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Gunmen fired on anti-govern-ment protesters in Cairo, wherefighting killed six and wounded over800 and prompted new calls onThursday from Western powers forPresident Hosni Mubarak to starthanding over power immediately.

Agence France Presse

ROME – Italian researcherswho specialise in resolving artmysteries said they have discov-ered the disputed identity of themodel for Leonardo da Vinci’sMona Lisa — and claimed he wasa man. Silvano Vinceti, chairmanof the Italian national committeefor cultural heritage, said the Flo-rence-born Renaissance artist’smale apprentice and possible loverSalai was the main inspiration for

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Mona Lisa model was a male say Italian researchers

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Art historian Silvano Vinceti, silhouetted, gestures as a photoshowing a detail of the eyes of Italian artist Leonardo daVinci’s “Mona Lisa” painting is projected in background,

during a press conference, in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.

the picture.However his claim was imme-

diately disputed by experts at theLouvre in Paris, where the paint-ing is on display. Salai, real nameGian Giacomo Caprotti, an effemi-nate young artist who worked withda Vinci for 25 years, is thought tohave served as a model and musefor several of his paintings. Thepair had an “ambiguous” relation-ship and were probably lovers,Vinceti said.

Pro-govern-ment dem-onstrators,bottom,watch ascars burnduringclashes withanti-govern-ment dem-onstrators,not seen, inTahrirsquare, thecenter ofanti-govern-ment dem-onstrations,in Cairo,Egypt, earlyThursday,Feb. 3, 2011.

AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis

Blood in Cairo square:Mubarak backers, foes clashAssociated Press Writer

CAIRO – Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak charged into Cairo’s central square on horsesand camels brandishing whips while others rained firebombs from rooftops in what appeared tobe an orchestrated assault against protesters trying to topple Egypt’s leader of 30 years.

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The protesters accusedMubarak’s regime of unleashing aforce of paid thugs and plainclothespolice to crush their unprecedented9-day-old movement, a day after the82-year-old president refused tostep down. They showed off police

ID badges they said were wrestedfrom their attackers. Some govern-ment workers said their employersordered them into the streets.

Mustafa el-Fiqqi, a top officialfrom the ruling National DemocraticParty, told The Associated Press that

businessmen connected to the rul-ing party were responsible for whathappened. The notion that the statemay have coordinated violenceagainst protesters, who had kept apeaceful vigil in Tahrir Square forfive days, prompted a sharp rebukefrom the Obama administration.

“If any of the violence is instigatedby the government, it should stopimmediately,” said White HousePress Secretary Robert Gibbs.

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Denpasar (Bali Post)—Inflation of Denpasar City was

recorded to reach 2.93 percent inJanuary 2011. Such a figure wastriggered by contribution of foodgroup by 2.93 percent. Of the 66cit ies l is ted, 62 ci t ies wentthrough inflation. The highest in-flation was undergone by Padangnamely by 3.70 percent and thelowest occurred in Manokwari by0.07 percent. Meanwhile, thehighest deflation occurred inSorong by 1.07 percent and thelowest in Ternate by 0.32 percent.

“Inflation happening currently inDenpasar surpassed the national ratereaching 0.89 percent. But, whenranked from the highest inflation,Denpasar ranked 28th out of 62 cit-ies undergoing the inflation,” saidthe Head of the Central StatisticsAgency (BPS) of Bali Office, GedeSuarsa, Tuesday (Feb 1).

Aside from affected by thefoodstuff group, the inflation wasalso caused by the price hikes asshown by the rising index ofgoods and services group. Further,Suarsa revealed the rate of infla-tion consisting of prepared foodby 0.29 percent; housing, water,electricity, gas and fuel (0.22 per-cent); clothing (0.08 percent),health group (0.15 percent); andthe transport, communications,and financial services (1.26 per-cent).

One of the Demulih residents,Wayan Sumarjaya, witnessed theincident starting from heavy rainfalls. Suddenly the wind blew incircles. Afterward, it grabbed andknocked down his albasia tree. Thetree then impinged a coconut treeover his building. Both trees wereuprooted and fell on his house(western pavilion). As conse-quence, the newly completedbuilding was destroyed. Luckilyhis family was not inside the pa-vilion then. The loss caused by theincident was estimated to reach

Denpasar (Bali Post)—The Indonesia Hotels and Res-

taurants Association (PHRI) ofBali Chapter urged the Province ofBali, especially the regency/mu-nicipal government, to immedi-ately close the operation of illegalaccommodation such as villas,bungalows and cottage.

Secretary of the PHRI Bali,Ferry Markus, assessed the ram-pant existence of villas, bungalowsand tourist cottages operating il-legally caused the low occupancyrate of hotels in Bali. Even, theywere vulnerable to the acts ofcriminality happened lately.

“The increasing number of ille-gal villas, bungalows and cottageshas also damaged the image of Balitourism. It can happen consideringthose illegal tourism accommoda-tions tend to provide poor servicesdue to low prices,” revealed FerryMarkus on Tuesday (Feb 1). Gov-ernments and stakeholders, ex-pected Ferry, dared to take a firmstance by closing the operation ofthose illegal tourist facilities, evenif required, the authority shoulddemolish those illegal villas, bun-

Hit by tornado,Hit by tornado,Hit by tornado,Hit by tornado,Hit by tornado,dozens of housesdozens of housesdozens of housesdozens of housesdozens of housesdamageddamageddamageddamageddamagedBangli (Bali Post)—

Violent blows of tornado on Tuesday (Feb 1) around at 2:30 p.m. Local Time crashed theDemulih Village, Susut Subdistrict, Bangli Regency. Dozens of houses owned by local residentswere damaged. Two chicken runs owned by local residents were even flat to the ground as hit bythe tornado. Losses in the incident were estimated to reach IDR 250 million.

IDR 90 million.Similar confession was re-

vealed by Wayan Nyambang, theneighbor of Sumarjaya whosehouse was also afflicted by thesame incident. His house wasseverely damaged impinged byseeded breadfruit and bamboo.His house was severely de-stroyed and unworthy occupy-ing.

Another resident, NengahKarsana, was also the victim ofthe tornado. His northern pavil-ion was damaged as impinged by

albasia tree. Likewise, a numberof his family shrines were dam-aged on account of that ragingtornado.

Meanwhile, the chicken run be-longing to Sumirajaya, NengahSiana and Sudiana were crusheduntil flat to the ground. Eachclaimed a loss of tens of millionsof rupiahs. The acting Spokesper-son of Bangli, Ida I Dewa NyomanRai, accompanied by Chief of theSusut Police I Made Redha withpermission of Bangli Police Chiefconfirmed the incident.

PHRI Bali urges government toclose illegal accommodations

galows or cottages.“Now, it is depending on the

government because it has theauthority whether it will disci-pline them or even demolishthem properly,” he said.

Meanwhile, a member of theBadung House, NyomanKaryana, stated that his partyslightly doubted the relevantagencies in overseeing those il-legal accommodations, espe-cially the villas. “It has beenproven by the existence of ram-pant i l legal vil las. In otherwords, so far the institutions canbe said to have enforced theregulation less intensively,” hesaid.

In the meantime, the Head ofSouth Kuta Subdistrict, WayanWijana, admitted to have beenworking as closely as possible tofollow up the matter. Even, ev-ery morning the civilian securityguards (Trantib) of South Kutawere deployed to come down tovillas for making supervisionand checking their permit. Hisparty also provided guidance anddirection to the owner of villas

far in advance. Even, other thandirection for immediate submis-sion of the permits, the subdistrictofficials also gave information onthe permit procedures.

“Their classical reason is thatthey do not know how to submitthe permit. Even, some said theyhad no time because they are lazyif they have to submit it back andforth. For that purpose, we pro-vided them with obvious directionhow to submit the permit and evenbring the license’s form of thesubmission,” he explained.

Maximum efforts made by hisofficers would continue to be car-ried out. However, if later on theowners of illegal villas remainedstubborn and were difficult to nur-ture, his party would report thecase to higher authorities for fur-ther action. Up to these days,there had been approximatelymore than 300 illegal villas scat-tered and continued to flourish inmany regions within the BadungRegency. In the meantime, themember of Bali Villas Association(BVA) up to these days consistedof 500 villas. (par)

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The traditional food which is being sell in the supermarket.

Foodstuff triggersinflation by 2.93 percent

“Apart from a few commoditiesgiving contribution to inflation,some other commodities alsocaused deflation. Dominant com-modities causing deflation areeducation, recreation, and sport by0.18 percent,” he said.

Meanwhile, the development ofstandard dry grain price (GKP) inBali from the past five yearsshowed a fluctuating trend. InSeptember 2010, the standardprice at the farmer level was onlyat IDR 3,193.12 per kg. The con-dition continued to show improve-ment in October of the same yearat the farmer level, namely IDR3,106.37 per kg, while in Novem-ber the sales price slightly droppedto IDR 3,032.27 per kg. However,in December 2010 until January2011 the standard price at the levelof farmer increased to IDR3,092.40 per kg and IDR 3,309.92per kg.

“During last January, therewere no farmers in Bali selling thegrain with moisture content above25 percent, though the rainfallcondition occurred was quite ex-treme,” he said.

The lowest price of grain meet-ing the GKP quality standard at thelevel of farmer in January 2011was IDR 3,350 per kg, while thehighest price at IDR 3,410 per kgwas found in the Buleleng Re-gency. (par)

3International Bali News Friday, February 4, 2011

Semarapura (Bali Post)Seaweed was said to be the main

part of the Nusa Penida peopleeconomy as the harvesting resultsfrom it has been great and stabilpriced too. Yet this harvest seasonhas a different story as productionhas decreased 30 percent causingloss. “Rainy season causes seaweedto rot. Ice-ice (seaweed pests) arealso growing,” a seaweed farmer inBanjar Sental Kawan, Ped, NusaPenida, Made Suweja (65), whenmet at his seaweed saving place lastTuesday (1/2). Not only Suwejawho’s victimized but also other sea-weed farmers on the beach shoresof Nusa Penida.

Suweja this day maximal harvestreaches 120 kilogram per three hun-dred square meters. The professionhe has been doing since 1984 usu-ally can harvest 700 kg. Suweja usu-ally handles the farming by himselfon the sea, yet when it’s harvest timeand it’s on land his wife would helpout. He sells his products in a dis-tributor at Nusa Penida with priceIDR 2.500 per kilogram for whiteseaweeds and Rp 3.400 per kilo-gram for red seaweeds.

A farmer in Banjar Telaga, TelagaVillage, Nusa Penida, Wayan Putra

Nyoman Berag (60) fromBanjar Besang Kangin,Semarapura Kaja, Klungkung whoworks as a constructor inSaraswati High School buildingconstruction project located atCokroaminoto street, Klungkung,fell from the third floor of thebuilding last Tuesday (1/2) after-noon resulting a fatal incident. Itis not known what have caused ityet it is strongly suspected causedby being tripped by an iron bar.

Information received from thefield stated that victim fell at 4 pm.The incident was totally unknownby other constructors as at thattime the seven constructors whowere working on classrooms arehaving their break. “It was duringour break. We knew it happenedafter we heard a thud and then in-formed by a security,” one of theconstructors Nengah Sumertastated, who’s also victim’s family.

Sumerta stated victim was

Falling From Third FloorHigh School ProjectConstructor Died

found alive and hurt. He was thenbrought to Emergency ofKlungkung Hospital to get treat-ment yet it can’t be helped any-more. Victim was thought to havebroke his head and his right earwas bleeding, “There might be fa-tality on the head so victim can’tbe saved.”

Besides that Sumerta thinks thevictim was trying to find iron bars,“We did not know exactly whathappened as at that time we’re allon our break.”

Meanwhile, victim’s bodyhas been wrapped in cloth andwas put on a bale at the west partof his house. A number ofvictim’s family has been visit-ing and it is planned that he willbe buried in two days after hisfamily in Singaraja will come.“Victim comes has five siblingsso we’re waiting for them first,”vict im’s colleague, KetutSurena, stated. (kmb)

Seaweed Harvest Decreased

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The seaweed farmer is checking his crops.

(60) who’s usually called Pan Swari,takes care of 800 square meters sea-weed land. He’s helped by three kidsand his wife, Made Sadri. This dayhe could only harvest 500 kilogramcompared to the usual 600-700 ki-logram from the whole 800 squaremeters, “Luckily I don’t only dependon this job.” He also does fishing andplanting yet fishing didn’t give goodresults either due to the situation,“Planting results also decreased tothe long rainy season. Fishing resultsalso as it’s not its season.”

When asked for confirmation,Head of Nusa Penida SeaweedFarmer Group, Nyoman Landep,confirmed that seaweed harvest hasbeen decreased. Following the rainyseason, ice-ice pestes become morethreatening and breaks seaweedstems. Also when it’s on land famerscan’t dry it maximally with the rainpouring down and it gets moldy,“Rainy season has cause a scare toseaweed farmers in Nusa Penida.”

Mainly in Nusa Penida mainland, farmers dominantly plantsspinosum seaweeds as cottonikind is not suitable here, “If inJungutbagtu, Lembongan, they’resuitable for cottoni alsospinosum.” (kmb20)

The annual Ngusaba ritual heldin the eighth month based on Ba-linese calendar (falling aroundJanuary-February) is a unique tra-dition. There are so many roastedpigs put into offering. Other thanthis uniqueness, the Ngusaba alsoindicates the togetherness of thelocal villagers.

Adviser to the Timbrah Cus-tomary Vil lage, I NengahSudarsa, who is also the Secre-tary of Karangasem RegencyGovernment, stated that pursuantto the philosophy or regulation ofcustomary village there was noobligation to offer a roasted pigfor each household. However, ithighly depended on the sincerityand ability of each customary vil-lager. But, due to their together-ness, each household presented aroasted pig together with itscomplementary oblation.

Sudarsa, who was a formerchief of the customary village,added that the ceremony reflectedthe togetherness of villagers. Ifthere were poor villagers or theywere unable to offer roasted pig,

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The suckling pigs which is being use during the ceremony in Timbrah Village, Karangasem.

Ngusaba Guling,Ngusaba Guling,Ngusaba Guling,Ngusaba Guling,Ngusaba Guling,togetherness of Timbrahtogetherness of Timbrahtogetherness of Timbrahtogetherness of Timbrahtogetherness of Timbrahcustomary villagerscustomary villagerscustomary villagerscustomary villagerscustomary villagers

Residents of Timbrah Customary Village, Karangasem, organized Ngusaba Dalem ritual onTuesday (Feb 1). At that time, nearly every local household offered at least a single roasted suck-ling pig (babi guling). It is also better known as Ngusaba Guling.

then ‘the haves’ would delivertheir roasted pig after being of-fered. On that account, peoplewho were unable to roast pigcould even have a larger amountof meat because so many villag-ers gave them.

As a matter of fact , saidSudarsa, the core purpose ofNgusaba Dalem ritual was to wor-ship the Goddess Durgha (consortof Lord Shiva) to invoke welfareand safety for the Timbrah villag-ers in particular. “Offering theroasted pig poses an expression ofgratitude of local villagers for thegrace bestowed in the form ofcrops and livestock by the godsworshiped at the Dalem Temple ofTimbrah Customary Village,” saidSudarsa.

He added that since not all resi-dents were able to offer a roastedpig they could optionally offerroasted duck accompanied bycomplementary offerings likeCanang Bayuan depending ontheir sincerity and capability.

Sudarsa said the total house-hold at his village was 789. Re-

lated to the successful harvest inthe rice fields and estates and thenon-existence of disease outbreakaffecting the livestock in the vil-lage territory, it could be assuredthat all households would offer atleast one roasted pig. It meantthere were no less than 800 crispyroasted pigs of various sizeswould be offered in the temple.

The tradit ion of offeringroasted pig together with comple-mentary offerings was not onlyperformed at the Ngusaba Dalemritual. In the Ngusaba Sumbu fall-ing around July, local villagerswere also able to present the sameofferings. Except for both uniquetraditions, the regulation of cus-tomary village also set forth theprohibition of organizing anykind of gambling. For those whoviolated the rules, the village au-thority would impose a sanctionin the form of fines like in par-ticular amount of rice. So far, thelocal villagers were very obedi-ent to the regulations and theylived their life relatively peace-fully. (bud)

International4 Friday, February 4, 2011 News

Snorre Valen, a 26-year-old leg-islator from Norway’s Socialist LeftParty, told The Associated Press hehanded in his nomination in personon Tuesday, the last day to put forthcandidates.

“I think it is important to raise adebate about freedom of expressionand that truth is always the first ca-sualty in war,” Valen said.“WikiLeaks wants to make govern-ments accountable for their actionsand that contributes to peace.” Valenalso announced his choice on hisblog, where he wrote thatWikiLeaks had advanced thestruggle for human rights, democ-racy and freedom of speech, justlike last year’s winner, Chinese dis-sident Liu Xiaobo.

Valen cited disclosures of nepo-tism and corruption in Tunisia’s

Reuters

SANAA – Tens of thousandsof Yemenis squared off in streetprotests for and against the govern-ment on Thursday during an op-position-led “Day of Rage,” a dayafter President Ali Abdullah Salehoffered to step down in 2013. Anti-government activists drew morethan 20,000 in Sanaa, the biggestcrowd since a wave of protests hitthe Arabian Peninsula state twoweeks ago, inspired by demonstra-tions that toppled Tunisia’s rulerand threaten Egypt’s president.

But an equally large pro-Salehprotest also picked up steam, andsupporters of the president whohas ruled Yemen for more thanthree decades drove around thecapital urging Yemenis over loud-speakers to join their counter-demonstrations. The protests inSanaa fizzled out by midday, withdemonstrators on both sides dis-persing peacefully ahead of a tra-ditional afternoon break to chewqat, a mild stimulant leaf widelyconsumed in Yemen.

“The people want regimechange,” anti-government protest-ers had shouted as they gatherednear Sanaa University, a main ral-lying point. “No to corruption, no

Associated Press Writer

CEIBA HUECA, Cuba –Relatives and friends of a Cu-ban woman have celebratedwhat they say is her 126th birth-day, though that claim to lon-gevity is not recognized inter-nationally. Cuba’s PrensaLatina agency says JuanaBautista de la CandelariaRodriguez has a civil registry

Relatives say Cuban womanmarks 126th birthday

Juana Bautista de la CandelariaRodriguez, left, is helped by a

relative to cut her birthday cakeduring her birthday party at her

home in the neighborhood ofSanta Rosa in Ceiba Hueca,

Cuba, Wednesday Feb. 2, 2011.

document that states she was born onFeb. 2, 1885, in the town of CeibaHueca, where she still lives.

Her 125th birthday celebration lastyear was covered extensively in theisland’s state-run media, but she isn’trecognized by the Los Angeles-basedGerontology Research Group, whichverifies information for GuinnessWorld Records.

The claim would make her theworld’s oldest person by more than a

decade. At 114 years old, AmericanBesse Cooper is recognized as theworld’s oldest person.

AP Photo/Javier Galeano

AFP PHOTO /JOHANNES EISELE

WikiLeaks nominatedWikiLeaks nominatedWikiLeaks nominatedWikiLeaks nominatedWikiLeaks nominatedfor Nobel Peace Prizefor Nobel Peace Prizefor Nobel Peace Prizefor Nobel Peace Prizefor Nobel Peace PrizeAssociated Press Writer

OSLO, Norway – A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize,saying Wednesday that its disclosures of classified documents promote world peace by holding govern-ments accountable for their actions. The Norwegian Nobel Committee keeps candidates secret for 50 years,but those with nomination rights sometimes make their picks known.

presidential family, sayingWikiLeaks “made a small contribu-tion to bringing down” that regime.

The prize committee typically re-ceives more than 200 nominations,so being nominated doesn’t say any-thing about a candidate’s chances ofactually winning. And there’s no wayof knowing for sure that people whoannounce candidates actually sub-mitted a legitimate nomination to theaward committee.

Kristian Harpsviken, a leadingNobel-watcher and director of thePeace Research Institute Oslo, saidhe didn’t consider WikiLeaks as astrong candidate for the 10 millionkronor ($1.6 million) award. “Thereason I think it’s unlikely is thatthere has been so much criticism ofWikiLeaks, not least how they havehandled identification issues of

people in the documents,” he said.“I don’t think it quite does the trick.”

Harpsviken keeps a list of “pos-sible and confirmed nominations,”based on public announcements andhis own sources. His list this year in-cludes WikiLeaks as well as BradleyManning, the Army private accusedof leaking material to the website.

Kyrgyz President RozaOtunbayeva, Afghan human rightsadvocate Sima Samar, and severalrights groups including U.S.-basedWings of Hope and Cuban opposi-tion movement Damas de Blanco arealso on the list.

His own top guess is Russianrights group Memorial, followed byactivists Leymah Gbowee of Liberiaand Ory Okolloh of Kenya. Thecommittee will announce the win-ner in October.

Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a former speakerand co-worker at Wikileaks, poses at theWorld Economic Forum (WEF) annualMeeting on January 29, 2011 in Davos.

AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED HUWAIS

Yemeni supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh (pictures) rallyto show their allegiance at a stadium in the capital Sanaa on Febru-ary 2, 2011 hours after the leader said that he will freeze constitu-tional changes that would have seen him become president for life.

Yemenis square off in rival“Day of Rage” protests

to dictatorship.” Saleh, eyeing theunrest spreading in the Arab world,indicated on Wednesday he wouldleave office when his term ends in2013, and promised that his sonwould not take over the reins ofgovernment, among a host of otherpolitical concessions.

It was Saleh’s boldest gambityet to stave off turmoil in Yemen,a key ally of Washington againstal Qaeda, as he sought to avert ashowdown with the opposition thatmight risk sparking an Egypt-styleuprising in the deeply impover-ished state.

The stakes are high for Yemen,on the brink of becoming a failedstate, as it tries to fight a resurgental Qaeda wing, quell southernseparatism, and cement peace withShi’ite rebels in the north.

Yemen’s biggest oppositionparty, the Islamist Islah, welcomedSaleh’s initiative but snubbed apresidential appeal to call off pro-tests. Yet anti-government protest-ers appeared to lack consensus,with some calling for Saleh to getout while others wanted him toprove he would act on his prom-ises. “What the president offeredyesterday was just theater, I don’ttrust him,” a protester, MahmoudAbdullah, said in Sanaa.

Activities Friday, February 4, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for February 1 through March 2, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annualCeremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Ba-linese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine whicheach family possesses. Because of this practically every fewdays a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in someVillage in Bali. There are also times when the entire islandcelebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan,Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day,Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is consid-ered its birth day and celebration always takes place on thesame day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When newmoon is used then the celebration always happens on new moonor full moon. The day of course can differ the religious cel-ebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some templecelebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakihtemple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and mostof the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importanceof the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed withpieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, deco-rations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold andChinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the fourcorners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, whiteor black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped inthe shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrel-las soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, longflags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. Infront of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles,decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, riceand other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are thegirls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangementsof all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Everyvisitor admires the grace with which the carry their load ontheir heads.

Balinese TempleCeremony

1 FebruaryAnggarKasih Tambir

Dalem Puri Temple in Batuan - SukawatiDalem Kediri Silakarang in Silakarang -Singapadu - GianyarDalem Temple in Sukawati Village - GianyarDalem Temple in Singakerta Village - Ubud -GianyarDalem Lemben in Ketewel - Sukawati -GianyarPaibon Pasek Tangkas in Peliatan - UbudPuseh ngukuhin in Keramas - GianyarPemerajan Agung Ki Telabah in Tuakilang -TabananKarang Buncing in Blahbatuh - GianyarDalem Bubunan in Seririt - BulelengDesa Badung Temple in DenpasarMerajan Pasek Gelgel Gobleg in Turupinghe -Banjar - BulelengLuwur Pedengenan Bedha in Bongan -TabananMerajan Dukuh Sebudi in Keramas - GianyarMerajan Pasek Ngukuhin in Keramas - GianyarPucak Payongan in Kedewatan - Ubud -GianyarTanah Kilap “ Griya Anyar” in Suwung Kawuh- Denpasar SelatanSelukat Temple in Keramas - Blahbatuh -GianyarDalem Tampuagan in tembuku - BangliDalem Waturenggong in Desa Taro - GianyarDalem Bentuyung in Ubud - GianyarPuseh Temple in Ubud - GianyarDalem Temple Peliatan Ubud - Gianyar

2 FebruaryBuda Umanis Tambir, Tilem Kawulu

Sari Bankar Titih Kapal - BadungUlun Kulkul (Aci Sarin Tahun) Besakih -KarangasemDalem Yang Taluh Sidemen -Karangasem

Dalem Kangin Sidemen - Karangasem.

16 FebruaryBuda Keliwon Matal

Puseh & Desa Temple Sukawati Village - GianyarMerajan Agung Batuyang - batubulanPasek Gelgel Bebetin Sawan - BulelengMaspahit Temple Sesetan - South DenpasarPasek Bendesa Manik Mas Dukuh Kendran -TegalalangPanti Pasek Gaduh Sesetan - South DenpasarMerajan Pasek Kubayan Wangaya GedePedarman Arya Kanuruhan Besakih -Karangasem

17 FebruaryPurnama Kesanga

Penataran sasih Temple Pejeng - GianyarBukit Mentik Gunung Lebah Batur VillageKintamani - bangli

26 FebruaryTumpek Kandang Day

Puseh Temple Gianyar CityLuhur Dalem Sagening Kediri - TabananMerajan Pasek Gelge Tegal Gede - Badung

2 MarchBuda Wage Menail

Dalem Tarukan LinggihCemenggaon Sukawati -GianyarPasek Dangke Bambang - BangliPenataran Dalem Ketut Pejeng Pejeng Kaja -GianyarPuseh Menakaji Peninjoan - BangliMerajan Agung Blangsinga Blahbatuh - GianyarKawitan Gusti Agung Blangsinga BlahbatuhGianyarKawitan Gusti Celuk Celuk - Sukawati - GianyarBaler Sada Temple Banjar Pemebatan, KapalMengwi

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KUTA - AlamKulKul Boutique Resort would like to announcethat that the health and safety of in-house guests is always ourforemost concern. Therefore, all necessary precautions are takento ensure that the resort is maintained to the highest internationalstandards. This involves regular testing of our facilities includingthe swimming pools, water supply and air-conditioning units.

Our most recent batch of testing dated 28th October 2010 con-cluded that samples from the pool and air-conditioning system werenegative for any harmful viruses including legionella, which canresult in Legionnaires disease. These tests were carried out by theLabratorium Kesehatan Masyarakyat (Community Health Lab) atUdayana University based on Australian and New Zealand stan-dard testing methods (1998).

lt is most unfortunate that a number of Australian tourists havereturned home from Bali with suspected Legionnaires disease.However, Alam KulKul would like to reiterate that regular testingindicates that our facilities fully comply with international healthstandards and that no trace of this virus has been found at the prop-erty.

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Friday, February 4, 20116 News

Harried Queenslanders emergedto survey the damage after SevereTropical Cyclone Yasi ploughed intothe coast at around midnight, pack-ing winds of up to 290 kilometres(180 miles) per hour, before churn-ing its way far inland.

Bligh warned that 90 percent ofthe main street in the small townof Tully, south of Cairns, had “ex-tensive damage”, while the coastalcommunity of Cardwell suffered


BEIJING – State media re-ports say a fire set off by fire-works to celebrate the Lunar NewYear destroyed a five-star hotel innortheast China.

The official Xinhua New Agencysaid the fire gutted the hotel in

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A woman crosses a street and past debris in Tully, Australia, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, after CycloneYasi brought heavy rain and howling winds gusting to 186 mph (300 kph).


INNISFAIL, Australia – Australia’s biggest cyclone in a century devastated several towns andcut power to 175,000 people Thursday, terrifying Queenslanders already reeling from months ofcatastrophic flooding. There were no reports of fatalities as police scoured the worst-hit areas onnortheast Australia’s coast, but Queensland premier Anna Bligh warned of a sense of “despair”with some residents losing everything to the storm.

“significant devastation”. “Somepeople will be going back into theircommunities... and facing scenes ofconsiderable devastation,” she said.

“There are people now that havelost their homes, they lost theirfarms, they have lost their cropsand they have lost their livelihoodsand I have no doubt that many ofthem will experience a great senseof despair.”

Regional hub Cairns, a centre

for foreign tourists visiting theGreat Barrier Reef, was sparedYasi’s worst with problemslargely restricted to fallen treesand minor damage to buildings.

But in small towns furthersouth, families cowered as roofswere torn from homes, and some10,500 people huddled in make-shift evacuation centres as thestorm raged with a din likened toa jet engine or an express train.

New Year fire destroys China hotelShenyang, capital of Liaoning prov-ince, before dawn Thursday. Therewere no causalities.

Xinhua said firefighters hadtrouble dealing with the fire be-cause their fire engines shot wa-ter up only 50 meters (165 feet),while the building was 219 meters(720 feet) tall.

New Year fires are common inChina, with the Beijing News say-ing there were more than 160small ones in the capital alone.The most famous in recent yearsdestroyed a hotel under construc-tion next to state broadcasterCCTV’s iconic headquarters inBeijing in 2009.

Comparisons between the fa-cial characteristics of figures fromseveral of da Vinci’s works —such as “St. John the Baptist” andthe “Angel Incarnate” — revealstriking similarities with the MonaLisa’s nose and mouth, he said.“There are remarkable similari-ties,” Vinceti told reporters.

What is more, Vinceti said daVinci had left clues to the model’sidentity in tiny letters L and Swhich he and his team foundpainted into the eyes of the MonaLisa. “Close examination of ahigh-quality digital copy of theportrait had revealed an L forLeonardo and an S for Salai,” hesaid. But Vinceti’s claims havebeen disputed by the Louvre mu-seum. The museum said it had car-ried out “every possible laboratorytest possible” on the picture in2004 and then again in 2009, andinsisted that “no inscriptions, let-ters or numbers, were discoveredduring the tests.”

“The ageing of the painting onwood has caused a great numberof cracks to appear in the paint,which have caused a number ofshapes to appear that have oftenbeen subject to over-interpreta-tion,” the Louvre told AFP. Themuseum also said Vinceti’s had

The clashes marked a danger-ous new phase in Egypt’s up-heaval: the first significant vio-lence between government sup-porters and opponents. The cri-sis took a sharp turn for theworse almost immediately afterMubarak rejected the calls forhim to give up power or leavethe country, stubbornly pro-claiming he would die on Egyp-tian soil.

His words were a blow to theprotesters. They also suggestthat authorities want to turnback the clock to the tight statecontrol enforced before the pro-tests began.

Mubarak’s supporters turnedup on the streets Wednesday insignificant numbers for the firsttime. Some were hostile to jour-nalists and foreigners. Two As-sociated Press correspondentsand several other journalistswere roughed up in Cairo. StateTV had reported that foreignerswere caught distributing anti-Mubarak leaflets, apparentlytrying to depict the movementas foreign-fueled.

WESTERN CONCERNSEgypt, the most populous

Arab state, is one of the few tohave made peace with Israel,whose prime minister haswarned that revolution in Cairocould create an Iranian-style

Mona LisaFrom page 1

made his claims without havinghad access to the painting itself.

The Italian aficionado, whoseteam gained notoriety with theirclaims surrounding the death ofCaravaggio last year, said he feltsorry for the embarrassment themuseum must feel on havingmissed the clues all these years. “Ican understand their incredulityand amazement — after all thismust be the most studied pictureon earth,” he told AFP, but added“they’re really blind.”

“They have to be serious andaccept that they didn’t see whatwas right in front of their eyes,”he said. In order to clear up anylingering doubt over his theory —worthy of Dan Brown’s 2003bestseller the “Da Vinci Code” —Vinceti said he would be willingto take his team to France and col-laborate on further tests with theLouvre.

“We’re ready to go to Paris andextract a tiny bit of paint from thenumbers and see whether theymatch the rest of the painting, tosee if they were done at the sametime or are marks that have ap-peared over time,” he said.Whether the prestigious art mu-seum will take Vinceti up on hisoffer is yet to be seen.

Blood in Cairo square...From page 1

theocracy. Egyptian Health Min-ister Ahmed Samih Farid toldstate television six people haddied and 836 were wounded infighting which first erupted onWednesday. He said most of thecasualties were due to stonethrowing and attacks with metalrods and sticks.

Hundreds of those protestingin the square wore bandages andother signs of being hurt .Mohamed al-Samadi, a doctorwho had been treating peoplecomplained the troops were nothelping. “When we come here,they search us for weapons, andthen they let armed thugs comeand attack us,” he said. “Werefuse to go. We can’t letMubarak stay eight months.”

An estimated 150 people havebeen killed so far and there havebeen protests across the country.United Nations human rightschief Navi Pillay said up to 300people may have died. Oil priceshave climbed on fears the unrestcould spread to other authoritar-ian Arab states including oil gi-ant Saudi Arabia or interferewith oil supplies from the RedSea to the Mediterraneanthrough the Suez Canal.

Brent crude surpassed $103 abarrel on Thursday. The cost tolenders of insuring loans to theEgyptian government against itdefaulting rose slightly but waslower than earlier this week.

Friday, February 4, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

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JAKARTA - President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono said Indonesiawas offering plenty of opportunitiesto entrepreneurs and would-be entre-preneurs to do business because itwas rich in natural resources.

“The opportunities are stillwide open for entrepreneurs andthose who want to begin an enter-

TNI Commander Admiral AgusSuhartono before meeting withHouse of Representatives’ ForeignAffairs Commission here onWednesday however said that “theaircraft has not yet been used forefficiency and effectiveness.”

He said “Boeing 747 is consid-ered to be more effective for thatpurpose. A Hercules is only able tocarry around 120 passengers;Boeing 747 has enough room for420.”

“That is three times the capacityof a Hercules. Perhaps by usingGaruda planes it will be more effi-cient in terms of fuel consumption,”he said.

Suhartono however said the TNI

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JAKARTA – Indonesia admittedTuesday that hundreds of mine andplantation companies are operatingillegally on Borneo island, andpromised to beef up law enforce-ment to protect forests and threat-ened species.

The forestry ministry made thestartling admission that less than 20percent of plantation companies andless than 1.5 percent of mining firmshad official operating permits inCentral Kalimantan, on the Indone-sian side of Borneo.

“There are only 67 plantationcompanies out of 352 that operatelegally in Central Kalimantan prov-ince, while there are only nine outof 615 mine units that operate le-gally,” the ministry said in a state-

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JAKARTA - The CorruptionEradication Commission (KPK)questioned former tax official GayusTambunan for more than five hourson Wednesday in an effort to un-cover the alleged tax mafia.

“They asked me about anythingI know about the way tax officialscarry out their job,” Gayus said af-ter the questioning.

Gayus had been convicted of cor-ruption and sentenced to seven yearsin jail. During his trial he had unveiledthe involvement of law enforcementand tax officials in his case.

When asked about the tax mafiaissue he told reporters to ask about

TNI prepares nine Hercules planesTNI prepares nine Hercules planesTNI prepares nine Hercules planesTNI prepares nine Hercules planesTNI prepares nine Hercules planesto evacuate citizens from Egyptto evacuate citizens from Egyptto evacuate citizens from Egyptto evacuate citizens from Egyptto evacuate citizens from Egypt

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) has made avail-able nine C-130 Hercules big transport aircraft to help evacuate thecountry’s citizens from Egypt.

would always stand by in case it isneeded to smoothen the evacuation.

Until now TNI has fielded fivepersonnel to help the evacuation taskforce in Egypt.

“Their presence is first of all tohelp smoothen the evacuation. Sec-ondly they are assigned to analyzethe development and determineevacuation as well as logistic needs,”he said.

The government has set up a taskforce to evacuate some 6,100 Indo-nesian citizens from Egypt.

It has also operated a Boeing 747-400 and Airbus 320 for the evacua-tion. In the meantime, 415 Indone-sians had arrived from Egypt onWednesday afternoon.

AFP PHOTO / HO / ANUNG / PRESIDENSBY.INFO

In this handout photo released by the Presidential Palace on February2, 2011, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L), accom-panied by First Lady Ani Yudhoyono (C), welcome some returning 411Indonesian nationals at Jakarta airport on Februay 2, 2011.

KPK grills Gayus Tambunanmore than five hours

it to his lawyer and investigators.His lawyer, Hotma Sitompoel,

meanwhile confirmed that his clienthad been questioned about generalthings connecting to the workingsystem of the tax officials.

“(The questioning) has not yettouched the case. It is still general.What they do when they meet taxpayers or how complaints arehandled or how tax court is carriedout. That’s all,” he said.

He declined when asked about thenames of tax officials Gayus told aboutto the investigators. He said what wasclear is that his client’s presence at theKPK was like what his former lawyerAdnan Buyung Nasution said is to giv-ing information that the KPK needed.

Indonesia makes startling admission on forestsment.

The findings were released af-ter an investigation by a task forceset up by President Susilo BambangYudhoyono to look into the “forestmafia” — networks of miners,planters and officials blamed forrampant illegal land clearing.

It found that violations of lawsdesigned to protect Indonesia’s for-ests, home to endangered speciessuch as orangutans and tigers, had“become widespread in a numberof regions, especially in CentralKalimantan province”.

Indonesia is the world’s thirdbiggest emitter of greenhousegases, due mainly to deforestationby the palm oil and paper indus-tries, which is fuelled by corrup-tion.

A University of Indonesia study

last year concluded that the Indo-nesian military acted as coordina-tor, financier and facilitator for il-legal loggers in Borneo, where de-forestation rates are among the fast-est in the world.

The forestry ministry promisedto stop issuing new plantation andmine permits in the province andto cooperate with the CorruptionEradication Commission to enforcethe law.

Yudhoyono has been under pres-sure from environmentalists toimplement a promised two-yearmoratorium on the clearing of natu-ral forest and peatland, which wasdue to begin January 1.

Norway agreed in May last yearto contribute up to $1 billion to helppreserve Indonesia’s forests, in partthrough the moratorium.

President: RI offering many opportunities to entrepreneursprise in Indonesia because the coun-try is endowed with plenty of natu-ral resources,” the president said inhis address at launch of the NationalEntrepreneurship Movement (GKN)here on Wednesday.

The President said Indonesia alsohad huge human resources with agood demographic anatomy andhighly productive population.

He said it was the highly produc-

tive population that would be thebackbone of the country’s economy.

“Our economy also continues togrow and it is moving toward highgrowth. Our gross domestic productnow equals US$700 billion,” he said.

The chance is then open widerdue to the prevalence of high de-mand for goods and services for apopulation of 237 million with ahigh purchasing power.

After all, he said, the people’scommand of technology and scienceis improving. The government, busi-nesses and other stake-holders alltake part in supporting and provid-ing assistance for new businesses,including assistance in the form ofsmall-holder’s credit scheme (KUR).

The president added that thenumber of unemployed based datafrom the Central Bureau of Statis-

tics (BPS) in Indonesia reached8.32 million or 7.14 percent of thetotal population of 237.8 million.

“This is not a lie. This data re-ally exists. It was calculated by theBPS,” the president said.

He said that members of theworkforce in Indonesia reached116.5 million jobs were for 108.2million so that unemployed peopleaccounted for 8.32 percent.

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Bali Today

A total of 641,588 Australiantourists visited Bali last year, up 43.67percent from 446,570 a year earlier,Chief of the Bali Provincial StatisticsOffice I Gede Suarsa said here onThursday.

Of the total, 629,798 came to Baliby direct flights from their countryand 11,790 by cruise liners, he said.

He said six of the top ten sourcesof foreign tourist arrivals last yearcontributed significant growth to theprovince’s tourist arrivals, while thenumber of tourist arrivals from theother four main source countries fell.

Tourist arrivals from Australia rose43.67 percent to 641,588 from446,570, Malaysia 16.03 percent to156,858 from 135,190, Taiwan 1.50percent to 122,256 from 120,445,Singapore 73.96 percent to 97,402from 56,992, Britain 2.91 percent to96,412 from 93,688 and Germany12.77 percent to 84,406 from 74,849.

The number of tourist arrivals

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DENPASAR – Tourists who en-joy their holiday in Bali took partin the celebration of the ChineseNew Year 2562 in ViharaDharmayana Kuta, Thursday, Feb-ruary 3, 2011. The Chinese through-out Bali was also prying in viharain the island.

They came since Wednesday,February 2, 2011 in order to cel-ebrate the New Year. Most of themcome to the vihara after carry outceremonies in their own house.

The officer in ViharaDharmayana Kuta, Indra Suarlin,said that the vihara is also open forthe tourists who want to pray or just

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DENPASAR - Australia remained on top as a source offoreign tourist arrivals in Bali in 2010, contributing 24.90percent of 2.57 million foreign tourists visiting the resort is-land last year.

from Japan meanwhile fell 26.61 per-cent from 333,905 in 2009 to 245,040in 2010, China 4.48 percent from206,151 to 196,925, South Korea 0.13percent from 124,889 to 124,729 andFrance 8.31 percent from 113,453 to104,029.

Bali saw foreign tourist arrivalsgrow 8.01 percent to 2.57 million lastyear from 2.35 million the year before.

The world-renowned tourist is-land has set itself a target of luring2.6 million to 2.8 million foreigntourists this year.

Tourists spending their timeat the beach on Bali Island.

Australia remained on topas a source of foreign

tourist arrivals in Bali in2010, contributing 24.90

percent of 2.57 millionforeign tourists visiting the

resort island last year. http://liburanmurah.info

Tourists take part inChinese New Year celebration

want to see the celebration of Chi-nese New Year.

The multiple prying is a tradi-tional way during the New Yearand will continue until February17, 2011. On the last day, therewill be purifying ceremony in or-der to get rid of all bad luck whichmay happen to the people.

Candles, lanterns, and variousfruits and cookies are the specialthings in Vihara DharmayanaKuta. The celebration in thevihara which has 5 barongsai and2 dragons was different compareto the previous year because thisyear they give special gifts to thepeople who ha give great effortsin developing their business oftheir own life.

Indra said that the celebrationof Chinese New Year in Bali ishighly connected with lantern and“penjor tebu” a special decorationmade from sugar cane. The reli-gious atmosphere is almost simi-lar with the celebration of Hindus

holy day such as Galungan orKuningan day.

The condition shows the blend-ing and the respect between manydifferent religions in Bali.

Indra also explained that thegreat relationship among those re-ligions has been happening since500 years ago. Currently, Bali isinhabited by 30 ethnics from allaround Indonesia and some ofthem even foreign people.

The variety is handled properlyso all of them can live in harmony.The harmony then emphasizes bycreating a safe and peaceful Balior know by the locals as “NgardiBali Shanti Lan Jagadhita”.

All people in Bali realize thatthe different is not a bad thing butit can be combined to form aunique and interesting thing. Indrasaid that there is great hope thateveryone can appreciate the vari-ety in Bali and Indonesia so all canunite to develop the country into abetter one.FOTO ANTARA/Nyoman Budhiana

People praying on Imlek Day, aday to celebrate Chinese NewYear at Griya KongcoDwipayana, Denpasar, Bali.

Balinese Culture

Friday, February 4, 2011 9al

Ikan Bali(Bali Fish)

Ingredients

* 1 Fish, about 650-900g dressed Weight.Preferably sea bass or Mackerel

* 1 t Salt * Oil, for deep frying * 2 T Margarine or oil * 2 sm Onions, sliced * 1 t Sambal Oelek * 1/2 t Laos * 1/2 t Lemon grass * 3 T Tamarind juice * Pinch of ground ginger * 1 t Brown sugar * 1 T Sweet soy sauce

DirectionsCut fish into serving portions and rub salt all over.

Deep-fry and drain on absorbent paper.Heat oil and saute sliced onions until lightly brown. Add

sambal oelek, laos, lemon grass, tamarind juice, ginger,brown sugar and soy sauce. Heat thoroughly.

Place fried fish in deep serving dish and pour sauceover it. Serve with rice. (http://asiarecipe.com)

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DENPASAR – Tenth of runnersrepresenting 25 countries took theworld harmony torch throughoutDenpasar on Wednesday, February 2,2011. The runners started to run inSanur and finish in Renon, Denpasar.

Denpasar (Bali Post)A number of buildings that lacked

Balinese ornament being questionedagain as this time Denpasar House ofRepresentatives Special CommitteeVII who take cares of Building Per-mit Regulation Revision took intereston the building being completed inTeuku Umar Street, Denpasar. Thebuilding that will become an electronicdevices center did not have any Ba-linese ornament and were dominatedby glasses. Vice Head of the commit-tee Ketut Sutedja Kumara accompa-nied by colleagues Eko

Surpiadi dan A.A. Susruta NgurahPutra met in their office last Tuesday(1/2) stated that the building is just

Indonesian Coconut BeefIngredients

* 1 1/2 lb Boneless sirloin steak, -trimmed * 3 tb Corn oil * 1 lg Spanish onion, sliced * 1 Garlic clove, crushed * 1 ts Ground ginger * 1 ts Ground cumin * 1 ts Ground coriander * 1 ts Chili seasoning * 2/3 c Shredded coconut * 2 ts Light-brown sugar * 1 tb Lemon juice * 1 1/4 c Beef stock * Thin slivers red bell pepper * Chopped green chilies * Small onion slices

DirectionsCut steak in 1/2" thick strips.Heat oil in a saucepan. Add Spanish onion slices

and garlic and fry gently until soft. Add beef and fry,stirring, until brown.

Add spices to beef and cook 2 minutes. Add coconut,brown sugar, lemon juice and beef stock; stir well.Simmer gently, uncovered, 30-35 minutes, stirringoccasionally, or until mixture is thickened and dry. Stirmixture more frequently towards end of cooking time toprevent sticking. Garnish with slivers of bell pepper, greenchilies and small slices onion. (http://asiarecipe.com)

Buildings’ lacked of Balinese ornament questionedfilled by glasses and no bricks or parasstone with Balinese ornaments, “I seethis building has ignored Balinese or-naments, as the walls are made fromglasses.”

Kumara stated even though thebuilding has permit, but it is avoidingit’s physical essentials. Moreover it’son a protocol route and has to be suit-able with what’s stated on the Build-ing Permit, “Being in a main street likethis, I’m sure it got it’s Building Per-mit yet it’s implementation has to besupervised.”

He also clarified that Public WorkUnits should take action now and notwait until it’s completed hundred per-cent, “This building clearly does not

have Balinese ornament at all, so don’tlet it operate as that will complicateand waste time.”

These problems and statementswere also revealed during a raid by thecommittee at Denpasar Permit AgencyOffice last Monday (31/1) where Headof the Agency, A.A. Ray Soryawan,promised to recheck that specificbuilding. If it’s true then the agencyand involving institutes will hold a dis-ciplinary including stopping theproject’s operation.

Meanwhile, Head of Spatial Plan-ning and Housing Agency forDenpasar, Kadek Kusuma Diputra,did not answer his phone when con-tacted. (kmb12)

World Harmony Run carried out in DenpasarThe runners were coming from

Canada, Germany, Iceland, Indonesia,Japan, Russia, and US. One of thecommittee, Arya Widhi, said that theWorld Harmony Run was proposed bySri Chinmoy, a peace philosopher.

“The activity carried out for the firsttime in 1987 and now almost 100

countries take part in the activity,” headded. Arya said that the activity is tourge all people to live in peace anduphold the humanity.

Sri Chinmoy was an athlete, phi-losopher and humanity worker whostated that sport is very important topreserve the world peace.

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Gunung Kawi is a Hindu Templecomplex with old omission from thestone era located in Gianyar re-gency. Based on the inscription ofTengkulak A on 945 saka (Balinesecalendar) which is released byMarakata King, the ancient omis-sion complex is located at thePekerisan River then it is calledKatyangan Amarawati. PekerisanRiver is also named by Jalu whichis according to the inscription chis-eled on the above of the biggesttemple door sound ‘Haji LumahingJalu’. The name of Gunung Kawi isthe name given on the omissionwhich is related to the complex oftemples because the temple on thisarea is like the symbol from themount.

There are 3 temples which socalled the name as Gunung Kawi inBali those are Gunung Kawi inSebatu countryside, Gunung KawiTemple in Keliki countryside andGunung Kawi Temple in Babitracountryside. The ancient omissioncomplex of Gunung Kawi isfounded on 10 century. It is founded

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Gunung Kawiin the era of Udayana about 989 M.At the period of Marakata gover-nance on 1023, the omission whichis called Katyagan Amarawati is de-veloped and continued by the gov-ernance of Anak Wungsu which isguess lead between the years of 1049- 1077 M.

Temple complex is consisted of2 consecutions. The consecution ineastside Pekerisan River is consistedof 5 units and the consecution atwest side of river is 5 units, in thenorth is 4 units and 1 unit is locatedfar in south side separate from theothers. On the above of the templeconsecution in particular to theEastside River, there is an article ofKediri word type sounding ‘HajiLumahing Jalu’. Haji means a king,the Lumah means a temple or SidhaDewata means to return to the na-ture of deity and Ing Jalu means inPekerisan. The Jalu mean the Kerisliteral. The entire words mean thatking is made in temple form atPekerisan.

From this article is assumed thatthis temple is dedicated to UdayanaKing which is also called Marakataand Anak Wungsu. The temple

which is located in the west side ofriver related to all king concubines.The temples are located far in thesouth side is attributed to prime min-ister because in these temple areas

existing an article Rakyan which isnamely perform for high function-ary of empire.

Buddhist Temple Complex isused as a residence and as place for

meditation. It is consisted of somenooks and it is located in the crosseast of Pakerisan River. Other nooksare located spread out and near thetemple bunch.

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BUSINESS

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SYDNEY – Australia’s Qantassaid Thursday it would raise its fuelsurcharge on international flights forthe first time in three years as it triesto compensate for the impact of ris-ing oil prices.

The move comes as crude pricescontinue to rise thanks to improv-ing confidence in the globaleconomy and violence in Egypt,with the airline predicting the costof the black gold will advance fur-ther this year.

The Australian flag carrier saidit would raise the charge on a one-

The consumer electronics gi-ant , which competes withSamsung Electronics and LGElectronics in televisions andCanon Inc and Nikon in digitalcameras, has been struggling tokeep pace with rivals in terms ofprofits and products.

Since CEO Howard Stringertook the helm in 2005, thecompany’s share price has fallenby a quarter and Sony has failedto replicate its early successeswith iconic products such as theWalkman and PlayStation gameconsole.

Sony reported an operatingprofit of 137.52 billion yen ($1.68billion) versus 146.1 billion yenin the same period a year earlier,beating an average quarterly esti-mate of 127 billion yen in a pollof eight analysts by ThomsonReuters.

“In this strong-yen environmentwe see this as a pretty healthy re-sult,” Chief Financial OfficerMasaru Kato told reporters.

“We are getting stronger, butwe feel we are still only partway


LOUISVILLE – Yum BrandsInc., owner of the Pizza Hut, Taco Belland KFC fast-food brands, saidWednesday that its fourth-quarter netincome rose 27 percent with robustgrowth overseas and a rebound in theU.S.

The company’s operating profit inthe U.S., where it has struggled as re-cession-weary consumers are still eat-ing at home more than they used to,rose 15 percent for the period. The fig-ure fell 2 percent for the third quarter.

The improved U.S. showing comesas Yum works to put its Long JohnSilver’s and A&W restaurant chainsup for sale so it can focus on its grow-ing international business.

Yum’s overseas expansion is inhigh gear. It opened 507 new restau-rants in China and 884 in other coun-tries outside the U.S. last year. It op-erates more than 37,000 restaurantsaround the world.

Louisville-based Yum reported netincome of $274 million for the threemonths that ended Dec. 25, or 56 centsper share. That compares with $216million, or 45 cents per share, a yearearlier.

The company’s fourth-quarter rev-enue was $3.56 billion, up from $3.37billion.

The results beat analysts’ expecta-tions in some respects and fell shortin others. They expected Yum to earn60 cents per share on revenue of $3.51billion, according to FactSet. Analyststypically exclude one-time items.

Yum shares closed at $47.73, up31 cents, before the report was re-leased. The stock rose another $1.28,or 2.7 percent, to $49.01 after hours.

For the full year, the company re-ported net income of nearly $1.16 bil-lion, or $2.38 per share, compared

Sony profit dropsSony profit dropsSony profit dropsSony profit dropsSony profit dropsas TVs eraseas TVs eraseas TVs eraseas TVs eraseas TVs erasegaming gainsgaming gainsgaming gainsgaming gainsgaming gainsReuters

TOKYO – Japan’s Sony Corp posted a 5.9 percent fall in third-quarter profit on Thursday asa price war hit its TV unit and a stronger yen weighed, and lowered its revenue forecast onslower-than-expected TV sales.

there,” he added.The maker of Vaio PCs and

Bravia TVs left its full-year op-erating profit forecast unchangedat 200 billion yen, compared witha consensus estimate of 217 bil-lion yen in a poll of 23 analystsby Thomson Reuters.

It cut its annual revenue fore-cast by 3 percent to 7.2 trillionyen citing lower-than-expectedsales in the consumer, profes-sional and devices segment,which includes LCD TVs.

Operating income in that segmentdropped by almost half in the thirdquarter, while profit more thandoubled in the network products andservice division, which includesgames, partly on brisk sales of thelatest version of Gran Turismo mo-tor racing game, Sony said.

It cut its forecast for sales ofTVs in the full year to March 31to 23 million units, down from itsprevious forecast of 25 million.But it kept its forecast for PS3game console sales unchanged at15 million units.

Shares in Sony have fallen 21

percent since a high reached onMarch 23 last year, largely re-flecting the yen’s rise against thedollar and euro, which eats intooffshore earnings.

In contrast, shares in Samsunghit an all-time high late last monthon an expected rebound after hit-ting its worst profit in six quar-ters.

The results came a week afterSony unveiled a new portablegames device, the Next Genera-tion Portable (NGP), aiming tocompete with Nintendo Co Ltdand fend off competition fromApple Inc’s iPhone.

The NGP, announced alongsidea plan to make PlayStation gamesavailable on other makers’ An-droid-based mobile devices, wasgenerally well received, but ana-lysts said its specifications wouldlikely make it more expensivethan Nintendo’s DS, potentiallydeterring some consumers.

Shares in Sony rose 0.7 percentahead of the announcement, out-performing a 0.3 percent fall inthe Nikkei average.

AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND GUAY

Textile wholesale shops are seen on February 2, 2011 in the busi-ness center in Aubervilliers, north of Paris, where 720 textilewholesale shops are held by Chinese traders. The Chinese shopslocated in Aubervilliers form a unique place in France and maybethe biggest textile business plateform in Europe.

Qantas hikes fuel surchargeas oil pushes higher

way flight to Europe by betweenAus$20 ($20) and Aus$50 from Feb-ruary 19, adding that it could not ruleout further increases later on.

“Year-to-date average prices forboth West Texas intermediate crudeoil and Singapore jet fuel are at theirhighest since financial year 2008, andsecond-half financial year 2011prices are forecast to be around 20percent higher than in the first half,”chief executive Alan Joyce said in astatement.

In early Asian trade, New York’smain futures contract, light sweetcrude for March, climbed 47 centsto $91.24.

Brent North Sea crude for Marchwas 22 cents higher at $102.56.

Qantas said the price of jet fuelhad risen from $88 a barrel in Sep-tember to $117 now.

The surcharge increase is the firstsince January 2008, around the timecrude prices first broke the $100mark, and follows similar moves bySingapore Airlines and British Air-ways.

Qantas said it would not increasethe surcharge on its low-cost carrierJetstar but will adjust fares and hikebaggage charges.

Shares in Qantas rose 2.48 per-cent following news of the increase.

Yum Brands reportsstrong profit growth

with $1.07 billion, or $2.22 per share,in 2009. Its revenue was $11.34 billion,up from $10.84 billion in 2009.

Analysts were expecting earnings of$2.82 per share on revenue of $11.82billion for the year, according to FactSet.

Chairman and CEO David C. Novaksaid 2010 was “perhaps our best yearas a public company.”

“As we enter 2011, we know that weface commodity inflation and a globaleconomy that is still recovering,” he saidin a statement. “However, we are fortu-nate that the sizable unit developmentwe achieved in 2010 provides us with ahead start toward achieving our 2011profit growth.”

Yum has built KFC into a leadingfast-food brand in China, and the chain’ssame-store sales in China rose 5 per-cent for the year, benefiting from ini-tiatives that included breakfast offer-ings, delivery and 24-hour operations.

“We’re well on our way to our Chinabusiness becoming a $1 billion operat-ing profit division for us in the very nearfuture,” Yum spokesman JonathanBlum said in an interview.

The China division’s full-year profitwas padded by $16 million from Yum’sparticipation in the World Expo inShanghai, a one-time benefit.

Across its U.S. operations, fourth-quarter operating profit rose 15 percent.For the full year, operating profit wasup 3 percent.

Pizza Hut’s sales at U.S. restaurantsopen at least a year — a key barometerfor restaurant performance — rose 10percent in the quarter. At Taco Bell, thefigure rose 4 percent, while it rose 1percent at KFC. For the full year, U.S.same-store sales rose 8 percent at PizzaHut and 2 percent at Taco Bell, while itfell 4 percent at KFC.

“We recognize we still have workto do at KFC in the United States,”Blum said.

Entertainment InternationalFriday, February 4, 201112

The Rolling Stones frontman willperform at the Feb. 13 ceremony aspart of a tribute to soul greatSolomon Burke, who died last year.The Rock and Roll Hall of Fameropened for the Rolling Stones sev-eral times during his career come-back late in life.

Jagger will perform with soulsinger Raphael Saadiq during the53rd annual Grammy Awards, whichwill air live on CBS from the StaplesCenter in Los Angeles (8 p.m. EST).

“We’re thrilled, delighted, excitedand very much looking forward toMick doing his debut on theGrammy stage,” said Neil Portnow,president and CEO of the Record-


PARIS – Woody Allen’s “Midnight inParis” — featuring French first lady CarlaBruni-Sarkozy in her first movie role — willopen the Cannes film festival in May,organisers said Wednesday. The romanticcomedy, with a starry cast that includes Os-car-winner Marion Cotillard and US actorsOwen Wilson and Adrien Brody, will beshown out of competition at the world’s mostprestigious film bash.

“‘Midnight in Paris’ is a wonderful loveletter to Paris,” festival director ThierryFremaux said of the period comedy set inthe 1920s. “It’s a film in which Woody Allentakes a deeper look at the issues raised inhis last films: our relationship with history,art, pleasure and life,” he said in a statement.

US actor Robert De Niro is the presidentof the jury of this year’s festival, whichopens on May 11 on the French Riviera. Thelist of films picked for the official selectioncompeting for the top prizes is due in April.De Niro, 67, is the third American in fouryears to head the jury, after director TimBurton last year and actor-director SeanPenn in 2008.

The presence of President NicolasSarkozy’s wife in the opening film will addto the star power at the annual festival thatis a mix of Hollywood glamour and high-brow art house cinema. Tabloid reports saidthat Bruni-Sarkozy was so bad in her cameorole as a glamorous museum curator thatAllen was considering leaving her out of thefinal cut, but the director later insisted hewas keeping her scene.

“She was very professional, she inter-


LOS ANGELES – Charlie Sheen thankedhis bosses, co-stars and fans for their sup-port Wednesday, hours after authorities re-leased a 911 call in which a doctor describedthe actor as “very, very intoxicated” and inpain. Sheen’s thanks come as his off-cameraantics, which led to a trip to the hospital lastweek and a return to rehab, caused a halt ofproduction on television’s highest-rated com-edy, “Two and a Half Men.”

In a four-paragraph statement, Sheen

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on Grammy stageon Grammy stageon Grammy stageon Grammy stageon Grammy stageAssociated Press Writer

NEW YORK – The Recording Academy is finally getting some satis-faction, with Mick Jagger’s first appearance on the Grammy stage.

ing Academy. “It’s extraordinary tomany of us that the fact is, this willbe the first time; he has never per-formed on the Grammy stage.”

This won’t be Jagger’s first ap-pearance on a Grammy telecast. In1986, the Rolling Stones were givena lifetime achievement award by EricClapton, and they performed on theshow by satellite. “We did a remotefrom London, and it was at leastthree o’clock there,” said show pro-ducer Ken Ehrlich.

“I think they had been celebratinga little time before we went on cam-era,” he said. “It was quite a moment.”Ehrlich has produced the show for 31years and has always wanted Jagger

and the Stones to perform, but itdidn’t work out until this year.

Ehrlich said it was Jagger’s ad-miration for Burke that brought himto the Grammy stage. “He’s askedme not to go into detail about whathe’s doing, but I think when you seethe performance, it will make a lotsense,” said Ehrlich. “I think it wasthe idea of the performance that wasintriguing to him and really broughthim here.”

Jagger will join a performers listthat includes Rihanna, Cee Lo,Gwyneth Paltrow, Eminem, ArcadeFire, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Usher,Lady Gaga, Lady Antebellum andJustin Bieber. When asked who wasleft on his list of must-have Grammyperformers, Ehrlich, noting the nu-merous legends who have appearedon the Grammy stage, said: “In allhonestly, that’s about it.”

Woody Allen, Carla Brunifilm to open Cannes

preted the role... so well that each and everyframe shot will appear in the movie, noth-ing will be cut,” Allen said last August. Somereports said the director was forced to re-take the same scene 35 times because theinexperienced Bruni kept looking at the cam-era as she played the role of a woman buy-ing a baguette in a bakery.

Bruni, a supermodel turned pop singerwho married the president in 2008, herselfadmitted she might not be a great thespianwhen she first spoke of getting picked forthe tiny role.

“I’m not an actress at all. Perhaps I’ll becompletely hopeless but I can’t miss an op-portunity like this one. When I’m a grand-mother I’d like to be able to say I made afilm with Woody Allen,” she said in late2009.

AFP/File/Lionel Bonaventure

US director Woody Allen’s latest film “Mid-night in Paris” — featuring French firstlady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, pictured — willopen the Cannes film festival in May,organisers have said.

Charlie Sheen thanks CBSbosses, fans for support

thanked his bosses, CBS chief Les Moonvesand Warner Bros.’ TV division PresidentBruce Rosenblum, for “their concern and sup-port.” He did not offer any new details on histreatment. “I have a lot of work to do to beable to return the support I have received fromso many people,” Sheen’s statement said.

It was issued hours after the Los AngelesFire Department released a 5-minute record-ing in which Dr. Paul Nassif said he receiveda call from Sheen’s residence and spoke witha secretary who sounded worried about the45-year-old actor. “They said don’t call 911,but I got (Sheen) on the phone and he wasvery, very intoxicated, also apparently in alot of pain,” Nassif said.

Sheen was taken to a Los Angeles areahospital last Thursday and was released laterthat day. Sheen’s publicist, Stan Rosenfield,cited the actor’s history of hernia problemsand later said his client went into rehab, buthe did not say why.

Rosenfield declined to comment Wednes-day on the actor’s condition, citing medicalprivacy laws. The statement demonstrated adifferent tone from the actor, who after hishospitalization sent a text message to an edi-tor of the celebrity website Radaronline.comsaying he was fine. “People don’t seem to getit.... Guy can’t have a great time and do his jobalso?” the website reported Sheen writing.

In Wednesday’s statement, Sheen likenedhimself to another Hollywood actor who at-tracted notoriety for his off-camera behavior.“Like Errol Flynn, who had to put down hissword on occasion, I just want to say, ‘thankyou.’”

Flynn, the 1930’s movie idol famous forhis swashbuckling roles, also made headlinesfor his off-screen personal and legal troubles.

AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2009 file photo showsCharlie Sheen in Los Angeles.

International Friday, February 4, 2011 13Science

In just a year of peering out at asmall slice of the galaxy, the Keplertelescope has discovered 1,235 pos-sible planets outside our solar sys-tem. Amazingly, 54 of them areseemingly in the zone that could behospitable to life — that is, not toohot or too cold, Kepler chief scien-tist William Borucki said.

Until now, only two planets out-side our solar system were eventhought to be in the “Goldilockszone.” And both those discoveriesare highly disputed. Fifty-four pos-sibilities is “an enormous amount,an inconceivable amount,” Boruckisaid. “It’s amazing to see this hugenumber because up to now, we’ve


HIRBET MADRAS, Israel – Israeliarchaeologists presented a newly un-covered 1,500-year-old church in theJudean hills on Wednesday, includingan unusually well-preserved mosaicfloor with images of lions, foxes, fishand peacocks. The Byzantine churchlocated southwest of Jerusalem, exca-vated over the last two months, will bevisible only for another week beforearchaeologists cover it again with soilfor its own protection.

The small basilica with an exquis-itely decorated floor was active be-tween the fifth and seventh centuriesA.D., said the dig’s leader, Amir


WASHINGTON – A survey ofoyster habitats around the world hasfound that the succulent mollusks aredisappearing fast and 85 percent oftheir reefs have been lost due to dis-ease and over-harvesting. Most of theremaining wild oysters in the world,or about 75 percent, can be found infive locations in North America, saidthe study published in BioScience,the journal of the American Instituteof Biological Sciences.

An international team of re-searchers led by Michael Beck ofthe Nature Conservancy and theUniversity of California, SantaCruz, examined the condition ofnative oyster reefs in 40 ecoregions,including 144 bays. “Oyster reefsare at less than 10 percent of theirprior abundance in most bays (70percent) and ecoregions (63 per-cent),” said the study.

“They are functionally extinct— in that they lack any significantecosystem role and remain at lessthan one percent of prior abun-dances in many bays (37 percent)and ecoregions (28 percent) —particularly in North America,Australia and Europe.”

By averaging the loss among allregions, the researchers came up

AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

Amir Ganor of the IAA (Israel Antiquities Authority) shows a mosaicin the archaeological site where an ancient church was found in HirbetMadras, central Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.

1,500-year-old church found in IsraelGanor of the Israel Antiquities Author-ity. He said the floor was “one of themost beautiful mosaics to be uncov-ered in Israel in recent years.” “It isunique in its craftsmanship and levelof preservation,” he said.

Archaeologists began digging atthe site, known as Hirbet Madras, inDecember. The Antiquities Authoritydiscovered several months earlier thatantiquities thieves had begun plunder-ing the ruins, which sit on an unin-habited hill not far from an Israelifarming community.

Though an initial survey suggestedthe building was a synagogue, the ex-cavation revealed stones carved withcrosses, identifying it as a church. The

building had been built atop an-other structure around 500 yearsolder, dating to Roman times, whenscholars believe the settlement wasinhabited by Jews.

Hewn into the rock underneaththat structure is a network of tunnelsthat archaeologists believe were usedby Jewish rebels fighting Romanarmies in the second century A.D.

Stone steps lead down from thefloor of church to a small burial cave,which scholars suggest might havebeen venerated as the burial place ofthe Old Testament prophet Zecharia.Ganor said the church would remaincovered until funding was obtainedto open it as a tourist site.

AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Graythen

A survey of oyster habitats around the world has found that thesucculent mollusks are disappearing fast and 85% of their reefshave been lost due to disease and over-harvesting.

Oysters disappearingworldwide: study

with an estimate that 85 percent ofoyster reef ecosystems have beenlost, but said that figure was likelylow because some areas lacked his-torical records for comparison. Thestudy also did not include oysterreefs in parts of South Africa, China,Japan, and North and South Korea.

Other studies and observations inthose areas “suggest that wild oys-ter abundance was much higher inthe past and that reefs have declinedgreatly in abundance or have disap-peared altogether,” the authors said.The one bright spot in the oysterworld was in the Gulf of Mexico,where native oyster catches are “thehighest in the world despite signifi-cant declines in abundance andreefs,” according to the study.

Five regions where oystercatches were globally the highestwere located in eastern NorthAmerica, from the Virginia coastsouthward and also in the Gulf ofMexico. Oysters are important toecosystems because they filter im-purities from water and providefood and employment for peopleliving in coastal communities.

The decline in oyster populationoften begins when trawling or dredg-ing destroys the structure of parts ofthe reef, leaving surviving oysters vul-nerable to stresses in the environment.

AP Photo/NASA

This artist rendering provided by NASA, shows Kepler-11, a sun-like star around which six planets orbit. Aplanet-hunting telescope is finding whole new worlds of possibilities in the search for alien life, includingmore than 50 potential planets that initially appear to be in habitable zones.

NASA spots 54 potentiallyNASA spots 54 potentiallyNASA spots 54 potentiallyNASA spots 54 potentiallyNASA spots 54 potentiallylife-friendly planetslife-friendly planetslife-friendly planetslife-friendly planetslife-friendly planetsAssociated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – An orbiting NASA telescope is finding wholenew worlds of possibilities in the search for alien life, spotting morethan 50 potential planets that appear to be in the habitable zone.

had zero.”The more than 1,200 newfound

celestial bodies are not confirmedas planets yet, but Borucki esti-mates 80 percent of them will even-tually be verified. At least one otherastronomer believes Kepler couldbe 90 percent accurate.

After that, it’s another big stepin proving that a confirmed planethas some of the basic conditionsneeded to support life, such as theproper size, composition, tempera-ture and distance from its star. Moreadvanced aspects of habitabilitysuch as atmospheric conditions andthe presence of water and carbonrequire telescopes that aren’t built

yet.Just because a planet is in the hab-

itable zone doesn’t mean it has life.Mars is a good example of that. Andeven if some these planets are foundto contain life, it may not be intelli-gent life; it could be bacteria or moldor some kind of life form people can’teven imagine.

All the celestial bodies Keplerlooks at are in our Milky Way gal-axy, but they are so far away that trav-eling there is not a realistic option. Insome cases it would take many mil-lions of years with current technol-ogy. But what Kepler is finding indistant parts of the galaxy could beapplied to exploring closer stars, as-tronomers say.

“Our grandchildren will have todecide what’s the next step,” Boruckisaid at a NASA news conference. “Dothey want to go there? Do they wantto send a robot?”

Friday, February 4, 201114 InternationalSport

The £22.6 million signing fromDutch side Ajax gave Reds fansdisheartened by a season of under-achievement reason to be hopefulafter rounding keeper AsmirBegovic and although AndyWilkinson got a boot to thestriker’s shot, he could only helpit into the net off the post.

Suarez is now in line to startLiverpool’s game with Chelsea onSunday after an eye-catching 27minute display. And Dalglish, ar-guably Liverpool’s greatest striker,believes Suarez will get even bet-ter as he adapts to the demands ofthe Premier League.

“He has not even had the oppor-tunity to train with us,” saidDalglish. “There was administra-tion stuff that needed to be sortedout. He got his work permit onTuesday and was in the squadWednesday. He has a big smile onhis face every day. It is great toscore on your debut and he worked

AP Photo/Tim Hales

Liverpool’s Luis Suarez, right, runs around Stoke City goalkeeper Asmir Begovic to score a goalduring their English Premier League soccer match at Anfield, Liverpool, England, WednesdayFeb. 2, 2011.

Suarez debutSuarez debutSuarez debutSuarez debutSuarez debutdelights Liverpooldelights Liverpooldelights Liverpooldelights Liverpooldelights Liverpoolmanager Dalglishmanager Dalglishmanager Dalglishmanager Dalglishmanager DalglishAgence France Presse

LIVERPOOL, England – Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish promised more to come fromLuis Suarez after revealing the Uruguay striker had not even trained with his new side beforemarking his Premier League debut with a goal. Suarez ensured Liverpool supporters, dejected bythe loss of Fernando Torres to Chelsea on Monday, had a new hero after coming off the substi-tutes’ bench to score in the 2-0 victory over Stoke at Anfield here on Wednesday.

hard.”Liverpool head for a reunion

with Torres with their confidencesky high. They remain seventh inthe Premier League but are just twopoints behind sixth-placedSunderland after a third successiveleague win and a third straightclean sheet. However, Dalglish re-fused to get carried away, particu-larly as Chelsea will kick-off witha nine-point advantage overLiverpool at Stamford Bridge.

“It’s an old adage and I’m sureyou’ll cringe, but we will just takeeach game that comes along,” theformer Scotland forward insisted.“That is all we will do and then atthe end of the season we will addour points up and see what we havegot. “We will not get carried away— there is a lot of hard workahead. Three clean sheets is alwaysa bonus and always a help.

“It has been a busy week. Wehave been in the papers more than

we have wanted to be, but greatcredit to the players, they have justgone on with it. We have a groupof players who want to compete foreverything.” Andy Carroll, whoLiverpool signed from Newcastlefor £35 million on Monday as a re-placement for Torres, witnessedthe Stoke victory, but the striker isstill several weeks away from mak-ing his debut because of a damagedthigh. But Dalglish believes an in-form Suarez and a fully fit Carrollis an exciting prospect forLiverpool fans.

“Andy is going to be a fewweeks before he is fit,” he added.“But we bought him for five yearsso being out for a few weeks wontdo us any harm.” Even Stoke man-ager Tony Pulis was full of praisefor Suarez.

“I don’t think you need me. . ..it’s all about their new lad isn’tit?” he said after his side’s thirddefeat in four league games.


MADRID – Real Madrid willface arch rivals Barcelona in amouthwatering Kings Cup final af-ter Jose Mourinho’s Madrid sidedefeated holders Sevilla 2-0 at theSantiago Bernabeu on Wednesdayto reach their first final since 2004.

Togo forward EmmanuelAdebayor scored his first Real goaldeep in stoppage time to add to an81st minute strike from Germaninternational midfielder MesutOzil, as Real won the semi-finaltie 3-0 on aggregate and eased thepressure on coach Mourinho. ThePortuguese now has the chance towin his first trophy with the clubby lifting Madrid’s first Kings Cupsince 1993.

The two powerhouses of Span-ish football, Real and Barcelona,will face off in the final withMourinho hoping to fare betterthan in the league when his sidelost 5-0 to Barcelona at Camp Nou.Barcelona defeated Almeria 3-0 onWednesday to cruise into their sec-ond final in three seasons with an8-0 aggregate win.

Real had tasted a shock 1-0 de-feat at Osasuna on Sunday to fallseven points behind Barcelona inthe league, but had the comfort ofhome advantage where they hadwon all their league games. Withjust four minutes gone Argentinewinger Angel di Maria watched hisdrive crash off the post as Sevillasurvived.

In the 10th minute Real old boyAlvaro Negredo thought he hadlevelled the tie for Sevilla after lob-bing the ball over Iker Casillas,

AFP PHOTO/ DANI POZO

Real Madrid’s Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor cel-ebrates after scoring during the Spanish King’s Cup (Copadel Rey) semifinal second-leg football match Real MadridCF vs Sevilla FC on February 2, 2011 at the SantiagoBernabeu stadium in Madrid. Real Madrid won 2-0.

Adebayor nets first goal asReal reach Kings Cup final

however, the goal was ruled outfor a marginal offside. Portuguesestar Cristiano Ronaldo shouldhave scored on the half hour markbut goalkeeper Javi Varas,deputising for the suspendedAndres Palop, saved the day.

Di Maria fed Ronaldo whoseemed certain to score but Varaswas out quickly and foiled theformer Manchester United manwith an outstretched leg. At half-time Madrid knew they were in thefinal due to their 1-0 first leg win,while Sevilla knew they had tocome up with a goal. The visitorsposed little threat though and theexcellent Varas denied di Maria on67 minutes to keep them in the tie.

Madrid wanted a goal to put thegame to bed but had to wait untilnine minutes from time with Ozilshowing great composure to goaround the goalkeeper and strokehome. Sevilla knew the game wasup and Sergio Sanchez was sentoff minutes later for hacking downsubstitute Adebayor.

With the final whistle secondsaway Adebayor, on loan fromManchester City, scored his firstgoal for Madrid, controlling across on his chest before firing intothe roof of the net.

Earlier Adriano and IbrahimAfellay scored their first goals forBarcelona as Pep Guardiola’s sidecruised into the final and stay oncourse for the treble. Barcelonahad won the first leg 5-0 and a sec-ond-string side finished off the jobwith Brazilian Adriano, teenagerThiago Alcantara and Afellay allon target as the club reached theirsecond cup final in three seasons.

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The Bulls never trailed as theybegan a five-game road trip withtheir 23rd victory in 29 games — astretch that began one game afterCarlos Boozer returned to the lineupfrom a broken right hand. LuolDeng scored 26 points and Boozeradded 16 points and 10 rebounds.

The Bulls’ 34-14 start is theirbest since 1997-98, when they hadthe same record after 48 games enroute to their sixth NBA title in aneight-year span. They are tied withMiami for the second-best recordin the Eastern Conference, threegames behind Boston. Ten of theirwins have been decided by fivepoints or fewer.

Rose, the only player among theleague’s top 10 in scoring and as-sists, shot 11 for 18 and had 11 as-sists. He played through two stom-ach ulcers over the past week to leadthe Central Division leaders to vic-tories over Orlando and Indiana.

Blake Griffin led Los Angeleswith 32 points, 13 rebounds andseven assists, the rookie’s 40th


JOHANNESBURG – Top seed and Spanish heartthrob Feliciano Lopez made a shock first round exitfrom the South African Open Wednesday after los-ing a three-set thriller to Canadian Frank Dancevic.The 26-year-old victor, ranked 201 places below thedefending champion, won 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 7-6 (10/8)in a match interrupted by rain for two hours duringan absorbing final set.

“I am very happy and having fun. The fact thatmost of the crowd were behind Feliciano did notbother me because I was focused on the match andnothing else. Maybe they will support me now,” saidDancevic.

Stephen Dunn/Getty Images/AFP

Derrick Rose #1 of the Chicago Bulls goes up for a basket overDeAndre Jordan #19 of the Los Angeles Clippers at StaplesCenter on February 2, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

Rose takes bloom offRose takes bloom offRose takes bloom offRose takes bloom offRose takes bloom offClippers’ home win streakClippers’ home win streakClippers’ home win streakClippers’ home win streakClippers’ home win streakAssociated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Derrick Rose scored 32 points and the Chicago Bulls beat the Clippers 106-88 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory, snapping Los Angeles’ nine-game homewinning streak.

double-double of the season and34th in 35 games — but he missednine of 13 free throws.

The Clippers, who have beenplaying without leading scorer EricGordon for the past 1 1/2 weeks be-cause of a sprained right wrist, shot46.8 percent against a defense thathad held opponents to a league-low42.3 percent coming into the game.

Rose made three shots from 3-point range in the first 5 minuteswith Randy Foye guarding him.Clippers coach Vinny Del Negrothen put rookie reserve Eric Bledsoeon the three-year veteran, but Rosefinished the quarter with 13 pointsto match Griffin’s total.

Rose didn’t make another fieldgoal until his reverse layup with10:12 left in the third helped increaseChicago’s six-point halftime lead to61-49. The Bulls built a 89-71 leadon a layup by Deng that capped a10-0 run with 9:41 remaining, andthe Clippers got no closer than 13points after that.

Chicago center Kurt Thomas had

no points and one rebound during afoul-plagued 20 minutes, which in-cluded a technical he received fromreferee Joey Crawford after gettingcalled for his fourth of the game with6:41 left in the third quarter andChicago leading 69-54.

The Clippers play their next ninegames away from Staples Center.The first four opponents on the trip— Atlanta, Miami, Orlando and NewYork — are a combined 64-27 athome. They’ll also play Milwaukee(23-4) and New Orleans (20-5).

The next time Griffin takes thecourt at Staples Center, it will be dur-ing All-Star weekend (Feb. 18-20),when he and Bledsoe will competefor a team of rookies against a squadcomprised of second-year players.Griffin also will match talents withMilwaukee’s Brandon Jennings,Oklahoma City’s Serge Ibaka andWashington’s JaValle McGee in theSlam-Dunk contest. The last Clipperto compete in that event was CoreyMaggette in 2001, and the last one towin it was Brent Barry in 1996.

Agence France Press

LOS ANGELES – Seven-timeTour de France winner LanceArmstrong has not entered the Tourof California, but changes in theevent’s drug test program revealedWednesday open the door for himto do so. Organizers of America’sbiggest cycling race, to be contestedMay 15-22, will have the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) admin-ister drug tests for the event ratherthan the International CyclingUnion.

The switch, which sees USADAhandle competition tests as well aspre-event random drug tests thatstart February 15, led the US raceto rescind a practice used last yearthat barred competitors who werebeing investigated for doping. A USgrand jury has spent months look-ing into doping in pro cycling withArmstrong and several of his asso-ciates having testified since FloydLandis, an admitted dope cheat whoforfeited a Tour de France title, ac-cused Armstrong of doping.

Armstrong, who was thought tobe looking at the Tour of Californiaas a possible close to his fabled ca-

Shock exit for Spanish heart throb Lopez

AFP/File/Greg Wood

Top seed and Spanish heart throb FelicianoLopez, seen here in January 2011, made ashock first round exit from the South AfricanOpen Wednesday after losing a three-set thrillerto Canadian Frank Dancevic.

On a bad day for seeds, third Janko Tipsarevic ofSerbia lost 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-7 (4/7) to Jesse HutaGalung of the Netherlands and seventh RainerSchuettler of Germany fell 6-3, 4-6, 4-6 to Japa-nese Go Soeda. Number two Yen-Hsun Lu of Tai-wan and number five Florent Serra of France madeearly exits Tuesday, leaving just three of eight seedsin the second round of the 442,500-dollar ATP event.

The last-16 phase began later as the organisersplayed catch-up after two days of weather delaysand South Africans Rik de Voest and Izak van derMerwe triumphed along with Indian Davis Cup starSomdev Devvarman.

Reigning Commonwealth Games and AsianGames champion Devvarman took advantage of amuch longer gap between matches to eliminate HutaGalung 6-3, 6-4 victory on one of two outside courts.Lopez, a 29-year-old favourite with female specta-tors at Montecasino entertainment centre in a plushnorthern Johannesburg suburb, began impressivelyagainst a casual Dancevic.

The tall, swarthy Spaniard with two ATP titles tohis credit won most of his service games comfort-ably while Dancevic often held serve with consid-erable difficulty.

But the outsider did drag the opening set to a tiebreaker won by Lopez and this boosted his confi-dence sufficiently for him to break serve twice enroute to a 6-2 second-set success. After 12 gameswith serve in the decisive set, Dancevic wasted threematch points in the tie breaker and Lopez one be-fore the Canadian made no mistake when he got afourth chance and broke the serve of the Spaniard.

So calm when the match began, Lopez flung hisracquet on the ground as the centre court duelreached a climax, visibly stung by the resistance ofa rival who did not make it past the first qualifyinground for the Australian Open.

Armstrong notentered in US racebut door is open

reer, has denied taking perfor-mance-enhancing drugs but mighthave been banned under the oldunder-investigation restriction.“Every athlete is entitled to full anddue process before being removedfrom the playing field,” said USAnti-Doping Agency chief execu-tive Travis Tygart. AndrewMessick, the Tour of Californiapresident, said there is no entryfrom Armstrong or his RadioShackteam.

Armstrong, 39, is coming off a67th-place showing in last week’sTour Down Under in Australia,what he says was his final race out-side the United States.

Three months of out-of-compe-tition random drug testing for bloodand urine is part of the tougher drugtest plans implemented in theswitch to USADA testing, Messicksaid.

“It is our intention to be a posi-tive force in the sport of cycling andfighting to ensure that our race isclean is an essential step,” Messicksaid. “The Tour is taking great stridesin supporting clean athletes and ac-tively advancing efforts for the in-tegrity of competition,” Tygart said.

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Simoncelli was followed closelyby a group of riders who also brokeinto the 2m00s bracket, with CaseyStoner just 0.054 off the Italian’s paceon the works Honda. World cham-pion Jorge Lorenzo was also less thana tenth behind the leading bike on hisYamaha.

Andrea Dovizioso on the secondworks Honda, and Ben Spies on theYamaha completed the top five, withyesterday’s pace-setter Dani Pedrosadown in sixth position.

Valentino Rossi finished down in10th as he continued to acclimatiseto the new Ducati, the Italian aroundthree tenths of a second slower thanteam-mate Nicky Hayden.

ROBERT Kubica says he hasevery reason to feel upbeat about thepotential of his new Renault, despitea day of mixed fortunes at Valenciaon Wednesday. Although Kubicaended the day fifth overall on thetimesheets, he was left slightly frus-trated with the handling of the carand a few niggling problems thatprevented him getting more mile-age.

Despite those factors, Kubicasaid he was keeping a positive frameof mind about his first experienceof the R31, as he prepared for a sec-ond day of running on Thursday.

“Today was quite a different daybecause of a few car issues that wehad this morning, and the main dif-ference was the tyres,” said the Pole.“So it is very difficult to get the rightfeeling. “Feeling wise it is not asgood as it was last year but I hope itwill be the same feeling for every-body. So we will see.”

Kubica believes that high tyredegradation made it difficult tojudge the ultimate performance ofhis car - although he could alreadyget some good feedback about itsKERS and moveable rear wing.

“I think tyres are degrading quitea lot here, which has a big influenceon the lap times,” he said. “But to-day was not really ideal for seeingthe lap time and performance, butof course it is always nice to have agood feeling and a competitive car.But we did many laps and we didoperate KERS from the beginning,

Simoncelli ends Sepang test on topMarco Simoncelli was the surprising pace-setter on the final

day of MotoGP testing at Sepang on Thursday. The GresiniHonda rider posted a best time of 2m00.757s, the best time ofthe three days of testing at the Malaysian circuit.

Suzuki rider Alvaro Bautista wassidelined from the final day of test-ing after feeling unwell, the Span-iard replaced by Noburu Aoki.

“I am not feeling well at all, Ihave a constant feeling of sicknessand it hasn’t improved all day,” saidBautista. “I tried to ride the bike thismorning; I really wanted to use thegood track conditions and try to domy first 2’00 minute lap-time ofSepang!

“But immediately I made thefirst lap, the physical effort madethe sickness worse and it was justimpossible. So, I must say sorry tothe team and I am also very disap-pointed for myself.”

Pos Rider Team Time Laps

1. Marco Simoncelli Gresini 2m00.757s 42Honda

2. Casey Stoner Honda 2m00.811s + 0.054 42 3. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 2m00.845s + 0.088 46 4. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 2m00.945s + 0.188 51 5. Ben Spies Yamaha 2m01.002s + 0.245 60 6. Dani Pedrosa Honda 2m01.241s + 0.484 44 7. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 2m01.353s + 0.596 63 8. Nicky Hayden Ducati 2m01.534s + 0.777 60 9. Colin Edwards Tech 3 2m01.651s + 0.894 32

Yamaha10. Valentino Rossi Ducati 2m01.842s + 1.085 52

Kubica upbeat despite tricky first daywhich was working perfectly, andalso the rear wing.

“So actually there were quite afew positive things where we did nothave any issues – which is alwaysgood. We had a couple of issues withthe car which we hope to solve, andactually we solved them and theycould run pretty well.”

Although rivals Red Bull Racingand Ferrari have been fastest so farin early testing with their new cars,Kubica says past experience withBMW Sauber in 2008 has shownhim not to read anything into the firstfew days of running.

“I will repeat again the same story

– but I still have in my mind 2008.We had the Valencia test with somefaces [at the team] like we know wewill stop racing the day after, be-cause we were really slow. And thenone-and-a-half months later wewere on the front row in Australia,so things can change very quickly –especially in Valencia.

“The track characteristic can bequite strange here, so that is why Iam not really looking for the feel-ing, as it is really a special track.The many problems you get hereyou will never get them on 80 percent of other tracks during thegrands prix.”

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