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Protected
This Week Preserving Irrigation (subak) is also
Systems and Tax Relief for accelerating the shift from
Page Farmers Needed to Keep
Bali from
agriculture land use. "If
someone buys land, they tend
to block off
Current News 1 - 11 Being
Paved
irrigation
ditches,
Sports News 12 - 14 Over.
Bi
isolating
agriculture
Real Estate 15 - 24 snisBali
says that
lands further
downstream,
Crossword 27 Bali's
agricultural
" he added.
While
Sudoku 27 lands must
be
irrigation
ditches are
What’s On 29 protected
to counteract the uncontrolled
technically
owned by the local community,
conversion of farming land to
It’s All About Bali 30 other uses that has occurred
the land office in Bali has
proven itself incapable of
over the past few years.
Joke Corner 31 Prof. Dr. I Wayan Windia
monitoring and protecting the
ancient subak irrigation system.
of Udayana University's
Horoscopes 32 Agriculture Faculty warned: "The
Because of this, Windia
is calling on the authorities to
change in function has been
World News 25 - 40 uncontrolled. Meanwhile, land
protect agricultural lands that
are being increasing laid waste
taxes on agricultural by residential and villa projects.
tracts in strategic It is equally important,
areas are very high. according to the agricultural
These tax rates are economists, that tax rates be
not in step with the controlled and kept at a level
agricultural output affordable to local farmers.
Poppies Lane I,No.30 Agung Market Area Kuta - Bali of these lands." The Bali agricultural
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Loose Lips Sink Trips
Editorial: New Year's Eve
Statements Issued by Bali
Tourism Official
Demonstrate a Lack of
Professionalism in the
Island's Marketing.
It was the email heard
round the world.
On December 31,
2009, Al Purwa, in his capacity
as the Public Relations
Director of the Bali Tourism
Board sent a circular email
advising the following: "The
Governor of Bali Mr. Mangku
Pastika wishes to share a
message to all of us: 'There is an
indication of an attack to Bali
tonight.' but please don't be
panic, but put your security
system to full alert."
Purwa, who is the
Chairman of the Bali Chapter of
the Indonesian Association of
Travel Agents (ASITA), also
encouraged those receiving his
message to "forward to all of
your friends and colleagues."
And forward it, they did.
Within hours the email
was prominent in Google News
and a hot topic with various
international media, including
CNN, Sky Channel, BBN, CBS
and Sky Channel. The email was
also quoted by both the U.S.
Embassy and British Embassy in
their on-line travel advice for
Indonesia. Spreading the word
even further, Twitter and
Facebook burned bright
repeating the Tourism Board's
warning to New Year's revelers in
Bali, no doubt prompting some to
cancel or curtail their plans for
lavish spending on entertainment
at one of Bali's many nightspots.
With the dawn of the
New Year and reports confirming
no terrorist activities in Bali to
usher in the New Year, other
reports began to surface on the
international media, some
quoting Putu Suardika, the
spokesman for the office of the
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Governor of Bali, denying
that Pastika had ever made such
a statement. Reuters quoted
Suardika, saying: "No, he (the
Governor) never said that, either
in writing or verbally. We never
put out any warning, either written
or spoken."
Police in Bali also
discounted the Bali Tourism
Board's warning. Gde Sugianyar,
a spokesman for the Bali police,
said his office was not aware of
such a threat and "always tried to
ensure security was as tight as
possible."
One Security office from
an Embassy confided that the
"indication" of an imminent attack
mention in the Tourism Board
email did not mesh with any
current intelligence on terrorist
threats for Bali.
Similarly, the Head of the
elite ant-terrorist Detachment 88
attached to National Police
Headquarters, Brigadier General
Tito Karnavian, said he had no
idea of where the indication of an
attack had originated and doubted
its accuracy. Said Karnavian: "I
don't know where this information
came from. What's clear, it's not
from us (Detachment 88). This
information is not accurate and
probably not correct."
What Went Wrong?
It's hard to conceive of
any possible explanation for such
a gross miscommunication. Either
the Governor made such a
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statement or Purwa
must explain on behalf of
the Bali Tourism Authority
how he could circulate a
direct quote of the governor
that Pastika's office
absolutely refutes.
On a more basic
level, even if the governor
had made such a
statement, the email sent,
despite its request not to
panic, was so inexpertly
crafted that it had the very
opposite effect.
If any lesson can be
extracted from this entire mess,
is is that in the future, greater
care must be taken in drafting
official statements on behalf of
Bali tourism; the facts must be
checked and rechecked; and the
authorization for publication
should be signed off by people
demonstrating greater
communication acumen than
that displayed in the subject
email sent on New Year's eve.
A failure to grasp these
lesson will continue to cost Bali
both its reputation and business.
And, less we forget, the
object of terrorism, like its name
implies, is to create fear and
terror. Spreading
unsubstantiated innuendo, such
as was the case with the BTB
pronouncement, has made the
organization charged with
promoting Bali tourism an
unwitting agent of terror.
Bali cannot allow this
highly embarrassing incident to
merely fade into oblivion. Both
the governor and the Bali
Tourism Board should conduct a
rigorous review to see how this
happened and ensure it won't
happen again in the future. Only
this will begin to restore the
public trust which has been so
badly damaged by this needless
"false alarm."
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'Jungle woman' starts speaking again

Cambodia's "jungle woman", progress," he said, adding
whose story gripped the that her condition appears to be
country after she apparently improving from day to day.
spent 18 years living in a Sal Lou said his daughter
forest, has begun speaking had stopped trying to flee into the
normally instead of making jungle as she had in the past.
animal-type noises, her father "Even though we tried to
said. take her into jungle, she wanted to
Rochom P'ngieng, 28, stay at home," he said, adding that
went missing as a little girl in she is able to eat food now.
1989 while herding water buffalo The jungles of Ratanakkiri -
in Ratanakkiri province around some of the most isolated and wild
600 kilometres north-east of the in Cambodia - are known to have emerged from the dense
capital Phnom Penh. held hidden groups of hill tribes in forest where they had fled in
In early 2007 she was the recent past. 1979 after the fall of the
brought from the jungle, naked In November 2004, 34 genocidal Khmer Rouge regime,
and dirty, after being caught people from four hill tribe families which they supported.
trying to steal food from a farmer.
She was hunched over
like a monkey, scavenging on the
ground for pieces of dried rice.
She could not utter a
word of any intelligible language,
instead making what Sal Lou, the
man who says he is her father,
calls "animal noises".
Cambodians described
her as "jungle woman" and "half-
animal girl" and since rejoining
society, Rochom P'ngieng has
battled bouts of illness and was
hospitalised in October after
refusing food.
But Sal Lou says that this
month his daughter had started
to understand Cambodia's Khmer
language and could even speak
the language of his ethnic
Phnong tribe.
"She is becoming a
normal human being like others.
She has been starting to speak
out now - she speaks the
language of Phnong," she said.
"She can ask for food,
water and so on when she feels
hungry," he said.
The apparent
breakthrough happened after
Rochom P'ngieng's
hospitalisation, when doctors
gave her injections to treat a
nervous illness for a few days,
Sal Lou said.
"She is very gentle and I
am very happy with her
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Bali The Right Way
about wedging this thing into a
couple of milk crates to let it off,
and with the precision of two
professors, decided that this was
the best way to go about enjoying
their spoils.
Ok so we now have this thing
G'day Again Readers,
ready to go and with a simple
touch from a lighter there is an
What a night we had on New
Year's Eve, I can safely say I
almighty “BOOM” as the first shell
shoots skyward as it's supposed
have never seen so many
to and the bloom of the thing fills
fireworks shooting skyward in my
the night sky in the compound with
many years of living on this
a brilliant array of colours four
magnificent Island. It was
storeys high. Both men are
fantastic. I tried to drop in to as
pleased with the outcome and
many places as I could during the
look back at the elaborate launch
night, and in my travels, even
pad ready to see the next shot belt
though most of the roads in Kuta
out and discover that the thing has
had been closed, thanks to a
now fallen due to the percussion
travel warning issued at about
explosion from the first shot and is
2pm, I did see a lot of people
now laying on its side pointing
letting fireworks rip most of the
directly into someone's
night. I did hear a funny story
apartment, (Now is the time I
about a couple of fellow revellers
would have ran, see ya fellas,
who mysteriously!!!!! Came into
gotta go) not so with our
possession of a rather large (and
intoxicated hosts. Old King Gee
I mean huge) 8 shot firework.
leaps into action like a story book
Now punters you have to get this
super hero and grabs the thing by
picture in your heads, we have
the base and corrects the direction
two blokes, who have both been
upwards with a micro second to
enjoying the Bintang for many
spare “BOOM” again the second
hours and along come's this
shot is fired into the night sky.
m a s s i v e r o c k e t l a u n c h e r.
Now we have a situation, as if King
Apparently it was like two kids in
Gee lets this thing go it's going to
a candy shop both of which can
fall and start shooting these
hardly stand up. They have set
Man begs to spend new year in jail
A Sicilian man stole sweets and a packet of chewing gum so he could get arrested and spend
New Year's Eve in a jail cell rather than be with his wife and relatives, Italian media reported.
The 35-year-old Sicilian first showed up at a police station on Thursday (local time) asking to
be arrested because he preferred spending the night in prison rather than with his family, but was
rebuffed because he had not committed a crime, the Agi news agency said on Friday.
The man immediately went to a tobacco shop next door, where he threatened the owner with
a boxcutter as he grabbed a few sweets and a packet of gum.
He then waited until police arrived to arrest him for robbery.
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massive shells into rooms,
windows and possibly the bar
(please not the bar) so in another
split second decision, “BOOM”
there goes number three shot,
old mate tells King Gee to stay
there and hold it till it's finished,
and assures him that he will stop
him from catching on fire as with
each shot there is hot ash and
debris which falls from the top of
the four foot launcher. Now we
have one bloke holding this
thing, with the other madly
patting down and brushing off
the burning ash from the back of
the other. All eight shots are
spent and the night goes on after
half an inch of ash is cleaned
from the bloke holding this thing.
Would have been a very funny
thing to watch. Well done you
two, I'm looking forward to next
year's effort.
Ok readers I do hope you all had
a good time on New Year's Eve
and didn't suffer to much the next
day. I do hope this year is a good
one, for us all, with as much
happiness, health and above all
else that the year is a safe one
for everybody. Be well, until next
week, Enjoy,
Aliasj
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Women's "The publicists hold all the
Weekly, and nude
photographs of
power and they just won't allow it."
Butterfly Foundation
curvy celebrities general manager Julie Parker said
Bianca Dye and there had been a "significant shift"
Tiffani Wood in in magazine attitudes since the
Madison Government began talking about
magazine. body image issues.
But the "A couple of years ago you
magazines are would not have seen this," Ms
having trouble Parker said.
ditching their "I think people are
Jennifer Hawkins addiction to perfect
skin tones and
recognising women and men want
to see more natural images."
cellulite-free thighs. The health system should
poses nude for magazine One woman who be overhauled to better treat
posed for a people with eating disorders, Ms
A TINY crease on her waist, a
slightly dimpled thigh and
Madison magazine "dress for your Parker said, listing as priorities day
shape" picture spread said she was programmes for sufferers to have
naturally uneven skin tones -
shocked to see wrinkles and bumps supervised meals and access to
these "flaws" on the exquisite
airbrushed from her face and legs. specialist doctors and
body of Jennifer Hawkins
Ms Ellis established an psychologists, and better
represent a minor revolution in
Australian magazines.
advisory panel which drafted a preventative education for
national body image report, teachers and parents.
Naked, unretouched
including a voluntary code on "Preventative and early
photographs of the 26-year-old
minimum age limits for models, clear intervention measures are a lot
model will appear on the cover of
notification of digital enhancement or more cost-effective than having
Marie Claire this month, in a bid by
airbrushing of photos and "better people being hospitalised," she
Hawkins and editor Jackie Frank to
representation of diverse body said.
join the "positive body image" trend
shapes and sizes".
in glossy magazines.
"I'm not a stick figure - I
The report, which also urged
the Government to invest in school
thought it would be great to tell
and parenting programs, is due to
women to just be themselves and
have a formal Government response
be confident," Hawkins tells the
early this year.
magazine, which hits news-stands
Ms Frank conceded Ms
on Wednesday.
Ellis's push "has brought the issue
But the pictures owe
out on the table, but the Government
nothing to the federal
Government's proposed "code of
actually really needs to look at itself.
If it really wants to have an impact
conduct" for magazines' portrayal
they need to get more serious about
of women, Ms Frank said, The
it".
Sunday Telegraph reports.
Ms Frank said the images,
"It's had no impact," Ms
Frank said of the proposed
which will raise funds for eating
disorders support group the Butterfly
voluntary code, launched by Youth
Foundation, were inspired by a
Minister Kate Ellis last year with a
budget of $125,000.
Marie Claire survey of 5500 readers
which found only 12 per cent of
"The Government
women were happy with their
obviously feels this is an issue, so
bodies.
it's thrown a bone out there. But in
terms of real change, it hasn't
The shoot could never have
happened without Hawkins being
achieved anything," Ms Frank said,
"brave enough to say she didn't care
adding she believed the
about the little lumps and bumps
Government should address issues
and creases", Ms Frank said, adding
such as better public health funding
more natural photos could only be
for the treatment of eating
published if others did the same.
disorders and obesity.
"The real problem is that
In recent months, several
Australian magazines just cannot
magazines have run "body image"
specials, with an unretouched
get hold of unretouched pictures of
(international) celebrities," she said.
Sarah Murdoch on the cover of
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Bungling bank robbers top Darwin Awards
TWO bank robbers who blew
themselves up trying to make a
sizable withdrawal from an ATM
have been declared the 2009
winners of the Darwin Awards -
while the first woman to be
nominated came in third.
Organisers say the annual
"prize" is given to "those doing the
most to improve the human gene
pool ... by removing themselves
from it".
This year the dubious first
place went to the pair of bungling
thieves in Belgium who wildly
overestimated the amount of
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dynamite they needed to rob
a bank.
They both were killed when
the blast demolished the entire
building the ATM was housed in.
Police only found the body of
the second robber some twelve
hours after digging through the
debris. They had initially assumed
he had made a getaway.
The bankrobbers just edged
ahead of Florida man Shawn
Motero, who was stuck in a traffic
jam when nature called.
He got out of his car and
jumped over a concrete wall to find
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death, adding: 'He probably
thought there was a road, but
there wasn't.'
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After being rescued by
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robber who used gold spray paint
to disguise his face as he raided a
convenience store.
The paint released toxic
8.30 am Brisbane Classic Tennis
fumes and Thomas James, from
South Carolina, collapsed and Mon, 4-9 Jan 2010
died shortly after the robbery.
To add insult to injury, the
disguise didn't work - with
witnesses having no problem
8.00 am Medibank Int. 2010
identifying the 23-year-old.
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FO O TBALL SH DJ sacked for pulling plug on 'boring' Queen

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the Royal Family are good for
company, the Orion
Media Group program, said the

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tourism, but the French DJ's comments were
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EAGLES T beheaded theirs and people "inappropriate", adding: "We do
still visit France," before not condone what he said in any
cueing up the Wham song, he way, whether said in jest or not.
said. "Tom will now not be

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He added that one
listener got really angry, "he
sent me a message saying I
featuring again on our radio
stations," said its program and
marketing director David Lloyd.
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A British radio presenter has hoped I'd get killed by a roadside would have tuned in to hear the
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T-Shirts, Singlets, Muscle Shirts, Polo’s, Shorts Queen's speech; and I tried to
Caps, Stubby Holders, Key Rings, Bed Covers, Etc. plug on Queen Elizabeth II's all the texts we received were in deal with it in a funny way. After
traditional Christmas Day support of what I'd done." all, they employ comedians to
If You Want To Make Up speech, telling listeners it was
Shirts, Polo’s, Caps, Stubby Holders, Etc. The radio station's parent make jokes.”
"boring".
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Oil and Water Don't Mix said on air as he stopped the
broadcast, before quipping "from
Tune Hotels the hotel claiming water contamination. one Queen to another..." as he
Denies Its Checks ordered by the hotel of the structural put on Last Christmas by pop duo
Polluting Bali's integrity of the hotel's fuel tank revealed no breach Wham, featuring openly gay
Water Tables while tests of local well water revealed no oil singer George Michael.
and Shares contamination. The first set of water tests were Binns explained that the
What it's Doing conducted by Udayana University and the company incident occurred after the
to Keep Peace is awaiting the results of a subsequent test by Bali's Queen's Speech - a decades-old
with its Sanglah General Hospital due within the coming tradition still watched by millions
Neighbors. ten days. Tests were also conducted by the Bali of Britons and others every year -
The Environmental Agency that showed some oil had came on at a point when he had
controversy been spilled onto the soil at the filling spout for the expected a regular news bulletin.
surrounding reports in the local press that the tank. This spillage is not, however, considered "I was working on my own
recently opened Tune Hotel on Jalan Ciung severe enough to cause ground water on Christmas Day, I'd even had to
Wanara, Kuta in Bali is contaminating local water contamination. let myself into the studio. After the
supplies continued to boil. While no conclusive test have proven guy before me finished, we
Reports in NusaBali and Denpost speak of ground water contamination, for the sake of good should have taken the news from
a visit to the hotel by Commissions A & B of the community relations the hotel accepted a request Sky, and then my show would
Badung House of Representatives (DPRD- from the 3 families and paid for a deepening of the start," he said.
Badung) on Monday, December 12, 2009. During current well's depth. The drilling process is now "But instead of the news,
the visit legislators found that the hotel held the underway. we got the Queen's speech. I
required permits and licenses for operations but In the word of Widjaja: "Whilst we are knew it shouldn't be there, but
were highly critical that the hotel may be leaking pleased to see that professional evidence indicates having never heard it before, I
fuel oil into the local water table. no mishaps have taken place, we are mindful of the didn't know how long it was going
Sandjaja Widjaja, Country CEO, for Tune situation facing our neighbors and are eager to to go on for.
Hotels in Indonesia wrote to Balidiscovery.com help. Whatever the problems that have arisen with "I'm not trained to make
clarify his company's position. their water well, we feel the need to assist the 3 editorial decisions, but I decided
Widjaja said his company was taking the families to achieve their aim of fresh water and on to get rid of it and make a joke. I
charges very seriously, insisting they reacted the 26th December have been in the process of said, 'Two words: bor-ring'.
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Teen's $2 million fraud charge
AN 18-year-old Brisbane
student has been charged with
defrauding Queensland's
biggest bank of $2 million in a
case that has set off alarm bells
about online banking security.
Philip Heggie, who is
enrolled to study business at
University of Queensland,
appeared in Brisbane Magistrates
Court on New Year's Day charged
with fraud and attempted fraud,
The Sunday Mail reports.
The alleged offences
involved online banking and false
identification.
The money was allegedly
transferred from an internal
account where Suncorp holds a
large percentage of the bank's
own money.
Just two days before the
teenager's arrest, Suncorp
general manager Terry Wasmund
was praising the bank's award-
winning internet banking scheme.
Mr Wasmund said that
after online security attacks in the
mid-1990s, security measures
had improved and Queenslanders
had embraced online services.
The bank was recently
awarded best Australian-based
transactional web and mobile
service.
A Suncorp spokesman
yesterday said the bank would
review its systems and
procedures and continue to assist
police.
Heggie, of Eight Mile
Plains, was arrested last
Thursday after he allegedly tried
to withdraw $5000 from the $2
million account at Suncorp's
Garden City branch.
A detective said in a
statement tendered in court that a
teller had reacted to "a gut
feeling" and police were then
contacted.
After a night in custody,
Heggie made his first appearance
in court, unshaven but dressed
smartly in a long-sleeved, collared
dark shirt and pants. He sat
quietly in the dock, watched by his
father.
An unknown Suncorp
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staff member is believed by
police to have processed the $2
million transfer from the internal
account into an account Heggie
allegedly set up under the false name
of Shane Seato.
According to documents
tendered to the court, about the time
he tried to withdraw the $5000,
Heggie sent a mobile phone text
message to an unknown person
saying: "Best day of the next 20 years
of my life. If all goes well, drinks are
on me tonight".
Six weeks earlier, Heggie had
been cautioned, but not charged, by
police after Customs intercepted false
identifications addressed to the
student, the court was told.
At the time, Heggie allegedly
claimed he obtained the false IDs
from an offshore website and they
were to be sold to friends before
Schoolies, according to the police
documents.
Police prosecutor Senior
Sergeant Mark Gorton opposed bail,
tendering a statement by an Upper Mt
Gravatt CIB investigating officer,
outlining how the fraud allegedly
unfolded.
On December 17,
identification in the name of Shane
Seato was used to verify opening of a
Suncorp-Metway account at an
Australia Post outlet at Pinelands
shopping centre.
On December 21, eight
accounts were opened by internet on
the bank's website.
On Christmas Eve, an
internal journal was allegedly created
to debit a Suncorp business banking
term deposit account and credit one
of Seato's accounts.
"An unknown person at
Suncorp sent a request to process
the journal, debit Suncorp's own
account and credit Seato's account,"
the detective's statement said.
At 4.40pm that day, $2 million
was allegedly transferred into the
Seato account from the internal
Suncorp account in which the bank
held a large percentage of its own
money, the detective said.
At 1.32pm on New Year's
Eve, Seato registered over the phone
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for internet banking, was
assigned an internet customer ID
number and chose a password.
Seato then allegedly
transferred by internet $2 million
from a sub-account into his main
account, which could be accessed
at a bank branch.
At 2pm Heggie allegedly
went to the suburban branch,
handed over a NSW driver's
licence in the name of Seato and
asked to withdraw $5000.
Police allegedly found
Heggie with extra ID in the name
of Shane Seato.
According to the
documents, police allegedly found
banking documents in his home
bedroom with a false name, birth
date and address, fake Shane
Seato ID, with Heggie's photo and
more than 20 blank credit, debit
and ATM cards with magnetic
strips.
Defence solicitor Peter
Russo said the only way the
money could have got into
Heggie's account was if someone
in Suncorp authorised the transfer.
It was unknown how this occurred.
He said police could either
allege that Heggie had a co-
offender who was yet to be caught,
or he could be seen as a "foolish
young man" who ended up with
money in an account he had tried
to access.
"He needs to have his
wings clipped," Magistrate Pam
Dowse said before releasing
Heggie on bail, with a full-time
curfew condition that he not leave
his family home, unless
accompanied by his father.
She also banned Heggie
from accessing the internet.
Heggie, who was not required to
enter a plea, will reappear in court
on February 22.
Kuta Weekly
Tune Hotel Responds
Mark Lankster, CEO
Target Hotels, Insists
'No Frills' Hotels are
Good for Bali
Tourism.
As reported on
Balidiscovery.com two
new "no frills" hotels
have come under
criticism form local
legislators and business
circles claiming their low
price policies infringe on
a portion of the market
normally reserved for
indigenous investors.
Mark Lankster,
Group CEO of Tune Hotels has
contacted balidiscovery.com
with the following points of
rebuttal:
Tune Hotels.com is a
limited service product. What
this means is that we eschew
the traditional amenities that our
guests have told us are not
important to them and pass on
the cost savings directly to our
guests. These amenities include
ballrooms, business centers,
conference rooms, swimming
pools, gymnasiums and so
forth. In addition we are very
mindful of the massive carbon
footprint that traditional hotels
produce via extraordinary
energy use and try to reduce
energy costs as much possible
via assisting our guests to save
on air-conditioning and reduce
effluent into our sewerage
systems through lowering
laundering of towels, etc. We
provide very competitive room
rates which are not inclusive of
air-conditioning or towels and
amenities and by paying extra
assist our guests to play their
part via a " "pay for use"
system.
Our overall pricing
policy is driven very much by
our business model. Our model
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is that bookings are
driven through our website and
our booking engine deploys a
proprietary demand based
pricing model. What this means
is that consumers, similar to the
low cost carriers, who plan in
advance can obtain very
attractive room rates for stay
dates booked significantly in
advance. Bookings made at a
late stage, i.e. for only a week in
advance or if a walk-in, attract a
higher price, depending on the
demand for room bookings on
that specific date and generated
by the software within our
bookings engine. For our Bali
hotels a single room rate starts at
Rupiah 68,000 per night, not
including charges and taxes,
again provided you book
significantly in advance and the
other end of the spectrum on late
bookings or walk-in bookings, we
would naturally be comparable
with other 3 star hotels.
Our mantra is that we do
provide a “5 Star Sleeping
Experience for a 1 Star Price”,
meaning that for attractive room
rates for advance bookings, we
offer a great night's sleep with
great beds. We are not a 5 star
hotel with the amenities and
services of a 5 star hotel.
The macro economic nd
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reality is
that the world's low
cost carriers are
driving the growth
of passenger
numbers and
tourists overall.
Some of these
passengers will opt
to stay at limited
service hotels and
book considerably
in advance, like
Tune Hotels.com,
but some clearly
will opt to stay at
higher end hotels
and resorts and locally flavored
Melati styled accommodation.
We have seen that the growth
in total passenger numbers and
in addition, our own aggressive
marketing and advertising
strategies, tends to benefit the
entire tourism ecosystem. First
of all, oftentimes we are full on
100% occupancy and other
hotels, inns and resorts are
automatically beneficiaries from
our aggressive marketing.
Secondly, the guests at any of
the Tune Hotels.com network,
end up actually spending more
time and money in the local
economy as they have saved
on "in-hotel" costs, specifically
room rates. The multiplier effect
within the local economy can
be quite significant.
Travelers and tourists
are considerably smarter today
and know what they want and
are in a position to make
informed decisions. A Tune
Hotel will not fit the needs and
expectations of all. Each class
of hotel in, for example Bali,
has its specific lure and
attractions. What we do offer is
additional choice in the
hospitality spectrum and that
choice comes with a limited
amount of services.
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Security Guard Seeks Counselling
A mysterious naked man
was caught running
through an Australian
owned hotel in the middle of
the night last week.
A “Kuta Weekly”
reporter has interviewed the
security guard who offered the
man a towel after discovering
him in a down stairs toilet.
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The guard said “at first I
thought I had seen a flash of
lightning” but went on to say
that, “after further investigation
I found a man who had lost his
way after a heavy night drinking
and just needed the toilet”.
Apparently the guard is
seeking a counsellor, as he is
now having trouble sleeping
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One thousand forced to flee Australia floodwaters Chips Included Cabinet

Bank Indonesia
SYDNEY (AFP) More than
1,000 people were forced to
Phil Campbell, from the
State Emergency Service
bureau spokesman
Decrees Ministers Flock
said the rain had been the
Indonesian Credit
evacuate their homes in (SES). heaviest in the area in a
Cards Must Now
to Bali for New
southeastern Australia "That particular flood decade.
Sunday as the worst height does give us some "As I guess most
Bear Security Years
floodwaters to hit the area in Chips. Four Cabinet Ministers
concern regarding the levee people are aware, it's been
a decade threatened to Bank Spend Working Holidays
that does protect 224 fairly dry for some time ... 5.5
swamp a remote farming Indonesia has Over New Year's in Bali.
properties within Coonamble metres would probably be
town, officials said. decreed that, Four Minister from the
and, as such, an evacuation the biggest peak (for
Residents of order has been issued," he beginning in early Indonesian Cabinet spent the New
Coonamble) in the last 10 Year's period on a working holiday
Coonamble, in central New told state radio. 2010, all credit cards
years," he said. in Bali, according to the Protocol
South Wales, were ordered Several towns have issued in Indonesia
"Probably the last Department of the Bali provincial
to leave their homes as the already been cut off by the are required to government and the national new
peak of this sort of
local river threatened to burst deluge, which has been magnitude was in 2000." contain a computer agency Antara.
its banks, after days of soaking the drought-ravaged Waters at nearby chip as an added Minister of Health Endang
secuirty measure. has also made Rahayu Setyaningsih was in town
punishing rain unleashed by state since Christmas, the Gilgandra and Mendooran to attend the 50th anniversary of
ex-tropical cyclone Laurence. SES said. were receding after major A regulation issued by necessary the replacement Denpasar's Sangah General
"We are looking at a The weather bureau flooding earlier in the the Bank in April 2009 to Electronic Data Capture Hospital.
flood peak in the early hours warned farmers to prepare for weekend, it added. mandates the use of chips. (EDC) machines capable of State Minister for
of Monday morning at around week-long isolation ahead of Sri Suparni, the Deputy dealing with the new chip- Cooperatives and Small and
Director of the Directorate of enabled cards. To date, Medium Enterprises, Syarifuddin
5.5 metres (18 feet)," said Hasan, came to Bali to speak to
Payment Systems at Bank 83.78 % of the 219,000 EDC 1,000 college graduates,
Horoscopes: Predictions for Jan. 04-Jan. 10 Indonesia, said: "In order to machines operating in encouraging them to become
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) -- Your love of the LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) -- Good news enhance security, we are Indonesia have been replace entrepreneurs.
holidays creates a special bond between you and the about a loved one makes the holidays even more widening the use of chips with machines able to Minister for Maritime
people in your life. Use this as a way of building festive. Expect some unexpected gifts, so be prepared
with a few nicely wrapped packages of goodies to which offer more security facilitate the chips. Affairs and Fisheries, Fadel
stronger relationships that will carry over well Muhammad, was touring the
beyond this time. offer in return. than the old magnetic strips." Foreign travelers carry regency of Karangasem in East
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) -- A new approach SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) -- The She explained that the chips the older magnetic strip Bali to inspect a prawn production
could go a long way toward resolving a painful holiday season provides an opportunity to meet new
people, some of whom you might even consider store customer information in cards may begin center.
estrangement, especially at this holiday time. And
since your aspects favor friendship this week, why "worthy" enough to join the Scorpio's select group of a more secure way that is encountering problems using Forestry Minister Zulkifli
friends. Hasan spent the New Year holiday
not go ahead and try it? less accessible to possible their cards in Indonesia as
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) -- in Pumeteran on Bali's north shore
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) -- Your positives
You always bring your own wonderful sparkle and fraudsters than is the case the "old-fashioned" magnetic
continue to dominate, and any negative factors that in the Buleleng regency. During his
squeeze in can be dealt with easily. The secret is to
light to the holidays, and don't be surprised if this year with the magnetic strip cards. strip EDC machines are visit, Zulkifli released ten rare and
someone special reaches out to respond to your
tackle them at once and not allow them to benefit by
warmth in kind. Only credit cards phased out. endangered Bali starlings back into
your neglect.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) -- issued in Indonesia are the natural habitat of the West Bali
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) -- Good news: A National Park.
colleague's remarks could help you move toward
Togetherness is the dominant theme for the Goat's affected by the new ruling. ---------- *** ----------
holiday celebrations this year. That means reaching
ultimately resolving that persistent workplace
out to bring everyone you care for into your very own Whether ATM cards and
situation. Meanwhile, enjoy the holidays with loved
ones.
special circle of light. other debit cards will
LEO (July 23 to August 22) -- No one reflects the
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) -- A eventually be included in the
reminder of a very special moment from the past
bright holiday more than all you Leos and Leonas
makes the holidays more memorable for the romantic
new ruling is still under
who love the shimmer and glimmer of the season.
P.S.: There just might be a very special something
Aquarian. New friendships hold the promise of a review by the Bank.
romantic future as well.
from Santa. According to Bank
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) -- Getting into the
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) -- Celebrate
swim of things for all you party-loving Pisceans is
Indonesia, as of January
the holidays by being more receptive to new
experiences. Overriding the Virgo reluctance to try
easy enough this holiday season. And, of course, you 2010, 99.6% of the
new things could be the best gift you've given can expect to impress people wherever you go. 10,262,331 Indonesian credit
yourself in a long while. card holders have already
IF YOU WERE BORN THIS WEEK: Your dedication brings you the success you strive for, and had their old cards converted
your generosity impels you to reach out and help others on their way up. to chip-carrying cards.
This change in policy
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Abdurrahman Wahid,Indonesia's 4th President,Dead at 69
30, 2009, at Jakarta's Cipto
Mangunkusumo Hospital at the age
of 69. The late President and
champion of religious and cultural
tolerance had been suffering from
kidney failure and diabetes.
Wahid's condition declined
rapidly starting from at mid-day on
Wednesday, causing President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to
interrupt his schedule to rush to Gus
Dur's bedside at the moment of
death.
Controversial for what were
seen as his sometime contrarian
stands, Gus Dur will be remembered
as uncompromisingly committed to
democracy and Indonesia's
acceptance of an inclusive form of
government providing opportunity
Gus Dur Loved and Respected and protection to every political,
for his Tireless Defense racial and religious grouping. As a
Democracy and Religious mark of both the man and the
Tolerance. esteem in which he was held, many
Indonesia's 4th President, of those interviewed on local
Abdurrahman Wahid, more television stations following his
popularly known as “Gus Dur,” died death, including some who had
on Wednesday evening, December vigorously opposed Gus Dur during
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his lifetime, were reduced
to tears when asked to comment
on his passing.
Gus Dur came to power as
President in 1999, a post he held
for less than 2 years before being
replaced by Megawati
Soekarnoputra, who served out
the remainder of his term.
Gus Dur, whose funeral
included official Presidential
ceremonial rites, was buried in a
simple graveyard in Jombang,
East Java.
"All religions insist on
peace. From this we might think
that the religious struggle for
peace is simple ... but it is not. The
deep problem is that people use
religion wrongly in pursuit of
victory and triumph. This sad fact
then leads to conflict with people
who have different beliefs."
Abdurrahman Wahid - 1940 -
2009
Bali Tourism to Focus on
Key Markets
Bali Tourism Promotion in 2010 Aimed on
Australia, Japan, Europe and Malaysia.
The Bali Tourism Authority (BTA) has
announced that it will continue to promote in
key potential markets, such as Australia and
Japan. Australia and Japan continued to be the
main source markets for Bali tourism in 2009
with Australia displacing Japan as the top
producing country for visitors.
Beritabali.com quotes the Head of the
BTA, Ida Bagus Subhisku, as saying the
demand for Bali among Japanese and
Australian tourist remains high, with many
travelers from these markets yet to discover
Bali for the first time. Said Subhisku: "Many
Australians and Japanese do not know Bali,
prompting us to promote in these two countries.
This is also the case for Europe. Asia and
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Within ASEAN Subhisku sees Malaysia
as the country with the most potential for
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visitors, with Malaysian nationals now holding
fourth place among all foreign visitors to Bali.
J k e C r e
n r
THE BUTTOCKS
A married couple were in a terrible
accident where the man's face was
severely burned.
The doctor told the husband that they
couldn't draft any skin from his body,
because he was too skinny. So the wife
offered to donate some of her own skin.
However, the only skin on her body that
the doctor felt was suitable would have to
come from her buttocks.
The husband and wife agreed that they
would tell no one about where the skin
came from, and they requested that the
doctor also honor their secret. After all,
this was a very delicate matter.
After the surgery was completed,
everyone was astounded at the man's new
face. He looked more handsome than he
ever had before! All his friends and
relatives just went on and on about his
youthful beauty!
Impressed, she walked over and placed her parrots
One day, he was alone with his wife, and he
was overcome with emotion at her
sacrifice. He said, 'Dear, I just want to
"Hi, we're hookers! Do you want to have some fun?'
thank you for everything you did for me,
how can I possibly repay you?’
Shocked, one male parrot looked over at the other
My darling,' she replied, 'I get all the
thanks I need every time I see your
mother kiss you on the cheek.’
TWO PARROTS
A lady goes to her priest one day and tells him,
'Father, I have a problem.
I have two female parrots,
but they only know how to say one thing.'
'What do they say?' the priest inquired.
They say, 'Hi, we're hookers!
Do you want to have some fun?'
'That's obscene!' the priest exclaimed,
then he thought for a moment.
'You know,' he said,
'I may have a solution to your problem.
I have two male talking parrots,
which I have taught to pray and read the Bible.
Bring your two parrots over to my house, and we'll
put them in the cage with Francis and Peter.
My parrots can teach your parrots to praise and
worship,
and your parrots are sure to stop saying . .
That phrase . . in no time.’
'Thank you,' the woman responded,
'this may very well be the solution.'
The next day, she brought her female parrots to
the priest's house.
As he ushered her in, she saw that his two male
parrots
were inside their cage holding rosary beads and
praying.
in with them.
After a few minutes, the female parrots cried out
in unison:
There was stunned silence.
male parrot
and exclaimed,
‘You can put the beads away, Frank. Our prayers
have been answered!'
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IT’S ALL ABOUT BALI
Watukaru or Batukaru Temple
Luhur Watukaru temple
or Pura Batukaru is one of the
biggest Hindu Temples in Bali
(Sad Kahyangan) with Catur
Lokapala Temple and
Padmabhuwana Temple status.
It is set in the plateau area with
lush tropical rain forest surround
it. It is situated in the peaceful
area which is far from the local
resident that is ideally for
worship. There are some temple
building spread out through the
tranquility of rain forest and the
big mountain of Batukaru as a
back drop.
Location
Watukaru or Batukaru
Temple is located at Wangaya
Gede countryside, Penebel
District and Tabanan regency,
and west part of Bali Island. It is
located right on the foot of
Mount Batukaru and about 1.30
hours from Denpasar Airport.
History and Temple
Festival
The history of this
temple is difficult to be found
out even in the ancient omission
exists in this temple. For
example some profile area like
harpoon own the Ancient Bali
type, but no written data found
it. The effort study and research
of this temple history remain to
find difficulties. The temple
festival at Luwur Watukaru or
Batukaru Temple is executed
every six-month or 210 days
which is every Thursday
Umanis Wara Dungulan
(Balinese Calendar), just the
day after Galungan Day (the
biggest Balinese Hindu
Holidays). The extension day of
temple festival is executed
during eleven day, to give the
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opportunity for Hindu
public society especially in Bali to
come for praying. Pengempon
(the society who take care of the
temple) has the obligation to take
care of the temple inclusive of
ceremony execution. This fact is
one of characteristic power
outside of physical of Watu Karu
Temple.
Watukaru or Batukaru
Temple on Temple Festival
Kubayan is
commissioned holy occupation
lead the temple ceremony and
his status higher than all priests
in Pretending pertinent Ancient.
In the execution of praying during
the temple festival or the certain
day ceremony, it has to be
preceded by doing pray in Beji
Temple which is located in
eastside of Watu Karu Temple or
inside of Madya Mandala (middle
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inside of Madya
Mandala (middle area) and
Nista Mandala (outside area).
After doing pray in Beji Temple,
then the praying is continued in
the main temple building
located in the center of temple
area. This is also not need
again clean the hand and
gargle because, it has been
conducted the hallowing of
body by conducting pray in Beji
Temple. This is specification of
praying procession in Watukaru
Temple.
Temple Structure
The three elements
temple area of Watukaru or
Batukaru is equal to other
temples in Bali generally
which is consisted of outside
area (Nista Mandala), Middle
area (Madya mandala) and
Center area (Utama
Mandala). After refurbishing
three temples are of this
temple in some years ago, the
element conception and
structure of these three
temple areas are
progressively become
everlasting and conceptual.
This is especially in outside
area where we can meet the
existence of Wantilan building
(Meeting Hall) which can be
used for multifunction and it is
located on the right of the
entrance gate. The
refurbishment at the parking
area has made easy for the
Hindu society or all tourists who
pay a visit to this temple. It is
also other public facilities like
toilet which is located at outside
temple area or the left side of
entrance gate is in good
condition and cleans enough.
Kuta Weekly
Neighbors, We're Good Neighbors
Holiday Inn Baruna Resort Bali
Cements Ties and Cooperation
with its Surrounding
Neighborhood.
The Holiday Inn Resort
Baruna Bali has taken dramatic
steps to strengthen ties with the
surrounding community by
signing of two memoranda of
understanding (MUO) with
community leaders in Kuta on
December 28, 2009.
Part of an increasing level
of cooperation between the hotel
and its Balinese neighbors which
has included the installation of
lighting along the beachfront and
around a nearby temple, the
construction of a statue at a main
intersection near the Resort, and
the provision of a fresh water
source for use by local fishermen
Police Arrest Two Men in the Murder of Japanese Woman
Bali Police Take Less than 5
Days to Arrest Two Men in the
Murder of Japanese Woman in
Kuta.
As reported by
balidiscovery.com, a Japanese
woman was brutally murdered in
Bali on Saturday December 26,
2009
In less than a week after
the commission of the crime, Bali
police have identified and
arrested two men for the murder
of Hiromi Shimada (41) but with
authorities still trying to identify a
motive for the crime.
The Head of the
Denpasar Police, Alit Widana,
according to Kompas.com, says
that the police held strong
evidence linking the men arrested
to the murder.
Widana said the men
arrested knew the Japanese
woman and she was killed for
personal reasons.
In a separate report in
Bertitabali.com, the two men
identified as having murdered
and raped the woman are two
construction workers from Java,
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and beach workers.
Under the terms of the just
signed MOUs the resort assumed
responsibility to cover part of the
utility costs in the surrounding
community and to become a major
employer of community residents.
The Resort's General
Manager, Stéphane Varoquier
said, "It's all about a establishing a
shared sense of belonging. We are
excited at the prospect of
cooperating with local leaders to
improve the overall appeal of this
exceptional beachfront locale."
Community representative,
Dr. Mustika, made a brief speech
following the signing. He
commented, "I feel that there is
passion and commitment within
the boundaries of Holiday Inn. I am
confident that the Resort will be
Mawaradi, also known as
Anto, and Abdurahman, also
known as Abdu. The men have
reportedly already admitted to the
police that the murder took place
after a drinking session with the
deceased woman and was
precipitated bu her refusal to have
sex with the men.
Anto was arrested at his
residence in Kuta while police
arrested Abdu in his hometown of
Jember in East Java.
Police have entered into
evidence a knife used in the
murder, clothing, cable use to bind
the victim, jewelry, the victim's
passport, ATM card and wallet.
An autopsy on the
woman's body performed at Bali's
Sanglah General Hospital
confirmed that she had been
stabbed 25 times and bled to
death from 6 stab wounds to her
stomach.
Hiromi had spent the last
10 years traveling back and forth
between Bali and Japan. She had
married and divorced Indonesian
men twice during that period,
giving birth to a child who now
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recognized in the next Tri
Hita Karana awards. This is a
Balinese concept that
acknowledges the harmonious
balance between man, his
environment and God Almighty.
Hopefully this collaboration will
become a pilot project for the
local community and other
hospitality based companies.”
lives with her first
husband.
At the time of the fatal
assault, Hiromi was living alone
in cheap rented accommodation
in Kuta. According to various
reports, the Japanese woman
enjoyed a partying life-style
marked by bouts of drinking. Her
means of support were
reportedly monthly remittances of
between Rp. 15-20 million
(US$1,500 US$2,000) sent by a
relative in Japan. At the time of
the death, she was awaiting
deportation by immigration
authorities scheduled for January
19, 2010, for having overstayed
her visa.
Following her death,
police interviewed more than 20
persons of interest before making
the arrest of the two men.
In September 2009,
another Japanese woman, Rika
Sono (30), was murdered in Kuta
leading to the arrest of a man
who has confessed to killing her
in a robbery attempt while posing
as a policeman.
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Aussie brickie blunted by darts 'Power' play
A former brickie from
Queensland has suffered a
heart-breaking loss in the
final of this year's World
Darts Championship in
London.
Simon Whitlock, known
in darts circles as the Wizard
of Oz, was beaten 7-3 by
now 15-time world champion,
Englishman Phil 'The Power'
Taylor.
The Brisbane-born
Whitlock, who now calls
Cessnock home, was brave
in the face of a partisan
crowd at Alexandra Palace
Legendary British darts
and the match was closer
commentators Sid Waddell
than the scoreline suggests. and John Gwynne could not
help mentioning most
things stereotypically
Australian during their
broadcast.
They made
references to Crocodile
Dundee, the dreamtime,
and labelled Whitlock a
"Brett Lee lookalike" (save
0 the beard and ponytail).
Whitlock was runner-
up in the British Darts
Organisation world
championship in 2008 and
had been hoping to make
it one better.
The championships
are the biggest darts
contest in the world and
has a prize pool worth
360,000 pounds
($645,000).
Whitlock's loss in the
final still left him 100,000
pounds ($180,000) richer.
"I'm proud of the way
I played tonight. I think I
pushed Phil here tonight,"
Whitlock said.
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"I just want to come
back here next year and be
even stronger."
Whitlock, who is
introduced at tournaments to
the sounds of New Sensation
by INXS, also declared his
intention to play the British
professional circuit.
"This tournament has
changed my life. I can come
here now and play the circuit.
I want to push these guys.
"I'm just going to keep
trying (to win the world title)
and I'll never give up."
Taylor trailed Whitlock
by two sets to one but then
produced a stunning
recovery hitting finishes of
170, 167 and 161 in a run of
five successive winning sets.
"I think that's one of the
greatest finals, no disrespect
to the others," he told Sky
Sports.
"It was hard work but
this is everything I've ever
dreamed of and practised for.
It's been absolutely brilliant
and I'm so chuffed."
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An Intelligent World
I Made Saryana and
Mega Sari at the
Ganesha Gallery
January 7 - February
1, 2010.
In general, the
graphic arts - etchings,
lithographs and woodcuts
- have attracted little
interest in Indonesia
where collectors tend to
be more obsessed with
paintings.
This has begun to
change in recent years, a
fact reflected in an
exhibition of two Balinese
artists, I Made Saryana
and Mega Sari, who work
in the technically
challenging art of
woodcutting.
Not surprisingly,
both artists, graduates of
Yogjakarta's prestigious
art academy, ISI, cite
similar reasons for
choosing this medium. "I
like this technique
because of the unique
textures that result from
layering", says Saryana.
And, indeed, his works
are complex and colorful
compositions inspired by
Balinese daily life and
imagery re-imagined on a
contemporary level with an edgy
sense of post modern humor.
His art also is influenced well
known painters Heri Dono and
Faisal, who burst onto the
Yogyakarta art scene in the
1980s.
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Mega Sari, a female from
Tabanan, Bali, insists that "the
challenge of making a good
woodcut is in the details." While
her colors are subtler and
subjects more lyrical than those
of Saryana, they display the
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same characteristics
that have attracted the likes
of Albrecht Durer and
Hokasai to practice the
earliest form of printing. The
connection with Japanese
prints is seen in the rich
textures, stylized reality of
the images and the general
compositions. The Japanese
nuance of Mega Sari's works
is further explained by a
period art study in Japan
where she has mounted 12
solo exhibitions.
An Intelligent World
While both artists
share certain themes -
Balinese dancers and
Balinese daily life - Mega
loves still life, often depicting
flowers in vases. For those
who claim that woodcut is a
foreign import, they should
consider and study the
similarity between the
technique of using copper
and sometimes wood blocks
to apply wax to make batik
which is a clear link to the
Indonesian tradition of
printing on cloth.
An Intelligent World
An Exhibition of
Etchings, Lithographs and
Woodcuts by I Made
Saryana and Mega Sari
January 7 - February
1, 2010
Open Daily
Ganesha Gallery at
the Four Seasons Resort at
Jimbaran Bay
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Bali and Beyond: Southeast Sulawesi Clijsters opens 2010 in style

Southeast Sulawesi Opens Belgium's Kim Clijsters letha
opened the New Year in l.
Tourism Office in Bali and Clijst
Two Other Indonesian the best possible style ers'
Cities in Order to Help when she overpowered forehand
Increase Domestic and Italian Tathiana Garbin 6- was
I n t e r n a t i o n a l To u r i s m 2, 6-1 in the first round of particularly
the Brisbane damaging,
Visitors. pinning
The Culture and Tourism International on Sunday. Garbin back
Office for Southeast Sulawesi Despite a nervous start in the
(Sultra) is opening tourism to the match when she lost her corners and
serve in the opening game, the forcing a
information centers in three
reigning US Open champion host of
major Indonesian cities in order quickly found her form to
to enhance the promotion of that errors from
overcome Garbin in just 53 her
province. minutes. her sensational US
The Head of the Culture opponent.
Garbin had no answer to The strength of Clijsters' Open victory in New York.
and Tourism Office for Southeast the 26-year-old Clijsters once "It was a nice feeling to
groundstrokes put Garbin's serve
Sulawesi, Ibrahim Marsel, told Information Offices will be open 24 hours the Belgian found her range, under immense pressure and the be out there again," she said.
Bisnis.com that the three cities scheduled to a day for access by anyone desiring information with an array of powerful and Italian was unable to cope, "I felt like my
host Sultra Tourism Information Offices are on Southeast Sulawesi tourism and the tourism accurate groundstrokes proving making just groundstrokes were going really
Jakarta, Bali and Batam. "These Tourism 51 per cent of good, I felt like I was standing
activities planned for 2010," Marsel explained. up on the baseline and really
In opening the Tourism Information her first
serves. changing the direction of the
Bali Mobile Centers, the plan is to increase both domestic
and international tourism visitors to the region
Clijste
rs took full
rallies."
The win delighted the
and to use the network of centers to organize a large crowd packed into the Pat
Phone Rental schedule of promotional events. Sultra has
advantage
and broke Rafter Arena, who gave Clijsters
created a calendar of tourism events for 2010 twice in the a rousing reception when she
including the Wakatobi Festival, an international Ph.0361-758173 stepped onto the centre court.
first set and
gathering of Bajo people, a seminar on
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held in April 2010. Discover Sultra will be held in round.
The first round on Monday in her first
September October 2010 and will focus on art match since making a
and culture, local products, the selection for a
tourism ambassador and Miss Sultra, and a
Bloody Cold Beer match was
the former comeback.
Clijsters said the
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Ponting concerned over Shield future

Ricky Ponting has
expressed his fears over
the possible reduction of
the Sheffield Shield
competition to allow for the
expansion of the domestic
Twenty20 tournament.
The Australian captain
said the Sheffield Shield had
played an important role in
Australia being the leading
cricket nation over the past
15 years.
"I'd hate to see the day
where we start playing more
Twenty20 cricket at the
those Sheffield Shield
games away then before you
know it... you just don't want
to tinker with things that are
working so well."
His comments come as
Cricket Australia weighs up
increasing the size of the Big
Bash competition for the
2011/12 season following its
increase in popularity this
season.
This summer's
domestic Twenty20
tournament has been aided by
the appearances of overseas
cut the Shield
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competition from 10 rounds
back to eight.
Ponting thought it
would be hard to find space
in the summer for Australia's
international stars to have
much of an involvement in
any enhanced Twenty20
tournament.
"It's a competition that
we've all enjoyed playing in
the past and I'm sure the
current Australian players
would like to play a bit more
over the coming years," he
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$5m man lives in van, fixes potholes, rides bike
A MAN who won $5 million in
Lotto still lives in a caravan
and has no plans to retire from
his local council job fixing
potholes.
Paul Cousins, 52, the
nation's most frugal multi-
millionaire, who lives in Western
Australia, only spent $50 on a
carton of budget beer and a
Chinese takeaway meal to
celebrate the win two months
ago, Perth Now reports.
And he reckons he's "as
happy as Larry" in the caravan
he's lived in for the past five
years.
"It's been comfortable
enough all these years," he said.
Mr Cousins, a lifelong
Lotto player, bought the $4.20
Slikpik ticket from his local
newsagent. When his numbers
came up, he rode his battered
bicycle to verify the win.
"Well I couldn't drive,
could I? Someone had stolen my
car a week earlier," he said.
"When I found out it was
$5 million, I bought a pack of
ciggies, had a few beers and
some Chinese and went into work
like normal the next morning."
His only concession to
becoming an overnight millionaire
was to buy a new Jeep and help
out his parents and five siblings,
who all live in WA.
"I'm just the same simple
bloke," said Mr Cousins, wearing
thongs, Stubbies and a flannel
shirt as he sat outside his
caravan and told his amazing
story.
"Mind you, it's nice having
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a car that's got aircon."
While he's banking most of
the $5 million fortune, a new
outboard motor for his aluminium
runabout is at the top of the
shopping list.
"The old one's been
buggered for a long time," said the
52-year-old bachelor, who is also
in the market for a new bed. "I've
been sleeping on a swag in my
caravan but I reckon I might get a
nice new air bed," he said.
Swanky holidays aren't on
his radar either. "I might take a trip
to Boddington or Goomalling to
see some family. Maybe I'll head
up north and see what the mud
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said.
crabs are like, but I'm not
an overseas sort of bloke," he
The millionaire's sister
Sherilee Laidlaw, 44, said her
brother "might buy himself a new
fishing rod, but that's about it".
"You wouldn't even know he had
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the money," she said. "Only the
bank would know."
Brother-in-law Rod
Laidlaw said it couldn't have
happened to a nicer bloke.
"He can hardly read or write, but
he knows numbers," he said.
"He's done it tough and
deserves every cent."
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Rudd authors 'very cute' children's book
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very, very cute, even cuter
than one might imagine," the
spokeswoman said.
"Jasper in the flesh is very
old family pets, much beloved."
“Women may argue that
having a G-spot is due to diet or
exercise, but in fact it is virtually
impossible to find real traits,”
said Tim Spector, professor of
genetic epidemiology, who co-
authored the research. “This is
by far the biggest study ever
carried out and it shows fairly
conclusively that the idea of a
G-spot is subjective.”
In the research, 1804
British women aged 23 to 83
answered questionnaires. All
were pairs of identical or non-
identical twins. Identical twins
share all their genes, while non-
identical pairs share 50 percent
of theirs.
If one identical twin
reported having a G-spot, this
would make it far more likely
that her sister would give the
same answer. But no such
pattern emerged, suggesting
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hoity-toity, in a good cat
way, and Abby's gorgeous.
They're old family pets, much
beloved."
The book will be released
on January 26.
Some profits from the sale
of the book will go to children's
charities, the spokeswoman
said.
Mr Rudd jokingly told the
Sunday Telegraph he had
wanted to beat his novelist
daughter Jessica into print, and
it "wasn't the most demanding"
text he had ever worked on.
"It's good to put a more
human face on them," he said
of his much-loved pets, who he
claimed to have interviewed for
the story with Muldoon.
the G-spot is a matter of
the woman's subjective
opinion.
While 56 percent of
women overall claimed to
have a G-spot, they tended to
be younger and more sexually
active. Identical twins were no
more likely to share the
characteristic than non-
identical twins.
Andrea Burri, who led the
research, said she was
anxious to remove feelings of
“inadequacy or
underachievement” that might
affect women who feared they
lacked a G-spot.
“It is rather irresponsible
to claim the existence of an
entity that has never really
been proven and pressurise
women - and men, too,” she
said.
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Bali, Locations To suit Everyone
CANGGU
Until recently, perceived as
something of a hippy hideaway, the
attraction and popularity of Canggu
has caught the notice of both
mainstream buyers and investors
alike. As prices in the trendy
Seminyak area continue to shoot
sky high, a large number of buyers
are now opting for the more sedate
pace of “expat” country lifestyle
living.
The area not only offers all
the first class amenities you would
expect like an international school,
world class championship golf
course and an extremely well
healed members only country club
but also boasts bars, restaurants
and beaches that we have come to
adore here on “The island of the
Gods”. With very large plots,
superbly designed villas very close,
if not on the beach, at far more
reasonable prices, The Canggu
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of a lifestyle purchasers dream.
JIMBARAN
Jimbaran, a short 5 minute
drive from the international airport,
with its large sweeping white sandy
bay, Jimbaran still retains elements
of its traditional fishing village
charm, whilst attracting more than
a handful of internationally
acclaimed five star hotels and
resorts that match standards
offered anywhere in the world
today.
Capital appreciation in the
area is currently pushing 25% per
annum and shows no signs
whatsoever of slowing down, in
fact, quite the opposite!
NUSA DUA
Miles of blindingly white
sandy beaches, protected by a reef
enclosing aquamarine lagoons, it
was no surprise that when it was
decided to create a tourist enclave
in Bali, Nusa Dua was first choice.
No more than 20 minutes
from the international airport, the
worlds five star resorts cosy up
next to each other giving first time
visitors an unforgettable
introduction to the world's most
popular holiday island.
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SANUR deserted white sandy
Sanur retains the charm of a beaches.
typical Balinese village whilst at the written about this dusty,
same time attracting international arid and rugged area, which forms
hotels and developments. Up until the southern most tip of the island.
the time when Nusa Dua was Limestone cliffs of up to 100
designated as the “tourist hot spot”, meters in height provide some of
Sanur was the place to be. In the the best views in the world, along
seventies, boutique hotels in Sanur with some deserted white sandy
such as Tanjung Sari, played regular beaches.
host to stars such as Mick Jagger Everyone wants a piece of
and David Bowie. this area, from international hotel
Since the real estate boom chains such as Bvlgari, Versace
started here on the island, Sanur and Banyan Tree, to established
has somehow been left behind in residential villa developers looking
comparison to other areas such as for that perfect plot. The area
Seminyak and Nusa Dua. This offers secluded beaches,
however is most definitely not a spectacular panoramas, prestige
negative, as Sanur still holds true and exclusivity to name but a few
Balinese charm that other areas may reasons why this is fast becoming
have to a certain degree lost. White the place to be.
sandy beaches, lazy beach cafes Prices have more than
and restaurants offer a very relaxing tripled in the area over the last 2
lifestyle with great families facilities years alone with still plenty of
and international schools all nearby. potential to be realised, so now is
SEMINYAK a fantastic time to purchase off-
World renowned for its plan. Only a short 15 minute drive
stunning sunsets, bars & restaurants from the international airport, The
that offer some of the finest dining in Bukit is fast being referred to as
Asia along with its chic and stylish
fashion boutiques,
Seminyak has now
proved itself as the
most popular
destination for both
high net investors,
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returns and tourists
alike.
No matter
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Semiyak, you are only
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or Legian Beach Contact : STEVE
Restaurant Contact : 0361-283401
081 238 53713
081 338 560 800
email :bigboybali@yahoo.com PRICE FROM
Phone : For SALE !!!!
AUD$ 11,000 - AUD$ 25,000
Peter on BMW 320i
+61 418 600 485 or Aussie Owner CONTACT :
Email All Details to Very Good Condition, Green, ‘94 JAN VLEEMING
skeltonp@tpg.com.au Automatic. 081 337 775 435
Call Mr Jack : 081 337 424 888 email : j.vleeming@indocasa.com
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web sites : www.thesanurcondotel.com

e-mail : bbcsanur@gmail.com

Sales Office : Jl. Sudamala 11 A, Ph. 0361-283401 Fax. 0361-283402.

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