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A boy and his mother visit the Kerobokan Jail. Atmosphere in Kerobokan Prison, Denpasar, after the riots on Saturday (Jun 25) early days are now gradually calming down.

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This condition was revealed by Spokesperson of Bali Police, Hariadi, when asked for his confir-

mation on the sidelines of the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of Bhayangkara at Renon Square on

Sunday (Jun 26). He said, other than guarding around the prison, police officers would also investigate the

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Richard Gere could promote Borobudur

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KEROBOKAN - Atmosphere in Kerobokan Prison, Denpasar, after the riots on Saturday (Jun 25) early days are now gradually calming down. However, some police officers, either from Bali Police, Badung Police or North Kuta Police are still alerted at the scene to anticipate any inconveniences.

causes of unrest.

Hariadi further explained that it was unknown exactly when police would conduct the examination.

Until Sunday afternoon, none had been examined to find out the causes of the unrest. “Clearly, situation in the prison has now been safe and under control,” he told journalists.

After his visit to the temple Antara

Borobudur – The visit of the Hollywood actor Richard Gere to Borobudur Temple which is located in Magelang, Central java could give extra value to Indonesia. It could promote the beautiful temple to the tourists abroad.

The Director of PT Tourism Park which manage Borobudur, Prambanan, and Ratu Boko Temples, Purnomo Siswoprasetjo, said that he hope that the visit by the famous actor could also promote the tourism site in other countries.

“We always provide the best service to whoever coming to the

temples. Who knows Richard Gere can be our tourism representative in promoting Borobudur,” he added.

Purnomo also said that Gere could give explanation about the current security condition in Indonesia because many tourists reluctant to visit the country after the several terrorism acts happened.

“The visit by the famous actor from US is a great opportunity to us to promote Borobudur. Hopefully he can take other famous movie stars to visit Indonesia,” he added.

The visit of Richard Gere to Borobudur is because of the invitation of Indonesian Cultural and Tourism, Jero Wacik.

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US actor Richard Gere greets Indonesian performers after watching a traditional dance at the Borobudur temple in Magelang in Central Java province on June 26, 2011.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Bali News Art Center Library Condition Worrying Denpasar (Bali Post) –

The condition of Bali Art Center (Taman Budaya) has been worrying and never taken care when actually the book collections here were varied and some are rare. “But it seemed the worker in Art Center did not want to arrange the books well,” one visitor, Made Budarsana, explained last Sunday (26/6).

According to Budarsana, this library is strategic being in the east of stage Ayodya which usually becomes a performance area in Bali Arts Festival. Yet the uncared library made no one wants to go in there.

“Actually there’s so many special books collection there about culture and very good quality. It’s a shame if public couldn’t use it as reference or just to increase their culture knowledge,” he explained. What’s more worrying, the thousand books on the lower floor were just left like that which could damage the books easily and eaten by mites.

Contacted separately, Head of

Bali Art Center Ketut Mantara Gandi admitted the library hasn’t been arranged well as until now Art Center hasn’t got a librarian and so just guarded by a staff. Apparently before this there was a librarian that took care of everything here yet this person was taken back to work in Bali Regional Library Board. “The condition is like that. Even there is someone who’s guarding it, it’s only a staff and not a librarian,” he explained. He added he will try to arrange it again so it’s better and suggest to the Governor so librarian would be here as this place is relatively visited by tourists. (kmb13)

Increasing AIDS Sufferers in Jembrana Negara (Bali Post) –

The number of Jembrana HIV/ AIDS sufferers has been worrying according to Jembrana Health Agency. Even though the number of people who wants to check increased, yet the condition is much worse than that.

Head of the Agency, dr. I Putu Suasta, stated until Sunday (26/6) at least 20 people 18-30 years old checked to VCT (Voluntary Counselling Test) Clinic per month and six or seven people were found positive. “There’s two possibilities it’s increasing this year, first the many people has been checking up and second that it is increasing as well,” he explained.

Many of them were mothers who are having affairs or teenagers in free environment. This sexual behaviour of the public might have been caused mostly by this and it could be

avoided by ABC, Abstinence (desire control), Be faithful (to only one partner) and Condom (to use condom). Night entertainment cafes can be the problem to this. “Café servants, sex commercial workers and plus massage workers are most risked not only from drinking and massaging but the fact there’ll be intercourse,” he explained. Outside marriages affairs are also a cause where mothers has more than one partner. This has become another factor why it has increased.

According to Suasta those who have it can transfer it to their babies if they are pregnant. In 2010 there were two mothers who had it, one still survives until now and another has died. This increasing cases has to be acted and Government has been trying to prevent it by forming organisations care of AIDS and also socialisations. (kmb26)

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The Dewa Ruci Garden which maybe will be removed due to the plan to develop an underpass.

Underpass Project

Dewa Ruci Garden Dispatched Mangupura (Bali Post) –

A number of gardens in Simpang Dewa Ruci will be victim for the underpass project as Badung Cleanliness and Ground Agency has prepared to dispatch them stated by Head of the agency I Putu Eka Merthawan when contacted last Sunday (26/6).

Not long ago the agency was sur-

veying places that will be the toll way Nusa Dua-Benoa and underpass Simpang Dewa Ruci. Turns out the gardens on the west and east of the Dewa Ruci statues has to be taken out. “Not only that a number of electricity cables and water fountain has to be secured so no artistic value will be decreased from the statue,” he explained.

About the time of the dispatch, Merthawan can’t make sure of it yet although in this three months province will give a socialisation. How about the LED TV in the Simpang?

Former Protocol and Public Relation Head for Badung Secretariat clarified the LED TV is on the way and it is not told what’s going to happen to it. (kmb25)

Pura Desa Repair Pura Segara Yeh Anakan Caught Fire Seririt (Bali Post) –

The people of Yeh Anakan, Banjarasem Village, Seririt, felt happy and sad in the same time as when they were repairing Pura Desa (Village Temple), a shrine meru tumpang tiga at Pura Segara (Sea Shore Temple) caught on fire last Friday (24/6).

The incident happened when the residents were starting the ceremony of the repairing. A number of former shrines were dispatched and taken to the beach to be burnt which took place nearby the Pura Segara. Mean-

while in the same time, Head of Yeh Anakan Village, Jro Bendesa Nengah Wardika with the other officials and priest were in the Pura Desa to start the first stone placement ceremony. After burning it, the residents left the remains nearby the Pura Segara without knowing that some are still burning. When residents went back to Pura Desa, there were reports saying fire was on one of the shrines in Pura Segara which has a flammable roof of fibres. “The fire came from the remains that flew

due to strong wind. If it’s not left like this, it won’t be burnt severely,” a resident from the shores explained last Sunday (26/6).

Wardika confirmed it happened during the start of the ceremony where all was happy to at last fix it with the fund given from a donator who’s working in Balikpapan. After trying to put off the fire several times with the help of residents from the sea shores, it won’t go off and before fire brigades came the shrine was totally burnt. (kmb15)

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40 percent of beaches in Bali suffer from abrasion

80 percent of investment owned by foreigners

Denpasar most serious

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Abrasion rate of coastal territory getting worse in Bali is accused due to activities of natural resource exploration carried out blindly. It is further aggravated by development activities tending to ignore the environmental sustainability. Currently, 40 percent of beaches stretching along the coast of Bali are ascertained to have been preyed by abrasion. Chairman of Bali environmental rescue and protection (SKPPLH), Made Mangku, revealed the matter on Sunday (Jun 26).

Based on research conducted by his team some time ago, Mangku said that coastal erosion by waves and ocean currents were almost spread all over Bali. It was said Bali had beaches along 460 km where 40 percent of the length was categorized to have been abraded.

“This rate indicates severe abrasion.

The worst rate of abrasion occurs along the coast of Sanur and Padanggalak, East Denpasar. Virtually all the beaches of Denpasar have been crushed by severe abrasion,” he said.

Even, he said, the water crib blocks or breaking waves installed by local government to withstand the onslaught of waves actually exacerbated and accelerated the abrasion if not taken care of properly. From the research conducted by his party, a meter of crib installed on the beach for 10 years would cause abrasion along four meters in the surrounding areas that were not protected by crib, he reminded.

In response to the condition, said Mangku, government should rehabili-

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The severe abrasion which happen on Lebih Beach in Gianyar Regency. tate the beach instead of installing cribs. Moreover, he considered there had been mismanagement in the crib installation. “Other than natural factor, abrasion is also caused by incorrect handling. So far, many individuals in the government had orientation to make the program into a project.

We deeply regret it,” he complained.

According to Mangku, coastal abrasion in Denpasar like on Padanggalak Beach reached four meters per year. Seeing the fact, seriousness of government was highly required in handling it so the abrasion could be minimized as low as possible. “Progressively severe abrasion in Bali is also triggered by the presence of large-scale sand mining in river basin at mountain areas leading to sea for building materials. This triggered an imbalance on coastal sand flow,” he said while adding that within one hour there were about 38

trucks carrying sand from the mountains for construction in the city.

Except for Denpasar, he said, quite severe abrasion also occurred in Badung including on the beach of Canggu, Kuta and Seminyak. Meanwhile, for Tabanan, the point of a relatively severe abrasion occurred in the region of Kerambitan, Negara on Cupel Beach, Buleleng on the beach of Gerokgak, Pemuteran, Kampung Tinggi, eastward until Ponjok Batu and Penimbang. Then, in Karangasem, the most severe abrasion occurred in the region of Tianyar, while in Klungkung happened around Goa Lawah and Lebih Beach in Gianyar.

“In general, the beaches in Denpasar undergo the most severe abrasion. In terms of the abrasion area, Buleleng had the most extensive area reaching 160 kilometers along the coastline, while Denpasar only has 9 kilometers,” he explained. (kmb13)

Turnover of tilapia traders drops up to 50 percent Bangli (Bali Post)—

Massive tilapia death on Lake Batur, Kintamani, due to sulfuric blast occurred since June 19 has an incredible impact on the sales of fish in the level of food traders. The natural phenomenon in Batur has caused a decline in turnover by 50 percent. Other than a decline in turnover, scarcity in fish supply is also estimated to occur until next October.

An owner of Warung Bagong, I Wayan Sukamara, Sunday (Jun 26), said that he strongly felt tremendous impact on such natural phenomenon. After the case widely spread, his frequent customers drastically

reduced. Normally, every day he could sell fresh tilapia up to 80 kg.

At the moment, he could only sell maximally 40 kg.

His fish supply was obtained from Batur, especially tilapia that was not affected by sulfuric bursts.

Not all fish cages in Batur suffered such a fate, but only some points experiencing massive fish death. He strongly felt the impact considering that so far most points affected by the sulfuric bursts were his fish suppliers. As consequence, to meet the fish supply he should find out an alternative to fish farmers at Sangeh or there was possibility to directly bring in from West Java.

As predicted, the death of fish that should be harvested en masse about next month would lead to scarcity of fish supply up to several months. The former legislator in Bangli House in the 1999-2004 tenure expected that government should take immediate measures to help farmers because most fish farmers took advantage of loans from bank. From several owners of fish cage becoming his suppliers, to build some fish cages they should spend approximately IDR 350 million, while the harvest valued at around IDR 19 million. If farmers were not helped, they would suffer great losses and it was feared the availability of fish would discontinue. (kmb17)

Bali relying on tourism sector is on target of big investors.

Based on the receipt of investment plan during the first quarter of 2011, it has been noted there are totally 25 projects consisting of foreign investment (PMA) and domestic investment (PMDN) worth IDR 340,309,706. The investment is supported by tertiary sector dominated by foreign investment including construction, trade and repair, hotels and restaurants.

Unfortunately, 80 percent of the investment is owned by foreigners, while only 20 percent is undertaken by domestic investors. Chairman of PHRI Denpasar, Ida Bagus Sidharta, said that Bali just served as a cash cow. IB Sidharta explained that investments along Jalan Pantai Sanur or in Kuta and Nusa Dua area were mostly owned by investors from outside. Similarly, most perpetrators of handicraft industry in Bali came from outside Bali.

“If possible, this must be discontinued because Bali just gets the traffic congestion, garbage and other problems, while the results of tourism run out of this region,” said IB Sidharta in Denpasar on Sunday (Jun 26).

According to IB Sidharta, the high foreign investment caused capital flight or a very high economic leakage because Bali highly depended on factor of production from outside Bali.

At the moment, raw materials and workforce were brought in from outside Bali. It was certainly inseparable from of the coming of investors from outside Bali whose network from outside.

“We’re not allergic to foreign investment, but Bali does not really need workforce from outside because many workers in Bali are not working because they are competing against workers from outside Bali,” he explained.

He added that capital flight could be prevented by laws, conducive climate to investment and encouraging domestic investment. Some of them could be resolved by the ease in licensing, taxes and support from the banks. “Government must have clear rules to prevent the capital flight,” he said.

Meanwhile, Division Head of Bali Capital Investment Assessment (BPM), Suta Astawa,

stated the target of investment growth in 2011 was IDR 15.79 trillion with PMA and PMDN reaching IDR 4 trillion. The figure rose from the target in the period of 2010 namely IDR 12, 9 trillion with realization of foreign and domestic investment reaching IDR 3.1 trillion.

“Tertiary sector, especially in the field of tourism, remains the leading sector even reaches 82 percent, while agriculture reaches less than 1 percent and the remaining is industrial sector,” he explained.

He described the regions favored by many investors consisted of Badung, Gianyar, Karangasem and Denpasar, rather than Bangli, Buleleng, Jembrana, Tabanan and Klungkung. “Those investors came from the United States, Australia, Holland, Germany, Canada, South Korea, and France,” he explained.

Furthermore, he explained that BPM continuously attempted to promote investment in agriculture in Bali. However, his party had not been able to attract more investors having more interest in the leading sector of Bali. Most investors wishing to invest in agriculture would prefer Sulawesi or Kalimantan.

“Investment in tourism field has been quite a lot in Bali. However, it is impossible for us to prohibit investors in the tourism field as long as they comply with the existing rules,” he said.

Bali required a temporary moratorium to stop development activities in the three regencies such as Badung, Gianyar and Denpasar. So far, it has been recorded that 45,557 hotel rooms spread across Bali, while 85 percent of them are concentrated in south Bali. Based on survey made by PHRI Bali in 2010, the number of star hotels and boutique hotels in Bali reached 2,260 units with a total room of 56,971. Among them, 88.5 percent or 50,436 rooms were concentrated in South Bali such as in Badung Regency (36,947 rooms), Denpasar City (10,097) and Gianyar Regency (3,410).

Result of this survey indicated a greater number than the data of Bali Government. Based on the record of Bali Government, there were currently 2,190 business units of accommodation with 45,557 rooms where 85 percent of them were concentrated in South Bali. (par)

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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Libya bombing campaign enters 100th day Agence France Presse

BENGHAZI, Libya – NATO operations in Libya entered a 100th day on Monday with airstrikes having eased the siege of key rebel cities but with Moamer Kadhafi still in power and fears of an open war lingering.

Three months after French jets flew their first missions over eastern Libya, NATO is still pounding targets across the country in what has become a war fought on multiple fronts, but with few clear victories for either side.

As “Operation Unified Protector” approaches its 5000 strike sortie, NATO is still hitting around 50 targets a day, mostly in or around Tripoli and Misrata in the west; Brega in the east; and the Nafusa Mountains to the south of the capital. But the alliance’s early success in pushing Kadhafi’s forces outside striking distance of Benghazi and Misrata have not decisively tipped the balance in favour of the rebels.

An uneasy stalemate has taken hold, with rebel fighters told to hold their positions around Misrata and Ajdabiya, near Brega, despite the occasional rocket or mortar attack causing casualties.

“It was all quiet today,” said Musa Maghrebi, a rebel based at Ajdabiya, late on Sunday. “The forces are staying in position.”

Only in the Nafusa Mountains does the rebel army of ill-equipped irregulars and defectors appear to be making any sustained progress toward Tripoli. Despite NATO’s limited success in neutralising Kadhafi’s forces, most Libyans in the east remain strongly in favour of the alliance’s mission.

Forty-six-year-old Musa Mbarak Al-Okaili, whose brother Mohammed died 100 days ago after his MiG-23 jet was shot down

by Kadhafi forces while he defended Benghazi, said NATO had helped prevent a massacre. “They are helping us out,” he said, sitting by a shrine to his brother at the family home just outside the rebel capital.

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Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, assists a Buddhist monk at an alms-receiving ritual in Yasothon province, northeast of Bangkok, Thailand Monday, June 27, 2011 during an election campaign for his party.

At heart of Thai election, a fugitive rallies Reuters

SUAN MON, Thailand – Saffron-robed monks chanted and young women in silk sarongs stretched out their arms in traditional Thai dance moves, but the big event was the voice on a scratchy telephone line from another continent.

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In this photo taken on a government-organized tour a Libyan woman fires in the air during a graduation ceremony after a weapons training course in Tripoli, Libya, on Sunday, June 26, 2011.

“Be prepared. Good things are about to come,” billionaire former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said from his Dubai mansion in a telephone call to a Buddhist temple where 38 communities declared their allegiance to Thaksin, formally becoming “Red Shirt Villages” in solidarity with the red-shirted movement that backs him.

In a sign of his support, the number of “Red Shirt Villages” has doubled to more than 700 in two northeastern provinces since a Reuters report uncovered the phenomenon on June 7. Although Thaksin’s younger

sister and opposition leader, Yingluck Shinawatra, leads opinion polls for Thailand’s July 3 election, the vote is boiling down to a referendum on her brother, a divisive figure who scored landslide election wins in 2001 and 2005 only to be ousted in a 2006 military coup.

Military-backed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has urged voters in Bangkok to avoid the “poison” of Thaksin, saying Yingluck and her Puea Thai Party are clear proxies for the telecommunications tycoon, who lives in Dubai to evade a jail

sentence for conflict-of-interest charges he says were politically motivated. Thaksin hasn’t helped matters, describing his sister once as his “clone,” and thumbing out “tweets” on Puea Thai policy. The traditional Bangkok elite of top generals, royal advisers and old-money families who back the ruling Democrat Party is watching closely, fearing Thaksin will exact revenge against those who toppled him if his sister gains power.

Many fear something far more basic: that the election will prove meaningless and that the real struggle for power will play out behind the scenes among generals and political power-brokers or in the streets in a reprise of last year’s bloody clashes between the low-income red shirts and a military intent on keeping Thaksin at bay.

Typhoon batters Korean peninsula, at least 9 dead Reuters

SEOUL – At least nine people have been killed, mostly drowned in flooding, after a typhoon battered South Korea, a disaster official said on Monday, while impoverished North Korea braced for huge waves and torrential rain.

Lee Gon-hee of the Central Disaster and Safety Control Center in Seoul said a further three people were missing after Typhoon Meari skirted the west coast of South Korea at the weekend.

Meari, the Korean word for “echo,” was due to make landfall in North Korea early on Monday.

The North’s KCNA state news agency warned residents in the coastal areas of South Hamgyong Province and Kangwon Province to be ready for “tidal waves.”

Dozens of domestic flights were canceled in South Korea on Sunday and ships ordered to stay in port. Authorities said international flights were not affected.

The historic Chilgok bridge in North Gyeongsang, built to honor

soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, partially collapsed at the weekend after the Nakdong River flooded.

The same typhoon left nearly 30 people dead or missing in the Philippines and Vietnam last week.

This handout photo provided by the Yeongdeungpo Fire Station and taken on June 26, 2011 shows South Korean rescue workers working at the scene of a collapsed roof, damaged by typhoon Meari in Seoul.

AFP PHOTO / HO / Yeongdeungpo Fire Station

Activities Aston announces the new Quest Hotel in Bali

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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DENPASAR - Aston International, the largest international hotel operator in Bali, announces today another new development for the Quest Hotel brand for that province – Quest San Hotel Denpasar.

“With sustained tourism growth from emerging markets such as China, India and Malaysia and significant demand for good middle class hotels from Japan and Western markets, opportunities continue for quality 3 star hotel developments in Bali,” Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Aston International, Norbert Vas said.

We are delighted to announce this new hotel in Bali and excited about the prospects for the Quest brand in Indonesia.

After the successful opening of Indonesia’s first Quest Hotel in Semarang early last year Aston has recently opened the 226 room Quest Kuta Central Park in downtown Kuta – Bali

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and has commitments to develop several Quest Hotels through the region such as the 447 room Quest Hotel Cebu, the 100 room Quest Hotel Tuban – Bali and a mid seized Quest Hotel in Central Java’s cultural capital Yogyakarta.

Quest San Hotel Denpasar is due to open late 2012 and located in the commercial center of Bali’s capital. The hotel will feature 167 guest rooms, a restaurant and extensive facilities including a swimming pools, lounge and several meeting rooms.

The city of Denpasar attracts unlike the rest of Bali predominantly business travelers and traders and plays an important role as a regional MICE destination.

Quest Hotel is Aston International’s affordable life-style 3 star hotel brand which aims to combine the value of premium budget hotels with unique and inspiring designs, creative hospitality concepts and state of the art technology for travelers seeking a stylish yet unpretentious environment.

Temple Ceremony Calendar Event for May 25 through July 8, 2011 25 May Buda Pon Tolu Catur Temple Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring 26 May Wraspati Wage Tolu Peninjoan Temple Besakih - Karangasem 1 Jun Buda Keliwon Gumbreg Pasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg Tabanan Puseh Guwang Village Sukawati Merajan Pasek Ketewel Ketewel Merajan Pangeran Tangkas Kuro Agung Jeroan Sading Dalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana Nusa Penida 8 Jun Buda Paing Wariga Merajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi Bangli 11 Jun Tumpek Uduh/Pengatag Puseh / Village Temple Batuan Sukawati Pasek Bendesa Kekeran Mengwi Manik Mas Besakih - Karangasem 15 Jun Buda Wage Warigadean Kepisah Sumerta Denpasar Pasek Gelgel Gerih Abiansemal Badung Puncaksari Penarukan Peninjoan Bangli Bangun Sakti Besakih - Karangasem Antegsari Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan Pesimpangan Batur Pande Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan 17 Jun Sukra Umanis Warigadean Odalan Ida Ratu di Penataran Agung Besakih - Karangasem Odalan Ida Ratu Puraus Merajan Salonding Besakih 19 Jun Redite Pon Julungwangi Panti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Banjar - Singaraja 21 Jun Anggar Kasih Julungwangi Tirtaharum Tegalwangi Bangli Pasek Tohjiwa Wanasari Tabanan Pasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel Tabanan Pasek Bendesa Sangsit Sangsit Buleleng Dalem Waturenggong Taro Tegalalang

Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanasari Selemadeg Tabanan Pasek Gelgel Tulikup - Gianyar Manik Bingin Sidemen - Karangasem 22 Jun Buda Umanis Julungwangi Penetaran Gana Bebalang Bangli Dalem Gede Banjar Pande Bangli Puncaksari Sangeh Abiansemal - Badung Dadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi Gianyar Merajan Pasek Tohjiwa Tohjiwa Jakatebel Merajan Pasek Prateka Batusesa Mr. Jeroan Dauh Cemenggon Puseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan Singaraja 30 Jun Wraspati Wage Sungsang Kawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas Klungkung Siang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku Bangli Odalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung Besakih Merajan Pasek Gelgel Petemon Odalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih - Karangasem 6 Jul Buda Keliwon Dunggulan Wakika Temple Kupang, NTT Agung Girinatha Temple Sumbawa Besar NTB Dukuh Sakti Temple Dukuh Kediri-Tabanan Atambuananta Temple Kutamba NTT Webananta Temple Kupang, NTT Giripati Mulawarman Temple Pontianak Mustika Dharma Temple Cijantung I Jakarta Timur Mustika Dharma Kompleks Kopassus Cijantung Jakarta Timur 7 Jul Wraspati Umanis Dunggulan Watukaru Temple Tabanan Lempuyang Luhur Temple Karangasem Kentel Gumi Temple Klungkung Pasek Gaduh Temple Umadesa Kediri Tabanan Pasek Kubayan Temple Wangaya Gede Penebel Tabanan Merajan Pasek Temple Tohjiwa Tiyingan - Klungkung Merajan Pasek Gaduh Temple Umadesa 8 Jul Sukra Paing Dunggulan Ulun Suwi Temple Jimbaran - Badung Luhur Temple Cemenggon, Sukawati - Gianyar Pasek Ubung Temple Ubung - Denpasar

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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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

News Japan moves “giant step” toward resolving nuclear crisis Reuters

AP Photo/Heng Sinith

Former Khmer Rouge cadres, Khoem Keng, center, Lai Sim, second from right, line up before the second trial to the top leaders of Khmer Rouge at the outside the court hall of the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, June 27, 2011.

Cambodian tribunal tries Khmer Rouge leaders Associated Press Writer

TOKYO – The operator of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant moved closer to ending its radiation crisis on Monday with the start of a system to cool damaged reactors that could also help avoid dumping highly contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean. The move was hailed as “a giant step forward” by Goshi Hosono, an adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan. “This is critical in two aspects,” Hosono told a news conference.

“First, the system will solve the problem of contaminated water, which gave all sorts of worries to the world. Second, it will enable stable cooling of reactors.” Reactors at the plant, on the Pacific coast 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, went into meltdown after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami knocked out their cooling systems.

Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co is running out of space to store a huge amount of radioactive water that has accumulated during efforts to cool the reactors. It hopes the new system, which decontaminates water and re-circulates it to reduce reactor temperatures, will help achieve its goal of bringing the plant to stability by next January.

Thousands of residents remain in temporary housing after being evacuated from around the plant due to radiation leaks. The water treatment system, using technology from French nuclear group Areva and U.S. company Kurion, is designed to handle 1,200 tons of radioactive water a day.

Tokyo Electric expects processing the estimated 250,000 tons of water that will have been contaminated by the time the crisis ends to cost about 53 billion yen ($660 million). More than 100,000 tons of highly radioactive water has already collected at the plant.

The utility dumped low-level radioactive water into the sea in April to make room to store more highly contaminated water, irking neighboring countries including China and South Korea.

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Now old and infirm, the four top surviving leaders of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime went on trial before a U.N.-backed court for the first time Monday, facing justice three decades after their plan for a communist utopia left an estimated 1.7 million people dead.

Security was tight at the U.N. backed tribunal, with dozens of police on guard and 500 spectators — the majority victims of the 1975-79 regime_ watching from the gallery.

With Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot long dead, this may be the nation’s best chance to hold the accused architects of the “killing fields” and the enslavement of millions of Cambodians accountable, though all four say they are innocent.

On trial Monday are 84-year-old Nuon Chea, who was Pol Pot’s No. 2 and the group’s chief ideologist; 79-year-old former head of state Khieu Samphan; ex-foreign minister Ieng Sary, 85; and his 79-yearold wife, Ieng Thirith, who served as minister for social affairs.

The tribunal’s chief judge, Nil Nonn, opened the court session and was expected to read out charges against the four that included crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, religious persecution, homicide and torture. The four accused sat side by side, without handcuffs, their faces obscured behind a curtain.

Together, they form what the tribunal calls Case 002. The chief jailer

of a notorious Khmer Rouge prison was convicted last year in the breakthrough Case 001. Political and financial pressures on the tribunal are raising doubts over whether there will ever be a Case 003.

Although this week’s court sessions will be strictly procedural, with testimony and presentation of evidence expected to begin in August or September, it will mark the first joint appearance of the defendants in court, 32 years after the Khmer Rouge were kicked out of power in 1979 with the help of a Vietnamese invasion and for more than a decade waged a bloody insurgency against the Phnom Penh government.

Pol Pot escaped justice with his death in 1998, then a prisoner of his own comrades as his once-mighty guerrilla movement, in jungle retreat, was collapsing.

The tribunal, officially known as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, started operations in 2006. Its first defendant was Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, commandant of Tuol Sleng prison, where only a handful of prisoners survived. Up to 16,000 people

were tortured under Duch’s command and later taken away to be killed.

Duch, now 68, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity. His sentence was reduced to a 19-year term because of time previously served and other technicalities, bringing angry criticism from victims who called the punishment too lenient.

Cambodia has no death penalty.

Alex Hinton, an anthropology professor at Rutgers University and author of a book about atrocities in Cambodia, says Duch’s case had “enormous symbolic value” because the prison was so closely associated with the horrors of the Khmer Rouge. But Case 002 “is more significant in that it will put the four most senior surviving Khmer Rouge leaders on trial for the first time.”

“We will learn much about their thinking, the way their regime worked, and, ultimately, how their program of mass murder was enabled and unfolded,” he says. Despite the notoriety of the Khmer Rouge, proving the case may pose a challenge.

Purnomo explained that during his visit to Borobudur, Gere carried out many activities such as watching the Mahakarya Borobudur play

which was performed on “Aksobya” open stage. He was also served with various Javanese traditional foods.

Gere done peace walk around Borobudur started on 4 am on Monday, June 27, 2011. The walk is a part of his spiritual journey throughout the world.

Kerobokan...

From page 1 Nevertheless, a number of police officers dressed in service and civilian were still alerted at scene. It was intended to anticipate any subsequent incidents. Meanwhile, in relation to damage to a number of facilities in the largest prison in Bali, the former Director of Traffic Affairs of Central Sulawesi Police, said it belonged to internal affairs of the prison.

Comparable comment was also given by Chief of Badung Police, Dwi Suseno. This former Chief of Bangli Police said that his party still deployed a number of his men around the prison. They were assigned to maintain, supervise and conduct patrols. “The number of personnel is not as much as after the riots yesterday. And, some of them have been withdrawn,” he said.

Though security in the prison was quite conducive, Chief Dwi Suseno had not dared to make sure about the follow up. His party always took an-

ticipation through communication with his men alerted at location. “We do not know for sure how long the guard and patrol will be carried out.

Hopefully, it will not drag on,” he hoped.

As in the previous news, tense atmosphere covered the Kerobokan Prison, Denpasar, on Saturday (Jun 25). Dozens of inmates acted brutally when the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) held a raid at around 2:00 a.m. Local Time. They run amok when one of the inmates, Ariadi, was asked to undergo a urine test. Without command, dozens of inmates threw rocks at the officers of BNN and prison who wanted to implement the raid.

Even, they also broke down all blocks in Kerobokan Prison. As consequence, it did not only destroy facilities, but also injured the BNN officers, members of the prison and even the Head of Kerobokan Prison. (kmb21)

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President issues six-point anti-narcotics instruction Antara

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, in an effort to free Indonesia from narcotics abuses, issued a six-point anti-narcotics instruction during the observation of the International Anti-Narcotics Day at the National Monument square here on Sunday.

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Pesident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (middle) issued a six-point anti-narcotics instruction during the observation of the International Anti-Narcotics Day at the National Monument square.

Coffee helping to conserve Aceh‘s environment Antara

JAKARTA - On a sunny afternoon at a coffee shop in Banda Aceh city, Aceh province, four men were engrossed in a lively discussion while another man sitting next to them was smiling while zipping a cup of black coffee.

In front of the four gentlemen lay four small plates of traditional cakes made from sticky rice, namely timpan and onde-onde.

That‘s the usual view that one may find when visiting a joint named Mecca‘s Terrace, Aceh province. Local people already had a coffee drinking tradition, even long before the present-day boom in modern coffee shops occurred.

Luckily the hobby is supported by the region‘s high coffee production from hundreds of thousands of hectares of coffee plantations existing in the province.

However, there is increasing concern about the fact that local farmers have started to chop down trees in the forest to open new plantations. According to them, such action was necessary because the soil in existing plantations is gradually losing its fertility - a condition having a negative impact on the quality of the crops.

The problem is that opening forest areas for plantations was against the principle of nature conservation which has now become a focus of international attention.

Responding to the concern, an NGO named Conservation Inter-

national (CI) Indonesia has since three years ago been introducing the “Conservation Coffee” system to coffee farmers in Takengon, Aceh Tengah district, which is one of the biggest exporters of arabica coffee along with Bener Meriah district with a total production of 65 tons per year.

The term “Conservation Coffee” itself refers to a system of work that allows farmers to not only improve the quality of their product but also support global efforts to save the environment.

“Since 2009, CI has provided capacity building trainings for coffee farmers in Takengon such as how to use natural ingredients as fertilizer and the technique of cutting down the coffee tree`s stem to boost the production of coffee fruit in the future,” Publication Coordinator for CI Indonesia Fachruddin Mangunjaya said.

Why did CI choose coffee plantations in Takengon as the area of their pilot project? Located in the highland area of Gayo (1,200 meters above sea level), coffee from Takengon has risen to fame for its complex flavor and thick texture. In fact, according to the cupping test system introduced by Erna Knutsen since 1974, arabica coffee from Takengon is categorized as good coffee earning the point of 86 to 90 out of 100.

“With such development, there is also a risk of deforestation ahead because coffee plantation is estimated to last for 30 years but then the soil gradually loses its fertility and that`s when farmers start to

open new plantation field in the forest,” Fachruddin said.

He said capacity building trainings that has been given to the farmer in Takengon aims to intensify the quality of the soil and coffee tree in the plantation. “With fertile soil farmers will no longer plan to penetrate new field to be made as plantation,” he said.

Meanwhile, CI‘s local project coordinator Saodah Lubis stated apart from helping farmers improving the quality of their coffee trees, CI also encouraged farmers to plant inter cropping plants such as orange, chili and shade trees to gain added values.

“Basically coffee tree must not be directly exposed by the sunlight or else the growth may be interrupted. Previously farmers used to plant lamtoro as shade tree but recently we introduce mahoni and sengon tree to the farmers with consideration that the latter have better price when sold,” she said.

She said having inter cropping plants in the coffee plantation, the farmers indirectly help the government in implementing conservation program to tackle the negative impacts of climate change.

Many farmers have already stated their positive impression towards the “Conservation Coffee” program conducted in takengon.

Hasbullah, a coffee farmer from Bebesen village, stated the organic fertilizer system makes the coffee trees grow healthier and produce a good quality of fruit.

“We have done a lot (to stop narcotics crime) but it seems that it is not yet enough, we still have to be more aggressive,” the president said.

The first point of the president‘s instruction to free Indonesia from narcotics in 2015 is to increase the intensity prevention of illegal drug trafficking.

The second point is a request to increase regional and international cooperation in an effort to protect Indonesia so that it would not easily be disrupted by narcotics organizations.

Yudhoyono also called on educators, parents and religious leaders to actively educate younger gen-

erations so that they would not be misled and involved in narcotics crimes.

The president‘s fourth point of instruction was directed to police and legal enforcers to actively uncover narcotics crimes and punish the perpetrators with appropriate punishment.

“The fifth one, Yudhoyono said, is that the people should become more active and give more care,” he said.

In the meantime, the sixth point concerned common efforts to encourage narcotics rehabilitation programs and the preparedness to accept former drug addicts to return in the middle of society.

Subsidized fuel quota hike inevitable Antara

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa has predicted that subsidized fuel consumption this year will inevitably outstrip the quota of 38.6 million kiloliters set under the 2011 state budget.

“It (subsidized fuel consumption) will inevitably soar. We predict the quota of subsidized fuels will increase,” he said here on Sunday.

He noted that the first-semester subsidized fuel consumption exceeded the quota because the assumed global crude price outstripped the government-set target of US$80 a barrel.

“On the price side, the global crude price reached more than US$100, well above our assumed crude price of US$80 a barrel. Consequently, our fuel oil imports rose,” he said.

The other factor raising fuel oil consumption was that many power plants still used fuel oils because of inadequate gas supplies, he said.

“Hindrance to the construction of power plants with a combined capacity of 10,000 megawatts, coupled with lower-than-expected gas supplies has posed a problem.

Of course, state power utility PLN uses fuel oils to increase power supplies. These will all lead to an increase in subsidy,” he said.

But he declined to comment on how much the quota of subsidized fuels would be raised and budget allocations for the subsidized fuel would increase on the ground he still

had to wait for the results of a cabinet meeting discussing the matter.

“What is clear, (the quota) will increase and will be part of the revised state budget. We will discuss it at a cabinet meeting and later with the House of Representatives,” he said.

State oil and gas company PT Pertamina has proposed an additional quota of 2 million kiloliters of subsidized fuels following a shortage of the commodity in several parts of the country.

Pertamina spokesman M Harun said last Thursday the company had predicted that subsidized fuel consumption until the end of 2011 would reach 40.5 million kiloliters, up by 2 million kiloliters from the quota of 38.6 million set under the 2011 state budget.

“According to our forecast, it (subsidized fuel consumption) until the end of this year will reach 40.5 million kiloliters,” he said.

Earlier, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry predicted that subsidized fuel consumption this year would reach 41.42 million, well above the quota of 38.6 million kiloliters.

The prognosis is based on subsidized fuel consumption in the five months through May which reached 15.46 million kiloliters.

Under the 2011 state budget, the quota of subsidized fuels has been set at 38.6 million kiloliters consisting of 23.19 million kiloliters of gasoline, 2.32 million kiloliters of kerosene, and 13.08 million kiloliters of diesel oil.

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Bali Today A Record-Breaking of Fifth BBIT 2011 IBP

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Ngelawang procession that performed during the Bali Art Festival.

Ngelawang stung by heat of the sun

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DENPASAR - Sting of the sun seems to have not discouraged the spirit of artists from Denpasar City, Jembrana, Karangasem and Badung getting involved in the Ngelawang Parade or gallivanting show around the area of Bali Art Center, Saturday (Jun 26). Art envoys from the four regencies and city still looked attractive to satisfy abundant visitors of Bali Arts Festival 2011 who were jostling to see the attraction where almost all the supporting artists were still young.

In the Ngelawang Parade, the envoy of Denpasar represented

by Yonggy Swara Ngelawang Troupe, Pemecutan Village, West Denpasar, got a chance to appear first. This envoy featured Barong Tantri with title Provocation of Patih Sambada. According to Putu Suarjana, composer of the gamelan music, the envoy of Denpasar consisted of 60 kid artists. Performance of this troupe was somewhat different from the other envoys because the dancers talked directly without intermediary of puppeteer. “We indeed want to be different so the appearance of Denpasar envoy has its own charm,” said Suarjana while adding that his party involved kid artists ranging from musicians to dancers.

JIMBARAN - From sunny tropical weather of Jimbaran Bay, Bali, this year’s BIZNET Bali International Triathlon (BBIT) attracted over 700 participants from more than 30 countries, with 204 Olympic Distance Triathletes, 98 Sprint Distance Triathletes, 63 Relay Teams and more than 300 5K Fun Runners.

Michelle Mitchell of Australia clocked in a record-breaking time of 02:27:03 in the Olympic Distance Female Category to once again claim the first overall winner.

In the Olympic Distance Male Category, David Boyes came in first with 02:31:07 followed by a fellow Australian David Edwards at 02:31:53. James MIddleditch of England came in at 02:32:46.

A British, Michael Turnbull, finished first in the Sprint Distance category with 01:16:38, followed by Roman Floesser at 01:18:15. While in the Sprint Distance Female category, Caroline Lafeac of Indonesia came in at 01:34:06 following Rachael Gaudry of Australia who clocked in at 01:20:04.

On the team relay category,

Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel Team finished the race in 02:21:38 ahead of The Zeni Pasma I Triathlon Club who came in at 02:23:14 followed by Herbalife Team who finished third in 02:30:56 Best Indonesia Time was once again awarded to Kadri Regar who came in at 02:42:55, followed by Dwi Ratsongko at 02:52:47 in second place.

Six days and five nights stay at One Bedroom Villa in Four Seasons Resorts Bali at Jimbaran Bay, was awarded to the first overall winners of male and female Olympic distance category. 5-night stay at the Ayana Resort and Spa Bali was awarded to the first Overall winners of male and female Sprint Distance category along with many vouchers of spa, accommodation, dining to all winners besides the unique trophy from Jenggala Keramik.

Generic Events, Strom & Associates and Bali Discovery Tours combined their resources to create this special event in 2011, collaborated with BIZNET Networks with helps from community and volunteers. This year, the fifth of event has again repeated its best success; in fact, the participants as well as supporters enjoyed their time in this island of paradise.

According to Suarjana, the story of Barong Tantri told about the life in jungle where there were a lion as king of the jungle and ox as the advisor. Initially, they lived in harmony and peace. However, Patih Sambada in the form of a dog had harmed the harmony of forest-dwellers by provoking the king of the jungle to fight against the advisor.

The provocation was committed because Patih Sambada would like to enjoy the delicious flesh of the lion and ox. King of the jungle and its advisor could be provoked

by Patih Sambada and bitter fight consequently occurred. At the end, they both died. Patih Sambada and its children were very happy to see the death of the king of the jungle and the advisor. Afterward, they

enjoyed the flesh with gusto. Due to voracity, Patih Sambada and its children were surfeit until they died. “The story of Barong Tantri carries a moral message that whatever is done and obtained incorrectly or excessively, the result will surely less good,” he reminded.

Meanwhile, the envoys of Jembrana, Karangasem, Badung and Karangasem also made no less fascinating performance. They also showed off various types of barong arts accompanied with fragmentary. Unfortunately, pleasure of spectators to enjoy the gallivanting attractions was disturbed by the heat of the sun. It happened because the parade was organized starting at 11:00 until 1:00 when the sun reached its culmination point. (ian)

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: Literature recitation competition : 10.00 – finish : Angsoka, Ayodya, Ratna Kanda, Wantilan, Ksirarnawa : Genjek and Taman Penasar by Rwa Bhineda Handicaps art group : 16.00 – 18.00 : Angsoka Stage : Traditional shadow puppet show by Dalang Cemagi Ida Bagus Ketut Swabawa Badung regency : 20.00 – 22.00 : Wantilan : Revitalization art presenting Legong by Sanggar Saba Sari Desa Saba Gianyar : 20.00 – 22.00 : Ksirarnawa Building : Children gong kebyar featuring representative of Bangli regency and Sekaa Gong Kumara Bhakti Budaya Desa Adat Jimbaran Badung regency : 20.00 – 23.00 : Open stage Ardha Candra

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Balinese Culture

Magoak-goakan before going to war To mark the pinnacle of the 407th anniversary of Singaraja City, Buleleng government held the magoak-goakan colossal dance presented by the youth of Singaraja.

Magoak-goakan attraction cannot be separated from the history of Singaraja City founded by Anglurah Pandji Sakti. Magoak-goakan is originated from the folk games of Buleleng that supposedly highly favored by Pandji Sakti.

Before attacking the Blambangan Kingdom in East Java, Pandji Sakti had time to play games or magoakgoakan with his soldiers. The games were made to kindle the spirits of soldiers who was called Laskar Goak (Crow Forces). The game was played by 20 men from his army. During the

game, every soldier was given the chance to become the gowak or leading crow. If he can catch the tail of the crow then the soldier would get anything that they want such as food, houses, and even woman. It was given to the King Pandji Sakti to his soldier. In the end of the game, it came the King’s turn.

During the game, Pandji Sakti managed to get the tail of the line of crow so that he could express his wishes to the crow. “Ratu Anglurah, what do you want I will give you,” said the crow. Panji Sakti requested that the soldiers could attack Blambangan vigorously. At that time, the Crow Forces replied enthusiastically by imitating the voice of a crow:”Goak ...., goak goak ...” mean-

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Magoak-goakan tradition

ing they were already well prepared to conduct the attacks.

The King Pandji Sakti needed to carry out the game because Blambangan was a great kingdom which had powerful army. It was said that some soldiers of Blambangan could not be killed using regular sword or any other sharp object. The condition made the King must prepare the correct strategy and also increased the spirit of his soldier and one of them was by conducting the magoak-goakan game. The traditional dance is actually only being performed during special occasion such as before the celebration of Nyepi Day and only exist in Panji Village, around 6 km southern of Singaraja.

The name megoak-goakan is taken from the name of the crow which is the main theme of the play.

Before, the dance was done to increase the spirit of the soldier before going to war. It played an important role during the war at Bali olden time. However, nowadays, magoakgoakan becomes one of the performances to attract tourists in Singaraja. The unique game attracts the attention of the domestic and foreign tourists. Even, the dance is also performed during big event such as Bali Art Festival and other. It is noe become the trademark of tourism in Singaraja. Bali is famous with its culture and Magoak-goakan could become one of the unique one and one of the alternative for tourists coming to Bali. (BTN/kmb)

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Kaliadrem, a Balinese Traditional Cake Balinese traditional cakes remain to have its market share amidst the proliferation of diverse modern snacks today. It is evident, though only relying on the sales in traditional markets, the transaction is this kaliadrem cake can compete against modern type of cakes offered by a number of bakeries and supermarkets.

“So far, the kaliadrem is still in high demand.

However, the volume tends to fluctuate. In other words, sometimes many people came to purchase the cakes, while on the other occasion we could not make a single sale per day,” said Nyoman Suantari, one of the traditional cake sellers. The sale of kaliadrem, a traditional snack made of rice flour, was no less competitive against the other more modern cakes.

This traditional cake can survive because it is not only targeted for the content of oblations during the Galungan and Kuningan festivity. Lately, the snack with a savory and sweet flavor is also taken advantage by many people as accompaniment of drinking tea or coffee in the afternoon.

Suantari explained the enthusiasts of traditional snacks like kaliadrem would certainly favor it. Kaliadrem itself was sold with a variety of forms ranging from a round mini donut to triangular. Both forms were characterized by a hole in the center of the donut. The number of hole varied from one to three pieces. The cake was made from simple ingredients like rice flour, brown sugar, coconut, salt and water. It was made in a very long time about 5-8 hours because it was still using a traditional method, directly made from rice grounded into flour. This method was intended to keep the original flavor of the cake.

Another cake seller revealed that kaliadrem remained in high demands in the market today. It was not only due to its cheap price, but also due to sweet taste fitting with local appetite. Moreover, the surface of the cake was sprinkled with sesame seeds that caused it increasingly mouthwatering. (BTN/kmb)

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Banyuwedang hot spring LOCATED in Pajarakan Village, Gerokgak District Buleleng Regency, it’s about 60 kms from Singaraja, it’s located near the West Bali National park.

This beach area also near the Menjangan beach that usually used for Snorkeling or Diving Banyuwedang Hot spring come from the hot spring in the beach area, this hot spring is the largest hot spring in Bali. This hot spring contain a little of Sulfur, the average temperature is around 40 C. Because of its sulfur, this hots ping believed able to cure a lot of disease.

There is a lot of people come to this place with a hope to cure their sickness.

In the beach area of the hot spring, there is a lot of mangrove (actually this hot spring located in the middle of mangrove forest), so this area was free from abrasion. There also a creek with a white shore in this hot spring area, this makes banyuwedang hot spring even more beautiful than what you have been thinking.

The domestic tourist was dominated the visit to this area, they come with a hope to cure their sickness, lot of domestic tourist come from Banyuwangi, Java. This makes government of the Bali regency planning to make this area as a “Health Tourism”.

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BUSINESS France’s Lagarde poised to become next IMF chief Reuters

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) applauds as an MG6 car is presented during his visit to the MG motor plant in Birmingham, central England, on June 26, 2011. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signaled for the first time that China would struggle to meet its 4 percent inflation target this year, underlining expectations that interest rates will rise further even as economic growth slows down.

China’s Wen signals doubt inflation goal can be met Reuters

HONG KONG/BEIJING – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signaled for the first time that China would struggle to meet its 4 percent inflation target this year, underlining expectations that interest rates will rise further even as economic growth slows down.

Wen, who is traveling in Europe, was quoted by Hong Kong media on Monday as saying that while he sees the Chinese economy growing above 8-9 percent this year; it was hard for China to keep inflation under 4 percent in 2011.

“China’s financial situation will still be among the best in the world this year, with economic growth kept above 8-9 percent, and CPI controlled fewer than 5 percent,” Wen told Hong Kong television media during the England leg of his Europe tour.

Wen’s latest comments sounded somewhat less sanguine than his remarks on Friday, when he said China’s inflation was firmly under control this year and should cool steadily. However, they may not alter investors’ thinking about monetary policy.

Many economists had assumed China would overshoot its 4 percent target given that the inflation rate has

stayed well above that mark since January, and is expected to peak at 6 percent in June or July.

Inflation rose in May to a 34-month high of 5.5 percent.

Economists polled by Reuters in June predicted China would stay in a tightening mode, raising its benchmark lending rate by one-quarter of a percentage point and its deposit rate by a half-point this year.

Investors are watching carefully to see whether Beijing can ease inflation without stifling growth. A string of disappointing readings on factory activity and exports raised concerns that China’s economy may be slowing down more sharply than expected.

Copper prices lost ground on Monday in part because of concern that inflation pressures may prompt top buyer China to tighten credit further.

A sharper China slowdown would be particularly damaging for global

growth now that the U.S. economy looks shaky and Europe is mired in a sovereign debt mess.

China is keen to keep prices in check to preserve social stability.

Food and energy prices have been the primary culprits behind the steep inflation rate, and that tends to hit lower-income households the hardest.

The economy grew 10.3 percent in 2010 and in the first quarter that pace eased to 9.7 percent.

China’s central bank has made clear that its focus is squarely on inflation.

It raised banks’ required reserve ratio to a record 21.5 percent earlier this month, hours after the May inflation data was released. The higher reserve ratio means banks have less money available for lending, which policymakers hope will help to cool growth and inflation.

WASHINGTON – French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde appeared poised to become the head of the International Monetary Fund this week despite a strong challenge to Europe’s traditional hold on the job.

An informal survey by Reuters of voting countries indicated Lagarde would easily get the majority consensus needed over Mexico’s central bank governor Agustin Carstens to become the next managing director of the global lender.

Carstens picked up endorsements from Canada and Australia late on Friday in a significant challenge to Europe’s grip on the IMF top post, but it is unlikely to change the outcome.

The IMF’s 24-strong board of member countries will hold a straw poll on Monday to determine whether either candidate has a clear majority.

The race has been one of the most hotly contested in IMF history as developing countries have aggressively pursued a process that would be based on the best qualified candidate and not based on nationality, despite Europe’s large voting bloc.

The determining voice over the next two days will be the United States, which so far has been silent on who it supports.

However, the Obama administration is widely expected to back Lagarde, 55, to preserve the long-standing convention with Europe that Americans will be the IMF’s No. 2 official and the president of the World Bank.

Japan and China, which rank second and third behind the United States in voting influence, have also refrained from publicly supporting any candidate. However, IMF board officials said both countries are likely to vote for Lagarde.

The U.S. holds close to 17 percent of the vote. As a group European countries, including Nordic countries, hold somewhere between 40 to 47 per-

cent of the voting sway on the board.

Countries such as Egypt, Indonesia, South Korea, Russia and French-speaking African nations early on declared their support for Lagarde, but represent marginal voting power.

The IMF job fell vacant after the sudden resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who has been charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid in New York. He denies the charges.

Although a self-proclaimed long-shot candidate, Carstens has vigorously campaigned on his experience as a former IMF official, as well as dealing with developing world economic crises.

He has the backing of all of Latin America, with Peru and Chile endorsing him on Friday. While Brazil has been silent on whether it supports him or not, IMF board officials expect it to join the rest of the region.

Supporters of Lagarde cite her political and economic credentials throughout Europe, which is the focal point of IMF efforts to head off another global economic downturn.

Both candidates have committed to more voting power for emerging economies and even-handed advice to both advanced and developing countries.

Developing nations want their growing clout in the global economy reflected at the IMF, but have won only modest increases in voting power so far.

The continuing inability to mount a serious challenge to Europe’s dominance in the IMF caused two potential contenders — former Turkish Economy Minister Kemal Dervis and exSouth African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel — to decide against running.

Before his downfall in May, Strauss-Kahn oversaw a shift in voting power that gave emerging markets greater say but not as much as they wanted. He named a Chinese special advisor, a step short of giving Beijing a coveted deputy managing director post.

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4 honors for Chris Brown at music-heavy BET Awards for his song “Look At Me Now” with Lil Wayne and Busta LOS ANGELES – The BET Rhymes. The three performed toAwards honor various arts, but gether Sunday as part of a medSunday’s ceremony was all about ley of Brown’s songs. “Publicthe music. There were more per- speaking is not my strong suit,” formances than awards during the he said, thanking BET and his fans 3 1/2-hour show at the Shrine Au- before passing the microphone to ditorium, where singer Chris Wayne, who expressed gratitude Brown and rappers Lil Wayne, to God, his fans and Brown for inRick Ross and DJ Khaled did cluding him on the track.

Earlier in the ceremony, Brown double-duty, each taking the also thanked his fans and the netstage twice to perform.

Brown made a few extra trips work, saying, “I appreciate all the to the stage as the night’s big win- support. I know it’s been a long ner. The 21-year-old won four road, so I appreciate every blessawards, adding momentum to a ing in front of me.” Brown was comeback that began with his back on stage to join Big Sean on Michael Jackson tribute at the his song, “My Last,” and again to BET Awards last year and con- close the show, which he did on a tinued with his album, bicycle alongside host Kevin Hart, “F.A.M.E.” Brown has been who was on a Segway scooter.

That’s when Hart announced working to repair his image since he pleaded guilty to assaulting that Brown also won the then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. Fandemonium award and the He hit a stumbling block this year Viewers’ Choice prize. Moments when he tore up his dressing earlier, Drake had accepted the room after an appearance on Viewers’ Choice award when Rihanna was announced as the “Good Morning America.”

He was named best male R&B winner. But there was apparently artist and won best collaboration a glitch with the digital tablet devices that replaced the show’s traditional winners’ envelopes.

A fan was brought on stage to announce the winner, and she initially said Brown won.

Then she corrected herself to say Rihanna won. Hart clarified after a commercial break that “there was a mistake,” and Brown had indeed been the viewers’ choice.

Apart from the accidental award acceptance, Drake also appeared on stage with Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and DJ AP Photo/Matt Sayles Khaled for a perforChris Brown performs at the BET Awards mance on “I’m On on Sunday, June 26, 2011, in Los Angeles. One.” Associated Press Writer

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FILE - In this file film publicity image released by Disney-Pixar, animated characters Lightning McQueen, voiced by Owen Wilson, foreground left, Mater, voiced by Larry the Cable Guy, center, and Finn McMissile, voiced by Michael Caine, right, are shown in a scene from “Cars 2.” Cars 2” cruised to a No. 1 finish with a $68 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, June 26, 2011. That makes 12 wins in a row for Pixar since 1995’s “Toy Story.”

‘Cars 2’ keeps Pixar in driver’s seat with $68M Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Pixar Animation remains undefeated at the boxoffice races. The Disney unit’s animated sequel “Cars 2” cruised to a No. 1 finish with a $68 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. That makes 12 wins in a row for Pixar since the company’s first feature film, 1995’s “Toy Story.”

“It couldn’t be any better than that. What an unbelievable track record these guys have,” said Chuck Viane, head of distribution for Disney. “Cars 2” added $42.9 million in 18 overseas markets, giving it a worldwide total of $110.9 million.

Domestically, “Cars 2” nearly matched the $68.1 million debut of Disney-Pixar’s “Up” two years ago, though it was well below the company’s record of $110.3 million for last year’s “Toy Story 3.”

The original “Cars” had a $60.1

million debut in 2006, but factoring in today’s higher admission prices, it sold more tickets than “Cars 2.”

Premiering in second-place was Cameron Diaz’s classroom comedy “Bad Teacher” with $31 million.

The Sony Pictures release added $12.9 million overseas in about 10 countries.

The previous weekend’s No. 1 flick, Ryan Reynolds’ “Green Lantern,” fell to third-place with $18.4 million. That was off a steep 65 percent from its revenues over opening weekend, raising the domestic

total for the Warner Bros. superhero tale to $89.3 million.

Both new wide releases came in ahead of industry projections, which had pegged “Cars 2” at an opening of around $60 million and “Bad Teacher” at about $25 million. “Cars 2” features Owen Wilson and Larry the Cable Guy reprising their voice roles for race car Lightning McQueen and tow truck Mater as the two are caught up in a spy adventure during an international racing tour.

The movie overcame unusually harsh reviews for Pixar, whose films include such critical darlings as “Ratatouille,” “Finding Nemo,” “The Incredibles” and “WALL-E.” Disney’s Viane said audiences gave “Cars 2” top grades in exit surveys, a sign that the movie should have a long life at theaters like previous Pixar flicks.

Michael Jackson ‘Thriller’ jacket fetches $1.8M Associated Press Writer

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – A famed black-and-red calfskin jacket that Michael Jackson wore in the classic “Thriller” video has sold at auction for $1.8 million.

Darren Julien, president and CEO of Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, says the jacket was purchased Sunday by Milton

Verret, a commodities trader from Austin, Texas.

The jacket is one of two Jackson wore during the filming of the 1983 “Thriller” video. Jackson wears the jacket in a scene with a troupe of zombies who rise from their graves and break into a dance routine.

Verret says the jacket will be sent on tour and used as a fundraising tool for children’s charities. A por-

tion of the sale price will go to the Shambala Preserve, a big cat sanctuary caring for two tigers Jackson one owned.

In this photo taken May 26, 2011, a worn and signed ‘Thriller’ Jacket that belonged to Michael Jackson is shown at Julien’s Auctions, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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This photo provided by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on June 27, shows a large green treedwelling frog, Litoria dux, that was discovered on the northern side of the Huon Peninsula.

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Spectacular new species discovered in New Guinea Agence France Presse

MANILA – A frog with fangs, a blind snake and a round-headed dolphin are among more than 1,000 new species recently found on the incredible Melanesian island of New Guinea, environment group WWF said. Scientists made the astounding discoveries, which also included a river shark and dozens of butterflies, on New Guinea at a rate of two a week from 1998 to 2008, WWF said in a new report on the island’s natural habitat.

“This report shows that New Guinea’s forests and rivers are among the richest and most biodiverse in the world,” said WWF’s Western Melanesia programme representative, Neil Stronach. New Guinea — divided between the Indonesian province of Papua in the west and Papua New Guinea to the east — has one of the world’s least spoilt and most stunning ecosystems.

Its rainforests are the third biggest in the world after the Amazon and the Congo, and, while the island covers just 0.5 per cent of the Earth’s landmass, it contains up to eight percent of the world’s species,

according to WWF. What was previously known about New Guinea’s biodiversity was already breathtaking, such as the world’s biggest butterfly — with a 30-centimetre (12inch) wingspan — and giant rats that can grow up to a metre long.

Scientists believe that one square kilometre (247 acres) of the island’s lowland rainforest may contain as many as 150 bird species, according to WWF. The 1,060 species confirmed by scientists as new discoveries between 1998 and 2008 are believed to have only scratched the surface of New Guinea’s dazzling ecosystems.

“Such is the extent of New

Guinea’s biodiversity that new discoveries are commonplace even today,” WWF said in its report, titled “Final Frontier: Newly Discovered Species of New Guinea”. One of the most notable finds documented in the WWF report was a round-headed and snub-finned dolphin, which swims in protected, shallow coastal waters near rivers and creek mouths.

Discovered in 2005 in Papua New Guinea, it was the first new dolphin species recorded anywhere in the world in three decades, and is now known to also exist in Australia, WWF said.

Another of the 12 mammals found over the decade was an anteater named in honour of British naturalist Sir David Attenborough, Sir David’s Long-beaked Echinda or, scientifically, Zaglossus attenboroughi. One of the 134 frogs discovered was dubbed Litoria sauroni because its striking red and black spotted eyes reminded scientists of the evil character Sauron in the “Lord of the Rings” movies.

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No ‘him’ or ‘her’; preschool fights gender bias Associated Press Writer

STOCKHOLM – At the “Egalia” preschool, staff avoid using words like “him” or “her” and address the 33 kids as “friends” rather than girls and boys. From the color and placement of toys to the choice of books, every detail has been carefully planned to make sure the children don’t fall into gender stereotypes.

“Society expects girls to be girlie, nice and pretty and boys to be manly, rough and outgoing,” says Jenny Johnsson, a 31-yearold teacher. “Egalia gives them a fantastic opportunity to be whoever they want to be.”

The taxpayer-funded preschool which opened last year in the liberal Sodermalm district of Stockholm for kids aged 1 to 6 is among the most radical examples of Sweden’s efforts to engineer equality between the sexes from childhood onward.

Breaking down gender roles is a core mission in the national curriculum for preschools, underpinned by the theory that even in highly egalitarian-minded Sweden,

society gives boys an unfair edge.

To even things out, many preschools have hired “gender pedagogues” to help staff identify language and behavior that risk reinforcing stereotypes.

Some parents worry things have gone too far. An obsession with obliterating gender roles, they say, could make the children confused and ill-prepared to face the world outside kindergarten.

“Different gender roles aren’t problematic as long as they are equally valued,” says Tanja Bergkvist, a 37-year-old blogger and a leading voice against what she calls “gender madness” in Sweden.

Those bent on shattering gender roles “say there’s a hierarchy where everything that boys do is given higher value, but I wonder who decides that it has higher value,” she says. “Why is there higher value in playing with cars?”

At Egalia — the title connotes “equality” — boys and girls play together with a toy kitchen, waving plastic utensils and pretending to cook. One boy hides inside the toy stove, his head popping out through a hole.

AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden, Fredrik Sandberg

In this Monday June 20, 2011 file photo, children play in the garden of ‘Egalia’, a Swedish preschool aiming at gender stereotypes, poses for a photo in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday June 20, 2011.

Moon Dust Missing for 40 Years Is Found at Auction House IT was one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind, and a lot of people wanted a piece of it.

Now, some 40 years after moon dust brought back from the Apollo 11 mission went missing, it was recovered at a St. Louis auction house and returned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston this week.

“It’s a speck - the size of a fingertip,” said David Kols of Regency-Superior auction house, where the dust had been placed for sale. “But it’s lunar material, and since we’re not going back to the

moon in my lifetime or yours, that makes it worth a lot to some people.”

The U.S. attorney’s office in St. Louis, which announced the recovery of the moon dust on June 23, said that investigators with NASA believed the dust had come from the film cartridge of a camera used by astronauts on humanity’s first trip to the moon in 1969. The dust was lifted from the cartridge using a 1in. (2.5 cm) piece of clear tape.

Somehow, it reached the black market and was sold in 2001, NASA

investigators believe, to a German collector who cut up the tape into tiny slivers rather than return it to the U.S. government.

When investigators from both NASA and the U.S. attorney’s office noticed moon dust listed for sale in St. Louis, they shut down the transaction with the cooperation of the auction house and the seller. The widow trying to sell the dust - her name was not released - said she didn’t know where her late husband had purchased it. She “immediately and graciously agreed to relinquish

it back to the American people,” the U.S. attorney’s office said.

The auction house had estimated its value at $1,000 to $1,500. Preliminary testing by the Johnson Space Center’s lab has concluded that the material in “all likelihood” is lunar, but final results will take a few weeks.

More than 800 lb. (363 kg) of moon rocks, pebbles, sand and dust were ferried back to Earth during the Apollo lunar missions, which ended in late 1972. The overwhelming majority of the material

was kept for analysis, but a handful of samples were given to museums, individual states and foreign dignitaries. Some are now unaccounted for, and there are many fakes for sale. A moon rock given to Missouri during the administration of Governor Christopher “Kit” Bond, who was first elected in 1972, was found last year in a box of memorabilia when Bond cleaned out his office after four terms in the U.S. Senate. Bond promptly returned the rock to the current governor, Jay Nixon.

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Top Japan teenager Usami joins Bayern Munich Reuters

TOKYO - Highly rated Japan teenager Takashi Usami has signed for Germany’s Bayern Munich, J-League club Gamba Osaka said on Monday, the striker vowing to become the new Arjen Robben. The 19-year-old Usami, called up for Japan’s senior squad for the first time earlier this month, is expected to make the switch permanent if his six-month loan deal is successful “I was worried about leaving the team during the (Japanese) season but chances like this don’t come along every day,” Usami told a news conference.

“I decided it was the right thing to do to take on this big challenge.

To be honest it still hasn’t sunk in. “It’s such a surprise to imagine playing in such a big league with such great players,” added Usami, a superb dribbler regarded as one of Japan’s best prospects.

Usami promised to take his game to another level at the German giants, even warning he would make Dutchman Robben and France international Franck Ribery fight for their places.

“I want to improve my skills to the point I can take their places from them,” said Usami, who is poised to leave Japan next month after Gamba’s J-League game with Vissel Kobe.

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River Plate’s forward Mariano Pavone (R) reacts after missing a penalty kick during the Argentina’s Promotion football match against Belgrano, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, on June 26, 2011.

Argentine football giants relegated for first time Agence France Presse

BUENOS AIRES – Legendary Argentine football giants River Plate were relegated from the country’s top division for the first time in their 110-year history, amid tears and scenes of violent mayhem. The Buenos Aires team are Argentina’s most successful club with 33 championships to their name, and their rivalry with Boca Juniors, based in the same city, is one of the most intense in all sport.

But there will be no Superclasicos next season unless the two sides draw each other in a cup competition, after River Plate were held 1-1 at home in the second leg of a promotion-relegation playoff with lowly Belgrano de Cordoba. The Primera B side had won the first leg 2-0, meaning River Plate had to win by two clear goals to stay up under the play-off system rules.

The Millionaires, as the team are known, got off to the best possible start, Mariano Pavone scoring after just five minutes. But they failed to settle and Guillermo Farre silenced the 50,000-crowd in the Estadio Monumental with an equaliser for the Cordobans in the 61st minute.

Pavone had a chance to put River Plate back in command with a penalty just nine minutes later, but his spot kick was saved by goalkeeper Juan Carlos Olave. As violence erupted among supporters, referee Sergio Pezzotta brought the tie to a close on 89 minutes, giving

Belgrano a 3-1 aggregate win and a place in history, as well as in the Primera Division.

Juan Jose Lopez’s players, having brought their illustrious club to an unprecedented low on a cold winter afternoon, spent several minutes hugging each other, in tears, before leaving the pitch.

Belgrano de Cordoba departed under a hail of missiles from the home crowd, as firefighters sprayed water hoses into the stands to try to restore order.

The violence soon spread to the streets outside the stadium, where police used horses and water cannon to control furious fans, television footage showed. The clashes left 68 people injured, 50 arrested and 15 vehicles destroyed, according to the Federal Police. Two officers were “in serious condition with head injuries from being hit by projectiles,” police said.

About 2,200 police had been deployed for the match. The 3,000 Belgrano fans who had made the journey to the capital were unable

to leave the stadium for two hours, and it was another hour before the River Plate players and staff could do so, under heavy police escort.

“We will resist, we will reformulate the club from now on,” said Daniel Passarella, River Plate’s president, who captained Argentina’s 1978 World Cupwinning side but who is blamed by some fans for the team’s decline. The club, named for the English version of the Rio de la Plata which divides Argentina and Uruguay, were formed in 1901 and earned their nickname in the 1930s, when their resources saw them acquire players from rival clubs for huge transfer fees.

As well as their domestic titles — the last of them in 2008 — they have won two Copa Libertadores, the Intercontinental Cup, the Supercopa Sudamericana and the Copa Interamericana. Boca and Independiente are now the only sides never to have been relegated from Argentina’s Primera Division.

Group stage not over in Women’s World Cup Agence France Presse

SINSHEIM, Germany – Both France and Nigeria feel that the 2011 Women’s World Cup opener was just that — an opener to Group A play.

And neither the winners France nor losers Nigeria are counting the group stage as over.

“Just like every other team, we want to win every game we play. We earned three very, very important points. But we have three do-or-die matches and have to win at least two. Now we have to win one more of them,” said France coach Bruno Bini, whose team is even with Germany with three points after their 1-0 win in the Group A opener.

Nigeria and Canada both have zero points with two matches each to play. “It’s not done for us, and it’s not done for Nigeria. They are a very good team. Nigeria will torture a couple other teams,” said Bini.

The French coach has an injury concern looming as right outside back Wendie Renard was forced out injured after 69 minutes and replaced by Laure Lepailleur. Renard, who was badly limping with a heavily taped left upper leg after the game, was already taking the place of regular starter Corine Franco on the right side.

With his sights set on Thursday and France’s second Group A encounter with Canada, Bini said: “We will just sit and calmly analyse this game and see what we did right and wrong.” Nigeria coach Ngozi Uche meanwhile remained confident that her team still has a lot of football to play at Germany 2011.

“I always say, football is a game. It’s never won or lost until it’s played.

We do respect Germany. They are a good side. But I still believe in the game of football anything can happen. There is no team that cannot be beaten,” said Uche of the Thursday encounter with two-time champions and hosts Germany.

“We cannot give it to Germany now until that match is played. We intend to give it a good fight.” But first Uche and her coaching staff have to go back to the drawing board as they play Germany. “We will try to install confidence in them and encourage them to finish well,” said Uche.

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Nigeria’s striker Uchechi Sunday (C) vies for the ball with France’s defenders Laura Georges (R) and Laure Lepailleur in the women’s football World Cup match in Germany on June 26.

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Nadal faces del Potro as Williams sisters eye final Agence France Presse

LONDON – Defending champion Rafael Nadal’s Wimbledon campaign runs into the imposing 1.98m (6ft 6ins) figure of dangerman Juan Martin del Potro Monday while the rejuvenated Williams sisters eye another final date. World number one Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 winner, has the toughest-looking clash of the fourth round when he tackles Argentine del Potro, the man who blew him off court in the US Open semi-finals in 2009 for the loss of just six games.

But the Spaniard, fresh from his sixth French Open title, can take heart from his form so far at Wimbledon where he has yet to drop a set. Del Potro, by contrast, had to play on all six days of the first week as heavy rain played havoc with the scheduling.

“It’s always a big challenge to play against him,” said Nadal of his 24th-seeded opponent who missed most of 2010 with a wrist injury.

“He’s a very, very tough opponent and one of the best players in the world.” Del Potro insists all the pressure will be on Nadal in their eagerly-awaited fourth round clash.

“It was two years ago when I beat him in New York. I don’t know if I’m still far away from that level,” said del Potro. “To beat Rafa you have to play unbelievable tennis.” Second seed Novak Djokovic was given a stern workout in his third round encounter by Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis on Sat-

urday where he dropped his first set of the competition.

Djokovic, beaten just once all year, faces French left-hander Michael Llodra. “He will be tough.

I need to work on my serve and return and hope it’ll work out for me,” said the Serb.

Six-time champion Roger Federer faces Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny who he has beaten 10 times out of 10. Federer, chasing Pete Sampras’s record of seven Wimbledon titles, won the last of his 16 majors at the 2010 Australian Open. “I don’t go through days thinking like, My God, I haven’t won a Grand Slam in so long,” said the Swiss, who, like Nadal has yet to drop a set at this year’s tournament.

“It turns around fast. You don’t cry over stuff like that.” Fourth seed Andy Murray tackles flamboyant French shot-maker Richard Gasquet who was two sets to love ahead of the Scotsman in their

fourth round meeting here in 2008 before the Scot rallied to win.

The other last 16 ties see America’s final representative Mardy Fish meet last year’s runner-up Tomas Berdych while Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot faces Feliciano Lopez who put out threetime runner-up Andy Roddick.

Spain’s David Ferrer takes on Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga while Australian qualifier Bernard Tomic, the first 18-year-old to make the fourth round in 21 years, goes up against former semi-finalist Xavier Malisse of Belgium.

In the women’s last 16, Serena and Venus Williams, with nine titles between them, are still on course for a fifth all-sister final.

Both have made light of their lengthy lay-offs to make the last 16 where Serena faces France’s Marion Bartoli, the 2007 runnerup, while Venus takes on Tsvetana Pironkova who knocked her out in the quarter-finals last year.

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Spanish player Rafael Nadal serves to Luxembourg player Gilles Muller during the men’s single at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London on June 25, 2011.

Thunder pick Jackson promises to work hard Associated Press Writer

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Oklahoma City Thunder draft pick Reggie Jackson, upper left, leads a cheer for the Thunder with children during a Thunder Youth Basketball Camp at the Boys and Girls Club of Oklahoma County in Oklahoma City, Saturday, June 25, 2011. The Thunder selected Reggie Jackson with the 24th pick in this year’s NBA draft.

OKLAHOMA CITY – After being introduced as the newest member of the Oklahoma City Thunder, firstround draft pick Reggie Jackson made only one promise about what people should expect from him.

“I don’t have any predictions on the court for what’s going to happen with my career, but I can guarantee you I’ll definitely give 100 percent every day in practice,” Jackson said at a news conference Saturday at a Boys and Girls Club to announce his arrival.

“It’s what I’ve done my whole life since being up at 5 a.m. in high school shooting to going back to the gym from about 11 to 1 at night. It’s just what I love to do. Definitely, I just want to get better every day and help the team get better.”

Jackson called himself “very inconsistent” with his shot as a freshman and sophomore point guard at Boston College, but he had a breakthrough junior season after Steve Donahue was hired as the Eagles’ head coach. He credits Donahue with providing him the mechanical adjustments that turned him into the No. 24 pick in Thursday

night’s draft. He’s got a better release point, a quicker shot and the vision to find the rim.

Jackson went from making 43 percent of his shots to just over half, and from missing seven out of 10 3-pointers to a 42 percent success rate.

“The first two years at Boston College, I shot fadeaways, I’d shoot a leaner. I’d shoot leaning to the left, to the right. You really never knew what you were going to get from Reggie Jackson on a jump shot, but you knew you were going to get effort,” he said. “(I) actually combined that effort with great mechanics and great understanding of the game.” The improvement made Jackson an all-ACC first team selection and raised his scoring average to 18.2 points. He says he’s confident shooting even with a hand in his face.

“We really feel like his best basketball is well in front of him. He understands that there’s a lot of work that has to take place on his end and we also understand that we have to put him in positions to be successful throughout his development as a player,” general manager Sam Presti said.

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McLaren still ‘optimistic’ about British Grand Prix McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says he remains an ‘optimist’ about Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button’s chances for the British Grand Prix, despite a difficult time in Valencia last weekend. Both Button and Hamilton were unable to challenge Red Bull Racing and Ferrari’s leading drivers as they struggled with tyre degradation at the European Grand Prix.

After the race, both drivers urged the team to deliver improvements to the car - and Hamilton conceded that his world championship chances were effectively over because he was now 89 points adrift of Sebastian Vettel.

But Whitmarsh is refusing to throw the towel in yet, and says that improvements in the pipeline for Silverstone – which could include a revamped DRS wing – plus different track conditions, could help his team return to form. “There has never been a car that has had enough power and enough downforce,” said Whitmarsh about the comments his drivers had made.

“You are working all the time to do that. We were not exploiting the tyres correctly; we were struggling with traction

– and that was not to do with downforce, that was tyre temperature.” He added: “But I am an optimist. We plan to go to Silverstone with some new things; we will have new parts and possibly a new rear wing – various bits and pieces.

“Silverstone is very different to here. Anyone who stands here and say I am sure we will be back with the quickest race car would be rather foolish, but we will see how we get on.

“We’ve had a difficult afternoon, but we had three races with the quickest race car and we just did not have the quickest one here. This is not the intention and we will be working hard to develop the car to be quicker at Silverstone.”

Hamilton’s difficult afternoon in Valencia left him in no doubt that Sebastian Vettel was well on course to take his second world title. “He has pretty much won it,” Hamilton was quoted as saying by the British press. “It’s finished really, in the sense of the championship. Unless he doesn’t finish the next 10 races, which is very unlikely, then he is gone.

“We just can’t beat Red Bull right now. They would need to fall off the track for me to beat them. There was over a second per lap difference today. That is just ridiculous.”

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Winner Vettel says he is not thinking of title yet despite huge gap Sebastian Vettel insists he is not looking at the championship table yet, despite his huge advantage after his victory in Valencia. The world champion scored his sixth win in eight races on Sunday, extending his lead in the championship over Mark Webber and Jenson Button to 77 points.

The gap means Vettel would still lead the championship even if he missed the next three races. But the Red Bull driver says it is important ro focus on each race to try to achieve the best result, and claimed he is not focused on the championship yet.

“I don’t look at the gap, it is a long season,” said Vettel.

“For sure we have had a phenomenal start to the season. We continue that way, we have to take every single race as it comes. Surely we don’t have to win by taking too much risk but the target is still to win races.

“It feels wonderful like I said today and we try to achieve our optimum. If we have the chance to win then we have to take it. If

the day comes and we are not competitive enough, and we are good enough for third, we have to finish third and not seventh.

“At the moment we all enjoy it. It is incredible the achievement and step the team made in the last two/three years. Every single department got so much professional. We have to keep doing what we do, and stay hungry wanting to win races and wanting to become better and better every time.”

The German, who has also been on pole position in all but one of the races this year, denied his win in Valencia had been easy. He also praised the work of his Red Bull team for having produced such a strong car again.

“Maybe from the outside,” he said. “I don’t know how much there was happening in the grand prix. From myself it looked like an absorbing race. I enjoy it so much when it is you and your car every single lap. I had pressure from behind with Fernando and Mark, they were pitting some times before and some times after, they were pushing hard.

“For some reason I enjoy this track and it’s smooth too - it is fantastic. The team has done a phenomenal job. Even though we come here and say it might be tricky, we managed to put everything together. A faultless weekend and I am very happy with this result.”

(L to R) Second placed Ferrari’s Spanish driver Fernando Alonso, winner Red Bull Racing’s German driver Sebastian Vettel and third placed Red Bull Racing’s Australian driver Mark Webber celebrate on the podium at the Valencia Street Circuit on June 26, 2011 in Valencia after the European Formula One Grand Prix.

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McLaren Mercedes’British driver Lewis Hamilton drives at theValencia Street Circuit on June 26, 2011 inValencia during the European Formula One Grand Prix.