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ForeignersComplaint onBlack out in Bali

The managers complain that many rats were entering the hotels area.Nyoman Sadra, a member of the house, said the beach reclamation projectis very dirty. Garbage is everywhere so rats and other animals like tofeed there.

“The managers reported that rats often entering the hotels. The ratsrun and hiding in the hotels and it is very disturbing for the tourists.Foreigners don’t like rats because they are dirty and can cause manydiseases,” he added.

Sadra explained that if the project that cost 24 billion rupiah is meantfor the sellers and market, so they need to be arranged. The buildingmust be made with Bali’s style and the waste management is done prop-erly because it is located in one of the tourism site in Bali.

The bad condition can make the tourists don’t want to visit the beachanymore like on Kuta beach. The pile of garbage made the tourists re-luctant to go to the beach.(013)

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Tenth of sellers are seen in Candidasa. The dirty condition made rats spread in the area and even entering the surrounding hotels.

Semarapura (Bali Post) –

In order to anticipate the spreadof rabies in Klungkung, the ani-mal department increased the fre-quent of dog’s elimination andvaccination. However, the elimi-nation which was done in Nyalianvillage on Monday, January 25th

2010 was protested by the people.A villager in Nyalian said he

was very surprise seeing his dogdied on the morning. The villagersaid he didn’t know that there willbe elimination in his village.

Ketut Sudiana, the head ofNyalian village, said “there was

House inspected Candidasa

Rats WonderingAround in the Hotels

Amlapura (Bali Post) –

The members of Karangasem House of Representative ledby Wayan Sudira were conducting inspection to Candidasa.The inspection was done in order to check the report by thehotels general manager and owners in Candidasa.

Dog elimination protestedsome protest by the villagers butit was only a misunderstanding.”The elimination on that day killed75 dogs and 50 other were givenvaccine.

The villagers urged the gov-ernment to keep eliminating thestray dogs in order to prevent thespread of rabies. “The numberwho asked the elimination con-tinues is bigger than those whoprotest. The elimination also con-ducted in Bumbungan andTohpati village. Currently, 4,000dogs had been eliminated in or-der to prevent the spread ofrabies.(kmb20)

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This was revealed when theCommission C of Badung Houseasked a number of questions re-lated to the problems and viola-tions of building permit (IMB)handled by DCK Badung. In themeeting conducted last Monday(Jan 25), the Commission C ques-tioned the number of IMB propos-als that have so far not been pro-cessed, including weak supervisionof the DCK party toward illegalIMB in Badung and violations oc-curred.

A member of Commission CWayan Suyasa judged the wide-spread of problematic construc-tions, including the buildings with-out IMB, was caused by weak su-pervision in the licensing of DCK.Not only that, Suyasa also assessedthe coordination between agenciesat the executive was weak causingthe government off guard in disci-plining the buildings.

On the other hand, anothermember of Commission C, IGNJelantik Trinaya questioned aboutthe large number of IMB at DCKthat have not been accomplished.He argued that the amount of un-processed IMBs could affect thelocally generated revenues. Thus,

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Cases of diarrhea at Sanglah Hos-

pital within the past three months in-creased significantly. Most cases ofdiarrhea are caused by rotavirus, andmore likely to attack a toddler. “Thecause of diarrhea can be by bacteriaand viruses. Rotavirus is the nameof the virus and the development ofthis virus is very good in transitionalseason like today,” said the Head ofIKA Lab of Sanglah Hospital,I.G.N.P. Arhana, when met last Mon-day (Jan 25).

For data of the case, the numberof diarrhea caused by rotavirus atSanglah Hospital within the pastthree months indeed increased. Dur-ing last November 2009, the num-ber of diarrhea case due to rotavirusreached 31 people and increased to37 people in last December. Duringthis January, the case has reached 40people and was estimated to reach50 people at the end of the month.

Basically, diarrhea caused byrotavirus had no medication. Mean-while, if caused by bacteria it mustbe treated by antibiotics. “On thataccount, not all diarrheas should begiven antibiotics. We must see firstwhat causes it, either bacteria or vi-ruses,” said Arhana.

In truth, diarrhea does not causedeath. However, if the diarrhea isvery dangerous having impact on de-hydration, of course it would lead tofatal complications and may causedeath. “Here lies the lack of paren-tal knowledge. Most cases of diar-rhea caused death because late ac-tion to bring it to Sanglah Hospital

When absorbing in feeding amonkey at Uluwatu Temple,Jimbaran, a toddler was attackedby this climber animal. The vic-tim named Bagas, 2, was a tod-dler from Samarinda who cameto Bali especially for a holiday.The mother, Wiwid, when metat the Emergency Room ofSanglah Hospital told the inci-dent took place last Sunday (Jan24) afternoon when she was in

ProblematicProblematicProblematicProblematicProblematicBuilding Widespread,Building Widespread,Building Widespread,Building Widespread,Building Widespread,DCK Has No DataDCK Has No DataDCK Has No DataDCK Has No DataDCK Has No DataDenpasar (Bali Post)—

Problematic or violated buildings in Badung are estimated to mostly happen in the area ofSouth Kuta and North Kuta. Allegedly, these happen because of weak supervision, especially bythe Office of Badung housing, planning and urban development (DCK). Unfortunately, the au-thority of DCK Badung has not had accurate data regarding to the number of problematic build-ings in the region.

the House considered, it needed tobe addressed by DCK Badung. Thissuggestion was supported by theHead of Commission C, NyomanSatria. According to Satria, hisparty would continue to urge in-tensely the relevant offices in pur-suit of regional income through li-censing.

Showered by questions and criti-cisms of the House, Head of DCKBadung, Dewa Apramana, argueduntil now his party continued to doan inventory of buildings violatingin Badung Regency. He admittedmany violations were predicted oc-curred widely in South Kuta andNorth Kuta. However, he himselfadmitted not to know for sure itsnumber. Apramana reasoned, the in-ventory was conducted in coordi-nation with relevant offices andpublic reports.

“We are sorry that we do notknow about the data on violatingbuildings. We still make coordina-tion with other relevant agencies in-cluding the reports coming from thecommunity. Target of inventorycould not be determined becausethere are people submitting pro-posal every day. Obviously, wekeep on issuing reprimand for those

whose IMB violates,” he replied.Related to the problems of ille-

gal buildings or building withoutIMB, Apramana said it did not be-long to his authority. He reasonedDCK only administrated legal per-mit issued by his office. Therefore,the problem without IMB wouldbecome the authority of other agen-cies namely public order officers(Satpol PP).

He added further, the levy targetof IMB in Badung in 2009 reachedIDR 10 billion. In last 2009, out ofthe target at IDR 9.5 billion hisparty could realize IDR 13 billion.Then, from 2,400 applicants ofIMB, 1,300 of them could be ac-complished. Meanwhile, the un-processed amounted to 600 appli-cations. The remaining 600 re-quests could not be processed be-cause they were considered violat-ing.

“The unprocessed was caused byviolation against the land utilizationand incomplete document of re-quirements such as building on wet-lands. We are also still waiting forthe regional spatial layout plan(RTRW) and regency spatial layoutplan (RTRK), to process the IMB,”he said. (ded)

A Toddler Bitten by Monkeythe entourage coming to UluwatuTemple. “My son was feeding amonkey. Suddenly there is a col-lection of children disturbing themonkey. My child did not knowanything suddenly the monkey at-tacked him,” Wiwid said, in wor-ried appearance.

The monkey being angry wheninterrupted immediately bit fingersand chest and hurt Bagas. Aftersuccessfully rescued from the

monkey attack, Bagas wastreated and brought back to theinn. “At first, I was calm until Itold my husband and he sug-gested taking my son to SanglahHospital for ask VAR because offearing from rabies,” saidWiwid. Being aware of Balipositive to rabies, Wiwid imme-diately brought his son to get theVAR. “It is just for anticipationonly,” she added. (san)

Diarrhea Cases Riseat Sanglah HospitalDue to Rotavirus, Most Attack Toddlers

and the child has suffered from de-hydration and complications,” headded.

So how can we know that our chil-dren suffer from diarrhea and dehy-dration? An easy way, according toArhana, was by comparing the urinecolor and frequency of urination ofthe child himself. Children under twoyears, for instance, usually urinatedfive to six times a day. When chil-dren suffered from diarrhea, parentsshould observe their urine. When theurine began to change color fromclear to dark and frequency of urinebegan to decrease to less than fivetimes or not at all, it was necessaryto watch out for dehydration. If thesesigns appeared, parents should pro-vide fluids for the child and give himthe liquid of sugar-salt. If this did notwork, then it needed further treat-ment at hospital.

Administration of sugar-salt liq-uid to children suffering from de-hydration, according to Arhana,should be adjusted to liquid he re-moved. Every secretion both in theform of feces or vomit, the childshould be given liquid intake. “Thischallenge is tough, but it must bedone to prevent dehydration,” hesaid.

There is also an easy way to pre-vent diarrhea, namely by applyingthe hand washing habit and healthyeating. Most parents often forget towash hands with soap while feed-ing their children or have childrenwash hands before eating, so thatthey were often attacked by repeateddiarrhea. (kmb24)

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Farmer catches fish on the pond. During the bad weathercondition where fishermen can not go to the sea, fish farm-ing on the pond become an option to overcome the lack offish supply.

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Denpasar (Bali Post) —

The presence of the RegionalRepresentatives Council (DPD) RIwhen coming or recessing to thearea, should at least be greeted bythe heads of offices (kadis). Thiswas requested in purpose to createa connecting realization betweenthe programs brought by the DPDwith programs proposed by each re-gion. Therefore, if visited by theDPD, meetings should be arrangedwith officials whose levels are equalto the offices’ heads.

The demand was submitted bythe DPD RI group leader I MadeArimbawa

(Lolak) when visiting the CityGovernment of Denpasar, Monday(25 / 1) yesterday.

DPD’s working visit to the citygovernment of Denpasar involvesnine DPD RI council members anda number of expert staff. They werereceived by Denpasar’s City Gov-ernment Secretary, A. A. NgurahRai Iswara with heads of offices inDenpasar.

In the occasion, Made Arimbawasaid that the group got a quota tomake visits to other regions eachyear. One of the agenda, namely arecess, aims to absorb thecommunity’s aspirations in the re-gion. In addition, it would also ab-sorb the aspirations of the regionalworking unit (SKPD) leaders, es-

Tegal Kertha Village and TegalHarum Village.

The scope of residential areasin Monang-Maning Public Hous-ing does not actually provideenough space for public infra-structure development. In fact,the region is allegedly having aminimum open space. Eventhough there is a public park thatcan be used by local citizens toexercise, in terms of balance, itis still unequal with the built area.‘’Although there is currently afield, but the extent is not so big,’’said Made Sutina, one of theMonang-Maning Public Housingresidents, on Monday (25 / 1) yes-terday.

The lack of open space in thisarea can be seen from the use of727.4 hectares land in Desa TegalKertha. The land used for

settlements reached 520 hect-ares, while 125 hectares are forhouse yards, 40 hectares for of-fices, and 42.4 hectares for pub-lic infrastructure. In reality, thearea was inhabited by at least15,752 residents in 2008.

Denpasar (Bali Post) —

Denpasar Sewerage Develop-ment Project (DSDP) Phase II,which will target Denpasar, cer-tainly will be doing excavation ata number of crowded roads. LikeSulawesi Street, with its highlevel of traffic which will evenbecome more crowded when theDSDP reaches in the area. Effortsto minimize the level of crowdedtraffic flow at the center of townmust involve the related institu-tions, such as Denpasar’s Depart-ment of Transportation and De-partment of Public Works.

‘’We are asking the managersof the DSDP project to engagerelevant agencies for handling thehigh traffic level road excava-tions,’’ said Commission I mem-ber of Denpasar’s House of Rep-resentative I Wayan Suadi Putra,ST in his office, on Monday (25 /1) yesterday.

Suadi Putra admitted that the

Monang-Maning Public HousingMonang-Maning Public HousingMonang-Maning Public HousingMonang-Maning Public HousingMonang-Maning Public HousingArea, Lack of Open SpaceArea, Lack of Open SpaceArea, Lack of Open SpaceArea, Lack of Open SpaceArea, Lack of Open SpaceDenpasar (Bali Post) —

The high level of urbanization to Denpasar since the mid-1980s,has triggered the growth of new settlement areas. One of them isMonang-Maning Public Housing in West Denpasar. This area wasoriginally the part of the administrative area of Pemecutan KelodVillage, particularly Banjar Monang-Maning. However, along withthe amount of urban development in Denpasar, the area consist-ing of several residential blocks is eventually evolved into twoadministrative villages. The two villages are

This number has certainly in-creased quite significantly, be-cause every year there is an esti-mated growth about 3-5 percent.The high rate of populationgrowth in the region is nonethe-less caused by the strategic posi-tion and location of these areas.

Tegal Kertha mayor, I PutuTjawi, S.H. admitted due to theabundance of urban residents inthe area, residential land develop-ment is escalating.

In relation to the existence ofpublic facilities and social facili-ties in the region, it can be saidthat they already exist. However,some of the facilities were usedto construct places of worship andbanjar’s meeting hall. ‘’Its publicand social facilities have indeedbeen exploited for the benefit ofcitizens here,’’ said the mayor ofthe last two periods yesterday.

Putu Tjawi expressed that theorigin of Tegal Kertha Village wasthe construction of housing blocksnamed Monang-Maning, initiallycovering only 48 hectares of landin 1982 by PT Karya Makmur.

Along with its increasing popu-lat ion, f inally the Monang-Maning Public Housing was pro-posed to be the preparing village.After long enough, eventually per8 November 1989, the preparingvillage has been determined to bea definitive village by the decreeof Governor of Bali No. 45 in1989, on behalf of the Minister ofState. (kmb12)

Avoiding CongestionsDeveloper of DSDP Asked toEngage Associated Institutions

prestigious DSDP project is veryoften causing complaints whenthe excavation process starts. Thereason, besides it is causing traf-fic, the finishing process is oftenproducing conditions which arenot in accordance with its previ-ous. ‘’It is such ashamed when aproject which concerns aboutmanaging domestic waste inDenpasar will be disturbed bypoor excavation process,’’ he said.

Coordination with relevantagencies, not only purposed tosolve the traffic problems, but alsoto manage parking arrangementson the sides of the roads. Thismeans that no parking should beallowed on the roads which arebeing excavated. Like onSulawesi Street with its crowdedparking lot, they should all betransferred to the central parkinglot. ‘’At the moment, officialsmust ban parking on the SulawesiStreet, and lead the road users topark on the central parking lot,’’

explained Suadi Putra.On the other hand, Head of

Public Works Office in Denpasar,Ir. I Ketut Winarta, admitted theimportant involvement of rel-evant agencies to conduct exca-vation in a number of roads, par-ticularly on roads with dense traf-fic and limited width. ‘’I am alsoworried that the excavation onSulawesi Street will certainly addtraffic on the way to PasarBadung and Jalan Gajah Mada,’’he said.

Meanwhile, Head of theDenpasar Transportation Office,I Gede Astika, SH, admitted co-ordination in implementing theDSDP project had already beendone before. However, for theDSDP project phase II, it has notbeen done thoroughly. ‘’It is pos-sible that the coordination willremain to be done, and we areready to establish coordinationwith the DSDP developers,’’ saidAstika yesterday. (kmb12)

The Regional RepresentativesCouncil Asked to Meet theHeads of Offices

pecially those which are related tothe implementation of projects thatcould be proposed to the centralgovernment. ‘’Therefore, each visitby members of the DPD should atleast be received by the heads of of-fices,’’ said Lolak, MadeArimbawa’s popular name.

Arimbawa also said, a number ofprojects to be done in the area couldtruly be submitted to receive thecentral government funds since alarge amount of fund is allocated forregional infrastructure develop-ment. For example, flood preven-tion infrastructure; the central gov-ernment is now having a great in-terest in flood prevention technol-ogy. ‘’As in the case of WestDenpasar, in relation to the dam pro-posal, it can be applied through twoagencies: the Department of Agri-culture and the Department of Pub-lic Works,’’ said the DPD memberoriginated from Klungkung.

Meanwhile in front of themembers of DPD, Rai Iswara re-vealed a desire to realize an in-crease in the regional hospital sta-tus which is very urgently needed.Unfortunately, as per today, thestatus change has not gotten a re-sponse from the central govern-ment. ‘’We have applied for sta-tus improvement, but until now,it has not been realized,’’ said theDenpasar’s City GovernmentSecretary yesterday. (kmb12)

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The traffic jam is seen in Monang Maning area. The crowded housing and the unclear city planmade Monang Maning is very untidy.

International4 Wednesday, January 27, 2010 News

Flight 409 crashed in flames just minutes after take-off from Beirut at around 2:30 a.m. Monday. No survi-vors had been found more than 24 hours after the crashand so far, at least 20 bodies have been pulled out fromthe Mediterranean Sea.

Searchers were trying to find the plane’s black boxand flight data recorder, which are key to determiningthe cause of the crash.

Rescue teams and equipment were sent from theU.N. and countries including the United States andCyprus. Conditions were chilly but relatively clear —far better than Monday, when rain lashed the coast andtall waves crashed into shore as crews searched in vainfor survivors.

The flight had been headed to the Ethiopian capital,Addis Ababa.

Hours after the crash, pieces of the plane and otherdebris were washing ashore, including a baby sandal,passenger seats, a fire extinguisher, suitcases and bottlesof medicine.

“We saw fire falling down from the sky into the sea,”said Khaled Naser, a gas station attendant who saw theplane plunge into the sea.

The Lebanese army also said the plane was on fireshortly after takeoff. A defense official said some wit-nesses reported the plane broke up into three pieces.

At the Government Hospital in Beirut, Red Crossworkers brought in bodies covered with wool blanketsas relatives gathered nearby. Marla Pietton, wife of theFrench ambassador to Lebanon, was among those onboard, according to the French Embassy.

Aviation safety analyst Chris Yates said reports offire could suggest “some cataclysmic failure of one ofthe engines” or that a bird or debris had been suckedinto the engine.

He noted that modern aircraft are built to withstandall but the foulest weather conditions.

AP

BAGHDAD – Even in SaddamHussein’s ruthless regime,“Chemical Ali” stood apart, no-table for his role in gassing 5,000people in a Kurdish village — thedeadliest chemical weapons attackever against civilians.

Ali Hassan al-Majid washanged Monday, leaving a notori-ous legacy that stamped Saddam’sregime as capable of unimaginablecruelty and brought unsettlingquestions about Iraq’s stockpiles ofpoison gas and whether it couldunleash them again.

The poison gas clouds that struckthe village of Halabja began whatwould become an about-face byWashington — which had sup-ported Saddam during the eight-year war against Iran’s new Islamicstate in the 1980s, but soon becamehis arch-foe and protector of theKurds in their northern enclave.

“I want to kiss the hangman’srope,” said Kamil Mahmoud, a 40-year-old teacher who lost eight fam-ily members in the March 16, 1988,attack in Iraq’s Kurdish region.

Photos taken after the Halabjaattack showed bodies of men,women, children and animals ly-ing in heaps on the streets.

Al-Majid, 68, was executedabout a week after he received hisfourth death sentence since facingIraqi courts after the fall of Saddam.He was one of the last high-profilemembers of the former Sunni-ledregime still on trial in Iraq.

He said “Praise God” in Arabicas the sentence was read Jan. 17.

The only public record of the ex-ecution so far are two still photosshown briefly on state TV: one ofhim wearing red prison coveralls andthe other of him on the gallows witha black hood over his head. Themood was far more controlled thanthe taunting reported at Saddam’shanging in December 2006.

Iraq’s government spokesman,

AFP

KADUNA, Nigeria (AFP) – Nigeria restricted troopmovements Monday to avoid soldiers being draggedinto Muslim-Christian clashes as a local said around60 more bodies had been recovered, some of them de-capitated.

With tensions running high in the central Plateau

AP

In this image from Iraq TV station Al Iraqiyah TV, which is thought toshow the scene moments before the death of Saddam Hussein’scousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical ALi, who was hangedMonday Jan. 25, 2010, at an undisclosed location.

Iraq’s ‘Chemical Ali’ hangedfor 1988 gas attack

Ali al-Dabbagh, gave no other de-tails of the execution. But thatdidn’t stop speculation that threedeadly suicide attacks in Baghdad— just before the official an-nouncement of the death — couldhave been retaliation for the act.

Al-Majid, who bore a strikingresemblance to Saddam, carriedout some of the regime’s bloodiestmissions. In 1988, as the Iran-Iraqwar was winding down, al-Majidcommanded a scorched-earth cam-paign known as Anfal to wipe outa Kurdish rebellion in the north. Anestimated 100,000 people — mostof them civilians — were killedover less than a year after Saddamsuspected the non-Arab Kurds ofsiding with Persian Iran during thewar. But it was the Halabja attackthat riveted the world’s attention.

He led another sweeping cam-paign, crushing a Shiite uprising insouthern Iraq after Saddam’s mili-tary was driven from Kuwait in 1991.

Al-Majid was a warrant officerand motorcycle messenger in thearmy before Saddam’s Baath partytook power in a 1968 coup. He waspromoted to general and served asdefense minister from 1991-95, aswell as a regional party leader.

During the war with Iran in the1980s, al-Majid was part of com-mand structure for Iraqi forces,which was accused of using chemi-cal agents on Iranian troops in aconflict that left a total of 1 mil-lion dead. Two main formulas werecited by U.N. investigators: mus-tard gas, an oily liquid first used inWorld War I whose vapor can re-main deadly for days; and tabun, anerve gas that causes convulsionsand paralysis before death.

“For Saddam Hussein, chemicalweapons were a force multiplier, away of countering the Iranian human-wave infantry tactics that were over-whelming Iraqi positions,” saidJonathan Tucker, a Washington-basedsenior fellow at the James MartinCenter for Nonproliferation Studies.

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Residents leave as they walk past a burnt building atKuru Karama, 30 kilometres from Jos Township, Plateau

Nigeria restricts troops amidMuslim-Christian clashes

state after last week’s bloodshed, police said they hadarrested more than 300 people suspected of a role in thefour days of violence.

The authorities have not issued a death toll but fig-ures from medical and aid workers, religious and com-munity leaders and Human Rights Watch put the num-ber of dead at more than 550.

The head of the armed forces, Lieutenant GeneralAbdulrahman Danbazzau, said troops were ordered toremain at their postings and only travel with permissionto avoid attempts to pull the army into the violence.

“We are aware of the fact that there is tension in thecountry,” he told reporters in Abuja. “We also got intel-ligence information that some people are trying to infil-trate our ranks,” he said.

“Generally, we want to ensure that we control themovement of troops to protect them against people whowill try to take advantage of them, and to protect thesystem,” Danbazzau said.

The soldiers also needed to be available for securityoperations, he said.

Troops were deployed last week to help restore or-der after the clashes, which erupted in the central cityof Jos on Sunday last week but spread to neighbouringvillages and towns.

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A United Nations boat used in the search operationis seen off Khalde beach.

AP

BEIRUT – Crews from several countries combedthe sea off the coast of Lebanon on Tuesday but all90 people aboard an Ethiopian Airlines jet werefeared dead after the plane went down in flames dur-ing a stormy night of lightning and thunderstorms.

“One wouldn’t have thought that a nasty squall inand of itself would be the prime cause of an accidentlike this,” said Yates, an analyst based in Manchester,England.

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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 : info@sos-bali.comttp ://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

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

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

Pet ClinicsKayumas: (0361) 226934Sayang Binatang: (0361) 483121Satwa Kertha Husada: (0361) 263018Pantai Sindhu: (0361) 287518Sidakarya: (0361) 724492Pedungan: (0361) 720026

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Police and hospital officials saythe bomber in Tuesday’s attack triedto drive through a police checkpointand blast walls protecting the crimi-nal evidence offices at TahariyatSquare in the central neighborhoodof Karradah.

The officials said those killed in-cluded 2 policeman and a civilian.They say at least 13 people werewounded.

The officials spoke on conditionof anonymity because they were notauthorized to release details.

AFP

NEW DELHI (AFP) – India isto free nearly 200,000 people heldin state prisons awaiting trial —some of whom have already spentmore time behind bars than theywould have if convicted.

Federal Law Minister VeerappaMoily said Monday at least175,000 of more than 250,000 re-mand prisoners — known as“undertrials” — would be freed inresponse to human rights cam-paigns for people lost in the judi-cial system.

“We want to dispose of as manyas two thirds of the undertrial casesby July 31,” Moily told reporters.

India’s National Crime RecordsBureau said last year a quarter ofa million people facing trial — or70 percent of the prison population— were being held in 1,276 state-run jails across India. It said 96

AP

BERLIN – Germany’s develop-ment minister has indicated thatBerlin will increase its troop num-bers in Afghanistan while focusingmore heavily on training local se-curity forces.

Dirk Niebel told ZDF television

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Iraqi security forces inspect a crater caused by a blast outside the Sheraton hotel in centralBaghdad

AP

BAGHDAD – Officials say a suicide bomber has killed at least three people in a strike againstinterior ministry offices in central Baghdad.

The attack comes a day after a seriesof bombings targeting hotels favored byWesterners left at least 41 dead.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWSUPDATE. Check back soon for fur-ther information. AP’s earlier storyis below.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Police andhealth officials say the death toll inMonday’s suicide car bombings ofthree Baghdad hotels has risen to 41.

The officials said on Tuesday thatup to 106 people were wounded inthe blasts, which struck in a span of

15 minutes.They targeted the Sheraton Ishtar

Hotel, Babylon Hotel and HamraHotel, which are popular with West-ern journalists and foreign securitycontractors.

The attacks were another blow toan Iraqi government already strug-gling to answer for security lapsesthat have allowed bombers to carryout massive attacks since August.

The officials spoke on conditionof anonymity because they were notauthorized to release information.

Germany set forAfghan troop increase

Tuesday that “there will of course bean adjustment of the troop strength.”He wouldn’t confirm or deny specu-lation that Germany will send about500 more troops.

Chancellor Angela Merkel metwith Niebel and other ministers Mon-day night to thrash out Germany’sposition for this week’s London con-

ference on the future of Afghanistan.Germany has nearly 4,300 sol-

diers in northern Afghanistan. Theyserve under a parliamentary mandatethat currently sets the maximumnumber at 4,500.

Niebel said Germany plans toshift its focus further toward train-ing Afghan forces.

India to free 175,000remand prisoners: minister

AFP/File –

Indian prisoners dance during a New Year’s Eve celebration at aprison in Amritsar in late Decembe

percent were male.Moily said the releases would

include some detained foreigners.“But the law of the land would

prevail in such cases as the matteralso relates to extradition and othersensitive issues,” he said.

Moily’s ministry has publiclyacknowledged the problem posedby growing numbers of undertrials,which it blames on overcrowdedcourts and a shortage of judges.

In one widely reported case, aman accused of a 1968 murder,Jagjivan Ram Yadav, spent 38years in jail awaiting trial, beforehe was finally released on bail in2006 at the age of 70.

The usual sentence for murderin India is just 14 years.

Moily said New Delhi had al-ready asked state high courts toidentify undertrials not chargedwith “heinous crimes” so that theircases could be fast-tracked.

Agence France Presse

NEW YORK – A significantPablo Picasso painting was dam-aged after a woman attending artclass lost her balance, fell into“The Actor” and tore it, The Met-ropolitan Museum of Art said.

The unusually large canvas,measuring 77.25 by 45.38 inches(196 by 115 centimeters), sus-tained a vertical tear of about sixinches (15 centimeters) in thelower right-hand corner in the ac-cident on Friday.

The museum, located on theeastern edge of New York’s Cen-tral Park, did not elaborate onwhy the woman fell.

But The Met said the damagedid not impact the “focal point ofthe composition” and that itshould be repaired in the comingweeks ahead of a major Picasso

New York woman falls,rips Picasso painting

retrospective featuring some 250works at the museum opening onApril 27.

Repair work should be “unob-trusive,” it added.

Painted in the winter of 1904-1905, the work hails fromPicasso’s critical Rose Period,when the artist shifted from thedownbeat tones of his Blue Pe-riod to warmer, more romantichues.

The period also hints atPicasso’s later embrace of ab-straction with his signature cub-ist style.

Donated to The Met by auto-mobile heiress Thelma ChryslerFoy in 1952, “The Actor” featuresan acrobat striking a dramaticpose against an abstract back-drop. It was painted on a usedcanvas that already contained apainting.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7Indonesia TodayInternational

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JAKARTA - A total of 32 investorshave expressed a commitment to buildnew sugar mills in order to meet theneed for sugar which is estimated toreach 5.7 million tons in 2014, a min-ister said.

“There are 32 new investors whohave expressed a commitment to con-struct new sugar mills,” Industry MSHidayat said after a seminar on the re-vitalization of sugar in industry here

AFP PHOTO/ADEK BERRY

Indonesian activists from Greenpeace showing Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) re-ceiving a trophy of the ‘World Cup of Forest Destruction’ by an orangutan and football players outside theJakarta Convention Center where the real FIFA World Cup trophy is on public display, during a protestagainst the government’s environmental policy in Jakarta on January 26, 2010. Scores of Greenpeace activ-ists held a peace protest as a reminder that Indonesia has the fastest rate of forest destruction in the world,more than 1.8 million hectares annually has been destroyed over the past five years. This rate of forestdestruction drives Indonesia to 3rd place in the greenhouse gas emission league behind China and the US.(Yellow banner reads: The world winner of deforestation)

“Please use this infrastructure fa-cility properly because it has cost ahuge amount of funds belonging tothe people or the state although theprivate sector has also invested in it,”he said.

He hoped the new project wouldhelp boost the regional economy andimprove public services.

The president, who was accom-panied by Public Works MinistryDjoko Kirmanto and West Java Gov-ernor Ahmad Heriawan, pushed abutton to activate a siren and thensigned a plaque to mark the toll

Antara

JAKARTA - Coordinationamong cabinet ministers during thefirst 100 days of President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono’s adminis-tration has not been very good and,as a consequence, the people haveyet to enjoy the benefits of the gov-ernment programs, a business com-munity spokesman said.

“An obvious case in point is thedivergent views certain cabinetministers have expressed about theAsean-China Free Trade Agree-ment (ACFTA),” chairman of theIndonesian Businessmen’s Asso-ciation (Apindo) Sofyan Wanandisaid here Monday.

He said there seemed to be nocommon stance between the Indus-try Ministry and the Trade Minis-try on renegotiating ACFTA. “Sothe two ministries still need to co-ordinate with each other and adopta common stance. Internal coordi-nation in the government needs tobe improved,” he said.

Sofyan also urged the govern-ment to expedite the settlement ofthe Bank Century case so that itcould focus on its program to im-prove the business climate and notlose the momentum in the worldeconomic recovery.

According to Sofyan, the in-

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JAKARTA - US-based globalequities group CVC Capital Part-ners has agreed to take overIndonesia’s biggest departmentstore chain for 765 million dollars,local media reports said Tuesday.

Market analysts welcomed thedeal as a sign of badly needed in-terest from foreign investors inSoutheast Asia’s biggest economy,which has been plagued by rampantcorruption, crumbling infrastructureand legal uncertainty.

Under the deal, CVC CapitalPartners will acquire 90.76 percentof Matahari Department Store for7.2 trillion rupiah (765 million dol-lars) from parent company PTMatahari Putra Prima.

A joint venture called MeadowAsia Company Ltd. will be 80-per-cent owned by CVC Capital Part-ners and 20 percent by MatahariPutra Prima, which in turn is ma-jority owned by the Lippo Groupof controversial tycoon JamesRiady. The deal announced Mon-day must be approved by Mataharishareholders within 40 days.

“This strategic alliance will sup-port Matahari’s future growth andcontinued expansion,” MatahariPutra Prima said in a statement onits web site.

“It also demonstrates strong for-eign investor confidence in Indone-

US group to buy outIndonesian retailer

sia and contributes significantly tothe growth of the domesticeconomy.”

Matahari Putra Prima operatesdozens of department stores,hypermarkets, supermarkets, phar-macies, entertainment centres andbookstores in more than 50 citiesacross Indonesia.

It said the sale would help MDSdominate the Indonesian retail mar-ket and open more than 150 newstores over the next 10 to 15 years.The agreement valued MDS at 2,705rupiah per share. The stock closedup 24 percent Monday at 1,680 ru-piah in moderate volume.

“The deal indicates that foreigninvestors have confidence in Indo-nesia... There may be corruptionproblems but the country is work-ing towards making improvements,”Sucorinvest Central Gani equity ana-lyst Gifar Indra Sakti said.

“It will contribute to the growthof the domestic economy.”

Analysts said the ASEAN-ChinaFree Trade Area, which took full ef-fect on January 1 and slashes barri-ers to investment as well as trade,would also boost foreign investmentin the local economy.

Meanwhile Fitch Ratings onMonday upgraded Indonesia’s sov-ereign credit rating to BB+ from BB,or one notch below investmentgrade, reflecting the country’s resil-ience to the global financial crisis.

Coordination among cabinetministers weak: APINDO

vestment Indonesia had been at-tracting over the past 10 years wasmainly for capital-intensiveprojects such as in mining, planta-tions, services and propertywhereas capital sunk in the labor-intensive sectors had even beenfleeing the country.

Therefore, Sofyan said, the gov-ernment should soon implement itsinfrastructure improvement pro-gram and continue its policy reformefforts so that the country couldcompete with Vietnam and Cambo-dia which investors were now be-ginning to eye.

“If the Law No13 on Manpowercan be revised, I predict the invest-ment inflow can increase by 100percent to 250 percent,” he said.What business is feeling as a heavyburden is the clause in the law onseverance pay (up to 32 times work-ers’ monthly salaries),” he said.

Other problems businessmenconsidered as great constraints con-cerned spatial appropriation mapsand inadequate infrastructure facili-ties. .

Businessmen were also com-plaining about unfair treatment bythe authorities whereby the marketwas dominated by illegal imports.“At ports, smuggled goods are re-leased more quickly than legal im-ports,” Sofyan said.

Minister: 32 new investors to build sugar millson Monday.

He said that in order to support therevitalization of sugar industry in thecountry, the Forestry Ministry wouldprovide 500 thousand hectares of landin Lampung, South Sumatra andSulawesi.

“Actually we only need 300,000hectares, but it seems that the forestryministry will provide 500,000 hectares,of which about 400,000 hectares arealready available,” he said.

But the minister admitted he could

not yet make an estimate on theamount of funds the 32 investorswould need to set up sugar cane plan-tations on the 500,000 hectares ofland.

The government through the Min-istry of Agriculture has set a partici-pation funding post in the state bud-get for a sugar cane revitalization pro-gram but several state-owned firms(BUMNs) have proposed other fund-ing options beyond the participationfunding scheme.

President inauguratesPresident inauguratesPresident inauguratesPresident inauguratesPresident inauguratesKanci-Pejagan toll roadKanci-Pejagan toll roadKanci-Pejagan toll roadKanci-Pejagan toll roadKanci-Pejagan toll roadAntara

CIREBON - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the Mertapadatoll gate here on Tuesday inaugurated the 35-km Kanci-Pejagan turnpike.

road’s inauguration.On the occasion, the head of state

also inaugurated several otherprojects such as a flood control damin Medan (North Sumatra), Amplasfly over in North Sumatra, OeripSumahardjo fly over in SouthSulawesi, Benel dam in Bali, Cilakibridge in West Java, several cleanwater facilities, rented modest apart-ment in West Java and Central Javaprovinces, with a total value of Rp3.5trillion.

After the inauguration ceremony,President Yudhoyono inspected the

new Kanci-Pejagan toll road in hispresidential car and later returned toJakarta.

The Kanci-Pejagan toll road wasconstructed by PT Bakrie Land andis integrated with other infrastructurefacilities in surrounding areas, suchas real estate, small-and-mediumscale business centers, fiber optic, gaspipelines, tap water pipelines, andelectricity and telephone wires.

The 35-km-long toll road wasbuilt with funds amounting to Rp2.2trillion and was the first Trans Javahighway completed as part of thegovernment’s 100-day program.

President Director of BakrielandHiramsyah said his company alwaysdeveloped real estate and infrastruc-tures in integrated ways.

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Bali Today

James Martine, a tourist fromAustralia, said “I am very uncom-fortable with electrical condition.In our country, there will be an an-nouncement before the black out.There is no sudden put down of theelectricity.”

He said that the PLN andgovernment should coordinate be-fore putting down the electricity inorder to give the opportunity to thepeople to prepare.

“If the people know that therewill be electrical black out thenthey could prepare other source oflight such as candles,” he added.

Ketut Geriya, a local Ba-linese, said that he is very disap-pointed by PLN. Geriya who livein Batubulan, Gianyar, feel that thePLN should have been anticipat-

It has become a public dis-course the subak system in Bali ismanaged based on Tri Hita Karana(THK) concept. Implementation ofthe concept is reflected in numeroussubak activities. Harmonic conceptbetween human and God(Parhyangan) is manifested throughmany religious rites at severaltemples related to subak activities.Harmonic concept of human and itsfellows human (Pawongan) is mani-fested through subak meetings tofind out diverse agreements in theirregular activities. Later, the har-monic concept between human andsurrounding environment(Palemahan) is manifested in thedevelopment of ricefield and irriga-tion networks.

On the whole, it is also knownthat subak categorized into socio-cul-tural institution has several strenghts,namely (i) the ability to absorp thegrowing technology; (ii) the abilityto adapt to the cultural developmentof the surrounding community; (iii)flexible organization, and (iv) havinggood governance character.

Furthermore, the weakness ofinstitution having socio-cultural char-acter is the powerlessness to preventexternal intervention. On that ac-count, to maintain the existence ofsubak is required an endeavor of vari-ous stakeholders. The action plan thatwill be undertaken to subak shouldalso base on the THK concept becom-ing the fundamental of subak itself.

Parhyangan

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DENPASAR – Foreigners and the locals in Bali are complain-ing about the frequent black out in the past few weeks. IndonesianElectrical Company (PLN) promised that there will be no electri-cal problems after January 8th 2010.

ing the black out especially after theyannounced that there will be no blackout after January 8th.

The PLN also announced that thepower plan in Gilimanuk can operatenormally after being repaired for fourmonths. “It is very bad for Bali as oneof the famous tourism destination in theworld,” Geriya added.

Agung Mastika, the spokesman ofBali PLN, said that the black out hap-pen because there is a problem with thepower plant in Gilimanuk andPemaron, Buleleng. He didn’t knowwhen the electricity will be normal be-cause both of the power plants seri-ously damage.

Currently, Bali needs 493 mega-watts but the total power available fromBali’s and Java’s power plants is only562 megawatts.

AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE

Shoppers browse goods at a shopping district in Seoul on January 26, 2010. South Korea’sGDP growth slowed in the fourth quarter, but the central bank maintained its forecast of astrong expansion this year for Asia’s fourth largest economy.

Antara

DENPASAR – IndonesianPresident, Susilo BambangYudhoyono, said that the gov-ernment will build a dam inTitab, Buleleng in order to wa-ter the rice field in the area.

“We will prepare the fundfor the dam,” the President saidduring a teleconference withBali’s Governor, Made MangkuPastika on Tuesday, January 26th

2010. Pastika said “we didn’t know

how much is needed to build thedam. We will make the detail planbecause buying some of the land isalso needed.” The support from the

Action Plan to Maintain the Existence of Subak Subak has something to do with

several temples at its surrounding. Theclosest relation is to temple functioningas Ulunsuwi Temple and of course toBedugul Temple at each subak territory.Ulunsuwi Temple is considered as theabode of Goddess Sri. She is entrusted asthe manifestation of God in the form asthe Goddess of Prosperity. In the mean-time, Bedugul Temple is believed to be-come the abode of Lord Vishnu becom-ing the manifestation of God in the formof the God of Fertility.

As it has been known that the firmrelationship in subak organization iscaused by the existence of temple sancti-fied together. In addition, it is also causedbythe equal association to get irrigationwater. Therefore, the action plan thatshould be undertaken by government isto protect the existence of such templesby providing policy support (financialassistance for the temple’s maintenance,protection of temple’s environment, etcetera.). By doing so, farmers as the mem-ber of subak have lighter burden and thecapital they own can be maximally usedfor the needs of farming investment andso forth.

Pawongan The matters of pawongan is the most

important aspect in the context of THKimplementation. Pawongan of subak(members and administrators) play impor-tant role because they determine theimplementation in the Parhyangan andPalemahan sector. Pawongan will be sig-nificant whether the territory of subak cansustain or not. Since the rice field is theproprietary of farmers they can change the

function of rice field into housingcomplex, cafe, stall, hotel or oth-ers. If the transfer of function ofrice filed begins to happen so it isthe omen of hazard for thesustainability of subak.

Palemahan Palemahan or rice field area of

the subak denotes the leading at-traction of the arrival of a numberof visitors to this area. Panoramicnature resulted in the rice fieldseems to have no parallel aroundthe globe. It is this rice field pan-orama that should be preserved inorder it could be bequethed to thenext generations.

Such panoramic nature willsustain if the necessity of irriga-tion water of farmers is sufficientto the rice field. As farmer havingthe land, their main necessity isirrigation water. To presersve theexistence of the irrigated rice fieldis required some matters as fol-lows.

Existence of the LakuBatur, Lake Beratan, Lake Buyanand Lake Tamblingan area shouldbe maintained, preserved and pro-tected. Water of those lakes is be-lieved as the resource water for therice field. This matter causes thesubak members always to get in-volved in the presentation of of-ferings at the lakeside templewhen religious ceremony is orga-nized there.

Forest area at MountBatukaru, Mount Aya and Mount

Adung as well as other mountainslocated in the upper stream of thesubak’s rice field should be preserved.It is important to assure the conser-vation of water resources for the riv-ers whose water originates from suchareas.

The existing forest around thetemple area needs preserving. It isalso important to ensure the sacred-ness of the temple and secure thewater resources availability for riv-ers having their upper stream at the

temple area. Irrigation system for the subak

needs to get proper attention from thegovernment (in cooperation withfarmers) to guarantee the distributionof optimal irrigation water for the ricefield.

It requires the existence of regu-lation from the government stipulat-ing an agreement with local commu-nity in order they would not changethe existing terraced rice field at theirterritory. (BTN/Wayan Windia)

President Agree toBuild Titab Dam

Indonesian government made thegovernor will start the project in2011.

The President also officiallyopened several finish projectsthroughout Indonesia and one ofthem is the Benel dam inJembrana.

The dam is created to water1,005 hectares of rice field whichconsist of nine local groups of“subak”. The subak are Benel,Mekar Sari, pangkung Buluh, TebuParas, Liplip, Yeh Anakan, Peh,Tegal Berkis and subak Tegal Jati.

“We also will put some fishon the dam which can be benefi-cial for the locals in the future,” saidthe Governor.

Balinese Culture

Wednesday, January 27, 2009 9al

Ingredients

* 1 lb. eggplant * 4 Tbs. vegetable

oil * 1 Tbs. shallots * 1 clove garlic,

sliced * ½ cup water * 1 Tbs. sweet soy

sauce * ½ tsp. pepper * ¼ tsp. nutmeg * 1 tsp. vinegar * ½ tsp. salt * 1 tsp. sugar

DirectionsCut the unpeeled eggplant into ½-inch-thick slices, and then

cut the slices in half. Fry lightly in 2 Tbs. of oil for 2 minutes oruntil light brown and softened. Set aside.

Stir fry the shallots and garlic in the remaining oil until lightbrown. Add the water, sweet soy sauce, pepper, nutmeg, vin-egar, salt and sugar. Let these entire ingredients cook for ap-proximately 3 minutes to prepare the sauce.

Cook the eggplant slices in the sauce for additional 2 min-utes to distribute the flavors. Shake the pan several times to mixbut not mash the eggplant.

Serve hot or at room temperature. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Antara

DENPASAR - Bali’s provincialadministration has allocatedRp16.07 billion from its budget foreradication of rabies in the regionin 2010.

“The funds are to be chan-neled through the regional animalhusbandry and animal health of-fices, and other activities,” Baliprovincial administration spokes-man I Putu Suardhika said here onMonday.

Putu Suardhika said the allo-cation of such a big amount of fundswas part of Governor MadeMangku Pastika’s commitment tocompletely eradicate rabies in Bali.

“It is a serious effort and in-volve various parties, and it is ex-pected that rabies will have beeneradicated completely by 2012,”Suardhika said.

He added that the efforts toeradicate or control rabies would befocused on vaccination and elimi-nation of stray dogs across Bali.

Suardhika said that of the to-tal of Rp16.07 billion of funds,Rp3.38 billion would be used

AFP PHOTO/Shaun Curry

Shoppers are pictured on Oxford Street in central London, onJanuary 25, 2010.

Bali allocates IDR16.07billion to manage rabies

among others for operational activi-ties, health care and prevention ofinfectious diseases.

Despite mass dog culls aimedat preventing rabies outbreaksthreating the tourist industry in Bali,the incidence of the canine disease

on the resort island has continuouslyincreased.

Since August 2009, the num-ber of districts affected by the poten-tially fatal disease had more thantripled after first appearing in two dis-tricts in November the previous year.

Ingredients:# 15 red chilies, sliced and seeded# 2 Tbs. dried shrimp paste# 2 medium-sized tomato, chopped# 2 small shallots, peeled and sliced# 2 cloves garlic, peeled and bruised# 2 Tbs. oil# 1 tsp. sugar# 1 Tbs. salt# 1 Tbs. lime juice

Instructions:Heat oil over medium heat and sauté the first five ingredients

for approximately 2-3 minutes.With a mortar and a pestle, grind the sautéd ingredients along

with the rest of the ingredients.

Note: Keeps up to 1 week or longer if refrigerated. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Dried Shrimp Chili Sauce(Sambal Terasi)

Sweet Eggplant Stew(Semur Terong)

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MAS Village is one of villagesin Bali fundamentally identified asan artistic countryside by focusingin artistic of wood carving. Mas Vil-lage is located in Ubud sub districtand Gianyar Regency, east part ofBali. It owns the typical style ofwood carving art by placing forwardthe distinguish synergy the human-ism and naturalism. The village’spopularity as an art village is famousin the national and world level whichis not forgetting from the highnessname of some maestros which hasborne and found the spirit (taksu)and soul. The famous maestro whowas borne in this village is Ida BagusTilem.

This Artistic countryside ownsthe long history root. The result ofwood carving art in this village ownsthe immeasurable and wide dimen-sion like idol for the devoting (arcaidol), representative dimension ofeveryday Balinese social society life(farmer, fisherman, worker, intellec-tual, merchant etc), the abstract di-mension as existing of actor imagi-http://www.kabarindonesia.com

Mas Villagenation which is listening carefullyof reality, dynamics and life philoso-phy. The villagers are same as vil-lagers at other tourism countrysidein Bali that have also experiencedthe transformation from agrariansociety to the crafting society. Evennowadays, it is continued to servicesociety from commerce service un-til levying service of the souvenir foroverseas and domestic tourist.

LocationIt is strategically located in the

main road from Denpasar to Ubudand it can be reached from severalof angle. It is about 15 km easterlygo to the majors road to Ubud fromDenpasar town. If you wish to go tothis place from Denpasar, the start-ing spandrel points step into MasVillage is Sakah, where a big babyidol monumentally existing in themiddle of road. The Baby idol is asymbol and representative of humanbeing life early which is believed bylocal residents with full of philo-sophic value, religious and dyna-mism. (www.balistarisland.com)

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BUSINESS

Agence France-Presse

LONDON - Britain will likelydiscover on Tuesday that its recordrecession officially ended in thefourth quarter of 2009 but thecountry’s huge debt pile is set to stuntrecovery, economists said.

The Office for National Statisticswill publish data widely-expected toshow that the economy grew by 0.4percent during the final three monthsof last year following six quarters ofnegative figures.

However, confirmation thatBritain is the final major economy toexit recession may not be enough forPrime Minister Gordon Brown tokeep his job following a general elec-tion due by June.

The economy faces a bleak fu-ture with public borrowing forecast tohit a massive 178 billion pounds (203billion euros, 288 billion dollars) in2009/10.

Despite a mountain of debtcaused by multi-billion-pound bailoutsof British banks, Brown on Mondayinsisted that now was not the time tocut state aid.

“If you withdraw the stimulus tooquickly, then you risk a period whenyou put the recovery at risk. There isno doubt that that’s the view of the restof the world. It is certainly my view,”Brown told a press conference.

The future for the British andwider global economy is far from rosy,with the International Monetary Fundand the United Nations recently warn-ing of a possible renewed or “double-dip” recession this year.

The ratings firm revised its out-look on Japan’s “AA” long-termgovernment bond rating to “nega-tive” from “stable”.

“The outlook change reflectsour view that the Japanesegovernment’s diminishing eco-nomic policy flexibility may leadto a downgrade unless measurescan be taken to stem fiscal and de-flationary pressures,” S&P said.

“The ratings on Japan couldfall by one notch if economic dataremain weak and measures to boostmedium-term growth are not forth-coming, given the country’s high

Agence France-Presse

SEOUL - South Korea’s GDPgrowth slowed in the fourth quarter,but the central bank Tuesday main-tained its forecast of a strong expan-sion this year for Asia’s fourth larg-est economy.

Gross domestic product (GDP)in October-December grew 0.2 per-cent from the previous three monthscompared to a 3.2 percent gain inthe third quarter, the bank said in astatement.

Compared to a year earlier theeconomy expanded 6 percent in thefourth quarter, up sharply from the0.9 percent growth in the third quar-ter.

South Korea recorded full-yeargrowth of 0.2 percent compared witha 2.2 percent rise in 2008.

“Given the strong performancein the two previous quarters, it’s nowonder that the fourth-quartergrowth slowed,” Kim Myung-Kee,director general of the central bank’seconomic statistics division, told re-porters.

“But that’s temporary and wemaintain our earlier forecast for thisyear,” Kim said, describing thefourth-quarter figure as a “brief cor-rection”.

For 2010 the bank forecastgrowth of 4.6 percent while the gov-ernment tips 5 percent.

Exports, consumer demand andgovernment spending all fell in thefourth quarter.

Exports dropped 1.8 percentquarter-on-quarter in October-De-cember after jumping 5.2 percent inJuly-September. Government spend-ing fell 2.9 percent compared with a0.8 percent decline in the previousquarter.

Private spending was down 0.1percent compared with a 1.5 percentgain in the preceding quarter. Capi-

AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE

Shoppers browse goods at a shopping district in Seoul on Janu-ary 26, 2010. South Korea’s GDP growth slowed in the fourthquarter, but the central bank maintained its forecast of a strongexpansion this year for Asia’s fourth largest economy.

South Korea growth slowsbut central bank still bullish

tal investment climbed 4.7 percent af-ter rising 10.4 percent in the third quar-ter.

The positive growth for 2009 con-trasts with widespread predictions ayear ago that the country would recordits first annual negative figure since theEast Asian economic crisis of 1998.

But South Korea, thanks partly toan aggressive government stimuluspackage and a series of interest ratecuts, recovered far faster than expectedfrom the global economic slowdown.

The government vows to stick toan expansionary policy until the eco-nomic recovery becomes firmer. It saysjob creation is its top priority.

The central bank this month frozeits key rate at a record low of 2 per-cent for the 11th straight month, whenthe vice finance minister attended thepolicy meeting as an observer.

It was the first time for over a de-cade that the government had exercisedits right to attend the meeting, in anapparent attempt to prevent a rate in-crease in the near term.

“The upswing is not over and willalmost certainly pick up speed againin coming quarters,” said research in-stitute Capital Economics in anemailed commentary.

“Exports, government spending,and household consumption slippedback quarter-to-quarter but the weak-ness in all three areas is unlikely tolast.”

The economy would get some lifteven from weak recoveries expectedin the United States and Europe andChina’s upswing would not stall, Capi-tal Economics said.

The public sector was likely tomake a contribution in the first half of2010 since the budget was being front-loaded and household spending waswell set to climb again, it said.

The research firm forecast around5 percent growth for this year, fallingto about 3 percent in 2011.

Standard & Poor’s warns ofStandard & Poor’s warns ofStandard & Poor’s warns ofStandard & Poor’s warns ofStandard & Poor’s warns ofpossible Japan downgradepossible Japan downgradepossible Japan downgradepossible Japan downgradepossible Japan downgradeAgence France-Presse

TOKYO - Standard & Poor’s warned Tuesday that it might downgrade its credit rating forJapan’s sovereign debt, saying efforts to put the public finances in order were slowing under thenew government.

government debt burden and itsweak demographic profile.”

An “AA” rating, the third high-est possible, means Japan is seenas having an extremely strong ca-pacity to repay its borrowings.

Japan has huge public debts asa legacy of massive stimulus spend-ing during the economic “lost de-cade” of the 1990s, as well as a se-ries of pump-priming packages totackle a year-long recession whichbegan in 2008.

The Organisation for Eco-nomic Cooperation and Develop-ment has warned that Japan’s pub-

lic debt is set to soar to more than200 percent of gross domestic prod-uct by 2011.

S&P said that the policies ofthe Democratic Party of Japan,which took power in Septemberafter half a century of conservativedominance, “point to a slower paceof fiscal consolidation than we hadpreviously expected.”

Worries about rising publicdebts have deepened in recentmonths, with credit rating firms an-nouncing a raft of sovereign debtdowngrades for countries includingGreece, Spain and Ireland.

AFP PHOTO/Shaun Curry

Shoppers are pictured on Oxford Street in central London, onJanuary 25, 2010.

Britain set for exit from record recession

Those worries have beenheightened in Europe, where severalnations — notably Greece and Por-tugal — are struggling to cope withsoaring public debt.

“The UK looks to have a weakrecovery this year even as it is expectedto have exited recession in the fourthquarter,” said Linda Yueh, an expert ineconomics at Oxford University.

“No current credible plan to re-duce the fiscal deficit and the uncer-tainty associated with an upcominggeneral election could mean a grow-ing risk premium on debt and the costof servicing that could in turn dampengrowth.

“All in all, a ‘double dip’ is pos-

sible or a stagnant quarter in 2010,”Yueh told AFP.

The state of Britain’s troubledeconomy has become the key battleground ahead of the general electionthat is likely to see Brown’s LabourParty defeated by the main oppositionConservatives, according to polls.

Finance minister Alistair Dar-ling recently admitted that Britain’srecession would be deeper thanthought — with the economy pre-dicted to have shrunk 4.75 percentin 2009 compared with a prior offi-cial estimate of 3.5 percent.

The economy is expected togrow by 1.0-1.5 percent in 2010,Darling added.

Entertainment InternationalWednesday, January 27, 201012

Although he rocketed to fame in 1959 as AdamCartwright, eldest son of a Nevada ranching family ledby Lorne Greene’s patriarchal Ben Cartwright, Rob-erts chafed at the limitations he felt his “Bonanza” char-acter was given. “They told me the four characters(Greene, himself and Dan Blocker and Michael Landonas his brothers) would be carefully defined and thescripts carefully prepared,” he complained to The As-sociated Press in 1964. “None of it ever happened.”

It particularly distressed him that his character, a manin his 30s, had to continually defer to the wishes of hiswidowed father. “Doesn’t it seem a bit silly for threeadult males to get Father’s permission for everythingthey do?” he once asked a reporter. Roberts agreed tofulfill his six-year contract but refused to extend it, andwhen he left the series in 1965, his character was elimi-nated with the explanation that he had simply movedaway. “Bonanza,” with its three remaining stars, con-tinued until 1973, making it second to “Gunsmoke” asthe longest-running Western on TV. Blocker died in1972, Greene in 1987, and Landon in 1991.

When Roberts left the show the general feeling inHollywood was that he had foolishly doomed his ca-reer and turned his back on a fortune in “Bonanza” earn-ings. Indeed, for the next 14 years he mainly made ap-pearances on TV shows and in miniseries, or touredwith such theatrical productions as “The King and I,“Camelot” and “The Music Man.” His TV credits dur-ing that time included “The Virginian,” “Hawaii Five-O,” “Mission Impossible,” “Marcus Welby, M.D.,”“Banacek,” “Ironside” and “Mannix.”

Then, in 1979, he landed another series, “TrapperJohn, M.D.,” in which he played the title role. The char-

GEORGE Clooney is to followthe sleepless nights he spent orga-nizing last week’s Hope For HaitiNow telethon by heading back towar-torn Darfur.

The movie star was the man

TANGLED In Photo Lawsuit The artist who designed the cover ofShakira’s album She Wolf has filed suit against the pop star’s label Sony- alleging company bosses owe him $64,000.

Art director Lee Swillingham signed a $63,000 contract with the com-pany last spring for his services and was paid half the sum up front,reports the New York Post. According to court documents, he earned$5,000 a day for extra work, totaling an additional $36,000.

The contract included a clause stating Sony owes nothing if the recordlabel isn’t pleased with the final project.Swillingham’s lawyer, Sam Israel, has ac-cused the company of falsely claiming itdidn’t find the work satisfactory whileusing the images Swillingham createdfor the album. A Sony spokespersonhad not responded to requests for acomment as WENN went to press.

After achieving superstardomthroughout Latin America, Colom-bian-born Shakira became Latin pop’sbiggest female crossover artist sinceJennifer Lopez. Noted for her aggres-sive, rock-influenced approach,Shakira maintained an extraordi-nary degree of creative controlover her music, especially for afemale artist; she wrote or co-wrote nearly all of her ownmaterial, and in the pro-cess gained a reputationas one of Latin music’smost ambitiously poeticlyricists.

When she releasedher first English mate-rial in late 2001, shebecame an instant popsensation, thanks toher quirky poeticsense and a sexyvideo image built onher hip-shakingbelly dance moves.Shakira Mebarak(full name: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll) was born February 2, 1977,in Barranquilla, Colombia, into a poor family. Her mother was a nativeColombian and her father was of Lebanese descent, and so as a childShakira soaked up music from both cultures; she also listened heavily toEnglish-language rock & roll, listing her favorite bands in later inter-views as Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, the Police, the Cure, and Nirvana.

KRISTEN Stewart was left covered in bruises afterstruggling with her pole-dancing routine in upcomingfilm Welcome To The Rileys. The actress plays a 16-year-old exotic dancer in the drama, and admits shewas not prepared for the physically grueling strippingscenes.

She tells E! Online, “I did some pole dancing. I gotbruises all over my legs. I tore myself up doing it. Itsucked. (But) the more I saw it, the more I wanted it (toperform). It was like a weird self-hating kind of thing.The cool thing about my character is she is not sultry

Pernell Roberts, last starPernell Roberts, last starPernell Roberts, last starPernell Roberts, last starPernell Roberts, last starof TV’s ‘Bonanza,’ diesof TV’s ‘Bonanza,’ diesof TV’s ‘Bonanza,’ diesof TV’s ‘Bonanza,’ diesof TV’s ‘Bonanza,’ diesAssociated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Pernell Roberts, the ruggedlyhandsome actor who shocked Hollywood by leav-ing TV’s “Bonanza” at the height of its popularity,then found fame again years later on “Trapper John,M.D.,” has died. He was 81. Roberts, the last sur-viving member of the classic Western’s cast, died ofcancer Sunday at his Malibu home, his wife EleanorCriswell told the Los Angeles Times.

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This 1959 picture provided by NBC shows actorPernell Roberts from the “Bonanza” television show.Roberts, the ruggedly handsome actor who shockedHollywood by leaving TV’s “Bonanza” at the heightof its popularity, then found fame again years lateron “Trapper John, M.D.,” has died. He was 81. Rob-erts, the last surviving member of the classicWestern’s cast, died of cancer Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010at his Malibu home, his wife Eleanor Criswell toldthe Los Angeles Times.

acter, but little else, was spun off from the brilliantKorean War comedy-drama “M-A-S-H,” in whichWayne Rogers had played the offbeat Dr. “Trapper”John McIntire opposite Alan Alda’s Dr. BenjaminFranklin “Hawkeye” Pierce.

Kristen Stewart Injured After Stripper Scenesand she is not sexy.”

Director Jake Scott asked the Twilight beauty to takelessons from a real stripper - but insists Stewart wasstill scared of shedding her clothes even though the setwas closed off to everyone but cast and crew. He adds,“She was terrified. The strip club we shot in was reallya club, and it really was that dirty and really that tough.But she killed it.”

A fervent surfer who bears a striking resemblanceto the young Jodie_Foster, Kristen Stewart was poisedto become a preteen star with her role opposite Fosterin David_Fincher’s atmospheric thriller Panic_Room(2002). A resident of Los Angeles, Stewart’s nascentacting career got off to a promising start when she wascast in two vastly different films.

Eschewing fluffy kids’ movies, Stewart playedtroubled single mother Patricia_Clarkson’s tomboydaughter in independent film darling Rose_Troche’stough examination of suburban angst, The Safety ofObjects (2002). Stewart subsequently got her first tasteof major Hollywood success with Panic_Room. Replac-ing the original child actress cast as divorcée Meg’ssullen, diabetic daughter Sarah, Stewart became an evenmore felicitous choice when original starNicole_Kidman dropped out and Foster stepped in.Though critics were less than ecstatic about the film,Stewart still garnered positive notice for her believablepresence as Foster’s offspring.

George Clooney SetTo Return To Darfur

behind Friday’s star-studded tele-thon, which has raised over $60million so far for the relief effort inearthquake-ravaged Haiti, and nowhe’s set to return to Africa for a newmercy mission. He says, “I’m onmy way there... There are a lot ofproblems going on. The North-South agreement is falling apart.”

Clooney first went to Darfur in2006, when he recorded a docu-mentary about the struggles ofDarfur refugees. Upon his return,the Oscar winner spearheaded acampaign to lobby U.S. politiciansto do more to help those caught upin the tribal wars.

Clooney told leading politicians,“We can all talk about this andmake speeches and say this is hor-rible and we have to do something.But every day we don’t do some-thing, and every day this goes on,thousands of people are dying anddying horrific deaths.”

Shakira’s ‘She Wolf’Tangled In Photo Lawsuit

International Wednesday, January 27, 2010 13Life Style

E-readers had been around since the beginning of the last de-cade, but in 2007 the Kindle advanced the concept by enablingbooks to be downloaded wirelessly rather than having to be pluggedinto a computer. Amazon has tried to push the device further into

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – Little girls maylearn to fear math from the women whoare their earliest teachers. Despite gainsin recent years, women still trail men insome areas of math achievement, and thequestion of why has provoked contro-versy. Now, a study of first- and second-graders suggests what may be part of theanswer: Female elementary school teach-ers who are concerned about their ownmath skills could be passing that alongto the little girls they teach.

Young students tend to model them-selves after adults of the same sex, andhaving a female teacher who is anx-ious about math may reinforce the ste-reotype that boys are better at math thangirls, explained Sian L. Beilock, anassociate professor in psychology at theUniversity of Chicago. Beilock andcolleagues studied 52 boys and 65 girlswho in classes taught by 17 differentteachers. Ninety percent of U.S. el-ementary school teachers are women,as were all of those in this study.

Student math ability was not relatedto teacher math anxiety at the start of

Associated Press Writer

LONDON – Here’s a newwarning from health experts: Sit-ting is deadly. Scientists are in-creasingly warning that sitting forprolonged periods — even if youalso exercise regularly — couldbe bad for your health. And itdoesn’t matter where the sittingtakes place — at the office, atschool, in the car or before a com-puter or TV — just the overallnumber of hours it occurs. Re-search is preliminary, but severalstudies suggest people who spendmost of their days sitting are morelikely to be fat, have a heart at-tack or even die.

In an editorial published thisweek in the British Journal ofSports Medicine, Elin Ekblom-Bak of the Swedish School ofSport and Health Sciences sug-gested that authorities rethinkhow they define physical activityto highlight the dangers of sitting.While health officials have issuedguidelines recommending mini-mum amounts of physical activ-ity, they haven’t suggested peopletry to limit how much time theyspend in a seated position. “Afterfour hours of sitting, the bodystarts to send harmful signals,”Ekblom-Bak said. She explainedthat genes regulating the amountof glucose and fat in the bodystart to shut down.

Even for people who exer-cise, spending long stretches oftime sitting at a desk is still harm-ful. Tim Armstrong, a physicalactivity expert at the WorldHealth Organization, said peoplewho exercise every day — butstill spend a lot of time sitting —

Wearing a mohawkhaircut, fifth-graderAnthony Martinez,11, right, works onmath problemsWednesday, Jan. 6,2010, at AlamedaElementary Schoolin Las Cruces, N.M.on the first day ofthe spring semes-ter for Las CrucesPublic Schools.Classes end May26.

AP Photo/Las Cruces Sun-News, Norm Dettlaff

Girls may learn math anxietyfrom female teachers

the school year, the researchers re-port in Tuesday’s edition of Pro-ceedings of the National Academyof Sciences. But by the end of theyear, the more anxious teacherswere about their own math skills,the more likely their female students— but not the boys — were to agreethat “boys are good at math and girlsare good at reading.” In addition, thegirls who answered that way scoredlower on math tests than either theclasses’ boys or the girls who hadnot developed a belief in the stereo-type, the researchers found.

“It’s actually surprising in a way,and not. People have had a hunchthat teachers could impact the stu-dents in this way, but didn’t knowhow it might do so in gender-spe-cific fashion,” Beilock said in a tele-phone interview. Beilock, who stud-ies how anxieties and stress can af-fect people’s performance, notedthat other research has indicated thatelementary education majors at thecollege level have the highest lev-els of math anxiety of any collegemajor.

REUTERS/Catherine Benson

A generic picture of a woman working in an office sitting at herdesk typing on a computer.

Experts: Sitting too much could be deadly

might get more benefit if that exer-cise were spread across the day, ratherthan in a single bout. That wasn’twelcome news for Aytekin Can, 31,who works at a London financialcompany, and spends most of his dayssitting in front of a computer. Sev-eral evenings a week, Can alsoteaches jiu jitsu, a Japanese martialart involving wrestling, and also doesThai boxing.

“I’m sure there are some detri-mental effects of staying still for toolong, but I hope that being activewhen I can helps,” he said. “Iwouldn’t want to think the sittingcould be that dangerous.” Still, in astudy published last year that trackedmore than 17,000 Canadians forabout a dozen years, researchersfound people who sat more had ahigher death risk, independently ofwhether or not they exercised. ”Wedon’t have enough evidence yet to sayhow much sitting is bad,” said Peter

Katzmarzyk of the PenningtonBiomedical Research Center inBaton Rouge, who led the Ca-nadian study. “But it seems themore you can get up and inter-rupt this sedentary behavior, thebetter.”

Figures from a U.S. surveyin 2003-2004 found Americansspend more than half their timesitting, from working at theirdesks to sitting in cars. Expertssaid more research is needed tofigure out just how much sittingis dangerous, and what might bepossible to offset those effects.“People should keep exercisingbecause that has a lot of ben-efits,” Ekblom-Bak said. “Butwhen they’re in the office, theyshould try to interrupt sitting asoften as possible,” she said.“Don’t just send your colleaguean e-mail. Walk over and talk tohim. Standing up.”

Apple tablet could write aApple tablet could write aApple tablet could write aApple tablet could write aApple tablet could write anew chapter for e-booksnew chapter for e-booksnew chapter for e-booksnew chapter for e-booksnew chapter for e-booksAssociated Press Writer

SEATTLE – The company whose CEO proclaimed in 2008that people don’t read anymore may now be poised to sweepin and school the electronic book reader market. That com-pany is Apple Inc., and its CEO, Steve Jobs, was predictingAmazon.com Inc.’s Kindle would never take off. But if Apple’stalks with publishers are any indication, its “latest creation,”set to be unveiled Wednesday, could upend the fledgling e-reader industry in much the same way its iPod redefined digi-

the mainstream by selling it for $259, down from the debut priceof $399. Analysts say the Kindle is the top-selling e-book reader,though Amazon won’t say how many it has sold.

Electronic books make up an estimated 3 percent to 5 percent ofall book sales, but publishers and authors worry about Amazon’sgrowing clout. The company has been selling electronic versions oftop hardcover titles for $9.99, and publishers fear that consumerswho get used to such low prices will demand to pay less for paperbooks, too. Enter Apple. The company won’t comment on what itplans to unveil Wednesday in San Francisco, but it appears likely tobe a tablet — a one-piece computer with a big touch screen, prob-ably larger than an iPhone but smaller than a laptop. While mostattention has been paid to the device’s possibilities as a Web-surfingand video-watching machine, a multipurpose tablet from Apple alsocould be the publishing industry’s welcome challenger to the Kindle.

Amazon currently sells e-books for people to read on the iPhoneand iPod Touch, which is essentially an iPhone without the phone.People with Kindles can download a free program to the iPhone thatenables them to read an e-book, put it down and resume it at thesame page on either device. But given the success of the iPod/iTunesmodel, in which Apple sells songs and videos for people to stash ontheir Apple-made devices, if Apple sees its new device as part e-book reader, it will almost certainly want to sell e-books itself.AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2009 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs isseen during an Apple event in San Francisco. Apple’s newtouch-screen ‘tablet’ computer, expected to be unveiledWednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, could give publishers the alternativeto Amazon.com they have been craving and give consumers anew way to think about reading books without paper.

Wednesday, January 27, 201014 InternationalSport

The draw opened up for hernicely when Clijsters was knockedout in the third round and Heninhas seized the opportunity, usingher vast experience to down deter-mined Russian 19th seed NadiaPetrova 7-6 (7/3), 7-5. She nowfaces the dangerous Zheng, whodestroyed unseeded Russian MariaKirilenko 6-1, 6-3, for a place inher 12th Grand Slam final. Zhengis in her first Australian semi-final,matching her run at Wimbledon2008, and with Li Na also still inthe tournament, Chinese tennis ison a high.

Li plays sixth seed Venus Wil-liams in the other quarter-final onWednesday, while defendingchampion Serena Williams takeson seventh seed Victoria Azarenkaof Belarus. “Henin for me is sucha good player, she is so strong men-tally,” said Zheng, who was far toogood for Kirilenko, who playedwith her left thigh heavily strapped

Associated Press Writer

MIAMI – LeBron James and Dwyane Wade walkedoff the court at halftime, smiling toward each other after anepic performance worthy of superstars. At game’s end, onlyJames left happy. James hit two free throws after a scarytumble and blow to the head with 4.1 seconds left for thewinning points, and Wade missed a jumper over the reign-ing MVP’s outstretched arm at the buzzer as the EasternConference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers beat the MiamiHeat 92-91 on Monday night.

“It came down to one possession,” said James, whomatched Wade with a game-high 32 points. “Whoever gotthe last stop was going to win the game. Luckily it was us.”Wade had 30 at halftime, then only two the rest of the way— and missed two big free throws with 41.2 seconds left,part of a 1 of 6 showing from the line by the Heat in thefourth quarter .

It cost Miami dearly. “We put ourselves in the rightposition,” Wade said. “Just mistakes tonight that I madethat I normally don’t ... cost us.” As great as the back-and-forth between Wade and James was at times, the last half-minute might be all anyone remembers from this one.Guarding his good friend for the first time all night, Wadeblocked James’ shot with about 28 seconds left, givingMiami the ball and a one-point lead. But on the ensuingpossession, James — defending Wade this time — cameup with a steal when the league’s defending scoring cham-pion tried a wraparound pass, drove in from halfcourt andcreated what became a frightening scene for both teams.

James and Wade went toward the hoop together, withQuentin Richardson defending as well. Both James andWade landed awkwardly, and James writhed in pain forabout 2 minutes as the entire Cavs’ bench came out to checkon their fallen leader. He got up, walked Richardson’s fouloff and made two free throws with 4.1 seconds left for a92-91 lead. “For him to get up after that collision and knockdown two free throws the way that he did, he’s got icewater in his veins, baby,” Cleveland coach Mike Brownsaid. “Ice water.”

And in the ensuing huddle, Brown wanted to call adouble-team on Wade. The coach was overruled. “I got D-Wade,” James said. Wade’s shot bounced off the iron, and

Reuters -

World heavyweight cham-pion Wladimir Klitschko willdefend his titles against Ameri-can Eddie Chambers inDusseldorf in March. Thehighly-anticipated fight is dueto take place on March 20 at the51,000-seater Esprit Arena. The33-year-old Ukrainian has notbeen in the ring competitivelysince he defeated RuslanChagaev by technical knockoutlast June.

With Klitschko going upagainst an opponent six yearshis junior and with just one de-feat on his record, many believethis will be one of his toughestchallenges yet. Klitschko cur-rently holds the WBO, IBF andIBO heavyweight belts and hasopenly admitted that he is look-ing forward to fighting Cham-bers, who he believes is cur-rently the best American in theheavyweight division.

He said: “Chambers isclearly the best heavyweightboxer in the United States andis for good reason ranked top.“The fight will take place in agigantic stadium and I am al-ready looking forward to it.”

While Klitschko will be headinto the bout as firm favourite,Chambers is optimistic about

Henin to face Zheng in Aussie Open semiHenin to face Zheng in Aussie Open semiHenin to face Zheng in Aussie Open semiHenin to face Zheng in Aussie Open semiHenin to face Zheng in Aussie Open semi

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Justine Henin of Belgium returns to Nadia Petrova of Russia onher way to winning their Women’s singles quarterfinal match atthe Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Aus-tralia, Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010.

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MELBOURNE – Justine Henin’s dream run in her first Grand Slam on the comeback trailgathered pace Tuesday as she powered into the Australian Open semi-finals where she will faceChina’s Zheng Jie. The 27-year-old decided to return to tennis after seeing fellow Belgian KimClijsters win the US Open last year, and she has more than justified the faith of organisers herewho handed her a wildcard.

and was clearly struggling in the heat. “I just want to go out there and

enjoy the match and play well.” Byreaching the semis, the 26-year-oldfrom Chengdu will return to the top20 for the first time since June lastyear. Henin, whose win made her justthe third women’s wildcard to reachthe semi-final of any Grand Slam af-ter Zheng at Wimbledon in 2008 andClijsters at last year’s US Open, saidshe was now daring to dream.

“I’m here again in the last four.It’s just much more than what I couldexpect and the dream continues,” saidHenin, who called it quits in May2008 after losing her enthusiasm.“But there’s still a long way to go.I’ll just try to be focused on what Ihave to do on the court and hope itkeeps going this way. I’ll have goodrecovery and two good nights. That’swhat I need. But it’s just a great feel-ing to be in the semis of the first GrandSlam since I’m back.”

She had struggled through long

matches in her last three rounds, defy-ing her aching body and an injured leftthigh to reach the last eight, and therewas little between her and Petrova asthey went shot for shot on a hot day.Henin took the early advantage whenshe broke in the fifth game, seizing onthree double faults to go ahead 3-2.Petrova broke back three games laterbut promptly lost her serve, leavingHenin to serve for the first set.

She was unable to do so asPetrova attacked, but the Belgianplayed a brilliant tiebreaker, openinga 6-1 lead and taking the set in 55minutes. The loss of the first set firedup the Russian and she skipped outto a 3-0 lead in the second, breakingHenin twice in the process. However,the 27-year-old Henin, a renownedfighter, clawed her way back to getthe set on even terms. Then at 5-4 andPetrova serving, Henin attacked againand the Russian faltered, sending abackhand long and ensuring Henin’spassage to the final four.

LeBron saves Cavs at the end, beat Heat 92-91

(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23)shoots as Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem,right, and Miami Heat guard QuentinRichardson (5) defend in the second quarterduring an NBA basketball game in Miami, Mon-day, Jan. 25, 2010.

it was over. “The good, the bad, you’re up, you’re down,”Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “I’ll take it all with thisteam.” Shaquille O’Neal scored 19, Daniel Gibson had 15and Anderson Varejao finished with 13 points and 10 re-bounds for Cleveland.

Wade had 10 rebounds and five assists for Miami.Jermaine O’Neal finished with 18 points, Michael Beasleyhad 16 and Rafer Alston and Udonis Haslem each scored10 for the Heat. Jermaine O’Neal had 14 in the first quarter,Wade had 13 in the period, and Miami was off and runningwith a 34-24 lead after the first 12 minutes.

Wlad to FaceChambers in March

World heavyweight cham-pion Wladimir Klitschko willdefend his titles againstAmerican Eddie Chambers inDusseldorf in March

his chances and feels he couldcause a big upset.

He says: “Klitschko may bethe favourite but I know what Iam capable of and I will take abelt collection back home.”

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Thomas Nyirenda was the unconsolableZambian at the end after Enyeama saved hiskick - the seventh of the shootout - and Nige-ria scraped through despite having OnyekachiApam sent off during extra time. The ultra-negative last quarter-final of the biennial Af-rican football showcase was a massive disap-pointment after victories for Ghana, Algeriaand Egypt in thrillers. Defending championsEgypt made the penultimate stage a few hoursbefore Nigeria thanks to a 3-1 extra-time tri-umph over Cameroon with 170-cap midfielderAhmed Hassan scoring twice for his side andonce for his opponents.

Back in the knockout phase of the com-petition for the first time since 1996, Zambiahad to make two enforced changes from theside that defeated Gabon to reach the quar-ter-finals as shock Group D table-toppers.Defender Chintu Kampamba and midfielderRainford Kalaba collected two yellow cardseach in the mini-league stage and youngFrench coach Herve Renard drafted inHichani Himonde and William Njobvu. Ni-geria retained the starting line-up from theirfinal pool match against Mozambique that de-livered an ultimately convincing 3-0 win andjustification that they could go far in the tour-

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Nigeria’s Uwa Elderson Echiejile is challenged by a fallen Joseph Musondafrom Zambia in their African Cup of Nations quarterfinal match, at TundavalaStadium in Lubango, Angola Monday, Jan. 25, 2010.

Agence France - Presse

WOLVERHAMPTON – Martin Skrtel hasurged Liverpool to go on a long winning run as RafaBenitez’s side look to strengthen their ChampionsLeague claims with a victory at struggling Wolveson Tuesday. Uncertainty continues to surround thefuture of Reds manager Benitez as a result ofLiverpool’s failings, with his team already eliminatedfrom the League Cup, FA Cup and ChampionsLeague.

After being humiliated by Reading in the FACup, Liverpool earned a battling draw at Stoke be-fore beating Tottenham and Skrtel believes his side’slack of domestic cup games will mean they arefresher than their closest rivals in the race for a topfour finish. Skrtel said: “I firmly believe that bettertimes are ahead of us as up to present we have beenfar behind the pre-season objectives.

“The last two games against Stoke andTottenham showed us that we are ready to do ourbest for the club. We would like to start a long win-ning run. In the Premier League we want to finishfourth in the worst case. Unlike our rivals, though,we will be playing fewer games, so we should bemore relaxed and have more energy. I believe wewill reach our objective of finishing within the topfour. Also, we are still in the Europa League andwill be trying to get as far as possible.”

One player hoping to be an integral part ofLiverpool’s expected charge is Alberto Aquilani,who admits the pressure is still on him to justify hissubstantial price tag following a difficult start to hisAnfield career after joining from AS Roma. The Ital-ian midfielder is expected to make another start atWolves, despite the expected return of StevenGerrard from a hamstring problem, although Benitez

Milan -

Inter President Massimo Morattiagrees with Jose Mourinho’s opinionthat someone doesn’t want his side towin the Scudetto this season. TheNerazzurri beat Milan 2-0 lastMonday,but had to do so with nine-men afterWesley Sneijder and Lucio were sent off.“The referee weighed a lot on the game.We played in 10 men for an injustice,”Moratti said, referring to Sneijder’s 27thminute red card.

The Dutchman was given hismarching orders after sarcastically clap-ping the referee, something that consti-tutes a yellow and not a red card in therulebook.

“What remains is the pleasure of hav-ing won with character and good foot-ball. But I had confirmation of these uglyand unpleasant signals that I warned ofduring the week. I am certainly nothappy about this.” Asked if Inter nowhave the Scudetto in their pocket,Moratti replied: “I believe not. The windis blowing against us.”

Previously Jose Mourinho openlyaccused the referee of trying to stop In-ter from winning. “The only way we’dlose was if we were down to six.” Di-ego Milito gave the Nerazzurri an earlylead and Wesley Sneijder was sent offfor sarcastically applauding the refereejust 27 minutes in, but still won the derby2-0. “I have already understood theywon’t let us seal up the Scudetto. When

Goalkeeper Enyeama takes 10-man Nigeria into semisGoalkeeper Enyeama takes 10-man Nigeria into semisGoalkeeper Enyeama takes 10-man Nigeria into semisGoalkeeper Enyeama takes 10-man Nigeria into semisGoalkeeper Enyeama takes 10-man Nigeria into semisAgence France - Presse

LUBANGO, Angola – Nigeria goalkeeper Victor Enyeama turned Africa Cup ofNations matchwinner by converting the decisive kick in a 5-4 penalty shootout winover Zambia on Monday after a goalless quarter-final. John Obi Mikel, ObafemiMartins, Obinna Nsofor and Osaze Odemwingie also scored from the spot to give the‘Super Eagles’ a 100 percent success rate from five kicks.

nament after a sluggish start. Jubilant that his pre-tournament promise of

a quarter-finals place had been met, Renard sawthe game as a chance to embellish his reputa-tion amid reports that he desires a more attrac-tive African coaching post. Rival coach ShaibuAmodu is 10 years older at 51 and under con-stant stress from public and media criticism de-spite just one competitive loss since takingcharge of the national team a third time a coupleof years ago. The countries had come face toface four previous times in the Nations Cup withNigeria winning two and Zambia one after agoalless first meeting in Ghana 32 years ago.

And after a goalless first half in this centralAngolan town it was hard to fathom who wouldprevail this time and book a semi-finals datewith the Black Stars of Ghana in Luanda onThursday afternoon. Chelsea midfielder Mikelended a lot of cagey early combat with asweetly struck drive after some slick passing,but Kennedy Mweene dived swiftly to his leftand pushed the ball away with a strong one-hand save. Zambia became more adventurousas time passed and after Enyeama rose to graspa deep, dangerous cross, striker JamesChamanga just failed to connect with a threat-ening ball across the six-yard box.

Moratti: The windblows against us

at Bari Bonucci is not sent off and in thederby the officials do everything to stopus winning, I see what is happeninghere,” he told Sky Italia television.

“There is a different criteria. Thereferee asked if I would be angry if oneof my players sarcastically applauded mydecision, but I said no. I’d let it go. Thereferee should’ve had more commonsense. But we understood as time wenton that it was not a coincidence that ref-eree Rocchi gave Sneijder that red card.”

In stoppages Lucio was also dis-missed for a second bookable offenceafter giving away a penalty, which JulioCesar saved from Ronaldinho. “Weproved everything. We proved that theonly way we were going to lose was ifwe went down to six men, as with sevenwe still would’ve won,” crowed Mou.

“Inter were spectacular on a tactical,physical, psychological point of view andright from the start it was obvious wewere stronger and could win comfort-ably. The win was important, but I leavehere with a strange taste in my mouth.The game was strange. I am foreign andmaybe don’t quite understand Italianfootball yet, but it’s your problem andnot mine. We were fortunate to only endup with nine men and that is why wewon, not exactly comfortably, as Milandid everything they could until the endwith great pride, so it was never easy.But we won without debate and I knewLeonardo will be the first to admit Interdeserved it.”

Martin Skrtel has urged Liverpool to go on along winning run as Rafa Benitez’s side lookto strengthen their Champions Leagueclaims with a victory at struggling Wolves onTuesday

Liverpool defender Skrteldemands winning run

will still be without injured star striker FernandoTorres.

Aquilani said: “I know a lot has been said andwritten about me so far without me being able toprove my ability in matches. But soon, I believe thatI will. I understand that people are still wonderingwhether I will be a good signing for Liverpool, but Ineed to be judged after I have played in a run ofgames. I feel a lot better about my fitness now, al-though it could still be higher.”

“I am relaxed because I know I can do a lot bet-ter, and with time I know that will happen.” Wolvesmanager Mick McCarthy rested several key playersfor the weekend’s 2-2 FA Cup draw with CrystalPalace and has no regrets despite the poor result.McCarthy said: “I had no hesitation in making thechanges. Of course I was thinking of the Liverpoolgame. With the team we played, any club in theChampionship would be thrilled with that side.

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“I think we have everything it takes to do it,” said Schumacher, appear-ing in Mercedes-Benz race overalls. “It’s one thing to have all the ingredi-ents to be able to cook it up but it’s another thing to have a good result. Ibelieve with the experience Ross has, with what we did last year, havingMercedes as the team itself, with all the experience and the know-how andthe quality they have, on top of myself... I’m sorry but there’s only onetarget.

“But it’s one thing to have a target and another thing to achieve it.”Schumacher confirmed that physically he was in top shape, and that hisneck had held up perfectly well to last week’s outing in a GP2 car at Jerezin Spain.

“Yes, I’m sure,” he said when asked if he was confident he was fit enoughfor an F1 return. “I’m hot. It’s just taking far too long to get going and wecan’t wait for next week. I have no issues with the neck. I’ve done the GP2test and lots of preparation in the winter, lots of check to make sure all isgood.” Schumacher also revealed that team principal Ross Brawn had beenpushing him to make a return before this year – and that he was first ap-proached about a potential tie-up with Honda two years ago.

“Quite honestly, we had been almost every year in contact,” saidSchumacher about his contacts with Brawn. “When he went to Honda atthe time, he sort of suggested that there was an option, but I wasn’t readyfor it.

We always kept in contact, and saw each other at the races and we hadloose contact – sometimes it was a serious question from him and some-times it was a joke. In Abu Dhabi, he sort of touched already a little bitabout this subject, but not deeply. We were just celebrating mainly, andthen he called me. Knowing that he calls me at this time of the year, andyou know what is going on in the business, you knew what was going to behis question.”

FORMULA 1 has edged closer to a further over-haul of its points structure for the 2010 season afterteams approved a new system that will offer greaterrewards for winning. Just more than one month afterthe old 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 system was replaced with aMotoGP-type format (25-20-15-10-8-6-5-3-2-1),sources have revealed a meeting of F1 think tank theSporting Working Group in London on Friday approveda further overhaul to reward more for race wins.

Rather than there being a five points different betweenfirst and second, teams agreed to expand that differenceto seven points - with further tweaks to the points takingplace lower down the order. The new points structure

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German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg, left, and Michael Schumacher pose in front of a F1racecar during the presentation of the new Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One team in theMercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart, Germany, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. The racecar is a car fromlast season, the new Mercedes F1 racer will be presented next week.

Schumacher: Mercedes ready for titleStuttgart

Michael Schumacher says Mercedes GP has all it needs towin the world championship this year - but admits that successis far from guaranteed. Clearly eager to get on with his first testin the 2010 car, which will be unveiled at the Valencia test nextweek, Schumacher said at the launch of his team’s new colourscheme in Stuttgart on Monday that all the elements were inplace for a successful campaign.

Teams agree to points system tweakapproved by the SWG is: 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1.

The matter still needs to be approved by next month’smeeting of the Formula 1 Commission before the FIAWorld Motor Sport Council can put it into the 2010regulations, but this is likely to be a formality with teamsalready having voted in favour of the changes. Althoughyet another change to the regulations is not ideal forF1, especially after such fanfare in December at thefirst amendment, Red Bull Racing team principal Chris-tian Horner is adamant that the sport should always beready to put its hands up if it thinks things are wrong.

He also believed a greater points gap between firstand second would provide greater motivation for driversto fight harder for the win. “I think you should never beafraid of change so long as it is a change for the better,”he told AUTOSPORT ahead of the SWG meeting.

“And I think that what the points are trying to bedesigned to do are first of all - to generate a peckingorder perhaps lower down in the top ten - so that withthe points going down to 10th place there is reward fora top ten finish. But I think also one of the factors thatBernie is keen to look at is perhaps having a heavierweight between first, second and third, so there is moreemphasis that rather than drivers cruising and collect-ing points, that they have to go for it.”

“It is not because drivers don’t want to take the risk,but if the points difference between a win and second istwo points it is not the end of the world, whereas if it is asignificant number then it adds motivation for the driversto push each other very hard.” AUTOSPORT understandsthat the SWG also discussed the idea of awarding pointsfor pole position or fastest lap, but neither of these con-cepts were agreed. The SWG also talked at length aboutthe possibility of introducing a rule that would force driv-ers to make two mandatory pit stops during a race, but thiswas not approved either. F1 drivers will therefore onlyneed to make a single pit-stop in 2010 so as to ensure thatthey run on both types of tyres made available.

Formula 1 has edged closer to a further over-haul of its points structure for the 2010 sea-son after teams approved a new system thatwill offer greater rewards for winning