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B a l iG o v e r n o rS a y s ' N oThank You'to the Offera N e wLuxur y Car.

Bali 'sg o v e r n o rM a d eM a n g k uPastika andv i c e -g o v e r n o r A . A . N g u r a hPuspayoga are steadfast inrefusing offers of new officialvehicles paid from the provincialbudget for 2010.

The vice-chairman of thespecial committee for the Stateb u d g e t , K e t u t A d n y a n a ,confirmed that an allocation ofRp. 2 billion (US$222,000) eachhad been set aside by the island'slegislature for new cars for

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P u s p a y o g aonly to have thepurchase ofnew luxury carsfor their officialuse refused bythe two men.

Adnyana expla inedhow the

governors and vice-governor's cars, when requiredto join official motorcades forvisits by President Yudhoyonoor members of the presidentialcabinet, are often unable tokeep up and end up being leftbehind.

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Since the fatal terroristattacks in Bali in 2002 and 2005,the province has fully rebounded,entrenching itself as one ofSoutheast Asia's top tourismdraws. Tourist numbers continueto break records and developersand investors are tripping overthemselves to build hotels, villas,convention centers and tourismparks on the island.

Tourism experts say JuliaRoberts' Hollywood movie "EatPray Love" filmed mostly in Baliand released earlier this monthcou ld fu r the r r a i se Ba l i ' sinternational profile and lure evenmore tourists to the island.

The Ministry of Cultureand Tourism has jumped on thebandwagon, with Indonesianconsulates around the worldreportedly offering tour packagessimilar to that in the film.

But behind the facade of

surf shops, nightclubs and artistcommunities, forces are at workthat could see Bali's impressiverise coming to a grinding halt.

Ironically, at the root of theproblems, which include rampantdevelopment, dwindling naturalresources, a diminishing uniqueculture and increased communaltensions, are the millions oftourists that flock annually to theisland and make it one of therichest parts of Indonesia.Rocketing Number

According to the CentralStatistics Agency, 1.17 millionforeign tourists arrived in Bali inthe first half of the year, a 9.52percent increase from the 1.07million in the same period lastyear.

Australian tourists, inparticular, have doubled every twoyears since the start of 2006, onlymonths after the last terroristbombings on the island.Last year, 446,570 Australiantourists visited Bali, up 42.6percent fro m 2008.

More tourists from Japanand China are also flocking to theisland due to its close proximityand reputation as a low-costdestination.

The increasing number ofvisitors to Bali and the industriescatering to them continue to placeundue pressure on the island'snatural resources and halcyonway of life.

There are concerns thatthe small island could turn intoanother Ibiza, Spain, which isknown for both its crime wave andwild nightlife.

A t t h e r o o t o f t h etrepidation are land developmentand natural resource use forhotels and other tourist sites.

Balinese Hindu culturerooted in the powerful "banjar"village associations depends onland ownership and rice cultivationtraditions.

A Balinese home oftenaccommoda tes up to f ivegenerations, and includes thefamily temple where the livingworship ancestral spirits andcomplete the many rituals definingBalinese life.

In prime areas such asSeminyak, mostly foreign-backedvilla developments have drivenland prices as high as Rp 10million per square meter.

Projects like these havecaused Bali's famed rice fieldsto vanish.

On the surface, this mayappear a good thing, since thetourism sector accounts foraround 30 percent of grossregional domestic product.

But community leadersfear that generations of Balinesewho make an average monthlyincome of $100 are bought out oftheir own land and resources,which they mostly use foragriculture.

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Ignoring All the Warning SignsJakarta Globe Article ProvidesStarkly Accurate Litany ofThreats on Many Fronts to Bali'sReputation as a Paradise Isle.

Echoing topics raisedregularly by Bali Update andwww.balidisocvery.com, theAugust 24, 2010, edition of TheJakarta Globe carried the followingbrutally detailed assessment ofBali's rapidly diminishing charmsas a world tourism destination. Thatassessment was written for theJakarta Globe by Todd Elliot, aJakarta-based analyst with theConcord Consulting Group.Bali: From Celebrated Island ofthe Gods to Deterior ating TouristShanty Town?


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2 Sept - 8 Sept 2010 (197)The rape and murder of a Japanese tourist

and other foreign women are presumably the resultof misperception among Indonesians over thesignals sent by women in scant clothing.

Balinese locals may be accustomed to theliberal ways of the expatriate community, butimmigrants from other islands can be confused andpossibly react inappropriately.

Communal conflicts are also set to increaseas the Balinese and business developers, many ofwhom are from outside the province, fight for landand natural resources while the gap between thehaves and have-nots widens.Sex Trade and Polluti on

Development in Bali is also bringing starkhealth risks, namely HIV and AIDS, as sex workersfrom across Indonesia and Southeast Asia haveflocked to the island to cash in on tourist cash.

Bali's booming commercial sex trade hasgrown along with its tourism sector, with an estimated10,000 prostitutes, mostly in Badung regency.HIV/AIDS infection rates among sex workers areestimated to be as high as 30 percent.Meanwhile, increasing pollution has alsobecome a major concern.

A two-year study by biologists at UdayanaUniversity in Denpasar found the presence ofpollutants that exceed environmental qualitystandards at the main beaches of Legian, Nusa Dua,Jimbaran, Tanjung Benoa and Canggu.

The massive pumping of groundwater to feedthe needs of businesses is also causing seawater tointrude into Bali's water table at an alarming rate atleast five kilometers inland, the study said.

The pollution of Bali's beaches and naturalwater supply is not a new issue but it has becomemore pronounced in recent years due to rapidgrowth.

Several environmental experts have blamedthe pollution on the hotels' laundry and waste-cleaning.

Locals are becoming more aware of thissituation, as residents of a village in Kuta last yearthreatened to seal the newly-opened Tune Hotel overalleged water pollution.

Looking ahead, Bali is set to raise its profilehigher still by playing host to a number of majorevents, including the 2013 Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation summit and the 2014 Miss Worldpageant.

While development and investment from thetourism boom in Bali may appear positive in the shortterm especially for those raking in profits if notproperly managed, as appears the case at themoment, it could have drastic consequences thatmay be impossible to reverse, turning the vauntedisland of the gods into a tourist slum.

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Bali Governor I Made Mangku Pastika hasacknowledged the issues confronting the island.

He said last year that only 140 rivers andwaterways out of 400 in the province are functioningproperly, mainly due to unchecked development andbusinesses pumping groundwater.

The fight for what little land is left fordevelopment has prompted the local legislature topressure the provincial government to implement amoratorium on villa and hotel construction.

Pastika has admitted that his administration isfinding it difficult to control the increase of villas andhotels in the province due to the regional autonomylaw, which gives mayors and district heads theauthority to directly issue construction and businesspermits.

The Tourism Board's Wijaya echoed thegovernor's sentiments. "Are we going to becomeanother Ibiza? We don't need millions of visitors or allthese hotel rooms going up all the time," he said.

"Mass tourism would kill Bali and its uniqueheritage. The central government has given localauthorities too free a hand since decentralization in2001."Crime Boom

Based on the results of the national census inMay, Bali's population now stands at 3.89 million, upfrom 3.15 million recorded in the 2000 census.

The population and development boom hasaffected nearly every aspect of life in the island, notleast of all crime.

Police last month reported the crime rate inBali has shot up 14.8 percent in the first half of 2010compared with the same period last year, with thetourism hubs of Denpasar and Badung regenciestopping the list of crime-ridden areas.

The Bali Police have said that crimestargeting foreigners this year would more than doublelast year's total, as incidences rose to 115 fromJanuary to June this year compared to only 107 for allof 2009.

The crimes in Bali over the past year havebeen driven by a number of factors, which includesimple desperation and opportunity, the probablemotives for incidents such as bag-snatching and ATMfraud.Envy of the lifestyle of the expatriate communityis another crime d river.

What to a foreigner may appear to be an"average" lifestyle is already considered highlyprivileged by Indonesians, inevitably provoking someto try to take advantage.

On one hand, while authorities haveattempted to persuade foreigners to dress withrelative modesty, many ignore the advice.


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Police and SWATteams had t obreak up a riot atthe New WestFest - a music

a n d c r a f t sfestival. POLICE and

SWAT teams in FortCollins, Colorado, werefaced with a riotingcrowd of about 400people early Sundayduring a music and craftsfestival.

Police were called to thescene of the New West Festaround 1am local time after threeseparate reports of fights. Whenofficers attempted to break upthe fights, the people involved

made their way toward acrowd of about 400 at anotherpart of the festival.

Members of the crowdthrew beer bottles, patiofurniture, and other objects atpolice. Others stole fromvendors' booths or set trash canson fire.

A SWATt e a m w a scalled in forbackup aftertear gas fired bypolice failed tobring the crowdunder control.

Severalinjuries werereported in thef i g h t s a n dr i o t i n g ,including twop e o p l e w h o

were taken to hospital after beingthrown through a store window.

Police issued severalcitations for disorderly conduct orfighting, and said more citationsand arrests may be to come.

Fort Collins is about104km from Denver.

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Hello again to all our readers and what abrilliant week it's been in the Baliparadise we all love. It neverceases to amaze me just how f ullof surprises this great little islandis and it's no wonder the surfersstarted coming here with theirboards all those years ago. Canyou imagine just what it wouldhave been like when it was anuntouched little gem? When atourist was hard to find? I guesswe should thank the surfingfraternity to a certain extent foruncovering one of the world'sm o s t p o p u l a r h o l i d a ydestinations. I imagine the boyscame here with no expectationsand arrived simply to have asurfing holiday and catch somewaves .

Now days it's a differentbeast with a trillion surfers arrivingeach year from almost everycorner of the globe, surf board inhand and ready to hit the bars asmuch as they hit the waves. Someof these wax heads don't even get

to the beach anymorethey just bring a board to Bali incase they want to go out andcatch a break. The board iscarried around on the side of amotorbike by way of the dreadedsurf board rack that you will seearound and has become a cymbalof status for chick hunting I rekn.It's the damn board rack on thebikes I don't like and am sick andtired of these idiots trying therehardest to push through traffic likethey don't have anything attachedto the side of the bike.

I think back home theseguys don't ride bikes they justcome to Bali and rent a bike thenproceed to ride as fast as they caneverywhere they go with noregard to other more slower ridersthat have been riding for over 20years like myself. It's weird thatthose racks increase the width ofthe bike and these riders can't

seem to work that out. Do theseguys know what happens if you hitsomeone up here? Especially anIndonesian national? I listened toa lady tell me about an accidentshe witnessed in Poppies Laneone, and yes you guessed it Ken,a bloody surf rack on a bike wasinvolved. Apparently the surfer hita bike as he raced down the lanecausing a domino effect to a lineof parked bikes, needless to say

about 50 people came outand insisted that the damage toeach bike be paid for on the spotat the estimated value of a Ferrarirepair. Right whack you loser,next time slow down andremember that the bike has solidsteel racking attached whichmakes it wider.

Ok punters it's about thattime again, so I will sign off foranother week and chill back intothe groove of a few little greenbottles with friends and see if wecan solve the world's problems.Be safe, be well, and above allremember, it only takes one drinkto get me loaded. Trouble is, Ican't remember if it's thethirteenth or fourteenth one.Enjoy your week, Karn the Pies.

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The governor's officialvehicle is a 1999 Toyota RoyalCrown with a Toyota KijangInnova for the vice-governor.Claiming both cars were too old,Adnyana lamented, "justimagine, official cars used byregents in Bali are of a muchhigher standard that those usedby the governor and vice-governor."

The legislator related a

story of how governorPastika's car was unable to

keep pace with an officialmotorcade bearing PresidentYudhoyono across Bali on anofficial visit. Left behind,Pastika's car arrived at ascheduled destination late, afterthe official entourage hadalready entered the building.Meanwhile, the presidentialsecurity team, suspicious of theolder vehicle trying to approachthe VIP location, refused

compelling Pastika todisembark and walk the final

stretch. Governor Pastika toldthe press that he wished thefunds allocated for new vehiclesbe dedicated instead toprograms more urgent to theneeds of the general public,such as health and education. "Iask that (the new cars) be put innext year's budget," saidPastika.


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Michael Wiles snappedriding with the barbecuea l o n g t h e E a s t e r nFreeway in Melbourne.

A MOTORCYCLISTwho was photographed on afreeway with a barbecuestrapped to his body has hit asnag.

A magistrate hasdescribed Michael Wiles'behaviour as ridiculous andfined him $800 for carelessriding.

Mr Wiles, 29, has pleadedguilty to the charge.

The court heard the riderwas heading home on the EasternFreeway in January 2008, whenhe was spotted carrying abarbecue that had been put outfor hard waste collection.

H e w a s e f f e c t i v e l ywearing the barbecue in order tocarry it home, and his vision waspartly obscured by a steel grate.

Police investigated the

bizarre incident after theHerald Sun published a photo ofMr Wiles was taken by a passingmotorist.

Mr Wiles' barrister PaulMcClure told the MelbourneMagistrates Court today that hisclient's excuse was lack ofthought processes'' and poverty.

He was financially a bitunder the pump,'' he said.It turned out the barbecue

was a dud and did not work andthat's probably why it was at the

T h i s i sstupid behaviourand nobody shoulddo it.''

Mr McCluresaid that Mr Wiles

suffered ridiculefrom friends andwork mates whenhis identity wasrevealed in a follow-up article and hewas approached byBarbeques Galore

to do an ad.But he refused to glorify

his behaviour and instead usedthe media to promote a roadsafety message.

Magistrate Lionel Winton-Smith said he couldn't recallseeing anything like it in his yearson the bench.

However, he downgradedthe charge from dangerous tocareless driving.

Motorcyc list Michael Wiles fined after nabbedcarrying a barbecue on freeway

An alligator crawled out of thesewer in New York, but wascaught by police.

AT LEAST one alligatorapparently really does live in NewYork City's sewers with a 46cm'gator allegedly crawling out of adrain today, delighting onlookersand giving fresh meat to the urbanmyth that the carnivorous crittersare living below the Big Apple.

The spectacle began justafter 3pm local time, when apassersby spotted the reptile onNewtown Avenue near 29th St,Astoria, Queens and yelled

"Crocodile!", the New YorkPost reported.

One witness said thealligator crawled out of a drainduring the afternoon's downpour.

Police couldn'tverify that the animal

crawled from the sewers - a big-city myth that inspired the 1980

B-movie Alligator and others - butwere baffled as to where it camefrom.

"It's a big mystery," saidpolice spokesman Officer JamesDuffy. "It could have beendumped from a car or it couldhave come out of a sewer."

The police EmergencyService Unit lassoed the animaland bound its snout with tape.

The caged 'gator waskept at the 114th Precinct until it

was picked up by AnimalCare & Control.

A spokesman for animalcontrol said the alligator would betaken to a licensed rehabilitationcarer or reptile sanctuary.

Crocodiles and alligatorshave called New York home in thepast, most famously in 2001, when

the city was captivated by a caimanthat eluded authorities in CentralPark for a week. In 2003, policecaught a 1.2-metre crocodile thatwas wandering around a Queenspark.

Some experts have calledthe city's sewer system a "naturalswamp" warm enough to attract'gators, but few think they couldsurvive for very long.

No one has yet claimed thealligator.

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Absen t s i nce 1997 ,Sailing Yacht Race fromFremantle to Bali to Runin 2011.

Yachting WA confirms

that registrations areb u i l d i n g f o r t h e 2 0 1 1resurrection of the world classyacht race from Fremantle,Western Australia to Bali, lastheld in 1997.

Noumea race.O r g a n i z e d b y t h e

Fremantle Sailing Club incooperation with the Royal BaliYacht Club, the re-launch of therace will include a non-racingcategory for cruising boats andis scheduled to take place inApril/May 2011.

To date, there have beenmore than 70 expressions ofinterests to participate at thestarting line in Fremantle.

The 2011 event willfeature a staggered startallowing the non-racing cruisingvessel a week's head-start to forscenic stops along the courseand the chance to be on hand inBali to welcome the racingentrants at the finish line.

The open ocean eventcovers 1440 nautical miles.

Perth to Bali Sailing Race Back on the Books

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Japanese pilot forgets tolower landing gear

A major Japanese airport has been forcedto close for hours after the pilot of a small planeforgot to lower his landing gear while touchingdown.

Pilot Yoshihiko Yamamoto was landing hissingle-engine Beechcraft aircraft at Kobe airport inwestern Japan when he realised he had notlowered his landing gear.

Luckily for the 57-year old his planeskidded to a stop without bursting into flames.

Yamamoto later admitted he had simplyforgotten to put down his wheels.

The airport was closed for several hours,delaying nine commercial f l ights andinconveniencing 1,200 passengers.

after a goat attacked him for ov er an hour.AN 88-year-old man was in intensive care

after his neighbour's goat attacked him - for an hour.Vestal Davis, of Colbert, a small city in

northern Georgia, called the emergency servicesafter the attack.

"Mr Davis stated that he went outside to hisshop and looked up, and a goat charged him,

knocking him to the ground," according to the policereport."He stated that every time he moved to get

up, the goat would attack him again."Mr Davis' 69-year-old neighbour who owns

the goat told the police that the animal escaped fromits pen, but he did not know about the attack.

Sheriff Kip Thomas said that police plannedto charge the goat's owner with allowing livestock toroam free.

"I'm just hoping that Mr Davis gets all right. Iwas stunned when I heard it," Colbert Mayor ChrisPeck said.

"I know the man that owned the goat and hewouldn't hurt anybody. It think it's an unfortunateaccident that happened.

Man shot in head noticesfive years later

A MAN living in Germany was shot i n the back ofhis head, but it took him five years to realise it,polic e say.

The 35-year-old man was hit by a .22-calibrebullet in the town of Herne as he was out in the streetpartying and drunk on New Year's Eve five years ago,police said overnight.

They say the man recalled receiving a blow tothe head, but told them he didn't seek medical

assistance at the time.The bullet did not penetrate the skull, andpolice say the Polish man only went to see a doctorrecently when he felt a lump on the back of hishead.

An X-ray showed an object under his skin,and doctors operated and found the projectile.

Police say it may have been a stray bulletfired by a reveller in celebration.


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Governor and Former Bali Pol ice Chief MadePastika Slated to Speak at Ubud Readersand Writers Festival Octo ber 6-10, 2010.

Bali's governor and the former Chief ofPolice, I Made Mangku Pastika, has beeninvited to appear at the Ubud Writers & ReadersFestival in Bali from October 6-10, 2010.

In a section of the festival dubbed "InConversation" the man credited with solving the2002 Bali bombing and bringing the terrorist to

justice will share his experience as a policemanin Bali.

A final confirmation of Made Pastika'sattendance at the festival is due in earlySeptember.

In addition to an appearance by Bali'sgovernor, the English author of "CaptainCorelli's Mandolin" Louis de Bernieres is alsoslated to appear. Bernieres will join a slated toappear with 100 other writers from 28 countries.Also included in this year's program are BBCeditor William Darlrymple, Thomas Keneaaly,Anne Enright, Louis de Bernieres, ChristosTsiolkas, Cate Kennedy, Rabih Alameddine,Tash Aw, Jon Bauer, Joan London, FrankMoorhouse and Lisa Teasley.

A number of acclaimed Indonesianwriters are also coming to this year's "UbudReaders & Writers Festival" including author,song composer and legendary social networkerDewi Lestari.

Governor Pastika to Speakat Ubud Literary Festival

Bali Tourism Office: Only 33% of BaliTravel Agents Have Valid OperatingPermits.

The provincial government of Bali isundertaking a survey of all travel agents inBali in order to close illegal tour operators andintroduce revamped rules for travel operators.

The head of the government travel service for Bali(Kadiparda), Ida Bagus Subhisku, told Beritabali.com onMonday, August 23, 2010, that the survey will also allow thegovernment to reassess the need for travel agents in Bali,as the current number is considered to far exceed marketdemand. Moreover, the majority of travel agents in Bali areconcentrated in the regency of Badung and the city ofDenpasar.

Explained Subhisku: "What's more, in the tworegencies of Klungkung and Karangasem there are no touragencies. We are also looking at demand in Bali, if thereare really 400 travel agents in Bali, then let's control that."

All travel agents in Bali will be re-registered andsurveyed between September 1 and October 15, 2010 witheach agency required to submit their operating details andpresent valid operating licenses. Those who fail to submitand satisfy the process will be closed.

A preliminary survey by the Bali Tourism Serviceindicates there are 658 registered tour and travel agents inBali with only 226 actively operating, of which only 216have valid operating licenses.

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Nuns to host annual New Jersey surfing con testNUNS from a Pennsylvaniaconvent are preparing to host anannual surfing contest in StoneHarbor, New Jersey.

The Sister Servants of theImmaculate Heart of Mary willlaunch the 15th Nun's Beach SurfInvitational with proceeds going tothe maintenance of its 150-

bedroom beachfront retreat on theharbor, the New York Post reports.The pact between surfer

and nun in Stone Harbor wasforged more than 60 years agowhen local surfers approached theretreat asking if they could ride itswaves. The nuns own the pristine,block-long strand.

The nuns warmly greetedthe beach bums, and the swath ofsurf was soon dubbed "Nun'sBeach."

The sisters often sit on thebeach and even draw spiritualinspiration watching the wave-riders.

"It's very peaceful," said

Sister James Dolores, 73, theretreat's property manager. "Yousee how the water holds them up,balances them and if you ride withthe water, it will get you where youwant to go. That's how it is with thegrace of God."

Bill Deger, now 64, and hissurfing buddies once coaxed an 83-

year-old nun onto asurfboard.

"One of her life's dreamswas to be able to surf," Deger, 64,said of the late Sister Loyola. "Sowe got her out in knee-deep waterand held her on. She loved it. It wasan incredible experience."

In 1996, a small group of

surfers led by Larry Gehrke andDeger decided it was time to giveback to the nuns - by running acontest to help fund the retreat'supkeep.

The event has gotten sopopular that the staff capped thenumber of contestants at about100, though hundreds of spectators

Brothel Girls Give Court a GiggleNine prostitutes, eight of themfrom East Java and all roundedup by po lice in Tabanan as partof a Ramadhan clampdown,g a v e e v e r y o n e j u d g e s ,prosecutors and the public alaugh when they appeared incourt this week unrepentantabout their career choice.

The women, most ofwhom are newly arrived in Baliand who live and work at TerminalPesiapan Indah (the name meansgetting beautiful), gave varyinganswers when asked by chief

judge Irlina at the Tabanan DistrictCourt why they were working inthe sex trade.

Komang Ayu, 20, ofKerambitan in Tabanan, told the

judges at the hearing, onMonday, that she had beenworking at the Tabanan brothel forthree years but had never beenfor a health check.

She said she was happyto work as a prostitute becausethe money was good.

The eight other womenarrested and charged werenamed in court as Mita, 35,Susan, 35, Reni, 32, Tiwi, 24,Heni, 26, Lilik, 30, Mary, 30 andSapira, 28.

Mita, who told the judgesshe was from Jember, said: I hadto do this because of the demandsof life.

Sapira, from Banyuwangi,said: I've been here three days,

and admi t ted whenquestioned that she had workedas a prostitute in Banyuwangibefore coming to Bali.

I was in Banyuwangi,where I also worked like this, shesaid, causing the judges,prosecutors and people in thepublic gallery to grin.

Judge Irina asked thewomen one by one why they wereworking as prostitutes during theMuslim holy month of Ramadhan.

I'm not fasting, Ma'am,one them, Tiwi, told her.

The women were chargedwith a misdemeanour offenceunder the prostitution laws andeach fined Rp500,000 (US$57).


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3 Airlines Considering Bali to B aubau Flights

Bali and Beyond Tourism to BeAugmented by Direct Bali to Baubauin Southeast Sulawesi.

The national news agency Antara saysthat three Indonesian domestic air carriers areeyeing flight operations between Denpasar (Bali)and Baubau (Southeast Sulawesi).

Mz Amirul Tamin, the Mayor or Baubau,

says that his office has alreadyestablished agreements with three airlines: Lion,Wings and Express Air. According to Amirul: "Ihave already consulted with several aircompanies who are eager to fly the route such asLion, Wings and Express Air. Of course thier goalis to ease the journeys of foreign tourists wishingto come to Baubau."

The establishment of a direct air linkbetween Bali and Baubau would reduce traveltime, eliminating the need for the currentintermediate stop in the Southeast Sulawesiprovincial capital of Kendari.

Amirul also told the press that therealization of the new air service to Bali will occurat the latest before the end of the current year.

Seeking to increase tourism to Baubau,Amirul is aggressively seeking additional airconnections to Makassar and Mamuju in additionto current air connections to Surabaya andAmbon.

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A man who had been huntingmushrooms was found deadin the Alpine region ofValtellina.

At least 18 mushroomlovers have been killed inaccidents while hunting for theirfavourite fungi in the mountainsand forests of northern Italy.

Mountain rescuers sayeager mushroom seekers are

a b a n d o n i n g s a f e t yp r o c e d u r e s a s t h e y d o ncamouflage and hunt in darknessto protect coveted troves, laRepubblica newspaper reported.

"There is too muchcarelessness. Too many peopledon't give a darn about the rightrules and unfortunately this is theresult," Gino Comelli, head of theAlpine rescue service in Valle diFassa, said.

Seventeen people havedied in nine days - six in 48 hoursalone - mostly from sliding offsteep, damp slopes in thenorthern mountains, la assacre of

Repubblica said in a storyheadlined "The massacre of themushroom hunters".

Another person has beenmissing for more than a week, itsaid.

Ansa news agency said aman who had been huntingmushrooms was found dead onSunday in the Alpine region ofValtellina.

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A i n t e r -island ferry sailingf r o m K e t a p a n g(Java) to Gilimanuk(Bali) lost power,d r i f t e d a n de v e n t u a l l y r a naground on a reef at5 : 4 5 p m o nThursday, August

26, 2010. The KMP Dharma Rucitra - a ro-rovessel, captained by Supardi, was officiallycarrying 138 passengers, 6 buses, 5motorcycles, 8 trucks and a number of privatevehicles. The Bali Post quotes other unnamedsources suggesting the ship was, in fact,carrying 250 passengers, 8 trucks, 3motorcycles and 6 buses.

The ship was just two days out from ascheduled dry dock maintenance when itsengines went dead and drifted onto a nearbyreef. The ensuing low tide left the vessel high inthe water and listing to the right makingevacuation of passengers problematic. As aresult, the passengers spent 12 hours on whatwas to have been a 30 minute ferry crossingbefore they could be evacuated to safety.

The tilting, stranded ship buffeted byhigh winds created a degree of understandablepanic among the passengers. Within one hourafter the grounding the chief of the KetapangPort and officials from the ferry operatorsdispatched smaller boats with food and water forthe passengers.

Shortly after midnight another ferry and atugboat arrived at the scene and triedunsuccessfully to free the vessel and evacuatethe passengers. It was only at sunrise on Friday

morning, after more than 12 hours of being stuckon the reef, that the passengers were evacuatedusing rubber boats operated by the IndonesianNavy and the Maritime police. The small boatswere used to ferry the passengers from thestranded vessel to another ferry standing by indeeper water a short distance away.

The head of the Ketapang office of PTIndonesia Fery Ketapang-Gilimanuk insisted tothe press that the mishap was solely due to badweather and was not linked to overloading.

The stranded ferry was eventually re-floated at 10:56 am and towed to back to port.

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A toilet belonging to Beatles legend John Lennon soldat auction in Liverpool on Saturday for 9,500 pounds($16,400) - nearly 10 times its guide price, organiserssaid.

Lennon used the porcelain lavatory, which ispainted with blue flowers and a blue border at the rim and atthe base, when he lived at Tittenhurst Park in Berkshire,south-east England, from 1969 to 1972.

The loo was removed when the house was beingrefurbished, and Lennon suggested the builder, JohnHancock, take it home and "put some flowers in it".

Instead, the builder carefully stored it in a gardenshed, where it remained for 40 years until he died, and hisson-in-law put it up for sale.

At the auction at the 33rd annual BeatlesConvention in Liverpool, the toilet was expected to fetchabout 1,000 pounds.

"It is unbelievable," said auction organiser StephenBailey after it sold for almost 10 times that.

"We had bids coming in from all over the place but itwent to a private overseas buyer."

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Tiger found in airport baggageAirport customs in Thailandhave found a two-month-oldtiger stashed in a bag whichwas checked in for aninternat ional passengerflight, authorities say.

The dazed and druggedcub was concealed in an

oversized bag packed with stuffedtiger toys and bound for Iran whenit was discovered by Thaiauthorities using an X-raym a c h i n e a t B a n g k o k ' sSuvarnabhumi Airport earlier thisweek.

A 31-year-old Thai womanwas detained for questioning and

was unable to explain whythere was a real tiger in the bag.

"The woman trying tocheck in the oversized bag deniedany knowledge of the tiger. Shesaid she was carrying it forsomeone else," Nirat Nipanand,an airport customs official incharge of tracking animals, toldReuters.

A n i n v e s t i g a t i o n i sunderway and DNA samples willbe taken to determine the speciesof the cub, which had beensedated with anti-depressants.

Tests will also be carriedout to determine whether theanimal was caught in the wild or

bred in captivity.Tiger populations in Asia

are under constant threat bypoaching and illegal trade.

Wildlife groups continueto lobby governments there toincrease monitoring and enforcetougher penalties.

"We applaud all theagencies that came together touncover this brazen smugglingattempt," deputy regional directorfor wildlife trade monitorsTRAFFIC Chris Shepherd said.

"They obviously thinkwildlife smuggling is somethingeasy to get away with."

HOROSCOPE PREDICTION 2 Sep t - 8 Sep 2010LIBRASep 23 - Oct 22As a Libra, you are far more conscious of the tides oftensions that can rise and fall in even the most stable ofrelationships. However, that doesn't mean you'veacknowledged them to others. The sooner you talk thingsover frankly, the more swiftly you'll deal with these

increasingly intrusive issues.SCORPIO Oct 23 - Nov 22Sometimes all it takes to deal with a problem is defining it.And it would appear that is exactly what you've been doingfor the past several days. Persist, and within a short timeyou'll realise that the issue was a fundamentalmisunderstanding between you and those concerned, notwhat you'd imagined all along.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 22 - 20 DecWhen you're feeling philosophical, you're able to deal withthe confusion that accompanies the retrograde Mercurywith a laugh. But when you're not in an upbeat mood, ascould soon be the case, you might over-dramatise whatare really minor issues. For this reason it's worth keepingyour sense of humour intact.

CAPRICORN Dec 21 - Jan 19There's a difference between things being aggravating,which they most certainly are, and there actually beingserious problems, which there aren't. Bear this in mind andinstead of dwelling on what isn't working you'll focus onwhat does, and might even find yourself enjoying it. Thatwill change everything.

AQUARIUS Jan 20 - Feb 17Only weeks ago you were distressed about events thatwould mean altering an element of your life or daily routineyou regarded as sacred. Still, having no choice, you did theminimum. You're now realising how this has opened yourmind, and your life, to wonderful if unexpected new ideasand experiences.

PISCES Feb 18 - March 19While you're perfectly capable of refusing an offer or ideathat's clearly not worth pursuing, saying no to certainindividuals for whom you have a soft spot is somethingelse. Which is leading to serious problems. Sincediscussing this will only complicate things, make adecision, tell them, and stick to it.

ARIES March 20 - April 19Honesty is always the best policy, especially at themoment. The current focus on several tricky matters hasalready led to surprising, if not shocking, revelations.True, you weren't directly involved with these. But you areinvolved in a few potentially compromising situations. Putthese right now and you'll avoid similar revelations.

TAURUS April 20 - May 20Just weeks ago you swore you'd never alter certainelements of your life. You insisted you were happy witharrangements as they were. Since then it's become clearthat those familiar ways of doing things are actuallyholding you back. Enough that you're not only taking anew approach, you're making serious changes.

GEMINIMay 21 - June 20Now that the planet of innovation, Uranus, has returned toaccent your activities out in the world, events are givingyou good reason to reflect on recent decisions. While theymight have made sense at the time, both circumstancesand your priorities have changed. So perhaps your plansshould change as well.

CANCER June 21 - July 21At least explore the rather unusual ideas or offerscurrently coming your way. They may seem somewhat outof character or even risky. But once you've done someserious exploration, they'll look very different. You'llrecognise how well they'll fit with new developments thatare only just now beginning to unfold.

LEO July 22 - Aug 22Judging by the lack of enthusiasm you have for theactivities that you usually adore, you've allowed certainproblems to get under your skin. In fact, there's no bettertime than the present to analyse them. Tackle thesedisturbing situations in depth now and you'll be amazedhow swiftly you conquer them.

VIRGOAug 23 - Sep 22Nobody has better instincts whether others actually knowwhat they're talking about or not. This is especially thecase now, which is causing you serious problems on thediplomacy front. While you can't point out that theindividual in question is making things up as they go, youcan avoid relying on them.


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Protests in Bali as AngerMounts at Arrest of ThreeIndonesian Off ic ia ls byMalaysian Police.

The current wave of anti-Malaysian sentiment sweepingacross Indonesia was sparked bythe detention of three maritimeenforcement offers by Malaysianauthorities near Riau island.Indonesian officials are insistingthe a r res t took p lace inIndonesian territorial waters on

August 16, 2010, with somesources citing the act asretaliation for the earlier arrest ofseven Malaysian fishermencaught in Indonesian waters.

Fomenting long-standingunderlying currents of dissentionbetween the two countries andfurther fueled by Malaysia's

refusal to apologize for theapprehension of three Indonesianofficials, angry protests were stagedoutside the Malaysian Embassy inJakarta in which at least onedemonstrator expressed his protestby using human feces to deface aMalaysian flag.

Anger Spreads to BaliThe escalating outragespread to Bali on Thursday, August28, 2010, when tens of universitystudents marching under the bannerof the Young Indonesian MarhaenMovement arrived at MalaysianHonorary Consul Office on JalanPantai Kuta demanding thecontroversy between the twoneighboring members of ASEAN bequickly resolved.

According to Kompas.com,the students brought Indonesianf lags whi le shout ing "c rushMalaysia." The student also stagedtheatrical protest re-enacting the"abduction" of the 3 Indonesianofficials by Malaysian police.

The students in Bali read an8-point demand to the HonoraryConsul emphasizing the need forclear borders between Malaysia andIndonesia to avoid future conflicts.

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protests, Alit Wilantara,said: "We do not wish tosupport anarchy, only toconduct a sympathetic protest.We view that the conflictbetween Indonesian andMalaysia must be quicklysettled."

The Honorary Consulfor Malaysia in Bali, FeisolHashim, agreed to receive theprotesters and promised thathe would de l iver the i rstatement to the MalaysianEmbassy in Jakarta.

Malaysia's ForeignMinister Datuk Seri AnifahAman has not ruled out issuinga travel advisory if Malaysiansa r e t h r e a t e n e d o r t h eIndonesian authorities fail toadequately protect Malaysiannationals visiting or living inIndonesia.

The Malaysian ForeignMinister has confirmed that hewill meet with his Indonesianc o u n t e r p a r t , D r. M a r t yNatalegawa, in Malaysia onSeptember 6, 2010, in an effortto defuse the situation.

A lady goes to t he bar on a cruise ship andorders a Scotch wit h t wo drops of water. Asthe bartender gives her the dri nk she says,'I 'm on this cruise to celebrate my 80thbirthday and it's today...'The bartender says, 'Well, since it's yourbirthday, I'll buy you a drink. In fact, this oneis on me.'As the woman f inishes her drink, the womanto her right says, 'I would like to buy you adrink, too.'The old woman says, 'Thank you Bartender, Iwant a Scotch wit h t wo drops of water.''Coming up,' says the bartender.As she finishes that drink, the man to her leftsays, 'I would like to buy you one, too.'The old woman says, 'Thank you. Bartender, Iwant another Scotch wit h t wo drops of water.''Coming right up,' t he bartender says.As he gives her the drink, he says, 'M a'am, I' mdying of curio sit y. Why t he Scotch with onlytwo drops of water?'The old woman replies, ' Sonny, when you' remy age, you've learned how to hold yourliquor. Holding your water, however, is awhole other issue.'

A lady goes to t he bar on a cruise ship andorders a Scotch wit h t wo drops of water. Asthe bartender gives her the dri nk she says,'I 'm on this cruise to celebrate my 80thbirthday and it's today...'The bartender says, ' Well, snce it' s yourbirthday, I'll buy you a drink. In fact, this oneis on me.'As the woman f inishes her drink, the womanto her right says, 'I would like to buy you adrink, too.'The old woman says, 'Thank you Bartender, Iwant a Scotch wit h t wo drops of water.''Coming up,' says the bartender.As she finishes that drink, the man to her leftsays, 'I would like to buy you one, too.'The old woman says, 'Thank you. Bartender, Iwant another Scotch wit h t wo drops of water.''Coming right up,' t he bartender says.As he gives her t he drink, he says, 'Ma am, I'mdying of curiost y. Why t he Scotch with onlytwo drops of water?The old woman replies, ' Sonny, when you' remy age, you've learned how to hold yourliquor. Holding your water, however, is awhole other issue.'

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I urgently needed a few days off work, but, I knewthe Boss would not allow me to take leave.I thought that maybe if I acted 'Crazy' then hewould tell me to take a few days off.So I hung upside-down on the ceiling and madefunny noises.My co-worker (who's blonde) asked me what I wasdoing.I told her that I was pretending to be a light bulbso that the Boss might think I was 'Crazy' and giveme a few days off.A few minutes later the Boss came into the officeand asked, 'What are you doing?'I told him I was a light bulb.He said, 'You are clearly stressed out.' Go home andrecuperate for a couple of days.'I jumped down and walked out of the office...

When my co-worker (the blonde) followed me, theBoss asked her, '..And where do you think you'regoing?!'She said, 'I'm going home, too. I can't work in thedark.'

A Scot was drinking in a bar in London when he getsa call on his cell phone.He orders drinks for everybody in the bar as heannounces, his wife has just produced a typicalScottish baby boy weighing 25 pounds.Nobody can believe that any new babycan weigh in at 25 pounds, but the man just shrugs,"That's about average up our way, folks...like I said

- my boy's a typical Highland baby boy.."Two weeks later the man returns to the bar.. Thebartender says, Say, you're the father of that

typical Scottish baby that weighed 25 pounds at birth, aren't you?

Everybody's been making' bets about how big he'd be in two weeks.....so how much does he weigh now?The proud father answers, "Seventeen pounds".

The bartender is puzzled and concerned. "What happened"? "He was 25 pounds the day he was born."The father takes a slow swig from his Johnny Walker Whisky, wipes his lips on his shirt sleeve, leans intothe bartender and proudly says, "Had him circumcised".

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Though no artifacts orrecords exist that would dateBali as far back as the StoneAge, it is thought that the veryfirst settlers to Bali emigrated

from China in 2500 BC, havingcreated quite the evolvedculture by the Bronze era, inaround 300BC. This cultureincluded a complex, effectiveirrigation system, as well asagriculture of rice, which is stillused to this day.

Bali's history remainedvague for the first few centuries,though many Hindu artifactshave been found, which leadback to the first century,indicating a tie with that religion.Though it is strongly held thatthe first primary religion of Bali,discovered as far back as 500A D , w a s B u d d h i s m .Additionally, Yi-Tsing, aChinese scholar whovisited Bali in the year670 AD stated that hehad visited this placeand seen Buddhismthere.

By the 11thcentury, Hinduand Javanesei n f l u e n c e sbecame very important to Bali.In fact, when the Balinese

Prince Airlanggha's father diedin about 1011 AD, he moved toEast Java, uniting it under oneprincipality and appointing hisbrother, Anak Wungsu, the rulerof all of Bali. Following this time,there were many reciprocalpolitical and artistic ideas thatformed. Javanese language,called Kawi, became thear i s tocracy ' s preference ,among other Javanese traits

and customs that wereworked into Bali life.

When Airlanggha died inthe mid-11th century, Baliremained quite autonomous

until 1284, when East Javaneseking Kertanegara conqueredBali and ruled over it from hishome in Java. Kertanegara wasassassinated in 1292, andBali was once a g a i nl i be ra te d , unti l 1343when it was br oug htback into Javanes e contro l b y H i nd u -Jav

anese general Gajah Mada, ofthe Majapahit empire.

At this time, the 16thcentury, Islam was spreadingthroughout Sumatra and Java,and the Majapahit Empirestarted to fall, creating a largeexodus of aristocracy, priests,artists and artisans to Bali. Thisbrought Bali great prosperity,becoming Bali's golden age ofcultural history for the followingcenturies. Bali soon becamethe major power of the region,

taking control of itsneighboring country, Lombok,as well as pieces of East Java.

In 1597, Dutch seamenwere the first Europeans to land

in Bali, though they had no trueinterest in Bali until the 1800's.In 1846 the Dutch returned withcolonization on their minds,having already had vastexpanses of Indonesia undertheir control since the 1700's.The Dutch sent troops intonorthern Bali, and by 1894, theyhad sided with the Sasak peopleof Lombok to defeat theBalinese. By 1911, all Balineseprincipalities were under Dutchcontrol.

After World War I, as e n s e o f I n d o n e s i a n

Nationalism began to grow,leading to the declaration of

the national language in1 9 2 8 , a s B a h a s a

Indonesia . World WarI I b r o u g h t t h e

Japanese , whoe x p e l l e d t h e

D u t c h a n do c c u p i e dIndonesia from1 9 4 2 u n t i l1945.

The Japanese were laterdefeated, and the Dutch

returned to attempt to regaincontrol of Bali and Indonesia.However, in 1945, Indonesiawas declared independent by itsvery first president, Sukarno.The Dutch government ceded,and Indonesia was officiallyrecognized as an independentcountry in 1949.

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Governor Pastika: 110,000Dogs Destro yed and 200,000Vac c i n a t e d i n B a l i ' sContinu ing War on Rabies.

Bali governor MadeMangku Pastika confirmed viaKompas.com that 110,000 dogshave been eliminated thus far inthe island's continuing drive tostem an outbreak of rabies." Inthe meantime, some 200,000dogs have been vaccinated. Thetotal number of dogs on the islandtotal 540,000 animals," explainedthe governor in a meeting with theBali House of Representatives(DPRD-Bali) on Tuesday, August

24, 2010.Pastika admitted

that efforts to eliminatestray dogs in Bali ise n c o u n t e r i n g m a n ydifficulties, including openopposition from local dogowners, who chase awaythose trying to euthanizefree roaming dogs.

E x p l a i n i n g t h ecur ren t p red icament ,P a s t i k a s a i d : " T h eelimination of dogs will

continue until the total number ofdogs on the island reaches anideal number. At the present timethere are too many dogs,especially those allowed to runwild. That is the problem for us."

A c k n o w l e d g i n gc o m p l a i n t s f r o m m a n yinternational quarters regardingBali's elimination of its excess dogpopulation, he continued: "We

must ignore these complaints.Bali has a big problem which mustbe resolved."

As regards the supply ofanti-rabies serum, Pastikaequesting central government

admitted the supply ofserum in Bali remains limited withserum stocks often reporteddepleted or badly coordinated."We have already written to thePresident requesting centralgovernment help. The centralgovernment has given 25,000vials of anti-rabies serum and Balihas also gotten help from theWHO," Pastika explained.

The governor clarified thatalthough there is a sizableallocation of money for anti-rabiesserum, the Bali provincial budgetis having problems bearing thefinancial burden. The presentallocated cost of treatment for onepatient with anti-rabies serum isRp. 750,000 (US$83) for fourinoculations needed to treat adog-bite victim. But, in reality, thecost of a single dose of anti-rabiesserum has reached Rp. 117,000(US$13), while drug stores are

selling a vaccine dosage for Rp.135,000 (US$15). "We now havea strong mechanism in place tostop the buying and selling of anti-rabies serum," said Pastika.

Dog Day Afternoon s and Nights in Bali

Paid, Built , But Not Open for BusinessUS$4.4 Million New Bali BusTerminal in Badung Vacantand Unused 8 Months AfterCompletion.

Bisnis Bali reports that thecostly Rp. 39.6 billion (US$4.4million) bus terminal built atMengwitani in the regency of

Badung remains empty andabandoned despite the project'sformal completion in December of2009.

A former member of theB a d u n g H o u s e o fR e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ( D P R D -Badung), Wayan Sandra, told thepress "don't leave (the terminal)idle without any added value tothe public." According to Sandra,the cost of the Mengwitaniterminal project is Rp. 39.6 billion

(US$4.4 million) andcovers 111,800 square meters ofland.

The terminal buildingcompleted late last year lacks thecomplementing infrastructure ofan entrance and exit road or aconnecting road to Sakah,Gianyar. "If the access road is aprovincial project, the Badungofficials should be coordinatingwith the province. Has this beendone?" asked the formerlegislator.

He went on to questionhow a project the size of theMengwitani terminal could beundertaken without first makingthe necessary arrangements fort h e e s s e n t i a l s u p p o r t i n ginfrastructure.

2009 and abandoned forthe last 8 months, the modernterminal is quickly falling intodisrepair as evidenced by fallingceiling tiles, buckling floor tilesand missing-and-presumed-stolen lighting fixtures. Postsnear the entrance to the terminalare now covered in mold andsinking into the mud - all addingto the genera l c loud ofabandonment hanging over theterminal.


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Sue Jedi Mind co mpany, Lucas wil l

George Lucas's productioncompany sent a cease-and-desist letter to Jedi Mind lastyear.

Star Wars creator GeorgeLucas has filed a $US5 milliontrademark lawsuit against acompany marketing a technologythat allows users to controlcomputer applications with theirminds.

The defendant is JediMind Inc, which touts a wirelessheadset that detects brainwaveson both a conscious and non-conscious level and can evenmake it possible for users to playgames or run software

applications with thoughtsalone.

The technology calls tomind the famous Jedi mind trickas featured in the Star Wars films,but it does not appear to haveworked on Lucas.

His LucasFilm productioncompany sent a cease-and-desist

letter to Jedi Mind in May 2009.A week later, Jedi Mind'schief, Brent Fouch, offered tophase his company out of JediMind trademarks.

LucasFilm accepted theoffer but now claims the companydid no such thing.

LucasFilm sent a secondcease-and-desist letter lastSeptember and says it attemptedto settle the situation without alawsuit.

Jedi Mind is sellingthree products - Master Mind,Jedi Mouse and Think TacToe.

The studio says thea l l e g e d t r a d e m a r k

c o n f u s i o n i n t h emarketplace and harm itsbusiness and reputation.

Note to all potential clonea r m i e s : L u c a s F i l m h o l d strademarks on Jedi Knight, JediPower Battles and Jedi TrainingAcademy, but not directly on JediMind and other affiliated marks.

Nevertheless, it claimsdominion over "all characteristicsassociated with the Jedi knightsnot memorialised in a registeredtrademark, including Jedi robes,the lightsabre weapon, the powerto levitate objects, a telepathiconeness with other Jedi and theuniverse, and the ability to shootenergy beams called 'forcelightning' from the f ingertips.

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A Japanese man haspleaded guilty to burning downhis family home after his motherthrew away some of his f avouriterobot toys.

Yoshifumi Takabe toldKobe District Court in westernJapan he became suicidal afterlosing the figures, which he sayswere partners he wanted tospend his life with.

The 30-year-old, wholived with his mother, torched thefamily home in retaliation, sayinghe wanted to die with his robots inthe fire.

His mother had longcomplained that Takabe wascluttering the house with enough

toys to fill at least 300boxes.

The blaze on August 9last year completely destroyedtheir two-story wooden house,but no-one was injured.

The robot toys werefigures from the Gundamanimated TV series, whichstarted in the 1970s, about

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Des Hasler refused to blame acontroversial eight-point try forManly's 30-14 capitulation toSydney Roosters at the SydneyFootball Stadium.

Roosters centre ShaunKenny-Dowall, who starred for theTricolours with a hat-trick, racedaway for an 85-metre intercept trydespite Manly centre Steve Mataiappearing to be held back by aRooster.

Manly co-captain JamieLyon then landed on Kenny-Dowallas he planted the ball for the try,

making contact with the Kiwiinternational's head leading to apotential eight-point try.

Lyon was put on report forthe incident, and Todd Carneynailed both goals to level the scoresat 14-all after Manly had raced to a14-0 lead.

But Hasler wasn't in anymood to criticise the referees for thematch-turning decision.

"At the end of the day thatwas 14-all, and they still posted 30against us, we were still in the

game" Hasler said."It could've gone either way

couldn't it? Was there a penalty inMatai being taken off the ball?Possibly."

Lyon was more forceful inhis assessment of the eight-point try.

"I thought it should've beena penalty to Matai," he said.

"He got tackled without theball and he was trying to go for theball, I suppose I probably shouldn'thave tried to tackle him but I dintthink it was worthy of an eight-pointtry that's for sure."

But the controversy didn'ttake away from a magnificentsecond-half from the Roosters, whoran in 30 unanswered points tocharge back into the premiershipreckoning.

In a ten minute period eitherside of half-time, the Roostersscored three quick tries and shiftedthe momentum of the matchirreversibly.

They were led by a rampantKenny-Dowall and an equally-impressive Carney, who steered a

talented young team aroundwith serious ease.

When Carney strolled overthrough some non-existent Manlydefence in the 49th minute to give thehome side the lead, the 18,962-strongcrowd erupted.

And when he and Kenny-Dowall combined to send winger SamPerrett over for for the Roosters fourthof the afternoon, the comeback wascomplete and Manly were left shell-shocked.

Roosters coach Brian Smithadmitted he was amazed at the

resilience of his young squad, who didremarkably well to recover after nearlybeing bashed off the park in the opening35 minutes.

"It wouldn't have surprised us ifManly had punched us to death today,"Smith said.

"They're a really physical teamand we haven't stood up to that thisyear.

"I thought they really turned iton (and) if our guys hadn't donesomething about it it could've got butt-ugly."

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Hawks in good sh ape: ClarksonFi t and f i r i n g : A la s t a i rClarkson is confident theH a w k s c a n m o u n t aSeptember challenge.

H a w t h o r n w i l l t a k emomentum and a fit playing list intoSaturday's elimination final againstFremantle at Subiaco Oval.

Hawks coach AlastairClarkson says his side have beenable to gather crucial confidence inthe closing home-and-awayrounds, which will be vital for their

finals campaign.Importantly, it was topped

off by a surprise three-point winover ladder leaders Collingwoodat the weekend.

"We were able to playreally well against Collingwoodon Saturday, which is probably on

the back end of a couple of goodvictories against Melbourne andFremantle," Clarkson said.

"But having said that, wewere really poor two weeks priorto that against Sydney and PortAdelaide (in rounds 18 and 19) sowe needed to do something in thelast two or three weeks of ours e a s o n t o g a t h e r s o m emomentum.

"We've won our last threegames and we've got a prettyhealthy list to select our side fromfor this week's game.

"We couldn't go into thefinals campaign in better nickreally."

The Dockers rested mostof their leading players in round21 and produced a 'B' side, whichwas thrashed by the Hawks inLaunceston and Clarkson isprepared to face a totally differentmake-up at Subiaco.

"It will be a bit differentthan a couple of weeks agothough, the game against Freo,"he said.

"Obviously we playedthem at Launceston with a sidethat was far from their strongestside.

"It will be an interestinggame but we won't take too muchout of the previous times we'veplayed them and look more at

their form against Carlton lastFriday night, which was prettygood.

"Obviously they've got alot of their better players back inthe side now so it will be a bigchallenge going to Perth, winninga game and coming back toMelbourne and hopefully gettinga final back at the MCG."

Clarkson admits Dockersruckman Aaron Sandilandspresents a problem but says theHawks will not be overawed.

" H e ' s j u s t a m a n -mountain," he said.

He has played the bulk ofFremantle's games this year andw h i l s t h e h a s b e e n a noutstanding contributor for them,they have not won every one ofthose games that he has played.

"They can be beaten withhim in the side and we've got 21other blokes we've got to focus onas well.

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Bag of tricks: Benji Marshallscored a hat-trick againstMelbourne.

Wests Tigers superstarBenji Marshall takes back whathe said about locking his magictricks away, after a vintagedisplay in his side's 26-14 winover Melbourne.

Marshall sent a sold outLeichhardt Oval into delirium onSunday with a brilliant hat-trickthat included a flick pass and

finish which will be part of his all-time highlight reel.Speaking last week, the

Tigers five-eighth said hewanted to cut down on his flairand concentrate on percentagesand getting the job done.

But as soon as Marshallsprinted into the clear in the 13thminute of play, his new mantrawas thrown out the window andinstincts kicked in as he poppeda circus pass out the back for

Mitch Brown, before theball ended up in his hands toscore in the corner.

"I shouldn't have said Iwas going to put the tricks away,

just more that there's a time and aplace when to use them and itwas probably a time when I felt itwas on," Marshall said.

"Things seem to gowrong when you plan that sort ofstuff but when it's instinctive andyou don't think about it, it seems

to happen a bit better and luckyMitch Brown was ready for it andcaught it with two hands. Theycan go either way and thankfullyit's been coming off for me.

"I can't even reallyremember what happened, justsome people rushed out of theline and I just saw a gap so I triedto take it on and I just rememberscoring in the corner. I was duefor a try I haven't scored one forabout four weeks."

Magic Marshall reveals his tricksHis treble was made

complete when he showed nicetouch to plant the ball down in timeoff a Beau Ryan kick at the start ofthe second half, before he receiveda pass from Robbie Farah for arunaway try in the final stages.

Marshall revealed he washampered by the flu, but it did notseem to worry him as he tookcomplete control of the Tigers attackin one of his most commandingperformances in recent memory.

"Yes and no, there weretimes when I probably could havedone it a bit better but just struggleda bit with the flu disorder," he said.

"I didn't really realise (thehat-trick) it's always good to score atry and a couple of them were off theback of a couple of people's greatplay so I won't get t oo excited.

"It's a great atmosphereanytime you play at Leichhardt orCampbelltown ... it's somethingspecial.


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Sacked Essendon coachMatthew Knights has spokenbriefly on his swift axing bythe Bombers, declaring his"disappointment" b y the AFLclub's decision.

Knights, confronted by thepress at his Melbourne home on

Monday morning, said he didn'twant to be pressured intospeaking extensively about thedecision.

"Obviously there is a shareof disappointment in this wholescenario but I won't be making anyfurther comment until later in theweek, until the dust settles,"Knights said.

"At this point, as I said,there is obviously disappointmentbut we will look at things as theweek goes on and then at somestage I will come out and speak tothe media and do that in due

course."But I certainly won't be

rushing that situation and I don'tfeel there is any real need to dothat under the circumstance."

Knights' assistant AlanRichardson and former PortAdelaide coach Mark Williamshead the betting markets to takethe reins at Windy Hill.

The Bombers confirmedearlier this month that they hadspoken to Williams aboutpossibly returning to the club asan assistant under Knights.

Essendon will start thesearch for a new coach onMonday and hope to appoint himby the start of trade week in earlyOctober.

Chief executive IanRobson insisted the club had notsounded out anyone to take overfrom Knights and left the doorajar for club great James Hird to

take on the role."We're happy to hear from

any candidate, but James, it's amatter for himself," Robson said.

Outgoing Sydney Swanscoach Paul Roos has been throwninto the mix by former Bombersskipper Matthew Lloyd.

''He can always say no.You ask the question of the bestpeople,'' Lloyd told The Age.

Roos will end his time incharge at Sydney when theSwans' season comes to a close inSeptember.

F o r m e r M e l b o u r n eDemons coach Neale Daniher,currently in a role at West Coast,has also been raised in the 24hours since Knights' sacking.Dean Laidley, the ex-NorthMelbourne coach, is another likelyto be sounded out.

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Dogs can turn it around: EadeWhile Western Bulldogshave gone from a mid-season swagger to a lateseason stagger, coachRodney Eade is confidenthis team can summon upt h e c a t t l e t o b ecompetitive in the finals.

The Bulldogs limped tothe round 22 line with anunconvincing 29-point win overEssendon at Docklands onSaturday night.

Wi th severa l keyplayers injured and Brownlowmedallist Adam Cooney andDale Morr i s e ffec t ive lysidelined for the season, theBulldogs have had the wheelsfall off their premiershipcampaign at exactly the wrongtime.

Big defeats by Geelongand Sydney came along with the

losses of Cooney, Morris andskipper Brad Johnson to injury.B u t E a d e b e l i e v e s

Johnson, midfielder ShaunHiggins and utility Easton Woodcould all be fit for the Bulldogs'tough qualifying final assignment

against Collingwood atthe MCG next Saturday night.

Higgins, who has had a

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"What happens i severyone else underneath hasgot to step up, has got t o be ableto play their role and increasethe output," Eade said.

"I think our depth's prettygood. That's certainly not goingto be an excuse for next week."

Eade is also confidentthat speedy midfielder RyanGriffen will be fit to play after hereceived a kick on the knee inthe 17.5 (107) to 11.12 (78)victory over the Bombers.

He sat out the matchfrom early in the third term as aprecaution.

The Dogs also haveconcerns over defender TomWilliams, who had an opponent

fall across his knee but still playedout the match.

Back-up ruckman JordanRoughead also battled on despitehis shoulder popping out duringthe match.

Eade expects both will lineup against the Pies.

Broncos onbrink.

Brisbane Broncos' proud clubrecord for consecutive finalsappearances is on death row.

A f t e r b e i n gcomprehensively beaten in NewZealand on Friday night, IvanHenjak's men will need to topple afast-finishing Canberra side onFriday night, and rely on otherresults, to achieve a 19th straightshot at the post-season. To makematters worse, Broncos coachIvan Henjak concedes he is likelyto be without key playmakersDarren Lockyer and PeterWallace for the Suncorp Stadiummatch

With Parramatta's finals hopesnow officially over, the post-mortem will begin as to how lastyear's grand finalists managedto produce such a meagreseason.

Some will argue the loss ofKevin Kingston left the Eels withlimitations around the rucks; otherswill suggest they were just afootball team last year helpedalong only by a series ofindividually brilliant performancesfrom Jarryd Hayne. Coach DanielAnderson looks to have survivedthe axe this time, but if his sidemake a similarly poor start to 2011the alarm bells will be ringing loudand early. .

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Sydney Swans dismi ss claims they'll be disadvantaged by playingat ANZ

Sydney Swans players havedismissed claims they willbe disadvantaged by theclub's decision to play t heirS u n d a y a f t e r n o o nelimination final againstCarlton at ANZ Stadium.

The backflip comes

after utility Ryan O'Keefedeclared a move to theOlympic stadium would takeaway the Swans' home-groundadvantage -- such was theplayers' preference to play atthe SCG.

But defender MartinMattner said his teammatesenjoyed playing at OlympicPark and were treating it as ahome game. "We like it outthere, we've won a lot of games

out there too," he said."I think our finals record

out there is really good. We playthree games a year there so weknow what it's like.

"It's an advantage for usto play there. We don't have totravel which is a bonus. If we can

get a good crowd out there of 50or 60 thousand it'd give us a realboost."

"As a team we know wehave to play out there -- we enjoyplaying out there."

The Swans' 13th win ofthe year against Brisbane onSaturday night secured anelimination home final againsteighth-placed Carlton.

The Swans have losttheir past five at ANZ Stadium

but are contracted to playhome finals there until the end of the2016 season.

Swans chief executive AndrewIreland said the club should be playingtheir finals at ANZ Stadium because ahome final would leave many fanswithout tickets to a game that is

expected to sell more tickets than theSCG can accommodate.Carlton are one of the more

popular clubs in Sydney but Irelandsaid it was too early to gauge crowdfigures, with tickets scheduled to go onsale Monday.

Injured ruckman ShaneMumford, who is still in doubt for thefinal, said ANZ Stadium would be anadvantage for the Swans becauseCarlton will be on the road for thesecond straight week after travelling toPerth to play Fremantle on Friday.

Mumford will be assessed attraining on Friday, but rising star Dan

Hanneberry and Irish utility TadhgKennelly will be back for the Swans'first final since 2008.

He is desperate to play, butsaid it was too early to put apercentage on his chances of beingready to face the Blues.

Mattner said the returningstars were not guaranteed to comeinto the top 22 because of strongperformances from the players fillingin.

"It's going to be really hard.Sam Reid, Brett Meredith and GaryRohan, all these players (did reallywell)," he said.

Daniel Bradshaw's last-ditchattempt to play may not be in vain afterhe came through a Swans reservesmatch unscathed.

A knee injury has restricted the31-year-old to just eight games thisyear and initial reports followingSaturday's hit-out in Canberrasuggested the former Brisbane Lionmay have broken down.

But the Swans said Bradshawwould be considered for selection forthe Carlton match.

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Thompson unworried by slu ggish CatsMark Thompson said hewould not read anythinginto Geelong's final-roundperformance.

Geelong coach MarkThompson has shrugged off apoor first half against WestCoast, saying he has alreadyforgotten it as he focuses on aqualifying final against St Kilda.

I t t o o k a b r i l l i a n tperformance from Gary Ablettto turn the match in the Cats'favour at Kardinia Park, as theBrownlow medallist set up afive-goal burst in 11 minutes inthe third quarter.

Despite leading by onlyfour points at half-time, thesecond-placed Cats were ableto cruise to a 16.16 (112) to 10.8(68) win against the Eagles,who will take out this season'swooden spoon.

Switched to a forward roleafter the long change, Ablett kickedfour goals and had 33 possessions,and Cam Mooney and SteveJohnson contributed three goalseach.

Thompson was thrilled withthe efforts of Ablett, who hascaused much concern in Geelongin the past few months by refusingto rule out a switch to the GoldCoast next year.

"His third quarter wasoutstanding. It's just good to watchhim play so good," Thompson said.

Thompson joked aroundwhen asked to comment on

speculation Ablett was set toannounce his playing future onSaturday night.

"Gaz? We've got our fingerscrossed but I'm not sure," he said.

"I don't think there is a big

announcement."

Thompson says he had afeeling before the match that hisplayers would be just trying to getthrough the encounter "withoutgetting any bruises and it sort ofhappened there for a while".

Asked about the Cats'lacklustre first half, a relaxedThompson said: "Read into itwhatever you want to read into it.

"We've pretty muchforgotten about it already andwe're moving forward to the firstfinal against St Kilda.

"It happens a fair bit inround 22. It was a dead rubberreally.

"We didn't start well, butby the end of the game we'dachieved some of the things wewanted to achieve and had a 44-point victory with a few players

out, it's not sobad.

"There werewere some really goodi n d i v i d u a lperformances, noneother than youngAblett. I thought he wasgreat."

T h o m p s o nb e c a m e t h e f i r s tVFL/AFL coach toscore 17 or more winsin four consecutiveseasons.

Joel Selwood( g l u t e m u s c l e ) ,S h a n n o n B y r n e s(virus) and CoreyEnright (foot) were latewithdrawals, but theCats are hopeful theywill be available nextweek.

Seventh-gamer Callum

Wilson kicked three goals for theEagles, who have slipped frompremiers to wooden spooners infour years to equal Hawthorn's last-placed effort in 1965.

First-year player AshtonHams had 22 disposals including14 in the first half for the Eagles andkicked two goals.

Eagles coach John Worsfoldwas also relaxed at his post-matchpress conference, saying histroops were outclassed in thesecond half.

"Ablett obviously turned thegame around a bit," he said.

"It's hard for me to pickwhether the Cats were flat or not."You would have thought

there should have been a biggermargin at half-time. But partly it hasgot to be credit to the effort our

Demons president honoured in MelbourneMelbourne Football Clubpresident Jim Stynes hasbeen named the Melburnianof th e Year.

Stynes took on the club'spresidency in 2008 and has beena major figure in restoring theDemons' financial health,

despite his own battle withcancer.He was presented with the awardon Sunday night.

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