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B a l i h a se n j o y e d m a n yp r a i s e f u laccolades: Island ofthe Gods, Island

Heaven, Is landParadise, the Islandof Love, Dawn ofthe World and Magical Island. Now,added to the list of is Island ofPeace recently bestowed on Baliby World Peace Committee(WPC).

Beritabali.com received itslatest honorific title on December27, 2011, in a ceremony held atNusa Dua in Bali.

The WPC ci ted n inereasons for declaring Bali is the

Island of Peace, includingthe strength of traditional law amongthe Balinese; the universal respectfor concept of Tri Hita Karana whichmandates harmony between Man,Nature and God; and the spirit of theBalinese people who voice peace,rest, calmness, tranquility, or blissembodied in the word "Shanti" in alltheir daily activities.

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L e a d i n g B a l iA c a d e m i c S a y sR a p i d R i s e o fT o u r i s m i sDestroying Island'sU n i q u e C u l t u r a lPersona

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a t B a l i ' s U d a y a n aUniversity, Dr. Ir. DewaNgurah Suprapta, blamesthe rapid rise of tourism inBali, particularly that whichhas occurred since the1990s, as causing a dilutionof Bali's traditional cultural-tourism image.

Many foreign culturesand foreign cultural products havedisplaced Bali's unique culture,explained Suprapta..

Suprapta describe thetourism business as an industrythat places service and treating

the tourist visitor like a king atcentre stage.

C a f b u s i n e s s e s ,karaoke joints, discos and variousother forms of entertainment thatformerly did not exist in Bali arenow very commonplace, while

tradit ional Bal inesewarungs are becoming rarer,said Suprapta.

He emphasized that ifthe current situation was allowedto continue unabated, Bali willeventually lose its uniquecharacter and, in turn, its abilityto attract tourist visitors.

If Bali is no longer is

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the negative impact oft o u r i s m o n B a l i ' sagricultural sector.

The arrival oflarge number of touristsin numbers that exceedthe population of Bali will

make the price of many basiccommodities in life increasesharply.

Suprapta warned thatfarmers, who are already living ahand-to-mouth existence, wouldbe compelled to compete withtourist visi tors and thoseemployed in the tourism sector to

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World Peace Committee,Djuyoto Suntani, said Bali wasentitled to the honour of beingdeclared the Island of Peacegiven the island's commitment toworking for peace. In addition,

s e v e r a l p e a c e -committed organization andworld peace leaders make theirhome or frequently visit Bali inthe pursuit of peace.

People from all overthe world stream to Bali to findpeace on this beautiful island.

This is the name bestowed byNature. People 'come home' to Bali fromall nations. Bali is where they gather;where they seek peace all nations, allreligions, Explained Suntani.

Suntani said further proof ofBali's position, as the Island of Peace isthe building of a giant peace gong locatedin Nusa Dua near The Bali Collection.

The Peace Gong measures 5meters across and is adorned withsymbols from nations around the globe.

Standing in close proximity tothe Peace Gong at Nusa Dua are acollection of statues depicting worldleaders who have received the NobelPeace Prize, including: MahatmaGandhi, Mother Theresa, Barack Obamaand Nelson Mandela.


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Friday, December 30, wascut this year for the tinySouth Pac i f i c i s landnation as it ditched a time-zone alliance with theUnited States and movedits time zone 24 hours

ahead to catch up withAsia, New Zealand andAustralia.

On New Year's Eve,Samoa will have jumped to thew e s t o f t h ei n t e r n a t i o n a ldateline, whichr u n s z i g - z a g sthrough the PacificO c e a n a n dbroadly follows the180 degree line oflongitude, in am o v e P r i m e

Minister TuilaepaS a i l e l eMalielegaoi saidwould make iteasier for Samoato trade with keypartners.

"No longershall we havepeople ringing us up onMonday from New Zealand andAustralia thinking it is Mondaywhen we are closing our eyesand praying at churches. Andvice versa on our Fridays when

we ring up and already ourcontacts are holidaying on theirSaturdays," he told Radio NewZealand on Friday.

"It will remove theenormous amount of confusionin our travel times for theSamoans and especially for thetourists who come to Samoa,who keep thinking of the NewZealand and Australian time

zones."Church bells will ring and

carol services will herald thechangeover time.

"I think the people arepretty calm about it, they are notexpecting to have any majorc h a n g e s , " s a i d S a m o a

Observer newspaper editorSavea Sano Malifa.To help win public

support, the governmentdeclared employers must still

pay workers for the missingFriday, although banks will notbe allowed to charge interest forthe lost day.

Countries are free tochoose whether the dateline

passes to the east or west, andSamoa's decision will mean allnew maps will need to change.

The vast nation of Chinauses one national time zonewhile Australia is a mesh,part icularly with summerdaylight savings time that seessouthern Adelaide city movefrom half an hour behind theeastern states to an hour in frontof far northeastern Queensland.

New Year's Day to come early as Samoa leaps aheadBut some tourism

operators are worried Samoawill lose business by losing itsposition as the last place onearth to see the sunset eachday, although it will now beone of the first places to see ineach new day.

The nation's seventhDay Adventists are alsodivided over the change, andwhether they should nowobserve the Sabbath on

S a t u r d a y o rSunday.

T h esmal l f o rmerNew Zealandd e p e n d e n c yTokelau, whichh a s i t sadministration inSamoa's capital

Apia, is alsoc h a n g i n gdatelines, whilenearby AmericanS a m o a w i l lcontinue to be onthe other side ofthe dateline andwill be a day

behind.Samoa, a country of

about 180,000 people, usedto be same time zone as NewZealand Australia but wentback a day in 1892 ,

celebrating July 4 twice andaligning itself with the UnitedStates.

The date change isnot the first major change inSamoa in recent years. In2009, the country switched todriving on the left hand side ofthe road from the right handside, in line with New Zealandand Australia.


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day again folks and welcome to the Kuta Weekly for 2012,should be a great year overall with the Mighty Pies lookinglike they'll come out of the box firing on all cylinders andG

ready to take on all comers. Hopefully those pesky Cats will slipup this year and drop a few notches on the ladder, fingerscrossed on that one. 2011 was a fairly big year in the world withthe biggest thing I can remember being the Japanese tsunami. Iwatched it live from one of the big screens at the Town Houses

and couldn't believe what huge power the water had as it washed away complete villages andcaused havoc at the nuclear power station nearby. I wonder if they will ever get it fixed to anacceptable standard as far as safety goes?? Time will tell I guess, and it's not like these peoplearen't used to dealing with nuclear fallout after all? Now that I think about it, there were a heap ofgreat things happening last year, Casey Stoner won the championship, Cadel Evans won the Tourde France, The Yanks Lost a helicopter in some sort of weird rescue mission in Pakistan, (I bet Kenwon't work that one out) There were so many things happen in 2011 that it just made me realizehow many things I have forgotten over the span of a year, so before I forget, I Hope you all enjoyyour new year and enjoy all the great things that happen to you in 2012. Karn The Pies

This year will also bring a few big changes to the paper by way of a few new bits of content

and different expansion moves, some of which we think you will all find very very interesting. The

first I can tell you about, is a new section called A sk M ar tha Now punters, Martha is a wealth ofknowledge, in so far as life goes, and is ready and waiting to answer your questions concerning

anything from how to deal with a rabid pack of wolfs to more pressing issues like how long does ittake to boil the perfect egg. Martha will answer any questions you have about your love life or yourproblems with ingrown toe nails and we expect everyone to get on board with this and send Marthaa quick email asking her for any advice you may see fit at the following [email protected] think there will be a heap of laughs to be had while Martha has agreedto join us at the Weekly and I look forward to the words of wisdom and contributions Martha has tooffer. Welcome to the Kuta Weekly Martha.

Ok well I think that's about my lot for the week, I hope you all get in and enjoy what thefollowing year has to offer. I hope the most of you stay safe, happy, healthy and always remember,Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.

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Two workers at a reptilepark near Sydney were allshook up, running fortheir lives when a 500 kgcrocodile named Elvissuddenly lunged at them,making off with their

lawnmower.Five-meter long Elvis wasalready not exactly a hunk ofburning love, having eaten twogirlfriends at another crocodile

p a r kwhere he lived.

He struckagain, surging outof the water whilet h e w o r k e r sperformed routinem a i n t e n a n c enearby.

"Elv is isquite a dangerouscroc, he's a realfirecracker," said Tim Faulkner,operations manager at the

Australian ReptilePark at Gosford, about anhour's drive north of Sydney.

"He came flying outand before we knew it he hadthe mower in his mouth andhe's taken it back into thewater, dropping a couple ofteeth in the process."

The cantankerouscroc is believed to be between40 and 60 years old -- more orless in his prime. He wascaptured near Darwin, inAustralia's north, for attackingfishing boats.

Faulkner said it wasnot unknown for Elvis tochase workers around andthat the lawnmower hadbecome an important piece ofequipment.

"We have a goldenrule -- keep the mowerbetween you and the croc," hesaid.

W h i l e t h e p a r kworkers were safe, the mowerwas damaged beyond repair,

with puncture marks and atorn throttle. Lawrence saidElvis was likely to be hard tohandle for a while.

"Crocodiles are realprimitive creatures, they'vegot a real basic set ofprinciples, and he's beaten ustoday," he said.

"For him, today, he'sking of the jungle."

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In a sign of America's growinggirth, dude ranches and huntingcamps in the Northern Rockiesare adding heavyweight horsesand super-large saddles to seatswelling numbers of outsizedclients.

With the Centers forDisease Control and Preventionreporting that a third of U.S. adultsand 17 percent of children areobese, Western wranglers andoutfitters say they are doing all theycan to accommodate the wideningof waistlines and other anatomicalareas.

"To put it bluntly, we callthem the big-butt saddles," said LeeHart, owner of Broken Hart Ranch inMontana. The business nearYe l lowstone Na t iona l Parkseasonally provides trail rides andguided hunting by horseback tonearly 2,000 people from across the

country.Hart and others said the 18-plus-inch saddles they now stockwere all but nonexistent 30 yearsago, when just 15 percent ofAmerican adults were consideredobese. At that time, a 16.5-inchsaddle would have been considered

ample enough for a stoutrider.

G u e s t r a n ch e s a n doutfitting operations also arebulking up on riding stockcrossbred with draft horses --weighing in at roughly 1,500pounds -- to fit their super-sizedcustomers.

"We have to seat 400 fatpeople every summer," said B.J.Hill, co-owner of Swift CreekOutfitters and Teton HorsebackAdventures in Jackson Hole,Wyoming.

T h e o p e r a t i o n h a sestablished a weight limit of 275pounds for trail rides and pack tripsin an effort to prevent injury to bothhorse and rider.

The extra-large animalsand saddles come as other U.S.industries, including airlines andhealthcare companies, have inrecent years adopted policies orretrofitted equipment to addressthe rising ranks of plus-size people.

For example, Bostonemergency services in 2011unveiled an ambulance for theobese. The vehicle is equipped witha stretcher that can hold 850pounds and a hydraulic lift with a

Supersized saddles find home on the range asAmericans fatten

safety of the sick and stemback injuries among crews hoistinghefty patients.

In the past five years,saddles offered for sale at Idaho'sCowboy Supply near Boise haveexpanded along with customers.Owner Molly Menchaca reported arun on saddles measuring from 17inches to 17.5 inches.

"Since people have gottenbigger and fatter, they need moreroom," she said.

A decade ago, Bagley'sTeton Mountain Ranch in easternIdaho purchased an 18.5-inchsaddle on the off chance that alarger-than-average customerwould seek a pack trip or trail ride.

Today, that saddle and apair of horses that can handleoversized loads are in regular use,said co-owner Alexis Bagley.

"We try to have somethingavailable for all," she said.

What worries Hart of BrokenHart Ranch are clients who havestretched beyond the comfort-waistzone."I've got a 22-inch saddle, which isbasically unheard of, and I've gotpeople who will overflow all sides ofit," he said.

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Revenues earned by visas-on-arrival(VOA) at Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport declined slightlyover the last month, but on a cumulative basisJanuary September 2011 generated a recordUS$42 million.

Visitors from a large number of countriesare allowed to purchase a 30-day visa upon arrival inIndonesian.

Bisnis Bali quotes Sunarto, an economistfrom the Denpasar office of Bank Indonesia, as

saying that revenues from tourists to Balideclined over the last three-month.

In a statistical analysis prepared for Bali, Sunartosaid tourism revenues declined in accordance with areduced number of foreign visitors to Bali. The VOAreceipts for July 2011, for example, totaled US$5.8million, reducing to US$5.4 million in August and to

US$5.1 million in September.He said that VOA receipts during first three

quarters of 2011 were paid by 1,685,112 tourists fromnations subject to visa fees.

Tourists from ASEAN countries and selectedother nations are exempt from purchasing a VOA. Basedon the total of 2,052,083 foreign tourists visiting BaliJanuary-September 2011, nearly 18% of Bali's foreignvisitors hailed fromcountries exemptfrom paying theVOA fees.

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E.R. in Bal iBali Emergency RoomsBusy Over New Year's EveTreating Traffic Accidentand Firework Casualties

A grim tale retold eachyear in Bali after New Year'scelebrations records scores ofresidents have again fallen to

wounds suf fered in thehandling of fireworks, trafficmishaps and inter-villagerivalries.

T h eState NewsA g e n c yA n t a r aquotes anattendant onduty at anemergencyroom at oneof Bali's mainh o s p i t a l s

reporting as t e a d ys t ream o fambulancesbringing thew o u n d e dand injuredto their doorover the New Year's Eve period.

Since before midnight,patients came in a steady flow.There were those injured byfireworks but even more injureddue to traffic accidents, heexplained.

Data collected through4:00 a.m. on New Year's Dayshowed 37 casualties weretreated at the unnamedhospital.

There are already 37people recorded as trafficcasualties, but there are a fewmore not yet on the list, perhapsbecause of the busy rush ofpatients were not recorded on

the list, admitted thehospital staff member.

Meanwhile, a numberof people have been treated inB a l i ' s h o s p i t a l s a f t e rmishandling fireworks. Thehospital staffer said one of thevictims had sustained injuries

to his genitals due to poorh a n d l i n g o f f i r e w o r k s .However, the more commonsite of the injuries from poor

firework handling affected theeyes and hands of victims whowere overwhelmingly youngpeople.

Patients with fireworkswounds came to around 20,but again the data is not

complete as some were stillwaiting for treatment at thetime of the count, shared theunnamed hospital worker.

Another hospital in Kutasaid several patients sufferingsevere injuries were brought tothe i r emergency room,including one man who losts e v e r a l f i n g e r s w h e nexplosives ignited in his hands.

In Gianyar, celebrationswith fireworks are blamed forthe death of a 60-year-old manliving on Lebih beach who wasstartled by the sound of anearby firecracker beforesuffering a fatal heart attack.

The Jakarta Globe

reports a teenager in Bali diedafter hitting a tree while drivinghis motorcycle. Smoke fromfireworks is thought to have

hindered hisv i s i o n ,contributing tothe cause ofthe crash.

Also inLebih, threeteenage boysr e q u i r e de m e r g e n c yc a r e a f t e r

s u f f e r i n gw o u n d sinf l icted byfirecrackers

Also Inthe Balineser e g i o n o fG i a n y a r ,

Antara reports that brawlsamong area youth, disputingthe borders between BanjarWangbung in the village ofGawang and Banjar Tangkanin the village Ketewel, resultedin injuries to at least three

people and the burning of amotorcycle by an angry mob.

Police were reportedlystanding by in the affectedareas of Sukawati to ensuresimmering tensions did notreignite and result in furtherclashes.


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For the not-so-serious d rinker: Marshmallow vodkaVodkas flavoured with c itrusand berries have been aroundfor years and recently somenewer brands have beentrying to create buzz withunusual flavours.

But this holiday season, for thefirst time, the world's largest vodkabrand is trying to appeal to Americans'

sweet tooth with zany flavours like"fluffed marshmallow" and "whippedcream."

F ac ed w i t h r e l en t l es scompetition from established andupstart brands, Smirnoff's owner -- theLondon-based beverage groupDiageo Plc -- took inspiration fromthings like cookie-scented candles andvanilla-scented laundry soap. It thenrelied on focus groups, mixologistsand food scientists to come up with thenew drinks, which went through some15 iterations, according to thecompany's chief marketing andinnovation officer for North America,Peter McDonough.

Tasters preferred a "toasted"

marshmallow flavor, but the marketingt eam dec i ded t ha t " f l u f f ed "marshmallow would be a better name,McDonough said, since it would helpavoid perceptions that the drink tasted"chalky or burnt."

Diageo paired the drinks withan advertising campaign around thetitle "Fluffed and Whipped" thatfeatures a circus of dancers, dogs,aerialists, women spraying whippedcream into their mouths and modelAmber Rose purring that "vodka neverfelt this good."

The mixing of sugar and spicehas struck a chord, particularly withyounger, female drinkers, say someNew York bartenders.

"In five years of bartending, Ihave never seen a bottle sell out thatfast," said Dena Kravitz of RosieO'Grady's Irish Pub in Manhattan'sTimes Square. "It's the martini of theyounger generation."

Smirnoff, born in Russia about150 years ago, says it is trying to makeitself relevant and cool to youngeradults, drinkers in their 20s and 30s.But some industry opponents seesweet drinks as moves to lure under-

age drinkers who can usethem to transition from soft drinks tohard liquor.

"I see this move into thesesweet drinks as catering to a youthfultaste," said James Mosher, presidentof Alcohol Policy Consultations, aprivate consultancy group. "This is nota drink that a mature adult is going toprefer."

Mosher wrote an article slatedfor publication in the January 2012issue of The American Journal ofPublic Health in which he argues thatyouth-oriented marketing campaignsby Smirnoff and other distilled spirits,which appeal to underage drinkers,were a key factor in the rise of spiritsconsumption over the past decade inthe United States.

Furthermore, the sexy imagesand allusions in the "Fluffed andWhipped" ad put Diageo in the doghouse at industry watchdog groupAlcohol Just ice, which did a"Doghouse Blog" entry on it inNovember, saying the campaign "mayhave set the bar at a new low" for what

it calls "pornahol" ads, or those that" u s e s e x u a l i n n u e n d o a n dobjectification to sell alcoholicbeverages."

Diageo, which says the targetmarket for the new varieties is 25-to-35-year-old men and women, rejectsany suggestion that it is marketing tokids and cited four investigations intoalcohol marketing by the U.S. FederalTrade Commission that concluded thatindustry ads were directed at adults.

Diageo called Mosher's article"seriously flawed and unsupported bygovernment data and marketplacerealities."

A s f o r t h e s e x y a d ,McDonough defended it and called it"a little bit tongue-in-cheek."

Diageo, the world's biggestspirits maker, has a portfolio thatincludes Johnnie Walker Scotchwhisky, Captain Morgan rum and JoseCuervo tequila.

The notion of confectionaryflavors in alcoholic drinks is not new. Inrecent years, smaller producers havecome out with Cupcake Vodka,Burnett's Whipped Cream FlavoredVodka, Pinnacle Cotton Candy Vodka,Three Olives Bubble Gum Vodka and

Georgi Candy Cane Vodka.Diageo already sells GodivaChocolate vodka, Ciroc Coconutvodka and Qream, an ice-creaminspired liqueur.

But Smirnoff is the first verylarge brand to go straight to dessert.

Smirnoff, the top-sellingvodka in the United States, hasfaced competition from small, fast-

growing brands that have morecachet, such as Bacardi's GreyGoose and Diageo's Ciroc.

Its sales in the United Statesare still more than double those ofthe No. 2 vodka, Pernod Ricard'sAbsolut, but its market share slippedand it reported net sales fell 2percent in North America in the fiscalyear that ended June 30.


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For those of the apocalyptic bent,the sudden appearance of 20tonnes of dead fish in Kvaenes, inthe northerly district of Nordreisa,after hundreds of blackbirdsdropped dead in Arkansas is a signthat the Mayans and Hollywoodare righ t and 2012 IS the year we all

go to hell.

Scientists are looking for a more scienceyreason. They want to conduct tests on the fish tosee if they were driven to their death by a predatoror simply swept ashore by a storm.

Locals, although clearly puzzled by theappearance of the herring, are more worried aboutthe smell: unless someone cleans up the messquick, Nordreisa will start reek of the underworld.

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New York Times emailmisfire sets off firestorm

A New York Times employee misfired anemail offering discounted subscriptionsto customers who had recently cancelledthe newspaper, sending it to more than 8million people ins tead of the 300 intendedrecipients.

Questions about the emails hit Twitter, but i ttook the newspaper several hours to figure outwhat happened.

Initially the newspaper said it had not sentout those emails.

"The email is spam and was not sent fromThe New York Times," company spokeswomanDanielle Rhoades said.

She later apologized for the mix-up: "Weregret this error and we regret our earliercommunication noting that this email was spam."

The incident spawned a parody Twitteraccount, NYTSpam. "Ci@ali$, anyone? I'm tired oftrying to sell papers," it said in one of its earlyTweets.


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Sifting the Shifting Sands of BaliNews Corner

Bali Authorities WorkingHard to Keep Kuta BeachClean of Seasonal Inflexof Rubbish and DebrisBrought by Wester lyWinds

Beritabali.com reports thatthe change of year has broughtlarge piles of trash to Kuta'sbeaches, washed ashore byseasonal wind patterns.

Large piles of flotsam,jetsam and general trash washingonto Kuta's beaches havecompelled officers from theHygiene and Parks Department incooperation with beach workers,lifeguards and beach traders to joinforces clean the long stretch ofbeach in Kuta.

During the season ofwesterly winds rubbish is blown

ashore, we havedeployed 12 cleaning staffwho continually gather theaccumulating debris. We areconcentrating our effortsbeginning from the borderbewtween Legian and Kutadown to the Bali GardenHotel, explained the chief of

the Quick Response Teamfrom the Hygiene and ParkService Department of Badung,Gusti Keut Atawa on December 30,2011.

Observations of the beachconducted in front of the Hard RockHotel revealed two green garbagetrucks and two front-loaderspermanently assigned to collectand remove beach debris. Theclean up activities has also caughtthe attention of foreign touristswalking along the beach.

The piles of trash alongthe beach are removed to anaccumulation point near theChinese Cemetery in Tuban. Fromthere, another fleet of trucks bringsthe rubbish to the Suwung rubbishdump, explained Astawa,

In a single day, the trash,largely comprised of woodendebris mixed with plastic, fills 20trucks.

m a i n g o a l i s t oaccumulate and remove thedebris washing ashore; we donot want piles of rubbish tobecome a source of complaintsfrom Bali's tourist visitors, saidAstawa.

S e p a r a t e l y , t h eChairman of the Local Security

Force of Kuta Beach, I GustiNgurah Tresna said: The trashthat has washed ashore wasbrought to Bali by westerlywinds. Th is is a year lyphenomenon. We alwaysexperience this invasion ofdebris.

He added: Tourists arecertainly upset, moreover,several tourists have actually joined in to help collect therubbish. Because this is a naturaloccurrence, we worked togetherwith all components of thecommunity. What's important isthe handling (of the rubbish) byus in our capacity as the jointmanagement of the Hygeine andPark Services for Badung. Ifthere's no rain or westerly winds,the beach wi l l be cleantomorrow.


English city deters teens with pig dungAn English city council isusing pig dung to keepteenagers away from awoodland where they had

been drinking and takingdrugs.Elderly residents in

Middlesbrough, in north-eastEngland, had complained abouty o u n g p e o p l e s mo k i n gcannabis and drinking alcohol ina woodland near a housingestate.

In response, officialsthinned out trees and spread a

thick layer of pig dung onthe ground in an operation thatthey say has been highlyeffective in deterring waywardteenagers.

"Following complaints,an inspection of thearea revealed it wasbeing used to drinkalcohol and take drugs,a s p a r a p h e r n a l i aknown as bongs (usedto smoke cannabis)were found," said as p o k e s m a n f o rM i d d l e s b r o u g h

"Feedback from theresidents indicated that,although there was a slightwhiff in Willowbank, theywould much rather have a

pong than a bong.

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Aries Mar 20 - Apr 19Few things annoy you more than ridiculous rules orregulations. But not only have you been confronted withsome, in each you've been unable to find a way aroundthese. As an Aries your first instinct is to stand up foryourself. Try it. However, you're urged to have a backupplan handy.

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TaurusApr 20 - May 20When you made plans, you carefully estimated what youcould do and made an estimate of what others could offer.Unfortunately, you guessed wrong, which has left you withan unfair burden in terms of time or money. Raise this now.While some are legitimately unaware, certain individualsare pretending not to notice.

Gemini May 21 - Jun 20The last thing you want to hear is that this week will bedevoted to working out problems with those individualswith whom there are already serious tensions. However, ifyou take things slowly, and avoid forcing issues, you'll beamazed the ease with which you're able to turn thesearound.

Cancer Jun 21 - Jul 22Ordinarily it would be rare to feel the influence of the FullMoon a week before it takes place. However, becausenext week's Full Moon is actually in your sign, it would beno surprise to learn you're becoming increasinglysensitive to certain issues. There's no reason you can'ttackle some of them now.

Leo Jul 23 - Aug 22The recent encounter between your ruler the Sun andPluto may have brought several tricky matters to a head.

But they also gave you a chance to pose certain questionsthat you couldn't otherwise have asked. What you learnedas a result was so informative, you regard dealing withthose issues as fair compensation.

VirgoAug 23 - Sep 22Aggravating as certain individuals are, especially at themoment, be careful not to allow your irritation with them toturn into serious disputes. The problem is, everybody istaking these issues far too seriously. While they areimportant, they're not of such significance they justify

Libra Sep 23 - Oct 22Others make social blunders all the time but you, as atactful Libra, rarely put your foot wrong. However, recentlyyou didn't just upset somebody, they're now brooding andwon't talk about it. Apologise once, and sincerely, thenforget it. They actually enjoy making peopleuncomfortable. Ignore them and they'll pick on somebodyelse.ScorpioOct 23 - Nov 21To you a secret is sacred, whether the subject in questionis purely personal or involves information somebody elsehas entrusted to you. So when others discuss exactly

such matters openly, you're shocked. However, they maybe fishing for facts, hoping for a reaction that will tell themif they're guessing correctly.

Sagittarius Nov 22 - Dec 21The rare Sagittarian carries a grudge. Still, you wouldrather like one particular individual to know how muchtheir actions upset your plans. But they've shownabsolutely no interest in what you have to say. Bide yourtime. Soon events will make your point, and better thanyou'd have imagined possible.

Capricorn Dec 22 - Jan 19A fresh start is always appealing to think about. But it'sbeen a week since the pivotal Capricorn New Moon andyou're still unsure whether certain plans must go andothers are worth pursuing. Soon the period of discussionwill end and you'll find you must take action, however

AquariusJan 20 - Feb 18The information or insights that are surfacing now, withthe Sun and uncompromisingly honest Pluto in the most

sensitive angle of your chart may not be easy to face. Thisprocess of acknowledging them is, however, the first stepto dealing with them and, ultimately, making them part ofthe past.

Pisces Feb 19 - Mar 19Don't allow your hyper-sensitivity to others' feelings keepyou from saying exactly what needs to be said tosomebody who's causing you problems. They're takingadvantage of your good nature. The only way they'll stopis if you tell them exactly that, you won't tolerate theirnonsense for a minute longer.

HOROSCOPE PREDICTION 5 Jan - 11 Jan 2012

New Year twins born d ifferent yearsTwo sets of twins

born as 2011 ticked o verinto 2012 will have foundt h e m s e l v es i n t h e

un l i ke ly s i tua t ion o fh a v i n g b i r t h d a y s i nseparate years.

In Buffalo, New York,young Ronan Rosputni wasde l ivered a t 11 :37pm onDecember 31, 2011, while hisyounger brother Rory arrived at12:10am on January 1, 2012.

M i n n e s o t a w o m a nStephanie Peterson had to wait alot longer for her second baby with

daughter Freya born at12:26am on the first day of 2012,more than six hours after twinbrother Beckett.

"When Freya was finally

born the nurses hadmade confetti andthrew confetti all overand everybody wasclapping, so it was aparty when she came,"Ms Peterson said.

Mother of theNew York twins, BrighidRosputni, couldn' tbelieve the unlikelybirth.

"They have completelydifferent birthdates and years, Idon't know if it's ever happened.I'll have to do some research," shesaid.


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428 Bali Road Accidents in2011 Involved Under-AgedUnlicensed Children

A c h a i n c o l l i s i o na c c i d e n t o n t h eDenpasar-GilmanukRoad near Kedi r i ,T a b a n a n o n

Wednesday, has onceagain underlined thedangers of driving onBali's highways and theadditional threat tos a f e t y p o s e d b yunlicensed under-agedrivers.

The accidentt o o k p l a c e a tapproximately 5:00p.m. and involved three trucksand a single Avanza sedandriven by 16-year old I PutuAgung Prama Jipana, a

Tabanan high school student.In the chain collision,

Jipana and his 16-year-oldcompanion, I Kadek AgungPrama Wistara, were horrificallypinned inside their crushedvehicle for more than 30minutes before police and localcitizens were able to release thetwo boys from their mangledvehicle crushed under the readchassis of one of the trucks.

Miraculously, the two

boys escaped seriousinjury in the accident, whichdemolished their car and closedthe busy highway for more thanone hour.

The two boys, who arereported by Nusa Bali ascousins, were using the car topurchase textiles form a shop in

Kediri. Jipana's Mother, Ni KetutSutriani, told the press, theywent out to buy cloth, but, gosh,they were in a road accident.

The latest accidentimmediately brings to mind thetragic death of two 14-year-oldBalinese boys who perishedwhile driving at a high rate ofspeed in the early hours ofOctober 28, 2011.

According to Denpost,there were 428 accidents in Bali

in 2011 involvingunlicensed under-age peoplee i t h e r a s d r i v e r s o rpassengers on the back ofmotorcycles.

Police insistthat they are makingevery e f f o r t t o

reduce the numberof children injured orkilled on Bali's roadsb y g i v i n geducational lecturesat area schools,community hal ls(banjar) and visitsby schoo l -agedchildren to policeh e a d q u a r t e r s .Police are also

seeking the assistance ofschools officials in Bali toforbid children who are

unlicensed and under the ageof 17 from bringing motorizedvehicles to school.

Police also complain oflarge groups of under-agedchi ldren who organizeconvoys of motorcycles andcars travelling the island'sroad during late eveninghours.

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smeared on the tree bark as asymbol of fertilizers (theproper food for vegetation).

T h e o f f e r i n g i sdedicated to all plants thathelp human life, such assalak, coconuts, mangoes,durian, bananas, rambutanetc. Not just by presenting anoffering, plants are alsodecorated with clothes andspecial decoration made fromcoconut leaf.

The Tumpak Warigacelebration is also a time forexpressing human gratitudeto plants. Plants are seen as

human relatives, as they arealso part of God's family. It ispeople's duty to protectplants; moreover Balinesebelieve that prosperity andcomfort will come aroundwhenever the vegetation isprotected and conserved. Sofor that reasons, the Balinesehave to make specia lofferings for plants.

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Tumpek WarigaRitually, Balinese have aspecial ceremony to bega n y p r o s p e r i t y f o rvegetations so they can

a lways prov ide the i rcrops for mankind.

The ceremony is calledTumpek Wariga or TumpekPengatag will be held onSaturday January 7th, 2012.Tumpek Wariga or devoted toSanghyang Sangkara, Lord of allfood plants when blessingceremony is given to them for

g o o d c r o p s a n dproducts, held at everyplantation and farmthroughout the island.Tumpek Wariga is

celebrated every 210days or 6 months of

t h eBa l i n e s ecalendar.It's a righttime to begthe God tog ive H isgrace sot h evegetationc a nprovide a lot ofcrops.

T u m p e kWariga is also called TumpekBubuh, because the offeringscontain bubuh (porridge)such as bubuh sumsum(porridge made using refinedflour). In committing theceremony, the bubuh is

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Road Work Ahead19% of Roads inBal i ' s Capi ta l o fDenpasar Classifiedas 'Badly Damaged'

It will not come as asurprise to anyone familiarwith travelling in Denpasarthat much of the roads inBali's capital are in a poorstate of repair.

T h e Ba l i Po s treports that of the 555.076kilometres of road inDenpasar, 106,525 (19%) areconsidered to be badly damaged.

The head of the PublicWorks Department for Denpasar, Ir. IKetut Winarta, told The Bali Post thatmoney has been allocated toimprove road conditions over thecoming year.

Wayan Dirgayasa, the headof Bali's Bina Karya the State-Owned company that works in thearea of public construction andtechnical consultation insists that

the overall condition ofDenpasar's roads is better thanthose found in other regions ofIndonesia. By his calculations, theamount of roadway classified asgood in the capital is 293.651kilometres (52%) while 154.901(28%) kilometres were classified asgood or serviceable.

Dirgayasa confirmed thatRp. 39 billion (US$4.3 million) hadbeen allocated in the 2012 budget forroad repair and improvement in

with our plans,roads will be improvedover a length of 40.526kilometres while another49.8 kilometres are slatedfor repair. This means thatthere are still badlydamaged road areas thatwill not be repaired in thecoming year," explainedDirgayasa.

Dirgayasa blamedthe bad state of Bali'sroads on the overloading

of trucks travelling over thecapital's roads.

He also cited how manygovernment departments tear upDenpasar's roads and highwaysfor the installation of publicsewerage, drains and otherinstallations, but fails to return theroads to their original conditionsonce their work is completed.


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daughters during Christmas1995, but it vanished from thekitchen counter where she hadput it.

The family searchedeverywhere for the missing ring,even pulling up floorboards attheir farm in northern Sweden totry and find it.

Paahlsson had given uphope of finding it until this year,when she was picking carrots in

her garden and suddenlyfound the ring around one of thevegetables.

The family said the onlyexplanation is that the ring musthave fallen into the sink in 1995and been mixed with potato peelsthat were later composted or fedto the sheep, because the soil in

the garden is made fromcomposted vegetables andsheep dung.

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The Quickie.A man goes into a restaurant and is seated. All the

waitresses are gorgeous.

A particularly voluptuous waitress wearing a very short

skirt and legs that won't quit, came to his table andasked if he was ready to order, "What would you like,

sir?"

He looks at the menu and then scans her beautiful frame

top to bottom, then answers, "A quickie."

The waitress turns and walks away in disgust.

After she regains her composure she returns and asks

again, "What would you like, sir?"

Again the man thoroughly checks her out and againanswers, "A quickie, please."

This time her anger takes over, she reaches over and

slaps him across the face with a resounding "SMACK!"

and storms away.

A man sitting at the next table leans over and whispers,

"Um, I think it's pronounced 'quiche'."

An Italian MaMaMrs. Ravioli comes to visit her son Anthony for dinner.

He lives with a female roommate, Maria.

During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help

but notice how pretty Anthony's roommate is.

Over the course of the evening, while watching the two

interact, she started to wonder if there was more

between Anthony and his roommate than met the eye.

Reading his mom's thoughts, Anthony volunteered, "Iknow what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Maria

and I are just roommates.''

About a week later, Maria came to Anthony saying, "Ever

since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable tofind the silver sugar bowl.

You don't suppose she took it, do you?"

"Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure." So

he sat down and wrote an email:

Dear MaMa,

I'm not saying that you "did" take the sugar bowl from

my house ; I'm not saying that you "did not" take it.

But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since

you were here for dinner.

Your Loving Son

Anthony

Several days later, Anthony received a response email

from his MaMa which read:Dear son, I'm not saying that you "do" sleep with Maria,

and I'm not saying that you "do not" sleep with her.But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her

OWN bed, she would have found the sugar bowl by

now.

Your Loving MaMa

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Precious.A little boy was waiting for his mother to come out of thegrocerystore. As he waited, he was approached by a man calledTerry who asked, "Son, canyou tell me where the Post Office is?"The little boy replied, "Sure! Just go straight down thisstreet acoupla blocks and turn to your right."

Terry thanked the boy kindly and said, "I'm the new pastorin town.I'd like for you to come to church on Sunday. I'll show youhow to get to Heaven.The little boy replied with a chuckle."Awww, come on... You don't even know the way to thePost Office.


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Surfing pro tour to introduce drug testsThe governing body ofprofessional surfers isintending to introduce adrug screening programby the start ofthe 2012 prot o u r i n

Australia nextmonth.The Association ofS u r f i n gP r o f e s s i o n a l s(ASP) insists all itsm e m b e r s a r ebehind this move."Surfing's a uniquesort of subculture,but in regards tothe surfers on tour,they're 100 percent behind thepolicy," ASP spokesman Dave

Prodan said."The idea is to sort of randomlytest athletes at each event,they've all volunteered to betested at the opening event if wecan activate the policy in time."That's how much they believethat they want to get this out in theopen and they want to be testedand taken professionally. And I'm

just sure it would sort of add a bitmore credence to the sport.

"The board of directors is workingthrough the details of the policyright now and we're hoping tohave something finalised here inthe next couple of weeks.

"Our first priority will obviously beto communicate to the surfers

and the stakeholders in detailwhat the policy entails and thencommunicate it to the public."Prodan denies this move waspurely a reaction to the death oftriple world champion Andy Ironsin 2010."Obviously we're still a bit upsetand shattered that Andy passedaway and this may have been acontributing factor but it didn'thave any bearing on the ation to

motivation to actually activate adrug testing policy," Prodansaid."Th is po l i cy has beensomething the tour has been

discussing for thelast three years nowand they have beenin discussion with

WADA for the lasttwo years."So they're drawingupon the WADAframework in sort ofcreating this policy. Itwon't actually beWADA compliant butit will be sort of basedon that framework."The two biggesth i n d r a n c e s t oactivating a drugtesting policy for the

ASP has basically been

r e s o u r c e a n d b u d g e tallocations." W e ' r e a n o n - p r o f i torganisation and we're sort of ayoung sport, so it has been apriority it just hasn't been areality for us until ... lastNovember when the board didapprove for a budget to begin aform of drug testing for theathletes on tour."

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19 Loll (6)21 Warble (5)24 Sixth sign of thezodiac (5)25 Bowmen (7)26 Languid, apathetic(8)27 Slender (4)

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Hawthorn AFLrecruit Brad Hillis expected tobe charged aftera police pursuit.

O f f i c e r sallegedly tried tostop the 18-year-old's high-poweredsedan on ConnollyDrive in the Perthsuburb of Merriwa.

A pursuitensued but policewere forced toabort as the cart u r n e d i n t o aresidential street.

Police later tracked thecar's registration back to Hill'saddress.

The Hawthorn Football

club says Hill panicked,turned a corner and drove awayfrom police to a friend's housenearby.

The club says bloodalcohol tests have confirmed

t h a tHill had notb e e ndrinking.

He willbe charged bys u m m o n swith failing to

s t o p a n dr e c k l e s sdriving.

T h ecar will beseized underW e s t e r nAu s t r a l i a ' sa n t i - h o o n

laws.Hill was selected by

the Hawks in November's AFLdraft and is the brother ofFremantle Dockers midfielderStephen Hill.

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Gillard announces Adelaide Oval funding

The Federal Governmentwill provide $30 milliontowards the AdelaideOval redevelopment.

The money will help to payfor 375 underground car parksand a wetland walk on the ovalside of the River Torrens.

T h e P r i m eMinister Julia Gillardm a d e t h eannouncement at theoval..

She says thef u n d i n g w i l l e a s econcerns about trafficcongestion in the cityduring sporting events.

" W h a t w e ' v eannounced today isgoing to meet the needsof the local communityso they're going to be

reassured there will notbe cars across their driveways,"she said.

Three hundred of the carparks will be built beneath thenew eastern stand with theremaining 75 to go beneath theindoor cricket centre at the oval'ssouthern end.

The Prime Minister wasflanked by South AustralianCricket Association (SACA)president Ian McLachlan, ActingPremier John Rau and Memberfor Adelaide Kate Ellis.

Ms Ellis conceded the

contribution was less than theState Government initially askedfor.

"I think South Australianswould expect their treasurers tobe asking for perhaps moremoney than they're going to get inthe end. We think that this is a faircontribution."

SACA president IanMcLachlan says the funding will

cove r mos t o f t heremaining costs of the project.

"This extra 30 millionreally rounds out most of theimportant things that need to bedone. There are some otherthings that we could do, butthey're not essential," he said.

'Nothing new'

The State Opposition'streasury spokesman, Iain Evans,says the purpose of the funding isto cover the cost of a budgetblow-out.

"Before the election, theState Government were tellingeveryone in South Australia thatthey could build the oval for $450million and not a cent more," hesaid.

"The total cost now is wellover $600 million, and the $30million today primarily goes topaying for car parking that was

already part of the projectanyway."

The chief executive of theInfrastructure Department, RodHook, says the main purpose ofthe money is to provide extraparking space in the parklands.

"The two underground carparks, whilst they will contributeto support parking for major footyor cricket games, they will be

m a i n l y u s e d f o rfunctions down here at the ovalin non-major event days. That's375 cars that otherwise may beparked around the surface inthe northern parklands. Thosecars can go underground andout of sight for the normal non-major event day," he said.

"We werealready intendingto do the 300 carparks underneaththe eastern standbecause that's partof the contractdocuments. Thef a c t t h a t t h eF e d e r a lGovernment ispaying for thatgives us roughly 15million to redirectinto other aspects

of the project."We hadn't made acommitment to do the car parkunderneath the indoor cricketcentre. We knew that we had tomake a decision by the end ofJanuary on whether we had thefunds to commit to that or not.

"This announcementtoday means we'll immediatelycommit to that."

The decision endsuncertainty about the FederalGovernment's contribution tothe redevelopment, which wasone of several infrastructure

projects put on hold after theQueensland floods.

The State Governmentwill spend $535 million on theredevelopment.

Work has begun on theproject and is expected to becompleted in time for the start ofthe 2014 AFL season.

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From whale sperm to coloncleansers to the shape of awoman's foot when she hasan orgasm, celebrities did notdisappoint during 2011 withtheir penchant for peddlingsuspect sc ience in t heworld's media.

In its annual list of

what it considers the year'sworst abuses againstscience, the Sense AboutScience (SAS) campaignnamed U.S. reality TV starNicole Polizzi, Republicanpresidential candidateMichelle Bachmann andA m e r i c a n s i n g e r -songwriter Suzi Quatro astop offenders, with theirdubious views on why thesea is salty, the risks ofcervical cancer vaccinesand the colon.

"I used to get a lot of

sore throats and then one of mysisters told me that all illnessesstart in the colon. I started taking adaily colon cleanser powder mixedwith fresh juice every morning andit made an enormous difference,"

But SAS was keen to dispelsuch myths. It asked qualifiedscientists from various disciplinesto comment on some of the worstcelebrity science offences.

"The colon is very importantin some diseases, but it certainly isnot the cause of all illnesses," saidMelita Gordon, a consultantgastroenterologist said in the

review. "Sore throats do not comefrom your colon, they are causedby viruses that come in throughyour nose and mouth. Taking 'coloncleansers' has no beneficial effecton your throat - or on your colon."

While the review is partlyabout entertainment, the campaigngroup stresses it also has a seriousaim - to make sure pseudo-scienceis not allowed to become accepted

as true.After Bachmann used an

appearance on a U.S. televisionshow to tell a story of a womanfrom Tampa, Florida, who saidher daughter had become"mentally retarded" after gettingan HPV vaccine designed toprotect against cervical cancer,

doctors said they feared thedamage done may take manyyears to reverse.

"It's tempting to dismisscelebrity comments on scienceand health, but their views travelfar and wide and, once uttered, acelebrity cancer prevention ideaor environmental claim is hard toreverse," said SAS's managingdirector Tracey Brown.

" A t a t i m e w h e ncelebrities dominate the publicrealm, the pressure for soundscience and evidence must keeppace."

T h e r e v i e w a l s o

highlighted a bizarre quote fromU.S. TV personality Polizzi, whodeclared recently: "I don't reallylike the beach. I hate sharks, andthe water's all whale sperm.That's why the ocean's salty."

Simon Boxall, a marineexpert and oceanographerdismissed Polizzi's suggestion."It would take a lot of whalesperm to make the sea that

salty," he said.Some of the most intriguing

pseudo-scientific suggestionscame via repeated second handinformation picked up at parties -never the most reliable source.

Christian Louboutin, aFrench footwear designer, wastaken with something a fellow party

guest told him about shoes."She said that what

is sexual in a high heel is thearch of the foot, because it isexactly the position of awoman's foot when sheorgasms. So putting yourfoot in a heel, you areputting yourself in a possiblyorgasmic situation," heexplained.

Kevan Wylie, aconsu l tan t in sexua lmedicine, responded drilythat i t 's important todifferentiate cause fromeffect.

"A woman's foot may be inthis position during orgasm, butthat does not mean that putting herfoot into this position under othercircumstances will result inorgasm," he said.

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Two die, 561 hurt in Italian New Year celebrationsTwo men werekilled and 561o t h e r p e o p l ewere woundeda s I t a l i a n scelebrated theNew Year withm a s s i v e

d i s p l a y s o fi l l e g a l a n dh o m e m a d ef i reworks, theInterior Ministrysaid.

O f t h o s ewounded, 76 were children underthe age of 12.

Marking New Year's Evefestivities with fireworks is adeadly Italian tradition. Up to2,000 cities, towns and villageshad banned them this year, butpolice said they still seized

thousands of tonnes offireworks, including more than athousand rocket launchers.

The most serious incidenttook place in Rome when a 31-year-o ld man l i t a largefirecracker which exploded in hisapartment before he could throw

it out the window. The explosion

it out thew i n d o w . T h eexplosion set off abigger blast of ther e m a i n i n gf i reworks tha tkil led him andwounded severalo t h e r s i n t h e

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It was a case of new club,same routine for DariusB o y d ' s f i r s t d a y o fpreseason as a Newcastleplayer .

The Queensland andAustralia star is the Knights'biggest signing for the 2012 NRLcampaign as he links up withcoach Wayne Bennett for a thirdtime, bidding to become only thesecond player behind GlennLazarus to win premierships with

three different clubs.Boyd was typically tight-

lipped when he addressed themedia for the first time inNewcastle colours, fresh from apunishing workout under thewatchful eye of Bennett in hotconditions in Newcastle onTuesday.

Bennett has also broughtalong many of his backroom stafffrom St George Illawarra with himto the Knights and Boyd admittedthe familiarity was helping himsettle at the club.

"We have the samestrength and conditioning coachas what we had at the Dragonswhich makes it a bit easier," Boydsaid.

"I have only been here aday so it's hard to assess at themoment how the squad istravelling, but there are somevery good players here."

The 24-year-old Boyd,who said he is hopeful of ousting ,

skipper Kurt Gidley fromthe number one shirt and makingthe fullback spot his own,relocated to Newcastle before theFour Nations campaign inEngland late last year tofamiliarise himself with the area.

And in a city where rugbyleague rules, he has already

noticed the level of publicexpectation about the newseason that comes with Bennett'sarrival but warned his new team-mates to not get caught up in thehype.

"You try and not thinkabout the expectations. All youcan do is concentrate on playing,"he said.

"People will be behind ushere in Newcastle, but the otherpressures are something wehave to not think about and justplay as well as we can.

"All of us are now looking

forward to the trials which (are)only about a month away.

Serena Williams says shedoes not regret her outburst duringlast year's US Open final and warnsshe would do it again if heremotions are as high as they wereduring her loss to Australia'sSamantha Stosur.

Williams reacted angrily whenchair umpire Eva Asderaki ruled that hershout of "come on" after hitting a

forehand was a hindranceand awarded a point to Stosur.

Following the ruling Williamsdirected a torrent of abuse at Asderaki -including calling her a "hater" and"unattractive inside" - and wassubsequently fined for the outburst.

But speaking before her firstround match at the BrisbaneInternational, Williams says she could

not see anything wrong withher actions.

"I honestly think I was reallytoned down, like I didn't use any badlanguage or anything, so I wouldn'tchange it so much," she said.

"When you're [full of] emotionthat's kind of how you feel.

"And I'm an emotional playerand I'm an extremely emotionalperson, oh my goodness, it was what itwas.

"I'm always going to be me - if

that means I'm giving 200 per cent thenthat's how I am."I love that and I think people

can respect that when they see meplay.

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"Occupy" makes annual list of most overused wordsOccupy this, the trash bin. Atleast, so say students atMichigan's Lake SuperiorS t a t e U n i v e r s i t y w h oreleased an annual list ofw o r d s t h e y d e e m s omisused, overused andcl ichd they should bebanished in t he year ahead.

"Occupy," the termassociated with the months-longprotest movement in New Yorkand across the United Statesagainst income inequality and avariety of other social ills, was among the 12 nomineesafter just a few months of overexposure.

"It has been overused and abused, even topromote Black Friday shopping," said Grant Barnett ofPalmdale, California, who was among those tonominate the word.

"We are headed to Grandma's house -Occupy Thanksgiving is under way," said Bill Drewesof Rochester Hills, Michigan, giving another exampleof how the word has been overused.

At the head of the class, though, was the word"amazing," which garnered nominations from around

the United States and from as far away as Israel andthe United Kingdom for inclusion on the list by theschool in remote Sault Ste. Marie.

Many nominators mentioned overuse ontelevision, specifically by personalities such as MarthaStewart and Anderson Cooper, and on reality TV.

"Every talk show uses this word at least twotimes every five minutes. Hair is not 'amazing.' Shoesare not 'amazing,'" said Martha Waszak of Lansing,Michigan.

Although one critic suggested that the act ofgiving birth was amazing enough to be termed, well,amazing, the term "baby bump," often attached to

p r e g n a n tcelebrities such asBeyonce or GwynethPaltrow, drew scorn.

" T h i s i s aphrase we need tofinally give birth to, thensend on its way,"offered Mary Sturgeonof Vancouver, British

Columbia.The school

began its list of wordsp r o p o s e d f o rbanishment in 1976,

when it named "at this point in time" a linguistic dud, assubstituted for the concise and elegant "now." Thecollege now receives well over 1,000 nominations eachyear through its website.

Previous winners and nominees include theterms "shovel ready" for 2010, "battleground states" for2005, "24/7" for 2000 and "family values" for 1995.

Also on this year's list were "shared sacrifice,""blowback," which is sometimes exchanged with"pushback" to mean resistance, and "mancave," now afavourite with advertising copywriters.

"Not every man wants a recliner the size of a

1941 Packard that has a cooler in each arm and aholster for the remote," said David Hollis ofHubbardsville, New York.

Heading into the 2012 election year, votes werecast to ban the term "win the future," a phrase that hasbeen claimed by both the left (President BarackObama) and the right (Republican White House hopefulNewt Gingrich).

Other vote-getters included "the new normal,""ginormous," a mash-up of gigantic and enormous, and"thank you in advance.

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Doubles loss sees Spain win Hopman clashF e r n a n d o V e r d a s c ofought off a valiant effortby former world numbero n e L l e y t o nHewitt to helpSpain to a 2-1win over hostsAustralia in the

Hopman Cupin Perth.

T h e 3 0 -year-old Hewitt,playing his firstm a t c h s i n c eSeptember in hislatest comebackfrom a bad toeinjury, produced asuperb second setb e f o r e w o r l dn u m b e r 2 4Verdasco took their match 6-3,3-6, 7-5 victory in 128 minutes.

Hewitt's team mateJarmila Gajdosova defeatedAnabel Medina Garrigues 6-3,3-6, 6-3 in the women's singlesbut third-seeded Spain won themixed doubles 6-3, 3-6 (11-9).

Hopman Cup rules statethat the third set in the mixeddoubles is decided by a tiebreakin which the first pair to reach 10points with an advantage of twotakes victory.

Hewitt has not won amajor title since Wimbledon in2002 and has plummeted tonumber 186 in the world

rankings.Despite being a constant

s u b j e c t o f r e t i r e m e n tspeculation, Hewitt refuses toaccept that the injury to his leftbig toe makes it impossible toscale the heights again.

He was quick againstVerdasco in the Group Bencounter, clawing back from abreak down in the final set to

ensure a grandstandfinish in front of a full house ofmore than 7,000 at the

Burswood Dome.A third-set tiebreaker

was on the cards unt i l

consecutive double faults andan errant backhand from Hewitthanded the win to Verdasco.

Tough player"I just want to play pain-

free this year and hopefullyfinish my career in a good wayover the next couple of years,"Hewitt said.

V e r d a s c o p r a i s e dHewitt 's tenacity, saying:"Lleyton is a very tough player.

"I was playing very well

him off. He's alwaysthere. He's a good friend and Ireally hope he has a good 2012

with no moreinjuries.

"It's myf i r s t m a t c hsince we wonthe Davis Cup

and that is stilla nunbelievableresult to me,"V e r d a s c oadded. "It wasan honour to bepart of that."

Gajdosova had giventhe host nationa dream startwith a powerful

performance in her HopmanCup debut on the second day ofthe annual team competition.

"First match of the year,I'm glad it's over," the worldnumber 33 said.

"I wanted to give Lleytona good start and give ussomething to build on as a team.A few winners here and there, afew errors, but it turned out well.

"The mixed was fun,Lleyton did everything, he's thesuperstar. Unfortunately wecouldn't quite get over the line.

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Thieves return s tolen gift s to Father ChristmasA BAG of presentsstolen from a FatherChristmas in Romehas been returnedwith an apologeticnote from the thievesafter the victim made

a n i m p a s s i o n e dappeal.The gif ts were

taken f rom a loca lbusinessman while heappeared as Santa at aC h r i s t m a s m a r k e t o npicturesque Piazza Navona inthe city centre, Il Messaggerodaily reported.

"We're sorry. We madea mistake. Merry Christmasand a Happy New Year!'' readthe scrawled note left by the

bag with 1000 euros($1300) worth of presents thatwere stolen on Christmas Evebut were found still in theirwrapping.

The Father Christmas,Giorgio Abbruzzese, hasdressed in his paunchy redcostume and flowing whitebeard to attend the market for

years.The 51-year-old

was delighted the giftswere returned.

"With great joya n d s u r p r i s e , w ediscovered that eventhieves have a heart," hesaid.

He is planning tom a k e a s p e c i a lappearance at themarket this month tohand out the returned

gifts to children.R e f e r r i n g t o t h e

apologies from the thieves, headded: "These words havemoved me and I would like tothank these people who,despite the heavy blow of thetheft, have given me back mysmile.


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Rooney fined over night outM a n c h e s t e r U n i t e dstriker Wayne Rooneyhas been fined a week'swages by the PremierLeague club for a nightout over the Christmasweekend, according topress reports.

Ro o ne y w a sdropped byUnited aheadof its shock 3-2 home loss toBlackburn lastS a t u r d a y ,o f f i c i a l l ybecause o ff i t n e s sconcerns.

B u ts e v e r a lreports thatthe star was punished for a

below par training session onDecember 27 after a BoxingDay evening out with wifeColeen and team-mates JonnyEvans and Darron Gibsonagainst team orders.

Rooney was finedapproximately 200,000 pounds($303,000 do l la rs) wi thdefender Evans and midfielderGibson also fined, the reportssaid.

The trio were thenordered by manager Sir AlexFerguson to come in onWednesday - a day off - and trainon their own as well as report fortraining on the morning of theBlackburn defeat.

Although the incidenthas revived memories of

Rooney's threat to leave the club

in October 2010 before he washanded a vastly improved salary,several papers said the player'sfuture at Old Trafford was not injeopardy.

Sources with knowledgeof the situation, are sayingFerguson's punishment ofRooney would not have a long-term impact on the duo's workingrelationship.

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who is affectionatelyknown as "Ted", steppeddown as All Blacks coachafter the World Cup ending aremarkable era which saw

him rated as one of the mostsuccessful coaches in anysport.

In eight years at thehelm, the All Blacks played103 Tests and returned awinning average of 85.4percent.

Henry has s inceturned down offers to joinoverseas clubs but said he iskeen to develop an advisorycoaching role, and not just forrugby.

"If I can pass some

knowledge on to othercoaches, not only in rugby butother sports, I'd enjoy that."

Richie McCaw, whocaptained the All Blacks totheir World Cup victory,turned down the offer of animmediate knighthood sayingit did not seem appropriatewhile he was still playing.

H e n r y , n o w S i rGraham, has been made aKnight Companion of the NewZealand Order of Merit, for hisservice to the national sport.

The honour comesafter he redeemed himself inthe eyes of a rugby-obsessedNew Zealand public by takingthe All Blacks to the World Cupwin, albeit by a narrow 8-7margin over France in thefinal.

Four years earlier,Henry had been publiclycastigated in New Zealandwhen, again under hisstewardship, the All Blackscrashed out of the 2007 WorldCup in the quarter finals.

"I feel very honoured,very humbled in getting thisaward," Henry said after theknighthood was announced.

"Obviously winning theRugby World Cup put the icingon the cake.

"I don't think I'd bestanding here today if wehadn't done that."

The 65-year-old Henry,

All Blacks coach GrahamHenry, who guided NewZealand to Rugby WorldCup victory in October, hasbeen rewarded with aknighthood in the nation'sNew Year's honour s list.

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Would you smell a pair of jeans worn-in and unwashed forthree months?

was Dirty exhibition, wherethe public will be invited to sniff theused jeans at the NGV Studio inMarch, will motivate many moreVictorians to launder less.

Participants were recruitedon social media. They ranged inage from 18 to 56, with an even

split of men and women. Theyincluded a librarian, a high schoolteacher, a festival producer and agraphic designer.

The "great unwashed"kept Facebook diaries and wereregularly interviewed to see howthey felt - and smelt.

About half hit a roughpatch between the three and six-week mark, and reported theydidn't want to wear the jeans anymore, Ms Jack said.

But by the time theexperiment ended, half wanted tocontinue wearing - and notwashing - their dirty jeans.

Ms Jack's research foundmen were more likely to washinner layers more frequently, andwere more conscious of their

scent."I thought the boys would

be smellier, but they weren't," shesaid.

One participant, Matthew,has said the jeans experiment hadmade his life much easier.

"I didn't have to work outwhat to wear every day," he said.

experiment participantsstruggled to complete the task,which involved wearing a pair ofduds donated by local denim labelNobody at least five days a week inMarch, April and May last year.

Many chose to expand theexperiment and stopped washingother garments in their wardrobesuch as T-shirts, shirts and

jumpers, Ms Jack says.The sustainable fashion

advocate said participants hadcollectively saved thousands oflitres of water, and had also savedon electricity and soap powders.

She hopes her Nobody er

EVER wondered whathappens if you wear thesame pair of jeans fivedays a week for threemonths straight withoutwashing them?

Melbourne researcher

Tullia Jack recruited 30 volunteersto do just that - and will soon exhibitthe grimy garments at the NationalGallery of Victoria so the public canput them to the pong test.

She hopes the unusualexperiment for her Master ofPhilosophy thesis will challenge ourculture of "extreme clean".

Despite stains and spillsranging from tuna and avocado tomotor oil and chocolate, Ms Jacksays the expectation dirty denim willbe whiffy is much worse than thereality.

"Not washing your jeansisn't nearly as bad as it sounds," the

Melbourne University student andRMIT fashion lecturer says.

"You really don't need towash clothes as often as you think.Stains come and go, they just wearoff."

Burying her nose in the pileof well-worn jeans on her desk, shepicks out perfumes ranging fromeggshells to caramel.

"The jeans don't smellsocially challenging. They just smelllike people," she says.

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