.I have to work on my muscles, onmy core stability. As I’m tall, I needto be strong. This is going to be avery long procedure.”

Safina added that she will alsohave to make a decision on whetheror not to skip the 2010 AustralianOpen in order to complete her re-covery. Safina’s retirement leavesthe White Group in the eight-playerWTA Championships evenly-poised with Jankovic, CarolineWozniacki and Victoria Azarenkaall with one win with the top twomaking the semi-finals.

Reluctant Monfils staysalive in race to London

Lyon this week at home. “I make myschedule to try and win tournaments.I’m comfortable here and I like thecourt and the ambience. “It’s moreimportatant for me to try and win atitle than to play Lyon. I was just inMetz not so long ago.”

Fourth seed Philipp Kohlschreiberand Spain’s number five NicolasAlmagro both reached the quarter-fi-nals with victories. Kohlschreiber ad-vanced into the last eight as RomanianVictor Crivoi quit with a right shoulderinjury to hand the German a 6-2, 3-0win in 34 minutes. Almagro beat WayneOdesnik of the 6-4, 6-4.

Slovak Dominik Hrbaty, close toretirement, advanced into the secondround over Spain’s Ruben RamirezHidalgo 6-3, 6-4. American eighth seedJohn Isner began his European autumnindoor campaign in disappointing fash-ion here, eliminated 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 inthe opening round by Serb JankoTipsarevic.

Isner, ranked 39th, found out forthe third consecutive event that his bigserve is not enough to see him throughas he was knocked out in just over 90minutes. The two-time semi-finalistover the summer at home in Indianapo-lis and Washington, was left adrift af-ter again losing a first-round contestafter the same fate in Shanghai andTokyo. The 24-year-old was held to aminimal - by his standards - 11 aces.Tipsarevic showed no ill effects afterlosing the Kremlin Cup final at theweekend in Moscow against RussianMikhail Youzhny.

(AFP/File/Greg Wood)

Gael Monfils of France, seen here in January 2009, kept hopesfor a place in next month’s season-ending championships aliveWednesday beginning his campaign at the Austria Tennis Tro-phy with a 7-5, 6-4 defeat of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

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Goals from Fran Merida andNicklas Bendtner were enough tosee off Liverpool, who had levelledthrough Emiliano Insua’s excellentlong-range volley, but it was thecomposed and polished quality ofhis tyros’ football which impressedWenger. “I thought the quality weshowed made this more of a Euro-pean Cup game than a League Cupgame,” he said.

“Our players were up for it, thepassing was very good. The ball wasplayed at a high pace and we gavepeople what they paid for - top qual-ity - and I am very happy to say that.Everyone did well. We had mentalresources, as well, to come backwhen they equalised. It was very im-


ROME - Napoli scored two goalsin injury time to hold 10-man AC Milanto a draw in Serie A on Wednesday andend the seven-time European champi-ons recent winning run. Juventus wentsecond in the table as they thrashedhigh-flying Sampdoria, who drop tothird, 5-1 in Turin.

But the real drama came in Napleswhere late goals from Luca Cigarini andGerman Denis earned Napoli a richlydeserved point after Ignazio Abate wassent off four minutes from time. Hav-ing developed a habit of starting slowlythis season, Milan vice-presidentAdriano Galliani had promised presi-dent, and Italy Prime Minister, SilvioBerlusconi that they would stop tortur-ing him.

The team seemed to heed the ad-vice and came flying out of the blocks,only to then collapse late on. “Westarted the way we should have, we hadspoken a lot about what we should do


LONDON - Carlo Ancelottiplayed down Chelsea’s recent scor-ing run that has brought 13 goals inthree games and warned his side willface a much sterner test at Boltonthis weekend. Ancelotti’s teamcruised into the last eight of theLeague Cup on the back of a com-prehensive 4-0 defeat of GaryMegson’s side on Wednesday andthey meet again in a Premier Leagueclash at the Reebok Stadium on Sat-urday.

Despite the comfortable natureof the victory that was achieved on

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Arsenal’s Fran Merida, on floor center, celebrates scoring theopening goal of the game with his teammates during their En-glish League Cup match at The Emirates Stadium, LondonWednesday Oct. 28, 2009.

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LONDON - Arsene Wenger predicted his crop of Arsenal youngsters would reach “the top level inthe game” after they scalped Liverpool in the League Cup fourth round. The Frenchman did not pickany of his regular Premier League starters for Wednesday’s 2-1 victory against the Reds at the Emir-ates Stadium, but it made little difference against opposition who also boasted an unfamiliar look.

pressive and it shows you why wedid not need to spend a lot of moneyduring the close-season. Nearly allof the young players have alreadyplayed in the first team. I think allwho played will make it at the toplevel in the game.”

Wenger reserved his most glow-ing praise for Merida, the Spanishyoungster whose future at the club wasin doubt during the close-season whenhe was almost sent on loan to Levante.The manager eventually decided tokeep him at the club and the decisionreaped rich rewards as he struck a sub-lime goal - a rising left-footed shot thatwent in off the post - and helped setup the second for Bendtner.

“Merida is a quality player,”

Wenger said. “He comes from a verygood school, by which I mean theSpanish school. But our school is alsoin line with the way he has been edu-cated. He can certainly break throughand I want him to stay here. I kept himas I thought he had the quality to breakthrough. He shows perfectly the waywe play football.”

There was also positive news forWenger in seeing Samir Nasri com-plete his first 90 minutes since break-ing his leg on the club’s pre-seasontraining trip to Austria. Rafael Benitez,the Liverpool manager, also had goodnews on the injury front, as he gaveAlberto Aquilani his first appearancein a Liverpool shirt since his movefrom Roma in the August.

Ancelotti won’t get carriedaway by free-scoring Chelsea

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Chelsea’s Didier Drogba, left, competes with Bolton’s SamuelRicketts during their English League Cup fourth round soccermatch at Stamford Bridge, London, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.

the back of goals from SalomonKalou, Florent Malouda, Deco andDidier Drogba, the Chelsea coachwarned against complacency beforea game that will test his side’s abili-ties away from home. “It’s an im-pressive (tally), but for us the firstthing is to play well and to win agame,” Ancelotti said.

“It happens we’ve won withlarge results, but that’s not so impor-tant. Rather, we want to win thegames. We played the last threegames very well, and Saturday canbe another kind of match. We haveto be ready to play a differentmatch.” Ancelotti’s mood has been

lifted by the successful return frominjury of key players Paulo Ferreira,Alex and, most notably, Joe Cole.

England winger Cole was out-standing in the weekend 5-0 defeat ofBlackburn and again stood out in onlyhis third start since returning from aserious knee injury. Ancelotti said: “Ithink this is a very good moment forus. Above all, because the players whoreturned after injury came back verywell. “Joe Cole came back in theBlackburn game last match and didvery well. Alex and Paulo Ferreira dida very intelligent match. It’s a verygood moment. We have to continueand maintain this atmosphere.”

And he praised Cole’s return toform, adding: “This means that heworked very hard to rest his injury andarrived to play in good condition. “Iwas surprised because, after eightmonths, it’s not easy to play like Joehas played these two games.” Themain concern for Ancelotti was thefitness of Hilario, the reserve keeperwho was forced out of the game in thefirst half with a head injury and wasfollowed into the treatment room byKalou.

“We are awaiting a scan (onHilario),” said the Italian, who con-firmed the keeper had concussion.“We’re hoping he’ll be better in thenext few days. Kalou had a little prob-lem on his leg and I preferred to keephim rather than see him injured. It’llbe a different game on Saturday, butwe’re ready to play a different game.”

Late Napoli show stuns Milan asJuve hit five past Samp

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Juventus French forward David Trezeguet (L) jumps for the ballwith Sampdoria’s Swiss midfielder Reto Ziegler during their SerieA football match at Olympic Stadium in Turin on October 28, 2009.

but we scored two goals too quicklybecause then it’s not easy to managethe next 85 minutes,” said Milan coachLeonardo.

“It was an incredible finish, thesending off was decisive. But we playedwell, the way we played cant be heldagainst us.” After 6min they were al-ready 2-0 ahead as Napoli’s defensiveline was ruthlessly exposed.

In Turin Juventus rediscoveredtheir form in a stroll against the onlyteam that stood between them and lead-ers Inter Milan. Juve leapfroggedSampdoria into second and just onepoint behind Inter, who host Palermoon Thursday, thanks to goals fromAmauri (two), Giorgio Chiellini, MauroCamoranesi and David Trezeguet.

“Tonight we played better than inRome and in Genoa, everythingworked perfectly,” said Juve coach CiroFerrara. “The lads gave everything, theypulled off a great match, and hence wescored five goals but it was the desirethat was most important.”

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Likewise, in the constructor’schampionship, McLaren’s 57-pointhaul since the Nurburgring isgreater than world champion teamBrawn, and has only been beatenby Red Bull, on 61. ShouldHamilton and his team-mateHeikki Kovalainen finish 1-2 onSunday, the team will haveachieved its aim. Given McLaren’sshaky start to the season,Whitmarsh is delighted with theprogress made with the MP4-24.

“I’m very proud [of the turn-around],” he said during a confer-

Heikki Kovalainen dan Lewis Hamilton are aiming to leave thisweekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as “winner of the second halfof the season,” according to team principal Martin Whitmarsh

McLaren aimsfor strong finish

McLaren is aiming to leave this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as “winner of the secondhalf of the season,” according to team principal Martin Whitmarsh. Since the German GrandPrix in July, driver Lewis Hamilton has scored 40 points - more than any other driver – andclimbed from 11th to sixth in the drivers’ standings as a result. Only Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonenhas come close to Hamilton’s consistency, the Finn scoring 38 points over the same period.

ence call with UK media. “It was apoor start for us and Lewis. Nowthough, it’s interesting to see how,during a season when a lot of teamsput in a lot of effort to improve, ifwe look at German GP onwardsthan Lewis has scored more pointsthan any other driver and we’re [asa team] only a few points shy ofwhat Red Bull has done in the con-structors’ [championship].”

“Hopefully this weekend we canestablish ourselves as having wonthe second half of the season. Ifirmly believe we can win in Abu

Dhabi as well with Lewis andHeikki.” Whitmarsh said thatMcLaren’s 2010 driver lineup wasstill not yet decided and that no de-cision on Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate would be taken until after theend of the season.

“The reality is we’re going intothe last race, which is what we’reconcentrating on for now,” he added.“We are very fortunate that thereappears to be a number of driverswho are interested in McLaren. Fol-lowing the end of the season, we’llsit down and analyse the situation.”

FERNANDO Alonso is aiming for a greatresult at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, in whatthe Spaniard says it will be an emotional fare-well. The two-time champion is competingwith Renault for the final time before hemoves to the Ferrari team, where Alonso ishoping to finish his career. The Spanish driver,who won his two titles with Renault in 2005and 2006, admits it will be an emotional fi-nal race in Abu Dhabi this weekend.

“Absolutely, I would love to finish the sea-son and my Renault career with a great re-sult,” said Alonso. “It will be an emotionalrace because I have enjoyed so many specialmemories with this team and I am leavingbehind a lot of friends. Renault is one of thegreat teams in Formula One and I look for-ward to fighting with them on the track in theyears ahead.”

Team boss Bob Bell paid tribute to Alonso,who he concedes will be missed by Renault.“He’s made a huge contribution to the team,especially winning two world championshipsin 2005 and 2006 so he will be missed enor-mously,” said Bell. It’s often said that he isthe best driver on the grid and I wouldn’t dis-agree with that so we’re understandably sadto see the end of our very successful relation-ship.”

“But we’re also looking forward and we’reall delighted to be welcoming Robert Kubicato the team as I believe he will quickly showthat he is of the same calibre as Fernando.He’s a strong team player, a great motivatorand incredibly quick so we have plenty to lookforward to as we enter a new era for the team.”

Alonso set for‘emotional’ Renault exit

Fernando Alonso is aiming for a great result at theAbu Dhabi Grand Prix, in what the Spaniard says itwill be an emotional farewell

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