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Tens of environmental non government organization rallied to asked government stop tourism accomodation development in Bali, including the facility for APEC Summit on 2013.

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Denpasar – Tens of members of Indonesian Environment Association (Walhi) rallied in front of Bali’s Governor Office to urge the moratorium of development of tourism accommodation in Bali.

“Through the commemoration of the Environment Day, we urge the government to stop the development of tourism accommodation in Bali and create a development master plan which protects the environment,” said the Internal Deputy of Walhi Bali, Suryadi on Tuesday, June 5, 2012.

According to him, the current condition of Bali is already damaged so the moratorium must be done promptly and properly. “By the recommendation to build Bali International Park which is supposed to be the place for the delegates of APEC in 2013 so it has overrule the current regulation,” Suryadi said.

He also stated that the government slogan regarding environment is not only political talks. During the rally, Walhi Bali also placed a banner with various writing such as “Bali Not For Sale” and stop the changing from rice paddy to housing.

They handed over seven demand of Walhi regarding the effort to preserve the environment in Bali through the moratorium to Bali Government.

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DENPASAR - The World Environment Day was celebrated on June 5. Amidst the spirit of the celebration, a very bitter condition occurs considering the environmental destruction in Bali is getting degraded. More and more beaches are exposed to abrasion, rivers are polluted, more green belts are conjured up into ‘concrete fields,’ and the upstream regions are exploited for the sake of tourism so that the environment of Bali is assessed to

get near to red light. But amid such condition, the government seems unable to do much in preserving the nature of Bali and even it gives an impression if it sacrifices the environment on behalf of tourism and development.

An environmental activist, Agung Wardana, Monday (Jun 4) said the environmental problems had not been a priority in the development, both in the provincial and regency/ municipal government throughout Bali.

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Bali News Government plan scholarship for Students with highest national examination skor Denpasar (Bali Post) –

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One of the road in Udayana University in Jimbaran.

Unorganized, along Udayana University road section needs arranging Mangupura (Bali Post)—

Appearance of the region along the road section to the campus of Udayana University, Jimbaran, is assessed to be in shambles. Actually, it poses the main road section leading to Pecatu and the surrounding tourism area. Unavailability of median and roadside gardens is considered to be the main cause.

Chairman of Commission B of the Badung House, I Made Sumerta, Monday (Jun 4), disclosed the road access in the area of the Udayana University, Jimbaran actually became one of the faces of Badung Regency. By all means, it had long become the path to Pecatu tourist attraction and the surrounding area. Unavailability of road median along with the arrangement of roadside gardens created the impression that relevant agencies did not pay attention to the matter.

With the current condition along with unclear arrangement of the region, it was feared to hurt the image of Badung tourism. “Moreover, we know, it’s the campus area.

The environment should be well arranged,” criticized the legislator from Pecatu.

Sumerta further revealed if the Udayana University was unable to do the arrangement, the role of Badung Regency was very much

needed. On that account, both parties were expected to establish a good synergy for the purpose.

When confirmed separately, the Head of Badung Sanitation and Landscaping Agency, Putu Eka Merthawan, explained his party had set up the arrangement for the area of Udayana University. For the entrance, a project had been tendered this year for the area arrangement valued at IDR 300 million. Then in 2013, it would be resumed to the south gates with the re-arrangement of road median and roadside garden.

Arrangement area of the Udayana University, particularly around the gates, was the request of the Udayana University to the Regent of Badung. Its studies had been prepared since last year. Now, the whole procedures had passed, and it was expected to begin on next July 1, where the first phase arrangement would be started co-

inciding with the road median of the Nusa Dua road section.

Aside from the arrangement of the gates and roadside garden along the Udayana University, the Badung Regency would also request the land to be transformed into a city park or city forest.

It was based on the consideration that Udayana University remained to have a vacant land.

According to Eka Merthawan, rather than resulting in a new problem, namely the rampant sidewalk traders, the vacant land would be better if used for creating a park or urban forest.

“For this plan, we have just prepared the master plan. However, we have not discussed it with the Udayana University related to the request of land utilization approximately reaching 0.37 hectares in the driveway area to the Udayana University for the city park or urban forest,” he added. (kmb25)

The plan of Elementary Education General Director of Education and Culture Ministry (Kemendikbud) giving scholarships to 20 students for highest Junior High National Examination grade in national level responded positively

by Head of Bali Education, Sport and Youth Agency (DIsdikpora) Drs. A. A. Ngurah Gede Sujaya, M.Pd.. If the policy is applied that means there are 11 pupils from SMPN 1 Denpasar get that scholarship yet it is not known yet if the budget comes from the State or Regional remembering this has been handed over to each regions. “Principally we truly agree with this plan as giving an award for their great achievement yet if the budget comes from the regional we can’t do it this year as the budget has been planned well,” A.A. Ngurah Gede Sujaya stated when contacted by Bali post, last Monday (4/6).

His side has coordinated with the General Director to confirm for the budget source as if it comes from regional then he has to hand a proposal first to the Bali House of Representatives to be discussed while if it comes from central then they are ready to facilitate. The same was stated by Head of Disdikpora for Denpasar City, Ir. IGN Eddy Mulya, SE, MM. He admitted not to know the details well yet it is the Provincial Agency who is responsible for it moreover the highest scores data is there already. As told before there are 11 pupils of SMPN 1 Denpasar managed to be the national level best 20 pupils with highest score with first reached by Ni Putu Tamara Bidari Suweta with score 40.00 then fifth to fourteenth pupils of SMPN 1 Denpasar. “If it comes from the regional who prepares, then it has to suit with the regional budget. Connecting to the scholarship’s form either subsides on education fee or an item, we still don’t know. We will coordinate further with the provincial agency,” Mulya stated.(kmb13)

LED powered advertisement delayed Cleanliness Department demands immediate action Denpasar (Bali Post) –

The use of Light Emitting Diode (LED) advertising at Sudirman-Dewi Sartika Street which has been planned since August 2011 until now still not finished and it is worried that this long wait will cause low tax retribution or even none moreover manual advertisement were no longer there as questioned by Commission B Denpasar House of Representatives member, I Wayan Suadi Putra, last Monday (4/6). “Why is the LED advertising in Sudirman not finished. This has cause disturbance as it is taking too long,” Putra stated.

This condition caused Head of Cleanliness and Grounds Agency of Denpasar, Ketut Wisada, accompanied by Head of Denpasar Council Public Relation News Sub Head, Dewa Gede Rai, in stating that they have demanded the investors to operate it as the condition now with its screen not there destroyed the city’s image. Besides that the LED screen’s 1 meter pole seemed to short so the screen height was increased.“We have demanded it, we don’t want this to be seen as something unfinished,” Wisada stated.

Apparently right now the investor will soon grant the Agency’s wish yet couldn’t guarantee when it will be done as they have technical difficulties such as the panels, programs, software and hardware. Before this project was delayed due to the State Electricity Company cable was passing by the Led screen. Besides that, its position was above a pedestrian yet has been fixed. This LED fixation was purposed to decrease any kind of banners that is usually used. (kmb12)

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Michael Freeman shares his expertise in photography Mangupura (Bali Post)—

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The broken boat which was being hit by big waves in Tabanan Regency

Hit by waves, a fisherman boat was broken Tabanan (Bali Post)—

Ferocity of waves in the south of Tabanan almost claimed a life. A fisherman boat broke out after being hit by waves in the waters of Pangkung Kuning, Selabih hamlet, Selabih village, West Selemadeg, Sunday night (Jun 3). The victim was Bahri, 39, a fisherman from Yeh Mumbul, Pekutatan, Jembrana. Boat of the victim was found to have run aground in deplorable conditions. Luckily, the boat owner could survive.

Chief of West Selemadeg Police, Ronny Riantoko, explained the deadly incident began when the victim put up his nets around 7:00 p.m. local time. Due to high waves, one hour later, his net was swept away into the middle of the ocean. Being so swift, the net also dragged the boat. As a result, the wooden boat was upside down.

Its passenger was dragged out and plunged into the sea. Such strong waves made the boat finally broke out. Then, it ran aground onto the beach, exactly near the Dalem

Temple of Selabih. Luckily, the victim could swim well. As soon as the boat overturned, the victim tried to escape.

Residents who knew the incident directly report to West Selemadeg Police. A moment later, the Chief of West Selemadeg Police, Ronny Riantoko together with a number of police officers came to location to do evacuation. “With the help of local residents, the victim was rescued, including the boat debris,” Police Chief said on Monday (Jun 4). The victim only

suffered minor injuries, while the boat was badly damaged.

However, his fishing net could be rescued. Due to the incident, his total loss was estimated to reach IDR 15 million.

After the incident, the Police Chief called out all fishermen to be careful when going to sea. Similarly, police station officers also regularly communicated with the entire group of fishermen. On that account, when any incident occurred at sea, the officers could quickly make a rescue effort. (kmb30)

PT Java Books Indonesia and Periplus Bookindo presented Michael Freeman, a world-renowned photographer from England on Monday (Jun 4). In the event entitled ‘Michael Freeman’s Storytelling with Photograph’ Michael Freeman shared his expertise in photography on how to plan, take and display photograph clearly.

Michael Freeman said when people used camera for the first time they mostly tried to master the controls but neglected the idea. They photographed intuitively, liked or disliked what they saw without stopping to think why and framed the view in the same way.

“As a matter of fact, photography is easy. You just have to think of the idea to be taken. A photographer must have a plan, such as determining the object and the theme of photographs to be taken,” he said.

On that occasion, Michael Freeman also showed a number of photographs that could have been perpetuated. This British man also told the history through photographs. “I’ve also made documentation on Indonesia, especially about the magnum and national photography,” he said.

Michael Freeman is one of the photographers whose works are widely published in the world. He has made a long journey for the tasks of shooting, especially in Asia. His newly reportage book is The Tea Horse Road denoting the result of a two-year exploration to one of the longest trade routes in the ancient world spreading between China and Tibet.

Michael Freeman began to be known as a photographer since his first book Athens published in 1978. It was followed by two other books namely Guardians of the North-West Frontier: The Pathans (1982) and Wayfarers of the Thai Forest: The Akha where the two books can be found in the Time-Life series entitled Peoples of the Wild. Freeman has worked for a long time with Smithsonian Magazine and later with the National Geographic Magazine. He wrote over 40 books on photography, and two books entitled Light and Image were awarded the Prix Louis Philippe Clerc in 1990 by the Musée Française de la Photographie in Bièvres, France.

One of his main specialties is about the Asian culture, architecture and archeology.

Freeman also visited Bali Post and share his knowledge to the photograpers of the media. He gave many inputs to the particpants of the short discussion. (par)

Beach visitor drowned Gianyar (Bali Post) –

The situation at Siyut and Lebih Beach Gianyar, last Monday afternoon (4/6) around 5.45 pm local time was shocked by a visitor sank with its body still not found until the evening. From information received, the causer seemed still unsure as some said that the man was dragged by the current but some thinks he commit suicide. Yet from witnesses such as Wayan Ana (39)

from Lebih Beten Kelod, for sure the man suspected named Kadek Suparta was nude walking towards the south of the beach.

What’s left was his t-shirt, sandals and pants also a SMA 1 Dawan graduate certificate named Kadek Supartha born on 26th November 1985. Until last night its unsure if the body owns the certificate. Head of Gianyar Sector Police, PC Ngakan Semadi, while

confirmed was praying at Pura and haven’t received the report fully yet his officers are there to investigate. Meanwhile since the report of someone sank, Gianyar Sea Lifeguards went over to search at the mid ocean yet with nothing found yet the identity checking is ongoing to Klungkung from the police as stated by Gianyar Nature Disaster Management officer, IG Agung Putra, at scene. (kmb16)

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Michael Freeman, right, during his short class in Bali Post

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Putin in China to cement key alliance Agence France Presse

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in China on Tuesday for a three-day visit aimed at bolstering a crucial alliance that has seen the giant neighbours block further action against Syria.

Both energy and foreign policy cooperation are high on the agenda, with Putin also participating in a regional summit Wednesday and Thursday where he will separately meet the presidents of Iran and Afghanistan.

Putin’s China trip, his first to Asia since starting an historic third term last month, comes after failed attempts by EU leaders to sway him on Syria -- a Soviet-era ally Moscow still supplies with arms.

Beijing and Moscow have walked in lockstep on Syria to growing anger from Arab and Western nations, with EU President Herman Van Rompuy telling Putin in Russia on Monday that world powers needed to “find common messages on which we agree”.

Known for confronting the West repeatedly during his 2000-2008 presidency, Putin pointedly skirted the issue of Syria during Monday’s briefing with EU leaders, noting only that “our positions do not coincide on every issue”.

Putin has been keen to play up the importance of Russia’s at-times uneasy ties with China, which have grown stronger in the past year as both used their veto power on the UN Security Council to block action against Damascus.

Although the two nations had periodic border conflicts and viewed each other with suspicion in Soviet times, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared this weekend that Russia had an exemplary partnership

with China on foreign policy.

“All in all, we consider the cooperation on foreign policy on all levels between Russia and China a successful model of coordination between partners,” Lavrov said in comments posted on the Russian foreign ministry’s website.

Beijing’s state-run China Daily newspaper also played up the relationship between the two countries in an editorial on Tuesday, saying it was in “good shape” and “bodes well for the future”.

“At a time when East Asia and North Africa have undergone profound changes, Beijing and Moscow have been standing firmly together to safeguard the tenets of the UN charter and the norms of international relations,” it said.

Putin, who is flying to China just weeks after cancelling a visit to the United States, was due to hold extensive talks with President Hu Jintao later Tuesday.

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Russian President ladimir Putin, pictured upon his arrival at the Beiing nternational Airport, on June 5. Putin arrived in China on June 5 for a three-day visit aimed at bolstering a crucial alliance

Hanoi opens 3 MIA search areas, releases letters Associate Press

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This photo, released by the nter Services Public Relations, shows a Pakistani nuclear-capable radar-dodging cruise missile atf being red during a test at an undisclosed location in Pakistan, in 200 .

Pakistan conducts fifth missile test in weeks Agence France Presse

Pakistan on Tuesday tested a fifth nuclear-capable missile since India launched a new longrange weapon capable of hitting China just over six weeks ago.

The Hatf VII cruise missile has a range of 700 kilometres (440 miles), can carry conventional warheads and has stealth capabilities, the military said.

It described the “low flying, terrain hugging missile with high maneuverability” as having “pinpoint accuracy” and “radar avoidance features”.

Tuesday’s test was Pakistan’s

fifth of a nuclear-capable missile since April 25. On April 20, India successfully test fired the Agni V capable of delivering a one-tonne nuclear warhead anywhere in rival China, marking a major advance in its military capabilities.

India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947. Each has carried out routine missile tests since both demonstrated nuclear weapons capability in 1998.

Defence analysts say India’s strategic priorities are focusing more on China, while Pakistan is still concerned about its eastern neighbour.

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HANOI, Vietnam — “If Dad calls, tell him I got too close to being dead but I’m O.K. I was real lucky. I’ll write again soon.”

That poignant message never reached the mother of Army Sgt. Steve Flaherty. He was killed in Vietnam in 1969 before he could mail the letters he was carrying, including one he might have been writing when he died. The letters were taken by the Vietnamese after his death, U.S. officials said in releasing excerpts on Monday.

The letters, chronicling the carnage and exhaustion of war, were

given to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in exchange for a Vietnamese soldier’s diary that was taken from his body by an American GI. The letters will be returned to Flaherty’s family in South Carolina.

Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh and Panetta made the exchange in a ceremony in which the Vietnamese also agreed to open three new sites in the country for excavation by the United States to search for troop remains from the war. Acidic soil in Vietnam erodes bones quickly, leaving in many cases only teeth for military teams to use to try and identify service members.

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U.S. Secretary of efense eon Panetta, left, participates in an arrival ceremony with ietnam Minister of efense Phung uang Thanh at the Ministry of efense in anoi, ietman, Monday, June 4, 2012.

tion specialist at the Joint POW/ MIA Accounting Command in Hanoi, said there are at least four U.S. troops believed to be lost in the three areas that are being opened. That leaves eight sites still restricted by the Vietnamese, he said.

Memories of the Vietnam War are fading for many Americans, and the war is the stuff of textbooks for others. But it is brought vividly alive in Sgt. Flaherty’s letters. The mail from the Columbia, S.C., native to his mother, Lois, and two women identified only as Mrs. Wyatt and Betty, offer emotional accounts of his fear — and also his determination.

“I felt bullets going past me,” Flaherty writes to Betty. “I have never been so scared in my life.”

“We took in lots of casualties and death,” he writes. “We dragged more bodies of dead and wounded than I can ever want to forget.”

“Thank you for your sweet card.

It made my miserable day a much better one but I don’t think I will ever forget the bloody fight we are having. ... RPG rockets and machine guns really tore my rucksack.”

By 1969, the war was sharply dividing Americans back home, but Flaherty tells Mrs. Wyatt he still believes in the mission.

“This is a dirty and cruel war but I’m sure people will understand the purpose of this war even though many of us might not agree,” he writes.

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June 2012 until 31 July 2012.

Another fantastic deals offered by Aston Denpasar Hotel and Convention Center is waiting for you. Aston Denpasar Hotel Convention Center will make sure your children get a good night’s sleep after a holiday full of activities.

Temple Ceremony alendar E ent or May May Tumpek Wayang Pura Majapahit Jembrana Odalan Betara ratu Gede Desa Celuk Sukawati Odalan Betara Ratu Wedyadari Camenggaon Sukawati Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan Sesetan Denpasar Betara Ratu Alit Ratu Lingsir Singakerta Ubud Pura Pedarmaan Dalem Sukawati Besakih Pura Pedarmaan Mengwi Besakih Pura Pedarmaan Kaba-kaba Besakih Pura Pedarmaan dalem Bakas Besakih Pura Dadia Agung Pasek Gelgel Pegatepan Gelgel Klungkung Pura Pemrajan Agung Sulang Kec Dawan Klungkung.

Merajan Pasek Bendesa Kori Agung Pengatepan Pura Pedarmaan Dinasti dalem sri Aji Pura Besakih Pura Penataran Giri Purwa Banyuangi.

Pesraman Dusun Kuto Rejo Banyuangi.

3 May Buda Wage Kelawu.

Pura Penataran Agung Teluk Padang Karangasem Pura Melanting Desa Camenggaon Sukawati Pura Penataran Ped Nusa Penida.

Pura Pasek Gelgel Pangembungan Bongkase Abiansemal.

Pura Pasek Bendesa Reyang Gede Penebel Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Br. Jawa Tengah Buleleng Pura Gaduhan Jagat Desa Singakerta Ubud Pura Masceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding Tampaksiring Pura Penataran Batu Lepang Kamasan Klungkung Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Desa Kedonganan Kuta Pura Goa Besakih Pura Basukian Besakih Odalan Ida Ratu Pucak Pameneh Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Pejeng Merajan Pasek Gelgel Songan Merajan Pasek Prateka Pekandelan Sidemen Merajan Pasek Prateka Taman Sari Sukasada.

Pura dadia Pasek Gelgel Sidemen Karangasem Merajan Pasek Gelgel Tampuagan Tembuku, Bangli.

through une Jun Anggar Kasih ukut.

Pr. Dalem Batuyang Batubulan Pura Pasek Gelgel Mengening Kediri Tabanan Pr Pasek Undagi Timpag Kerambitan Tabanan Pura Desa/ Pura Pucak Banjar Taman Bedulu Gianyar.

Merajan Pasek Tangkas Kori Agun Sulahan Merajan Pasek Padang Rata Padang Pura Puser Jagat Dalem Dukut Puri Sukun Nusa Penida.

Jun Buda manis ukut Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Sibang Kaja Abiansemal Pura Dalem Samplangan Gianyar Jun Saraswati Pura Pasek Tangkas Gempinis dalang Tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel sayan Bongkase Abiansemal Pura Watugunung Bima Pura Agung Jagatkarana Surabaya Pura Aditya Jaya Rawamangun Jakarta Timur Pura Pemaksan Banyuning Timur Buleleng Pura Agung Wira Lokha Natha Cimahi Jawa Barat Pura Dadia Agung Bendesa Tangkas Kori Agung Pusat Gerih Desa Gerih Abiansemal Badung.

Pura Giri Jaya Natha Balikpapan Pura Agung Santi Bhuana Brugelette Belgia.

Jun Some Ribek.

Pura Jati Jembrana Pura Kawitan Batugaing Bangli Pura Tirta Wening Tambak Sari Surabaya Jun Hari Raya Pagerwesi Pura Laban Sindu Jiwa Kedewatan Ubud Pura Kehen Bangli Pura Wirabuana Magelang Jawa Tengah Pura Padang Sakti Tangtu Denpasar Timur Pura Jogan Agung Ketewel Sukawati Pura Gadung Pengiasan Dauh Puri Denpasar Pura Pasek Gelgel Buruan Kaja Tabanan Pura Pasek Gobleg Kerambitan tabanan Pura Pasek Gelgel Meliling Tabanan

Balinese Temple Ceremony EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated 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 considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Canadian body parts suspect arrested in Berlin Associate Press

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BERLIN — A Canadian porn actor suspected of murdering and dis membering a Chinese student and mailing his body parts to Canada’s top political parties was reading about himself on the Internet when he was arrested Monday at a cafe in Berlin.

Canadian investigators say 29-year-old Luka Magnotta’s obsessions led him to post Internet videos of his killing kittens, then a man, and finally to his arrest at the cafe where he had spent two hours reading media coverage of himself.

An international manhunt set off by a case of Internet gruesomeness that captured global attention ended quietly in the working-class Neu koelln district of the German capital when a cafe employee recognized Magnotta from a newspaper photo and flagged down a police car.

Confronted by seven officers, “He tried at first giving fake names but in the end he just said: ‘You got me,’” said police spokesman Guido Busch. “ e didn t resist.”

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Spectators watch fireworks, which brought to a close the Queen’s Jubilee Concert in front of Buckingham Palace, London, Monday, June 4, 2012. The concert is a part of four days of celebrations to mark the 60 year reign of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen’s 60-year celebrations wind down, husband ill Reuters

LONDON - Four days of nationwide celebrations during which millions of people have turned out to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years on the throne conclude on Tuesday with a church service and carriage procession through central London. he year old British mon arch will cut a lonely figure as the Diamond Jubilee draws to a close, however, after her husband of 4 years, Prince Phili , was taken to hos ital on Monday with a blad der infection. he year old will be ke t under observation for a few days in a move the alace said was “ recautionary”, but it takes some of the gloss of what is widely seen as a trium hant jubilee that has cemented the ueen s o ularity in Britain.

A million people gathered for a spectacular 1,000-vessel pageant on the iver hames on unday and hundreds of thousands more packed the wide, red road leading to Buckingham Palace on Monday for a concert featuring Paul Mc Cartney and tevie Wonder.

Millions more attended street arties u and down the coun try despite generally inclement weather. In a tribute to his mother delivered from the concert stage late on Monday, heir to the throne Prince Charles sought to sum u ublic affection for a mon arch who is a symbol of stability at a time of economic gloom and

olitical disillusionment.

“As a nation this is our o ortunity to thank you and my father for always being there for us, for inspiring us with your selfless duty and service and for making us proud to be British, roud at a time when I know how many of our fellow countrymen are suffering such hardship and difficulties.” is s eech was followed by the national anthem and a s ectacu lar fireworks display in front of the sum tuous room alace illuminated with a giant Union Jack flag.

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uesday s events will be more ty ical of the formal dis lays of pomp and glittering ceremony for which British royalty is known across the globe. They begin with the ueen, head of state of 16 countries, attending a thanks giving service in her honor at London s t Paul s Cathedral along with senior members of the royal family. he s iritual leader of the An

glican church, the Archbishop of Canterbury, will deliver the ser mon while Prime Minister David Cameron will give a reading to ay tribute to the ueen who came to the throne aged 25 in 1952.

Afterwards the royals will attend rece tions at two of the City of London’s grandest buildings, Mansion ouse and the Guildhall, before a diamond jubilee lunch at Westminster all, the oldest art of the ouses of Parliament. he ueen will then lead a carriage procession back to Buck ingham Palace in a 1902 State Landau as military bands lay and a 60-gun salute is fired. Charles, his two sons Prince arry and Prince William with his wife Kate will follow behind in royal carriages. he jubilee celebrations end with the royal family making an a earance on the balcony of the palace, with a fly-past by mod ern and former oyal Air Force aircraft.

So far, the long weekend dedi cated to the diamond jubilee has been a success story for the monarchy, their media team and Elizabeth ersonally.

“The matter of environmental damage is still underestimated and the government remains to handle it half-heartedly,” he said.

It was still ram antly found the ermit issuance for rojects an nexing the environment. Political development was more directed or expanded to tourism sector whereas this sector frequently sacrificed the environment. More and more upstream regions of Bali were getting damaged but the government had not seriously addressed it. Government was also considered unserious in han dling the upstream area and it just rolled out a discourse, whereas preserving the upstream region was essential and urgent for the sake of ecological balance.

He cited the case of Dasong forest in Buleleng that had protract ed for several years ago up to these days without clear solution. Al though the Bali Government rejected the forest expansion, Agung assessed there had been no real follow u of such commitment.

Clean and green program launched by Bali Government was also considered far from the truth. As evidence, the rubbish roblem remained to be a frightening specter. Similarly, the congestion had unclear solution and it was only handled artially just for the sake of imaging, such as resolved by the construction of Benoa-Nusa Dua toll road sacrificing the 2.3 hectares of mangrove forests.

He further assessed that Bali Government had failed to manage and secure the environment so that the subak (irrigation coopera tive) should be included in World Cultural Heritage whose pres ervation would be carried out by international agency. According to him, it was even a roblematic environmental conservation because the area would attract more tourists so that in the long run the region would be further damaged due to massive expan sion of tourism to the area. “ he land rice around Jatiluwih will rise. These suburbs will become a target of investors and it would even be hazardous,” said the academician from the Undiknas University.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Center for Environmental Studies (PPLH) of the Udayana University, Dr. I Wayan Arthana, said the moment of World Environment Day should become a means of intros ection for all parties, chiefly the government, to save the environment. Waste problem should get serious attention because in the long run it would be getting more crowded. Without being handled, it would become a boomerang and counter-productive to Bali relying on tourism sector.

Develo ment activities in Bali should closely com ly with the s atial system that paid a great attention to the concept of Green Economic that should be implemented without damaging the environment and culture.

However, he assessed the government did not have a clear planning related to the environmental conservation in Bali that was increasingly more severe and approached the red light. “The environment of Bali will be getting more and more degraded. It means the concept of green economy has not been optimal. It is re uired a concerted effort to evaluate the develo ment in Bali,” he warned. Additionally, he also assessed that im lementation of regional regulation on the regional spatial planning was inconsistent.

“There has been a zoning area for tourism, industry, and agriculture but it was not im lemented consistently,” he said. (kmb29)

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A participant peers through a telescope to view a partial lunar eclipse in Jakarta on June 4, 2012. The first partial lunar eclipse of the year provided dramatic scenes across Asia late June 4, with a clear moon visible to many as the event unfolded.

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SUKABUM - A 5. -magnitude earth uake struck ndonesia s mostpopulated island on Monday, shaking buildings in Jakarta, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, of cials said.

Thirty-four houses had been damaged following a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Sukabumi, West Java, on Monday evening, according to the district s natural disaster mitigation board (BPBD). Based on BPBD data 30 houses were reported having been damaged in Cidolog

sub-district, 10 of them lightly and 15 others moderately.

“This is still temporary data and therefore the number may still increase as there are 47 sub-districts in Sukabumi,” BPBD head of logistics and emergency, Usman Susilo, told newsmen. Two villagers meanwhile

had been wounded after being hit by falling beams during the quake namely Imaliah (6) and Fitri (12) of Pabuaran sub-district.

“We are still collecting data of damaged houses and possible other victims,” he said The quake struck 6 kilometres (5 miles) southwest of the city of Sukabumi in western Java after 6 00 pm (1100 GMT) at a depth of 67 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.

The tremor was felt 200 kilomtres away in Jakarta, causing tall build-

ings to shake. “The quake was quite strong but we have no reports yet of casualties or damage. We will monitor the affected area,” National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told AFP. Nugroho said the quake struck around 50 kilometres offshore but no tsunami warning was issued, and that activities in Sukabumi had “gone back to normal”.

An AFP correspondent in Sukabumi said residents ran from their homes in panic. “I was praying at the

time and suddenly it struck, so my husband and I ran outside the house into the yard. Luckily, I can’t see any damage to our home,” 27-year-old Hefei, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, told AFP. The Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysics Agency earlier measured it as a 6.1-magnitude quake with a depth of 24 kilometres.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where continental plates collide, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.

Sukhoi allocates Rp1.25 billion President committed to green for each crash victim`s family economic development Antara

JAKARTA - First Vice President of the CJSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, Igor L Vinogradov, declared in a written statement that the insurance payment provided to the family of each victim of the accident will be Rp1.25 billion.

The statement clarified the variety of interpretations regarding the insurance payment that will be given to the families of those who died in the Sukhoi crash which occurred on May at Mount Salak, Bogor, West Java.

Earlier, the consultant of Sukhoi distributor PT Trimarga Rekatama, Sunaryo, had stated that the amount of insurance to be received by the families was not yet known.

“I cannot say with certainty how

much they will get as insurance, because there was no prior agreement,” Sunaryo remarked here on Thursday.

Sunaryo added that the insurance claims were handled by lawyers from Sukhoi and Indonesia, not by PT Trimarga, according to the rule of law, under which a company is not allowed to regulate insurance issues.

Initially, Sukhoi had planned to provide an insurance payment of US 50,000 dollars - or about Rp460 million - to each victim. However, according to the Transportation Minister, victims of a commercial passenger plane crash are entitled to an insurance payment of Rp1.25 billion.

The Russian-made SSJ-100 crashed into Mount Salak on May , 2012, and all 45 passengers on board the plane were killed in the accident.

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JAKARTA - President Susilo Yudhoyono has stated that the government is committed to implementing green economic development to promote people’s welfare without sacrificing environmental preservation.

“The green economic development approach is a major leap for us, because we have abandoned the previous economic practices which chased short-term benefits and passed down various environmental problems,” Yudhoyono remarked here on the occasion of World Environment Day on Tuesday.

Under the green economic concept, development will be directed at achieving three main objectives economic growth which will create job opportunities and reduce the poverty rate environmental preservation, particularly of the ecosystem and biodiversity and social justice.

“We are, of course, applying the green eco-

nomic principle in accordance with the conditions, characteristics and needs of our nation and people,” he stated. Indonesia’s green economics is an integrated and complete concept which can be implemented to achieve the development goals, which are pro-poor, pro-employment, progrowth and pro-environment.

The concept will be supported by the presidential instructions on the National Action Plans to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses, on Energy Efficiency and on the Deforestation Moratorium, in addition to the Presidential Decree on the Anti-Judicial Mafia Task Force.

By implementing low-carbon-emission economic development, Indonesia has committed to reduce its greenhouse emissions by 26-41 percent.

“Our green economic development strategy is to maintain economic growth at 6 to 7 percent, and at the same time, to reduce carbon emissions by 26 percent from our emission projection in 2020,” the president noted.

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Bali Today Minister asks foreign investors to invest in energy sector Antara

NUSA DUA - Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik has asked foreign investors to invest in the energy sector in Indonesia.

“Indonesia has a lot of energy resources that have not been managed well. herefore, we ask foreign investors in the energy sector to invest in Indonesia,” Jero Wacik stated here on Mon day.

In his inaugural address at the 1 th “Asia Coaltrans Confer ence” at Nusa Dua, the energy minister invited foreign investors to invest in the coal mining sector as well as other energy sources.

E laining the energy resil ience olicy regarding coal in Indonesia, Jero Wacik ointed out that many countries were in need of coal energy. he energy minister noted that Indonesia has vast coal resources, which should be develo ed and used o timally for the interests of the local eo le.

“We know that all countries need coal energy, which is avail able in Indonesia. herefore, it must be used o timally to meet the domestic need,” he stressed. e added that a art from domestic use, coal was also e orted to boost the state s foreign e change reserves.

“We e ort 3 million tons of coal er year, earning a foreign e change of 2 billion,” the minister observed, adding

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nergy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik has asked foreign investors to invest in the energy sector in ndonesia. that around 2,2 eo le will artici ate in the Asia Coaltrans Conference in Nusa Dua. he energy minister also en couraged the artici ants and coal mining businessmen in Indonesia and the Asian region to ay more attention to the communities residing around the mining areas. “ he coal mining businessmen

should care for the environment and the eo le living around the mining sites,” he remarked. e declared that the con ference, held in collaboration with the Indonesian Coal Min ing Association, will discuss various issues related to coal mining industries and their so cial im act on the surrounding community.

Everyone can reduce plastic use for WED IBP

Plastic Free Bali s eroes cam aign has roved that everyone can reduce their lastic use, in time for World Environment Day this week.

Plastic Free Bali challenged three ‘ eroes from the Bali community to live lastic free in order to rovide advice and ti s for others to reduce lastic waste. he cam aign documented the e eriences of three eroes rockstar obi Navicula, author arah Alderson and mother of two Widi Artini, as they tried to avoid using ‘single use lastics such as lastic bags, bottles and ackaging.

Each ero reduced their use, and only three lastic bags were used across three households over the two weeks. “ his is a great outcome”, says Cam aign Coordinator Anna utanto.

“It roves that everyone in Bali can do their bit to address Bali s massive lastic waste roblem, starting with bringing their own reusable sho ing bags and refusing lastic bags.”

Environmental activist and frontman of Bali rockband Navicula, obi Navicula has been s reading the lastic free message at the su ermarket and showing its cool to bring your own bag. he cam aign was also successful in roviding ‘real life ti s for eo le to reduce their lastic use. “ he biggest roblem is forgetting to bring the bags out with me, so I store them in my motor bike. It s easy once you get into the habit, like bringing your helmet or raincoat,” says obi. he eroes cam aign results showed that soft lastics, such as cello hane food wra ers, were the hardest to reduce. But ero Widi Artini, a full time working mother-of-two, had the most significant reduction in this area from 42 soft lastics in the week before the challenge to 13 in the final week. he said that every mother can reduce lastic using creative thinking, including at childrens birthday arties.

“I was uite roud when the other arents raised my idea and said they would co y my idea at their arties.” arah Alderson, author of Losing Lila and mother of one, also had ti s for the family. “My daughter Alula wants to save the orangutans. o when she wants something wra ed in lastic I e lain to her it is similar to saving the forests we have to reduce lastic as well if we want to save the environment.” ne of arah s best e eriences as a Plastic Free Bali ero was learning how to make a er rubbish bin liners from old news a er with eroes cam aign ‘guest star ri utrisna.

World Environment Day is celebrated this week, raising global aware ness of the need to take ositive environmental action. Everyone can make a contribution to making Bali clean and green by reducing lastic use, one plastic bag at a time. Plastic-Free Bali is a non-profit organisation cam aigning to romote lastic waste revention in Bali, where over 1 tons of lastic waste is created daily. ingle use lastic bags are the 1 consumer item in the world. hey are used often for only minutes, but can ollute the environment for over 1 years.

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A New Source of Hope for Prosperity Pie of tourism does not al ways taste sweet. hose getting involved in erson or indirectly may taste so. owever, the re maining does not enjoy any im act of the increase of tourist visit to Bali. Probably, it is actu ally a matter of imbalance on develo ment olicy.

By and large, develo ment in general is ideally intended to im rove eo le s ros erity.

Its roceedings should be dis tributed and could be enjoyed evenly. therwise, the imbal ance can trigger social envy. If unresolved immediately, this may turn into rotracted roblem. It is not sur rising if community then ro osed the removal of Den asar City and the air ort to other region in order the new region could also drive a better economic growth. Meanwhile, another rotested that its region was just used as sto over of cruise assenger. After landing, guests s ent holidays or had e cursion to other neighboring destination. It is considered, the region was merely taken advan tage for ‘urinating and guests s ent no single enny. arious attem ts have indeed been undertaken by local gov ernment to gradually diminish

such imbalance. ne of them is by launching tourism village in regencies. By this initiative, guests are driven to e lore local village to know more about their uni ueness. hey were e ected to not only have a sightseeing tour but also take advantage of local accommodation facilities. he rogram denotes one of the community involvements in tourism or better known as community based tourism.

Additionally, guests will have more convenient time to e lore the s lendor of the village and get in closer touch with the local community. his will enable lo cal eo le to rovide everything re uired by guests during their stay at the village. hey are start ing from uni ue tradition, beauty of nature, challenging adventure to delicious and country style culinary. f course, these would enrich their ersonal e eri ence as one of the objectives of traveling.

Last but not least, govern ment should also ma the great otential retained by each region and make a olicy in such a way that each region is included in articular tour ackage. Basi cally each region has uni ue and attractive otentials like

arts, livelihood, tools, tourist destinations, customs and other treasures. Besides, government can lead new investment to less develo ed regions and establish inter regency coo eration in distributing job o ortunities.

In reality, there are some regen cies undergoing ra id growth in handicraft industry and informal sector enter rises, while others have abundant unem loyment.

Local labor force should be given riority to fill in the o ortunities as they are su orters of local culture and res onsible for its conservation.

Bali has a great otential of ristine destination. his should be managed and reserved ac cordingly for its sustainability.

When this can be achieved, eo le will have more job o ortuni ties without leaving agriculture or other revious job. Conversely, tourists will have a wide choice of destination and attraction to visit. o efully, such develo ment could be su orted by all com onents of community, so the ‘social envy could be gradu ally diminished without moving the ‘e isting infrastructure but discovering each local otential and how to get a share of the o ortunities. (B N unia)

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Lovina Beach IBP

Lovina is one of the famous tourist places in north part of Bali which own beautiful of calm sea water, blackish chromatic sand and the sea with its dolphin. One of the favorite fascinations in Lovina is dolphin watching tour. Hundreds of dolphins can be seen in the morning time around 1 km offshore. We can see the dolphin attractions in this place like jumping. It is not fail to draw if the tourist has the time to see the sunset here. Lovina area is also supported by the number of

tourism fascination which is can be reached from this location. Places of interests around Lovina are Hot Water Banjar, Wihara Budha (Buddies shrine), Gigit Waterfall and some countryside exist around the location.

Lovina is officially located in Kalibukbuk area and covering some countryside like Pemaron, Tukad Mungga, Anturan and Kalibukbuk countryside. Kalibugbug countryside it self is located in Buleleng sub district, meanwhile the Kaliasem and Temukus countryside are located in Banjar sub district where it both of them are belong

to Buleleng regency. The eastern countryside is called Pemaron about 5 Km west of Singaraja, and the western countryside is Temukus about 12 Km west of Singaraja.

There are no clear sources or evidence hit the name of Lovina genesis. Pursuant to the reference of the children from Anak Agung Panji Tisna, the clan of famous Buleleng King that the name of Lovina is given by him which is located in Kaliasem countryside, where at the first time he build a bungalow as a resort.

He said that the name of Lovina is taken away from a name of small hotel in India that is

lafeina whereabouts he stayed and write the book with the title of Ni Ketut Widhi. This book is translated into some languages. In memory of the hotel name, hence the ownership lands give the Lovina name. But there is also other version that is Lovina Name is given caused by its 2 Santen trees are planted by him and grow embracing each other. In this case Lovina is coming from Latin Language that mean is loving each other or love. Then Lovina’s name is interpreted as abbreviation from Love and Ina and it is interpreted as Love to Indonesia.

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BUSINESS Qantas Airways forecasts huge profit drop Associated Press

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A man walks pass to the main display at the Stock xchange in Madrid, Spain, Monday, June 4, 2012. Finance chiefs of the Group of Seven leading industriali ed powers will hold emergency talks on the euro one debt crisis on Tuesday in a sign of heightened global alarm about strains in the 1 -nation uropean currency area.

G7 to hold emergency euro zone talks Reuters

R N ER IN - inance chiefs of the rou of Seven leading industriali ed o ers ill hold e ergency talks on the euro one de t crisis on uesday in a sign of heightened glo al alar a out strains in the -nation Euro ean currency area.

With Greece, Ireland and Portugal all under international bailout programs, fi nancial markets are anxious about the risks from a seething Spanish banking crisis and a June 1 Greek election that may lead to Athens leaving the euro zone.

“Markets remain ske tical that the measures taken thus far are sufficient to secure the recovery in Euro e and remove the risk that the crisis will dee en. o we obviously believe that more ste s need to be taken,” White ouse ress secretary Jay Carney told re orters.

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said ministers and central bankers of the United States, Canada, Japan, Britain, Germany, France and Italy would hold a special conference call, raising pressure on the Euro eans to act.

“The real concern right now is Europe of course the weakness in some of the banks in Euro e, the fact they re under ca italized, the fact the other Euro ean countries in the euro zone have not taken sufficient action yet to address those is sues of underca italization of banks and building an adequate firewall,” Flaherty

told re orters.

The disclosure of the normally confi dential teleconference came as Euro ean Union paymaster Germany said it was u to ain, the latest euro zone country in the markets’ firing line, to decide if it needed financial assistance, after media reports that Berlin was pressing Madrid to re uest aid.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of her centre-right coalition said in a statement “All the instruments are available to guarantee the safety of banks in the euro zone.” hey effectively ruled out anish calls to allow euro zone rescue funds to lend money directly to reca italize anish banks, which are weighed down with bad property debts, without the government having to take a bailout program.

Berlin is pressing reluctant euro zone partners, including close ally France, to agree to give up more fiscal sovereignty as part of a closer European fiscal union.

A G7 source, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said there were concerns about the

risk of a bank run in Spain, which is strug gling to recapitalize nationalized lender Bankia and smaller banks stricken by the colla se of a ro erty bubble. “ here is concern on whether there will be a bank run in ain that could have re ercussions beyond the euro zone,” the source told euters.

The United States, which holds the G7 chair, has long pressed Europe to deal more forcefully with its crisis. President Barack Obama, seeking re-election in November, has ointed to Euro e s crisis as a problem for the weakening U.S. eco nomic recovery.

“European leaders appear to be moving with a heightened sense of urgency,” a U.S. Treasury Department official said.

“We’re hoping to see accelerated Euro pean action over the next several weeks, including in the run-up to the Leaders’ G20 meeting in Mexico,” the official said, refer ring to a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Mexico on June 18-19.

“Movement to strengthen the European banking system will be of particular im ortance in this time eriod.”

S DNE hares of antas Airways lum meted uesday to an all time low after the Aus tralian flagship carrier forecast a drop of up to 91 percent in full year earnings. antas said Euro ean economic woes and a soaring fuel bill will likely result in losses at its international business more than doubling in the year ending June 30. It also faces tough competi tion in its home market.

Qantas expects underlying pretax profit in the 2011-12 fiscal year in a range of $50 million Australian dollars ($48 million) to $100 million Australian dollars — a plunge from the previous year’s $552 million. “ he forecast result reflects the recent dete rioration in global aviation operating conditions driven by the Euro ean economic crisis, the group’s highest ever jet fuel bill, and substantial ca acity increases in the domestic market that have reduced yields,” antas said in a state ment. he news ummeled the airline s stock rice.

Shares plunged 17.6 percent by midday. The stock rice has shed 4 ercent in the ast 11 months.

Qantas’s international business is expected to post a loss of more than $450 million in the year to June 30, more than double the loss of $216 million it osted a year earlier. he airline s domestic o erations are forecast to deliver earnings of more than $600 million, up from $552 million in the previous financial year.

Qantas’s net profit for the year to June 30 will be hurt by restructuring, which is forecast to cost $370 million to $380 million.

South Korean president warns of slowing growth Associated Press

SE U outh Korea s resident has warned growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy may slow in the second half of the year amid Europe’s ongo ing debt crisis.

President Lee Myung-bak said at a cabinet meet ing on Tuesday that lower exports could directly hit em loyment.

Lee said the government must be thoroughly re ared as the current economic situation would not be easy to deal with.

He said the government’s earlier forecast that the local economy would ick u toward the end of the year may not hold.

Lee’s remarks come after the country’s exports dropped for a third straight month in May amid weaker demand from Euro e.

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“Dark Knight Rises” footage premieres at MTV Movie Awards Reuters

LOS ANGELES - Batman looks like he has seen better days.

Based on “The Dark Knight Rises” footage that director Christopher Nolan screened for MTV Movie Awards audiences on Sunday night, the caped crusader is about to have his Gotham-saving skills severely tested by Bane (Tom Hardy) and Catwoman (Anne Hathaway).

In the preview, it looks as though Bane, a steroidal criminal with an iffy Caribbean accent, is even able to infiltrate the Bat cave. Will he snap Batman’s back like a twig, much as he does in the comic books?

Like the Joker, Bane seems determined to create anarchic chaos in the city Batman has sworn to protect - bringing violence to its streets, its financial institutions and even its picturesque bridges (the real life versions of which can be seen in Pittsburgh).

“You should be as afraid of him as I am,” Catwoman/Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) warns Joseph

Gordon-Levitt’s cop at one point in the trailer.

Message received, Selina. “The Dark Knight Rises” opens on July 20, with Christian Bale returning to his role as Batman and leading a cast that includes Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard.

Actors Gary Oldman (L), Christian Bale (C), and Joseph Gordon-Levitt take the stage to introduce a clip from “The Dark Knight Rises” at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles June 3, 2012.

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Janet Jackson to Olsen twins get fashion’s big prize produce transgender documentary Associated Press

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New York-based Brainchild LOS ANGELES — Janet Films announced Monday that Jackson has signed on as an exec- Jackson was working on “Truth” utive producer of a documentary and would do some of the onon the lives of transgender people camera interviews. The documentary begins production this summer and will focus on the lives and struggles of transgender persons.

Jackson writes in a statement that she is working on the project to try to stop discrimination of the transgender community.

The 46-year-old sister of Michael Jackson has starred in several films and won five Grammy Awards.

“Truth” will be directed by Robert Jason, who previously directed a documentary for The Style Network on four transgender New Yorkers.

AP Photo/E an Agostini File He says “Truth” will F - n this Thursday, May 10, 2012 le feature stories from photo, singer Janet Jackson attends throughout North photographer Marco Glaviano’s Super- America, Europe, models exhibition at the es ler Gallery, Australia and Latin in New ork.

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NEW YORK — Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen took home the biggest prize at the annual Council of Fashion Designers of America awards. The former child TV stars were selected Monday night as the country’s top womenswear designers for their collection called The Row. “I’d like to thank you — you,” Mary-Kate, wearing an all-black ensemble, said, turning to her purpleclad twin, as she accepted. Jessica Chastain, who wore a sparkly white dress by Prabal Gurung, announced the 25-year-olds as winners at Lincoln Center in front of an audience that drew not only from the fashion world but also from Hollywood.

“Mad Men’s” Jessica Pare gave Reed Krakoff his trophy as best designer of accessories, and “White Collar’s” Matt Bomer gave menswear designer Billy Reid his. The previously announced style icon award went to Johnny Depp, but he was on the set of “The Lone Ranger” and didn’t attend.

He sent an email — and filmmaker friend John Waters — in his place.

Standing in front of a collage of Depp’s outfits over the years, Waters said, “This man can’t look ugly no matter how hard he tries.”

Waters also accepted the international award on behalf of Tokyo-based Rei Kawakubo, who won honors as an international designer for her often creative, balloonlike silhouettes created for the label Comme des Garcons. Waters said he was a fan of her clothes — and she also was a personal friend.

However, he joked, some people might describe her clothes as “disaster at the dry-cleaner,” rattling off the slew of warnings often found on washing labels.

Ceremony host Seth Meyers, who started the night in a suit by Band of Outsiders, took on many targets, from John Galliano to Marc Jacobs. After making fun of Jacobs’ sheer lace “dress” worn over boxer shorts to last month’s fashion gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the industry’s other important red carpet event, Meyers proceeded to put on the get-up later in the show.

Using what he called fashion terminology, Meyers described the outfit as “breezy.” And, no matter, he joked, if all the designers and models

in the auditorium didn’t like his act.

“Fashion people like hating things more than they do liking things.”

In presenting Tommy Hilfiger with his lifetime achievement award, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour said the designer could be pretty funny, especially in his imitations of famous people such as Karl Lagerfeld, Donna Karan and even Mick Jagger. “As long as you’re not imitating me, we’re all good,” the famously serious Wintour said.

CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg gave a shoutout to all the designers who have been members of the organization, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. “I’m the mother of all American designers. I can’t pick a favorite child.”

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Ashley Olsen, left, and Mary- ate Olsen arrive at the CF A Fashion Awards on Monday, June 4, 2012 in New ork.

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Sony pumps life into PS Vita, Move controller Associated Press

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LOS ANGELES — Sony Corp. has breathed new life into its handheld Vita and announced a tie-up with author J.K. Rowling that could cause Harry Potter fans to fly on broomsticks into the world of games. The Japanese console maker indicated Monday it could be years before it comes up with new version of its PlayStation. But at the world’s biggest video game expo, E3, it announced plenty to keep gamers busy this coming holiday season.

Andrew ouse, President of Sony Computer ntertainment urope, introduces Book of Spells at the Sony lectronic ntertainment xpo news conference in os Angeles, Monday, June 4, 2012.

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Striking Photo Reveals Dark Side of Sunshine A NEW striking image of a 6 -year-old truck driver shows just how much damage the sun can do.

This photograph, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows what dermatologists call dermatoheliosis — sun dam-

age, a common sign of aging. What makes it striking is that this man, a retired truck driver, shows the damage on only one side of the face.

“He was a truck driver for the majority of his life and never wore sunscreen,” said Northwestern University dermatologist Jennifer Gordon, who reported the man’s case. “We think the sun exposure just on this side of the face is what caused the damage.”

Ultraviolet A (UVA) light from the sun can easily penetrate window glass and even light clothing, Gordon told LiveScience. UVA rays cause damage deep in the skin, affecting connective tissues such as collagen and elastin.

“That’s where you get that aging effect the wrinkles, the deposits of material in the skin,” Gordon said.

The patient in the photograph came to Gordon and her colleagues after he got tired of his grandchildren asking him what was wrong with one side of his face. So far, the man has not exhibIBP/ist ited any signs of skin canA 6 -year-old former truck driver shows cer, Gordon said, though the effects of sun e xposure on one side he’ll need to be monitored carefully in the future. of his face.

Sony unveiled plans for a second-screen function for the Vita that keeps it in step with Nintendo’s new tablet-controller-equipped console, Wii U. It also presented a Harry Potter-inspired book game called “Wonderbook Book of Spells” that turns the Move motion controller into a magic wand.

Jack Tretton, the president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, suggested it may be a few more years before a new PlayStation console is due. He told a packed Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena that Sony’s 6-yearold machine “continues to shatter expectations” and called it “the industry’s most powerful palate”

for game-makers.

“Back to the original PlayStation we always thought in 10-year product life cycles,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press after Sony’s E3 news conference. “I think you’re seeing those generations be longer and longer because the technology is so great, it’s difficult to surpass it.” A few games did appear to defy expectations even on the aging console.

“Beyond,” which Sony showcased to kick off its 75-minute presentation, depicts “Juno” star Ellen Page in much more authentic animated acting scenes than were seen in its 2010 predecessor, “Heavy Rain,” which was also from game studio uantic Dream.

What If the Yellowstone Supervolcano Erupts?

TH S article provides expert answers to challenging questions. A rough estimate based on geologic records indicates there’s a 1-in-10,000 chance of a “supereruption” at Yellowstone during our lifetimes.

However, given the erratic nature of volcanoes, that number doesn’t mean much. The bulging pocket of magma swishing around beneath Old Faithful might never blow its lid again. Or, it might put on a surprise fireworks show next Independence Day. Scientists just don’t know.

But if or when it blows, what will actually happen? Will it be the end of us all, or just a big knock to the tourism industry in Wyoming?

Each of the three past supereruptions of the Yellowstone hotspot spewed more than 1,000 cubic kilometers of magma into the environment — the benchmark of a “supervolcano.”

According to Jacob Lowenstern, scientist-incharge at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, that’s a large enough eruption to cover much of North America in an ash blanket of varying thickness.

“The ash is thick (more than about 30 centimeters of ash) near the eruption source and a small fraction of a millimeter once you move 2,000 miles away. It’s fair to say that a trace of ash would be found over most of the United States, though it would only be thick enough to collapse roofs in the states closest to Yellowstone,” Lowenstern told Life’s Little Mysteries.

With enough warning, the states near Yellowstone could be evacuated, which would largely avoid a tremendous loss of life caused by the downpour of ash, the scientists said. But that’s

just in the short term the aftermath would be the rub.

For several days, ash would hang in the air, making it difficult to breathe. And that blanket of ash covering the country would smother vegetation and pollute the water supply, quickly leading to a nationwide food crisis. “A lot of people would perish,” said Stephen Self, director of the Volcano Dynamics Group at the Open University in the U.K. He envisions American refugees lining up at the Mexican border

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Star player profile Luka Modric (26)

Poland’s Robert ewandowski, right, is challenged by Slovakia’s Jura ucka during their friendly international soccer match in lagenfurt, Austria, Saturday, May, 26, 2012.

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Position: Caps: Goals: Club:

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FIFA ranking: 8/6 (World/Europe)

Star player profile Robbie Keane (31)

Midfielder 54 8 (Internationals) Tottenham (England)

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FIFA ranking: 18/13 (World/Europe)

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Euro 2008 finals Lost to Turkey on penalties in QF

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Opponent Croatia Spain Italy

Euro 2012 qualifying Venue Poznan Gdansk Poznan

Euro 2008 finals Did not qualify

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Star player profile Andrea Pirlo (32)

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Position: Caps: Goals: Club:

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FIFA ranking: 12/9 (World/Europe)

Star player profile Andres Iniesta (27)

Midfielder 82 9 (Internationals) Juventus (Italy)

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Midfielder 64 10 (Internationals) Barcelona (Spain)

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FIFA ranking: 1/1 (World/Europe)

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Finished second in Group B

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Forward (captain) 114 52 (Internationals) LA Galaxy (U.S.)

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Euro 2008 finals Lost to Spain on penalties in QF

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Opponent Italy Ireland Croatia

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Poles look to Lewandowski for spark Reuters

WARSAW - oland striker Ro ert e ando ski s undesliga goals drove orussia Dort und to their second straight league title last season and the Euro co-hosts are inning their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals firmly on him. Muscular and strong in the air, Lewandowski was the third top scorer in the German top flight, also bagging a hat-trick in a 5-2 drubbing of Bayern Munich in the German Cup final.

At international level, his 14 goals in 42 games have led the Poles, the lowest ranked side in this year’s finals, on a six-game unbeaten run since a 2-0 loss to Italy late last year. Lewandowski and Dortmund team mate Jakub Blaszczykowski also scored the goals that took the Poles within a whisker of beating Germany in a 2-2 draw last September.

“It is very important to us that we have a player like Robert in the side,” team spokesman Tomasz Rzasa told a news conference ahead of the Euro 2012 opener against Greece in Warsaw on Friday. “But we have to underline that there are 11 players in a team. This side will stand or fall by how well it defends together and works together.”

Lewandowski, still just 23, is

painfully aware of the host nation’s expectations ahead of the tournament, the first to be held behind the old “Iron Curtain” that once divided Europe. “Advancing from the group is the minimum target, but I hope we will be capable of more than that,” he told Reuters earlier this year. Poland, the largest excommunist European Union member since 2004, hopes a successful organisation of the tournament will bring some international recognition and promote its economic success abroad.

The country’s soccer fans have had little to celebrate since Poland finished third at the 1982 World Cup finals, but are hopeful of progressing from a first round group including Greece, Russia and the Czech Republic. “The group is so

balanced that any team may win over the other, which only makes it more interesting. Nuances will decide on who goes further,” Lewandowski said.

“It’s a rare thing to play a championship tournament in one’s own country. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for any player really.

“And speaking from a wider perspective, Poland will benefit from it as a country. Many stadiums and roads have been built, other investments go on. Numerous football fans will come to see this is a country worth visiting.”

Lewandowski, who is valued at about 15 million euros ($18.74 million), signed a new four-year contract at Dortmund in 2010, but he also said he hopes to try his luck in England or Spain at some stage.

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Nadal, Murray into last eight at French Open Agence France Presse

Defending champion Rafael Nadal stormed into the French Open quarter-finals on Monday as three Spaniards plus Andy Murray made it through to the last eight in the bottom half of the draw.

Nadal demolished Juan Monaco of Argentina 2, , in an awesome dis lay of claycourt tennis that must have sent shivers through his rivals for the title here.

Countrymen David Ferrer and Ni colas Almagro had earlier gone through comfortably. i th seeded Ferrer cruised ast countryman Marcel Granollers 3, 2, , and 12th seed Almagro ushed aside Janko i sarevic of erbia 4, 4, 4.

Murray then joined them with a disjointed 1 , 4, 1, 2 win over Frenchman ichard Gas uet. he cot will lay Ferrer, while Na dal will go for his th win at oland Garros against Almagro.

Joining them in the last eight, in matches held over from unday in the o osing to half of the draw, were Frenchman Jo Wilfried songa and Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina.

Tsonga, seeking to provide a first French win in the men s singles since Yannick Noah in 1 3, returned to action against tanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 4-2 ahead in the fifth set.

And des ite dro ing his serve in the o ening game, he held steady to ull off a 4, ( ), 3 , 3 , 4 win that saw him into the quarter-finals at Roland Garros for the first time.

Ne t u will be a meeting with to seed Novak Djokovic of erbia, who has history making on his mind too as he bids to become the first man in 43 years to hold all four Grand lam titles at the same time.

“It was tough yesterday as it was dark at the end. I don t know if was great for me or not,” songa said.

“But I came on the court this morning with a good s irit. I had a good night s slee and I was ready to lay again.”

Del Potro was two sets to one u against omas Berdych of the Czech e ublic when darkness fell on their fourth round tie late unday and he wasted little time on their return Monday to com lete a ( ), 1 , 3, win. is reward will be another crack at third seed oger Federer, against whom he lost a thrilling five-setter in the 2009 semi-finals. econd seed Nadal won 1 games in succession to destroy Monaco and afterwards said he had to feel sorry for his close friend for suffering such a heavy defeat. he aniard, bidding to become the first man to capture seven Roland Garros singles titles, celebrated his 2 th birthday on unday while title rivals Djokovic and Federer were struggling into the last eight.

Monaco, the 13th seed, went into

Monday s match with solid claycourt form under his belt having ca tured titles in ina del Mar and ouston this year.

But he had lost all three revious clay meetings against Nadal, claiming just 1 games in the rocess, and the 2 year old was swe t aside again by the cham ion in just one hour and 4 minutes on uzanne Lenglen court.

Fourth seed Murray looked all at sea for a set and a half before his fourth round clash with Gas uet turned dramatically late in the second set as the cot found his touch and Gas uet totally lost his. he win means that Murray has reached a Grand Slam quarter-final for the si th straight time, with Ferrer, who he has never betean on clay, wait ing for him as his o onent.

For Gas uet there was the disa ointment of failing to join country man songa in the last eight. he last time two Frenchman made the quarter-finals at Roland Garros was in 1 . “ e started very, very well, went for his shots, high risk and was lay ing unbelievable,” Murray said of his o onent.

“I was lucky to turn it around at the end of the second set and then I started to lay a lot better.”

AP Photo/Michel Spingler

Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Argentina’s Juan Monaco in their fourth round match in the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Monday, June 4, 2012. Nadal won 6-2, 6-0, 6-0.

Thunder rumble to brink of series win over Spurs Reuters

REUTERS/Tim Sharp

Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook dunks on the San Antonio Spurs during the second half of Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference basketball finals in San Antonio, Texas, June 4, 2012.

he klahoma City hun der are one win away from the NBA cham ionshi fi nals after stunning the an Antonio urs on their home court with a 1 1 3 victory on Monday. Kevin Durant to scored for the hunder with 2 oints while ussell Westbrook rovided a further 23, as the hunder took a 3 2 lead in the best of seven Western Conference Finals series. James arden added 2 for klahoma City, who con demned the urs to a third straight defeat after having won the o ening two games of the series, art of a 2 game winning streak. he youthful hunder led at each break and by as many as 14 oints during

the second uarter before the urs clawed back.

Down by 13 late in the final uarter, an Antonio lundered 11 unanswered oints to draw within two, only to see West brook sna the streak with a clutch basket in the final min ute. James arden then sucked the life out the urs with a great three ointer over the to of rookie Kawhi Leonard with just 2 seconds left. “ he ball was su osed to go to Kevin (Durant) but the shot clock was running down and I had to make a lay,” arden said. “Leonard was laying very good defense on me but I thought I d shoot it with confidence and it went in.” hunder coach cott Brooks was full of raise for his team

des ite watching them almost throw away the victory. “I thought that was a total team effort,” Brooks said. “We stuck together and we had cou le of bad stretches but didn t break, we battled through that.

“Everybody did their job, we layed about as hard as we could lay.” urs coach Gregg Po ovich tried to s ark his offence by starting regular si th man Manu Ginobili for Danny Green but des ite a game high 34 oints it wasn t enough. he home side had 21 turn overs throughout the game with Westbrook adding four steals and Durant three to their im ressive oints tallies.

“It s not like we re laying the sisters of the oor,” Po ovich said of the hunder.

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Dovizioso fastest in Catalunya’s MotoGP test RESH from his maiden Yamaha podium in the Catalunya Grand Pri , Andrea Dovi ioso went fastest in MotoGP s group test on the Spanish circuit. As was the case for the entire eld, the Tech 3 rider s focus was on development work rather than chasing outright laptime.

The Italian therefore spent much of his time working with Tech 3 on a new spec engine and its corresponding electronics. Dovizioso ended the day with the fastest time, a 1m41. 7s, while team-mate Cal Crutchlow bounced back from a high-speed crash in the morning to go seventh fastest.

“Happy for today’s work, tried new electronic and is better for the control when the grip goes down and for life of tyre, but no change on speed,” Dovizioso said on Twitter. “I like Yamaha more and more...”

Yamaha’s Ben Spies, whose schedule included evaluating different engine specifications and frame variations, ended the day second fastest. The American had been running well in Sunday’s race, only to fall while trying to pass Honda’s Dani Pedrosa for the lead.

His Yamaha stable-mate Jorge Lorenzo, winner of the grand prix, finished the day in eighth. Honda spent much of the day evaluating Bridgestone’s new front tyre, which will be made available as part of each team’s pre-weekend alloca-

tion after Silverstone.

Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa had been first and second when the test halted for lunch, but dropped in the afternoon - Pedrosa ending one place above Stoner in fifth.

Hector Barbera, on the satellite Pramac Ducati, was third fastest ahead of Gresini Honda’s Alvaro Bautista, who worked on new suspension settings.

The works Ducati squad meanwhile used the test to further trial its aluminium swingarm. Valentino Rossi had started his weekend in Catalunya using the aluminium version following a recent test at Mugello, but switched back to the carbon fibre version halfway through the weekend.

“We tried the aluminium swingarm, which could help us in terms of grip on acceleration,” Rossi explained. “But it triggers too much chatter, as opposed to during the Mugello test, where it proved to be advantageous. It will be interesting to try it again at Aragon on Wednesday.”

The Italian ended the day 11th fastest, just behind team-mate Nicky Hayden.

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MotoGP amaha rider Andrea ovi ioso of Spain steers his motorcycle during free practice sessions ahead of Sunday’s Spain Motorcycling MotoGP Grand Prix at the Montmelo racetrack near Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, June 2, 2012.

Alonso says Montreal will be ‘crucial indicator’ for Ferrari ERNANDO Alonso believes this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix could reveal whether Ferrari will be competitive enough to sustain its world championship challenge for the rest of the 2012 Formula 1 season.

Alonso currently holds a three-point lead over Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber in the stand-

for Montreal pace, Alonso thinks this weekend will reveal whether the F2012 has improved sufficiently.

“I think we have improved the car in these areas since the beginning of the season and Canada will be a good test in this respect,” he said.

“Hopefully this weekend we will see a competitive Ferrari and that will be very important for us, not just for this race but also for the rest of the season.”

Alonso said his current expectation was that Ferrari would be encouraged by its Montreal form.

“It’s hard to say in advance, as this season has been so unpredictable with ups and downs for everyone over the course of six races,” he said. “However, I don’t see any reason why Ferrari should not be competitive in Canada, fighting for the top places come the end of the race.”

The double world champion added that he was not letting his current points lead deceive him, as he still believes Ferrari has ground to make up on-track.

“Leading the championship is only the beginning, it’s a starting point, because AP Photo/Antonio alanni Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso, of Spain, steers his car on his way to the ultimate target is leading the chamtake third place during the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix at the Mo- pionship after the final race in Brazil in November,” said Alonso. naco racetrack, in Monaco, Sunday, May 2 , 2012. ings despite Ferrari having started the season a long way off the pace following a troubled winter build-up. The Spaniard won the wet Malaysian GP, and also took podium finishes in Spain and Monaco.

Ferrari has admitted that traction and top speed were among its early weak points, and as both are essential