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Tony Blair and Family on Bali Holiday Ubud Luxury Resort and Elephant Safari Park at Taro Visited by Britian's Former Prime Minister and Family. The Rt. Hon Anthony "Tony" Charles Lynton Blair and his wife, Cherie, took advantage of the August holidays to bring their four children to Bali.Britian's former Prime Minister, special international envoy to the Middle East and journeyman on the internatonal lecture circuit stayed in Bali at the [Como Shambhala Estate ] and enjoyed excursions to many of Bali's sites and attractions, including a day the the [Elephant Safari Park at Taro].

While at the Elephant Park, the Blair family were hosted by the Park's owners, Nigel Mason, who introduced the visitors to the "herd" including a group of baby elephants born at the park. Later, the entire family "climbed on board" a group of elephants for a tour of the Park. The Blair's left Bali on Saturday, August 15, 2009, traveling on to China, the next stop on their holiday tour. Shown on balidiscovery.com are pictures taken during the Blair family visit to Bali.

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Bali Police Chief Convenes Security Meeting Bali Hotel Managers Attend Monthly Briefing to Coordinate Safety and Security Measures. Beritabali.com reports Bali's newly appointed Chief of Police, General Sutisna, convened a meeting of Bali Hotel Managers and those charged with security matters on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, to coordinate the war on terrorism currently being waged across Indonesia. Held at a Nusa Dua Hotel, the meeting's participants included Bali's Chief of Police Inspector General Sutisna, the operational chief of Bali's tourism police, the head of the Bali detachment of the elite Densus 88 anti-terror squad, managers of local hotels and their security chiefs. Part of a monthly gathering held under the auspices of the Bali Hotel Association (BHA), these faceto-face meetings allow Bali's police to exchange the latest information on perceived threats, modus operandi employed by terrorists groups and the latest intelligence concerning the everchanging security situation worldwide. At the inaugural August gathering, General Sutisna declared that safety and security are a shared responsibility between the police and the local community. The Bali police officials warned those attending the meeting that Bali's role as a world tourism destination makes

its very susceptible to terrorists. Because of this, the island must remain vigilant in every aspect of its security precautions. General Sutisna said, "the provincial police of Bali will always endeavor to keep Bali safe, coordinating with all elements of the community to achieve that goal." The meeting also included a briefing on the recent bombing in Jakarta provided by the head of Bali's elite Densus 88 anti-terror unit, Dewa Putu Anom. Dewa warned that the Jakarta attacks proved that terrorists are still operating in Indonesia and are likely to continue to attack targets in all parts of the country. Potential targets include assets, national officials, infrastructure and international events and conferences. The Densus 88 official said that an extensive program of software and equipment is in operation in Bali hotels. Among the measures in operation include CCTV camera and security doors. The anti-terror policeman told hotels to check their CCTV systems regularly in

order to identify potential terrorists activities. Dewa bemoaned the fact that some CCTV systems installed at some Bali hotels need better repair and maintenance. Bearing in mind that terrorists are now known to recruit hotel staff, Dewa called for stricter checks to be carried out at both public and employee entrances to hotels. The Head of operations for the Bali police, Hary Prasetya, told the security gathering that his office would soon establish a system of communication between hotel security teams and local police as a step toward enhanced coordination. Hotels Gully Booked The meeting also monitored arrivals to Bali in the weeks following the latest Jakarta terrorist bombing, reporting that visitor levels remain very strong, despite the threat of terror and a troublesome world economy. August is tradtionally Bali's high season. That fact, in combination with a major conference being held in Bali and an approaching "long weekend" meant that virtually all hotels in Ubud and the island's souith were fully booked, just three weeks after the Jakarta terrorist bombings.

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The General Manager of the trekking-oriented nature park is "local boy," I Ketut Sunarta, a former tour guide who sees the park as a veritable "land bank" allowing Balinese to hold onto their diminishing land resources. Working with local investors, Sunarta has managed to establish ecofriendly bungalow complex, a restaurant and spa that complement a series of nature treks along the banks of the sacred Penatu river covering the lands and producing supplemental revenues for 34 local farming families. The brainchild of Sunarta and Swiss-investor Peter Studer, the park aims to leave a minimum footprints on the pristine hill environment while creating a sustainable business model that provides tangible benefits to people of Banjar Bayad. Investors who pay

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approximately US$40,000 are given an initial 25 year lease on an attractive tree-top villa that they can occupy for 100 days a year. An additional one-hectare lot is also under development for use in animal husbandry and plantings as part of an overall plan to make the project selfsufficient in food production. Among the plants currently being cultivated are passion fruit, mangos, ginger and a whole range of local fruits and vegetables. Profits from the project are allocated 50% to investors, 30% for land owners and 10% to the local community.

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A 16-year-old boy has a £15,000 ($29,800) bounty on his head as British police take "bold" steps to solve a murder case. Greater Manchester Police has issued a wanted poster for Moses Mathias and offered the reward for information leading to his arrest. The teenager is wanted in connection with the murder of Giuseppe Gregory, 16, who died in May after being shot in the head. Detective Superintendent Paul Rumney said: "We need to speak to Moses urgently. If anyone knows him or his whereabouts, you "We're so keen to must get in touch immediately. speak to him that we have

taken the unusual step of naming a boy who is under 18 and we are offering the reward to anyone who can tell us where he is staying that's all you need to do. "Any information we receive will be treated sensitively and nobody need know who you are. "Giuseppe's murder left his family and friends absolutely devastated and we will not rest until those responsible are brought to justice." The teenager was killed outside a pub in Stretford. Five men have been charged with a offences in connection with his death.

Thai protesters seek Thaksin royal pardon Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in Thailand's capital Bangkok seeking a royal pardon for fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Five million people are said to have signed a petition for Thaksin's pardon, which was delivered to the royal household representative today in a number of large boxes. The protesters wore their distinctive red shirts as they gathered at a public park near the Grand Palace in Bangkok where they heard from Thaksin via telephone. He told them he has

suffered over the past three years, but was grateful for their petition campaign. Thaksin was ousted in a military coup in September 2006 amid accusations of corruption and attempts to undermine the monarchy. He fled the corruption conviction last year and spends much of his time in Dubai. Commentators say the petition bid is likely to fail because Thaksin has to be serving a sentence before he can be considered for a pardon. Thaksin says he remains loyal to Thailand's revered royal family and will until the day he dies.

The protesters are from the same group which disrupted the East Asia Summit in Pattaya and clashed with the army on the streets of Bangkok in April.

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Beatle's schoolboy photo auction A previously unseen photograph of Sir Paul McCartney, before he found fame and fortune with The Beatles, is set for auction. A schoolboy Paul is seen engrossed in a comic surrounded by classmates from Joseph Williams School, Liverpool, in the picture, taken in 1952. A woman recently took it into The Beatles Shop - a few metres away from the original Cavern Club in Liverpool. It will be among 315 items of Beatles memorabilia auctioned on 29 August. 'Truly amazing' The haul also features a class photograph of drummer Ringo Starr, aged eight, sitting smartly dressed in shorts and a black jacket at St Silus School. "It's the earliest class photo [of Ringo] we have," said Stephen Bailey, manager of The Beatles Shop, which is

organising the auction. Also on sale is a lithograph of producer Sir George Martin's score for the Beatles song Yesterday. The lithograph, complete with

mistakes and tea stains, is numbered and hand signed by Sir Paul and Sir George. It is estimated to fetch £6,000. Among the other items is a picture of Sir Paul, with his late wife Linda, posing on a pair of customised Shimano mountain bikes. Both bikes feature individual artwork inspired by the

pair's shared love of music and the environment. Mr Bailey said the recession could be responsible for a large amount of memorabilia being offered. "It is truly amazing," he said. "This is our 19th annual memorabilia auction and you would have possibly thought that the Crown Jewels would have long since been found and sold but that is just not the case. "I think that the present financial climate has concentrated people's memories and the extra cash that they will make comes in handy at a time like this." Thousands of Beatles fans from across the country are expected at the auction, which will be held in the Paul McCartney Auditorium at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts

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adventurer. He made a public plea last week to be allowed to end his life which he described as a "living hell". "I have no fear of death just pain. I only fear pain," he said. Mr Rossiter is severely paralysed after separate accidents in which he fell from a building and was hit by a car while riding his bicycle.

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commercial villas in the district so that the owners could be required to obtain villa (pondok wisata) operating licenses. Of the estimated 581 commercial villas operating in Ginayar, only 143 hold valid operating licenses. According to beritabali.com many of the unlicensed villas are allowed to continue their illegal operations in order to provide "extra” income to enforcement officials. In response, the head of the Public Relations Section of the Gianyar Regency, A.A. Surya Raditya, told the press that if any officials is involved in such "playing around” they are liable to strong sanctions under the law.

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Australian man wins right to die A court in Australia has ruled that a quadriplegic man who wants to die can tell his carers to stop feeding him. The judge in the western city of Perth said the nursing home would not be held criminally responsible. In a statement, Christian Rossiter said he could not perform any basic human functions and wanted to die. The ruling sets a legal precedent in Australia, where assisting someone to take their own life can be punishable by life in prison.

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for just 10 yuan ($1.80) while a tattooed one goes for at least 25 yuan. A set of four fish tattooed with the characters for Good Fortune, Luck, Long Life and Happiness can cost 120 yuan, the paper said. Tattooed fish first appeared on the market in 2005 but only became popular in the past year or two. While some shoppers interviewed by the paper said the idea of tattooed fish was novel, others thought it was cruel. Fisheries expert Zhang Zhicheng says no-one had studied how the tattoos would affect the fish. "To use a laser to tattoo

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will surely affect the fish. It's like tattooing a human being's body, it breaks the physiological balance of the fish and damages the skin's protective surface," Mr Zhang said. Pets have become more popular in China in recent years with the country's increasing prosperity.

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Tattooed lucky fish on sale in China Pet shops in a city in southwest China are offering fish tattooed with patterns and lucky characters intended to bring their owners good fortune and happiness. The Qingshiqiao pet market in Chengdu sells a variety of ornamental "fortune fish" decorated with flowers, rainbows and characters, the Huaxi Metropolis Daily reported. Tropical parrot fish are usually used for tattooing, often with the Chinese characters meaning "May your business boom," the regional newspaper said on its website. A dealer said lasers were used to tattoo the fish. An ordinary parrot fish sells

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Pig racing and diving will still feature at the show. (ABC) Pig exhibitions will not be a part of this year's Royal Adelaide Show because of fears the animals could contract swine flu from people, but it's not all bad news. The Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society has consulted the Australian Pig Breeders Association and the Primary Industries Department. The ban will leave about 200 pigs out of the Shows' exhibitions. But the Royal Show's chief executive, John Rothwell, says pig racing and diving - in which pigs plunge into pools of water will stay. "They have their own facilities, they're only handled by their trainers, whereas our

exhibition pigs and so forth are all open really for handling by a large number of people," he said. "So these training pigs are there really for performance only, and there's no risk associated and of course they don't go back to a piggery at home, they go on racing, in fact to the Melbourne show!" Mr Rothwell says the pig exhibition ban will protect the animals and their owners. "From their point of view, it's far better off to protect their industry and take the precaution rather than the risk," he said. Pig exhibitor Cheryl Wandel agrees. "Especially for the people that rely on the pigs for their income for the year," she said. The Royal Adelaide Show runs from September 4 to 12.

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Editorial: Balinese Development Expert Outlines How Balinese are Becoming Disenfranchised from the Land that was Once their Birthright. An article below was originally published in The Jakarta Post on Tuesday, August 4, 2009. Written by Balinese Ketut Kartika Inggas, it underlines impact the tourism industry is having on the island's culture and traditional life style. Inggas is an alumnae of University of East Anglia, England (MA in Development Studies), curently working in Bangkok: Getting a Bigger Share of Bali's Tourism Pie Pan Merta stared emptily at a small corner of the rice field in front of him. His only son, Putu, was running around barefoot chasing away birds trying to eat the rice grains. He remembers many years back when he was his son's age: He also liked to chase the birds away with the other village boys, only then the rice field was much larger - at least ten times its size now - and all the land belonged to his father. Now, almost all of this huge paddy field of his youth has changed into a five-star resort. The rest, the little piece of the land that is still used to grow rice, is not his property any more. Pan Merta's childhood was wonderful. After school, he always ran to his family's paddy field and played there until sunset. Little Merta always had enough to eat, wore new clothes for the Galungan holidays, and the whole family were always together. Now, these are only sweet memories that taste bitter, especially when he realizes he cannot bequeath those great childhood experiences to his young Putu. His son often sleeps with an empty stomach, and had to drop out after elementary school because his father's income as a tenant farmer was not enough to pay for his tuition and books. Pan Merta is not alone. Unfortunately there are many victims of Bali's tourism development that

emphasizes only the competition for more investment without sufficiently preventing its negative impacts. The beauty of the island, the unique Balinese culture, and its friendly smiling people have made Bali one of the top tourist destinations for decades. The island's tourism industry has brought many investors to Bali to build five-star hotels and international chains. With the open tap of investment

that encourages Balinese to sell their land, now the most desirable spaces in Bali no longer belong to Balinese. Most of the land with the best economic prospects is now owned by nonBalinese. Maybe at first, Balinese were happy with the instant gratification of receiving a lot of money at once when they sold the land. But now, there is nothing left. The money they got from selling their land disappeared in consumption spending. What is left now is only poverty, as with Pan Merta. But Pan Merta's story gets worse. The village leader forced his father to sell the land, claiming it had become too dry to be cultivated anymore. His father nervously sold the land cheaply, only to find out later there was a conspiracy among the village leader, the developers and the irrigation officials to cut off the water supply to his land. Not long after that, his family watched in anger the construction of a big resort commenced on what used to be their land. Of course, there are many Balinese who have better stories than Pan Merta - stories of those who

suddenly became rich by selling their land and reinvested the money in profitable businesses. It is also true that the many years of booming tourism has boosted the Bali economy, created more jobs for the people, and given alternatives to Balinese to just being poor farmers. The traditional Balinese concept of Tri Hita Karana - the Balinese Hindu norm that keeps harmony and balance between humans and God, humans and humans, and humans and the environment, has frequently been ignored. Ignoring this concept continues to erode Bali's environment and degrade Balinese social, cultural and religious life. In the name of maximizing return on investment, so much has been sacrificed; environment problem, friction among the community, and the shifting of Balinese way of life from agrarian to a commercial and consumption based society. Bali cannot deny that its economy depends on tourism. Indeed it is the island's major source of income. Data from Bali trade office recorded that tourism contributed about 60 percent of the region's income. Reports say that Bali, one of Indonesia's 33 provinces, generates between US$2 and 3 billion a year from its tourism industry, which contributes 30 percent to the total national tourism income. However, it is also very important to ensure that tourism development will not debase Balinese culture, its environment, and its people. Rapid investment in the tourism industry means nothing if Balinese are swept away and marginalized. For this reason, tourism should also give priority to lifting Balinese out of poverty. If related stakeholders ignore this premise, sad stories like Pan Merta's will more and more mark Balinese life.

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Lower Produce Prices See North Bali Grape Farmers Reverting Back to Rice Agriculture Since mid-2007 the amount of land in the regency of Buleleng dedicated to rice agriculture has increased by 333 hectares as more and more farmers are plowing under lands once used for grape production in favor of less-

expensive-to-cultivate rice varieties. Decreasing prices for grapes and the increasingly higher cost of fertilizers and pesticides have seen grape growers suffer non-sustainable losses, prompting the change to rice faming. Quoted by the Bali Post, 'Pak' Soka, a farmer from Temekus in the Banjar District, said, "farmers are compelled to plow under their grape vines and turn their rice fields to rice agriculture." He explained that the costs associated with managing a rice crop entails fewer risks and a lower cost than trying to raise grapes. Low prices for grapes also means that farmers have sometimes been forced to watch an entire harvest spoil, while rice crops can be stored for later sale

whenever market demand is low. The transformation of 333 hectares from grape production to rice fields has, however, had minimal effect on the regency's rice production. While grape fields turn to rice production, large areas of once productive rice fields are being lost to residential projects. Between 2002 and 2006 an estimated 892 hectares of rice fields were converted to villa and residential projects. Local farmers cite a growing water crisis in Buleleng as another factor pushing the abandonment of agricultural lands to residential pursuits.

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Bali's Airport: A Goose that Lays Golden Eggs Bali's Airport Managers List Financial Contributions to the Island. While Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport is the focus of much criticism concerning poor management, overcommercialization and appalling service, the managers of the airport recently presented “the other side of the story” detailing the many financial contributions made by the airport's operation to the local economy. PT Angkasa Pura I (PTPAP), the airport's management company, outlined the impact of the taxes they pay and corporate responsibility programs to the Bali Post. For the period of 2008 and the first six months of 2009, PT PAP paid the following tax contributions to Bali: Public area lighting tax retributions of Rp. 2.109 billion (US$210,000)

Tax retributions for use of ground water Rp. 1.254 billion (US$125,400). Building and Land taxes Rp. 13.13 billion (US$1,313,000). Parking tax retributions Rp. 1,032 billion (US$103,200). Contributions to the adjoining traditional villages of

Kelan and Tuban Rp. 409,352 million (US$40,935). Payments made to local tax coffers by Bali's airport earned PT PAP the distinction of being the top tax payer in the Badung regency for 2007 and 2008. In addition to taxes paid, PT PAP social responsibility contributions and donations to community projects across Bali totaled Rp. 26.231 billion (US$2.6 million) for the 18 months ended June 30, 2009. Citing the substantial employment and financial contribution made to the local economy and, perhaps, responding to criticisms leveled at the management of the airport over recent months, PT PAP's manager, Heru Legowo, told the Bali Post: "Don't kill the goose laying golden eggs." Www.balidiscovery.com

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Thief leaves name, address behind A MAN vying for the title of New Zealand's most incompetent criminal left his name and contact details with a shop before robbing it and fleeing. The man - a regular customer of the music shop in the southern city of Christchurch - grabbed handfuls of banknotes from the till with four surveillance cameras trained on him, the shop's manager told The Press newspaper. Manager Garry Knight said although the shop assistant was distracted with helping another customer, two other people in the store

witnessed the theft on Friday. "It's comical,'' Mr Knight said. Just minutes before the robbery, the man had approached the assistant, saying he wanted a copy of Pink Floyd's album The Wall held for him. He wrote his name and contact details down for the assistant. He also had other longstanding requests for albums at the shop, also accompanied by his name and contact details.

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Horoscopes: Predictions for Aug. 17-23 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) -- A chaotic atmosphere taxes the patience of the Aries Lamb, who prefers to deal with a more orderly environment. Best advice: Stay out of the situation until things settle.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) -- This is a good time to use that Scorpian creativity to come up with something special that will help get your derailed career plans back on track and headed in the right direction.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) -- Tension runs high in both personal and workplace relationships. This can make it difficult to get your message across. Best to wait until you have a more receptive audience.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) -While change is favored, it could be a good idea to carefully weigh the possible fallout as well as the benefits of any moves before you make them.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) -- This is a good time to take a break from your busy schedule to plan for some welldeserved socializing. You could get news about an important personal matter by the week's end.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) -- The Goat continues to create a stir by following his or her own path. Just be sure you keep your focus straight and avoid any distractions that could cause you to make a misstep.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) -- An offer of help could come just when you seem to need it. But be careful about saying yes to anything that might have conditions attached that could cause problems down the line.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) -- A colleague's demands seem out of line. But before reacting one way or another, talk things out and see how you might resolve the problem and avoid future misunderstandings.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) -- Sometimes a workplace colleague can't be charmed into supporting the Lion's position. That's when it's time to shift tactics and overwhelm the doubter with the facts.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) -- A personal matter appears to be making more demands on your time than you feel you're ready to give. See if some compromise can be reached before things get too dicey.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) -- You continue to earn respect for your efforts to help someone close to you stand up to a bully. But be careful that in pushing this matter you don't start to do some bullying yourself. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) -- Don't ask others if they think you're up to a new responsibility. Having faith in your own abilities is the key to dealing with a challenge. P.S.: That "private" matter needs your attention.

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IF YOU WERE BORN THIS WEEK: You're able to communicate feelings better than most people. Have you considered a career in the pulpit or in politics?

A US widow is auctioning off the burial plot occupied by her late husband above that of film legend Marilyn Monroe, the Los Angeles Times newspaper says. "Spend eternity directly above Marilyn Monroe", says the ad placed on eBay by Elsie Poncher of Beverly Hills. Bidding opened at $500,000 (£303,000), and had reached $700,000 by Sunday. Mrs Poncher said she will be "vacating" the remains of her husband "to make room for a new resident" at LA's exclusive Westwood Village cemetery. The widow told the LA Times that she hoped to make enough money to pay off the $1.6m mortgage on her Beverly Hills mansion. "I can't be more honest

than that," she said. "I want to leave it free and clear for my kids." The cemetery is the final resting place of many celebrities, including Dean Martin, Roy Orbison, Truman Capote, and most recently Farrah Fawcett. Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner bought the crypt beside Monroe in 1992. But Mrs Poncher is selling the chance to reserve a "place in eternity" directly above the Hollywood sex symbol, telling the LA Times that her own husband was placed face down in his crypt on top of the actress, in keeping with his dying wish. Richard Poncher - who died 23 years ago at the age of 81 - was said to be a successful businessman who worked hard, spent lavishly, and knew "all the

gangsters" of LA. Mrs Poncher said he bought two burial plots from Joe DiMaggio during the US baseball legend's 1954 divorce from Monroe. Monroe died in 1962, aged 36. Mrs Poncher says her husband's remains will be moved over one spot into the crypt intended for her, while she will be cremated when the time comes.

Intrepid 11yo scores Obama interview At just 11 years old, Damon Weaver has scored an interview that journalists all over the world would love to have with President Barack Obama. The child journalist, who has been trying for months to interview the US leader, declared Mr Obama "a normal person," after gaining exclusive access to the president for a television station run by his school, Kathryn Cunningham Elementary in Florida. Weaver had already interviewed figures from Vice President Joe Biden to basketball superstar Dwyane Wade, but he was determined to question the president, even attending Mr Obama's inauguration in the hopes of meeting with him. "You look good in your suit man," Mr Obama told Weaver as he met with his

young interviewer. Footage of the ten-minute interview was posted on videosharing website YouTube. Asked about his job as president, Mr Obama declared it "very exciting." "It's a lot of work. At times you get a little worn down, but everyday you have the possibility of helping people." Weaver focused most of his questions on education, including the quality of teaching at US schools, bullying of students, and even school lunches. Mr Obama discussed his educational platform in detail, talking about "state funding" and "school resources," and telling Weaver that he plans to give a major speech on education on September 8, as children across the country head back to school

after their summer recess. "Were you ever bullied in school?" Weaver asked Mr Obama. "You know, I wasn't bullied too much in school, I was pretty big for my age," the president said. Rounding out the interview, Mr Obama thanked Weaver, who said to him: "Now that I interviewed you, would you like to become my homeboy?”

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What’s On ? Bali Pajama Party August 29, 2009 Rotary Club Bali Ubud Sunset Launches Bali's First Nightwear Fund Raiser. As Eric Idle once said when introducing a man with three buttocks: "And now for something completely different" . . . . . . the Rotary Club Bali Ubud Sunset is presenting its first "annual" Pajama Party Fundraiser at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 29, 2009. Slated to take place at the Tony Taka Art Gallery in Mas, Ubud, organizers promise an evening loosely organized around a Pajama Party theme, the highlights of which include: Dress Code: - Come as you are, or go as you went! Be creative and wear what you like, but guests are invited to attend in elegant pajamas, loungewear or in hair rollers, face cream and comfy bed shirt. Food - In keeping with the style and character of the Rotary Club Bali Ubud Sunset, the evening will be a community affair. Accordingly, chef's from some of Ubud's best restaurants, including Ary's Warung, Plantation at Alila Ubud, Lamak, Maya Ubud,

experiential items. Among the valuable and unusual items open for bids will be a self-designed piece of jewelry from John Hardy Jewelry and KTI Design Studio; a private tour through the Kope Bali Coffee Bean Roasting factory including an introduction to the world's most expensive cup of coffee - kopi luwak; and an exclusive private portrait photography shot by Ubud's very own e Rio Helmi. These are just a few of a a number of items offered for sale during the course of the evening. menu Atlas South Sea Pearl of Company is also offering a free tour of mouth their North Bali pearl farm including wateri transportation for everyone who ng "comfort foods." attends the Pajama Party." Entertainment - They'll be Tickets for the evening are music during dinner served in the main art gallery followed by a garden only Rp. 450,000 (US$45) with proceeds from the evening in support dance performance by Bali's world of the many community service renowned Nyoman Sura Dance projects run by the Rotary Club Bali Troupe performing a special Ubud Sunet . composition created for the evening Tickets can be purchased entitled "Dreaming." from club members or at the Roda Special Auction - Bali's Internet Café on Jalan Bisma (across Update Editor Jack Daniels and Ubud's culture Diva Rucina Ballinger from the Café des Artistes or at Biku in will serve as guest auctioneer for the Petitenget at telephone ++62(0)8123901142. evening selling a range of enticing

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Terrorance Tolerism: An Exhibition by I Ketut Teler Balinese Artisit I Ketut Teler Explores Human Diversity and Tolerance in Ubud, Bali Exhibition September 11-30, 2009. In his exhibition "Terrorance Tolerism" the Balinese artist I Ketut Teler explores the role diversity plays in human experience. Using as a point of departure the Indonesian national motto of "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" or "Unity in Diversity," Teler delves the essence of diversity - (kebhinekaan). Maintaining there is no truth in dualism, the artists sees differences in color, ideology and within clans as the source of conflict. It is the artist's

contention that conflicts between going into or out of self, between soft and hard, between goodness and evil, fear and bravery can be harmonized through the application of tolerance and the acceptance of diversity as the essence of life. Terrorance Tolerism An Exhibition of I Ketut TelerHanna Artspace, Pengosekan, Ubud, Bali September 11 30, 2009. Www.balidiscovery.com

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Dancing Dragon Cottages Closed natural energy contours of the land. Irreconcilable Differences Citing "irreconcilable difference" with her Balinese Business partner, Karen Kingston announced the closing of the hotel on the Dancing Dragon Cottage Opened by internationally Wesbite. acclaimed feng shui expert and The announcement, dated best-selling author, Karen Kingston, August 12, 2009, said all in July 2000, Dancing Dragon furnishings and the hotel are Cottages applied principles of space management, space clearing being offered at “rock-bottom” prices for quick disposition. and natural light in constructing a In what was apparently a revolutionary boutique resort concept. Wiring was concealed and sudden decision, Kingston thanks past guests for their support and kept, as much as possible, away apologized to those who had from sleeping and living areas, booked the hotel over the coming corners were rounded on interior months. spaces, and circuitous pathways Also expressing regret across the property followed the

Karen Kingston's Popular 'Feng Shui' Hotel in Ahmed, Bali, Permanently Closed Due to a Business Dispute. Bali's unique feng shui resort in Ahmed Dancing Dragon has closed.

over the loss of jobs the closure represents to staff of the hotel, Kingston said in her brief announcement: "There is no possibility the hotel will re-open." Www.balidiscovery.com

Giving 'Rock Concert' a Whole New Meaning in Bali Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkin Performs at the Rock Bar at Bali's Ayana Resort and Spa. Stephan Jenkins, lead vocalist of American alternative rock band Third Eye Blind (3eb), presented a one-night-only concert on Thursday, August 12, 2009. at the "Rock Bar," the stunning new open-top bar built on natural rocks above the Indian Ocean in Bali at the Ayana Resort and Spa. Perched on a rocky 'stage' jutting out from the cliff-face, Jenkins gave a solo performance of tracks from the band's new album 'Ursa Major,' their first album in six years. Acceding to audience requests, Jenkin also played his past hits, including "Deep Inside You" and "Semi Charmed Life." The front man of the

two-time Grammy-nominated band was visiting Bali after headlining Indonesia's largest

music festival, Java Rockin Land where 3eb played before some 22,000 fans. Seduced by the beauty of Bali, Jenkins made the spontaneous decision

to play in free concert at the Rock Bar for local fans, as he prepared to re-group with the rest of the band to officially release their new album on August 18 in the U.S.A.. The band is scheduled to do three shows in San Francisco, New York and West Virginia all within the next 10 days. "We came to Bali for the surfing and diving, and this is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen," Jenkins said. "We've worked really hard on the new album and are now heading back to the States to officially release it." Complementing Jenkins seaside performance were appearances by DJ Zoe Noa from Amsterdam, Japanese saxophonist Chika Asamoto and a dramatic "fire-breathing" performance by local daredevils.

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Bali's Rodent Invasion Widens Rats and Birds Continue to Play Havoc on Lives of Bali's Farmers. As reported on balidiscovery.com, farmers in a number of areas of Bali are losing valuable crops due to a sudden upsurge in rat populations laying once productive agricultural lands virtually bare. [See: An Island in Need of a Pied Piper] Despite widespread rodent elimination programs, including the recent sacred cremation of 112,670 rats in a special ceremony in Tabanan, the Bali Post reports that the plague of rodents continues to worsen, complicated further by the reported increase of the number of marauding birds attacking rice crops that have managed to evade rodent attacks. The villages of Antosari, Selemadeg Barat in Tabanan has seen 35 hectares of rice fields laid waste after rodent attacks, with

farmers claiming their entire crops has been destroyed by rats and predatory birds. Some farmers have experienced failure of two entire crop rotations, making the feeding and care of their families problematic. Efforts to curb rodent infestation using poisons have proven ineffective in securing the local rice crop. The Chief of the Tabanan Agriculture and Horticulture Department, I Gede Made Sukawijaya, acknowledged widespread crop destruction in several areas of his regency, saying he hope measures to control the rodent population would soon yield results. The mass culling and cremation

of rats in Tabanan on July 17, 2009 at a cost of Rp. 250 million (US$25,000) and subsequent hunting expeditions to destroy rats has had mixed results, with some areas of Tabanan reporting improvement in harvests while other farms claiming to have been little aided in their efforts to conserve their crops. Www.balidiscovery.com

H1N1 Patients in Bali Now Treated as Outpatients

As H1N1 Pandemic Broadens Indonesian Government Changes Approach to Swine Flu Patient Care. In the face of burgeoning new cases of the H1N1 virus or "Swine Flu" being detected in Bali, the Bali Post reports that Dr. Ken Wirasudha has announced that only confirmed cases of H1N1 Virus in which life-threatening

circumstances are present will be warded at Bali's Sanglah General Hospital. Other patients infected with the virus but deemed not to be at more severe risk will be given appropriate medications and told to return to their homes and limit contact wit others as much as possible. The change from a policy of hospitalization to outpatient care reflects a larger change in policy achieved following a coordinating meeting on confronting H1N1 recently held on the island of Batam. With the illness now declared a "pandemic" by the World Health

Organizaiton Indonesian medical providers have been forced to follow international practice, reserving its limited number of available hospital beds for those suffering an acute attack of H1N1 or for those suffering lifethreatening complications from the disease. www.balidiscovery.com

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e r k C J e n r PIERRE THE FIGHTER PILOT

THE NUNS AND THE BLIND MAN Two nuns are ordered to paint a room in the convent, and the last instruction of the Mother Superior is that they must not get even a drop of paint on their habits. After conferring about this for a while, the two nuns decide to lock the door of the room, strip off their habits, and paint in the nude. In the middle of the project, there comes a knock at the door. "Who is it?" calls one of the nuns. "Blind man," replies a voice from the other side of the door. The two nuns look at each other and shrug, and, deciding that no harm can come from letting a blind man into the room, they open the door. "Nice gazongas," says the man, "where do you want these blinds?"

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It's a beautiful day and love is in the air. Marie leans over to Pierre the fighter pilot and says, "Pierre, kiss me!" He grabs a bottle of merlot and splashes it on Marie's lips. "What are you doing, Pierre?" Asks the startled Marie. "I am Pierre the fighter pilot! When I have red meat, I have red wine!" She smiles, and they start kissing. Things began to heat up. Marie says, "Pierre, kiss me lower." He tears her blouse open, grabs a bottle of chardonnay and starts pouring it all over her breasts. "Pierre, what are you doing?" asks the bewildered Marie. "I am Pierre the fighter pilot! When I have white meat, I have white wine!" They resume their passionate interlude. Marie leans close to his ear and whispers, "Pierre, kiss me lower!" Pierre rips off her underwear, grabs a bottle of cognac and pours it in her lap. He strikes a match and lights it on fire. Marie shrieks and dives into the river.

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AFL great Jim Stynes back at the football after cancer diagnosis Melbourne Demons AFL great Jim Stynes says he is optimistic about winning a fight against cancer so he can watch the club's re-emergence with his children. Stynes, 43, said on Sunday he had had four tumours removed from his body and had gained some benefit from resting during a three-week family holiday in Thailand. The Demons president and former champion player used a brief address at the lunch before the Melbourne-Fremantle game at the MCG to thank his family, support network and well-wishers. He also could not resist giving a passionate declaration that his beloved club had a bright future despite its current lastplaced status. Stynes said his health was up and down, but Sunday was clearly an "up" day. "I'm really positive with what I can do with the healing and all that. I've got some great people around me," he said. "We've got it all out, I've

had four different tumours taken out, so it's good to have them out of me. "... I believe long-term, when I look back at it, this will be the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life. "This is the great thing about what I'm going through because I get to look forward to something great, a lot of great things." Typically, much of Stynes' focus was not on him but his club, and he was confident the Demons could wipe off their financial debt and improve dramatically on-field in the coming years. He said the emergence of Melbourne's younger players would provide the club's young supporters - including his own children - with an exciting future. "Imagine how exciting it's going to be for those kids (supporters) when they grow up and enjoy it," he said. "All the shit they've copped at school and people hanging it on them because

they're down the bottom, they're going to really be able to stick it up them in a few years. "I've got a five-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl and I just can't wait because it's hard 'When are we going to win, Dad?' - but we're going to win today and we're going to just slowly build it. "Without getting the expectations too high, it's coming." Before Stynes spoke, Melbourne screened a stirring highlights package of the first game the Demons played after their president revealed he was fighting cancer, the round-14 win over West Coast. The highlights included coach Dean Bailey's pre-game address, when he spoke of what it meant to wear the Melbourne jumper, and his words to the huddle at three-quarter time, when he reminded his players Stynes was at home watching the game on television. "What message do you want to send him today?" he roared.

Geelong expect host of star Cats to return but aren't sure on Brad Ottens Geelong could regain a litter of key players from injury for Friday night's round 21 AFL clash against Western Bulldogs, but they're not sure if Brad Ottens will be one of them. The Cats will decide this week whether to play Ottens against the Bulldogs or keep him in the VFL, where he has played three games since returning from a knee injury. Coach Mark Thompson has to determine whether Ottens could ready himself for the finals by playing in the VFL or whether he needed to play in the top flight,

either this weekend or in round 22 against Fremantle. "We've got to discuss him tomorrow, whether we play him in another game in the VFL or in the AFL and I really haven't decided myself," Thompson said on Tuesday. Thompson said at least three players - half-forwards Paul Chapman and Max Rooke and defender Darren Milburn were definitely ready to return from injury, while several others were close. "Chapman will play, Rooke will play, Milburn will play,

(James) Kelly's a good chance and (David) Wojcinski's a chance," he said. Geelong will stay in second spot regardless of Friday night's result at Etihad Stadium, but expect another titanic game against the Bulldogs, who are aiming to finish in the top four. "The Bulldogs are a really good, challenging game for us," Thompson said. "We're looking forward to a close one, a hard-fought, hardrunning, skilful contest on a great stadium.”

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Carlton champion Anthony Koutoufides says he wants to coach and would even join arch-rival Collingwood to kick-start his career. While his preference is to join his beloved Blues, Koutoufides said he would welcome an opportunity to work under Magpies coach Mick Malthouse. "Collingwood, I'd love to go there under Mick (Malthouse), no doubt about it," he said. "It's a great club, we all know that. No hiding that issue there. "Obviously, it would be an unbelievable club with the way they are going. And with 'Bucks' (Nathan Buckley) and Mick, the way they handled everything was magnificent." Koutoufides has spoken to Carlton, unofficially, about his enthusiasm to rejoin the club. "We will give Carlton the first choice on whether they want me back there," he said. "My love has always been there, but in saying that, if it doesn't happen, I am not going to hold any grudges. "If Carlton don't want me, that's probably better, then I can go to another club." Carlton's head of football Stephen Icke said it would look at off-field matters once the season was over. "We've got our mind set on this week. We'll start planning for next year once our commitments for this year have finished," Icke said. "We haven't discussed him (Kouta) or anyone else for that matter." Koutoufides, 36, denied he would be joining a boys club by returning to the Blues. He played alongside coach Brett Ratten, part-time assistant coach Craig Bradley and president Stephen Kernahan. "I finished my time under Denis (Pagan) and only got to experience 'Ratts' (Brett Ratten) for one week," he said. "I'm sure I would have plenty to learn there with his methods. "I know the club well, but I've been out of there for two years now. It's changed a bit, too. "To go back there, I would still learn a lot because I reckon he is a different coach now." Koutoufides has also notified AFL Coaches' Association boss Danny Frawley of his aspirations. "He helped me a lot," Koutoufides said. "He was good. I met up with him and we sat down and put together a CV that he thought would be beneficial for me. "I still really love the game. It's been a passion of mine for so many years. "When I retired I just needed to get away from it for a period. Now my hunger has resumed. "Maybe I miss the adrenalin of it all."

John Worsfold says he was forced to confront Ben Cousins about drug rumours when he first took on the coaching job at West Coast in 2002. And his behind-the-scenes battle to help the Brownlow medallist beat his addiction ended with Worsfold fearing Cousins might die. But the news that floored Worsfield was when he received a phone call telling him his great mate Chris Mainwaring was dead. Worsfold said in an expansive interview in The Sunday Times: "There were rumours, basically, when I'd come back from Carlton (about drugs) and I said to him (Ben), 'I hear these rumours about you. What's going on?'," he said. "It would be fair to say he tried to make sure I was aware there was no problem. He was adamant there were no dramas." But the wicked whispers continued and as Worsfold lifted West Coast to the finals each year there was more talk that his star midfielder was experimenting. "Every time these stories came to my attention I would quiz him on it," Worsfold said. "In the end, when I could finally say, 'You've got a problem', and he acknowledged it, then it was about helping him through it. "The big issue for Ben was that it would become public - he was worried that people would know about his problem. I said, 'well my advice is if you can't beat it while you're trying to hide it, then you're better off it being public and beating it. The key thing is beating it, not what other people think. The big thing is you've got to beat this addiction'." It was finally in December 2006, when the Eagles were in pre-season training for the 2007 season, that Worsfold feared the worst. "I pretty much said to him, 'I'd much rather people know that you've had an addiction and you've beaten it than be reading about your funeral'," he said. "I was saying, 'If you need to go away for four or five months then we (the club) will support you -you're on our list. Get away and don't worry about playing footy . . . get it fixed and however long it takes is fine by me'. But, no, he wanted to try to beat it and do it all and that's when it spiralled out of control - it spiralled quickly because he was at that point of no return - by early 2007 it was all over.”

Carlton champion Anthony Koutoufides says he wants to coach in the AFL

John Worsfold says he feared for Ben Cousins' life at West Coast

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US banknotes contain cocaine traces A test of bank notes in the United States has revealed that 95 per cent of bills examined in Washington showed traces of contact with cocaine. The figure is up by 20 per cent since the last test in 2007. Scientists at the University of Massachusetts tested banknotes from more than 30 cities in a number of countries. China had the lowest rate of contamination at 12 per cent.

Lake closed after fish bites woman Lake Alexander will be closed for two days while council workers try to remove dangerous large fish. It is usually saltwater crocodiles that force the closure of popular swimming areas in the Northern Territory. But Darwin City Council has decided to close one in the Top End capital because of the danger posed by a large fish which recently bit a woman on the foot. The woman suffered minor lacerations as a result of the incident, which occurred at Lake Alexander in the Darwin suburb of East Point. "Instances where large fish are a problem in the lake are very rare, but when they

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Rocky Elsom says Wallabies must start turning promise into tangible results Wallabies flanker Rocky Elsom says near enough will not be good enough for Australia if it wants to keep its Bledisloe Cup and Tri Nations hopes alive next weekend. Robbie Deans' side must beat the All Blacks at Sydney's ANZ Stadium to stay in the hunt for both pieces of silverware and will rush the abrasive but underdone Elsom on to the bench for the do-or-die encounter. Elsom has not played since the end of May due to a knee injury but Australia badly needs the 26-year-old's sheer aggression which made him a smash hit during his offseason stint with Irish club Leinster. The Wallabies have shown genuine flashes of hope in their opening Tri Nations clashes only to suffer from poor discipline and sloppy execution at critical junctures. As a result, Australia sits at the bottom of the Tri Nations table after the 22-16 loss to New Zealand on July 18 and last weekend's 29-17 defeat at the hands of South Africa.

responsibility to play well when you get picked to play for Australia but you have to be comfortable with how you go about things, which I am, and bring a big game that you're comfortable playing." New Zealand will be bolstered by the return of superstar flyhalf Daniel Carter but will still be stinging from back-to-back losses to the Springboks in South Africa. Elsom - a 40-Test campaigner - said that would only make the Wallabies' task more difficult but he was confident Australia was ready for an arm-wrestle given high tensions between teammates at training last week.

"At this level, promising signs is not what you are really after. You are after a complete performance for 80 minutes," Elsom said. "The guys have been reasonably disappointed with the last two games, understandably. "The good news is we are still in the tournament so we have control over how we go." Elsom said he had no problems wearing the enforcer tag but was unsure how much he could contribute because of his long lay-off. "I'll do my absolute best when I get out there but I can only do what I can all things considered," he said. "There is always a heavy

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Fox Sports goes back in time to take a close look at AFL round 20 Eight games, another bunch of highlights, lowlights, winners, grinners, sinners and moments to remember. Here's our take on the pulsating weekend that was round 20 in the AFL. The Brownlow Banker: Who wrote him off? Come on, stand up. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Too selfish. More interested in a Brownlow than team success. Gary Ablett, the Geelong ace, has done it tough in the past few weeks. He reckons it's been the toughest period of his career. Well, he put it all behind him with a 44possession game that willed the Cats across the line against heroic Sydney Swans. He might not win the medal but he'll get three votes for round 20. The Golden Moment: Jim Stynes is back. The Melbourne Demons president was on hand to see his beloved club score a fourth win of the season against Fremantle at the MCG on Sunday. The 63point shellacking brought a smile to the face of the former champion, who is fighting cancer. He was all smiles at the final siren and full of hope. "I believe long-term, when I look back at it, this will be the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life," he said of his battle with illness. Didn't See That Coming: St Kilda were three games from the first 22-0 season. So close they could taste it. Essendon, their opponents in round 20, were expected to put up a quarter of resistance, perhaps a half, then be chewed up by a combination of midfield talent and frontal pressure. Until Sunday, St Kilda had not lost at Etihad Stadium in more than 14 months, compiling an 18-game winning streak at the venue. Someone didn't explain all this to the Bombers. Nick Riewoldt had a post-siren shot to right the wrongs of Sunday night's classic contest, but the

Saints skipper missed. One of the game's of the season and upsets of the year. The Biggest Flop: Another couple of nominations in this week. Our regular favourites Fremantle and Port Adelaide are back to vie for the award they've dominated for much of the season. The Dockers were dismal against Melbourne Demons, the Power rarely turned on against Carlton. But it was Richmond, in Joel Bowden's swansong, who didn't fire a shot against Collingwood. The Tigers were toothless and good enough, or bad enough, to edge Port and Freo in this category. Spray Of The Week: Speaking of Richmond, Collingwood captain Nick Maxwell didn't miss the Tigers after the match. The boys in yellow and black went the biff and Maxwell's Magpies, playing with one eye on the finals, had to keep their fists to themselves. But the skipper was able to throw a few verbal shots on Sunday. "That's the way they decided to go, but I thought it was pretty average considering we couldn't fight back and considering they weren't prepared, a few of their blokes, to put their head over the ball when it counted," he said. Watch This Space: The search for the next coach of North Melbourne and Richmond is poised to end this week. As early as Monday, North Melbourne could announce Damien Hardwick as the man to lead them. Hardwick has two rivals for that position; Darren Crocker and Collingwood assistant Brad Scott. He's also in a race of four for the job at Punt Road. His opponents for that position are caretaker Jade Rawlings, Geelong assistant Ken Hinkley and Essendon assistant Alan Richardson. If I were a betting man it'd be Hardwick at Richmond and Scott at North Melbourne. A couple more tough nuts look ready to enter the coaching ranks. Wouldn't Want To Be You:

Nick Riewoldt. Sure, the big blond looks like he's got it all. One of the best players in the game, a shot at this year's premiership, the world at his feet. But the star St Kilda skipper will have to live with being the man who blew the perfect 22-0 season, if the Saints go on to win the next two matches. A 21-1 record would be a brilliant achievement and a premiership to go with it just fine, by it's not perfect. It's going to hurt for a week. The Last Laugh: Jason Akermanis, for those of you new to our great game, used to play for Brisbane Lions. He was a handful there, for both his opponents and coach Leigh Matthews. A couple of years back Lethal reached the end of his tether and sent the three-time premiership pest on his way. He joined Western Bulldogs and went back to his old stomping ground on Saturday night. In a different jumper but same shocking goatee, the crafty forward killed off his former club's budding last-quarter comeback with a signature left-foot goal from the boundary. What's His Name Again He Had A Belter: If ever a boy was born to play for Collingwood it is Dayne Beams. He's tough, had a sleeve full of tattoos by the time he was drafted, and works his backside on the training track. On Saturday, against the insipid Tigers, Beams may have just shaded his ink buddy Dane Swan in a near-best afield performance. What You Won't See This Week: Essendon shore up their place in the eight. Call me crazy, but Fremantle are going to knock the Bombers off this weekend, mark my words. Dustin Fletcher won't play, Paddy Ryder pulled up sore, Courtenay Dempsey is injured and the high that must come after beating St Kilda can only be followed by a low. Getting done by the Dockers might just be the lowest of low.

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Heidi Pratt says husband Spencer gives her 30 orgasms a day TV star and singer-songwriter Heidi Pratt has revealed her husband gives her an orgasm for every hour of the day. The Hills beauty bragged to Playboy that Spencer, 25, is a sex god and gives her up to 30 orgasms a DAY. In a bizarre interview with the magazine, conducted by Spencer himself, the 22-year-old

blonde said: "I was never very satisfied as we are. sexual before I met you, Spencer. "When I met you, I entered into a whole new realm of understanding, from fantasy to love. "Or to experience a day with 20 or 30 orgasms. Before you, sex was just something that happened." She added: "I feel sorry for couples who aren't as sexually

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Wait over for Hendra horse virus tests THE final test results that will confirm whether any more horses on a Queensland property are infected with the Hendra virus will be known today. One of 25 horses in isolation on the J4S stud at Cawarral, east of Rockhampton, tested positive to the virus on Friday but is being retested after an earlier check had cleared it. Results of the second

round of blood tests on the other horses and another 10 horses that left the stud for other Queensland properties prior to the lockdown, are due to be returned to authorities from Victoria's Australian Animal Health Laboratory and released today, a Department of Primary Industries spokesman has said. Testing on another horse, which was moved to NSW, is being

carried out by NSW authorities, he said. Two Hendra-affected horses have died at the stud, on August 7 and 8. A third horse, originally thought to have suffered a snake bite in late July, may also have been infected but its carcass was destroyed before it could be tested.

Calls for law change after family barbeques dog Animal lovers in New Zealand want to make it illegal for people to eat their pets, after a Tongan family killed and barbequed their pet dog. The Taufa family killed their pet staffordshire bull terrier Ripper and then invited friends round for a barbeque.

Lupi Taufa says it's common practice in her homeland Tonga. "Dog, horse, we eat it in Tonga. It's good food for us," she said. Derek Haddy works for the SPCA, New Zealand's equivalent of the RSPCA.

"I find it quite disturbing that somebody would kill a pet and then eat it. I'm not OK with that, but unfortunately the law allows you to do it," he said. The SPCA says people eating their pets happens more often than society realises.

Man arrested for drive-by faeces attack A 39-year-old construction worker has been arrested for throwing his own faeces at women passers-by from a motorcycle in two separate attacks in western Japan, police said today. The man turned himself in yesterday after making the second drive-by attack in Settsu, a satellite city near Osaka, and

was detained on suspicion of assault, a municipal police spokesman said. The worker, identified as Tatsuya Moriguchi, committed a similar assault in the same city on August 3, the police official said. "The suspect has told investigators he did it because he felt frustrated when his work didn't go well,'' the official said.

"I have no idea what kind of penalty he may face. I have not heard about such a case before.'' In the first incident, Moriguchi relieved himself outdoors just before getting on his moped and throwing the faeces at the head of a woman in her 20s, the official said.

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Japan protester tries to disembowel himself Japanese police say a right-wing nationalist has stabbed himself in the stomach in a bizarre protest outside the national parliament. The man was demanding that political leaders and the Japanese Emperor visit a controversial shrine that honours the

country's war dead. Police say the 39-year-old man stood outside the parliament and then plunged a short sword into his stomach in an attempt to commit ritual disembowelment, known as seppuku. He was carrying a letter demanding that Prime Minister Taro Aso, cabinet members and

Emperor Akihito visit the Yasukuni shrine. The shrine honours Japan's 2.5 million war dead, as well as 14 convicted war criminals. Police say he survived the suicide attempt.

Scorned wife admits lighting deadly wedding fire A Kuwaiti woman has reportedly confessed to lighting a fire that killed 41 women and children, and injured scores more, at a wedding. The fire broke out in a women's tent at a Kuwaiti wedding party on Saturday; 41 bodies were found in the smouldering remains.

Kuwait's Times newspaper is now reporting the groom's first wife has confessed to starting the fire after witnesses claimed they saw her light it with the help of kerosenesoaked rags. She is now in custody. The newspaper says the bride escaped uninjured but her mother and sister were killed.

Fire authorities say it took just three minutes for the blaze to kill its 41 victims. Many more were injured in the ensuing stampede as they tried to escape the tent. The tragedy is likely to bring changes to Kuwaiti laws to restrict the use of wedding tents in future.

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fate is likely for the unnamed mother-to-be's 12 children, saying the feat is “impossible”, but she says she feels fine. One doctor told the Daily Mail the chances of even one baby surviving were “one in a hundred”. The stress of carrying the babies could see them born as early as 20 weeks into her pregnancy, and given that doctors have confirmed she's carrying six boys and six girls - a process that can only be carried out after 16 weeks - she could well be in labour sooner rather than later.The woman's pregnancy comes seven months after Californian mum Nadya Suleman - popularly known as “Octomom” - delivered eight healthy children. However, Suleman's eight children were delivered by caesarean section. The woman's husband,

identified only as Marwan, said the couple were overjoyed, having endured several miscarriages in the past before turning to fertility treatment to conceive the brood. "In the beginning we thought that my wife would give birth to twins,” he told The Sun. “But more foetuses were discovered. Our joy increased with the growing number." It is not clear whether the mother was offered the option of “selective reduction” - terminating several of the foetuses - in order to increase the chance of survival of the remaining foetuses and their mother. However, the Tunisian Government says it will do “all it can” to care for the mother and her babies.

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England left copy of fifth Test squad in a dustbin outside selection meeting Red-faced England shot themselves in the foot by leaving a copy of their fifth Test squad in a dustbin outside an Ashes selection meeting. The scrunched-up document, revealing that rookie batsman Jonathan Trott had been selected and Ravi Bopara axed, was understood to have been picked up by an English journalist at Trent Bridge. The team quickly leaked out and was revealed in most English newspapers two days before it was set to be officially unveiled. It provided Australia with some crucial early intelligence that allowed them to formulate plans for the South African-born Trott, who will bat at No.5 for England in Thursday's Ashesdeciding Oval Test. High-ranking England officials are believed to be fuming at the embarrassing blooper and it is another black mark against selection boss Geoff Miller. Miller was the man who allowed injured stars Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff to go to the Indian Premier League earlier in April despite the fact it was an Ashes year. Both men's injuries became worse in the IPL, with Pietersen needing to undergo Achilles tendon surgery after two Tests and Flintoff (knee injury) missing the pivotal fourth Test at Headingley. A behind-the-scenes investigation was being launched on Sunday night into how the England squad found their way into the hands of the media. It came as England officially released their 14-man squad, which as anticipated, saw Bopara dumped, Trott called up and Flintoff named for his farewell Test. Monty Panesar returns, giving England the option of playing him alongside fellow spinner Graeme Swann at The

Oval. The dustbin drama followed another major leak when Justin Langer's dossier on English players became public. The document described England's players as soft, lazy and superficial. They are not the first examples of private Ashes documents finding their way into the wrong hands. In 2001, a 10-

page Ashes memo from former Australian coach John Buchanan was mistakenly sent to the room of an English journalist in Southampton. Although the memo contained obscure references to the teachings of fifth-century BC Chinese military leader Sun Tzu, Buchanan also claimed England was hanging on to excuses and would have no place left to hide.

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Rossi stretches championship lead after winning Czech MotoGP Italy's Valentino Rossi on a Yamaha won the Czech Grand Prix meeting to extend his overall championship lead and move a big step closer to clinching a ninth world title. After a thrilling head-tohead duel with Spanish stablemate Jorge Lorenzo, Rossi profited from the latter's fall five laps from the finish to extend his lead to 50 points going into the final seven races, starting with Indianapolis on August 30. Lorenzo had passed Rossi three laps earlier but his spectacular tumble - from which he emerged unscathed although he angrily threw his gloves down and kicked out at his machine handed Rossi a clear run through to the finish and a 102nd career victory. The 30-year-old Rossi, nicknamed The Doctor, is now closing in on Giacomo Agostini's all-time mark of 122 race wins. After crossing the line exuberantly on one wheel in 43min 08.991sec he leapt over the barrier to celebrate with his crew, warmly embracing them in turn. Afterwards, he had time to offer a word of sympathy to Lorenzo - while insisting that he could not think of putting yet more

title champagne on ice. "It's really a shame for Jorge," said the Italian, noting that, despite his handsome lead "there's a long way to go. I have to stay focused." Dani Pedrosa of Honda placed second 11.766ec adrift of Rossi while fellow Honda rider Toni Elias, who predicted a tough future despite his first season podium as he is looking for a new team for 2010, completed the podium. Rossi, Lorenzo and Pedrosa shot out of the blocks and had put more than 2sec between themselves and the chasing pack led by Elias. Rossi, who had gone into the race on pole for the 56th time, was furiously jousting for the lead with Lorenzo with the Italian just in the ascendency as the Yamaha pair left the rest trailing with Pedrosa third at 2.6 sec and the gap then 9sec on Elias and company. The 14th lap saw Lorenzo make his all-or-bust move for the lead as he set the fastest lap time of 1:56.674, a time he then bettered by 0.004sec on lap 16 before nipping through the gap into the lead. But his 18th-lap fall brought his brave challenge to naught as Rossi stayed doggedly with him

before his rival's misfortune allowed him to breeze home in the knowledge that Pedrosa was trailing by a huge 14.772sec. There was further drama in the penultimate lap when Finland's Mika Kallio ran into the back of Italian Marco Melandri, dragging both men down although neither appeared to have suffered injury. Italy's Marco Simoncelli of Gilera won the 250cc race as the world champion beat out compatriot Mattia Pasini with Spain's Alvaro Bautista taking third place. The win means the Italian can still retain legitimate hope of overhauling Honda's Hiroshi Aoyama, who currently leads the standings with 172 points to Aprilia racer Alvaro Bautista's 160 and 140 for Simoncelli, who now has three wins this campaign and won off pole Sunday. Pasini missed out at the death after coming through from seventh on the grid to give Simoncelli a fine run for his money. Nicolas Terol of Spain won the 125cc race at the Czech Grand Prix meeting ahead of compatriot Julian Simon and Andrea Iannone of Italy. Terol grabbed the lead from the start and was never headed after that as he recorded his first win of the year.

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Corby, Lawrence given sentence Man done for DUI in golf cart cuts Convicted Australian drug smugglers Schapelle Corby and Renae Lawrence have each had their sentences reduced at Bali's Kerobokan Prison to mark Indonesia's Independence Day. Corby was handed a fourmonth remission while Lawrence, one of the so-called Bali Nine, was given a five-month cut. They are among 321 people in Bali's Kerobokan Prison to receive sentence remissions, prison chief Siswanto said at a ceremony this morning. "They received these remissions because they have served more than two years of their sentences and they have behaved well in prison," he said. Corby received a lesser reduction for allegedly keeping a mobile phone in her jail cell.

Police have charged a Corby, 32, was sentenced to 20 years' jail after Northern Territory man with drinkshe was caught at Bali's airport driving after he was allegedly found cruising along a footpath in in October 2004 with 4.1 a golf cart more than two kilograms of marijuana in her kilometres from the nearest golf boogie board bag. course. Lawrence, also 32, was The 28-year-old man, who sentenced to 20 years' jail for owns the buggy, was pulled over her role in the failed Bali Nine at 1am by police in Katherine, plot to smuggle more than 8kg of heroin from Bali to Australia in about 300 kilometres south of Darwin. 2005. Police say he recorded a The other members of blood alcohol level of 0.14 per the Bali Nine were not eligible for remissions because they are cent. He allegedly told police he either on death row or serving thought getting home in his golf life sentences. cart would be safer than driving Indonesia traditionally cuts jail terms on Independence his car . The man has been Day and some religious charged with medium range drinkholidays. driving and driving an unregistered vehicle.

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have a couple more wickets courtesy of another typically accurate performance that included striking tailender Steve Kirby (7no) three times in three balls. In reply to Australia's 9(dec)340, England Lions were dismissed for 237 on the final day when it was agreed to call an early end to play. Hauritz thought his and Clark's performances would not have had a big impact at the selection table. "I don't think it really mattered, I think it was just a good hit-out for the team," he said.

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chances alive of selection for the Ashes decider with solid performances in the two-day match. Hauritz (2-43 off 16 overs) and Clark (1-33 off 11 overs) are fighting it out for the final bowling spot at The Oval with pitch conditions expected to play a major role in selection. The tweaker claimed the wickets of Andrew Gayle (31) and Steve Davies (0) in consecutive balls during the middle session of play and bowled with nice variation and managed to extract good turn and bounce off the dry pitch. Clark was unlucky not to

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Brett Lee boosted his chances of playing in the Ashes decider with a three-wicket haul as Australia beat England Lions by 103 runs at Canterbury. The fast bowler, who has yet to play in the Ashes because of injury, took 3-37 in a last-gasp attempt to force his way back into the team for the fifth and final Test against England which starts at The Oval on Thursday. With the series tied at 1-1, Australia need just a draw to retain the Ashes. Spinner Nathan Hauritz and seamer Stuart Clark kept their

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'Currywurst' museum opens in Germany AS German as the Brandenburg Gate, the nation's favourite snack, the curried sausage or "currywurst", has now got its own museum, a shrine to the saucy delicacy that has become a national treasure. The “currywurst museum”, which opened at the weekend, celebrates the iconic dish, nicknamed the “poor man's steak”, 800 million of which are gobbled every year in Germany a staggering 1,500 sausages per minute. Despite its name, it is not actually the sausage that is curried. The secret of currywurst's acquired taste stems from the sauce a simple but unforgettable melange of pureed tomato sprinkled with curry powder. Best munched standing up at an omnipresent outdoor snack bar, the sausage is sliced into pieces, drenched in curry sauce and served to the punter on a cardboard plate with a plastic or wooden fork, together with bread, chips or potato salad. Former US president George W. Bush reputedly once turned up his nose at it, but

currywurst was ex-chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's favourite dish and Volkswagen sells more currywurst in its canteens than it does Golf cars. Love it or hate it, currywurst, explained museum director Birgit Breloh, is nothing short of a “social phenomenon”. ”Our goal was to show all the facets of the currywurst,” she added. Entering the museum, decked out in ketchup-red with enormous plastic drops of sauce hanging overhead, the visitor can explore the world of the currywurst with all the senses, hearing the sound of sausages sizzling and the smell of spices filling the nostrils. But for the hoped-for 350,000 visitors annually, the experience is more than just sensual, but also didactic. A mocked-up stand, for example, offers tourists the chance to see what life is like on the other side of the grill. Visitors can also snap up a “don't worry, be curry” t-shirt. Also explained is the controversial story of how currywurst first came into being a story that has caused much squabbling between cities down the years.

Berliners insist a bored sausage seller, Herta Heuwer, created the currywurst on a drizzly September 4, 1949, less than four months after the end of the Western Allies' Berlin Airlift. Lacking clients, so the story goes, Heuwer mixed up a dash of American ketchup, a pinch of British curry sauce, a few spices and a drop of Worcester sauce and hey presto: currywurst sauce was born. But the residents of Hamburg in northern Germany also claim the currywurst for their own, with the Currywurst Club Hamburg even going so far as to accuse Berlin of re-writing the history books. Whoever first created the dish, the fact remains that currywurst is a central part of German history, which perhaps explains the museum's location right next to Checkpoint Charlie where Soviet and American tanks faced off at the Berlin Wall at the height of the Cold War. The only question remains: will tourists fork out the 11 euros ($16) for an entry ticket, or will they prefer to splash the cash on four delicious helpings of currywurst?

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THE All Blacks used five security guards to patrol a THE All Blacks used five security guards to patrol a locked-down training session yesterday as Kiwi paranoia over spying reached bizarre new heights. New Zealand's first training session ahead of Saturday’s second Bledisloe Cup clash resembled an episode of Spooks as guards with walkietalkies combed the North Sydney Oval stands for spies or hidden cameras and later tried to move onlookers off a public street. Australian media were also asked to leave the All Blacks' training after the team warmed up, but New Zealand media were allowed to stay. The extraordinary Bledisloe spy-games showed the Kiwis haven't calmed down after allegations of Wallabies' espionage last year in Brisbane, where assistant coach Steve Hansen accused Australia of obtaining footage of training. Hansen complained that

a Channel 7 camera crew taped a private Kiwi session and gave a copy to the Wallabies.Australia angrily dismissed the slur but it was clear yesterday the Kiwis remained agitated about covert Wallabies surveillance. The guards were heard to remind each other to "check the roofs" and swiftly kicked out two punters from a northern stand. After Aussie media were evicted, two local journalists were even warned off watching on through an open north gate at Rydge St. When it was pointed out they were standing on a public street, the guard replied: "I understand that, but this is a private session." The secrecy was in stark contrast to the Wallabies' training sessions, where members of the public are frequently invited to watch. No amount of cloak and daggers could hide the fact the All Blacks were certain to name

five-eighth Dan Carter in their side today. Carter ran at No. 10 yesterday, and fullback Mils Muliaina said the focus of the secret session was "making sure he's up to speed with what we are doing". Wallabies rival Matt Giteau is expecting the star Kiwi No. 10 to be back to his best. "He is a pretty special individual, I think. From all reports in his comeback games he has played pretty well," Giteau said. "That's how I'd be preparing for the game - looking at it that he is in his best form and he is playing his best rugby." Giteau believes the All Blacks will attempt to move the ball wide, which perhaps gives the defensively solid Ryan Cross a leg-up for Stirling Mortlock's vacant No. 13. Adam Ashley-Cooper is the other candidate, with James O'Connor to play fullback. Rocky Elsom is expected to return at No. 6.

Leo Barry to hang up boots VETERAN Sydney defender Leo Barry will walk away from football at the end of the season. Barry, 32, played his first senior match of an injuryplagued season last weekend in the Swans' narrow loss to Geelong. The premiership player has had a difficult season with injury, a fact which has ultimately made the decision easier for him. “After much consideration and a frustrating year so far, I have decided to retire at the end of the 2009 season,” Leo Barry said today, “I have obviously struggled with fitness and that has made it an easier decision to end my football career. “At the end of the season

I will take time off to consider my future either in football or possibly in an area of stockbroking, as I have already been doing some work with Citi.” Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar. He has played 235 matches in an AFL career which started in 1995 and will always be remembered for his spectacular mark in the dying seconds of the 2005 Grand Final to save the day for the Swans. Coach Paul Roos, a former teammate and now coach, was full of praise for what Barry has been able to achieve. “Leo and I arrived at the club together in 1995 and have

enjoyed an incredibly close relationship over the past fifteen years,” Roos said. “He is truly one of the great gentlemen and family men of the game. “As a player he simply should not have been able to do the things he did. Leo was a 185cm, 88kg full-back and played on some of the biggest, fastest and best full-forwards of all time, and constantly beat them. “This he did with his fantastic athleticism but most importantly, an incredible self belief and desire to be the best player he could possibly be.”

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Michael Schumacher calls off F1 comeback Former world champion di Montezemolo and Team Michael Schumacher has Principal Stefano Domenicali that abandoned plans to return to unfortunately I'm not able to step Formula One racing at the in for Felipe," Schumacher said on European Grand Prix in his website. Valencia due to a neck injury, "I really tried everything to he announced on his website. make that temporary comeback The 40-year-old German, possible, however, much to my who won the world title seven regret it didn't work out. times before retiring in 2006, "Unfortunately we did not had been primed to replace the manage to get a grip on the pain injured Felipe Massa in the in the neck which occurred after Ferrari team for the race in the private F1-day in Mugello, Spain and possibly for the rest even if medically or of the season. therapeutically we tried everything But he injured his neck in possible. a motorcycle accident in The door for a sensational February and medical tests Schumacher comeback to the showed that he had yet to fully sport he dominated for so long recover. was opened when Brazilian "Yesterday evening, I had Massa sustained serious head to inform Ferrari President Luca injuries during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest on July 25. PT. ARTHA CANDRA UTAMA BEST AUTHORIZED MONEY CHANGER looked That certain to rule him out for the rest of the BALI EKA AYU season and the Tour and Travel Italian team immediately turned toward Activities: their former top driver to step in. - Domestic and International His Airline Ticketing planned - Daily Coach Tour comeback to - Visa Extension Service racing added more spice to what has already Office: been a dramatic Poppies 1, Gg. Kembar No. 2, Agung’s Market season, but was Phone: (0361) 763 453, Phone/ Fax: (0361) 766 893 not welcomed by Kuta - Bali all, especially Formula One rivals Williams, BAGUS PUB who invoked BALI EKA AYU rules and TOUR & TRAVEL Secret Garden Bar & Restaurant regulations to Kuta Townhouses block his testing Ferrari's current car ahead of LEGIAN STREET

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Valencia. That would have left him desperately short of practice for the race, but as it turned out it was physical more than mechanical reasons that spoiled his return. "The consequences of the injuries caused by the bikeaccident in February, fractures in the area of head and neck, unfortunately have turned out to be still too severe," he said. "That is why my neck cannot stand the extreme stresses caused by Formula 1 yet. I am disappointed to the core. "I am awfully sorry for the guys of Ferrari and for all the fans which crossed fingers for me. I can only repeat that I tried everything that was within my power. All I can do now is to keep my fingers crossed for the whole team for the coming races." Ferrari announced that the team's test driver Luca Badoer would take the place of Schumacher replacing Massa for the European Grand Prix. The 38-year-old Italian has competed in five Grands Prix during his career, the last being in 1999. Team boss Luca di Montezemolo said he was disappointed that Schumacher had been forced to pull out of the race in Valencia as he had already shown his enthusiasm and dedication to winning were intact. "His return to racing would have been good for Formula One and I am sure we would have seen him fighting it out for the victory," he added. Schumacher won five of his seven world titles with Ferrari and he had been working as a consultant with the Italian team this season.

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Election 2009: And the real winners are... the people! After more than four weeks of waiting, finally we can pop the champagne corks or cut the yellow rice cone, and celebrate the final outcome of the presidential election. The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that the results of the July 8 presidential election, as released earlier by the General Elections Commission (KPU), were valid, and that the claims by the two losing candidates of massive frauds were not substantiated. It's not so much the results that we should be celebrating as the finality and certainty of the electoral outcome that gave the incumbent, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a landslide victory with more than 60 percent of the votes. Prior to Wednesday's announcement, there was the prospect of the KPU having to re-run the election as demanded by the two losing candidates, Megawati Soekarnoputri and Jusuf Kalla. Both Megawati and Kalla have now accepted the results, albeit grudgingly. Megawati still refrained from congratulating the winner, though, insisting that the election was not free or fair. But since she never conceded defeat in 2004 at the hands of Yudhoyono, her behavior came as no surprise at all. Kalla has reportedly called President Yudhoyono to congratulate him, but to some degree he had to because he is still active as the Vice President and the two men will have to work together until their term in office ends Oct. 20. It was not exactly the picture of a perfect presidential election thanks to the KPU's

incompetence in managing the entire electoral process. There were problems with the voters' registration, but we could safely say that those who were eligible were able to vote on July 8, because of a last-minute intervention by the Constitutional Court that allowed people to vote simply by presenting their ID cards even if they were not registered. Megawati and Kalla's best claim of fraud was that many people were registered more than once on the electoral roll, because loopholes in the national population registry allowed people to possess more than one ID card. But the pair were unable to prove that these errors were widely abused to give Yudhoyono the victory. Kudos to the Indonesian people for showing the world, once again, that we as a nation of 240 million people with diverse races, ethnicities, cultures and languages spread over 17,000 islands can organize a free and fair election, free of violence. While the people have shown that they can embrace democracy, sadly we cannot say the same about our political elite. While we have built and strengthened our political institutions and system to make a democracy out of Indonesia over the past eleven years, we have yet to see any significant changes in the culture or behavior of our political elite. The ideal picture of a democracy is where the national healing process begins as soon as election results are announced. Any election is always divisive and the nation is polarized and divided by affiliations to political parties of

candidates. As is practiced in most democracies, the losing candidates would concede defeat and extend congratulatory messages as soon as the results are out, and the winner would embrace the losers and take the initiative to lead in efforts to reunite the nation. But this did not happen in Indonesia in 2009. Rather than accepting defeat gracefully, the losers are bitching about how the election was stolen from under their feet. The winners could not possibly be expected to embrace people who still bear grudges against them. Megawati and Kalla are probably too busy now facing serious challenges to their leadership of their respective parties after their humiliating defeat to be thinking about mending ties with the winners. Both are in the twilight of their political careers and will soon fade out. They could have left a much better legacy than what they are creating now. But it's their loss rather than ours. This ship is sailing, with or without them.

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