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Release of the parade partici-pants was marked with the beat-ing of gongs carried out by Gov-ernor of Bali Made MangkuPastika accompanied by the Headof Bali House, AA Ngurah OkaRatmadi and Head of Bali Cul-tural Services, I Ketut Suastika.Blaring sound exuded by gongberi instrument estimated to origi-nate from mainland China hasadapted to be a ritual music forhundreds of years. Its presencehas enriched the music of Bali andis expected to encourage themulticultural spirit and creativityof Balinese artists to give birth tonew works all the times.

If compared to the parade inprevious years, this year’s BAFparade was relatively lacked ofparticipants from outside Bali.Those from outside Bali gracingthe parade were only the envoyfrom Central Kalimantan and

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Balinese in traditional wedding dresses take part in a parade during the 33nd Bali Art Festival in Denpasar on the resortisland of Bali on June 11, 2011.

Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA – Indonesia hasarrested eight terror suspectswho were plotting a mass poi-soning of police personnel, ac-cording to an anti-terror officer,as one report saying they hadplanned to use cyanide.

The member of the police’scounter-terrorism squad, whodid not want to be identified,said six suspects had been ar-rested late Friday in Jakarta af-ter two were held in Pekalongancity, Central Java, on Thursday.

“They planned to attack po-lice personnel by poisoning foodat police office canteens,” thesource said. Tempo news websitequoted an unnamed senior policeofficial saying the suspects hadplanned to use cyanide.

Indonesia’s police headquar-

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Second day of the 33rd Bali Arts Festival (BAF), Saturday

(Jun 11), was jazzed up with a parade involving 10 thousandartists from nine regencies/city in Bali and two participantsfrom outside Bali.

West Kalimantan. Meanwhile, en-voy from the Sultan Idris Univer-sity of Malaysia which was theonly foreign participant registeredto join did not appear on the pa-rade. Practically, there was no for-eign participant.

Route of the parade started infront of Jayasabha Building andended at Bali Art Center and com-menced by two compositions,namely Adhi Merdangga tradi-tional marching band and ShivaNata Raja dance presented by theIndonesia Institute of Arts (ISI)Denpasar. Adhi Merdangga poseda procession in the form of colos-sal gamelan music dominated bydrums. The gamelan created in1983 by ASTI Denpasar combinedgamelan music inspired by theideas of baleganjur music and en-riched by other musical instru-ments as needed.

Eight held in Indonesiaover poison plot

ters has yet to issue an officialstatement on the case.

In recent months police havearrested dozens of suspects alleg-edly part of a new militant cellbehind a series of recent incidents,including book bombs whichwere sent to Muslim moderatesand counter-terrorism officials.

The cell was linked to anApril suicide bomb attack in aprayer room at a police com-pound in Cirebon in West Java.

Police also foiled a bid to setoff a massive bomb near achurch on the outskirts ofJakarta at Easter. No one waskilled in those incidents.

Indonesia has been rocked bya series of attacks staged by re-gional terror network JemaahIslamiyah in recent years, in-cluding the 2002 Bali bombingswhich killed 202 people.Continued on page 6

PresidentWelcomes UDG

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In his speech, President SBYclaimed to be very enthusiastic withthe central theme Desa Kala Patra:Self-adaptation in Multi-culturecarried on the 33rd Bali Arts Festi-val. It was said, the theme was trulyappropriate and inspiring. Precisely,living on this earth with a varietyof traditions and culture obliged usto live in harmony and mutuallycomplement and adapt. In amulticultural global society, headded, social harmony and intercul-tural harmony of nations could pre-vent mankind from clash of civili-zations. “With the accord and har-mony between nations, we canspread civilization bridges betweenwestern and eastern civilization aswell as the north and south civili-zation,” he said.

President SBY opens the 33rd BAFPresident SBY opens the 33rd BAFPresident SBY opens the 33rd BAFPresident SBY opens the 33rd BAFPresident SBY opens the 33rd BAFPeal the message of peace to worldwidePeal the message of peace to worldwidePeal the message of peace to worldwidePeal the message of peace to worldwidePeal the message of peace to worldwideDenpasar (Bali Post)—

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), Friday (Jun 10) night, officially opened the33rd Bali Arts Festival (BAF) 2011, 11th National Utsawa Dharma Gita (UDG) and Bali WorldCulture Forum (BWCF) 2011. The opening ceremony taking place in Ardha Candra Amphi-theater, Bali Art Center, was marked with transfixion of an eight-budded lotus kayonan byPresident Yudhoyono resumed with the presentation of colossal ballet entitled BhismaDewabharata.

President Yudhoyono observedthe theme of BAF was inspiring toarouse mankind on this earth to de-velop universal values of culturalwealth owned by each country. SBYhad confidence that within themeaning of every sublime cultureand civilization lay some similari-ties of universal cultural value. Andevery eminent culture and civiliza-tion also contained differences.However, the difference could evenengender harmonious and elegantcolorful beauty. “That’s social capi-tal that can be the basis for thegrowth of tolerance, adaptation aswell as cultural harmony in globaland multicultural values,” he said.

According to SBY, BAF had be-come a means of presenting thepeaks of art and cultural creativity,

innovation and high appreciation ofBalinese culture. He affirmed BAFwas not only eagerly awaited by thecommunity but also by domestic andforeign tourists. “BAF has been ableto maintain and preserve the unique-ness of amazing Balinese culture.BAF poses a window of culture andintercultural communication bridgefor local, national and foreign cul-tures. Similarly, it has become ameans of constructive interactionamong the artists and humanists withwider community,” he said.

On that occasion, PresidentYudhoyono also incredibly appre-ciated the implementation of the11th National UDG. It was said thatUDG was very important for Hin-dus in confirming the understand-ing, appreciation and practice of the

Vedic teachings. UDG as part of theHindu tradition was rich in culturaland spiritual values so that it couldbe a source of inspiration for char-acter development of the nation.“Through the UDG, the Hindus areinvited to interpret the Vedic teach-ings in community life, foster tol-erance and build good character andnoble morality,” he said.

Likewise, President Yudhoyonoalso responded positively theimplementation of Bali World Cul-ture Forum (BWCF) 2011. In thisforum, participants would discussabout the culture in terms of vari-ous aspects. Hopefully, the viewsand experiences of participantscoming from various countriescould give contribution to the de-velopment and preservation of Ba-linese culture. “Bali World CultureForum is part of our journey to re-alize the aspiration of a world cul-tural forum, namely the World Cul-ture Forum held in Bali in the up-coming 2012,” he said.

Furthermore, PresidentYudhoyono invited all componentsof both artists and art activists com-ing from Bali and from all over thecountry and overseas to make BAFan icon of cultural appreciationwith international standard.Through BAF, Yudhoyono also in-vited the community to increase ap-preciation to Balinese art and cul-ture together with other cultures aswell as peal the message of broth-erhood and peace to every nook andcranny of the world.

“Let us make BAF a medium ofpromotion for Bali tourism and In-donesian tourism as a whole. Letus show off to the world that Indo-nesia is a country having a very richand colorful cultural diversity. Ul-timately, let us show off that Balican offer the environment-basedtourism or ecotourism and cultureand heritage-based economy orheritage economy,” he affirmed.

Concept of diversity

Meanwhile, Governor of BaliMade Mangku Pastika reported thecentral theme carried in the 33rdBAF was Desa Kala Patra: Self-ad-aptation in Multi-culture. He said

the theme implied the importanceof adaptation and tolerance in real-izing social harmony of the currentheterogeneous Balinese people.Concept of diversity was in linewith the philosophy manyamabraya (brotherhood) as behaviorthat had been developed by Ba-linese society for generations. “Ihope this theme reinforces the spiritof the artists and the people of Balito fortify their cultural existencefrom the onslaught of global cul-ture,” said Mangku Pastika whileadding that BAF 2011 would last amonth long period filled with a se-ries of events end on July 9, 2011.

Mangku Pastika also added thatproceeds of artistic creativity, senseand initiative with noble and dy-namic qualities were driven by thesense of love, devotion, motivationand life replete with divine inspira-tion. Such noble and dynamic at-tributes were then fostered by en-deavors through implementation ofhigh dynamic concepts in BAF ac-tivities formulated in the form ofparade, performance, competition/parade, exhibition and workshop bydisplaying various genres of art. Allactivities involved 334 art troupesfrom the regency/city throughoutBali supported by more than 15thousand artists. Additionally, theBAF 2011 was also enlivened by 24participants from 16 provinces be-yond Bali and seven foreign partici-pants from five countries, namelyJapan, the United States, India,Malaysia and Australia.

“The presence of arts by partici-pants from outside Bali and over-seas are very important in diversi-fying the treasures of BAF imple-mentation as a forum to share ex-perience and knowledge among theartists and societal components asan effort to enrich the national cul-ture,” he said.

After officially opening the BAF,President Yudhoyono and his wifemingled with thousands of peopleof Bali to see the presentation ofcolossal ballet entitled BhismaDewabharata. The performanceworked on nicely by the IndonesiaInstitute of Arts (ISI) Denpasar wasthe premier event in the BAF 2011.(kmb13/bit)

BP/Yudi Karnaedi

Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, officially open the 33rd Bali Art Festival(BAF) in Art Center, Denpasar.

3International Bali News Monday, June 13, 2011

To anticipate rabies,To anticipate rabies,To anticipate rabies,To anticipate rabies,To anticipate rabies,dogs vaccinated en massedogs vaccinated en massedogs vaccinated en massedogs vaccinated en massedogs vaccinated en masseTabanan (Bali Post)—

To anticipate the re-emergence of rabies cases, the entire population of dogs in Tabanan wasvaccinated on Saturday (Jun 11). This activity was carried out simultaneously by vaccinationteam formed by Tabanan Animal Husbandry Services. The team strictly targeted the entirehousing and public places. Once the team encountered dogs, they were directly injected withanti-rabies. Such a method was taken because dog’s owners lacked of awareness of the vaccina-tion provided by the Regency Government.

Sweeping vaccination wasstarted in the morning. The medi-cal team was targeting the entire thenook and cranny of housing com-plexes. As met by Bali Post inKediri Subdistrict, the officers werebusy capturing the roaming straydogs by using small net. Oncecaught, the rabies-prone animalswere directly injected by the vac-cine. “We must go into each houseto find the dogs and then vaccinatedthem for free,” said one of the of-ficers of Kediri Animal Husbandry,Ketut Merta Nadi.

In addition to residents, the of-ficers also vaccinated dogs in pub-lic places such as field, graveyard

and others. This method was fo-cused on stray dogs because theownerless dogs were prone to trans-mit rabies. According to Adi Merta,the vaccination implemented a newmethod, namely with the vaccinecooler box. Because, the vaccinechilled with ice was considered lessqualified. The mass vaccine waswelcomed enthusiastically by dogowners. They rushed to hand overtheir pet when the officers arrived.During the activity, a number ofdogs were seen roaring when net-ted by the officers.

Movement of mass vaccinationwas planned to be held until Sep-tember 12. There were 12 teams es-

tablished where each consisted of67 personnel. The movement wasintended to suppress the number ofrabies in Tabanan ranked third inBali. “Our target can vaccinate upto 70 percent of dog population inTabanan,” said the Head of TabananAnimal Husbandry Services, NiNyoman Rusmini.

Population of dogs in Tabananwas recorded to reach 31,189. Ofthat amount, 21,832 dogs had ob-tained anti-rabies vaccine en masse.Vaccination teams would be work-ing at one village each day. Themeasure was believed to be effec-tive in preventing rabies casualties.(udi)

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A dag is catched before given vaccination in Tabanan Regency

Denpasar (Bali Post)—Hike of admission fee to a num-

ber of tourist destinations in Bali isexpected not to pursue levies only.The operators, whether it is govern-ment, private sector, customary vil-lage or individual should considerthe tourism supporting facilities.Some of them are toilet facility androad access to tourist destinationthat are often highlighted by tour-ists.

Such problems were disclosedby Chairman of the Tourism Indus-try Association of Indonesia (GIPI)of Bali Chapter, Ngurah Wijaya.Hike of admission fee should be ac-companied with an improvement ofservice and tourism supporting fa-cilities.

“Prices determine the service andthe quality of a tourism product. Ifthere is an increase it should bepoised with improvement of the twoelements. For instance, at Tanah Lottourist object visitors should be pre-sented with a magnificent panoramabecoming the icon of Tanah Lot, nota row of art shops,” said NgurahWijaya in Denpasar, Friday (Jun10).

According to him, the existingtourism supporting facilities at anumber of destinations in Bali re-mained far from adequate. To in-crease the attraction of tourist ar-rivals to Bali, it was also required achange in terms of infrastructureand other supporting facilities.

“Aside from supporting facili-ties, professionalism of human re-sources managing the tourist objectmust also be considered. I do hopethat Bali tourism is managed bypeople who have a clear vision andmission as well as good understand-ing on tourism management,” hesaid.

As for hike of admissionfee to tourist destinationOperators should not pursue levies

Waste problem, as recognized byNgurah Wijaya, stayed an obstaclein advancing the tourism sector. Nota few visitors who complainedabout the problem. Kuta Beach, forinstance, had once featured by for-eign media. This condition had tobe addressed urgently so that itwould have no impact on the imageof Bali tourism.

Perpetrators of tourism businessalso briefly highlighted the condi-tion of roads leading to a numberof tourist destinations in Bali thatwere badly damaged like the roadaccess to the area of Jatiluwih,Tabanan. Road section replete withpotholes had an impact on the in-terests of local and foreign touriststo visit the destination.

“The unresolved problem todayis the road access to some touristdestinations replete with many pot-holes. As consequence, it is verydisturbing for a passing vehicle.Even, it is also worried to discour-age tourists to pay a visit,” saidChairman of Regional ExecutiveBoard of the Indonesian TourGuides Association (HPI) of BaliChapter, Made Sukadana.

According to him, the road ac-cess to a number of tourist destina-tions in Bali had been often submit-ted to government. Unfortunately,the response of government was feltless than optimal to resolve the is-sue. Government, in this case theOffice of Highways and SpatialPlanning was appealed to immedi-ately repair the damaged road.

“Ideally, the unspoiled touristdestination is balanced with the ex-istence of good road access. Ofcourse, smooth road will make tour-ists come back to the destinationbecause they were comfortable,” hesaid. (par)

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Tanah Lot, one of the famous tourism site in Bali

Singaraja (Bali Post)—A theft accompanied with violence

occurred again in Buleleng. A house-wife named Dwi Mulyati, 32, a resi-dent of Pemaron Village, BulelengSubdistrict, was threatened with ascrewdriver by a thief. As conse-quence, she lost a camera, two mobilephones and cash worth IDR 1 million.

Division Head of Operation ofBuleleng Police, Ida Putu Wedana

Housewife threatened byscrewdriver, IDR 6 million disappears

Jati, with permission Chief ofBuleleng Police, T. Widodo Rahino,Friday (Jun 10), justified the caseof theft with violence happened onThursday (Jun 9) morning. Whenthe thief came to the victim’s houseat 05:00 a.m., the uninvited guestwas immediately ruffled thevictim’s home. When the victimDwi Mulyati appeared, the perpe-trator instantly threatened her with

a screwdriver. She was turningpowerless and asked to show whereher valuables were.

The perpetrator then grabbed hervaluables in the form of an Olympuscamera, two Nokia mobile phones,HT and cash amounting to IDR 1million. “Until now, we are still in-vestigating the case. As a result of thisincident, the victim suffers a loss ofabout IDR 6 million,” he said. (kmb)

International4 Monday, June 13, 2011 News

Bahrain brought in troops fromSaudi Arabia and United Arab Emir-ates in March and introduced mar-tial law, which ended last week, tostop the protests against the SunniAl-Khalifa family that rules over aShi’ite majority population.

The government said the protestshad a sectarian agenda and helpfrom Shi’ite power Iran, just acrossthe Gulf waters. The opposition de-nies this.

“Some try to manipulate our de-mands, to make them Shi’ite de-mands. This is not true. We are notcalling for an Iran, but to build up

Associated Press Writer

SINDANGAN, Philippines –A poor Filipino blacksmith’s sonwho stands less than 2 feet (60centimeters) tall was declared theworld’s shortest man by GuinnessWorld Records on his 18th birth-day Sunday, sparking a celebra-tion in his far-flung hometown.

The title was bestowed on JunreyBalawing in Sindangan in the south-ern Philippines, with Balawing’sparents, villagers and officials show-ering the coastal town’s newly fa-mous resident with a feast, a cake,balloons and cash gifts.

Balawing measured 23.5inches (60 centimeters) during theceremony attended by about 100villagers and journalists.Guinness World Records repre-sentative Craig Glenday pre-sented Balawing with official rec-ognition of his status as the short-

Agence France Presse

ANKARA – Turks went to thepolls Sunday in parliamentary elec-tions, with the Islamist-rooted Justiceand Development Party (AKP) set towin a third straight term in office.

Credited with Turkey’s thrivingeconomy, Prime Minister RecepTayyip Erdogan’s party was ex-pected to cruise to victory with aminor loss of votes compared to its47-percent showing in the 2007elections, according to pollsters.

The lingering question iswhether the AKP, in power since2002, can secure an overwhelmingparliamentary majority to press

AFP/Bulent Kilic

A woman votes in Istanbul. Turks went to the polls on Sunday in par-liamentary elections, with the Islamist-rooted Justice and Develop-ment Party (AKP) seeking to win a third straight term in office.

Turkey votes in parliamentary electionsahead with pledges to re-writeTurkey’s constitution, the legacy ofa 1980 coup.

Among a population of some 73million, more than 50 million wereeligible to vote in almost 200,000polling stations to renew the 550-seat parliament. “My vote goes tothe AKP — for the services theyhave offered us... I can now go toany hospital, without having toqueue,” said Aydin, a 40-year-oldtradesman.

He spoke at a school in Istanbul’sUskudar district, an AKP bastion,where a large crowd were waitingfor Erdogan himself to vote.

Polling stations were to close at

1400 GMT and preliminary resultswere expected after 1800 GMT. Theauthorities generally allow the me-dia to announce estimated resultsearlier. Pollsters predict the AKPwill take between 45 to 50 percentof the vote.

The AKP’s enduring popularityowes mostly to economic sucess andimproved public services followingyears of financial instability thathaunted Turkey under shaky coali-tion governments in the past.

Under the AKP, gross domesticproduct grew by 8.9 percent in 2010,outpacing global recovery, and percapita income has doubled to$10,079.

AFP PHOTO / JAY DIRECTO

Filipino Junrey Balawing, whounofficially measures about 241/4 inches (61cm), poses forphotographs at a health centrein Sindangan town ZamboangaDel Norte in the southern Phil-ippines on June 11, 2011.

Guinness names Filipinoas world’s shortest man

est adult man in the world.Balawing, who wore infant-

sized shoes and a white shirt em-blazoned with the Guinness seal,took over the title from KhagendraThapa Magar of Nepal, who is26.4 inches (67 centimeters) tall,Glenday said.

Sindangan, about 450 miles (730kilometers) south of Manila, has nothad so much attention in years —with dozens of journalists descend-ing on this fishing and farming townof 90,000 to cover the event.

“Thank you,” Balawing toldthe crowd through his father,Reynaldo, who interpreted hisson’s words spoken in a local dia-lect. Balawing blew the candles ona cake and clapped heartily eachtime the crowd applauded. He waslater heard saying “Kapoy,” or“I’m tired.”

Balawing’s mother grew teary-eyed during the ceremony. Shesaid earlier that she was happywith her son’s instant fame.

Glenday said he was struck withthe lively personality of Balawing,who constantly smiled and ap-peared not to be hampered by hiscondition. Balawing — who isabout the size of a toddler and has achild’s demeanor — was photo-graphed propping himself up usingempty Coca Cola bottles, whichwere taller than his waistline.

“Although he’s short, he takesthat in stride,” Glenday told TheAssociated Press. “He has thischeeky smile.”

Aside from a Guinness certifi-cate, the crown does not comewith any cash prize. Glendayhoped the international famewould bring in gifts and dona-tions, particularly medical sup-plies to ensure the health ofBalawing, who has to be proppedto be able to stand with his weakknees. Nobody could explain whyBalawing stopped growing a fewmonths after birth, his father said.

BahrainiShiiteMuslimschantslogans tofreeprisonersduring asermonFriday,June 10,2011, inDiraz,Bahrain

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Reuters

MANAMA – Thousands of Bahrainis shouting “we are victori-ous” gathered for a rally for political reform on Saturday, in the firstlarge demonstration since the Gulf Arab state crushed a democracyprotest movement in March.

our political reforms together,Shi’ite and Sunni, which will ben-efit all Bahrainis,” said Sheikh AliSalman, head of the Wefaq oppo-sition group which organized theevent.

“We will continue peacefullyand we will continue our peacefuldemonstrations,” he said, as thecrowd roared back: “Peaceful,peaceful!” The rally will likely beseen as a show of strength byWefaq, Bahrain’s leading Shi’iteopposition group, as it heads to anational dialogue called by theking for next month.

“Wefaq wants to encouragepeople to get back out after monthsof fear. It’s a good sign ,” said pro-tester Fatima.

The government said it grantedpermission for the rally, held in alarge square in the Shi’ite district ofSaar, west of the capital and awayfrom central Pearl Roundabout, epi-center of the earlier protests inspiredby uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.

Protesters waving Bahraini flagsspilled out into the streets and doz-ens watched from nearby rooftops.

People drove in from around thecity, causing traffic jams of morethan 2 km long. State helicoptersbuzzed over crowds raising signs thatread “The nation is for everyone.”

Opposition figures more than10,000 people attended the rally. TheInterior Ministry said 4,000 peoplewere gathered.

Activities Monday, June 13, 2011 5International

Temple CeremonyCalendar Event for May 25 through July 8, 2011

EVERY Temple and Shrine has a special date forit annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 daysaccording to Balinese calendar, including the smallerancestral shrine which each family possesses. Becauseof this practically every few days a ceremony of festi-val of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali.There are also times when the entire island celebratedthe 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 con-sidered its birth day and celebration always takes place onthe same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. Whennew moon is used then the celebration always happens onnew moon or full moon. The day of course can differ thereligious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full daywith some temple celebrating for three days while the cel-ebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is neverless 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 dressedwith pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade,sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimespainted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifullyarranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. Infront of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellasdepending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides theseumbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbul-umbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributesof Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”,long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments ofyoung 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 andcolored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires thegrace with which the carry their load on their heads.

Balinese TempleCeremony

25 May Buda Pon ToluCatur Temple Buwana Sanding Tampaksiring

26 May Wraspati Wage ToluPeninjoan Temple Besakih - Karangasem

1 Jun Buda Keliwon GumbregPasek Gelgel Kukuh Marga TabananPasek Gelgel Dukuh Selemadeg TabananPuseh Guwang Village SukawatiMerajan Pasek Ketewel KetewelMerajan Pangeran TangkasKuro Agung Jeroan SadingDalem Setra Batu Nunggul Swana Nusa Penida

8 Jun Buda Paing WarigaMerajan Pasek Gaduh Kayubihi Bangli

11 Jun Tumpek Uduh/PengatagPuseh / Village Temple Batuan SukawatiPasek Bendesa Kekeran MengwiManik Mas Besakih - Karangasem

15 Jun Buda Wage WarigadeanKepisah Sumerta DenpasarPasek Gelgel Gerih Abiansemal BadungPuncaksari Penarukan Peninjoan BangliBangun Sakti Besakih - KarangasemAntegsari Kaba-Kaba Kediri TabananPesimpangan Batur Pande Kaba-Kaba Kediri Tabanan

17 Jun Sukra Umanis WarigadeanOdalan Ida Ratu di Penataran Agung Besakih - KarangasemOdalan Ida Ratu Puraus Merajan Salonding Besakih

19 Jun Redite Pon JulungwangiPanti Pasek Gelgel Gobleg Banjar - Singaraja

21 Jun Anggar Kasih JulungwangiTirtaharum Tegalwangi BangliPasek Tohjiwa Wanasari TabananPasek Tangguntiti Jakatebel TabananPasek Bendesa Sangsit Sangsit BulelengDalem Waturenggong Taro Tegalalang

Ibu (Pura Kaja) Wanasari Selemadeg TabananPasek Gelgel Tulikup - GianyarManik Bingin Sidemen - Karangasem

22 Jun Buda Umanis JulungwangiPenetaran Gana Bebalang BangliDalem Gede Banjar Pande BangliPuncaksari Sangeh Abiansemal - BadungDadia Agung Pasek Sanak Sapta Resi GianyarMerajan Pasek Tohjiwa Tohjiwa JakatebelMerajan Pasek Prateka BatusesaMr. Jeroan Dauh CemenggonPuseh Penegil Darma Kubutambahan Singaraja

30 Jun Wraspati Wage SungsangKawitan Tangkas Kori Agung Desa Tangkas KlungkungSiang Kangin Tampuagan Tembuku BangliOdalan Ida Ratu Mas Penataran Agung BesakihMerajan Pasek Gelgel PetemonOdalan Ida Bhatara Bang Tulus Dewa Besakih - Karangasem

6 Jul Buda Keliwon DunggulanWakika Temple Kupang, NTTAgung Girinatha Temple Sumbawa Besar NTBDukuh Sakti Temple Dukuh Kediri-TabananAtambuananta Temple Kutamba NTTWebananta Temple Kupang, NTTGiripati Mulawarman Temple PontianakMustika Dharma Temple Cijantung I Jakarta TimurMustika Dharma Kompleks Kopassus Cijantung Jakarta Timur

7 Jul Wraspati Umanis DunggulanWatukaru Temple TabananLempuyang Luhur TempleKarangasemKentel Gumi Temple KlungkungPasek Gaduh Temple Umadesa Kediri TabananPasek Kubayan Temple Wangaya Gede Penebel TabananMerajan Pasek Temple Tohjiwa Tiyingan - KlungkungMerajan Pasek Gaduh Temple Umadesa

8 Jul Sukra Paing DunggulanUlun Suwi Temple Jimbaran - BadungLuhur Temple Cemenggon, Sukawati - GianyarPasek Ubung Temple Ubung - Denpasar

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JIMBARAN - Ayana Resort and SpaBali has been certified as an Eco Hotelby the prestigious TUV Rheinland Ger-many, in recognition of its commitmentto reduce its carbon footprint through en-vironmentally sustainable practices.

TUV Rheinland conducted a rigorousaudit over an 18-month period, includ-ing a thorough site inspection, documen-tation review, interviews with staff andmanagement, and implementation of anaction plan. The final audit found AYANAmet all requirements of ecological opera-tions relating to Organization and Objec-tives, Purchasing & Safety of HazardousSubstances, Water & Waste Management,Office Supplies, Facilities & Surround-ings, Energy Management and Safety.

“Ayana has long followed environmen-tally-sustainable practices — such as ourtwo water recycling plants, which havebeen in use for more than 10 years to re-cycle ‘grey’ and ‘black’ water for use onour gardens and ponds, our composting

Ayana certified as eco hotelprogram, energy efficiency and use ofeco-friendly detergents and other prod-ucts. These measures have been in placelong before the words ‘Eco Hotel’ be-came a trendy catchphrase. It is reward-ing to finally be officially recognizedand we are extremely proud of every-one involved in this intensive certifica-tion process,” said Clive Edwards,Ayana’s Rooms Executive and the per-son-in-charge of the Eco CertificationProgram.

“Yet, this is not the end of the storyfor us. The world is changing every dayand consumers are rightly demandingthat businesses operate as responsiblemembers of the community, puttingback as much – if not more – than whatthey take. We will continue to assesshow we can further reduce our carbonfootprint, while providing the highestlevel of service, facilities and guest ex-perience,” added Clive.

The Eco Certification comes shortlyafter Ayana was the first hotel in Bali tobe certified as Tsunami Ready.

Monday, June 13, 20116 News

Australian carrier Qantas Airwayssaid it had canceled 22 flights on Sun-day while Air New Zealand said it wasflying at lower altitudes and differentcourses to avoid the ash, and did notanticipate any disruption.

The volcano in the Puyehue-Cor-don Caulle chain in Chile has beenerupting for the past week, throwingair travel in South America into chaos,as it spewed ash high into the atmo-sphere.

Qantas said it had canceled flightsto the island state of Tasmania and des-tinations in New Zealand’s South Is-land. “We believe it is just too dan-gerous,” spokeswoman EmmaKearns told Reuters.

Air New Zealand said its aircraft

Agence France Presse

ROME – Italians began voting onSunday in referendums on plans toreturn to nuclear power and on a lawgranting Silvio Berlusconi immunityin what is seen as a vital test for theembattled premier.

The nuclear vote will be an impor-tant marker of popular opinion onatomic energy in Europe in the wakeof the Fukushima disaster in Japan andafter Germany this week passed a billphasing out nuclear power by 2022.

If turnout is higher than 50 per-

Associated Press Writer

MEXICO CITY – A judge sen-tenced a man to 60 years inprison for the 2008 murder ofMexico’s acting federal policechief Edgar Millan Gomez, fed-eral prosecutors said Saturday.

Alejandro Ramirez Baez wasconvicted of homicide and pos-sessing restricted weapons, theFederal Attorney General’s Officesaid in a statement. A second manwas sentenced to one year inprison for illegal arms possession.Both were found to be part of acell of the powerful Sinaloa Car-tel, the statement said.

Millan, one of the highestranking police officials killed by

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WELLINGTON – A cloud of ash from an erupting volcanoin Chile has drifted over the Atlantic and Indian oceans to lieover southern parts of New Zealand and Australia, disruptingair travel.

would fly at the lower altitude of18,000 feet to remain below the ashcloud or else take a different flight pathto avoid it.

The fine particles of ash, whichpose a danger to aircraft bodies andengines, were carried east by the pre-vailing winds to sit between 20,000and 35,000 feet across southern partsof Australia and New Zealand, saidSteve Sherburn, a vulcanologist atNew Zealand’s Institute of Geologi-cal and Nuclear Sciences.

The eruption, he said, was particu-larly strong and able to keep throwingash particles in to the atmosphere. “Ifthe eruption keeps going on, it couldaffect us for some time,” Sherburnsaid.

AP Photo/Roberto Candia

A person looks at volcanic ashes and smoke from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano asseen from Entrelagos, in southern Chile, Friday, June 10, 2011.

Meanwhile, the Shiva Nata Rajadance was the symbol of BAF. Itillustrated the Lord Shiva in Hin-duism as the god of all arts that wasconstantly moving and dancing,giving rise to the rhythm and regu-larity in the universe. Movement ofLord Shiva represented the emis-sion of prime forces and then unitedto create the universe. The ShivaNata Raja dance was also accom-panied by a line of long pennantssymbolizing deities abiding in ninecardinal directions (including onein central point).

The BAF parade was also gracedby the ranks of contingent of the11th National Utsawa Dharma Gita(UDG) participated by 33 prov-inces in Indonesia showing off typi-cal customary attires of the region.Furthermore, the parade witnessedby Minister of Culture and Tour-ism Jero Wacik was also enlivenedby the appearance of art envoysfrom the regency of Karangasem,Jembrana, Gianyar, CentralKalimantan, Klungkung, WestKalimantan, Tabanan, Bangli andBadung as well as closed with aperformance of Udayana Univer-sity Marching Band.

According to Parade Coordina-tor, Gde Arya Sugiartha, the con-tent of parade displayed by each re-gency/city was adjusted to the cen-tral theme of BAF 2011, namelyDesa Kala Patra – interpreted asmulti-cultural adaptation. To sumup, the parade worked on by high-lighting local (regency) peculiari-ties as the support to show off Ba-

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was actualized by combining har-monies of diversity and uniquenessof traditions existing in all regen-cies/city in the form of art proces-sion. “Procession of the arts remainsto give emphasis on the presenta-tion of art forms pursuant to desamawacara approach supported bycultural, customary and religiousvalues,” he said.

In general, content of the paradedisplayed by each regency/city wasdivided into three lines where thefirst line displayed the identity, cus-tomary youth showing off theirtypical attire style and symbol of theregion. This group was accompa-nied with gamelan music of smallergroup in accordance with the poten-tial of each region. The second linehighlighted the distinctive culturaltradition of the region like plant dis-ease prevention (Tabanan),Mekotekan (Badung), Magowak-gowakan (Buleleng), multiculturalharmony (Denpasar), royal crema-tion procession (Gianyar), Ngunyeor Barong procession, Rangda andTelek (Klungkung), Danu Kertihceremony accompanied by the ap-pearance of Baris and Rejang dance(Bangli), Segara Kertih accompa-nied by the appearance of a typicalpopulist art (Jembrana) and agilityof traditional warrior(Karangasem).

Meanwhile, the third lineshowed off ogoh-ogoh (papiermâché effigy), bade cremationtower or decorated vehicle made asthe climax of decorative themes onthe third line. For example, Tabanandisplayed rat(kmb13/bit)

Mexican judge gives 60years to killer of top cop

drug cartels in recent years, wasattacked in his Mexico City homein May 2008. The Sinaloa cartelhad been a key target of opera-tions led by Millan prior to hisdeath.

Also Saturday, Mexican troopsdiscovered almost two tons ofmethamphetamine stored in wa-ter tanks and buried in the groundin the northern state of Coahuila,the Defense Department said.Eleven kilograms (24 pounds) ofheroin were found in the samespot after a patrol found dug-upearth in the municipali ty ofCastanos, a Defense Departmentstatement said.

Mexican troops have con-ducted three other seizures this

month in Coahuila, across theborder from Texas. Most havebeen weapons seizures, the mostrecent one allegedly belonging tothe brutal Zetas cartel. Coahuilais one of several northern Mexi-can states where the Gulf andZetas cartels are fighting for con-trol.

In the northern state ofDurango, a 70-year-old farmerand his two grown sons weregunned down by unknown assail-ants, the state’s prosecutor’s of-fice said Saturday. The men hadbeen tending to cattle when theywere killed. At least 100 emptyshells from an AK-47 were foundnear the scene, the prosecutor’soffice said.

Italians begin voting in nuclear referendumcent, a vote against nuclear power willdefinitively scrap the government’splans to re-start Italy’s atomic energyprogramme by 2014, which have al-ready been put on a temporary mora-torium.

Voters could also strip Berlusconiof his legal immunity under a law thatwas approved by his governmentsoon after his re-election victory in2008.

The prime minister is a defendantin three ongoing trials, involving al-legations of having paid for sex witha 17-year-old girl, bribery and fraud.

A Constitutional Court ruling earlierthis year curbed part of the legal pro-tection linked to his duties but the 74-year-old can still invoke immunity.

A strong vote against Berlusconiwould add to signs of growing discon-tent in Italy seen in local elections ear-lier this month, in which his rulingPeople of Freedom party lost crucialmayoral contests in Milan and Naples.

Polling stations close at 10:00pm (2000 GMT) on Sunday andare open again between 7:00 amand 3:00 pm. The result is expectedlater on Monday.

Monday, June 13, 2011 7Indonesia TodayInternational

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JAKARTA - Indonesia offers in-vestment in the infrastructure sectorthrough a public private partnership(PPP) scheme in the World EconomicForum on East Asia (WEF-EA).

“The ability of the government`sfiscal is in a small balance and there-fore we offer the investment in infra-structure sector to both foreign andprivate parties,” Finance MinisterAgus Martowardojo said at the meet-ing of the World Economic Forumon East Asia here on Sunday.

The forum among others dis-cussed the failure in the monetarysector as a result of the impact of eco-nomic turmoil in Asia.

Present as the speakers at the meet-

Seventy-six Chinese and 101Taiwanese nationals were arrestedin 15 different sites across the In-donesian capital on Thursday fol-lowing requests by Chinese andTaiwanese police.

“We have deported 76 Chinesenationals with a chartered flight de-parted at 14.18 (0718 GMT) toBeijing,” an official at Soekarno Hattainternational airport Frans Yoseph told

AFP PHOTO

76 China fraud suspects deported from Indonesia76 China fraud suspects deported from Indonesia76 China fraud suspects deported from Indonesia76 China fraud suspects deported from Indonesia76 China fraud suspects deported from IndonesiaAgence France-Presse

JAKARTA – Indonesia on Saturday deported 76 Chinese nation-als who were among hundreds rounded up across Asia in connectionwith an alleged massive online fraud.

AFP. He said that the Taiwanese na-tionals had not yet been deported.

Nearly 600 suspects, including410 Taiwanese and 181 Chinese na-tionals, were nabbed in a carefullyplanned operation spanning sixcountries for allegedly runningInternet and telephone scams mainlytargeting mainland Chinese.

They were arrested in Taiwan,China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Ma-laysia and Thailand on Thursday.

Details of the scams, which ap-peared to have varied from country tocountry, are sketchy, but police believethousands of people were taken in.

In Indonesia, the suspects rentedhouses with broadband access and,posing as officials, made phone callsover the Internet to con victims inChina, Taiwan, the Philippines andVietnam into giving them money, po-lice said.

Antara

JAKARTA - Marvell TechnologyGroup USA predicted that the Asianregion will become the world largesteconomic area in a decade to come.

“Currently there is a shift of eco-nomic growth engine from the Westto the Asian region,” President andChief Executive Officer MarvellTechnology Group USA, SehatSutardja said here on Sunday in ajoint press conference with chair-persons and vice chairpersons of

Antara

JAKARTA - The Jakarta Metro-politan Police are to deploy 1,200officers to ensure public order andsecurity on Thursday (June 16)when a district court is scheduled topass sentence on Muslim cleric AbuBakar Ba‘asyir on the charge of fi-nancing terrorist activity.

“In addition, all of the JakartaMetropolitan police`s rank and filehave been instructed to tighten se-curity around vital objects in thecapital,” Senior CommissionerBaharuddin Djafar, head of the

Chinese police excort a groupof suspects (in black hoods)deported from Indonesia upontheir arrival at the airport inBeijing on June 11, 2011.Indonesia deported 76 Chinesenationals who were amonghundreds rounded up acrossAsia in connection with analleged massive online fraud.

RI offers infrastructure investment in WEF-EAing were Michael Buchanan, ChiefAsia-Pacific Economist at GoldmanSach; Stuart T Gulliver, Group ChiefExecutive HSBC Holding UK; OmarLodhi, Chief Executive Officer AbraajCapital Asia Singapore; and Bank In-donesia Deputy Governor MuliamanD Hadad.

Agus Martowardojo on the occa-sion said the provision of infrastruc-ture was a challenge that Indonesiahas to face in the next five years.

The finance minister said aroundRp1,400 trillion was needed in thenext five years for infrastructure fa-cility in Indonesia.

But he added that the governmentwas only able to provide around 20to 30 percent of the funds and the restshould be obtained by involving co-

operation with private parties througha public private partnership scheme.

“In the past seven years such ascheme did not give a significant re-sult but it is expected that there willsoon be a pilot infrastructure project,”Agus said.

He said an infrastructure projectwith the PPP scheme in East Javawould soon be realized and it was ex-pected to be followed by otherprojects. Agus admitted that althoughcapital flight could occur any time,Indonesia would not implement acapital control policy.

“I am optimistic that there will beno capital control,” the finance min-ister said, adding that fiscal and mon-etary conditions in the real sector wasgood and could support capital inflow.

Asia to become world largesteconomic region: Marvell

the World Economic Forum-EastAsia (WEF-EA). The shift of theeconomic growth engine was accel-erated by China‘s steps to developlow-cost manufacturing, he said.

“Indonesia with its great numberof people and good education willprovide an important role, so thatthe country can also supply theworld-class business leaders,”Sutardja said.

Marvell Technology Group is theworld integrated silicon producer.

Marvell products are widely

used in various electronic devices,such as Cisco switches, Blackberry,Apple iPod, Xbox 360 and the out-put products of electronic compa-nies, such as Panasonic, Huawei,Toshiba, Fujitsu, Sony Ericsson, HP,Samsung, including Hitachi.

Sutardja is determined to makethe technology as something thatcan be used to narrow the gap be-tween the poor and the rich.

“I want to see that the increasein infrastructure and technology canreduce social inequalities,” he cited.

AFP PHOTO / JUNI KRISWANTO

A group of Indonesian parents stage a rally and a signature cam-paign against illegal drugs in Surabaya the capital of East Java prov-ince on June 12, 2011 as concern for increasing drug use amongyouths despite the death penalty against drugs in Indonesia.

Police to field 1,200 men onday Ba‘asyir is sentenced

Jakarta Metropolitan Police`s publicrelations bureau, said here Saturday.

Baharuddin said the security tight-ening was necessary in anticipationof possible riots by the cleric‘s fol-lowers or sympathizers.

The police‘s intelligence unit wascurrently actively trying to collect in-formation on whatever security dis-turbance potential existed ahead ofBa‘asyir‘s sentencing next Thursday,he said. So far, the police had not de-tected any indication of such a po-tential in Jakarta “but nevertheless wewill remain vigilant so as not to betaken by surprise.” Baharuddin said.

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AntaraDENPASAR - State electricity

company PT PLN planned to erecta 376 meters power transmissiontower, to be the highest in the worldin Gilimanuk to smoothen powertransmission from Java to Bali.

This was disclosed by presidentdirector of PT PLN Dahlan Iskanon the sidelines of a seminarthemed “The Function of Controlfor Legal Enforcement and GoodGovernance” in Denpasar onThursday.

“We call the tower ‘Bali cross-ing’ which will transmit electricityfrom Java to Bali with a capacityof up to 3,000 megawatts,” he said.

He said that a very high towerwould be needed to transmit elec-tricity from the Paiton power plantin East Java, which has a capacityof thousands of megawatts to Bali.

PresidentWelcomes UDGAntara

DENPASAR - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono welcomed the holding of the 11th na-tional conference of the Utsawa Dharma Gita (UDG) to increase the understanding, compre-hension and practice of teachings of the Wedha holy book of Hindus.

“Utsawa Dharma Gita is partof a religious tradition of Hindusrich in cultural and spiritual val-ues as a source of inspiration ofa nation’s character building,” hesaid here Friday night.

On the occasion the Presidentalso responded positively to theBali World Culture Forum(BWCF) 2011, in which the par-

ticipants will discuss Balineseculture from various aspects.

It was hoped that the viewsand experience of the partici-pants from many countries con-tribute to the development andpreservation of Balinese culture.

“The Bali World Culture Fo-rum is part of our ideas to forma world cultural forum, and will

be held in Bali this year,” he said.The President also said that the

Island Paradise with its culturaland spiritual power will host theWorld Culture Forum on a regu-lar basis.

Then the President opened the23rd Art Festival and the 11thUtsawa Dharma Gita as well asthe Bali World Culture Forum.

AntaraNUSA DUA - FIFA (Federa-

tion Internationale de FootballAssociat ion) Vice PresidentPrince Ali bin Al Hussein willvisit Jakarta on June 13-14, 2011,according to a minister.

“First of all, I will thank himfor helping Indonesia so far sothat we were not sanctioned. Wehope that PSSI will not get sanc-tion and we want its congresswill be successful,” Youth andSports Minister AndiMallarangeng said when accom-panying President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono during avisit to Bali.

The minister hoped that theCongress of PSSI (IndonesianFootball Association) which willbe held in Solo, Central Java, onJune 30, 011, would be success-ful.

During his stay in Jakarta,Prince Ali of Jordan will amongother things pay a courtesy callon President Susilo BambangYudhoyono.

However, because PresidentYudhoyono will leave forGeneva on June 13 to attend ageneral assembly of the Interna-tional Labor Union (ILO), Min-ister Mallarangeng will representhim in receiving Prince Ali.

The minister said he hadtalked several times with PrinceAli to ask for his help so that In-donesia would not get sanctionfrom FIFA.

According to him, Prince Ali

FIFA vice president tovisit Indonesia

understood well about the foot-ball situation in Indonesia andwanted to help until Indonesiafinds the best solution to addressthe PSSI managerial chaos.

Prince Ali will also hold meet-ings with the normalization com-mittee and other parties relatedto the PSSI Congress implemen-tation.

The minister hoped that theSolo congress would be able toselect a new PSSI management.He said he would support who-ever to be elected in the SoloCongress.

President Yudhoyono alsohoped that the congress wouldrun smoothly and successfully,he said.

FIFA had recently decided toform a Normalization Committeethat would take over the task oforganizing a congress from thePSSI‘s executive board to electa new PSSI chairman, deputychairman and executive commit-tee on May 20, 2011.

FIFA took the decision after itsEmergency Committee believedthat the PSSI leadership underchairman Nurdin Khalid was notin control of football in Indone-sia as proven by its failure to con-trol the run-away league (LigaPremiere/LPI) set up without theinvolvement of PSSI or by thefact it could not organize a peace-ful congress whose sole goalswere to adopt an electoral codeand elect an electoral commis-sion.

Bali Will Have World’s Highest Tower“The construction of the tower

will be started by the end of thisyear or early next year,” he said.

Its feet only, Dahlan said, havethe size of a soccer field with a liftin the middle, and the width of theupper part of the tower’s cable is 70meters from one point to the other.

The large width will be made toprevent strong winds to cause thetwo cables to touch one another,considering that in the last 100years the speed of the wind over theisland paradise had reached 60meters per minute.

The tower and its cables will bebuilt to enable it to withstand verystrong winds blowing up to 70meters per minute.

“The tower will also be the prideof Bali, as it would be higher thanthe current highest in the world inPeople’s China, which is 370

meters high,” he said.He said that PLN will also team

up with the forestry authorities inusing the tower to help control theforests in Gilimanuk.

PLN also planned to build twounder sea circuits with a technologi-cal capacity of 200 megawatts.

Dahlan also said the main rea-son to build the tower was that anundersea cable would not be too re-liable because it would be too proneto current especially that the currentin the Bali strait is the strongest inIndonesia’s seas.

Experience in building nine un-dersea cables shows that only twowere left, the rest was destroyed bythe strong current, Dahlan said.

If everything goes well in over-coming the need for electricity, theneed for electricity in Bali wouldbe met in the next 25 years.

IBP/Net

State electricity company PT PLN planned to erect a 376 meterspower transmission tower, to be the highest in the world inGilimanuk to smoothen power transmission from Java to Bali.

Delegations ofUtsawa Dharma Gitafrom Yogyakartaduring the openingBali Art Festival’sparade. PresidentSusilo BambangYudhoyono wel-comed the holding ofthe 11th nationalconference of theUtsawa Dharma Gita(UDG) to increase theunderstanding,comprehension andpractice of teachingsof the Wedha holybook of Hindus.

Denpost/Wawan

Balinese Culture

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Balinese Food Culture

Your gastronomical experience in Bali is as

enchanting and full of discovery as your cultural

experience. I am a total believer that a significant

portion of traveling should also involve your tastebuds.

Of course, if you prefer to stick with cheeseburger or a

Colonel Sanders’ meal-deal, or to drink your regular

Bud light in your Hard Rock Cafe, they all exist in Bali as

well.

Well, typically, a meal consists of a plate of steamed

rice, and a number of main courses. Instead of eating

one course at a time a la Western meals, the main

courses, and sometimes including the soup, are all

eaten at once. Soup is poured over the rice much like a

steak sauce is poured over the steak. Desserts are

mostly tropical fruits, which by themselves are enough

of a feast and a reason to visit Bali!

Balinese usually eat three meals in a day, with lunch

as the primary, heaviest meal. Breakfast can be as light

as a cup of coffee (which is usually not light), or a

plateful of “nasi goreng” or fried rice. Lunch is the

heaviest meal, with a plate of steam rice (or a mound if

you prefer), accompanied by a number of main courses,

usually consisting of a meat or fish dish, a vegetable

dish, and a soup. Dinner is a smaller version of lunch.

Desserts for both lunch and dinner can vary from

various kinds of fruits, depending on the season, to a

specially prepared dessert like pisang goreng (fried

banana fritters) or tape (fermented sticky rice).

Additionally, there are variants of non-alcoholic

beverages above that have met Balinese creativity and

outside influence, resulting in various kinds of

interesting drinks. Air kelapa muda (young coconut

juice) with various kinds of liquors like rum or tequila

can be found in many restaurants, presented attractively

in the coconut fruit itself. And what can be more

interesting than a Pina-Colada like drink served inside a

freshly cut out pineapple? (http://asiarecipe.com)

Monday, June 13, 2011Time : 08.00-16.00 local time

Event : Utsawa Dharmagita

Place : Kalangan Angsoka, Kalangan Ayodya, Kalangan Ratna Kanda, Wantilan, Ksirarnawa Building

Event : Cupak Ngadeg Ratu play by Sanggar Bangun Sakti, Banjar Sedang, Badung

Place : Kalangan Ayodya

Time : 20.00-22.00 local time

Event : Angklung parade by Sekaa Sekar Sandat Tabanan collabo rate with Sekaa Angklung Darma Santi

Banjar Gaga Taman Bali, Bangli.

Place : Indonesian Art Institute (ISI) open stage

Time : 20.00-23.00 local time

Kegiatan : Women Gong Kebyar perfor mance by Sekaa Gong Wanita Taksu Suara Banjar Pengukuh Desa Peguyangan Kangin, Denpasar.

Place : Ardha Candra open stage

Antara

The Head of Newspaper Publisher Union (SPS)Dahlan Iskan said the technology development in glo-balization era follows by growing internet media inIndonesia. “Internet media getting higher but we aresure printing media will remain,” said him inDenpasar on Tuesday. On the opening SPS congress,he said, at first survey said if newspaper media willdecrease and slowly disappear due to internet media.

“But the survey is not right at all. Even printingpress being balancer of internet media,” said him. Hestated if this printing media will not die in the middleof online media attack.

“Newspaper will not die if its presentation fittedwith its people,” said him. Dahlan explained the news-paper will remain if it is able to adapt with its peoplenecessity. “The newspaper which wins people heartwill remain,” said him. Dahlan feels optimistic forthe future of newspaper media. Newspaper has beenfi t ted to the people but i t needs todevelop.“Newspaper coordinators around the worldare sure the newspaper will alive though its formatare getting diverse,” said him. Bali Governor MadeMangku Pastika in his summon said press held stra-tegic position among the people. As government part-ner, said him, press holds important role in nationaldevelopment.

“National press is not only able to serve informa-tion about nation problem but it is also able to pro-vide real solution to overcome all of country prob-lem,” said him. He hoped national press will play itsactive role and create conducive climate so a newsocial arrangement will able to born strong citizen.SPS congress this year followed by 200 newspapermedia in Indonesia like Jawa Pos Group, KompasGroup, Pikiran Rakyat, Bali Post and Media Indone-sia Group.

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In Taro village, Subdistrict Tegallalang, Area Re-gency Gianyar, about 40 Km from Denpasar, there isa forest dwelt by a group of ox animal / white cow.This animal is sacrefied and sanctified by vinicity so-ciety and also Bali society generally, because this ani-mal represent the complement of the ceremony me-dium ( saksi) in Bali that is Ngasti ceremony ( andother same level with that ceremony).

This White Cow brought to ceremony place and byceremony organizer led to encircle the areal / ceremonyplace start from east direction to south and so on forthree of times, then end or finish in east. This ceremonyis called Mepada (Maideran/Purwa Daksina).

After the Ceremony finish the White Cow reinstatedto forest of Taro village, perhaps before and after areserved with various offerings. But with the rural natu-ral beauty of Very interesting Taro village, these daysby the effort of an investor and perhaps in the affirma-tive of Local Government Gianyar, in side area of oxforest / white cow of Taro village, have also been de-veloped a new tourism attraction that is Trakking El-ephant.

All tourists can take a ride the elephant cycling theforest by crossing an alley / footpath around Taro vil-lage. If they wanted, tourists can swim (playing in wa-ter) with the elephant in the available pool.

Taro Village

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BUSINESSChina inflation mayChina inflation mayChina inflation mayChina inflation mayChina inflation maytop 6 percent in Junetop 6 percent in Junetop 6 percent in Junetop 6 percent in Junetop 6 percent in June

IMF targeted incyberattack, extent

not disclosedAssociated Press Writer

NEW YORK – The Interna-tional Monetary Fund, alreadyreeling from last month’s arrest ofits former leader, is investigatingan attack on its computer system.

IMF spokesman David Hawleysaid the organization is fullyfunctional. He declined to pro-vide further details on what hetermed an “IT incident,” includ-ing i ts scope or nature andwhether any sensitive data weretaken. The IMF has confidentialinformation on countries in finan-cial trouble.

The New York Times cited un-named IMF officials as saying theattack was sophisticated and se-rious.

The IMF told staffers about iton Wednesday but hasn’t made apublic announcement.

The IMF is already facing apublic-relations headache afterthe arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned as IMF chieflast month after being accused ofsexually assaulting a maid in aNew York hotel.

French Finance MinisterChristine Lagarde, Mexican cen-tral bank chief Agustin Carstensand others are vying for the topjob. Stanley Fischer, Israel’s cen-tral bank chief, emerged as a can-didate Saturday.

It’s not clear if hackers weretargeting the IMF. Hackers some-times try to distribute malicioussoftware code widely and seewhich organizations it can infect.

But they can also choose tar-gets. Using a technique called“spear phishing,” for instance,they can trick employees of a spe-cific organization into clicking alink that then gives hackers ac-cess to its computer systems.

Dave Jevans, chairman ofcomputer security firm IronKeyInc., said he’s concerned by anuptick in “hacktivism,” wheregroups target organizations forpolitical purposes.

It’s possible the IMF was thevictim of such hacktivism. How-ever, one official cited by theTimes said the attack occurredover the last several months, be-fore the troubles involvingStrauss-Kahn.

Concerns about the IMF attackwere great enough that the WorldBank cut a computer link that al-

lows the two organizations toshare non-sensitive information,according to a bank official. Themove was taken out of “an abun-dance of caution,” said the offi-cial, who spoke on condition ofanonymity because of the secu-rity issues around the incident.

The IMF attack follows astring of major data breaches.

In recent months, hackers havepenetrated 100 million SonyPlayStation accounts, the net-works of Lockheed Martin andthe customer email databases ofa company that does marketingfor Best Buy and Target stores.

Google has accused Chinesehackers of targeting the Gmail ac-counts of U.S. government officials.

About 200,000 Citibank creditcard customers in North Americahad their names, account num-bers and email addresses stolen.

Reuters

BEIJING – China’s inflation rate may accelerate to more than 6 percent year-on-year inJune, which could bring the full-year consumer price index for 2011 to as high as 5 percent, agovernment researcher said in remarks reported on Sunday.

Zhang Zhuoyuan, an economistat the Chinese Academy of SocialSciences, a top government thinktank in Beijing, said taming infla-tion would remain the priority incoming months. He called for fastersteps to push real interest rates intopositive territory and douse pricepressures.

The People’s Bank of China hasraised interest rates twice in 2011and many analysts believe it mayraise them again soon in an effort tocontrol inflation.

“It will be very difficult for Chinato cap its annual inflation within 4

percent and the full-year CPI is likelyto reach 5 percent,” Zhang wasquoted as saying by the state radio.

Beijing has set an annual infla-tion ceiling at 4 percent this year, butprices keep rising stubbornly andmany economists have said it willbe tough to achieve the goal.

Zhang said his inflation forecastfor June also reflected the relativelylow as of comparison of a year ear-lier.

He attributed the persistent infla-tionary pressure mainly to an exces-sive supply of money and credit overa long time, when Beijing rolled out

a massive stimulus plan to shield theeconomy from the financial crisis.

The increases of other input costsfor enterprises, such as rising pricesof labor and raw materials, will alsomake this round of inflation last fora while, he added.

According to a Reuters poll of 22economists, China’s consumer priceindex (CPI) in May may have ac-celerated to 5.4 percent from 5.3percent in April.

The National Bureau of Statistics isscheduled to publish monthly economicindicators, including the consumer priceindex, for May on June 14.

Reuters

FRANKFURT – Germany’sbank association on Saturdaybacked government proposals toget private creditors involved inthe cost of a second bailout forGreece, although it was not clearif the banks favoured a contro-versial bond swap. favored Ber-lin is pushing hard for commer-cial banks to contribute to thecost of the estimated 120 billioneuro ($172 billion) deal, but hasnot yet convinced the EuropeanCentral Bank and ratings agen-cies that this can be done with-out triggering a credit default.

Officials say the ECB arguesthat a swap, favored by GermanFinance Minister WolfgangSchaeuble, could be judged a de-fault and make Greek bonds un-acceptable as collateral, poten-tially leading to a collapse of theGreek banking sector.

German Private Banking As-sociation (BdB) Managing Direc-tor Michael Kemmer told a radiointerviewer: “What HerrSchaeuble has proposed is in prin-ciple not unreasonable. Our mem-bers would also participate.”

It was not clear if that meanthe supported a swap or merelythe idea of private creditors be-

Banks warm to role in Greek bailoutcoming involved.

But his comments also followedsigns that French banks wereagreed in principle to some formof rollover of Greek debt on con-dition that all creditors do thesame.

Schaeuble urged parliament onFriday to back additional aid forGreece but said the banks’ partici-pation in a new package was “un-avoidable” and that he favored aswap that would push out Greekdebt maturities by seven years.

The head of the Eurogroup ofeuro zone finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker, aligned himselfwith Berlin, but said any solutionmust be agreed with the ECB.

“I am of the opinion that therewill have to be a contribution fromprivate creditors. There must be avoluntary, soft restructuring,” hetold Germany’s Inforadio.

“We cannot push this privatecreditor participation throughwithout the European CentralBank, or against it.”

Asked how such participationcould be arranged and kept volun-tary, he said: “We are discussing it.”

Euro zone official sources toldReuters on Thursday that the newinternational bailout being put to-gether for Greece was likely to to-tal around 120 billion euros, in-

stead of the 90 billion euro figurepreviously suggested by officials.

Asked about the 120 billion eurofigure, Juncker said: “The figuresbeing floated in public are, in theirtotality, correct ... I do not believe,however, that euro zone states willhave to come up with this sumalone.”

Getting the banks to contributewill help Europe’s politicians sellthe idea to their electorates of giv-ing Greece yet more money.

German Chancellor AngelaMerkel went on the stump for thebailout in a weekly podcast on Sat-urday.

She said the debt crisis couldthreaten Germany’s economic recov-ery if further action was not taken.

“We should not do anything thatwould endanger the global recov-ery and put Germany back in dan-ger,” Merkel said, pointing to thebankruptcy of investment bankLehman Brothers in 2008, whichtriggered the global financial cri-sis and recession.

“We should not simply allow theuncontrolled bankruptcy of a state— instead we must see how we canincrease the competitiveness ofcountries in difficulty and givethem the chance to work off thedebt,” she said.

Part of the poker game is con-

vincing the banks involved thatit is in their interest to take onfuture Greek debt in aid ofavoiding a full-scale default onexisting loans.

Much of the money couldcome from Greek banks, whichhave been shut out of fundingmarkets and are dependent onthe ECB or other official sourcesof liquidity for their survival.

The BdB had previouslytaken a stiff line, saying thatGerman banks’ involvement —previously planned only for af-ter 2013 — was a “last step” andthat that point had not beenreached.

Kemmer reiterated that theparticipation of private creditorsshould only be on a voluntarybasis but that a “disorderly” de-fault for Greece must beavoided.

“In principle, it is correct thatthe investor who is holding thepaper, which is filled with risks,has to attend to those risks too,”he said.

“We cannot afford to have afurther crisis of confidence. Ontop of that, it is not only thebanks that are affected ... A dis-orderly default could also affectlife insurers and old age pensionpayments.”

Entertainment InternationalMonday, June 13, 201112

She doesn’t demand six-figure recording contracts,always shows up on time, never throws tantrums andwon’t break a sweat during a two-hour live show in aconcert hall packed with thousands of adoring follow-ers. Too good to be true? Yes and no.

Miku Hatsune is a 3-D computer animation. The col-laborative brainchild of software developers, a mangacomic artist and a vast digital fan community, the vir-tual singer from outer space has become one of thehottest stars on the J-pop scene.

Next month she’s giving her debut US concert, the“Mikunopolis” show on July 2 at the Anime Expo 2011in Los Angeles.

Miku may not, technically, be real, but that didn’tstop several thousand fans, most of them young men,from flocking to her latest live gig in Tokyo, where theandroid star enthralled her audience from an onstagescreen.

“We can see her but we can’t touch her. We thinkshe is a true idol, the purest kind of idol,” gushed 21-year-old literature student Keisuke Umeda, decked outin a Miku T-shirt and a range of her merchandise.

“She’s so cute, and she dances so well,” nodded hisgirlfriend Azusa Fushimi, 20, a design student dressedin a self-made Miku outfit for the occasion, completewith body-length aquamarine pig-tails.

Below the strobe lights, TV cameras and disco balls,fans were jabbing the air with fluorescent glow-stickseven before Miku showed up and while her very hu-man support band was still fidgeting with their instru-ments.

An excited roar rippled through the crowd when sheburst onto the stage as a cloud of pixels that morphedinto the shape of a petite galactic manga vixen withthigh-high boots and an impossibly short miniskirt.

The programmers who created Miku are vague about

Associated Press Writer

MANCHESTER, Tenn. – Af-ter a little more than an hour of ahard-as-nails set that had the bi-kini-clad rumps shaking atBonnaroo, Eminem thanked thecrowd and left the stage.

Nearly 80,000 fans chanted“Shady! Shady! Shady!” in athunderous roar for five minutesuntil hip hop’s angry king re-turned to the stage for a trium-phant encore of “Lose Yourself,”capping the day rap took overBonnaroo.

Saturday kicked off with BigBoi and Lil Wayne laying downearly morning sets — inexplica-bly overlapping — shortly afterArcade Fire’s Friday night finale,and the takeover continued withWiz Khalifa on the big stage dur-ing a hot afternoon set beforeEminem destroyed his Bonnaroodebut.

These weren’t the first rappersat the four-day festival down onthe farm in Tennessee. The eventis known more for its granola-fla-vored ethos than its urban cool,but Jay-Z turned in one of themost memorable sets in thefestival’s 10-year history in2010 and expectationswere high forSaturday’s takeover— the most concen-trated collection of starMCs at Bonnaroo.

Big Boi mixed in hisown songs with

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Tracy Morgansaid Friday that he was sorry for tell-ing an audience in Nashville, Tenn.,that if his son were gay, he would“pull out a knife and stab” him.

The comedian and “30 Rock”actor apologized to his fans and thegay and lesbian community forwhat he called “my choice ofwords” during his June 3 appear-ance at the Ryman Auditorium.

A Facebook account posted byan audience member said

Morgan’s stand-up perfor-mance was full of ho-

mophobic refer-ences. The Rymanissued its own apol-

ogy afterward for

Tracy Morgan apologizesfor anti-gay comedy rant

Morgan’s behavior.Morgan’s outbursts triggered heated

comment on Twitter, making him a“trending” topic Thursday and Friday.

Meanwhile, the Gay & LesbianAlliance Against Defamation calledon Morgan to remove anti-gay re-marks from his show “and send astrong message that anti-gay violenceis not something to joke about.”

The Human Rights Campaignsaid apologizing wasn’t enough. Thegay civil rights organization it saidMorgan “now has a responsibility tomake amends for his horribly hurt-ful and dangerous ̀ comedy’ routine.”

In his statement, Morgan, who hasthree sons, denied being a hateful per-son and acknowledged that “even in acomedy club” what he said went toofar “and was not funny in any context.”

Japan 3-D pop avatarJapan 3-D pop avatarJapan 3-D pop avatarJapan 3-D pop avatarJapan 3-D pop avatara real-world hita real-world hita real-world hita real-world hita real-world hitAgence France Presse

TOKYO – Japanese teenage pop sensation MikuHatsune has millions of smitten fans, a string of tophits and an image entirely unblemished by drug use,scandals or celebrity meltdowns.

her persona, but very specific about her stats — the teen-age pop queen is 158 centimetres (five feet two) tall andweighs a dainty 42 kilogrammes (93 pounds).

What followed was an energy-packed, pixel-perfectshow with all the usual elements of a rock concert —light banter between star and audience, strobe lights,bursts of dry ice, and a series of well-received encores.

Eminem takes the big stageas rap rules Bonnaroo

Outkast favorites. Lil Wayneplayed it naughty with the crowdand debuted tracks from his forth-coming album “Tha Carter IV,”rattling the port-a-potties with athunderous bass well into themorning.

And Khalifa kept the crowdsky high by preaching the gospelof weed to a willing choir that in-cluded a man who wore a “Mari-juana Cures Racism” T-shirt,dancers with flowers in their hairand joints in their hands, and girlsin bikinis crowd surfing.

The day was full of odd juxta-positions. Khalifa dropped his hit“Black & Yellow” while just a fewhundred yards away Mumford &Sons tore through a set of fieryfolk rock as fans watched over anearby fence and from atopATMs. The sold-out crowd ap-peared to be evenly split amongthe two rising stars of their genres.

Later in the evening, a reunitedBuffalo Springfield set upEminem’s show with a fiery ren-dition of Neil Young’s “Keep onRockin’ in the Free World.” Fansrushed into the festival’s largestcompound as Young’s echoingguitar died away, entering another

world.Eminem opened with“Won’t Back Down” and

“3 a.m.” and never letup, featuring a mix

of hits and newsongs from his

2010 return tothe top,“ R e c o v -ery.”

International Monday, June 13, 2011 13Science

Except if you’re in the United Statesand Canada. North America will be leftout of Wednesday’s lunar spectacle,which will be visible from start to fin-ish from eastern Africa, central Asia,the Middle East and western Australia— weather permitting.

The period when Earth’s shadowcompletely blocks the moon —known as totality — will last a whop-ping 1 hour and 40 minutes. The last

Agence France Presse

BUENOS AIRES – An Argentinelaboratory announced that it had createdthe world’s first transgenic cow, usinghuman genes that will allow the animal toproduce the equivalent of mothers’ milk.

“The cloned cow, named RositaISA, is the first bovine born in theworld that incorporates human genesthat contain the proteins present inhuman milk,” Argentina’s NationalInstitute of Agrobusiness Technologysaid in a statement on Thursday.

Rosita ISA was born on April 6 byCeasarian because she weighed more

Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO – Having survived the firstand worst years of the AIDS epidemic, when hewas losing three friends to the disease in a day andundergoing every primitive, toxic treatment thatthen existed, Peter Greene is grateful to be alive.

But a quarter-century after his own diagnosis,the former Mr. Gay Colorado, now 56, wrestleswith vision impairment, bone density loss andother debilitating health problems he once as-sumed he wouldn’t grow old enough to see.

“I survived all the big things, but now there isa new host of things. Liverproblems. Kidney disease.It’s like you are a 50-year-old in an 80-year-oldbody,” Greene, a San Fran-cisco travel agent, said.“I’m just afraid that this isnot, regardless of what mynon-HIV positive friendssay, the typical aging pro-cess.”

Even when AIDS stillwas almost always fatal,researchers predicted thatpeople infected with HIVwould be more prone tothe cancers, neurologicaldisorders and heart condi-tions that typically afflictthe elderly. Thirty yearsafter the first diagnoses,doctors are seeing these

AP Photo/Akmal Rajput,File

FILE In this March 4,2007 file photo showing a full moon is eclipsed by the earth’s shadow in this seven pictures combination, from left, seen in Nairobi, Kenya.

Total lunar eclipse next week, not visible in USTotal lunar eclipse next week, not visible in USTotal lunar eclipse next week, not visible in USTotal lunar eclipse next week, not visible in USTotal lunar eclipse next week, not visible in USAssociated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – The year’s first total eclipse of the moon willlast an unusually long time, a rare celestial treat for a wide swath ofthe globe.

time the moon was covered for thislong was in July 2000, when it lasted7 minutes longer than that.

The full moon normally glowsfrom reflected sunlight. A total lu-nar eclipse occurs when the moonglides through the long shadow castby the Earth and is blocked fromthe sunlight that illuminates it.

As the moon plunges deeper intothe Earth’s shadow, the disk will ap-

pear to gradually change color, turn-ing from silver to orange or red. Thisis because some indirect sunlight stillreaches the moon after passing throughthe Earth’s atmosphere, which scattersblue light. Only red light strikes themoon, giving it an eerie crimson hue.

It’s difficult to predict the exactshade the moon will take, whichwill depend on how much dust andclouds are in the atmosphere dur-ing the eclipse.

Since the moon will pass closeto the center of the Earth’s shadow,the total eclipse phase will be longerthan usual, said NASA eclipse ex-pert Fred Espenak at the Goddard

Space Flight Center in Maryland.The entire eclipse will last a little

over 5 1/2 hours. Observers in Europewill miss the first part of the show be-cause it will occur before the moonrises. Eastern Asia and eastern Aus-tralia won’t catch the final stages,which will happen after the moon sets.Portions of South America will be ablesee the moon entirely shrouded. Un-like solar eclipses, lunar eclipses aresafe to watch with the naked eye.

Keith Gleason, who runs theSommers-Bausch Observatory inBoulder, Colo., is disappointed thathe will not have a ringside seat tothe upcoming eclipse. The last total

lunar eclipse visible from the U.S.occurred on Dec. 21, 2010, which co-incided with winter solstice and waswidely observed. Some 1,400 peopleshowed up for a viewing party at theobservatory. “We had an absolutelyglorious time,” he said.

The next total lunar eclipse willfall on Dec. 10 with best viewingfrom Asia and Australia. The moonwill be completely blotted out for51 minutes. Only parts of the U.S.including Hawaii and the PacificNorthwest will catch a glimpse.

The rest of the continental U.S.will have to wait until April 15, 2014to witness a total lunar eclipse.

Argentine lab clones cow toproduce human-like milk

than 45 kilos (99 pounds), about twicethe normal weight of Jersey cows, ac-cording to the statement. As an adult,“the cow will produce milk that is simi-lar to humans,” the statement said.

“Our goal was to raise the nutritionalvalue of cows’ milk by adding two hu-man genes, the protein lactoferrin,which provides infants with anti-bac-terial and anti-viral protection, andlysozyme, which is also an anti-bacte-rial agent,” said researcher AdrianMutto at a press conference.

The cloning was a joint effort betweenthe Argentine institute and the country’sNational University of San Martin.

An illustrationfile photo of aJersey cow. AnArgentinelaboratoryannounced thatit had createdthe world’s firsttransgenic cow,using humangenes that willallow theanimal toproduce theequivalent ofmothers’ milk.

AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris

Premature aging seenas issue for AIDS survivors

and other unanticipated signs of premature or “ac-celerated” aging in some long-term survivors.

Government-funded scientists are working totease apart whether the memory loss, arthritis, re-nal failure and high blood pressure showing up inpatients in their 40s and 50s are consequences ofHIV, the drugs used to treat it or a cruel combina-tion of both. With people over 50 expected to makeup a majority of U.S. residents infected with thevirus by 2015, there’s some urgency to unravelingthe “complex treatment challenges” HIV poses toolder Americans, according to the National Insti-tutes of Health.

AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

In this photo taken June 1, 2011, Randy Blach, left, speaks with Dr.Malcolm John at UCSF’s 360: Positive Care Center in San Francisco.

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Luis Tejada scored in the 19thminute and Gabriel Gomez con-verted a penalty in the 36th forPanama, who posted their firstvictory in nine meetings with a USside that had never lost a matchin the group stage of any GoldCup.

Clarence Goodson pulled agoal back for the Americans in the67th minute. But at the end of thenight, Panama topped Group Cwith six points followed by theUnited States and Canada both on

Agence France Presse

BERLIN – Germany coachJoachim Loew said Sunday hewill experiment with his first-choice team to build on his side’sWorld Cup performance as theGermans look to win the Euro-pean crown for the fourth time.With Euro 2012, to be hosted bythe Ukraine and Poland, set tostart in Warsaw on June 8 nextyear, Germany are ten-pointsclear at the top of their qualify-ing group and virtually assured aplace.

Having finished third at last

Panama shock USA, reachPanama shock USA, reachPanama shock USA, reachPanama shock USA, reachPanama shock USA, reachCONCACAF Gold Cup quartersCONCACAF Gold Cup quartersCONCACAF Gold Cup quartersCONCACAF Gold Cup quartersCONCACAF Gold Cup quartersAgence France Presse

TAMPA, Florida – Panama have ended the United States’ 26-game unbeaten run in groupplay at the Gold Cup, downing the US 2-1 to book a quarter-final berth in the regional footballchampionship.

three.The United States can still

reach the knockout stage, with thetop two teams from each of thethree groups assured of quarter-final spots.

In the day’s other Group C en-counter, Dwayne De Rosario’spenalty in the 51st minute gaveCanada a 1-0 victory over 10-manGuadeloupe. De Rosario beatgoalkeeper Franck Grandel afterStephane Zubar brought down AliGerba in the penalty area.

Guadeloupe had been a mandown since the fourth minute,when Jean-Luc Lambourde re-ceived a red card for his tackle onCanada’s Will Johnson. Group Caction will conclude in KansasCity on Tuesday, when the UnitedStates wil face Guadeloupe andCanada play Panama.

With the victory overGuadeloupe, Canada also pre-served their hopes of advancing.In addition to the top two fromeach group, the two best third-

Gabriel Enrique

Gómez (R) of Panama

scores against the US

during their

CONCACAF Gold Cup

match against Panama

at Raymond James

Stadium in Tampa,

Florida on June 11,

2011.

AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON

placed teams go through.The tournament to crown the

North and Central America andCaribbean region champion con-tinues on Sunday when Group Apool play concludes in Chicago.

Mexico, already assured of aquarter-finals berth despite adrugs dust-up, will face CostaRica while El Salvador takes onCuba. Mexico lead the group withsix points to Costa Rica’s four.

Mexico, the reigning Gold Cupchampions, were left with 17 play-ers after goalkeeper GuillermoOchoa, defenders FranciscoRodriguez and Edgar Duenas, andmidfielders Christian Bermudezand Antonio Naelson “Sinha” wereremoved from the team Thursday

by Mexican football authorities af-ter testing positive for clenbuterol.

The Mexican federation hasblamed the positive tests at a pre-tournament training camp nearMexico City on tainted meat andasked to replace the players.CONCACAF officials have saidthey need more information be-fore they decide.

“It’s a very unfortunate situa-tion, but we need to look for-ward,” Mexico star Javier“Chicharito” Hernandez said Sat-urday after his team trained atChicago’s Soldier Field. “Rightnow, the most important thing isCosta Rica.” The Gold Cup win-ners secure a berth in the 2013FIFA Confederations Cup.

Loew to experiment withGerman team before Euro 2012

year’s World Cup in South Af-rica, Loew, who took charge in2006, says he will use next sea-son to find the perfect combina-tions in the build up to nextyear’s European championships.“I will use the next six months totry and experiment,” he told Bildon Sunday.

“Of course, there is a provencore of players, but I do thinkthere will be a lot of movementin the national side over the nextyear.”Germany can completetheir Euro 2012 qualification ifthey beat Austria inGelsenkirchen on September 9.

The Germans also plan to playfriendlies against the Ukraine, inKiev on November 11, and Hol-land, in Hamburg on November15, which Loew says he will useto test different combinations.

“I am not of the opinion that Ineed to know my strongest sidea full six months before the Eu-ropean championships. “On thecontrary, I will probably use a to-tally different team against Hol-land than the one which will startEuro 2012.

“I only know that I need tohave decided on my starting sidefour weeks before the tournament

begins.” Loew has an embarrass-ment of riches up front in withMario Gomez scoring at will af-ter 28 goals in 32 league gamesfor Bayern last season, whileMiroslav Klose is closing in onGerd Mueller’s all-time record of68 goals for Germany.

Having spent much of last sea-son on the bench at Bayern, Klosesigned for Italian side Lazio lastweek and Loew praised the 33-year-old’s decision to move, hav-ing said he wants all his playersto have regular football next sea-son.

“It would not have been easyfor Miro to sit on the bench foranother season,” said Loew.“Mario had a strong season atBayern and with an eye on Euro2012 , i t i s impor tan t tha tMiroslav plays.

“It is a positive that he faces

a new challenge with a new cluband gets regular competitivegames.

” With Germany currentlyplaying with a lone s tr iker,Loew has not ruled out the pos-sibility of using both forwardsin tandem. “They are the beststrikers Germany has, behindthem I see no real alternatives,”said Loew.

“It is in my thoughts that theycould even play together in thefuture and to play in anothersystem. “They are both pre-pared to play like that.

” Loew also said he is will-ing to look at where new Bayerncoach Jupp Heynckes playsGermany captain Philipp Lahmnext season before decidingwhether his skipper plays on theleft or right side of defence inthe national side.

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“This series is a long way fromover,” said Heat guard Dwayne Wade.“There’s a lot of basketball left. Andwe’re back home. We would ratherhave it here than anywhere else.” TheMavericks won two of three gamesin Dallas and now play for the titleSunday at the American AirlinesArena, where they split the openingtwo games of the series.

If the Heat win Sunday, it willbe a winner-takes-all affair Tuesdayin Miami. Despite being on thebrink, Heat forward LeBron Jamessaid he likes his team’s chances ofwinning two in Miami to claim thechampionship.

“We worked all year to get homecourt,” he told reporters on Satur-day. “And even though we’re in anelimination game, we feel like we

Agence France Presse

COPENHAGEN – CzechRepublic’s Lucie Safarova recov-ered from 6-1, 4-0 down to de-feat Croatia’s Petra Martic 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 and reach the CopenhagenWTA final on Saturday.

Martic won 10 of the first 11games but fourth-seededSafarova, who had bounced backfrom one-set deficits in all herother matches this week, did itagain.

“I’m excited to be in anotherfinal, and it brings me even morehappiness when I’ve comethrough such a tough semi-final,”Safarova said.

World number one CarolineWozniacki followed Safarovainto the final in much simplerfashion, dispatching Germanqualifier Mona Barthel in 62 min-utes, 6-1 6-2.

“I felt really good out there to-day,” Wozniacki said. “I’m reallypleased to be in the final, my sev-enth final of the year.”

Safarova won her only previ-ous meeting against Wozniacki, a6-4, 6-4 decision in the earlyrounds of the clay court event inStuttgart last year.

Miami needs to hold serve twiceMiami needs to hold serve twiceMiami needs to hold serve twiceMiami needs to hold serve twiceMiami needs to hold serve twiceto claim the titleto claim the titleto claim the titleto claim the titleto claim the title

Reuters

MIAMI – The Miami Heat seem to thrive on adversity andthey have no bigger challenge than Sunday’s do-or-die gameagainst the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Miami trailsthe best-of-seven series 3-2 and needs to win the next two gameson its home court to avoid handing the Mavericks the first titlein their 31-season existence.

still have a great opportunity withthis series coming back to Miami.Two games on our home floor.”

Winning the title would be ameasure of revenge for Mavericksforward Dirk Nowitzki, whoreached the finals in 2006 but lostin six games to the Heat. Nowitzkisaid he “never went back andwatched the film” of the 2006 se-ries finale in Dallas.

“I never watched the celebra-tion,” said Nowitzki, who is aver-aging 27 points in this year’s finals.“It is tough to always see anotherteam win on your home court. Itdoesn’t matter if it’s a regular sea-son or playoffs or championship.“That’s always tough in front ofyour home fans. Ultimately, that’swhat we got to do now.”

Chris Chambers/Getty Images/AFP

Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat shoots around during practice prior to Game 6 of the 2011NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Arena on June 11, 2011 inmiami, Florida. Game 6 will be played on June 12.

Safarova in stunningCopenhagen fightback

AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon

Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova, pictured in May 2011, recov-ered from 6-1, 4-0 down to defeat Croatia’s Petra Martic 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 and reach the Copenhagen WTA final on Saturday.

Agence France Presse

LUGANO – Four-time world champion Fabian Cancellarastuck to tradition by powering to victory in the opening stagetime trial at the Tour of Switzerland on Saturday.

Cancellara has won the opening time trial four times since2003 and did not disappoint the thousands of fans who linedscenic Lake Lugano by finishing the hilly 7.3 km course in 9min41.8sec.

American Tejay Van Garderen of HTC-Highroad impressedby finishing second at only 9secs adrift with Slovakian PeterSagan, of Liquigas, in third place at 17.

“I’m very happy because I was feeling a little bit nervousbefore the start. I saw that there was almost double the numberof spectators compared to last year,” said Cancellara.

“I had two big fears today: suffering a mechanical problemand having to do the downhill section like a man possessed.”

Cancellara did come close to suffering a mechanical prob-lem, the Swiss starting the race in jittery fashion when he expe-rienced a minor problem with his electronic gear shifters.

However unlike teammate Andy Schleck, who had to changebikes due to a mechanical problem and finished 1min 18sec offthe pace, it was a blip on an otherwise commanding perfor-mance.

Still, Cancellara — who now has five victories from open-ing time trials or prologues in the race — admitted: “It was alot harder than last year’s opening stage.”

Leopard-Trek’s Frank Schleck is the reigning champion inthe nine-stage event, which in its 75th edition has been tough-ened by organisers to the extent that Cancellara, the championin 2009, has ruled himself out of overall victory.

Cancellara wins Tour ofSwitzerland opening TT

Monday, June 13, 201116 SportI N T E R N A T I O N A L

Stefan Bradl stretched hisMoto2 championship lead yet fur-ther with a commanding win at avery wet Silverstone - but the heroof the race was home rider Brad-ley Smith, who came through from28th on the grid to take his firstpodium in the series in second.

It was another British rider whostarred early on, as Scott Reddingpounced when fast-starting leaderBradl had a moment on the way outof Stowe on the opening lap.

Redding managed to lead for thefirst four laps, though he could notshake Bradl off and the Germanwas eventually able to move backahead into Copse.

By that time both were comingunder pressure from the flyingMattia Pasini, who had chargedthrough the field from 22nd for thenew Ioda team. On lap six he slicedpast Bradl to take the lead - but hewas in front for less than two lapsbefore crashing out under brakingfor Vale.

Bradl was free to dominate fromthere onwards, as attention turnedto Smith’s incredible charge. Leftonly 28th on the grid thanks to elec-trical problems yesterday, he made

Bradl wins, Smith stars in the wetup 13 places on the first lap alone,was into the top six by lap four, andpast Redding for third on lap seven.

Kenan Sofuoglu was second atthat stage, having also got pastRedding, but when the Technomag-CIP rider fell at Club with six lapsto go, Smith was able to move up toa glorious second.

Michele Pirro claimed his firstpodium with a very strong ride tothird, as Redding slipped to fifthbehind Jules Cluzel.

AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS

Stefan Bradl of Germany rides past on his way to winning theMoto2 race during the AirAsia British Grand Prix at Silverstoneracetrack on June 12, 2011 near Northampton. Bradl won therace with Bradley Smith of Great Britain in second and MichelePirro of Italy in third.

Esteve Rabat and YukiTakahashi were next up, followedby the recovering Sofuoglu. Thelatter’s team-mate RandyKrummenacher was also a podiumcontender at first, but went off theroad at Vale when Raffaele de Rosaran into him into a misjudged pass-ing attempt.

Polesitter Marc Marquez rapidlydropped down the order in the wetconditions and was running 13thwhen he crashed at Vale.

Andrea Dovizioso completed aHonda one-two, but by far the big-gest cheers were reserved for ColinEdwards, who took his first podiumin two years despite having brokenhis collarbone just nine days ago.

Lorenzo’s Yamaha had jumpedfrom third to first at the start, asDovizioso also went on an earlycharge and battled past team-mateStoner into second.

The two Hondas then swept pastLorenzo into first and second outof Woodcote, although all three andGresini Honda’s Marco Simoncellistayed together in a four-bike trainthrough the heavy spray at first.

Stoner got into the lead with anassertive move around the outsideof Dovizioso into the Farm kink atthe start of the second lap, andwould eventually start to edge awayslightly as his team-mate’s pacefaded and Simoncelli and Lorenzoincreased the pressure for second.

Simoncelli fell back to fourth whenhe ran off the road briefly at Abbey,allowing Lorenzo to attack Dovizioso.

But on lap eight the world cham-

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Australia’s Casey Stoner riding a Repsol Honda Team MotoGP bike takes Club Corner duringQualifying practice at the Silverstone circuit, Silverstone, England, Saturday, June 11, 2011.

Stoner wins at very wet SilverstoneCasey Stoner moved into the MotoGP championship lead by

dominating a wet British Grand Prix, as erstwhile points leaderJorge Lorenzo crashed out.

pion had a violent high-side at Ab-bey, ending his race and halting anunbroken run of finishes dating backto the 2009 Australian GP. Simoncellidid not last much longer, crashing outat the same spot three laps later as hetried to get around Dovizioso.

Stoner was comfortably clear atthe front by then and went on toclinch his fourth win from sixgrands prix and establish an 18-point lead over Lorenzo.

Dovizioso cruised to second, withTech 3 Yamaha’s Edwards elevatedto an outstanding third despite hisrecent injury. The American hadpicked his way through to fifth evenbefore Ben Spies had a heavy crashon the other works Yamaha. Spieswas taken to the medical centre forchecks on back pain.

Nicky Hayden was fourth forDucati, ahead of Alvaro Bautista, whotook Suzuki’s best result of a toughyear in fifth. Valentino Rossi ultimatelymade it through from 13th on the gridto sixth on the other works Ducati, butfinishing over a minute behind Stonerwould give him little joy.