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Surviving Bee Gee mourns Robin Gibb’s loss Associated Press Writer

THAME, England — Surviving Bee Gee Barry Gibb lamented the loss of his brother, telling mourners on Friday that he would miss Robin Gibb’s “magnificent mind and his beautiful heart.” He said Robin’s death from cancer last month at age 62 means that he would now be reunited with his late twin brother Maurice, who died in 2003.

“They were both beautiful,” Barry Gibb said. “And now they’re together. They’re actually together.” Many mourners at St. Mary’s Church wept as Robin’s coffin was brought into the church while the Bee Gees classic “How Deep is Your Love” was played.

Robin’s widow Dwina and his elderly mother Barbara were close behind. Barbara Gibb has outlived three of her four sons.

Singer Andy Gibb, who had a successful solo career, died in 1988. The Bee Gees, known for soaring harmonies and disco tunes, were one of the most popular bands in history. Robin Gibb also enjoyed success as a solo artist and as a songwriter.

Crowds of mourners lined the streets of the southern English town before the service as a glass-sided horse-drawn carriage pulled Robin Gibb’s coffin to the church.

The cortege was followed by Robin’s two

Irish wolfhounds, Ollie and Missy, along with friends and family.

Barry Gibb told the congregation that his late brother Robin’s humor was always present, even in times of tension between the two. “We were laughing all the way,” Barry Gibb said. “Sometimes crying. God knows how much we argued. Even right up to the end we found conflict with each other, which now means nothing.”

Guests filed out of the church to the sound of the Bee Gees’ song “I Started A Joke,” which includes the line: “Till I finally died, which started the whole world living.” Gibb was then buried in the churchyard, with a piper playing “Ellan Vannin,” the unofficial anthem of the Isle of Man, where the Bee Gees were born.

Mourners tossed red roses into the grave.

A memorial service is scheduled for a later date.

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Euro-Danes stun Dutch, Germany start with win Page 8

LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan emerged uninjured from a collision with a dump truck on a coastal highway near Los Angeles on Friday, returning to the set of her new movie hours after the accident left her sports car crumpled.

Santa Monica Police Sgt. Richard Lewis said there was no sign Lohan was impaired at the time of the accident and said his agency would continue to investigate who was at fault in the wreck.

The truck’s driver was uninjured and that driver also showed no signs of driving under the influence, Lewis said.

Police are seeking witnesses to the crash, writing in a news release that detectives were trying to determine who was driving. Lohan was traveling with a male assistant to the set of her new film; the assistant was also uninjured.

“We’re treating this as a regular accident,” Lewis said. The agency is accepting anonymous tips about the wreck, and offering a $1,000 reward if it leads to an arrest.

The accident at around 11:40 a.m.

Friday on the Pacific Coast Highway occurred while Lohan was on her way to film scenes for the Lifetime movie “Liz and Dick,” which chronicles the love affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Lohan’s publicist Steve

Honig said the actress was released about two hours after the accident and was returned to the set to continue filming.

“Fortunately, no one was seriously injured in the accident,” he wrote in an email. Honig declined further comment, including on who was driving, citing the

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Bullish Denmark not getting carried away Reuters

KHARKIV - Denmark might be sitting pretty atop Group B with Germany but they know they must improve significantly to make a prolonged impact on Euro 2012. Despite a famous 1-0 victory over Netherlands, several Danish players produced ordinary performances and if it was not for the woeful finishing of the much-vaunted Dutch forwards they could easily have conceded four or five goals.

Netherlands hit the target only eight times in 28 attempts with Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder in profligate mood and Denmark playmaker Christian Eriksen told reporters he felt the Dutch were ““pretty harmless”. The same could be said of Denmark, however, and coach Morten Olsen still has plenty of work to do.

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Barry Gibb places a rose on his brother Robin’s grave during his burial in the churchyard in Thame, England Friday June 8, 2012.

Lindsay Lohan OK after wreck on coastal highway Associated Press Writer

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pending investigation. “First and foremost, we’re concerned about the wellbeing of Lindsay and anyone else who may have been involved in the accident,” Lifetime spokesman Les Eisner said, adding, “Lindsay has been doing fantastic work on the set of ‘Liz and Dick.’”

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (middle) accompanied by Education and Cultural Minister Muhammad Nuh (left), opening the 34th Bali Art Festival (BAF) by playing the raditional Balinese instrument, Okokan, on Sunday, June 10, 2012.

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Lindsay Lohan’s crashed Porsche lies on a flatbed tow truck, after it collided with a truck on Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, Calif., Friday, June 8, 2012.

DENPASAR - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Sunday witnessed a parade of ornamental vehicles to commemorate the 34th Bali Art Festival.

President accompanied by First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, several ministers and Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika, officially kicked off the parade by seeing off the participants of the parade from a street near People`s Struggle Monument

in Bali.

The parade itself is participated in by 18 groups of people coming from Bali and other areas in Indonesia such as from North Sumatra, West Nusa Tenggara and the local Chinese community.

See schedule and news of Bali Art Festival in P3.

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Jakarta based Aston International announced that the group is in process of developing its third 5 star Grand Aston in Indonesia, the Grand Aston Tunjungan Hotel & Convention Center - Surabaya.

The Indonesia Tourism Industry Association (GIPI) of Bali asked the government to direct the container transport passing in Bali to take advantage of the sea transport. Now, the overland transport has become the main route for container transport from Java to Bali or vice versa. Thousands of vehicles carrying containers traversed this crowded road section every day. of economy because our road was small and single lane only. At least, if our roads were not passed through by vehicles conveying containers they would be more comfortable.

“We have actually been discussing this matter for a long time in the discussion on the moratorium against the construction of tourist accommodation,” he said.

For information, the number of trailer conveying cargo containers passing through the land during the period of April 2012 reached 587 units. Such amount tended to increase every month namely 445 trailers in January, 504 trailers in February and 561 trailers in March. The containers transported by trailer increased the traffic congestion that resulted in the high number of traffic accidents along the Gilimanuk-Denpasar road section because the commercial routes in Bali as a whole remained through the Tanjung Perak Harbor in Surabaya. (kmb27)

Gold intensely pursued by investors in Bali

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Amidst of the unstable economic condition and unpredictable fluctuations in stock price of the world, gold is still regarded as the safest investment. People consider that gold is very attractive and safe investment as well as its liquidity is so good so that whenever people need money they can easily re-sell it.

Branch Manager of Monex Investindo Futures Bali, Mohamad Susanto, said that investors of futures exchange in Bali increasingly chased the gold commodity. It happened because investing in gold offered more lucrative advantages. “Gold remains to

become the first choice even though the price had dropped some time,” said Susanto, Friday (Jun 8).

According to him, gold had not lost its charm. Price reductions even opened the opportunity to purchase at much cheaper prices than ever before.

The lower the price of gold, the more attractive status it had as a means of investment.

“The knowledge of Balinese people to invest in the futures market and stock market is getting better. Currently, there are about 10-20 percent of Balinese people have known about stock market. We are currently marketing the shares of the US market,” he explained.

He explained the number of investors in the futures market in Bali significantly increased recently. The existing customers under the auspices of Monex amounted to 300 securities accounts. Meanwhile, the amount of funds under his management up to this midyear reached IDR 20 billion. This year, the number of clients and assets under his management were estimated to rise 50 percent.

He explained the number of investors who invested their money in foreign exchange, index and commodities recently had begun to increase. It was in line with the increasing public understanding on the investment. (kmb27)

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by overland transport was not a simple matter. Issuance of the building permit for warehouse had become the cause of many containers transported overland. He compared the condition in Bali to the warehouse in a number of countries.

“Warehouse should be built in harbor area, but in Bali the warehouses scattered around the city. To that end, the government should stop the issuance of building permits for warehouse in urban areas,” he said.

He said that government should act decisively where the warehouse should be established near the harbor, so that the transport of goods from outside is carried out by sea.

“If this measure is taken, the roads of Bali will not be made crowded by the container transport and our shipping industry will be able to revive,” he explained.

Similarly, he also mentioned it was difficult for Bali to separate the road of tourism from the road

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Container transport disrupts tourism

“Indeed, the tourism route may not be combined with the route of economy. Necessarily, they should be separated. If they are put together both will be disturbed,” said Ngurah Wijaya in Denpasar, Friday (Jun 8).

Other than interfering with the public traffic and tourism, the high volume of container transport taking advantage of overland route would also cause the shipping industry to be getting worse. Container transport taking advantage of large trucks had to use the services of sea route.

“At the moment, the containers from Java to Bali or on the contrary are transported by overland transport. Meanwhile, the roads in Bali are small. If this matter is not set properly then our tourism will be disrupted. Therefore, this should become a concern of the government as regulator,” he said.

According to him, the large number of containers transported

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The beautiful scenery of Jatiluwih

After being a World Cultural Heritage

Tourist visit rate to Jatiluwih remains a few Tabanan (Bali Post)—

Determination of Jatiluwih area in Penebel as a World Cultural Heritage

by UNESCO in fact has not had a maximum impact for local farmers. It is indicated by the number of tourist visit to the destination stays normal and even it seems a small number.

Several irrigation infrastructures have not been touched by improvements.

Farmers expected the determination of UNESCO would have a positive impact for the residents, especially in the agricultural activities. “Until now, there have been no significant changes at Jatiluwih whereas it has officially been included in the World Cultural Heritage,” said the administrator of Subak Gunungsari, Jatiluwih, Semarajaya, Friday (Jun 8). Previously, farmers dreamed of getting a change when Jatiluwih became a world cultural heritage.

He described a number of irrigation channels at Jatiluwih should be repaired because some were broken and collapsed so that diminished the water flow into the rice fields. However, after the determination by UNESCO there had been no indications of repairs made against the damaged irrigation channels. “Farmers expected the irrigation channels can be repaired.

Anyhow, we have become a tourist attraction here,” he said.

Aside from repair to the minimal

infrastructure, said Semarajaya, the number of tourist visit to the region had not indicated any sharp increase.

On average, 150-200 tourists made a visit to the region each day. “The tourist visit remains normal, we do not yet know the cause,” he explained whereas it was currently a holiday season in western countries. Ideally, the visit rate should increase and have an impact on farmers at Jatiluwih. The farmland area spreading across 300 hectares was cultivated by at least 100 farmers. They all relied on livelihood from the farming of red rice.

The lack of tourist visits to Jatiluwih was also disclosed by a tourist guide, Sudira. The man from Denpasar admitted if the demand of guests for sightseeing to the agricultural destination was still fairly minimal, even there was no improvement. “If guests do not request to come here (Jatiluwih—Ed), we will not escort to this destination,” he said. He hoped that after determination by UNESCO, the demand of tourist for visiting Jatiluwih would increase.

Different explanation was delivered by the Head of Tabanan Tourism and Culture Agency, Wayan Adnyana. This official explained that based on the report from the management of Jatiluwih tourist attraction the foreign tourist visit began to increase after the determination made by UNESCO. (kmb30)

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The Grand Aston Tunjungan Hotel & Convention Center – Surabaya is the largest and most significant new hotel development in Surabaya since the 1997 / 98 Asian financial crisis.

With 320 rooms and suites spread over 23 floors, 7 meeting rooms, a pillar less ballroom with a capacity of more than 1000 people, several restaurants and cafes including Surabaya’s first revolving roof top restaurant and cocktail bar and comprehensive recreational facilities such as a swimming pool, full service spa and well equipped gymnasium, the new Aston will also be the tallest hotel tower in the city promising to become a dominant feature in Surabaya’s increasingly impressive skyline.

Located in the very heart of Surabaya’s central business district on Jalan Tunjungan and connected to the popular Siola Shopping Mall the new Grand Aston Tunjungan Hotel &

Convention Center aims to become one of the city’s key commercial and social hubs targeting a growingly affluent and discerning Indonesian and SE Asian business clientele as well as international conventions and exhibitions.

Surabaya is Indonesia’s second largest city and the capital of the province of East Java.

As the main seaport and commercial center in the eastern region of Indonesia, Surabaya has become one of the largest and most vibrant cities in South East Asia and has a fast growing population of approximately 3 million.

Norbert Vas, Aston International’s VP Sales & Marketing said, “Our intention is to bring an exciting and stylish yet sophisticated and luxurious hotel to Surabaya and we are in no doubt that the Grand Aston Tunjungan Hotel & Convention Center will becone of the most intriguing hotels in the country.”

Calendar Event for May 20 through June 20, 2012 26 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.

30 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.

5 Jun Anggar Kasih Dukut.

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.

6 Jun Buda Umanis Dukut Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Sibang Kaja Abiansemal Pura Dalem Samplangan Gianyar 16 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.

18 Jun Some Ribek.

Pura Jati Jembrana Pura Kawitan Batugaing Bangli Pura Tirta Wening Tambak Sari Surabaya 20 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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African sleeping sickness shrouded in superstition Agence France Presse

A frail 65-year-old woman sitting under the mango trees in a rural village in Chad suffers from a tropical disease that eats into the brain, and the locals blame on witchcraft. “I’ve been suffering for more than two months now. I have headaches, fever, and I just feel very tired,” said Lea Sadene, who has just been tested and diagnosed.

She has Human African trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness, which is transmitted by tsetse flies found in 36 sub-Saharan African countries.

Sadene is in the first phase of the often fatal illness. Without treatment in four months to a year, “the parasite penetrates into the brain, causing serious neurological symptoms, until death,” said Doctor Benedict Blaynay, head of neglected tropical diseases at French AP Photo/Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

In this Thursday, June 7, 2012 photo proivded by the Oregon Park and Recreations Department, an unidentified worker burns off debris from a dock float torn loose from a Japanese fishing port by the 2011 tsunami that washed up Tuesday on Agate Beach near Newport, Ore.

Officials worry about creatures on tsunami dock Associated Press Writer

When the tsunami hit the northern coast of Japan last year, the waves ripped four dock floats the size of freight train boxcars from their pilings in the fishing port of Misawa and turned them over to the whims of wind and currents. One floated up on a nearby island. Two have not been seen again. But one made an incredible journey across 5,000 miles of ocean that ended this week on a popular Oregon beach.

Along for the ride were hundreds of millions of individual organisms, including a tiny species of crab, a species of algae, and a little starfish all native to Japan that have scientists concerned if they get a chance to spread out on the West Coast.

“This is a very clear threat,” said John Chapman, a research scientist at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Ore., where the dock washed up early Tuesday. “... It’s incredibly difficult to predict what will happen next.”

A dozen volunteers scraped the dock clean of marine organisms and sterilized it with torches Thursday to prevent the spread of invasive species, said Chris Havel, spokesman for the state Department of Parks and Recreation, which is overseeing

the dock’s fate. The volunteers removed a ton and a half of material from the dock, and buried it above the high-water line, Havel said.

Biologists have identified one species of seaweed, known as wakame, that is native to Japan and has established in Southern California but has not yet been seen in Oregon, he said.

While scientists expect much of the floating debris to follow the currents to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an accumulation of millions of tons of small bits of plastic floating in the northern Pacific, tsunami debris that can catch the wind is making its way to North America. In recent weeks, a soccer ball washed up in Alaska, and a Harley Davidson motorcycle in a shipping container was found in British

Columbia, Canada.

How the dock float — 165 tons of concrete and steel measuring 66 feet long, 19 feet wide and 7 feet high — turned up on Agate Beach, a mile north of Newport, was probably determined within sight of land in Japan, said Jan Hafner, a computer programmer in the University of Hawaii’s International Pacific Research Center, which is tracking the 1.5 million tons of tsunami debris likely floating across the Pacific.

That’s where the winds, currents and tides are most variable, due to changes in the coastline and the features of the land, even for two objects a few yards apart, he said. Once the dock float got into the ocean, it was pushed steadily by the prevailing westerly winds, and the North Pacific current.

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pharmaceutical giant Sanofi.

“The symptoms can cause a change in personality, mental deterioration, leading to a long sleep or coma,” which gives the illness its name, he said.

Chadian health officials say around 3,300 people were infected between 2001 and 2011 in several areas of the landlocked central African nation, one of the poorest in the world. “With more than 100 cases per year Chad is considered an endemic country,” said Doctor Peka Mallaye, who is in charge of the national programme to fight against sleeping sickness.

In Kobitoi in southern Chad recently, village women lined up with their children, many with swollen bellies, in the scorching sun as temperatures hit 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) to undergo tests for the disease organised with Sanofi.

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Five universities in Bali joined BAF

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DENPASAR – Five universities in Bali for the first time took part in Bali Art Festival (BAF) opening ceremony that held on Sunday. This opening session was watched by Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his entourage from Jakarta.

“Usually only Indonesia Art Institute (ISI) that participated in the BAF’s opening ceremony.

But on this BAF, there are five universities will participate,”

explained Head of Parade Committee, I Gede Arya Sugiartha.

He said that the five universities that taking part on the opening are ISI Denpasar, Hindu Indonesia University (UNHI) Denpasar, Hindu Dharma Institute (IHDN) Denpasar, Warma Dewa University (UNWAR) Denpasar, and Udayana (Unud).

Besides universities, there are several participants from other province in Indonesia, such as Mataram, Palangkaraya, and Maluku.

Futuristic Computer Program Arrives Ahead of Computer Quantum computers don’t exist yet, but physicists already have a software program ready for them to use. A group of scientists has designed an algorithm that they say could run on any future quantum computer to simulate all the possible interactions between two colliding particles. The program could be used to model how the universe evolved after the Big Bang, when conditions cooled enough for the formation of subatomic particles called quarks, which then collided with each other to form protons and neutrons. Eventually, the first atoms were born.

The complexity of a particle’s quantum properties makes these post-Big Bang interactions far too complicated for existing computers to simulate.

Scientists are hoping for the eventual creation of computers based on the principles of quantum physics. Such computers would use quantum processor switches that could exist in both “on” and “off” states simultaneously, enabling them to consider all possible solutions to a problem at once.

Quantum computers should be able to perform incredibly complex calculations at a

small fraction of the time required by current technology.

“We have this theoretical model of the quantum computer, and one of the big questions is: What physical processes that occur in nature can that model represent efficiently?”

Stephen Jordan of the National Institute of Standards and Technology said in a statement.

“Maybe particle collisions, maybe the early universe after the Big Bang? Can we use a quantum computer to simulate them and tell us what to expect?”

Jordan, a theorist in the institute’s applied and computational mathematics division, and his colleagues detail their algorithm in a paper published in the June 1 issue of the journal Science. Experts say quantum computers could be decades away but it’s not too soon to think about what they can do.

“Universal quantum computers in the strict sense do not yet exist, but it is still of fundamental importance to know which problems they can solve more efficiently than classical computers,” wrote scientists, led by Philipp Hauke of Spain’s Institute of Photonic Sciences, in an accompanying essay in the same issue of Science.

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The new algorithm could be used on any quantum computer to model how the universe evolved after the Big Bang, a process far too complicated for today’s computers to simulate.

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Balinese dancers wearing traditional outfits parade during the annual month-long Bali Arts Festival in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, June 10, 2012.

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Bali launched Dwipa Jaya Dance

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DENPASAR – Bali’s government launched a dance that calls Bali Dwipa Jaya. This dance will be the mascot of Bali. The first performance of this dance was performed in Ardha Chandra open stage during the opening ceremony of 34th Bali Art Festival on Sunday, June 10, 2012.

“The mascot dance performed by 13 dancers that consist of one man and 12 women dancers. This first performance will be watch by President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang

Yudhoyono,” said lecturer from Indonesia Art Intitute (ISI) Denpasar, I Gede Arya Sugiartha.

According to Sugiartha, Bali Dwipa Jaya dance composed by

Rector of ISI Denpasar Prof Dr I Wayan RaiS. MA and being helped by his team; Sri Natih, Surya Negara, Wayan Sudarta, and Komang Sri Wahyuni.

Schedule of 34th BAF Tuesday, June 12, 2012 Time

Place

Activity

11.00 WITA

Stage Angsoka

Special Dance Performance

16.00 WITA

Stage Angsoka

Special Dance Performance

20.00 WITA

Stage Ayodya

Special Dance Performance

20.00 WITA

Ksirarnawa Hall

Modern Balinese Theatre

20.00 WITA

Ardha Chandra

Children’s Gong Kebyar

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Bali’s artists performed in the opening ceremony of 34th Bali Art Festival (BAF) that being watched by President Susilo Bambang Yudhono and First lady Ani Yudhoyono (not seen in the picture). Five universities in Bali for the first time took part in Bali Art Festival (BAF) opening ceremony that held on Sunday.

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Fresh out of hospital, Britain’s Prince Philip turns 91 Agence France Presse

Queen Elizabeth II’s husband Prince Philip celebrates his 91st birthday at home on Sunday, after five days of hospital treatment for a bladder infection sparked concerns about his health.

Balinese men fight using tied Pandanous leaves during the Mekare-kare ritual in Tenganan, East Bali, Indonesia, Friday, June 8, 2012. Mekare-kare is the highlight of a local Hindu ceremony.

The outspoken Duke of Edinburgh left London’s King Edward VII hospital on Saturday, just in time for his birthday. He was hospitalised on Monday in the midst of huge diamond jubilee celebrations marking his wife’s 60 years on the throne.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said Philip, the longest-serving royal consort in British history and the queen’s stalwart companion throughout her reign, would mark his birthday privately “at home”.

His illness came six months after he was treated for a blocked coronary artery after suffering chest pains. The prince was in good spirits as he walked out of the hospital in central London, shaking hands

with staff and smiling.

Asked if he was feeling better, he quipped: “Well, I wouldn’t be coming out if I wasn’t.”

He was driven to Windsor Castle near London, the BBC reported.

Two gun salutes will be fired in London on Monday to mark his birthday, but a palace spokesman said it was not yet known whether he will be able to carry out his hectic schedule of royal engagements in the coming week.

“He continues to make a good recovery and will continue his convalescence at home,” the spokesman said.

The illness forced Philip to miss the final two days of Britain’s

Bamboo points way to green construction in Bali

SIBANG KAJA - Strong, light and cheaper than steel poles, bamboo is ubiquitous across Asia as scaffolding.

So much so that in recognition of the material’s versatility, the Indonesian island of Bali has made it an emblem of sustainable construction, replacing buildings of concrete and steel with far greener alternatives.

An entire school, luxury villas and even a chocolate factory are the latest structures to rise from bamboo skeletons as the plant’s green credentials and strength are hailed.

The factory, which opened last year and produces organic drinking chocolate and cocoa butter, is the latest in a string of buildings on the island, including homes and businesses, to be built of bamboo.

Erected in the village of Sibang Kaja between the resort island’s smoggy capital Denpasar and the forests of Ubud, the factory is the initiative of specialty food firm Big Tree Farms, which claims the 2,550square-metre (27,500-square-foot) facility is the biggest commercial bamboo building in the world.

“Bamboo is unmatched as a sustainable building material. What it can do is remarkable,” Big Tree Farms co-founder Ben Ripple, 37, told AFP. “It grows far more quickly than timber and doesn’t destroy the land it’s grown on,” said Ripple, an American from Connecticut. “Our factory can be packed up and moved in days, so if we decided to shut it down one day, we’re not going to damage the rice paddies we sit on.”

The 100 hectares (247 acres) of paddies sit inside a so-called “bamboo triangle,” with the factory, school and villas standing at each of the three points.

Such ambitious bamboo projects in Bali are mostly driven by ecoconscious foreigners.

With studies showing construction to be one of the world’s least sustainable industries -- eating up around half of the globe’s nonrenewable resources -- sustainable

construction is slowly taking root around the world. It is among the key topics for discussion at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, which opens June 20 in Rio de Janeiro.

In Sibang, the tawny brown bamboo buildings with their grass thatched roofs appear to be rising from the earth.

The three-storey chocolate factory is pieced together using a complex system of scissor trusses and bolts, thanks to clever architecture.

It resembles the traditional longhouses found on Borneo island and was made with more than 18,000 metres (59,000 feet) of bamboo from Bali and Java. At Sibang’s nearby Green School, the 240 students -most of them children of expatriates -- learn in semi-outdoor classrooms decked with bamboo furniture.

The school, which opened in 2008 and was the magnet for the other two projects, has 25 bamboo buildings, the main one being a stilt-structure constructed with 2,500 bamboo poles, or culms.

“In Hong Kong and China, they make new skyscrapers of concrete

and glass using bamboo scaffolding. But here, the workmen stood on steel scaffolding to build this bamboo building. That’s always seemed funny to me,” said Green School admissions head Ben Macrory, from New York.

“In most parts of Asia, bamboo is seen as the poor man’s timber.”

Not, however, in Sibang, where the bamboo villas that nestle between the palm trees are worth $350,000 to $700,000 each.

Like decadent treehouses for adults, they have semi-outdoor areas and include innovative bamboo flooring that resembles smooth timber and jellybean-shaped coffee tables made from thin bamboo slats.

Bamboo -- technically a grass -- has been used in building for centuries because of its impressive strengthto-weight ratio.

Jules Janssen, an authority on bamboo in the Netherlands, says that the weight of a 5,000-kilogram (11,000-pound) elephant can be supported by a short bamboo stub with a surface area of just 10 square centimetres (1.5 square inches).

One reason bamboo is so environmentally-friendly is the speed at

which it grows, according to Terry Sunderland, a scientist at the Centre for International Forestry Research in Indonesia.

“In China, eucalyptus can grow at three to four metres (10-13 feet) a year, which is very impressive for timber. But building-quality bamboo will grow between six and 10 metres (20-33 feet) in that time,” he said.

And unlike trees that rarely grow back once felled, bamboo will continue to produce new shoots even after cutting. But even bamboo has its drawbacks.

Without intensive treatment, it is prone to rotting after exposure to water. It also catches fire relatively easily, which is why many countries limit bamboo structures to just a few storeys. Ripple acknowledged that building with bamboo was not foolproof, but expressed optimism that the technology to protect it from the elements will improve.

“A friend we work with here always says bamboo needs a hat, rain jacket and boots,” he said. “We’re lacking on the rain jacket a bit, but we’re looking at non-toxic materials to give it some protection.”

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh waves as he leaves King Edward VII Hospital in central London after being treated for a bladder infection, Saturday, June 9, 2012.

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Reforms open Myanmar tourist floodgates

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jubilee celebrations, including Monday’s star-studded pop concert outside Buckingham Palace.

Crowds at the concert cheered and shouted “Philip! Philip!” after heir to the throne Prince Charles suggested; “If we shout loud enough, he might just hear us in hospital.”

The Duke also missed an appearance by the main royals on the palace balcony on Tuesday, when crowds of flag-waving revellers again surrounded the building in a sea of red, white and blue.

He is famous for his off-colour jokes -- once telling a British student in China that “If you stay here much longer, you’ll go home with slitty eyes” -- but family members say he is a key source of support for the 86-year-old queen.

“He is her rock, really, and she is his,” the couple’s granddaughter Princess Eugenie told Britain’s Sky News in an interview broadcast Saturday.

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A woman looks at posters for the French general election, in Nice, southeastern France, Saturday, June 9, 2012, on the eve of the first round of the French general election.

Polls open in French legislative elections

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PARIS — Polls are open in France where voting for the lower house of parliament begins, which will determine whether new President Francois Hollande’s Socialists or rival conservatives control the government.

The Sunday elections, followed by runoffs a week later, will also show whether Hollande can push his tax-the-rich, downwith-austerity agenda, and how

much of a voice the far right will have in policies on immigration and Muslim practices.

The legislative race hasn’t garnered nearly the headlines or drama of the presidential race in April and May, and many polls suggest turnout among France’s 46 million voters could be around 40 percent — far less than in Hollande’s showdown with Nicolas Sarkozy.

The new lower house serves for the next five years — coinciding with Hollande’s five-year term.

The hotels are full or eye-wateringly expensive, creased dollar bills are worthless and credit cards are widely refused -- welcome to Myanmar, Asia’s next big tourist destination.

The Southeast Asian nation, once shielded from international eyes by a brutal military junta and a travel boycott supported by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, has become a must-see for many travellers.

“Because the country has been so isolated, the deeply Buddhist ‘Land of the Golden Pagoda’ resonates with a strong sense of place, undiluted by mass tourism and warmed by genuine hospitality,” the New York Times said in January, ranking the country third on its list of the top 45 destinations of 2012.

But the influx of tourists is posing a challenge to the burgeoning travel industry in a country where a string of political reforms has not been matched by infrastructure development.

The few hotels in Yangon offering international standards of business accommodation have begun to charge up to several hundred dollars a night for rooms that were half the price, if not less, a year ago.

Even hoteliers admit that the situation is unsustainable. “To be really honest at this point I don’t think that Myanmar is ready yet to cope with the high demand of mass tourism,” said Thomas Moons, front office manager at the colonial-style Governor’s Residence hotel in Yangon.

“At the moment in terms of avail-

ability and accommodation that we’re able to offer, it’s just not enough to cope with demand,” he told AFP. “People might think that if they come to Myanmar they will have a cheap holiday when it’s completely the opposite.”

While few doubt Myanmar’s attraction to tourists, some people returning to the country say they enjoyed it more before the hordes arrived.

Klaus, a 61-year-old German travelling with his wife in the remote western town of Sittwe, said they were “disappointed” by their third trip to Myanmar.

“There are too many people this time, even though it is April (the peak of hot season),” he told AFP.

“People in hotels used to be so nice -- smiling and taking care of us -- but they don’t have time anymore... And hotel prices have gone through the roof.”

International arrivals have rocketed, with almost 365,000 foreigners jetting into the main city Yangon in 2011, up 22 percent on the previous year and almost double the figure for 2003, industry figures show.

This year is likely to see another jump, with more than 175,000 arrivals between January and April, against almost 130,000 in the same period of 2011. According to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, there are only around 8,000 hotels rooms in the city.

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Western tourists are seen visiting the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.

The hotels are full or eye-wateringly expensive, creased dollar bills are worthless and credit cards are widely refused -- welcome to Myanmar, Asia’s next big tourist destination

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IMF: Spanish banks need nearly $50 billion Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund is estimating that Spanish banks need at least a euro40 billion ($49.87 billion) capital injection following a stress test it performed on the country’s financial sector.

The lending institution said Friday that Spain’s financial sector is well managed but vulnerable.

It recommended that banks raise capital by an additional unspecified amount beyond the euro40 billion to

properly restructure troubled banks, noting that the country should be prepared for further bank losses.

“Going forward, it will be critical to communicate clearly the strategy for providing a credible backstop

for capital shortfalls — a backstop that experience shows it is better to overestimate than underestimate,” said Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, an IMF deputy director who head of the team that conducted the report The IMF report said that most large banks in Spain are resilient but are being undermined by the vulnerabilities of weaker banks. It praised Spain for steps it had already taken to shore up its financial sector.

“Executive directors commend-

ed the Spanish authorities for the significant progress made in consolidating the banking sector and addressing balance sheet weaknesses amidst challenging economic conditions,” the IMF said.

The Spanish government appears resigned to the need for a bailout from Europe.

Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said Friday that the country could decide this month whether to request a bail-

out. She said the government will not act until receiving evaluations from the IMF and two independent auditors Spain has hired. The auditors’ surveys are due by June 21.

Spain has been criticized as being too slow to set out a road map to resolve its problem. European business leaders and analysts have stressed that Spain must find a solution quickly so that it is not caught up in any market turmoil sparked by the Greek elections on June 17.

Canadian tech town feels BlackBerry’s decline

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WATERLOO — President Barack Obama couldn’t bear to part with his BlackBerry. Oprah Winfrey declared it one of her “favorite things.” It could be so addictive that it was nicknamed “the CrackBerry.”

Then came a new generation of competing smartphones, and suddenly the BlackBerry, that gamechanging breakthrough in personal connectedness, looks ancient.

There is even talk that the fate of Research In Motion, the company that fathered the BlackBerry in 1999, is no longer certain as its flagship property rapidly loses market share to flashier phones like Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android-driven models.

With more than $2 billion in cash, bankruptcy for RIM seems highly unlikely in the near term, but these are troubling times for Waterloo, Ontario, the town of 100,000 that was transformed by the BlackBerry into Canada’s Silicon Valley. RIM is Canada’s most valuable technology company, an international icon so prestigious that founder Mike Lazaridis and its other driving force, Jim Balsillie, are on an official government list of national heroes, alongside the likes of Alexander Graham Bell.

RIM’s U.S. share of the smartphone market belly-flopped from 44 percent in 2009 to 10 percent in 2011 according to market researcher NPD Group. The company still has 78 million active subscribers across the globe, but last month RIM issued a warning that it will lose money for the second consecutive quarter, will lay off workers this year, and has hired a team of bankers to help it weigh its options. Last July it slashed 2,000 jobs.

John Lind says RIM’s impact on his field, commercial real estate, is enormous. “We talk about RIM in

hushed tones in this region because no one wants to be negative about it, no one wants to be seen as not on their side,” he said. “But people are saying, ‘What would this region look like without RIM?’” The decline of the BlackBerry has come shockingly fast. Just five years ago, when the first iPhone came out, few thought it could threaten the BlackBerry. Now Chief Executive Thorsten Heins says his employees “are getting asked all the time, ‘What’s going on with you guys?

What happened? I mean RIM is the star of Canada and what happened to you guys? And how bad is it going to go?’”

RIM’s software is still focused on email, and is less user-friendly and agile than iPhone or Android. Its attempt at touch screens was a flop, and it lacks the apps that power other smartphones.

Its tablet, the PlayBook, registered just 500,000 sales to Apple’s 11.8 million in the last quarter d e spite

a price cut from $500 to $200, well below cost.

RIM’s hopes now hang on BlackBerry 10, a new operating system set to debut later this year. It’s thoroughly redesigned for the new multimedia, Internet browsing and apps experience that customers are now demanding.

RIM was once Canada’s most valuable company with a market value of $83 billion in June 2008, but the stock h a s

plummeted since, from over $140 share to around $10. Its decline is evoking memories of Nortel, another Canadian tech giant, which ended up declaring bankruptcy in 2009.

Lazaridis, 51, remains on RIM’s board. Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa, a fellow board member, calls the Turkish-born Greek immigrant a genius who pioneered the smartphone. “It really would be unfortunate if anything happened to RIM, and I’d like to do whatever I can to help,” Watsa said.

In an interview with The Associated Press at RIM headquarters in Wa t e r-

loo, Heins said he won’t try to compete head-to-head with Apple but will try to build on RIM’s strengths, such as its dominance of the corporate smartphone market. RIM says more than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies use BlackBerry and that more than a million North American government workers rely on BlackBerry’s software security.

But Heins acknowledges RIM failed to quickly adapt to the emerging “bring your own device” trend, in which employees bring their personal iPhones or Android devices to work instead of relying on BlackBerrys issued by their employers.

That’s where BlackBerry 10 comes in — delayed but not too late to vie with the new Apple iPhone expected this fall, or so Heins hopes.

Tabanan (Bali Post)—

A famer take his cattle in the Mount Agung area.

34 boy scouts of SMAN Abiansemal climb Mount Agung One falls into a ravine

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Amlapura (Bali Post)—

A total of 34 students coalesced into the Boy Scout entourage of SMAN 1 Abiansemal senior high school, Badung, climbed the Mount Agung on Saturday morning (Jun 9).

However, when going down the mountain with the altitude of 3,000 meters above sea level, a student fell into a ravine.

The victim Agus Bayu Sentana, 16, suffered a broken bone on right ankle. Chief of Selat Police, Nyoman Susila, with permission of the Karangasem Police Chief, Jefri Torunde, confirmed the incident last Saturday in Selat. He said the victim could be evacuated from the ravine where he fell around 3:00 p.m. local time. The victim had been evacuated to the Pasar Agung Temple post, where the entourage originally camped or spent their night. Later, the

victim was rushed to Sanglah Hospital.

Immediately, the victim was rushed to Emergency Room of Sanglah Hospital. Allegedly, the victim fell into the ravine due to exhaustion. Then, his feet slipped.

The victim was evacuated from an altitude of 2,100 meters above sea level. For the evacuation, the team involved the element of Karangasem SAR, Bali Police SAR, Karan-

gasem Police, Selat Police, regional disaster management agency (BPBD) of Karangasem, Sebudi residents and friends of the victim who had previously gone down the mountain.

Chief of Selat Police, Nyoman Susila, said the victim fell approximately at 08:00 a.m. The entourage previously climbed the Mount Agung from the climbing post at Pasar Agung Temple, Sebudi, Selat. It was conducted in conjunction with the activity to fill in the school holiday. The entourage was accompanied by a supervising teacher and a climbing guide. Chief Nyoman Susila said the victim was adequately lucky because the communication device worked properly, so that the report and rescue effort could be carried out more quickly. (013)

Kedonganan applies ‘blue economy’ concept Mangupura (Bali Post)—

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In this Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 photo, a man with an umbrella walks past part of the Research In Motion campus in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. These are troubling times for Waterloo, the town of 100,000 that was transformed by Research In Motion’s BlackBerry into Canada’s Silicon Valley.

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As real implementation of the wise marine resource utilization for the welfare of people, the Kedonganan village is now applying the concept of ‘blue economy.’

Committee Chairman of the Coral Triangle Day, I Wayan Yustisia Semarariana, amidst the Coral Triangle Day Festival and Beach Clean Up on Kedonganan Beach, Saturday (Jun 9) said the implementation of blue economy on the coastal areas of Kedonganan Beach, one of them, was marked by the opening of a new market for seafood lovers. Later on, the seafood restaurant should offer a fish menu whose fish was obtained from the eco-friendly catch of fishermen without damaging the beach or coastal territories. Such an activity was expected to serve as a starting point for Kedonganan

village and other coastal territories to exploit the marine resources wisely.

Minister of Fishery and Maritime Affairs, Cicip Syarif Sutardjo, on that occasion said that Bali had already implemented the concept of blue economy properly. Blue economy was more oriented to the coastal areas and maritime. On that account, Indonesia in the near future would soon adopt the concept of blue economy. Successful implementation of the green economy concept in the future would become an example for other countries to get to the blue economy. Moreover, the blue economy had already been applied by several countries, including Canada, South Korea and China.

“South Korea is the most developed country in the matter of this blue economy implementation. In the future, after successfully implementing the green economy, it

will be resumed with the development of blue economy,” he said.

China for example, had conducted experiments of blue economy in ten provinces where four of them had worked well and two others had started to show a successful result. Meanwhile, the remaining four provinces remained in the process leading to success. Parameter of the success could be seen from the capability of the country to attract tourists, including the garment industry, food, restaurant, tourism and so forth to China.

In the meantime, Indonesia, added Cicip, was greatly helped with the concept of blue economy considering the wealth of marine biological resources in Indonesia was very high. To that end, he asked to manage the marine resources well because it would make the Indonesian economy more robust. The blue economy itself could reduce the global carbon emissions. (kmb28)

Residents of Pacut hamlet, Rejasa village, Penebel, were recently hit by unrest. It happened because the bridge connecting the local village to other subdistricts set to be fragile. This condition made them anxious. They worried that their village would be isolated if the bridge over the Yeh Ho River collapsed.

Moreover, many parts of the wooden bridge had been holey and broken.

Fragility of the bridge has taken place for a long time, about two years.

The most dangerous damage is that many bolts binding the wooden parts of the bridge came off. As a result, the pieces of the wood are holey and broken.

Similarly, the side iron divider was in apprehensive condition and looked fragile. “Residents have long complained about the bridge condition. However, there are no indications to be repaired,” complained Agung Sumantra, one of the local residents, Saturday (Jun 9).

This man explained the bridge set to be built in 1994 and financed with the funds obtained from non-governmental organization and governmental assistance. Since its establishment, the bridge had been renovated twice and the last renovation was in 2005. The recent renovation was intended to replace the slabs used as track of vehicle wheels.

“Now, many wooden elements have been broken and holey,” he said.

Similar complaint was also expressed by another resident, Gede Yudiana. This man had jumped into the river because the bridge was fragile a few years ago. Fortunately, his life could have been helped after plunging from a height of 22 meters. He explained the bridge was the main route for residents to go to Tabanan town and some other subdistricts. Without the bridge, the residents should turn along 25 km. Despite connecting a small road, the bridge was always crowded with cars, even trucks conveying goods. Such condition made people more anxious. “The route can connect the residents to Batukaru Temple, Tambawaras up to Penatahan.

Therefore, it is always crowded by passing vehicles,” he said. Since the condition was fragile, residents hoped the bridge could be promptly repaired because the bridge was the only and closest route for residents. If the bridge collapsed, they would be isolated and had to turn around.

Chief of administrative hamlet of Pacut, Made Juliastra, explained the bridge fragility had long been complained by residents. Even, residents had proposed the closure for heavy vehicles. Since it belonged to regency road, the proposal of residents ended in stalemate. Consequently, until this moment many heavy vehicles were desperate to cross the bridge.

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Croatian gay pride event passes without incident Associated Press Writer

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This file photo, released by Animal Health Board Inc., shows a brush possum. Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard will move out of her official Canberra residence, in part due to some badmannered possums which have made their home in its roof

Possums help oust Australian PM from her home Agence France Presse

Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard will move out of her official Canberra residence, in part due to some bad-mannered possums which have made their home in its roof.

It has been known for some time that Gillard and partner Tim Mathieson will have to move out of The Lodge, which is more than 80 years old, as it undergoes vital repairs, including the removal of dangerous cloth wiring and asbestos.

But Gillard revealed Sunday that the urgency of the renovations came home to her when an unnamed foreign official had to be rushed out of one room after the possums’ lack of toilet training became obvious.

“We had a celebrated incident where we had a visiting foreign leader, so you put dinner on for them,” Gillard said in

an interview with The Sunday Telegraph.

“There was much shooing of people out of the dining room in a way that looked -- it wasn’t rudely done.

“But it was because someone had spotted that wee was making its way down the wall to one of the very precious paintings from the National Gallery.”

Government officials last year announced that the 40-room Georgian revival-style mansion known as The Lodge would undergo a major renovation to fix the leaking roof, redo the electrical wiring and remove asbestos.

Gillard said she was unconcerned about her upcoming move, and she would consider living in her Sydney harbourside residence, Kirribilli, when parliament was not sitting.

But where she will stay in Canberra once renovations begin towards the end of the year is not known.

“The dudes who do things like that, they think about security issues, they have a tribe working on it,” the prime minister said.

The Lodge was built in 1927 as a temporary residence but plans to build a permanent prime ministerial home have never progressed.

SPLIT, Croatia — Riot police watched on as several hundred people, including some government ministers, marched unhindered through the Croatian town of Split on Saturday, many carrying flags and banners reading “Gay is OK” and “We are all equal.”

Authorities had pledged to secure the pride event as a sign of determination to protect gay and other human rights ahead of joining the European Union in 2013.

Police said that they had briefly detained more than 40 people, but that there was no unrest despite threats of violence. Last year, extremists threw bottles and rocks at participants, drawing international condemnation.

The crowd walked along a route that was fenced off by the police, while a helicopter flew overhead and a water cannon was parked nearby.

Participants urged more rights for Croatia’s gays and lesbians.

“We want to be equal, we want equality for our families,” activist Mirjana Kucer told the gathering.

“We have to stand in defense of every person in Croatia, and let them be whatever she or he wants to be,” Minister for Foreign Affairs Vesna Pusic, t. “People should have the freedom and right to be what they want. And no one should persecute, attack, beat and discriminate them just because of what they want to be.”

Local police chief Ivica Tolusic said police were “more than pleased” that the event had passed without incident.

Also Saturday, a march in support of the Split event was held in the northern Adriatic port of Rijeka, where some 300 people took part.

Anti-gay violence is common in the conservative Balkans.

A pride event was cancelled in Serbia last year over extremist threats, while hundreds were injured during a march in 2010.

No pride events were ever held in Bosnia or Montenegro, while in Croatia, the first pride gathering took place ten years ago in the capital of Zagreb.

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Defender Simon Poulsen said that while the Danes were overjoyed with the result, they will have to change tack in the next encounter against a Portugal side wounded by a 1-0 loss to Germany. ““Portugal will be a different kind of opponent,” he said. ““There are always good things we can focus on and there are some aspects of our play we can improve on.”

His sentiments were echoed by midfielder Niki Zimling, who recovered from a toe injury to play against the Dutch. ““There were times when they were given too much space,” he told reporters. ““We need to work on this to ensure it doesn’t happen in the future.”

The loss of experienced goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen to a back injury before the tournament was a worry for many, but his replacement Stephan Andersen came through with flying colours, making a vital late smothering save from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. ““Our entire focus was on this match, now we’re shifting focus to Portugal, and naturally that’s also a game we’ll be playing to win,” Andersen said. “That’s what we do in every match, but it will be at least as difficult as this one was.

The wily Olsen, who won his 129th victory as Denmark coach against the Dutch, will go back to basics against Portugal. The Danes’ Euro 2012 motto ““Vikings Without Fear” has delivered three points but a little more organisation will be needed if they are to make it out of the group.

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INDONESIA President revises regulation on deputy ministers Antara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a new presidential regulation on the status of deputy ministers, in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling.

“The presidential regulation was signed by the President yesterday and would be made known to the public soon,” said presidential spokesman Julian A Pasha, who was accompanying the President on a visit to Ambon, Maluku, on Friday.

In its ruling, the Supreme Court pointed out that Article 10 of Law Number 39 of 2008 was inconsistent with the Constitution. Several parties had previously filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court, stating the selection process of deputy ministers was unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court ruled the president did not violate the constitution when he appointed the deputy ministers. However, the court requested the president to review his regulation in order to bring it in line with the court`s ruling.

The new presidential regulation number 60 of 2012 has replaced three previous regulations - number 47 of 2009, number 76 of 2011, and number 92 of 2011.

The new regulation states deputy ministers report to ministers and assist them in implementation of ministerial duties, according the cabinet secretary`s official website.

The tasks include assisting ministers in: the decisionmaking process; the implementation of working programs and contracts; giving recommenda-

tions and advice regarding the implementation of ministerial tasks and functions; controlling and monitoring the implementation of ministerial tasks and functions; and assessing and determining officials in ministries.

Deputy ministers are appointed and dismissed by the President. Their term of office is same as that of the President`s, or ends when the President ends his tenure, according to the new regulation.

Regarding the deputy ministers, financial rights and other perks, the regulation states they are less than those of ministers but more than those of echelon IA officials. The finance minister is yet to unveil the exact figures.

According to Article 6 of the regulation, both civil servants and non-civil servants can become deputy ministers. Civil servants who are appointed as deputy ministers will be suspended as civil servants during their tenure and would be reinstated after the tenure is over.

During their tenure as deputy ministers, retired civil servants would not get a pension.

While carrying out their duties, the deputy ministers will be assisted by the secretariat general, directorate general, deputies, inspectorate general, and other agencies under their respective ministries.

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The e-commerce site, Tokobagus. com, celebrated its seventh anniversary at Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) recently. The celebration marked with the new TV Commercial of Tokobagus. com launching that use Euro 2012 as a theme. Besides that, Founder of Tokobagus.com, Arnold Sebastian Egg and Remco Lupker also give guitars donation to students. In its seventh years of business, Tokobagus, that start from Bali, able to move forward and becomes the most popular e-commerce in Indonesia. It’s able to gain millions of members in this country.

Two Papua’s pro-independence activists arrested

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JAYAPURA - Two pro-independence activists were arrested in Indonesia’s restive Papua province for holding “anarchic protests”, national police said Friday.

One of those arrested was Bukhtar Tabuni, head of the West Papua National Committee, who had left prison last year after serving three years for organising a 2008 rally, national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said.

Tabuni was arrested on Thursday in the city of Abepura along with another

activist, Jefri Wandepbud.

“The men were arrested in relation with anarchic protests” by the West Papua National Committee, Amar said.

He said the group is suspected of organising protests in recent months that have left shops, public facilities and a university campus in several Papuan cities badly vandalised.

Pro-independence rallies and displaying separatist symbols are considered treason in Indonesia, and protests in Papua have ended in bloody clashes with police.

The West Papua National Commit-

tee denied it was responsible for any violence and said on its website that the police were using the group as “a scapegoat”.

Tabuni was jailed in 2008 for organising a protest to support the International Parliamentarians for West Papua, a pro-independence pressure group of international lawmakers launched in the British parliament that year.

Indonesia in 1969 took control of the Papua region -- a former Dutch colony on the western half of New Guinea island -- after a vote widely seen as a sham.

First herbal community health center launched

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BOGOR - The first herbal community health center (Puskesmas) was launched in the Second Bogor Organic Fair (BOF) and the Indonesian Herbal Festival, here, Sunday.

The herbal Puskesmas was officially launched by Ning Harmanto of the Indonesian Social Entrepreneurship Association (AKSI), Sri Nuryati of the BOF II organizing committee, said.

A number of the fair`s visitors were given free medical checkups at the herbal Purkesmas after the launching.

The Second Bogor Organic Fair was organized by

the Indonesian Organic Alliance in cooperation with the Bogor Municipality Administration, AKSI, and the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) at the IPB complex, from June 9 to 10, 2012.

The BOF and Indonesian Herbal Festival were organized to promote herbal products including herbal medicines such as “jamu”.

Jamu should become a Indonesian brand widely known internationally, she said.

Chairman of the Indonesian Organic Alliance Sabastian Saragih said his organization has 79 members, including organic plant farmers in 20 provinces.

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Marine Sports are the exciting and fun seawater activities with great challenge for everyone who joins this sport. It offers variety of marine post activities from motorize until the manual one. It is one of the great seawater adventures in Bali giving the fantastic experience from every activity like Jet Ski, Banana Boat, Fly Fish, Snorkeling, Parasailing, Diving, Fishing, Glass Bottom Boat and Turtle Island Tour.

The Marine Sport Packages are also available with attractive choice of sport activities and competitive prices.

Blue sea water without wave is the best venue for water sport

activities. Bali own the beautiful place with the long white sandy beach located in Tanjung Benoa as a Marine Sport Center. It is located right in the Bali’s Peninsula, south part of the island and about 25 minutes drive from Bali’s International Airport. It is just a step from Nusa Dua, the elite resort area in Bali and featured by an easy way to reach it. Below are some water sport activities that you can try while you holidaying in Bali: - Parasailing activity will bring you to the exciting experience by hook your self in airborne for a second and you will get free to enjoy the amazing view of the island from the over head. Beautiful scenery of

- Riding a motorized sea vehicle will get different experience and the fresh sea breeze will swirl your hair.

Fun riding on the blue water with the combination of jet Drive Power up to 700 cc and personal water craft will result pure excitement.

- Gathering Banana Boat ride is the most enjoyable experience. It thrills for all and feels like kids ride over the ocean with blue seawater and big long soft marshmallow. It is a fantastic group game on the seawater which bring you to the

Associated Press Writer

MIAMI — LeBron James finally got a Game 7 victory, on his third try. Next up, the NBA finals — and his third try at that elusive first championship. A year after watching someone else celebrate on their home floor, the Miami Heat were the ones dancing at midcourt.

exciting experience on your vacation in Bali.

- Water Ski is one of the exciting Marine Sport Activities by gliding on the seawater at Tanjung Benoa Beach which is famous with Bali Marine Sport Center. This adventure uses water ski board and pulled by the power boat to surround the beautiful white sandy beach area.

- Fly Fish is the newest marine sport activity by riding a flat rubber boat which is pulled by a speed boat. It flies to dash against the wind sweeping that it real fly on the seawater. It is a

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the sea water is easily found by flying like a bird with string more then 100 meter up makes this activity really unforgettable memory in our life. You can get Parasailing Adventure right now as your choice during your vacation in Bali Island.

- Snorkeling is a fantastic marine activity to over view the beautiful panorama of coral, colorful fishes and other unique marines life. This adventure will bring you the exciting experience with professional snorkeling guide who guide you the right snorkeling spot point.

It will take about one hour to explore and view beautiful underwater life which is completed safety equipment.

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great adventure by flying like fish jumping on the seawater with high boat speed.

- The tour will use the Glass Bottom Boat to explore the submarine of Benoa sea and stop for 15 minutes to observe the colorful fishes of under water and just seat down on the boat you can see many kinds of fishes from the bottom glass. The journey will be extended to Turtle island where the local people take care and grow the turtle up. Get this place by boat and see the beautiful of white sandy beach

James had 31 points and 12 rebounds, Chris Bosh hit a careerbest three 3-pointers — the last sparking the run that put it away — and the Heat won their second straight Eastern Conference title by beating the Boston Celtics 101-88 in Game 7 on Saturday night.

Miami opens the title series in Oklahoma City on Tuesday night.

The Heat got there by outscoring Boston 28-15 in the fourth quarter, with the “Big Three” of Dwyane Wade, Bosh and James scoring every Miami point. “We decided to come together and play together for a reason,” Wade said.

Wade scored 23 points, Bosh finished with 19 and Shane Battier added 12 for the Heat, who won a Game 7 for the first time since 2004 — Wade’s rookie season.

Now it’s back to the finals, where

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Miami fell in six games to Dallas a year ago. Rajon Rondo finished with 22 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds for Boston, which got 19 points from Paul Pierce in what might be the last game of the “Big Four” era for the Celtics.

Boston took out its starters with 28.3 seconds left. By then, workers already had a rope around the perimeter of the court, preparing for the East trophy presentation.

“Give them credit,” Rondo said.

“They spread the points out as a team tonight. Give them credit.

They played great tonight as a team and we just came up short.”

When Heat President Pat Riley was shown on the giant overhead video screen in the moments just after the final buzzer, the crowd screamed. Riley finally acknowledged them with some claps, before the 2012 Eastern Confer-

ence champions logo was shown as players below the scoreboard high-fived and hugged, all wearing the new T-shirts and caps that marked the accomplishment.

The screams kept coming, first when Alonzo Mourning took the microphone — “We still got a lot of work to do,” Mourning said — and then again when he handed the trophy to Heat owner Micky Arison. “A roller-coaster ride,” Arison said. A roller-coaster game, too. In a roller-coaster season.

All worth it — for now, anyway.

The next step awaits, another shot at the finals. In a championshipor-bust season, the Heat board a plane for Oklahoma City on Sunday. “We have been through a lot,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.

James and Celtics coach Doc Rivers — who teared up often postgame — shared a long embrace when it was all over. Before coming to Miami for Game 7, Rivers had packed for Oklahoma City, a trip he won’t make, set to now spend his time seeing if James can win that first title.

decision Saturday night and ending the Filipino fighter’s remarkable seven-year unbeaten run.

Promoter Bob Arum fumed, the crowd at the MGM Grand arena booed, and Pacquiao seemed stunned when the decision was announced. Arum said there would be a November rematch, though he blasted the way the decision went down.

“I’ve never been as ashamed of the sport of boxing as I am tonight,” said Arum, who handles both fighters.

Bradley came on strong in the later rounds, winning five of the last six rounds on two scorecards and four on the third. He won 115-113 on two scorecards, while losing on the third by the same margin. The Associated Press had Pacquiao winning 117-111. “I did my best,” Pacquiao said. “I guess my best wasn’t good enough.”

MONTREAL - Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel was perfectly placed to become the first repeat winner of the Formula One season after taking pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix for the second year running on Saturday. The double world champion’s 32nd career pole, a tally that lifts him level with Britain’s Nigel Mansell in the record books and one adrift of F1 greats Alain Prost and Jim Clark, also denied McLaren their 150th.

“I think we’ve learned a couple of lessons from the last few races where we were quick but we didn’t get it out of the car in qualifying,” grinned the German. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who took the first win of his Formula One career in Canada in 2007, was fastest in Friday practice but had to settle for the second front row slot when it really mattered.

A wildly unpredictable season has produced an unprecedented six different winners from the first six races with Vettel triumphant in Bahrain. Red Bull have never won in Canada, with Vettel losing out to McLaren’s hard-charging Jenson Button on the last lap in a rain-hit epic last year, and his team bosses were determined to rectify that.

“It would be nice. Canada’s been a bit of a bogey circuit for me,” said Red Bull designer and technical head Adrian Newey. “But it’s only qualifying, we’ve got a long way to go tomorrow.”

A technical rule change after the last race had also raised a question mark over their car but any hopes rivals might have had of a drop in performance soon vanished.

Vettel was quick in all three qualifying sessions at the sunny Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and took pole with a best lap of one minute, 13.784 seconds.

“I think it’s not just a hole in the floor that makes

the difference. It was a bit of a shame that it was declared legal and then illegal but in the end we never feared a big impact on the performance of the car,” said Vettel.

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Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany celebrates after taking pole position in the qualifying session of the Canadian F1 Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal June 9, 2012.

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Euro-Danes stun Dutch, Germany start with win GDANSK, Poland - The feared Dutch strikeforce malfunctioned as Euro 2012 crossed into Ukraine on Saturday but Germany proved as reliable as ever when they opened their tournament with a 1-0 win over Portugal. World Cup runnersup Netherlands had 28 goal attempts in the eastern city of Kharkiv’s spider-like Metalist stadium but failed to convert any of them in a 1-0 loss to Denmark that leaves them in serious peril in a treacherous Group B. Michael KrohnDelhi’s opportunist goal after 24 minutes earned the Danes victory while later in Lviv, Mario Gomez’s header was enough for Germany to join the Danes on three points. Just like the eventful opening day, matchday two of the tournament produced plenty of eye-catching

football and a record with Dutch 18year-old Jetro Willems becoming the youngest player ever to take the field at a European Championship.

It proved the only highlight for Netherlands who dare not lose to Germany when they meet next week in Kharkiv. “I’m standing here a little bit speechless, because these three points were very important,” Dutch midfielder Mark van Bommel said.

“It’s not over, though. There are two more matches to come. We played

very well, but we didn’t win. I prefer to play badly and win 1-0.”

Bayern Munich’s Gomez, guilty of several bad misses in the Champions League final against Chelsea, guided home a 72nd-minute header to settle a cagey clash with Portugal for whom Ronaldo failed to produce the form he displays for Real Madrid.

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German fans were warned about throwing objects, apparently scrunched up paper, on the pitch in the first half, although more worrying for tournament organisers were reports of four stewards taken to hospital after a clash with Russian hooligans the previous night after the Russia v Czech Republic match.

“Such things can occur over the next 22 days. If it gets hot, drinks will be consumed and such things can happen. It’s a normal situation,” said Marcin Herra, head of the Polish

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Strong in defence and blessed with gifted forwards in Franck Ribery and Samir Nasri, and a fine striker in Karim Benzema, France should be favourites, particularly as England are depleted by injuries and Wayne Rooney’s suspension. Blanc recognises, however, that nothing can be taken for granted in clashes between such old enemies.

“England will give everything because, when there are French against English, it raises the game above the normal international match,” he said. “But we don’t fear them more than any other team.”

Despite being without striker Rooney for their first two games, as well as injured defender Gary Cahill and midfielders Frank Lampard and Gareth Barry, England are determined to progress and justify their FIFA ranking as the fourth best team in Europe and sixth in the world.

England’s best showing at the European Championship was as losing semi-finalists at home in 1996. After two wins in warm-ups under Hodgson, they enter the tournament with confidence. “We know we can get a result against France and it is a great opening fixture for us,” said winger Stewart Downing. “We are not afraid of anybody.”

Ukraine are coached by former Soviet Union winger Oleg Blokhin who guided them to the 2006 World Cup quarterfinals in his previous spell in charge. Having lost 2-0 in their final warm-up game against Turkey on Tuesday, after a stomach bug swept through their squad, they are expected to struggle in their opener against Sweden despite home advantage in Kiev.

“I used to be an unpredictable player and I’m an equally unpredictable coach,” said Blokhin, declining to reveal if he will rely on captain Andriy Shevchenko to inspire both team and crowd. The striker’s young Dynamo Kiev club mate Andriy Yarmolenko is a more likely threat.

Sweden, under low-key coach Erik Hamren, will similarly hope for inspiration from moody striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani a player capable of dazzling moments but often simply frusFrance’s Patrice Evra, center, stretches during a training session at the Euro 2012 soccer trating, to add penetration to a solid team built to protect an championship in Kirsha, near Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, June 9, 2012. ageing defence.

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KRAKOW, Poland - France have a long unbeaten record to protect as they seek to confirm their renaissance under coach Laurent Blanc by winning Group D to sweep into the quarter-finals at Euro 2012. But Blanc knows they face a familiar obstacle in old foes England, however their opponents may have been recast by new manager Roy Hodgson, and has wisely been cautious ahead of their group-opening clash in Donetsk on Monday.

It is a fixture to remind him it is much too early for the cockerels to crow before his team face England and unpredictable co-hosts Ukraine plus durable Sweden in a tricky group. Bitter memories of France’s discordant early exit from the 2010 World Cup finals, as well as happier times, may serve him well if reminders about unity and concentration are required.

Inspired by Michel Platini and Zinedine Zidane respectively, France won the Euros at home in 1984 and in neighbouring Belgium and Netherlands in 2000 -- triumphs that leave them trailing only three-time winners Germany in the tournament’s history. This week, they completed their preparations with a 4-0 warm-up victory over Estonia to stretch their unbeaten run under 1998 World Cup winner Blanc to 21 games, including 15 wins.

But Blanc, who had a brief spell in the Manchester United defence in the twilight of his own distinguished playing career, knows and understands English football. “They are not at full strength, but what concerns me is that England will play in a certain style,” he said. “We are going to have to be extremely strong physically. That is going to be a difficult match.”

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we dared to play football against this Dutch team,” Denmark coach Morten Olsen told reporters inside the stadium which, circled by blue metal girders, resembles a huge insect. Netherlands had won 23 of their previous 25 competitive matches but chose the worst possible time to falter.

By contrast, Germany were iron-willed, gradually grinding down a Portuguese side who came close to breaking the deadlock when Pepe curled a shot against the woodwork in the first half. Gomez headed in the winner after a deflected cross from Sami Khedira found him lurking unmarked.

“I had a good feeling from the start here and I wanted to give something back for the trust the coach put on me,” he said. Portugal, tournament hosts in 2004 when they also lost their first game before reaching the final, can take some heart from a performance that probably deserved a point.

It almost arrived late on when substitute Silvestre Varela was denied by Germany keeper Manuel Neuer. Sunday’s action comes from Group C with world champions Spain beginning the defence of their European title against Italy in Gdansk while Croatia meet Ireland in Poznan.

company in charge of coordinating the finals told local television. Cohosts Ukraine’s long-awaited big day was also tempered by ongoing off-field politics as the controversy over its human rights record refused to go away.

Officials of Denmark and Netherlands met victims of alleged police torture in Kharkiv where opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is jailed.

Sports ministers held three hours of talks on police brutality, homophobia and the need for an independent judiciary in the eastern city before the Group B match. Government officials are already reeling from bad publicity over Tymoshenko’s case and allegations of racism in the build-up to the tournament, the biggest sporting event in eastern Europe since the collapse of communism.

On the pitch, Denmark’s gritty win revived memories of their unlikely triumph at the finals in 1992 when they arrived as rank outsiders but went on to lift the trophy in Sweden. It also served as a warning to the rest of the so-called favourites and backed up Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon’s claim that the “best don’t always” win as he prepared for his side’s opening match against holders Spain on Sunday.

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Euro-Danes stun Dutch, Germany start with win GDANSK, Poland - The feared Dutch strikeforce malfunctioned as Euro 2012 crossed into Ukraine on Saturday but Germany proved as reliable as ever when they opened their tournament with a 1-0 win over Portugal. World Cup runnersup Netherlands had 28 goal attempts in the eastern city of Kharkiv’s spider-like Metalist stadium but failed to convert any of them in a 1-0 loss to Denmark that leaves them in serious peril in a treacherous Group B. Michael KrohnDelhi’s opportunist goal after 24 minutes earned the Danes victory while later in Lviv, Mario Gomez’s header was enough for Germany to join the Danes on three points. Just like the eventful opening day, matchday two of the tournament produced plenty of eye-catching

football and a record with Dutch 18year-old Jetro Willems becoming the youngest player ever to take the field at a European Championship.

It proved the only highlight for Netherlands who dare not lose to Germany when they meet next week in Kharkiv. “I’m standing here a little bit speechless, because these three points were very important,” Dutch midfielder Mark van Bommel said.

“It’s not over, though. There are two more matches to come. We played

very well, but we didn’t win. I prefer to play badly and win 1-0.”

Bayern Munich’s Gomez, guilty of several bad misses in the Champions League final against Chelsea, guided home a 72nd-minute header to settle a cagey clash with Portugal for whom Ronaldo failed to produce the form he displays for Real Madrid.

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German fans were warned about throwing objects, apparently scrunched up paper, on the pitch in the first half, although more worrying for tournament organisers were reports of four stewards taken to hospital after a clash with Russian hooligans the previous night after the Russia v Czech Republic match.

“Such things can occur over the next 22 days. If it gets hot, drinks will be consumed and such things can happen. It’s a normal situation,” said Marcin Herra, head of the Polish

FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE

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Strong in defence and blessed with gifted forwards in Franck Ribery and Samir Nasri, and a fine striker in Karim Benzema, France should be favourites, particularly as England are depleted by injuries and Wayne Rooney’s suspension. Blanc recognises, however, that nothing can be taken for granted in clashes between such old enemies.

“England will give everything because, when there are French against English, it raises the game above the normal international match,” he said. “But we don’t fear them more than any other team.”

Despite being without striker Rooney for their first two games, as well as injured defender Gary Cahill and midfielders Frank Lampard and Gareth Barry, England are determined to progress and justify their FIFA ranking as the fourth best team in Europe and sixth in the world.

England’s best showing at the European Championship was as losing semi-finalists at home in 1996. After two wins in warm-ups under Hodgson, they enter the tournament with confidence. “We know we can get a result against France and it is a great opening fixture for us,” said winger Stewart Downing. “We are not afraid of anybody.”

Ukraine are coached by former Soviet Union winger Oleg Blokhin who guided them to the 2006 World Cup quarterfinals in his previous spell in charge. Having lost 2-0 in their final warm-up game against Turkey on Tuesday, after a stomach bug swept through their squad, they are expected to struggle in their opener against Sweden despite home advantage in Kiev.

“I used to be an unpredictable player and I’m an equally unpredictable coach,” said Blokhin, declining to reveal if he will rely on captain Andriy Shevchenko to inspire both team and crowd. The striker’s young Dynamo Kiev club mate Andriy Yarmolenko is a more likely threat.

Sweden, under low-key coach Erik Hamren, will similarly hope for inspiration from moody striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani a player capable of dazzling moments but often simply frusFrance’s Patrice Evra, center, stretches during a training session at the Euro 2012 soccer trating, to add penetration to a solid team built to protect an championship in Kirsha, near Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, June 9, 2012. ageing defence.

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KRAKOW, Poland - France have a long unbeaten record to protect as they seek to confirm their renaissance under coach Laurent Blanc by winning Group D to sweep into the quarter-finals at Euro 2012. But Blanc knows they face a familiar obstacle in old foes England, however their opponents may have been recast by new manager Roy Hodgson, and has wisely been cautious ahead of their group-opening clash in Donetsk on Monday.

It is a fixture to remind him it is much too early for the cockerels to crow before his team face England and unpredictable co-hosts Ukraine plus durable Sweden in a tricky group. Bitter memories of France’s discordant early exit from the 2010 World Cup finals, as well as happier times, may serve him well if reminders about unity and concentration are required.

Inspired by Michel Platini and Zinedine Zidane respectively, France won the Euros at home in 1984 and in neighbouring Belgium and Netherlands in 2000 -- triumphs that leave them trailing only three-time winners Germany in the tournament’s history. This week, they completed their preparations with a 4-0 warm-up victory over Estonia to stretch their unbeaten run under 1998 World Cup winner Blanc to 21 games, including 15 wins.

But Blanc, who had a brief spell in the Manchester United defence in the twilight of his own distinguished playing career, knows and understands English football. “They are not at full strength, but what concerns me is that England will play in a certain style,” he said. “We are going to have to be extremely strong physically. That is going to be a difficult match.”

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we dared to play football against this Dutch team,” Denmark coach Morten Olsen told reporters inside the stadium which, circled by blue metal girders, resembles a huge insect. Netherlands had won 23 of their previous 25 competitive matches but chose the worst possible time to falter.

By contrast, Germany were iron-willed, gradually grinding down a Portuguese side who came close to breaking the deadlock when Pepe curled a shot against the woodwork in the first half. Gomez headed in the winner after a deflected cross from Sami Khedira found him lurking unmarked.

“I had a good feeling from the start here and I wanted to give something back for the trust the coach put on me,” he said. Portugal, tournament hosts in 2004 when they also lost their first game before reaching the final, can take some heart from a performance that probably deserved a point.

It almost arrived late on when substitute Silvestre Varela was denied by Germany keeper Manuel Neuer. Sunday’s action comes from Group C with world champions Spain beginning the defence of their European title against Italy in Gdansk while Croatia meet Ireland in Poznan.

company in charge of coordinating the finals told local television. Cohosts Ukraine’s long-awaited big day was also tempered by ongoing off-field politics as the controversy over its human rights record refused to go away.

Officials of Denmark and Netherlands met victims of alleged police torture in Kharkiv where opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is jailed.

Sports ministers held three hours of talks on police brutality, homophobia and the need for an independent judiciary in the eastern city before the Group B match. Government officials are already reeling from bad publicity over Tymoshenko’s case and allegations of racism in the build-up to the tournament, the biggest sporting event in eastern Europe since the collapse of communism.

On the pitch, Denmark’s gritty win revived memories of their unlikely triumph at the finals in 1992 when they arrived as rank outsiders but went on to lift the trophy in Sweden. It also served as a warning to the rest of the so-called favourites and backed up Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon’s claim that the “best don’t always” win as he prepared for his side’s opening match against holders Spain on Sunday.

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Water Sport Activities

IBP

Marine Sports are the exciting and fun seawater activities with great challenge for everyone who joins this sport. It offers variety of marine post activities from motorize until the manual one. It is one of the great seawater adventures in Bali giving the fantastic experience from every activity like Jet Ski, Banana Boat, Fly Fish, Snorkeling, Parasailing, Diving, Fishing, Glass Bottom Boat and Turtle Island Tour.

The Marine Sport Packages are also available with attractive choice of sport activities and competitive prices.

Blue sea water without wave is the best venue for water sport

activities. Bali own the beautiful place with the long white sandy beach located in Tanjung Benoa as a Marine Sport Center. It is located right in the Bali’s Peninsula, south part of the island and about 25 minutes drive from Bali’s International Airport. It is just a step from Nusa Dua, the elite resort area in Bali and featured by an easy way to reach it. Below are some water sport activities that you can try while you holidaying in Bali: - Parasailing activity will bring you to the exciting experience by hook your self in airborne for a second and you will get free to enjoy the amazing view of the island from the over head. Beautiful scenery of

- Riding a motorized sea vehicle will get different experience and the fresh sea breeze will swirl your hair.

Fun riding on the blue water with the combination of jet Drive Power up to 700 cc and personal water craft will result pure excitement.

- Gathering Banana Boat ride is the most enjoyable experience. It thrills for all and feels like kids ride over the ocean with blue seawater and big long soft marshmallow. It is a fantastic group game on the seawater which bring you to the

Associated Press Writer

MIAMI — LeBron James finally got a Game 7 victory, on his third try. Next up, the NBA finals — and his third try at that elusive first championship. A year after watching someone else celebrate on their home floor, the Miami Heat were the ones dancing at midcourt.

exciting experience on your vacation in Bali.

- Water Ski is one of the exciting Marine Sport Activities by gliding on the seawater at Tanjung Benoa Beach which is famous with Bali Marine Sport Center. This adventure uses water ski board and pulled by the power boat to surround the beautiful white sandy beach area.

- Fly Fish is the newest marine sport activity by riding a flat rubber boat which is pulled by a speed boat. It flies to dash against the wind sweeping that it real fly on the seawater. It is a

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the sea water is easily found by flying like a bird with string more then 100 meter up makes this activity really unforgettable memory in our life. You can get Parasailing Adventure right now as your choice during your vacation in Bali Island.

- Snorkeling is a fantastic marine activity to over view the beautiful panorama of coral, colorful fishes and other unique marines life. This adventure will bring you the exciting experience with professional snorkeling guide who guide you the right snorkeling spot point.

It will take about one hour to explore and view beautiful underwater life which is completed safety equipment.

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great adventure by flying like fish jumping on the seawater with high boat speed.

- The tour will use the Glass Bottom Boat to explore the submarine of Benoa sea and stop for 15 minutes to observe the colorful fishes of under water and just seat down on the boat you can see many kinds of fishes from the bottom glass. The journey will be extended to Turtle island where the local people take care and grow the turtle up. Get this place by boat and see the beautiful of white sandy beach

James had 31 points and 12 rebounds, Chris Bosh hit a careerbest three 3-pointers — the last sparking the run that put it away — and the Heat won their second straight Eastern Conference title by beating the Boston Celtics 101-88 in Game 7 on Saturday night.

Miami opens the title series in Oklahoma City on Tuesday night.

The Heat got there by outscoring Boston 28-15 in the fourth quarter, with the “Big Three” of Dwyane Wade, Bosh and James scoring every Miami point. “We decided to come together and play together for a reason,” Wade said.

Wade scored 23 points, Bosh finished with 19 and Shane Battier added 12 for the Heat, who won a Game 7 for the first time since 2004 — Wade’s rookie season.

Now it’s back to the finals, where

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Miami Heat’s LeBron James (6) drives to the basket over Boston Celtics’ Paul Pierce (34) during the second half of Game 7 of the NBA basketball playoffs Eastern Conference finals, Saturday, June 9, 2012, in Miami. At bottom is Kevin Garnett (5).

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Miami fell in six games to Dallas a year ago. Rajon Rondo finished with 22 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds for Boston, which got 19 points from Paul Pierce in what might be the last game of the “Big Four” era for the Celtics.

Boston took out its starters with 28.3 seconds left. By then, workers already had a rope around the perimeter of the court, preparing for the East trophy presentation.

“Give them credit,” Rondo said.

“They spread the points out as a team tonight. Give them credit.

They played great tonight as a team and we just came up short.”

When Heat President Pat Riley was shown on the giant overhead video screen in the moments just after the final buzzer, the crowd screamed. Riley finally acknowledged them with some claps, before the 2012 Eastern Confer-

ence champions logo was shown as players below the scoreboard high-fived and hugged, all wearing the new T-shirts and caps that marked the accomplishment.

The screams kept coming, first when Alonzo Mourning took the microphone — “We still got a lot of work to do,” Mourning said — and then again when he handed the trophy to Heat owner Micky Arison. “A roller-coaster ride,” Arison said. A roller-coaster game, too. In a roller-coaster season.

All worth it — for now, anyway.

The next step awaits, another shot at the finals. In a championshipor-bust season, the Heat board a plane for Oklahoma City on Sunday. “We have been through a lot,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.

James and Celtics coach Doc Rivers — who teared up often postgame — shared a long embrace when it was all over. Before coming to Miami for Game 7, Rivers had packed for Oklahoma City, a trip he won’t make, set to now spend his time seeing if James can win that first title.

decision Saturday night and ending the Filipino fighter’s remarkable seven-year unbeaten run.

Promoter Bob Arum fumed, the crowd at the MGM Grand arena booed, and Pacquiao seemed stunned when the decision was announced. Arum said there would be a November rematch, though he blasted the way the decision went down.

“I’ve never been as ashamed of the sport of boxing as I am tonight,” said Arum, who handles both fighters.

Bradley came on strong in the later rounds, winning five of the last six rounds on two scorecards and four on the third. He won 115-113 on two scorecards, while losing on the third by the same margin. The Associated Press had Pacquiao winning 117-111. “I did my best,” Pacquiao said. “I guess my best wasn’t good enough.”

MONTREAL - Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel was perfectly placed to become the first repeat winner of the Formula One season after taking pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix for the second year running on Saturday. The double world champion’s 32nd career pole, a tally that lifts him level with Britain’s Nigel Mansell in the record books and one adrift of F1 greats Alain Prost and Jim Clark, also denied McLaren their 150th.

“I think we’ve learned a couple of lessons from the last few races where we were quick but we didn’t get it out of the car in qualifying,” grinned the German. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who took the first win of his Formula One career in Canada in 2007, was fastest in Friday practice but had to settle for the second front row slot when it really mattered.

A wildly unpredictable season has produced an unprecedented six different winners from the first six races with Vettel triumphant in Bahrain. Red Bull have never won in Canada, with Vettel losing out to McLaren’s hard-charging Jenson Button on the last lap in a rain-hit epic last year, and his team bosses were determined to rectify that.

“It would be nice. Canada’s been a bit of a bogey circuit for me,” said Red Bull designer and technical head Adrian Newey. “But it’s only qualifying, we’ve got a long way to go tomorrow.”

A technical rule change after the last race had also raised a question mark over their car but any hopes rivals might have had of a drop in performance soon vanished.

Vettel was quick in all three qualifying sessions at the sunny Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and took pole with a best lap of one minute, 13.784 seconds.

“I think it’s not just a hole in the floor that makes

the difference. It was a bit of a shame that it was declared legal and then illegal but in the end we never feared a big impact on the performance of the car,” said Vettel.

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Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany celebrates after taking pole position in the qualifying session of the Canadian F1 Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal June 9, 2012.

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This file photo, released by Animal Health Board Inc., shows a brush possum. Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard will move out of her official Canberra residence, in part due to some badmannered possums which have made their home in its roof

Possums help oust Australian PM from her home Agence France Presse

Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard will move out of her official Canberra residence, in part due to some bad-mannered possums which have made their home in its roof.

It has been known for some time that Gillard and partner Tim Mathieson will have to move out of The Lodge, which is more than 80 years old, as it undergoes vital repairs, including the removal of dangerous cloth wiring and asbestos.

But Gillard revealed Sunday that the urgency of the renovations came home to her when an unnamed foreign official had to be rushed out of one room after the possums’ lack of toilet training became obvious.

“We had a celebrated incident where we had a visiting foreign leader, so you put dinner on for them,” Gillard said in

an interview with The Sunday Telegraph.

“There was much shooing of people out of the dining room in a way that looked -- it wasn’t rudely done.

“But it was because someone had spotted that wee was making its way down the wall to one of the very precious paintings from the National Gallery.”

Government officials last year announced that the 40-room Georgian revival-style mansion known as The Lodge would undergo a major renovation to fix the leaking roof, redo the electrical wiring and remove asbestos.

Gillard said she was unconcerned about her upcoming move, and she would consider living in her Sydney harbourside residence, Kirribilli, when parliament was not sitting.

But where she will stay in Canberra once renovations begin towards the end of the year is not known.

“The dudes who do things like that, they think about security issues, they have a tribe working on it,” the prime minister said.

The Lodge was built in 1927 as a temporary residence but plans to build a permanent prime ministerial home have never progressed.

SPLIT, Croatia — Riot police watched on as several hundred people, including some government ministers, marched unhindered through the Croatian town of Split on Saturday, many carrying flags and banners reading “Gay is OK” and “We are all equal.”

Authorities had pledged to secure the pride event as a sign of determination to protect gay and other human rights ahead of joining the European Union in 2013.

Police said that they had briefly detained more than 40 people, but that there was no unrest despite threats of violence. Last year, extremists threw bottles and rocks at participants, drawing international condemnation.

The crowd walked along a route that was fenced off by the police, while a helicopter flew overhead and a water cannon was parked nearby.

Participants urged more rights for Croatia’s gays and lesbians.

“We want to be equal, we want equality for our families,” activist Mirjana Kucer told the gathering.

“We have to stand in defense of every person in Croatia, and let them be whatever she or he wants to be,” Minister for Foreign Affairs Vesna Pusic, t. “People should have the freedom and right to be what they want. And no one should persecute, attack, beat and discriminate them just because of what they want to be.”

Local police chief Ivica Tolusic said police were “more than pleased” that the event had passed without incident.

Also Saturday, a march in support of the Split event was held in the northern Adriatic port of Rijeka, where some 300 people took part.

Anti-gay violence is common in the conservative Balkans.

A pride event was cancelled in Serbia last year over extremist threats, while hundreds were injured during a march in 2010.

No pride events were ever held in Bosnia or Montenegro, while in Croatia, the first pride gathering took place ten years ago in the capital of Zagreb.

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Defender Simon Poulsen said that while the Danes were overjoyed with the result, they will have to change tack in the next encounter against a Portugal side wounded by a 1-0 loss to Germany. ““Portugal will be a different kind of opponent,” he said. ““There are always good things we can focus on and there are some aspects of our play we can improve on.”

His sentiments were echoed by midfielder Niki Zimling, who recovered from a toe injury to play against the Dutch. ““There were times when they were given too much space,” he told reporters. ““We need to work on this to ensure it doesn’t happen in the future.”

The loss of experienced goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen to a back injury before the tournament was a worry for many, but his replacement Stephan Andersen came through with flying colours, making a vital late smothering save from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. ““Our entire focus was on this match, now we’re shifting focus to Portugal, and naturally that’s also a game we’ll be playing to win,” Andersen said. “That’s what we do in every match, but it will be at least as difficult as this one was.

The wily Olsen, who won his 129th victory as Denmark coach against the Dutch, will go back to basics against Portugal. The Danes’ Euro 2012 motto ““Vikings Without Fear” has delivered three points but a little more organisation will be needed if they are to make it out of the group.

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JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a new presidential regulation on the status of deputy ministers, in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling.

“The presidential regulation was signed by the President yesterday and would be made known to the public soon,” said presidential spokesman Julian A Pasha, who was accompanying the President on a visit to Ambon, Maluku, on Friday.

In its ruling, the Supreme Court pointed out that Article 10 of Law Number 39 of 2008 was inconsistent with the Constitution. Several parties had previously filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court, stating the selection process of deputy ministers was unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court ruled the president did not violate the constitution when he appointed the deputy ministers. However, the court requested the president to review his regulation in order to bring it in line with the court`s ruling.

The new presidential regulation number 60 of 2012 has replaced three previous regulations - number 47 of 2009, number 76 of 2011, and number 92 of 2011.

The new regulation states deputy ministers report to ministers and assist them in implementation of ministerial duties, according the cabinet secretary`s official website.

The tasks include assisting ministers in: the decisionmaking process; the implementation of working programs and contracts; giving recommenda-

tions and advice regarding the implementation of ministerial tasks and functions; controlling and monitoring the implementation of ministerial tasks and functions; and assessing and determining officials in ministries.

Deputy ministers are appointed and dismissed by the President. Their term of office is same as that of the President`s, or ends when the President ends his tenure, according to the new regulation.

Regarding the deputy ministers, financial rights and other perks, the regulation states they are less than those of ministers but more than those of echelon IA officials. The finance minister is yet to unveil the exact figures.

According to Article 6 of the regulation, both civil servants and non-civil servants can become deputy ministers. Civil servants who are appointed as deputy ministers will be suspended as civil servants during their tenure and would be reinstated after the tenure is over.

During their tenure as deputy ministers, retired civil servants would not get a pension.

While carrying out their duties, the deputy ministers will be assisted by the secretariat general, directorate general, deputies, inspectorate general, and other agencies under their respective ministries.

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The e-commerce site, Tokobagus. com, celebrated its seventh anniversary at Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) recently. The celebration marked with the new TV Commercial of Tokobagus. com launching that use Euro 2012 as a theme. Besides that, Founder of Tokobagus.com, Arnold Sebastian Egg and Remco Lupker also give guitars donation to students. In its seventh years of business, Tokobagus, that start from Bali, able to move forward and becomes the most popular e-commerce in Indonesia. It’s able to gain millions of members in this country.

Two Papua’s pro-independence activists arrested

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JAYAPURA - Two pro-independence activists were arrested in Indonesia’s restive Papua province for holding “anarchic protests”, national police said Friday.

One of those arrested was Bukhtar Tabuni, head of the West Papua National Committee, who had left prison last year after serving three years for organising a 2008 rally, national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said.

Tabuni was arrested on Thursday in the city of Abepura along with another

activist, Jefri Wandepbud.

“The men were arrested in relation with anarchic protests” by the West Papua National Committee, Amar said.

He said the group is suspected of organising protests in recent months that have left shops, public facilities and a university campus in several Papuan cities badly vandalised.

Pro-independence rallies and displaying separatist symbols are considered treason in Indonesia, and protests in Papua have ended in bloody clashes with police.

The West Papua National Commit-

tee denied it was responsible for any violence and said on its website that the police were using the group as “a scapegoat”.

Tabuni was jailed in 2008 for organising a protest to support the International Parliamentarians for West Papua, a pro-independence pressure group of international lawmakers launched in the British parliament that year.

Indonesia in 1969 took control of the Papua region -- a former Dutch colony on the western half of New Guinea island -- after a vote widely seen as a sham.

First herbal community health center launched

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BOGOR - The first herbal community health center (Puskesmas) was launched in the Second Bogor Organic Fair (BOF) and the Indonesian Herbal Festival, here, Sunday.

The herbal Puskesmas was officially launched by Ning Harmanto of the Indonesian Social Entrepreneurship Association (AKSI), Sri Nuryati of the BOF II organizing committee, said.

A number of the fair`s visitors were given free medical checkups at the herbal Purkesmas after the launching.

The Second Bogor Organic Fair was organized by

the Indonesian Organic Alliance in cooperation with the Bogor Municipality Administration, AKSI, and the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) at the IPB complex, from June 9 to 10, 2012.

The BOF and Indonesian Herbal Festival were organized to promote herbal products including herbal medicines such as “jamu”.

Jamu should become a Indonesian brand widely known internationally, she said.

Chairman of the Indonesian Organic Alliance Sabastian Saragih said his organization has 79 members, including organic plant farmers in 20 provinces.

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IMF: Spanish banks need nearly $50 billion Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund is estimating that Spanish banks need at least a euro40 billion ($49.87 billion) capital injection following a stress test it performed on the country’s financial sector.

The lending institution said Friday that Spain’s financial sector is well managed but vulnerable.

It recommended that banks raise capital by an additional unspecified amount beyond the euro40 billion to

properly restructure troubled banks, noting that the country should be prepared for further bank losses.

“Going forward, it will be critical to communicate clearly the strategy for providing a credible backstop

for capital shortfalls — a backstop that experience shows it is better to overestimate than underestimate,” said Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, an IMF deputy director who head of the team that conducted the report The IMF report said that most large banks in Spain are resilient but are being undermined by the vulnerabilities of weaker banks. It praised Spain for steps it had already taken to shore up its financial sector.

“Executive directors commend-

ed the Spanish authorities for the significant progress made in consolidating the banking sector and addressing balance sheet weaknesses amidst challenging economic conditions,” the IMF said.

The Spanish government appears resigned to the need for a bailout from Europe.

Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said Friday that the country could decide this month whether to request a bail-

out. She said the government will not act until receiving evaluations from the IMF and two independent auditors Spain has hired. The auditors’ surveys are due by June 21.

Spain has been criticized as being too slow to set out a road map to resolve its problem. European business leaders and analysts have stressed that Spain must find a solution quickly so that it is not caught up in any market turmoil sparked by the Greek elections on June 17.

Canadian tech town feels BlackBerry’s decline

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WATERLOO — President Barack Obama couldn’t bear to part with his BlackBerry. Oprah Winfrey declared it one of her “favorite things.” It could be so addictive that it was nicknamed “the CrackBerry.”

Then came a new generation of competing smartphones, and suddenly the BlackBerry, that gamechanging breakthrough in personal connectedness, looks ancient.

There is even talk that the fate of Research In Motion, the company that fathered the BlackBerry in 1999, is no longer certain as its flagship property rapidly loses market share to flashier phones like Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android-driven models.

With more than $2 billion in cash, bankruptcy for RIM seems highly unlikely in the near term, but these are troubling times for Waterloo, Ontario, the town of 100,000 that was transformed by the BlackBerry into Canada’s Silicon Valley. RIM is Canada’s most valuable technology company, an international icon so prestigious that founder Mike Lazaridis and its other driving force, Jim Balsillie, are on an official government list of national heroes, alongside the likes of Alexander Graham Bell.

RIM’s U.S. share of the smartphone market belly-flopped from 44 percent in 2009 to 10 percent in 2011 according to market researcher NPD Group. The company still has 78 million active subscribers across the globe, but last month RIM issued a warning that it will lose money for the second consecutive quarter, will lay off workers this year, and has hired a team of bankers to help it weigh its options. Last July it slashed 2,000 jobs.

John Lind says RIM’s impact on his field, commercial real estate, is enormous. “We talk about RIM in

hushed tones in this region because no one wants to be negative about it, no one wants to be seen as not on their side,” he said. “But people are saying, ‘What would this region look like without RIM?’” The decline of the BlackBerry has come shockingly fast. Just five years ago, when the first iPhone came out, few thought it could threaten the BlackBerry. Now Chief Executive Thorsten Heins says his employees “are getting asked all the time, ‘What’s going on with you guys?

What happened? I mean RIM is the star of Canada and what happened to you guys? And how bad is it going to go?’”

RIM’s software is still focused on email, and is less user-friendly and agile than iPhone or Android. Its attempt at touch screens was a flop, and it lacks the apps that power other smartphones.

Its tablet, the PlayBook, registered just 500,000 sales to Apple’s 11.8 million in the last quarter d e spite

a price cut from $500 to $200, well below cost.

RIM’s hopes now hang on BlackBerry 10, a new operating system set to debut later this year. It’s thoroughly redesigned for the new multimedia, Internet browsing and apps experience that customers are now demanding.

RIM was once Canada’s most valuable company with a market value of $83 billion in June 2008, but the stock h a s

plummeted since, from over $140 share to around $10. Its decline is evoking memories of Nortel, another Canadian tech giant, which ended up declaring bankruptcy in 2009.

Lazaridis, 51, remains on RIM’s board. Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa, a fellow board member, calls the Turkish-born Greek immigrant a genius who pioneered the smartphone. “It really would be unfortunate if anything happened to RIM, and I’d like to do whatever I can to help,” Watsa said.

In an interview with The Associated Press at RIM headquarters in Wa t e r-

loo, Heins said he won’t try to compete head-to-head with Apple but will try to build on RIM’s strengths, such as its dominance of the corporate smartphone market. RIM says more than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies use BlackBerry and that more than a million North American government workers rely on BlackBerry’s software security.

But Heins acknowledges RIM failed to quickly adapt to the emerging “bring your own device” trend, in which employees bring their personal iPhones or Android devices to work instead of relying on BlackBerrys issued by their employers.

That’s where BlackBerry 10 comes in — delayed but not too late to vie with the new Apple iPhone expected this fall, or so Heins hopes.

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A famer take his cattle in the Mount Agung area.

34 boy scouts of SMAN Abiansemal climb Mount Agung One falls into a ravine

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Amlapura (Bali Post)—

A total of 34 students coalesced into the Boy Scout entourage of SMAN 1 Abiansemal senior high school, Badung, climbed the Mount Agung on Saturday morning (Jun 9).

However, when going down the mountain with the altitude of 3,000 meters above sea level, a student fell into a ravine.

The victim Agus Bayu Sentana, 16, suffered a broken bone on right ankle. Chief of Selat Police, Nyoman Susila, with permission of the Karangasem Police Chief, Jefri Torunde, confirmed the incident last Saturday in Selat. He said the victim could be evacuated from the ravine where he fell around 3:00 p.m. local time. The victim had been evacuated to the Pasar Agung Temple post, where the entourage originally camped or spent their night. Later, the

victim was rushed to Sanglah Hospital.

Immediately, the victim was rushed to Emergency Room of Sanglah Hospital. Allegedly, the victim fell into the ravine due to exhaustion. Then, his feet slipped.

The victim was evacuated from an altitude of 2,100 meters above sea level. For the evacuation, the team involved the element of Karangasem SAR, Bali Police SAR, Karan-

gasem Police, Selat Police, regional disaster management agency (BPBD) of Karangasem, Sebudi residents and friends of the victim who had previously gone down the mountain.

Chief of Selat Police, Nyoman Susila, said the victim fell approximately at 08:00 a.m. The entourage previously climbed the Mount Agung from the climbing post at Pasar Agung Temple, Sebudi, Selat. It was conducted in conjunction with the activity to fill in the school holiday. The entourage was accompanied by a supervising teacher and a climbing guide. Chief Nyoman Susila said the victim was adequately lucky because the communication device worked properly, so that the report and rescue effort could be carried out more quickly. (013)

Kedonganan applies ‘blue economy’ concept Mangupura (Bali Post)—

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In this Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 photo, a man with an umbrella walks past part of the Research In Motion campus in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. These are troubling times for Waterloo, the town of 100,000 that was transformed by Research In Motion’s BlackBerry into Canada’s Silicon Valley.

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As real implementation of the wise marine resource utilization for the welfare of people, the Kedonganan village is now applying the concept of ‘blue economy.’

Committee Chairman of the Coral Triangle Day, I Wayan Yustisia Semarariana, amidst the Coral Triangle Day Festival and Beach Clean Up on Kedonganan Beach, Saturday (Jun 9) said the implementation of blue economy on the coastal areas of Kedonganan Beach, one of them, was marked by the opening of a new market for seafood lovers. Later on, the seafood restaurant should offer a fish menu whose fish was obtained from the eco-friendly catch of fishermen without damaging the beach or coastal territories. Such an activity was expected to serve as a starting point for Kedonganan

village and other coastal territories to exploit the marine resources wisely.

Minister of Fishery and Maritime Affairs, Cicip Syarif Sutardjo, on that occasion said that Bali had already implemented the concept of blue economy properly. Blue economy was more oriented to the coastal areas and maritime. On that account, Indonesia in the near future would soon adopt the concept of blue economy. Successful implementation of the green economy concept in the future would become an example for other countries to get to the blue economy. Moreover, the blue economy had already been applied by several countries, including Canada, South Korea and China.

“South Korea is the most developed country in the matter of this blue economy implementation. In the future, after successfully implementing the green economy, it

will be resumed with the development of blue economy,” he said.

China for example, had conducted experiments of blue economy in ten provinces where four of them had worked well and two others had started to show a successful result. Meanwhile, the remaining four provinces remained in the process leading to success. Parameter of the success could be seen from the capability of the country to attract tourists, including the garment industry, food, restaurant, tourism and so forth to China.

In the meantime, Indonesia, added Cicip, was greatly helped with the concept of blue economy considering the wealth of marine biological resources in Indonesia was very high. To that end, he asked to manage the marine resources well because it would make the Indonesian economy more robust. The blue economy itself could reduce the global carbon emissions. (kmb28)

Residents of Pacut hamlet, Rejasa village, Penebel, were recently hit by unrest. It happened because the bridge connecting the local village to other subdistricts set to be fragile. This condition made them anxious. They worried that their village would be isolated if the bridge over the Yeh Ho River collapsed.

Moreover, many parts of the wooden bridge had been holey and broken.

Fragility of the bridge has taken place for a long time, about two years.

The most dangerous damage is that many bolts binding the wooden parts of the bridge came off. As a result, the pieces of the wood are holey and broken.

Similarly, the side iron divider was in apprehensive condition and looked fragile. “Residents have long complained about the bridge condition. However, there are no indications to be repaired,” complained Agung Sumantra, one of the local residents, Saturday (Jun 9).

This man explained the bridge set to be built in 1994 and financed with the funds obtained from non-governmental organization and governmental assistance. Since its establishment, the bridge had been renovated twice and the last renovation was in 2005. The recent renovation was intended to replace the slabs used as track of vehicle wheels.

“Now, many wooden elements have been broken and holey,” he said.

Similar complaint was also expressed by another resident, Gede Yudiana. This man had jumped into the river because the bridge was fragile a few years ago. Fortunately, his life could have been helped after plunging from a height of 22 meters. He explained the bridge was the main route for residents to go to Tabanan town and some other subdistricts. Without the bridge, the residents should turn along 25 km. Despite connecting a small road, the bridge was always crowded with cars, even trucks conveying goods. Such condition made people more anxious. “The route can connect the residents to Batukaru Temple, Tambawaras up to Penatahan.

Therefore, it is always crowded by passing vehicles,” he said. Since the condition was fragile, residents hoped the bridge could be promptly repaired because the bridge was the only and closest route for residents. If the bridge collapsed, they would be isolated and had to turn around.

Chief of administrative hamlet of Pacut, Made Juliastra, explained the bridge fragility had long been complained by residents. Even, residents had proposed the closure for heavy vehicles. Since it belonged to regency road, the proposal of residents ended in stalemate. Consequently, until this moment many heavy vehicles were desperate to cross the bridge.

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Fresh out of hospital, Britain’s Prince Philip turns 91 Agence France Presse

Queen Elizabeth II’s husband Prince Philip celebrates his 91st birthday at home on Sunday, after five days of hospital treatment for a bladder infection sparked concerns about his health.

Balinese men fight using tied Pandanous leaves during the Mekare-kare ritual in Tenganan, East Bali, Indonesia, Friday, June 8, 2012. Mekare-kare is the highlight of a local Hindu ceremony.

The outspoken Duke of Edinburgh left London’s King Edward VII hospital on Saturday, just in time for his birthday. He was hospitalised on Monday in the midst of huge diamond jubilee celebrations marking his wife’s 60 years on the throne.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said Philip, the longest-serving royal consort in British history and the queen’s stalwart companion throughout her reign, would mark his birthday privately “at home”.

His illness came six months after he was treated for a blocked coronary artery after suffering chest pains. The prince was in good spirits as he walked out of the hospital in central London, shaking hands

with staff and smiling.

Asked if he was feeling better, he quipped: “Well, I wouldn’t be coming out if I wasn’t.”

He was driven to Windsor Castle near London, the BBC reported.

Two gun salutes will be fired in London on Monday to mark his birthday, but a palace spokesman said it was not yet known whether he will be able to carry out his hectic schedule of royal engagements in the coming week.

“He continues to make a good recovery and will continue his convalescence at home,” the spokesman said.

The illness forced Philip to miss the final two days of Britain’s

Bamboo points way to green construction in Bali

SIBANG KAJA - Strong, light and cheaper than steel poles, bamboo is ubiquitous across Asia as scaffolding.

So much so that in recognition of the material’s versatility, the Indonesian island of Bali has made it an emblem of sustainable construction, replacing buildings of concrete and steel with far greener alternatives.

An entire school, luxury villas and even a chocolate factory are the latest structures to rise from bamboo skeletons as the plant’s green credentials and strength are hailed.

The factory, which opened last year and produces organic drinking chocolate and cocoa butter, is the latest in a string of buildings on the island, including homes and businesses, to be built of bamboo.

Erected in the village of Sibang Kaja between the resort island’s smoggy capital Denpasar and the forests of Ubud, the factory is the initiative of specialty food firm Big Tree Farms, which claims the 2,550square-metre (27,500-square-foot) facility is the biggest commercial bamboo building in the world.

“Bamboo is unmatched as a sustainable building material. What it can do is remarkable,” Big Tree Farms co-founder Ben Ripple, 37, told AFP. “It grows far more quickly than timber and doesn’t destroy the land it’s grown on,” said Ripple, an American from Connecticut. “Our factory can be packed up and moved in days, so if we decided to shut it down one day, we’re not going to damage the rice paddies we sit on.”

The 100 hectares (247 acres) of paddies sit inside a so-called “bamboo triangle,” with the factory, school and villas standing at each of the three points.

Such ambitious bamboo projects in Bali are mostly driven by ecoconscious foreigners.

With studies showing construction to be one of the world’s least sustainable industries -- eating up around half of the globe’s nonrenewable resources -- sustainable

construction is slowly taking root around the world. It is among the key topics for discussion at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, which opens June 20 in Rio de Janeiro.

In Sibang, the tawny brown bamboo buildings with their grass thatched roofs appear to be rising from the earth.

The three-storey chocolate factory is pieced together using a complex system of scissor trusses and bolts, thanks to clever architecture.

It resembles the traditional longhouses found on Borneo island and was made with more than 18,000 metres (59,000 feet) of bamboo from Bali and Java. At Sibang’s nearby Green School, the 240 students -most of them children of expatriates -- learn in semi-outdoor classrooms decked with bamboo furniture.

The school, which opened in 2008 and was the magnet for the other two projects, has 25 bamboo buildings, the main one being a stilt-structure constructed with 2,500 bamboo poles, or culms.

“In Hong Kong and China, they make new skyscrapers of concrete

and glass using bamboo scaffolding. But here, the workmen stood on steel scaffolding to build this bamboo building. That’s always seemed funny to me,” said Green School admissions head Ben Macrory, from New York.

“In most parts of Asia, bamboo is seen as the poor man’s timber.”

Not, however, in Sibang, where the bamboo villas that nestle between the palm trees are worth $350,000 to $700,000 each.

Like decadent treehouses for adults, they have semi-outdoor areas and include innovative bamboo flooring that resembles smooth timber and jellybean-shaped coffee tables made from thin bamboo slats.

Bamboo -- technically a grass -- has been used in building for centuries because of its impressive strengthto-weight ratio.

Jules Janssen, an authority on bamboo in the Netherlands, says that the weight of a 5,000-kilogram (11,000-pound) elephant can be supported by a short bamboo stub with a surface area of just 10 square centimetres (1.5 square inches).

One reason bamboo is so environmentally-friendly is the speed at

which it grows, according to Terry Sunderland, a scientist at the Centre for International Forestry Research in Indonesia.

“In China, eucalyptus can grow at three to four metres (10-13 feet) a year, which is very impressive for timber. But building-quality bamboo will grow between six and 10 metres (20-33 feet) in that time,” he said.

And unlike trees that rarely grow back once felled, bamboo will continue to produce new shoots even after cutting. But even bamboo has its drawbacks.

Without intensive treatment, it is prone to rotting after exposure to water. It also catches fire relatively easily, which is why many countries limit bamboo structures to just a few storeys. Ripple acknowledged that building with bamboo was not foolproof, but expressed optimism that the technology to protect it from the elements will improve.

“A friend we work with here always says bamboo needs a hat, rain jacket and boots,” he said. “We’re lacking on the rain jacket a bit, but we’re looking at non-toxic materials to give it some protection.”

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh waves as he leaves King Edward VII Hospital in central London after being treated for a bladder infection, Saturday, June 9, 2012.

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Reforms open Myanmar tourist floodgates

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jubilee celebrations, including Monday’s star-studded pop concert outside Buckingham Palace.

Crowds at the concert cheered and shouted “Philip! Philip!” after heir to the throne Prince Charles suggested; “If we shout loud enough, he might just hear us in hospital.”

The Duke also missed an appearance by the main royals on the palace balcony on Tuesday, when crowds of flag-waving revellers again surrounded the building in a sea of red, white and blue.

He is famous for his off-colour jokes -- once telling a British student in China that “If you stay here much longer, you’ll go home with slitty eyes” -- but family members say he is a key source of support for the 86-year-old queen.

“He is her rock, really, and she is his,” the couple’s granddaughter Princess Eugenie told Britain’s Sky News in an interview broadcast Saturday.

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A woman looks at posters for the French general election, in Nice, southeastern France, Saturday, June 9, 2012, on the eve of the first round of the French general election.

Polls open in French legislative elections

Associated Press Writer

PARIS — Polls are open in France where voting for the lower house of parliament begins, which will determine whether new President Francois Hollande’s Socialists or rival conservatives control the government.

The Sunday elections, followed by runoffs a week later, will also show whether Hollande can push his tax-the-rich, downwith-austerity agenda, and how

much of a voice the far right will have in policies on immigration and Muslim practices.

The legislative race hasn’t garnered nearly the headlines or drama of the presidential race in April and May, and many polls suggest turnout among France’s 46 million voters could be around 40 percent — far less than in Hollande’s showdown with Nicolas Sarkozy.

The new lower house serves for the next five years — coinciding with Hollande’s five-year term.

The hotels are full or eye-wateringly expensive, creased dollar bills are worthless and credit cards are widely refused -- welcome to Myanmar, Asia’s next big tourist destination.

The Southeast Asian nation, once shielded from international eyes by a brutal military junta and a travel boycott supported by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, has become a must-see for many travellers.

“Because the country has been so isolated, the deeply Buddhist ‘Land of the Golden Pagoda’ resonates with a strong sense of place, undiluted by mass tourism and warmed by genuine hospitality,” the New York Times said in January, ranking the country third on its list of the top 45 destinations of 2012.

But the influx of tourists is posing a challenge to the burgeoning travel industry in a country where a string of political reforms has not been matched by infrastructure development.

The few hotels in Yangon offering international standards of business accommodation have begun to charge up to several hundred dollars a night for rooms that were half the price, if not less, a year ago.

Even hoteliers admit that the situation is unsustainable. “To be really honest at this point I don’t think that Myanmar is ready yet to cope with the high demand of mass tourism,” said Thomas Moons, front office manager at the colonial-style Governor’s Residence hotel in Yangon.

“At the moment in terms of avail-

ability and accommodation that we’re able to offer, it’s just not enough to cope with demand,” he told AFP. “People might think that if they come to Myanmar they will have a cheap holiday when it’s completely the opposite.”

While few doubt Myanmar’s attraction to tourists, some people returning to the country say they enjoyed it more before the hordes arrived.

Klaus, a 61-year-old German travelling with his wife in the remote western town of Sittwe, said they were “disappointed” by their third trip to Myanmar.

“There are too many people this time, even though it is April (the peak of hot season),” he told AFP.

“People in hotels used to be so nice -- smiling and taking care of us -- but they don’t have time anymore... And hotel prices have gone through the roof.”

International arrivals have rocketed, with almost 365,000 foreigners jetting into the main city Yangon in 2011, up 22 percent on the previous year and almost double the figure for 2003, industry figures show.

This year is likely to see another jump, with more than 175,000 arrivals between January and April, against almost 130,000 in the same period of 2011. According to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, there are only around 8,000 hotels rooms in the city.

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Western tourists are seen visiting the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.

The hotels are full or eye-wateringly expensive, creased dollar bills are worthless and credit cards are widely refused -- welcome to Myanmar, Asia’s next big tourist destination

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African sleeping sickness shrouded in superstition Agence France Presse

A frail 65-year-old woman sitting under the mango trees in a rural village in Chad suffers from a tropical disease that eats into the brain, and the locals blame on witchcraft. “I’ve been suffering for more than two months now. I have headaches, fever, and I just feel very tired,” said Lea Sadene, who has just been tested and diagnosed.

She has Human African trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness, which is transmitted by tsetse flies found in 36 sub-Saharan African countries.

Sadene is in the first phase of the often fatal illness. Without treatment in four months to a year, “the parasite penetrates into the brain, causing serious neurological symptoms, until death,” said Doctor Benedict Blaynay, head of neglected tropical diseases at French AP Photo/Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

In this Thursday, June 7, 2012 photo proivded by the Oregon Park and Recreations Department, an unidentified worker burns off debris from a dock float torn loose from a Japanese fishing port by the 2011 tsunami that washed up Tuesday on Agate Beach near Newport, Ore.

Officials worry about creatures on tsunami dock Associated Press Writer

When the tsunami hit the northern coast of Japan last year, the waves ripped four dock floats the size of freight train boxcars from their pilings in the fishing port of Misawa and turned them over to the whims of wind and currents. One floated up on a nearby island. Two have not been seen again. But one made an incredible journey across 5,000 miles of ocean that ended this week on a popular Oregon beach.

Along for the ride were hundreds of millions of individual organisms, including a tiny species of crab, a species of algae, and a little starfish all native to Japan that have scientists concerned if they get a chance to spread out on the West Coast.

“This is a very clear threat,” said John Chapman, a research scientist at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Ore., where the dock washed up early Tuesday. “... It’s incredibly difficult to predict what will happen next.”

A dozen volunteers scraped the dock clean of marine organisms and sterilized it with torches Thursday to prevent the spread of invasive species, said Chris Havel, spokesman for the state Department of Parks and Recreation, which is overseeing

the dock’s fate. The volunteers removed a ton and a half of material from the dock, and buried it above the high-water line, Havel said.

Biologists have identified one species of seaweed, known as wakame, that is native to Japan and has established in Southern California but has not yet been seen in Oregon, he said.

While scientists expect much of the floating debris to follow the currents to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an accumulation of millions of tons of small bits of plastic floating in the northern Pacific, tsunami debris that can catch the wind is making its way to North America. In recent weeks, a soccer ball washed up in Alaska, and a Harley Davidson motorcycle in a shipping container was found in British

Columbia, Canada.

How the dock float — 165 tons of concrete and steel measuring 66 feet long, 19 feet wide and 7 feet high — turned up on Agate Beach, a mile north of Newport, was probably determined within sight of land in Japan, said Jan Hafner, a computer programmer in the University of Hawaii’s International Pacific Research Center, which is tracking the 1.5 million tons of tsunami debris likely floating across the Pacific.

That’s where the winds, currents and tides are most variable, due to changes in the coastline and the features of the land, even for two objects a few yards apart, he said. Once the dock float got into the ocean, it was pushed steadily by the prevailing westerly winds, and the North Pacific current.

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pharmaceutical giant Sanofi.

“The symptoms can cause a change in personality, mental deterioration, leading to a long sleep or coma,” which gives the illness its name, he said.

Chadian health officials say around 3,300 people were infected between 2001 and 2011 in several areas of the landlocked central African nation, one of the poorest in the world. “With more than 100 cases per year Chad is considered an endemic country,” said Doctor Peka Mallaye, who is in charge of the national programme to fight against sleeping sickness.

In Kobitoi in southern Chad recently, village women lined up with their children, many with swollen bellies, in the scorching sun as temperatures hit 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) to undergo tests for the disease organised with Sanofi.

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Five universities in Bali joined BAF

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DENPASAR – Five universities in Bali for the first time took part in Bali Art Festival (BAF) opening ceremony that held on Sunday. This opening session was watched by Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his entourage from Jakarta.

“Usually only Indonesia Art Institute (ISI) that participated in the BAF’s opening ceremony.

But on this BAF, there are five universities will participate,”

explained Head of Parade Committee, I Gede Arya Sugiartha.

He said that the five universities that taking part on the opening are ISI Denpasar, Hindu Indonesia University (UNHI) Denpasar, Hindu Dharma Institute (IHDN) Denpasar, Warma Dewa University (UNWAR) Denpasar, and Udayana (Unud).

Besides universities, there are several participants from other province in Indonesia, such as Mataram, Palangkaraya, and Maluku.

Futuristic Computer Program Arrives Ahead of Computer Quantum computers don’t exist yet, but physicists already have a software program ready for them to use. A group of scientists has designed an algorithm that they say could run on any future quantum computer to simulate all the possible interactions between two colliding particles. The program could be used to model how the universe evolved after the Big Bang, when conditions cooled enough for the formation of subatomic particles called quarks, which then collided with each other to form protons and neutrons. Eventually, the first atoms were born.

The complexity of a particle’s quantum properties makes these post-Big Bang interactions far too complicated for existing computers to simulate.

Scientists are hoping for the eventual creation of computers based on the principles of quantum physics. Such computers would use quantum processor switches that could exist in both “on” and “off” states simultaneously, enabling them to consider all possible solutions to a problem at once.

Quantum computers should be able to perform incredibly complex calculations at a

small fraction of the time required by current technology.

“We have this theoretical model of the quantum computer, and one of the big questions is: What physical processes that occur in nature can that model represent efficiently?”

Stephen Jordan of the National Institute of Standards and Technology said in a statement.

“Maybe particle collisions, maybe the early universe after the Big Bang? Can we use a quantum computer to simulate them and tell us what to expect?”

Jordan, a theorist in the institute’s applied and computational mathematics division, and his colleagues detail their algorithm in a paper published in the June 1 issue of the journal Science. Experts say quantum computers could be decades away but it’s not too soon to think about what they can do.

“Universal quantum computers in the strict sense do not yet exist, but it is still of fundamental importance to know which problems they can solve more efficiently than classical computers,” wrote scientists, led by Philipp Hauke of Spain’s Institute of Photonic Sciences, in an accompanying essay in the same issue of Science.

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The new algorithm could be used on any quantum computer to model how the universe evolved after the Big Bang, a process far too complicated for today’s computers to simulate.

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Balinese dancers wearing traditional outfits parade during the annual month-long Bali Arts Festival in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, June 10, 2012.

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Bali launched Dwipa Jaya Dance

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DENPASAR – Bali’s government launched a dance that calls Bali Dwipa Jaya. This dance will be the mascot of Bali. The first performance of this dance was performed in Ardha Chandra open stage during the opening ceremony of 34th Bali Art Festival on Sunday, June 10, 2012.

“The mascot dance performed by 13 dancers that consist of one man and 12 women dancers. This first performance will be watch by President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang

Yudhoyono,” said lecturer from Indonesia Art Intitute (ISI) Denpasar, I Gede Arya Sugiartha.

According to Sugiartha, Bali Dwipa Jaya dance composed by

Rector of ISI Denpasar Prof Dr I Wayan RaiS. MA and being helped by his team; Sri Natih, Surya Negara, Wayan Sudarta, and Komang Sri Wahyuni.

Schedule of 34th BAF Tuesday, June 12, 2012 Time

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Activity

11.00 WITA

Stage Angsoka

Special Dance Performance

16.00 WITA

Stage Angsoka

Special Dance Performance

20.00 WITA

Stage Ayodya

Special Dance Performance

20.00 WITA

Ksirarnawa Hall

Modern Balinese Theatre

20.00 WITA

Ardha Chandra

Children’s Gong Kebyar

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Bali’s artists performed in the opening ceremony of 34th Bali Art Festival (BAF) that being watched by President Susilo Bambang Yudhono and First lady Ani Yudhoyono (not seen in the picture). Five universities in Bali for the first time took part in Bali Art Festival (BAF) opening ceremony that held on Sunday.

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Jakarta based Aston International announced that the group is in process of developing its third 5 star Grand Aston in Indonesia, the Grand Aston Tunjungan Hotel & Convention Center - Surabaya.

The Indonesia Tourism Industry Association (GIPI) of Bali asked the government to direct the container transport passing in Bali to take advantage of the sea transport. Now, the overland transport has become the main route for container transport from Java to Bali or vice versa. Thousands of vehicles carrying containers traversed this crowded road section every day. of economy because our road was small and single lane only. At least, if our roads were not passed through by vehicles conveying containers they would be more comfortable.

“We have actually been discussing this matter for a long time in the discussion on the moratorium against the construction of tourist accommodation,” he said.

For information, the number of trailer conveying cargo containers passing through the land during the period of April 2012 reached 587 units. Such amount tended to increase every month namely 445 trailers in January, 504 trailers in February and 561 trailers in March. The containers transported by trailer increased the traffic congestion that resulted in the high number of traffic accidents along the Gilimanuk-Denpasar road section because the commercial routes in Bali as a whole remained through the Tanjung Perak Harbor in Surabaya. (kmb27)

Gold intensely pursued by investors in Bali

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Amidst of the unstable economic condition and unpredictable fluctuations in stock price of the world, gold is still regarded as the safest investment. People consider that gold is very attractive and safe investment as well as its liquidity is so good so that whenever people need money they can easily re-sell it.

Branch Manager of Monex Investindo Futures Bali, Mohamad Susanto, said that investors of futures exchange in Bali increasingly chased the gold commodity. It happened because investing in gold offered more lucrative advantages. “Gold remains to

become the first choice even though the price had dropped some time,” said Susanto, Friday (Jun 8).

According to him, gold had not lost its charm. Price reductions even opened the opportunity to purchase at much cheaper prices than ever before.

The lower the price of gold, the more attractive status it had as a means of investment.

“The knowledge of Balinese people to invest in the futures market and stock market is getting better. Currently, there are about 10-20 percent of Balinese people have known about stock market. We are currently marketing the shares of the US market,” he explained.

He explained the number of investors in the futures market in Bali significantly increased recently. The existing customers under the auspices of Monex amounted to 300 securities accounts. Meanwhile, the amount of funds under his management up to this midyear reached IDR 20 billion. This year, the number of clients and assets under his management were estimated to rise 50 percent.

He explained the number of investors who invested their money in foreign exchange, index and commodities recently had begun to increase. It was in line with the increasing public understanding on the investment. (kmb27)

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by overland transport was not a simple matter. Issuance of the building permit for warehouse had become the cause of many containers transported overland. He compared the condition in Bali to the warehouse in a number of countries.

“Warehouse should be built in harbor area, but in Bali the warehouses scattered around the city. To that end, the government should stop the issuance of building permits for warehouse in urban areas,” he said.

He said that government should act decisively where the warehouse should be established near the harbor, so that the transport of goods from outside is carried out by sea.

“If this measure is taken, the roads of Bali will not be made crowded by the container transport and our shipping industry will be able to revive,” he explained.

Similarly, he also mentioned it was difficult for Bali to separate the road of tourism from the road

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Container transport disrupts tourism

“Indeed, the tourism route may not be combined with the route of economy. Necessarily, they should be separated. If they are put together both will be disturbed,” said Ngurah Wijaya in Denpasar, Friday (Jun 8).

Other than interfering with the public traffic and tourism, the high volume of container transport taking advantage of overland route would also cause the shipping industry to be getting worse. Container transport taking advantage of large trucks had to use the services of sea route.

“At the moment, the containers from Java to Bali or on the contrary are transported by overland transport. Meanwhile, the roads in Bali are small. If this matter is not set properly then our tourism will be disrupted. Therefore, this should become a concern of the government as regulator,” he said.

According to him, the large number of containers transported

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The beautiful scenery of Jatiluwih

After being a World Cultural Heritage

Tourist visit rate to Jatiluwih remains a few Tabanan (Bali Post)—

Determination of Jatiluwih area in Penebel as a World Cultural Heritage

by UNESCO in fact has not had a maximum impact for local farmers. It is indicated by the number of tourist visit to the destination stays normal and even it seems a small number.

Several irrigation infrastructures have not been touched by improvements.

Farmers expected the determination of UNESCO would have a positive impact for the residents, especially in the agricultural activities. “Until now, there have been no significant changes at Jatiluwih whereas it has officially been included in the World Cultural Heritage,” said the administrator of Subak Gunungsari, Jatiluwih, Semarajaya, Friday (Jun 8). Previously, farmers dreamed of getting a change when Jatiluwih became a world cultural heritage.

He described a number of irrigation channels at Jatiluwih should be repaired because some were broken and collapsed so that diminished the water flow into the rice fields. However, after the determination by UNESCO there had been no indications of repairs made against the damaged irrigation channels. “Farmers expected the irrigation channels can be repaired.

Anyhow, we have become a tourist attraction here,” he said.

Aside from repair to the minimal

infrastructure, said Semarajaya, the number of tourist visit to the region had not indicated any sharp increase.

On average, 150-200 tourists made a visit to the region each day. “The tourist visit remains normal, we do not yet know the cause,” he explained whereas it was currently a holiday season in western countries. Ideally, the visit rate should increase and have an impact on farmers at Jatiluwih. The farmland area spreading across 300 hectares was cultivated by at least 100 farmers. They all relied on livelihood from the farming of red rice.

The lack of tourist visits to Jatiluwih was also disclosed by a tourist guide, Sudira. The man from Denpasar admitted if the demand of guests for sightseeing to the agricultural destination was still fairly minimal, even there was no improvement. “If guests do not request to come here (Jatiluwih—Ed), we will not escort to this destination,” he said. He hoped that after determination by UNESCO, the demand of tourist for visiting Jatiluwih would increase.

Different explanation was delivered by the Head of Tabanan Tourism and Culture Agency, Wayan Adnyana. This official explained that based on the report from the management of Jatiluwih tourist attraction the foreign tourist visit began to increase after the determination made by UNESCO. (kmb30)

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The Grand Aston Tunjungan Hotel & Convention Center – Surabaya is the largest and most significant new hotel development in Surabaya since the 1997 / 98 Asian financial crisis.

With 320 rooms and suites spread over 23 floors, 7 meeting rooms, a pillar less ballroom with a capacity of more than 1000 people, several restaurants and cafes including Surabaya’s first revolving roof top restaurant and cocktail bar and comprehensive recreational facilities such as a swimming pool, full service spa and well equipped gymnasium, the new Aston will also be the tallest hotel tower in the city promising to become a dominant feature in Surabaya’s increasingly impressive skyline.

Located in the very heart of Surabaya’s central business district on Jalan Tunjungan and connected to the popular Siola Shopping Mall the new Grand Aston Tunjungan Hotel &

Convention Center aims to become one of the city’s key commercial and social hubs targeting a growingly affluent and discerning Indonesian and SE Asian business clientele as well as international conventions and exhibitions.

Surabaya is Indonesia’s second largest city and the capital of the province of East Java.

As the main seaport and commercial center in the eastern region of Indonesia, Surabaya has become one of the largest and most vibrant cities in South East Asia and has a fast growing population of approximately 3 million.

Norbert Vas, Aston International’s VP Sales & Marketing said, “Our intention is to bring an exciting and stylish yet sophisticated and luxurious hotel to Surabaya and we are in no doubt that the Grand Aston Tunjungan Hotel & Convention Center will becone of the most intriguing hotels in the country.”

Calendar Event for May 20 through June 20, 2012 26 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.

30 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.

5 Jun Anggar Kasih Dukut.

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.

6 Jun Buda Umanis Dukut Pura Agung Pasek Gelgel Sibang Kaja Abiansemal Pura Dalem Samplangan Gianyar 16 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.

18 Jun Some Ribek.

Pura Jati Jembrana Pura Kawitan Batugaing Bangli Pura Tirta Wening Tambak Sari Surabaya 20 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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Surviving Bee Gee mourns Robin Gibb’s loss Associated Press Writer

THAME, England — Surviving Bee Gee Barry Gibb lamented the loss of his brother, telling mourners on Friday that he would miss Robin Gibb’s “magnificent mind and his beautiful heart.” He said Robin’s death from cancer last month at age 62 means that he would now be reunited with his late twin brother Maurice, who died in 2003.

“They were both beautiful,” Barry Gibb said. “And now they’re together. They’re actually together.” Many mourners at St. Mary’s Church wept as Robin’s coffin was brought into the church while the Bee Gees classic “How Deep is Your Love” was played.

Robin’s widow Dwina and his elderly mother Barbara were close behind. Barbara Gibb has outlived three of her four sons.

Singer Andy Gibb, who had a successful solo career, died in 1988. The Bee Gees, known for soaring harmonies and disco tunes, were one of the most popular bands in history. Robin Gibb also enjoyed success as a solo artist and as a songwriter.

Crowds of mourners lined the streets of the southern English town before the service as a glass-sided horse-drawn carriage pulled Robin Gibb’s coffin to the church.

The cortege was followed by Robin’s two

Irish wolfhounds, Ollie and Missy, along with friends and family.

Barry Gibb told the congregation that his late brother Robin’s humor was always present, even in times of tension between the two. “We were laughing all the way,” Barry Gibb said. “Sometimes crying. God knows how much we argued. Even right up to the end we found conflict with each other, which now means nothing.”

Guests filed out of the church to the sound of the Bee Gees’ song “I Started A Joke,” which includes the line: “Till I finally died, which started the whole world living.” Gibb was then buried in the churchyard, with a piper playing “Ellan Vannin,” the unofficial anthem of the Isle of Man, where the Bee Gees were born.

Mourners tossed red roses into the grave.

A memorial service is scheduled for a later date.

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Monday, June 11, 2012 Possums help oust Australian PM from her home Page 6

Euro-Danes stun Dutch, Germany start with win Page 8

LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan emerged uninjured from a collision with a dump truck on a coastal highway near Los Angeles on Friday, returning to the set of her new movie hours after the accident left her sports car crumpled.

Santa Monica Police Sgt. Richard Lewis said there was no sign Lohan was impaired at the time of the accident and said his agency would continue to investigate who was at fault in the wreck.

The truck’s driver was uninjured and that driver also showed no signs of driving under the influence, Lewis said.

Police are seeking witnesses to the crash, writing in a news release that detectives were trying to determine who was driving. Lohan was traveling with a male assistant to the set of her new film; the assistant was also uninjured.

“We’re treating this as a regular accident,” Lewis said. The agency is accepting anonymous tips about the wreck, and offering a $1,000 reward if it leads to an arrest.

The accident at around 11:40 a.m.

Friday on the Pacific Coast Highway occurred while Lohan was on her way to film scenes for the Lifetime movie “Liz and Dick,” which chronicles the love affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Lohan’s publicist Steve

Honig said the actress was released about two hours after the accident and was returned to the set to continue filming.

“Fortunately, no one was seriously injured in the accident,” he wrote in an email. Honig declined further comment, including on who was driving, citing the

Canadian tech town feels BlackBerry’s decline Page 12

Bullish Denmark not getting carried away Reuters

KHARKIV - Denmark might be sitting pretty atop Group B with Germany but they know they must improve significantly to make a prolonged impact on Euro 2012. Despite a famous 1-0 victory over Netherlands, several Danish players produced ordinary performances and if it was not for the woeful finishing of the much-vaunted Dutch forwards they could easily have conceded four or five goals.

Netherlands hit the target only eight times in 28 attempts with Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder in profligate mood and Denmark playmaker Christian Eriksen told reporters he felt the Dutch were ““pretty harmless”. The same could be said of Denmark, however, and coach Morten Olsen still has plenty of work to do.

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Barry Gibb places a rose on his brother Robin’s grave during his burial in the churchyard in Thame, England Friday June 8, 2012.

Lindsay Lohan OK after wreck on coastal highway Associated Press Writer

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pending investigation. “First and foremost, we’re concerned about the wellbeing of Lindsay and anyone else who may have been involved in the accident,” Lifetime spokesman Les Eisner said, adding, “Lindsay has been doing fantastic work on the set of ‘Liz and Dick.’”

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (middle) accompanied by Education and Cultural Minister Muhammad Nuh (left), opening the 34th Bali Art Festival (BAF) by playing the raditional Balinese instrument, Okokan, on Sunday, June 10, 2012.

President opened the Bali Art Festival Antara

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Lindsay Lohan’s crashed Porsche lies on a flatbed tow truck, after it collided with a truck on Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, Calif., Friday, June 8, 2012.

DENPASAR - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Sunday witnessed a parade of ornamental vehicles to commemorate the 34th Bali Art Festival.

President accompanied by First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, several ministers and Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika, officially kicked off the parade by seeing off the participants of the parade from a street near People`s Struggle Monument

in Bali.

The parade itself is participated in by 18 groups of people coming from Bali and other areas in Indonesia such as from North Sumatra, West Nusa Tenggara and the local Chinese community.

See schedule and news of Bali Art Festival in P3.

Michael Khron-Dehli