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Angklung creation parade: A new striking attraction in BAF 2010 PAGE 8

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Free NYC concert canceled after crowd gets unruly PAGE 12

Picture of damaged cars taken on June 16, 2010 the French south eastern city of Draguignan, in the aftermath of flooding in this area.

At least fifteen people have been killed by flash floods in Draguignan and in the neighboring city of Luc, caused by heavy rains.

Flash floods leave 15 dead in southern France Agence France Presse

DRAGUIGNAN – Rescuers airlifted survivors and searched for missing people in southern France Wednesday after heavy rainstorms triggered flash floods that left at least 15 people dead, officials said.

Teams of firefighters rushed to help hundreds of people trapped in their vehicles, houses or on rooftops, in the Draguignan area near the Mediterranean coast,

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while helicopters were sent in to airlift residents to safety.

Emergency teams also moved 436 inmates from a flooded prison in Draguignan where the water cov-

ered the first two floors and they were taken to nearby jails.

The death toll has climbed since early morning as rescuers found the bodies of more victims. State au-

thorities in the Var department said earlier that 11 people had died and 12 were missing. “This is probably not the final toll,” said a spokesman for the Var department. Heavy rains on Tuesday caused water levels to rise swiftly in the area, preventing many people from fleeing to higher ground and forcing some to seek shelter on the roofs of their homes.

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Chile beat Honduras, end 48 years of hurt Reuters

NELSPRUIT - Jean Beausejour scored the only goal as Chile beat Honduras 1-0 in their Group H opening match on Wednesday and secure their first World Cup victory in 48 years. Beausejour scored in the 34th minute, rounding off a slick move from the Chileans.

Playmaker Matias Fernandez split the Honduras defence with a delightful pass, releasing Mauricio Isla down the right flank.

His cross from the byline was met at the front post by Honduran defender Sergio Mendoza, with Beausejour in close attendance.

Mendoza tried to clear the ball but

it cannoned off the Chilean into the Honduran net.

The Chileans deserved their victory at the Mbombela Stadium and almost added a second in the 64th minute when a diving header from centre back Waldo Ponce produced a brilliant reaction save from Noel Valladares in the Honduras goal.

But despite their pressure the South Americans struggled to kill the game off, and at times the Hondurans looked dangerous on the counter-attack.

Chile’s victory came 48 years to the day after they last won a World Cup match — a third-place play-off tie against Yugoslavia on home soil in 1962.

Since then the Chileans had been to four World Cups, played 13 matches and had failed to win a single one.

Honduras are still looking for their first World Cup win. This is only their second appearance in the finals, their first ending without victory in 1982.

Honduras’ goalkeeper Noel Valladares (R) makes a save in front of Chile’s striker Jean Beausejour during the Group H first round 2010 World Cup football match Honduras vs. Chile on June 16, 2010 at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit.

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Bali News Two Malaysians arrested at Ngurah Rai Airport

As proven to commit credit card fraud Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Mobile detective unit of Denpasar Metro Police under the leadership of Chief Arif Sugiarto managed to catch two burglary perpetrators of credit card. The perpetrators were respectively named Jacky Khor, 38, and Teu Gee Huat, 44, both are residents of Malaysia. They were confined in Ngurah Rai, Tuban, last Wednesday (Jun 9) at 6:00 pm Local Time, after proven to have used fake credit card in one of the counters in Ngurah Rai Airport.

Both suspects were then carried to Denpasar Metro Police Headquarters for further examination. From the hands of suspects, police could seize dozens of credit cards used as a means to break in. “Fortunately, we could move fast. If we were slightly late, they’ve escaped from our ambush. Because, he took action when they would like to go to their home country,” said Chief Arif, last Tuesday (Jun 15).

According to former Chief Unit of Intelligence of Denpasar Metro Police, the suspects used a fake credit card. They pretended to do shopping in a place by means of such credit card.

After taking action, they would immediately flee to their home country. “At that time, they have paid boarding pass, but were still waiting for departure time,” he told reporters last Tuesday.

Capturing process of the suspects began with the existence of a report from witness having initial name Ni SS. This witness was

the owner of one of the counters in Ngurah Rai Airport, Tuban.

Previously, the two suspects did shopping at her counter by purchasing four Blueberries brand shirts. “The suspect paid by fake credit cards they carried. However, the transaction was successful then,” said Chief Arif.

Successful transaction made by the suspects was then resumed with purchasing other more expensive articles. The article purchased was Omega watch. Price of the watch was IDR 126 million. Since they had agreed to price offered the suspects were trying to pay it again by the credit card. “Well, this time, the credit card did not work. The card was rejected by the machine when swiped. Witnesses began to suspect when knowing the condition,” he explained.

Even, when cross-checked to the bank, the bank said it was a fake credit card. Finally, the witness reported the incident to Denpasar Metro Police and some members consequently came down to the crime scene. Without re-

sistance, the two suspects were confined and interrogated. “They admitted their evil deeds. Even, when both suspects were searched, police found dozens of credit cards,” he added.

Moreover, it was explained that from the suspect Jacky Khor police seized 10 counterfeit credit cards.

Meanwhile, from the suspect Teu Gee Huat, police seized nine credit cards belonging to Capital One and HSBC. In addition to fake credit cards, police also secured a passport of Malaysia and Singapore. “With the discovery of evidence in the form of passports we suspected the perpetrators are of international credit card fraud,” he explained.

However, his party remained to deepen continuously an intensive examination of the suspects. So far, based on the examination it was known about their journey. They have traveled passing through a number of countries including, Indonesia (Tanjung Balai Karimun in Riau Islands), Thailand and Taiwan. “We still continue to develop the case,” added Chief Arif. (kmb21)

Dayak Dancers Performed Tolak Bala Ritual VISITORS of Bali Arts Festival XXXII who watched the Gong Kebyar Dewasa Parade at Wantilan, Bali Art Center last Monday (14/6) night were very lucky as they got the chance to see the very attractive and expressive Dayak ethnic dance. Performed by artist participants from West Borneo Representative Office, Jakarta, it gave amazement to the audience so no eyes were shut.

Before the main event, the Dayak artist community gave their ritual dance. The ritual is to reject (tolak) bala in purpose to ask for the village’s safety as there’s a great guest visit-

ing. The ritual included procession of cutting umpang/pantak pemarang to welcome the great guest who is visiting their village. In this session, a Culture Agency Bali Province official was asked to join on stage as the great guest.

The procession went attractive and gave a thick religious-magic ‘aroma’.

Seems not to know exhaustion, the Dayak dancers community moved lively and dynamically. The dancers were supported by five pairs of young adult dancers and added with some supporters from Bali.

The main performance was di-

vided into 5 episodes that are connected to each other. It began with an evil spirit (kamang) disturbing the umpang cutting scene which is for welcoming the great guest to their village. To guarantee the guest’s safety, a spiritual person boren (healer) cleanse the village from evil spirits. Then, large gong dance and little gong dance combined with Dayak bujang (young adults) hunting scene in a great dessert with sumpit weapon, a Dayak weapon. In the end, the Dayak artist community invited some of the guests and audience to the stage to dance together. (ian)

ATM breaker was sentenced to 18 Years Imprisonment Denpasar (Bali Post) -

Two defendants Agus Guntomo aka Black Sweet and Ngatemin allegedly involved in burglary of Automatic Teller Machines (ATM), each sentenced 18 months in prison, on trial at Denpasar District Court, Tuesday (15 / 6) yesterday. Second perpetrator convicted of a criminal act deliberately providing an opportunity or means to do theft, as stipulated in article 362 of the Penal Code article 56 jo figures 2e of the Criminal Code.

The judges who fronted Sigit Sutanto, SH, states are not reason to abolish the act of forgiving the defendant. Hence the punishment 18 months in prison, the defendant traveled very reasonable. Yet judges had time to consider things that lighten and incriminating deeds defendant. Previously, public prosecutor filed charges Eddy Wijaya Arta two years in prison.

The judges describe the verdicts were based on examination results in the trial, where witnesses are inter-related and strengthened by the recognition of the two defendants. In essence the two defendants have been assembled to justify skimmer box mounted on the ATM machine, for stealing customer data. This was done

by order of the two defendants Hendry Hartanto (fugitive).

These customer data theft tool made in Bali around August 2009, precisely in a rented house in Jalan Pulau Adi Henry II No. 11, Denpasar. At the trial the defendant said, in charge of installing a skimmer is Roby Sugihartono (defendant in a separate trial). From Roby skimmer installed, then obtained a customer data subsequently used to make counterfeit ATM cards.

In addition to install the skimmer, Roby also tasked with customers’ money thresh Suhadi Lumanto (defendant in separate files). Both defendants also admitted to not live in Bali.

Related commissions, both defendants admitted getting a monthly salary of Henry. Ngatemin paid Rp 5 million per month, while Agus USD 2 million. Which interestingly turned out before police arrested the two defendants admitted they give you money in large quantities by Henry. Ngatemin admitted given money USD 23 million, while the defendant Agus awarded USD 20 million. According Ngatemin, money has been used. Unlike Ngatemin, Agus said just used the money amounting to Rp 5 million. The remaining USD 15 million police confiscated as evidence. (015)

Australian tourist mugged, IDR 20 Million vanishes Denpasar (Bali Post)—

Although a number of snatchers had languished behind the cell detention, but apparently many other perpetrators are still at large. Such matter was seen from the incident of snatching within the jurisdiction of Denpasar Metro Police, precisely around Jalan Drupadi, Seminyak, Kuta, Badung. An Australian tourist, Rosemary Elepitick, 52, was mugged by criminals at the crime scene, last Sunday (Jun 13) night.

As a result, a number of her valuables worth tens of millions were successfully taken away by perpetrator.

This case was immediately reported to Denpasar Metro Police. However, until now, perpetrators are still being chased by police. Although a number of witnesses had been examined, but police had not yet found any clues about the perpetrator. “This case is being handled by police,” said one of the officers, last Tuesday (Jun 15).

According to this officer, the victim who stayed at the Hotel Uma Sapna Gang XX, Seminyak, Kuta, Badung, crossed on the scene at 10:30 pm Local Time. While crossing on foot, the victim never had a feeling of suspicion that

she would experience the action of mugging. “Once arrived on scene, suddenly there were two perpetrators riding a motorcycle and approached the victim,” he explained.

As fast as the speed of lightning, the evil hands of perpetrators grabbed the victim’s bag. In carrying out their action, one of the perpetrators served as executor, while another as a jockey.

Although the victim had screamed to call out, the perpetrators could escape and their tracks disappeared in the darkness of the night. “Because of panic, the victim did not get to see the identity of the perpetrator’s motorcycle, especially its license plate,” he said while asking not to mention his name on the newspaper.

The goods of victim grabbed consisted of cash worth IDR 2 million, a credit card, an Apple handphone, a Bvlgari glasses, cosmetics, tools and a number of other essential goods. If the goods were calculated materially, the victim claimed to suffer a loss amounted to IDR 20 million in total.

“The report of victim is being investigated, including the pursuit of perpetrators,” he said. (kmb21)

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Rainy Season Caused Planting Difficulties for Tobacco Farmers Gianyar (Bali Post)-

Pouring rain has caused tobacco farmers at Gianyar region having difficulties in growing new plants. The rain has damaged the plants so there will be fewer to be grown.

Last Tuesday (15/6), it was discovered some of the plants at Gelumpang, Sukawati, Gianyar seems damaged by the rain during the planting process. The plants went rotten so it won’t grow. This has confused the farmers as the plantlet prepared and hoped to be grown are damaged instead. It also caused the planting season to be delayed.

Head of Agriculture Agency Gianyar Region, Engineer (Ir.) I Gusti Ngurah Puja Wartika, confirmed this situation has happened.

It is worrying the farmers but it can be fixed as there are still some plantlets owned by them. “The tobacco

plants are very risky with water, so it caused the farmers having difficulties,” The Head of Agriculture explained.

Total of tobacco planting in Gianyar reached 300 hectares. The tobacco farmers in this region are at Gelumpang area (Sukawati), Payangan and Tegallalang. From the three sub districts, most of the farmers are in Sukawati. It was mentioned, Gianyar region government has a plan to develop this tobacco farming further. Moreover, now there’s cigarette tax income given to Gianyar region. And so tobacco crop cultivation can be improved further. (kmb16)

Dozens of bulging Networking Mini Market Denpasar (Bali Post) -

The rapid development in Denpasar last few years, turns out to impact against the proliferation of modern markets, such as supermarket, mini market, as well as other franchise stores. Ironically, tens of mini market, mini market, especially many who have not networked aka bulging pocketed permission. The presence of networked mini market in Denpasar is just pocketing the modern shop license (UTM) of central government.

While other permits which should be managed in Licensing Office of Denpasar has never entered Licensing Service Desk.

This condition arises when a meeting between the Department of Licensing hearings Denpasar by Commission A, B, and C DPRD Bali, Monday (14 / 6) afternoon. Meeting led

by Chairman of Commission B Eko Supriyadi the forefront phenomenon that emerged recently in Christchurch, namely mini widespread networking market.

AARai Licensing agency heads say the quota Soryawan Licensing Agency awarded the city of Denpasar on the existence of shops and mini- networked market is only 28 pieces only. The details of the shops networked in every district, so it will appear four mini markets networked.

Then eight franchise stores are spread across four districts, and 16 independent stores in four district service. So

that if the total quantities of quota are all just 28 stores only.

However, field conditions are now quite different. For one type of store networked course, the number could reach 48 units. Not to mention the shop networking shops grow like mushrooms in the rainy season. “In Denpasar currently there are four stores networked, ie, Circle K, Indo Mart, Alfa Mart and Mini Mart. From the data we have, the largest isindeed Circle K. If the other data we have not in detail, “said Soryawan Rai. Severity of several stores these networked, never ask permission principle or the IMB to the Office of Licensing. Mentioned in addition to quotas, consideration also is seen from the location of the shop zoning, parking lots, as well as distance to the Traffic Light. “It’s a dilemma. All the stores this network there has been no one to ask permission of Licensing. They are just pocketing license to operate a modern store (UTM) from the center. There are even stores in a filed under the name of the store, “I Soryawan.

Hearing this presentation, two representatives of the Commission C AA Susruta Gandi Made Ngurah Putra and questioned the next steps relevant agencies. “Then when it’s like this what is the Licensing Office action?”, asked Susruta. (kmb12)

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The picture show abrasion happens in one of the beach in Bali. The damage in environment is getting worst day by day and the people must act to prevent it.

Archeological protection in Bali and the role of the society Archeological protection through maintenance, preservation and conservation, even through reconstruction as well, has turned to be an international problem not only today, but actually in the future. Such matters were indicated by the activities of UNESCO as an international institution, who concerned with the most important of world cultural heritage e.g. archeological remains.

UNESCO have done a lot of excellent work, which need a reasonable budgets, expert, equipment etc. and the best example is the safeguarding of Brobudur temple. As the UNESCO member, our governments are concerned and responsible to protect our monuments for our national interest, such as Brobudur temple.

Based on the development of archaeological studies and the related studies especially in field of archaeological protection, now such problems is a technical matter and besed on scientific consideration.

Facing such problem , Indonesian government have done a number of works e.g the safeguarding of borobudur tample {in cooperation with {UNESCO}, Prambanan tample ,Demak mosque, and other tamples in Bali namely Pura Besakih ,Pura Mengening , Pura Pegulingan , Pura Taman Sari etc. In this case, our government as one of the ASEAN countries have carried out a coordinate programmers through SPAFA (Sub project of archaeology and fine art) to find out the effective ways and means dealing with the problems of archaeological protection .

Discussing the archaeological protection in Bali, it should be remembered that Bali, even a very small island, but has a lot of archaeo-

logical monuments, which most of them belonged to living monuments.

Among them are a number of Hindu tample, spreated nearly in the whole island, as well as Hindu stastues , inscription etc. As the holy monuments for Balinese society, so the Balinese have the responsibility to take care their monuments as their religious function Officially, archaeological protection in Bali is done by Bali Office for Preservation of archaeological and Historical Heritage (Kantor Bali Suaka peninggelang Sejarah dan Purbakala Bali) in coordialnation and corporation with the local government and local people as well. This office have done a lot of archaeological reconstruction, but not yet covered the whole of them, because of the limited budgets etc.

In case of protecting the archaeological monuments in Bali, Bali Office for Preservation of archaeological and Historical Heritage has given a technical guidance to the local people for reconstructing their monuments and financial support as well. As the governments have a very limited budget for these works, and as the owner of the living monuments, so the Balinese people have their religious tasks and responsibility to protect sacred monuments. In Bali generally each village have three village temples named Pura Kyayangan Tiga e.g Pura Puseh,Pura Desa (sometime combined with Pura Bale Agung ) and Pura dalem.

Among them are belonged to archaeological monuments and frequently in these temple a number of archaeological monuments are preserved such as statues, inscription etc.

It is important to note here that the unity of the Balinese society is tightly bounded by the village temples and

social organization.

Based on religious reasons, actuality Balinese society has a strong spirit to keep their monuments in a well condition as holy monuments.

Since a very long time the Balinese people have maintained and restored their monuments in a very traditional ways, based on their own religious will and spirit, and for this purpose they collected the materials, even reasonable money from the village members. The village members, especially the skilled members (Balinese, undagi) did the restoration and led by the village leader, without any payment (Balinese, ngayah). This mutual model of works named gotong royong is one of the Indonesian spirits, which has been developed since the early time until today.

It is a remarkable fact since the early time Balinese people have done the archeological protection in their traditional ways, which really should be regarded as a community based conservation. The most important meaning of these facts is the Balinese have done their religious task, which still continued from one generation to next generation and still retained until today. Therefore these facts indicated that the Balinese people from time to time have played important role for protecting their archeological monuments, for worshipping their ancestor’s spirit, the Hindu Trinity as well as their local deities. It is hoped that this religious traditions should be keep in people’s mind and increased, now and in the near future for the safeguarding the archeological monuments and its cultural values.

Through this way it is hoped that our cultural identity could be preserved in the people’s mind for facing the forthcoming modern world. (BTN)

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Sudan rebel leaders surrender to warcrimes court Agence France Presse

THE HAGUE – Two Sudan rebel leaders arrived in The Hague on Wednesday after surrendering to the International Criminal Court to answer to accusations of war crimes in Darfur, the court said.

“Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus, both suspected of having committed war crimes in Darfur, Sudan, arrived voluntarily this morning at the International Criminal Court,” a statement said.

“Both suspects will stay at the location assigned to them by the court until their first appearance before the chamber” Thursday morning, after which they would be free to leave the Netherlands pending further appearances.

The men face three counts of war crimes allegedly committed in an attack on the Haskanita military base in north Darfur on September 29, 2007, that killed 12 African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) peacekeepers and injured eight.

The attack was allegedly carried out by fighters of the Sudanese Liberation Army-Unity under the command of Jerbo, and splinter forces of the Justice and Equality Movement led by Banda.

“It is alleged that the attackers, numbering approximately 1,000, were armed with anti-aircraft guns, artillery guns and rocket propelled grenade launchers,” said the court statement.

“During and after the attack, they allegedly destroyed AMIS communi-

cations installations, dormitories, vehicles and other materials and appropriated AMIS property, including refrigerators, computers, cellular phones, military boots and uniforms, 17 vehicles, fuel, ammunition and money.”

A pre-trial chamber had found there were reasonable grounds to believe that Band and Jerbo were criminally responsible for murder, an intentional attack on peacekeepers, and pillaging, said the statement. Summonses for the men to appear were issued under seal in August last year. Arrest warrants were not considered necessary.

The court said the men would make an initial appearance on Thursday, during which they will be informed of the allegations and of their rights.

A further hearing will be held “within a reasonable time” to confirm the charges against the two — a requirement before the case can go to trial.

Their appearance at this “confirmation of charges hearing” was not obligatory.

The case is the fourth before the ICC involving alleged warcrimes in Darfur.

Arrest warrants are outstanding for Sudan’s President Omar al-Beshir, former government minister Ahmed Haroun and militia leader Ali Kosheib.

Soldiers carry the coffins of their colleagues killed in an attack on an African Union base in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region in September 2007.

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Beshir rejects the jurisdiction of the ICC, the world’s only independent, permanent court with authority to try genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and has refused to hand over his two allies.

ICC judges have turned down a

Heavy arms fire rings out in Kyrgyz south Associated Press Writer

OSH, Kyrgyzstan – Heavy arms fire rang out over the Kyrgyz city of Osh before dawn Wednesday as authorities struggled to bring order to the Central Asian country’s south after days of deadly ethnic riots.

The violence — which erupted

last Thursday in Osh between the majority Kyrgyz population and Uzbeks and spread to surrounding regions — has prompted more than 100,000 Uzbeks to flee for their lives to Uzbekistan, with tens of thousands more camped on the Kyrgyz side of the border or stranded in a no man’s land.

Humanitarian aid was trickling in

AP Photo/Anvar Ilyasov

Uzbek woman Ranokhon who fled from the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, cries showing photos of her grandchildren who she became separated from and had to leave them behind, as she waits for permission to cross into Uzbekistan, on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, at Jalal-Kuduk, Tuesday, June 15, 2010.

via Uzbekistan, though some supplies coming via Osh were reportedly intercepted and volunteers attacked.

One of the few Uzbek families to remain in Osh told the Associated Press that a mother of two was killed by shrapnel from a shell launched toward their home by the Kyrgyz military.

“The Kyrgyz are out of control. They are destroying us,” said Abdumanap Mamasydykov, 38, at a funeral for the woman, his 48-year-old sister Gelbar Alynbayeba. They had remained in Dostyk, an Uzbek quarter of Osh, to tend to elderly relatives too frail to flee.

The claim that authorities were firing on Uzbeks could not be verified, but an AP photographer saw military patrols and heard artillery fire from their positions in central Osh overnight.

No other armed units or groups had been seen.

The official death count from the past week of violence rose to 189 on Wednesday, with 1,910 wounded, the Health Ministry said. But observers believe the real toll is much higher, with many victims being buried quickly in keeping with Muslim tradition.

prosecution bid to prosecute fellow rebel chief Bahar Idriss Abu Garda over the Haskanita attack, finding insufficient evidence to link him to the killings. He had also appeared before the ICC voluntarily.

The United Nations says more than

300,000 people have been killed since the Darfur conflict broke out in 2003, when minority rebels took up arms against the Arab-dominated Sudanese government for a greater share of resources and power. The Sudanese government puts the death toll at 10,000.

Iran plans more powerful nuclear research reactor Associated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s nuclear chief says his country is designing a new atomic research reactor in another snub of international efforts to curb the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions.

State TV’s website quotes Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi as saying Wednesday the new reactor will be more powerful than the aging, 5megawatt U.S.-made research reactor operating in Tehran that is used to make radioactive isotopes for medical purposes. He says Iran eventually plans to build four such reactors.

Iran’s first energy-producing reactor is scheduled to begin operations this summer.

Last week, the U.N. imposed sanctions over Iran’s refusal to halt uranium enrichment, a process that can be used to fuel nuclear power plants or make nuclear weapons.

AP Photo/IIPA, Sajjad Safari

In front of a portrait of the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures while speaking during a public gathering in his provincial tour at the city of Shahr-e-Kord, 325 miles (543 kilometers)south of the capital Tehran, Iran Wednesday June 16, 2010.

International IMIGRATION Australian Consulate General Jalan Tantular 32 Renon Denpasar Phone: +62 361 241118 Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

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HOSPITAL Denpasar There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners Denpasar General Hospital (RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah Sakit Wongaya and Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

HOSPITAL Bangli Bangli General Hospital Jl. Kesumayuda 27, Bangli Phone : +62 366 91521 Gianyar

Royal Danish & Norwegian Mimpi Resort Jimbaran, Bali Phone +62.361.701 070 The Czech Republic Jalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.286 465 France Consulate Agency Jalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.285 485 The Federal Republic of Germany Jalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.288 535 The Republic of Hungary Jalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.287 701 Italian Consulate Jalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, Bali Phone +62.361.701 005 Honorary Consulate of Mexico Jalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.223 266 Honorary Consulate of The Netherlands Jalan Raya Kuta 127, Bali Phone +62.361.761 506 Honorary Consulate of Spain Komplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. Jalan Patih Jelantik Kuta, Bali Phone +62.361.769 286 USA Consulate Agency Jalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.222 426 Consulate General of Japan Jalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.227 628 Honorary Consulate of British Jalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.270 601 Swiss and Austria Consulate Jalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan Istana Galleria Phone +62.361.751 735 Honorary Consulate of Brazil Jalan Legian No. 186, Bali Phone +62.361.757 775 Honorary Consulate of Thailand Jalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.263 310 Embassy of India Jalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, Bali Phone +62.361.241 978 Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf Finland Segara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, Bali Phone +62.361.282 223 Honorary Consulate of Malaysia Alam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, Bali Phone +62.361.752 520

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Its facilities have improved since the emergency ward had been built in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become a problem anymore since it has complete equipments. It is located on Jl. Kesehatan Selatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with : Phone : 227 911 – 15 Fax : 226 363 Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters for less serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, anemia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equipped to care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl. Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.

Phone : 223 036 Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit) Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.

Phone : 222 142.

Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private) Jl. Sudirman No 50, Denpasar Phone : 227 560, 234 824 In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medical evacuation company, that is: AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali.

PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No. 24X, Kuta 80361.

Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768 One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that the Blood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh) Negative blood.

Badung Bali Medical Clinics There are some medical clinics that are well known by foreigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and operated : Bali International Medical Center (BIMC) Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excellent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Services for tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali.

Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance & Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone : 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta, Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com International SOS Clinic Bali Opened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visitors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-hour emergency medical service.

Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - Indonesia Phone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919 E-mail : info@sos-bali.com ttp ://www.sos-bali.com Bali Nusa Dua Emergency Clinic Jl Pratama No. 81 Phone : 771 324 Kuta Clinic Jl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268 Dental Clinic Dr Indra Guizot, Jl. Patimura 19, Denpasar Phone : 222 445, 234 375 DDS. Ritjie Rihartinah, Jl Pratama No. 81 Nusa Dua Phone : 771 324 Retno W. Agung, Jln. Bypass Ngurah Rai No.4A Br. Tamansari – Sanur Phone : 288 501

Clinic Mas Jl. Raya Mas, Ubud Phone : +62 361 974573 Toyo Clinic Jl. Pengosekan, Ubud Phone : +62 361 978078 Permata Bunda Clinic Jl. Patih Jelantik 50 X, Gianyar Phone : +62 361 942082 Ubud Clinic Jl Raya Ubud No.36 Campuhan, Ubud Phone : +62 361 974911 Gianyar General Hospital Jl. Ciung Wanara 2, Gianyar Phone : +62 361 943049 Karangasem Karangasem General Hospital Jl. Ngurah Rai, Karangasem Phone : +62 363 21001 Klungkung Klungkung General Hospital Jl. Flamboyan 40-4, Klungkung Phone : +62 366 21371 Negara Negara General Hospital Jl. Gelar, Negara Phone : +62 365 41006 Tabanan Laboratorium Clinic Jl. Gunung semeru No. 8, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 819260 Mengwi Clinic Jl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai 46, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 880550 Darma Kerti Hospital Jl. Teratai 16, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 812359 Tabanan General Hospital Jl. Pahlawan 14, Tabanan Phone : +62 361 811027 Singaraja Prodia Clinic Jl. RA Kartini 12, Singaraja Bali 0362 - 24-516 Singaraja Hospital Jl. Ngurah Rai 30, Singaraja Bali 0362 - 22-573 Pet Clinics Kayumas: (0361) 226934 Sayang Binatang: (0361) 483121 Satwa Kertha Husada: (0361) 263018 Pantai Sindhu: (0361) 287518 Sidakarya: (0361) 724492 Pedungan: (0361) 720026

TAXIS Praja Taxi : (0361) 289090 Bali Taxi : (0361) 701111 Ngurah Rai Taxi : (0361) 724724 Pan Wirthi Taxi : (0361) 723366 Komotra Taxi : (0361) 758855

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Afghan leader faces tough questions on Japan trip Agence France Presse

TOKYO – Afghan President Hamid Karzai was set to face tough questions over governance and corruption from one of his country’s major aid donors as he began a five-day visit to Japan on Wednesday.

Japan last year pledged up to five billion dollars in aid over five years until 2013, provided the security situation allows projects to go ahead and contingent on guarantees the assistance will not be lost to graft.

It is Karzai’s fourth trip to Japan, and his first since he won his second presidential term last November in elections widely criticised as marred by ballot-stuffing and vote-rigging.

He flew in late Wednesday ahead of talks Thursday with Japan’s new Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, which will focus on improvement of security and the wider development of the war-torn and dirt-poor central Asian nation.

“The quality of governance needs to be improved,” Japanese foreign ministry press secretary Kazuo Kodama told AFP. “We do have sympathy for his challenges, but at the same time, in order for his government... to really succeed in addressing all these challenges, he has got to put his government in order,” Kodama said.

“So I think Prime Minister Kan and Foreign Minister Okada will certainly look forward to discussing these issues in a candid, straight-forward manner.”

Kabul said Karzai was travelling with his foreign and finance ministers, as well as national security advisor Rangeen Dadfar Spanta.

Japan, whose military is restricted

(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (pictured) was set to face tough questions over governance and corruption from one of his country’s major aid donors when he arrives in Japan for a five-day visit. by a post-World War II pacifist constitution, has not deployed troops to Afghanistan, but the world’s second biggest economy is one of the biggest donors to the country.

“This visit is one of the president’s most important trips. Japan has been one of our key allies. It has been among key contributors to Afghanistan’s reconstruction,” Karzai spokesman Hamid Elmi told AFP. “They have pledged a new fund of five billion dollars over five years. The trip is a four-day trip, which in itself shows that Japan and this visit is important for the president.”

Japanese aid has built 650 kilometres (400 miles) of highway and a new Kabul airport terminal, and its city planners are working to redevelop the capital, where more than 100 Japanese buses are now providing public transport.

Of the aid package pledged last year, about 980 million dollars have been disbursed, including more than 300 million dollars to pay the wages of Afghanistan’s 80,000 police officers, Japanese officials say.

Other Japanese aid projects in the works are vocational training and small-scale rural aid projects that would help former Taliban foot-soldiers give up their arms and earn a living in civil society.

Massive graft, however, threatens to undermine many international aid projects. Watchdog Transparency International says Afghanistan has the worst corruption of any country except Somalia, which has no functional government.

Kodama said Japan’s foreign minister had repeatedly stressed that “this money comes from our taxpayers’ pockets, and the government needs to be accountable for the way their money will have been spent. Money must be spent in an efficient and effective manner to meet the declared objectives.”

Karzai’s visit comes days after US officials said Afghanistan has mineral deposits worth at least one trillion dollars, including iron, copper, cobalt, gold and lithium.

Landslide death toll hits 53 in Bangladesh Associated Press Writer

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – Rescuers recovered four more bodies buried in mud Wednesday, raising the death toll from powerful landslides in southeastern Bangladesh to 53.

Triggered by heavy rains, the powerful mudslides struck a coastal area Tuesday, burying thatched homes and cutting off thousands in the southern coastal district of Cox’s Bazar and the nearby district of Bandarban.

At least 49 bodies were recovered Tuesday, mostly from two areas in Cox’s Bazar, 185 miles (296 kilometers) south of the capital, Dhaka, in a hilly and forested region near the border with Myanmar.

The bodies of three children — two boys and one girl — were found overnight, and a missing soldier killed by the slides was also pulled from the mud, said Mohammad Jasim Uddin,

a magistrate in Cox’s Bazar.

Another five soldiers’ bodies were recovered Tuesday. They were assigned to a makeshift camp that was buried by mud.

About 500 people left homeless after Tuesday’s disaster have taken refuge at five shelters in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf area, bordering Myanmar, said local official Shafik Mia.

(AP Photo/Sazzat Hossain)

Bangladeshi army personnel carry dead bodies after landslides struck in the southern coastal area of Cox’s Bazar, 185 miles (296 kilometers) south of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, June 15, 2010.

Powerful landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 38 people and left seven army soldiers missing in southeastern Bangladesh.

Man who tried self-amputation thought of MacGyver Associated Press Writer

HARTFORD, Conn. – Jonathan Metz had his left arm stuck in his furnace boiler for about 12 hours when he asked himself “what would MacGyver do?” and concluded that amputating the limb was his only chance for survival.

The 31-year-old West Hartford man, who was released from the hospital Monday, met with reporters Tuesday for the first time since getting his arm stuck in his furnace for two days and nearly cutting it off.

Metz, who is right-handed, said when the thought of amputation first crossed his mind he pushed it away.

He considered every other option and thought of the resourceful 1980s television character who always found a way to use mundane objects in his surroundings to get himself out of tough situations.

“I definitely dithered for a few hours after coming up with the initial idea,” he said. “I thought there must be some other way, so I kind of started looking around my surroundings again. Maybe there was something I missed. You know, what would MacGyver do if he were here?”

Metz said he spent six hours psyching himself up for the self-amputation. He tried to yank the arm out, he used dirty oil from a catch basin to try to grease it and finally he looked to his tool box, which he had within reach.

His fantasy, he said, was that he could cut off the arm, run upstairs and

put it in his freezer, call 911, then go to the hospital and get it reattached.

Metz said he first used a hacksaw blade, then used a larger blade, which he hoped would make the operation go smoother. He nearly succeeded but couldn’t make it through a bundle of nerves.

“I don’t know how many strokes it took,” he said. “But it was quite a few. So yes, every one, I was reevaluating in some way, was it too late to stop? Or what was the point where there was no going back?”

Metz, who lives alone, revealed Tuesday that the ordeal began after work on Monday night, June 7, not the day before, as doctors previously had said.

He had been trying to clean off the heating vents on his furnace boiler when he dropped either a brush or a Shop-Vac attachment. He was reaching in to retrieve it when his arm became stuck between the funnel-like fins of the boiler.

When he tried to pull it out, the fins tightened on his arm, cutting into it. The more he would struggle, the more it would cut, and the more his arm would swell.

“It very quickly became apparent to me that I had a major problem,” he said. “I basically spent the next 12 hours screaming for help.”

Eventually, he began noticing signs of infection and the smell of rotting flesh, and he starting thinking he had to cut the arm off. Doctors said the partial self-amputation prevented the spread of the infection to the rest of his body and saved his life.

Flash floods...

From page 1 “We haven’t seen anything like this in a decade,” said the top official for the Var department, Hugues Parant.

Around 1,850 firefighters, soldiers and police officers and 11 helicopters have been mobilised, officials said, adding that 1,500 calls for help had been received.

The disaster reached the popular tourist town of Frejus where more than 1,500 people were taken to safety, many in inflatable boats or by helicopter airlift to four shelters.

Up to 200,000 homes were left without electricity during the rainstorms but by Wednesday afternoon power had been restored to around half of those, officials said.

The rising waters also trapped a high speed train travelling from Nice to Lille with 300 passengers on board.

The SNCF rail authority halted all train services between Toulon and Saint-Raphael until Thursday, saying some three kilometres (1.8 miles) of tracks were under water.

President Nicolas Sarkozy issued a statement expressing condolences for the victims’ families and support for rescue teams who are “mobilising non-stop to pro-

vide aid and find those still missing.”

The head of the emergency operation, Corinne Orzechowski, said more than 30 centimetres (12 inches) of rain had fallen since Tuesday, causing water levels to rise to alarming levels in the streets of Draguignan, a town of some 40,000 residents.

“This morning, we woke up to find a city that was devastated, extremely battered with overturned cars floating in the streets, collapsed roads and gutted houses,” said Orzechowski.

“We are still in the rescue phase before moving on to the cleanup,” she said, adding that makeshift shelters were opened to welcome families left homeless by the floods.

Water levels on Wednesday had dropped slightly in Draguignan but rains were still battering the nearby towns of Roquebrune and Frejus, not far from the Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez, officials said.

In the village of Les Arcs, longtime resident Gerard Grangeon went searching for his sister-inlaw’s car which he found floating in the streets. “It’s a real disaster,” he said. Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux was due to visit the devastated area later Wednesday.

International

Indonesia Today

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Quake hits Manokwari, kills two Agence France-Presse

MANOKWARI – A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake killed at least two people and damaged scores of homes in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami warning and widespread panic.

The victims were believed to have been crushed under their collapsed homes on Yapen island, close to the epicentre off the northern coast of Papua province, police said.

“Two people were killed on the island because of the quake. We’re still collecting information about the damage,” Yapen police chief Deny Siregar told AFP. The quake struck off the southeast coast of Yapen at 12:16 pm (0316

GMT), officials said. It was the second of a series of strong tremors that were felt across a vast but sparsely populated region.

Yapen island, with a population of about 70,000 people, appeared to be the worst-hit area with one church destroyed and at least 150 homes damaged, police said.

“The situation now is still tense. We have moved people to higher ground in anticipation of a tsunami,” Siregar

told AFP by phone from Serui town on Yapen.

Indonesia’s Geophysics and Meteorological Agency issued a localised tsunami warning but it was lifted an hour later.

Thousands of people fled their homes and workplaces on nearby Biak island and in the West Papua provincial capital of Manokwari about 300 kilometres (180 miles) to the west.

“I was driving my car to the office...

I felt a huge tremor for about one or two minutes. The car was being flung around,” Biak resident Osibyo Wakum said.

He said people rushed out of homes and buildings as the quake rocked the

reef-fringed tropical island around lunchtime. In Manokwari, people fled to open spaces as buildings swayed and the earth shook.

“There was a swaying movement for about 40 seconds. People ran out of their homes, shouting ‘get out, get out, the earth is shaking’,” said an AFP correspondent in the town.

Many people remained outside as a series of powerful aftershocks shook the region, some as strong as 6.6 in magnitude.

The vast Indonesian archipelago stretches from the Pacific to the Indian oceans and straddles major seismic faultlines that trigger thousands of quakes a year.

The 2004 Asian tsunami killed at least 168,000 people in Indonesia alone when the sea surged over the northern tip of Sumatra island after a 9.3-magnitude quake split the seabed to the west. A 7.6-magnitude quake killed about 1,000 people in the port of Padang, western Sumatra, in September last year.

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit northern Sumatra in April but caused no significant damage.

Scientists cannot predict when the next major earthquake will hit Indonesia but they say it is only a matter of time before another catastrophe on the same or even greater scale as 2004 strikes the archipelago again.

2nd carcass of endangered rhino found in Indonesia Associated Press Writer

AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

Indonesian school children from the State Elementary School Menteng One, formerly attended by US President Barack Obama, observe paintings by Indonesian artist Damien Dematra that depict Obama when he was young, in Jakarta on June 16, 2010. US President Barack Obama has postponed a trip to Australia and Indonesia, the White House said, in a sign the unchecked Gulf oil spill is now making waves in his broader agenda. The announcement delays for a second time the president’s trip to Indonesia, a southeast Asian heavyweight where Obama spent four years as a youth.

Indonesia has arrested an alleged people smuggling kingpin who is wanted in Australia.

AP

JAKARTA - Indonesian police arrested Afghan man Sayeed Abbas at a hotel in Jakarta last month, the country’s most senior officer in charge of transnational crime revealed today.

Brigadier General Saud Usman Nasution said Abbas was one of 87 people smugglers Indonesia has arrested so far this year.

The vast majority have been lowranking Indonesian crew members.

But Australian sources describe Abbas, now in a Jakarta jail, as an “extremely significant” catch. The Attorney-General’s Department has

requested his extradition.

The extradition must be approved by an Indonesian court and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono before it can proceed, meaning it is unlikely to occur for at least a year.

But if Abbas is ultimately convicted in Australia he could face up to 20 years in prison.

Also last month, an Indonesian court jailed notorious Pakistani people smuggler Haji Sakhi for more than two years for immigration offences.

Australia has also requested Sakhi’s extradition but will now have to wait until his jail term expires.

One alleged people smuggler - dual Iraqi-Iranian man Hadi Ahmadi - was successfully extradited from Indonesia to Australia last year and is now facing trial in Perth.

Two others - Amanullah Rezaie and Sajjad Hussain Noor - remain in Jakarta jails awaiting extradition.

Mr Nasution said Indonesia had also detained 1,247 asylum seekers so far this year, a marked increase on previous years.

But he said the numbers were unlikely to go down as long as long as Australia continued to promise a “better life”.

JAKARTA – Authorities have recovered the carcass of a Javan Rhinoceros, world’s most endangered mammal, in a national park in Indonesia, the second found dead in less than a month, a conservationist said Tuesday.

The remains were discovered Monday in Ujung Kulon National Park on Java island, said Widodo Ramono, head of the Indonesian Rhino Foundation. The exact cause of the death will be investigated, but like the first carcass retrieved May 20, there were no indications that poachers were involved, Ramono said.

“It seems that it died naturally, because there were no signs of it being poisoned or killed. Its horn is

still intact,” he said.

The animal was believed to be around 30 years old. The life span of the mammals, of which there are an estimated 45 to 60 left in the world, is 30-45 years.

He described the deaths as a serious blow to efforts to conserve the world’s smallest rhino species.

“The two deaths meant 4 percent of the estimated number of the rhino population, whereas the government has set a growth (rate of) 3 percent,” Ramono said.

Workers will be collecting footage from 58 camera-traps in the park, about 90 miles (144 kilometers) southwest of Jakarta, this month to try to get a better estimate of the number of rhinos remaining, Ramono said.

Hospitals called on not to reject penniless patients Antara

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare Agung Laksono reminded all hospitals in the country that they should not refuse poor patients.

“Hospitals are not allowed to reject penniless patients,” the minister said when he opened the National Working Meeting of the All Indonesia Regional Hospitals Association (ARSADA), here on Wednesday.

He said that hospitals might not refuse patients who had no money to pay down payment.

The minister even expected that hospitals would provide the best services for economically weak pa-

tients.

“After all, at present the government has provided a health insurance for the less fortunate people,” he said.

Therefore, regretted there were still some hospitals so refused to accept poor patients. In this case, the minister called on the relevant agencies to carry out supervision.

He also called on hospitals to continue strengthening independence together with the government so that they would become quality health service providers that gave priorities to the people.

“We have to give priority to the people’s interest, particularly the interest of the poor so that their welfare would be improved soon,” the minister said.

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Bali Today Bali Government gives awards to Balinese artists Antara

DENPASAR – Bali Government give awards to nine artists who take part in developing and preserving art and culture in Bali. I Ketut Arcana, the head of movie division in Bali Government, said “there are nine artists who receive the awards and each of them will also receive 6 million rupiah. The awards will be given by Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika.”

The awards are given on the occasion of the 32nd annual Bali Art Festival. The artists were chosen and selected by special team in regencies in Bali. Arcana said that the team was giving their judgment on the artists chosen.

The judgments were based on several aspects such as their work to preserve the art and culture in Bali. The artists are I Ketut Wijana from Denpasar and I Nyoman Rede from

Jembrana,.Desak Ketut Tirtawati from Klungkung, I Ketut Ruma from Karangasem, I Made Gelomoh from Badung and I Putu Selamat from Buleleng. I Wayan Narta from Gianyar, I Dewa Gede Anom Dangin from Bangli and Ida Ayu Made Sugi from Sangeh village, Badung.

The awards will be given by the governor on June 21st 2010, there will be dance performances during the event.

Art group from Japan to perform contemporary puppet show Antara

DENPASAR– The Sidakamoyako art group from Tokyo, Japan will perform a contemporary wayang or puppet show entitled “Ikkaku Sennin” in the 32nd annual Bali Art Festival (BAF).

I Kadek Suardana, the head of Arti Foundation, said “the Ikkaku Sennin show is very popular in Japan.” The art group from Japan will perform in Ayodya stage in Art Center Denpasar on Sunday, June 27th 2010 at 8 pm local time.

The show is about a priest named Ikaku Sennin. He is very powerful so he can fight the dragon and can prevent rain from failing. In Japanese tradition, Dragon is believed as the rain giver especially to the farmer in Japan.

The Sidakamoyako consist of Minagawa Koichi, Koyano Ketauro, Umeda Hideharu, Kawamura Kohei, Hamahoto Tomoyuki, Nina Masahiro,

Yamagiahi Tempei and Yamashito Miho.

Suardana said that the wayang performance will be entirely played by the member of Sidakamoyako.

There is great hope that the new show will give new perspective and entertain the people in Bali.

The show will use the development of technology such as computerizes images and sounds. Suardana who facilitate the Sidakamoyako with the committee of the BAF, said that the cooperation is going well and there is great hope that the show will run successfully.

“The Balinese should watch the show because Bali also has many wayang performances. The audiences can see the differences between the show from Japan and our own,” he added.

There is also other group from Japan who take part in the event, it is “Wyarhita”. The art group will collaborate with Suara Kanti Art Group from Singapadu village, Gianyar.

-IBP/Wayan Sumatika

Gumiar Dinata

Angklung creation parade:

A new striking attraction in BAF 2010 Here is a new distinctive attraction of Bali Arts Festival (BAF). Apparently, this predicate is reasonably attached to the parade of angklung creations in this BAF 2010 whose performance was centered in the open stage of the Indonesia Institute of Arts (ISI) Denpasar. Enchantment of angklung kekebyaran parade whose format adopted the adult, children and women Gong Kebyar was increasingly embedded in the hearts of art lovers in Bali.

Last Monday (Jun 14) night, the parade of angklung creation staged

BAF Agenda

the Werdhi Ulangun Angklung Troupe from Ambengan Village, Buleleng, was side by side with Widya Asmara Angklung Troupe from Kelaci Hamlet, Marga, Tabanan. These art envoys from North and South Bali showcased their own best creations of angklung kekebyaran that successfully drew the attention of audience. Envoy of Buleleng engendered energetic show with angklung kekebyaran by using saih pitu (seven pitched) tone known as distinctive feature of the Panji Sakti land. Meanwhile, the envoy of

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Time : 10.00 - 12.00 Activity : Kerawitan Gandrung by Sekaa Ambek Suci Pura Majapahit Banjar Monang-Maning Denpasar Place : Kalangan Angsoka Time : 17.00 - 18.30 Activity : Children Puppeteers by Yayasan Tri Pusaka Sakti Banjar Pekandelan, Batuan, Gianyar Place : Kalangan Ayodya Time : 19.30 - 21.00 Activity : Virpi Pahkinen Dance Company from Stockholm, Sweden Place : Gedung Ksirarnawa Time : 20.00 - 23.00 Activity : Gong Kebyar parade by Sekaa Gong Kanti Budaya Desa Adat Jimbaran, Kecamatan Kuta Selatan, Badung with Sanggar Miniartis Amlapura, Karangasem Place : Ardha Candra open stage

Tabanan was no less luring with its angklung kekebyaran composed in slendro tone with contemporary style. Both gamelan troupes seemingly attempted to make innovation for the kekebyaran composition so that the angklung gamelan music was no longer limited for the use in ceremonies like Pitri Yajña and Manusha Yadñya but also managed to look attractive for accompaniment of the dance creations.

At the performance thronged by myriad of audiences, the Widya Asrama Angklung Troupe displayed angklung keklentangan style composed by I Nyoman Sukarwa and Made Santa. It was then resumed with gamelan creation of the envoy of Buleleng — Werdhi Ulangun Angklung Troupe showing the composition entitled Bhuwana Kertha under direction of Gede Madu. Aside from presenting gamelan creations, each troupe also introduced two dances.

In the meantime, the envoy of Tabanan opened its session by Sunari welcoming dance describing the tenderness and beauty of nature when facing the morning time. Then, envoy of Buleleng presented Suitabangkaja opening dance that was danced by six beautiful virgins. As the ultimate session, both angklung troupes terminated their session by closing dance. Envoy of Buleleng staged warrior dance entitled Baris Bendesa Manggala Yuda; while envoy of Tabanan was glad to present an attractive dance known as Gumiar Dinata. (ian)

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Balinese Culture

”Bulan Pejeng” “Bulan Pejeng” in fact is a large bronze drum (nekara) of prehistoric from Bronze Age that were developed around 2000 years ago or in the beginning of century. This cultural heritage is one of the sacred article, kept in Penataran Sasih Temple in Pejeng Village, Gianyar and is located in the main street of TampaksiringKintamani so no difficulty to visit it. According to popular folktale in society, “Bulan Pejeng” is the “moon” which fell down in Pejeng Village long time ago, making the village was always bright on day and night so the thieves could not do their jobs. Therefore, the “moon” was urinated so did not shine anymore until these days.

The name of Penataran Sasih Temple means “the place of the moon” Temple (moon=sasih) and might relate to the story of the “moon” fell from the sky previously. Another story told of this Pejeng nekara as the ear-plug of Kebo Iwa, a powerful legendary figure who was able to carve Goa Gajah, steep bank temple of Gunung Kawi, etc.

The Pejeng nekara has been introduced internationally by G.E. Rumphius, an expert in Biology through his book Amboinsche Rariteitkamer, published in 1705.

Although he never been to Bali, but he had succeeded for using the information from Hendrik Leydekereker ’s. In fact, this nekara is a giant nekara with large size in every detail as in height of

186.5 m and a diameter of 1.60 m for its hit zone. Around the archeological experts, this nekara is also called as nekara with head, because it has four pairs of mask decoration with bulged-out eyes, long-coned nose, and the ears wearing earrings made from coins.

The decoration of the mask is not only functioned as esthetic-decorative, but more for magical symbolism for the ancestors’ symbol of magic power which bring prosperity and protect the family or the society from any danger. Another decoration which has the magical symbolism is the decoration of octagonal star on the hit zone, border design, feather, and so on.

“Bulan Pejeng” is a masterpiece work of technology and metallurgy that reached its peak on Bronze Age. This cultural heritage is a significant mixture between modern and complicated metal technology and art creativity which full magical symbolism values as can be seen from its shape and patterns.

All of it is the proof of a local Balinese wisdom in its spectacular work about 2000 years ago, far before India reached Bali. The dynamism of Balinese wisdom at that time also was proved by finding five stone moulds in Manuaba Village, Gianyar for making smaller nekara from Pejeng nekara. This fact has proved enough that Balinese people had succeeded in developing local metal industry. Clay mould for making arrow head also has been found in West Java. In ad-

dition, Balinese people had produced a stone nekara which is kept in a temple in Carangsari Village (Badung), is now another success of Balinese wisdom. The other bronze nekara in Pacung, Ularan (Buleleng), Ban (Karangasem), Manikliyu (Bangli), Peguyangan (Badung) is a proof that local metal industry in Bali reached its top.

According to the results of archeological research can be known that at Bronze Age, megalithic tradition was also developed around the world. The archeological experts have a notion that Bali was inhabited by megalithic society who lived by farming, stayed in organized village, and ruled by a well-respected figure. The society had mastered the technology and metallurgy art and the life which was more advance required the capability and mastery in specific parts in the society. In the next progression, social-functional groups emerged and developed such as leader group, carpentry and blacksmith group who have special ability, spiritual group who organize and perform any ritual, and the society who has no special ability who work for other groups. At that time, in the society was grown the belief to the ancestors or the leaders who live at the top of a mountain or a hill and they had magical power that could protect the people from any danger. This belief really influenced daily life and to this very day still appears in the life of Indonesian.

Wajik

(Rice Flour Cake with Palm Sugar) Overview: There are a couple of variations on this popular cake, which can be stored in the refrigerator for several days. It is normally served at room temperature, but can also be served warm topped with coconut milk.

Another variations are to add ripe diced jackfruits (or substitute with sultanas) after the rice is partially cooked.

Ingredients: 1 cup glutinous white rice 1 cup water 1 pandan leaf ½ cup palm sugar syrup ¼ cup thick coconut milk Pinch of salt Preparation: Rinse rice very well under running water for 2 minutes and soak for 4 hours. Rinse again until water becomes clear. Place rice, 1 cup of water and pandan leaf in rice cooker or steamer and cook for approx 20 minutes, or until liquid has evaporated.

Add palm sugar syrup, coconut milk and salt, and steam for 15 minutes. Spread rice evenly 2.5 cm thick on tray and allow to cool to room temperature. Wet a sharp knife with warm and cut into even squares to serve.

Helpful hint: to speed up the soaking process, pour boiling water over the rice and let stand for 1 hour. Drain, then add another lot of boiling water and soak for another 30 minutes. If you are using a steamer to cook the rice, line the bottom with a wet cloth to prevent the rice grains from falling through. (www.baliguide.com/balifood)

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Kuta Bali KUTA is the most famous tourist places in Bali. It is famous with the spectacular white sandy beach, several of hotels from luxury and until budget hotels are available, hilarious nightlife, plenty of restaurants with international cuisine, bars, pub, Water Boom Park and shopping center. It is one stop place for holiday in Bali by offering the plenty of selection we need and make it the right place to visit on your vacation in Bali.

At three hundred year ago, in this place had been built a Konco (Buddhist Temple) located beside of Tukad Mati ( Dead River ) where it river can be navigable at that time. The boat steps into the hinterland of Kuta, so that Kuta is a port trade. Mads Longe is a merchant from Denmark in 19 century had built its trade station in the river periphery. During living in Bali, he often becomes the medium between king of Bali and Dutch. Mads Longe has mysteriously died and his grave is located inside of Konco ( Buddhist Temple ) right in the river periphery. Kuta is quiet fisherman countryside in the past, but now it has been turned into the hilarious town and it is completed by post office, police office, market, pharmacy,

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Kuta is situated in 11 kilometers southern part of Denpasar town and it can be easily reached by public transportation from Tegal Bus Station about 15 minutes. Kuta is the fastest growing tourist place in Bali and it is the heaven for foreign countries tourists. Kuta is well equipped by tourist facilities like white sandy beach, bars, restaurants, cafeteria, disco and others spectacular nightlife. We can also meet a lot of good shops selling multifarious items of tourist need like clothes, cassette ribbon, airplane ticket, souvenir, handicraft, sport gear and others. It is a popular place with the surfing activity besides of beautiful sunset. Mostly the tourists come and stays in this place are coming from the low budget traveler especially young tourist. There is a new tourism object in Kuta built in the center of this place called Bali Bomb Monument to commemorate the Bali Bomb Tragedy on 12 October 2002. Bomb which burst at Sari Club and also Paddy’S club have killed 202 people. (www.balistarisland.com)

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BUSINESS Spanish unions call general strike

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MADRID – Unions angry over labor market reform plans called Spain’s first general strike in nearly a decade — but not until after the summer vacation — breaking Tuesday with a Socialist government desperate to restore confidence among investors wary of its debt-laden finances.

Union leaders said the hiring-and-firing changes in the labor market favor businesses, not workers, as they announced the Sept. 29 walkout.

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who has touted his close ties with organized labor since taking power in 2004, has “changed lanes” in his strategy for fighting an economic crisis marked by a 20 percent jobless rate, said Candido Mendez, leader of UGT, Spain’s largest labor federation.

Among other things, the reforms are expected to make it easier and cheaper for money-losing companies to lay people off, although they also include nods to unions, such as making it more expensive for companies to give workers temporary contracts with few benefits.

“We have witnessed the collapse of the political discourse of the current government,” Mendez told a news conference.

The government says reforms are essential to encourage companies to hire and chip away at unemployment, stimulating an economy which only just crawled out of nearly two years of recession.

The government’s hefty outlays on unemployment benefits, other social spending and economic stimulus measures

have fueled an outsized deficit that has caused investors and markets to fret that Spain might eventually have trouble financing its operations and need a bailout like Greece did.

Spanish business leaders complain that the current law discourages them from hiring people to full-blown contracts because if they have to be laid off, they are entitled to severance pay of as much as 45 days per year worked — one of the richest deals in Europe.

So a third of the Spanish work force has to settle for temporary, so-called “garbage contracts” for as little as a few months and with little severance pay. The proportion is one of Europe’s highest, and the vast majority of people laid off in Spain during the recession had them.

The government reportedly wants to lower the severance number from 45 to 33 days for some contracts.

Under pressure from opposition parties, which almost defeated a deficit-reducing austerity package last month, Zapatero’s government announced a concession Monday: rather than submit the labor reforms to Parliament for a yesor-no vote allowing for no amendments, it is now willing to negotiate changes, although not right away.

The reform package is expected to be approved in a Cabinet meeting Wednes-

day, and submitted to Parliament for a vote June 22. If passed, the reforms would take effect right away. But then Parliament would undertake debate on changes and vote again, and the initial decree would be adapted to reflect any amendments. This could take a few months.

Spain’s last general strike was in 2002 against a center-right government, and also was triggered by labor market reforms.

While Zapatero has taken pride in his tight relations with unions, the harsh reality of recession has forced him to renounce pledges he maintained until just a few weeks ago, such as promising not to cut social spending or public sector wages.

The unions scheduled the strike for three months from now, after a civil servants walkout last week against pay cuts drew little support.

The Sept. 29 date coincides with a series of Europe-wide rallies against austerity cuts.

Mendez said the date was also “opportune” because Spaniards would also know more other planned reforms that might delay their retirement age from 65 to 67, and about the government’s 2011 budget, which might feature even more austerity.

BP shares fluctuate ahead of White House meeting Associated Press Writer

LONDON – Shares in BP PLC fluctuated in London trading Wednesday ahead of what promises to be a tense meeting between the oil company’s chairman and U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington.

Obama has vowed to make BP pay for all of the damage caused by its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, and has demanded that the company set up an independently controlled fund to assure that it will pay.

“I will meet with the chairman of BP and inform him that he is to set aside whatever resources are required to compensate the workers and business owners who have been harmed as a result of his company’s recklessness,” Obama said in an address from the White House on Tuesday.

That idea has been kicking around for a while, and Obama’s statement didn’t rattle the markets.

BP shares initially fell 0.6 percent as

Amid missteps, retailers eye more assortment cuts

the London Stock Exchange opened Wednesday, but recovered to rise about 1.5 percent to around 345 pence in the first hour of trading. Shares had traded at about 655 pence before the April 20 explosion which killed 11 workers on the drilling rig.

Obama has invited BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, who has kept a very low profile since the leak erupted eight weeks ago, to the White House meeting.

BP said Wednesday that Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward, BP America President Lamar McKay and Managing Director Robert Dudley would accompany Svanberg.

The company had said Tuesday that it shares Obama’s goal of “shutting off the well as quickly as possible, cleaning up the oil and mitigating the impact on the people and environment of the Gulf Coast.

We look forward to meeting with President Obama tomorrow for a constructive discussion about how to best achieve these mutual goals.”

Obama has come under pressure for his response to the crisis.

An Associated Press-GfK poll released Tuesday found 52 percent of those surveyed don’t approve of Obama’s handling of the spill, but 83 percent disapprove of BP’s performance.

BP said Tuesday it had approved initial payments on 90 percent of commercial large loss claims filed so far. The 337 checks totaled $16 million for businesses that had filed claims of more than $5,000, BP said.

The company added that it has issued approximately 25,000 checks totaling $63 million to cover small and large claims, and expects the total to rise to $85 million by the end of the week.

BP, which earned a profit of $6.1 billion in the first three months of this year, says it has spent in excess of $1.4 billion so far in attempts to stop the flow of oil billowing up from the seabed.

On June 3, the company announced it had set up a $360 million escrow account to pay for the construction of six sections of Louisiana barrier islands approved by the U.S. government.

LAS VEGAS – Retailers strive for the perfect mix of products that will boost sales and keep costs down — but the experience of some, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc, in pruning merchandise shows that getting the recipe just right, can be tricky business.

More than 40 percent of retailers reduced the number of different items, or SKUs, on their shelves in 2009 and nearly the same number expect to make additional cuts, according to a survey released by the Nielsen Co on Tuesday.

Limiting the product assortment can help retailers like Walmart and drugstore giant Walgreen Co and grocers Kroger Co and Supervalu Inc (SVU.N) cut costs, but the risk is that shoppers will take their money elsewhere if they are unable to find an item.

“The message to retailers is to choose carefully when it comes to deciding which products to trim,” Stuart Taylor, Nielsen’s vice president of custom analytics, said at the market research firm’s Consumer 360 conference in Las Vegas.

“There aren’t a lot of rules of the road,” said Taylor, who called SKU reduction a process, rather than a onetime event.

“At the end of the day, everything is a trade off,” said Chris Shaw, HJ Heinz Co’s (HNZ.N) senior manager of client business planning, who works with retailers tweaking their selection.

According to Nielsen, 7 percent of shoppers who did not find the personal-care item they were looking for said they would leave a store without buying an item in the category. More importantly, some shoppers said they would leave without buying anything.

If just 0.5 percent of grocery shoppers were to leave a store without making a purchase, the lost sales would equal as much as $1.5 billion, according to Nielsen, which sells products and services to help retailers finesse assortment.

Most consumers haven’t yet noticed that overall assortment is down about 1 percent, Taylor said, adding that just over one-third of shoppers polled by Nielsen actually said they were seeing product variety increase.

The stakes are high in the grocery arena, where retailers are battling to offer the lowest prices to consumers who are suffering from continued joblessness.

Supervalu Chief Executive Craig Herkert has said the company plans to pare SKUs in some categories by as much as 25 percent.

Kroger, which already has trimmed its selection of breakfast cereals, is believed to be undertaking similar efforts, though its executives have remained tightlipped about their plans.

Walmart is the highest-profile retailer to have gone public with the pain associated with clearing the wrong items from shelves.

When it reported fourth-quarter results in February, Walmart said its program to overhaul stores hurt sales as shoppers adjusted to new layouts and product selections.

The world’s biggest retailer, which last year got almost half of its U.S. sales from the grocery category, removed slower-selling items and replaced them with faster-selling or more popular products as part of a store remodeling program.

In March, Walmart said it returned roughly 300 items to U.S. stores after executives said the retailer “disappointed” customers by not stocking them.

The company found that not offering particular sizes or flavors of some foods sent some shoppers elsewhere, even if the missing item was a one-pound bag of brown rice.

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Randy Jackson hospitalized for chest pains Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – Randy Jackson, brother of the late pop legend Michael Jackson, was hospitalized Tuesday in Southern California.

Jackson, 48, experienced chest pains around noon on Tuesday and was taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, where he is currently awaiting the outcome of tests, a source close to the Jackson family who spoke only on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly said.

The source told The Associated Press that doctors at the hospital think it was a mild heart attack, but this has not yet been confirmed.

On Monday, Randy Jackson was in court with his family for a hearing in the involuntary manslaughter case of Dr. Conrad Murray who is accused in connection with Michael Jackson’s death.

Randy Jackson arrived after everyone else and stopped to hug his

parents, his brothers and sister LaToya before the hearing began.

Last week, he made an appearance on CNN’s “Newsroom” and expressed the opinion that Murray should be charged with first-degree murder. He also said he thought others were implicated in Michael’s death.

In a series of posts on Twitter in the last few weeks, Randy Jackson said he had succeeded in stopping an unapproved tribute show to Michael in Rome which had been scheduled on June 25, the anniversary of his death. He said he also had been talking to officials at Forest Lawn Glendale in an effort to have fans admitted to the area near Jackson’s tomb on the anniversary.

He said in his posts that the fans had been a great source of comfort to him. “At times, I’m sad & broken,” he tweeted. “But ur supprt helps 2 encourage me and fuel my motivation 2 continue this fight 4 truth&justice.”

FILE — Issac Hanson, of the pop group Hanson shows his bandaged arm as he speaks at a news conference in this Friday, Oct. 5, 2007 file photo.

AP Photo/Ron Heflin, File

Free NYC concert canceled after crowd gets unruly Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – A free concert by pop band Hanson and up-and-coming Canadian rapper Drake was canceled Tuesday after twice as many people as anticipated showed up and many became unruly, police said.

(AP Photo/Nick ut)

Randy Jackson arrives to a Los Angeles courthouse Monday, June 14, 2010, for a preliminary hearing setting and motions in the trial of Michael Jackson’s personal doctor Conrad Murray.

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The show started at about 6 p.m. with an opening act at Pier 17 on Manhattan’s South Street Seaport, a popular summer locale for concerts.

Hanson, the Tulsa, Okla., brothers behind the 1997 hit “Mmmbop,” and headliner Drake, whose album “Thank Me Later” debuted Tuesday, were to appear on stage soon after.

Organizers were anticipating about 10,0000 people but nearly 20,000 showed up, police said.

Many people climbed roofs and started throwing bottles, as concertgoers smashed together toward the stage, police said.

Witness Tamika Johnson told the Daily News newspaper: “People in the front started leaving because they were getting crushed.”

The concert organizers asked the New York Police Department for help dispersing the crowds around 7 p.m., police spokesman Paul Browne said. Two people were arrested on minor charges; six suffered minor injuries, police said.

The concert was part of the “Sounds Like Paper” series presented

by Paper magazine, an independent magazine focusing on arts, culture and music. The magazine apologized on

its website: “Wow, the crowd was much larger than we anticipated, and unfortunately the show was canceled.

But we will make it up to you guys!”

The magazine posted several updates on Twitter during the night: “It’s a total madhouse — in a good way” and “get off the roof!”

Telephone calls by The Associated Press to representatives for Drake and Hanson weren’t immediately returned Tuesday night.

A spokesman for Drake, whose album features Kanye West and Alicia Keys and debuted to positive reviews, told the Daily News the rapper was disappointed the NYPD dispersed the crowds before he could perform. Hanson’s “Mmmbop,” from the trio of brothers’ album “Middle of Nowhere,” was one of the biggest debut singles of all time.

Free NYC concert canceled after crowd gets unruly Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – A free concert by pop band Hanson and up-and-coming Canadian rapper Drake was canceled Tuesday after twice as many people as anticipated showed up and many became unruly, police said.

The show started at about 6 p.m. with an opening act at Pier 17 on Manhattan’s South Street Seaport, a popular summer locale for concerts.

Hanson, the Tulsa, Okla., brothers behind the 1997 hit “Mmmbop,” and headliner Drake, whose album “Thank Me Later” debuted Tuesday, were to appear on stage soon after.

Organizers were anticipating about 10,0000 people but nearly

20,000 showed up, police said. Many people climbed roofs and started throwing bottles, as concertgoers smashed together toward the stage, police said.

Witness Tamika Johnson told the Daily News newspaper: “People in the front started leaving because they were getting crushed.”

The concert organizers asked the New York Police Department for help dispersing the crowds around 7 p.m., police spokesman Paul Browne said. Two people were arrested on minor charges; six suffered minor injuries, police said.

The concert was part of the “Sounds Like Paper” series presented by Paper magazine, an inde-

pendent magazine focusing on arts, culture and music. The magazine apologized on its website: “Wow, the crowd was much larger than we anticipated, and unfortunately the show was canceled. But we will make it up to you guys!”

The magazine posted several updates on Twitter during the night: “It’s a total madhouse — in a good way” and “get off the roof!”

Telephone calls by The Associated Press to representatives for

Drake and Hanson weren’t immediately returned Tuesday night.

A spokesman for Drake, whose album features Kanye West and Alicia Keys and debuted to positive reviews, told the Daily News the rapper was disappointed the NYPD dispersed the crowds before he could perform. Hanson’s “Mmmbop,” from the trio of brothers’ album “Middle of Nowhere,” was one of the biggest debut singles of all time.

FILE — Issac Hanson, of the pop group Hanson shows his bandaged arm as he speaks at a news conference in this Friday, Oct. 5, 2007 file photo.

AP Photo/Ron Heflin, File

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In this video game image released by Disney Interactive, from left, characters Buzz, Jessie and Woody explore Andy’s bedroom in a scene from ‘Toy Story 3.

AP Photo/Disney Interactive

Review: ‘Toy Story 3’ builds a virtual playground Associated Press Writer

When I was a kid, they didn’t make video games based on movies.

But if you wanted to relive, say, “Star Wars,” you could buy the action figures. If you didn’t have all the dolls, you could recruit substitutes: GI Joe could fill in for Darth Vader, Barbie could understudy Princess Leia, and you could make C-3PO and R2-D2 out of Legos.

In 2010, just about every childfriendly blockbuster is accompanied by a video game. But since they’re usually straightforward rehashes of the movies, most games don’t capture that childhood spirit, which is really about creating new adventures for beloved characters.

“Toy Story 3” (Disney Interactive, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, $49.99) comes closer to that feeling than any movie-based game before it.

On one level, it does deliver a recap of the film. The familiar Pixar toys have been left behind by their owner, Andy, and embark on a mission to get him to play with them one last time. The result is a betterthan-average romp, with Buzz Lightyear, Woody and Jessie run-

ning and jumping through levels based on the new film’s settings.

Some of these story sequences may be a little too challenging for younger children, even with the generous hints turned on. And some of them drag on much longer than you’d expect: One sequence, which begins in a flooded bedroom and ends in outer space, took me more than an hour to get through, which is beyond the attention span of most kids I know.

But there’s another level to “Toy Story 3” that’s likely to satisfy players of any age, from 8-year-olds to geezers like me. It’s called the Toy Box, and it’s as clever an approach to the material as you could imagine.

It’s an open-world playground that starts off as a dusty Wild West town.

Any one of the three main characters can be sheriff, and other “Toy Story” regulars, like Slinky Dog and Hamm the piggy bank, give you missions. You can ignore their demands — undoubtedly, some kids will be happy just roaming around and decorating their towns — but success at missions earns you the gold you need to buy new buildings or attract new residents.

Wherever you go in the Toy Box, they’re something new to do. You can herd cattle. You can drive a racecar. You can explore a haunted mansion. If there’s anything you daydreamed about when you were a child, odds are that developer Avalanche Software has stuck it in here. Weirdly enough, the one game the Toy Box reminded me of was another Wild West adventure, Rockstar Games’ recent smash “Red Dead Redemption” — minus all the prostitutes and corpses. Like “RDR,” “Toy Story 3” delivers a wide-open landscape of seemingly endless possibilities. It’s one of the most adventurous movie games ever created, and it’s a delight.

Three-and-a-half stars out of four.

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Russian, US astronauts blast off to ISS: television Agence France Presse

tific tests, unload three Progress shuttles, and assemble an experimental satellite, space officials quoted by RIA Novosti said.

The astronauts would also maintain an Internet blog and an email mailbox to supply information on the station and space as a whole.

The mission is the last launch by a Soyuz rocket to the ISS before the US space shuttle program is mothballed later this year, leaving the burden of travel to the ISS entirely on Russian spacecraft.

Despite losing the shuttles Columbia and Challenger in a pair of disasters the programme was considered a resounding success and soon took on the lion’s share of responsibility for transporting US astronauts. A successor to the space shuttle is scheduled to take off no earlier than 2015.

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan – A Russian cosmonaut and two American astronauts blasted off Wednesday for a restaffing mission to the International Space Station, Russian television showed in a live broadcast.

The Soyuz-FG rocket lifted off on schedule from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh steppe at 01:35 am (2135 GMT Tuesday) carrying Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and US astronauts Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock.

In a pre-flight press conference, the US astronauts admitted to some apprehension about the mission, but voiced their readiness and gratitude.

“I am very happy to be going and maybe just a little afraid,” Walker said as quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency, with Wheelock echoing the sentiment.

Yu r c h i k h i n ’ s young daughter Elena told her father in a public goodbye that she wanted to follow in his footsteps as a cosmonaut, complaining though that “Mom won’t let me” fly to space just yet.

“I am with your mother on this 100 percent,” Yurchikhin answered. Russia’s Vesti-24 television news channel showed the team sitting calmly in the cockpit as the rocket fired off AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko into the night sky.

A Russian Soyuz TMA-19 rocket with US asThe Soyuz is due to tronauts Doug Wheelock, Shannon Walker dock on Friday with and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin the ISS, where the blasts off from Kazakhstan’s Russian-leased team is expected to Baikonur cosmodrome, on June 16, on its way conduct several scien- to the International Space Station (ISS).

Alzheimer’s Study: Evidence Slim on Preventive Advice A comprehensive analysis by an independent government panel has found that there is not enough sci-

entific evidence to date to support the advice doctors currently give - such as exercising, doing crossword

IBP/ist

A split-view image showing PET scans of a normal brain (L) and a brain with Alzheimer’s disease. REUTERS/National Institute on Aging/Handout

puzzles or eating a Mediterraneanstyle diet - for preventing or controlling symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

As rates of age-related dementia and Alzheimer’s disease have continued to rise in the U.S. - largely because Americans are living longer and the over-65 population has swelled to record highs - researchers have worked relentlessly to understand the causes of these mind-robbing diseases and to help prevent or slow their progression.

To clarify the state of the current evidence and offer physicians clearer treatment guidelines, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in early 2009 commissioned a detailed analysis of existing studies, covering 165 papers published between 1984 and 2009.

(See how to prevent illness at any age.)

The resulting analysis of the find-

ings, along with the NIH consensus statement based on the results, published Monday, are somewhat surprisingly and disappointingly contrary to what has become common medical practice for Alzheimer’s prevention.

For years, the prevailing hypothesis has been “Use it or lose it” when it comes to avoiding gradual age-related mental decline. Data has associated behaviors such as keeping the mind actively engaged throughout life, staying physically active, eating certain foods and supplementing the diet with specific vitamins and nutrients with lower rates of dementia in old age.

These lifestyle factors appeared to limit cognitive decline of various kinds, from occasional “senior moments” to the more serious episodes of cognitive impairment that can be a prelude to Alzheimer’s disease.

Now researchers at Duke University report in the current issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine that the data on the preventive effects of lifestyle factors is not as strong as they had thought. Led by Brenda Plassman, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, the study authors analyzed decades’ worth of research, including observational studies in which scientists looked retrospectively at a group of participants to tease out associations between certain behaviors (like exercise) and selected effects (like scores on tests of memory and cognitive skills), as well as the more definitive clinical trials that randomly assign volunteers to intervention or control groups and then assess how the intervention affects cognitive ability.

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Football powerhouse Brazil struggle to beat North Korea Agence France Presse

JOHANNESBURG – Five-time World Cup winners Brazil opened their South Africa 2010 campaign with a workmanlike 2-1 win over Asian minnows North Korea on Tuesday.

D e spite an attacking l i n e boasting Kaka and Robinho, the South Americans had to work hard to break down dogged defending as the North Koreans worked tirelessly.

After a resilient first half, the North Korean defence finally cracked as Maicon scored from the tightest of angles before Galatasaray’s Elano made sure of victory with the second goal in the Group G clash.

Brazil coach Dunga said he was not entirely happy with the result, but welcomed the three points with Ivory Coast and Portugal still to come.

“I believe the first match is always trying, there was a lot of nervousness, and anxiety,” he said. “We all want to score and not concede any

goals. I am not entirely happy with the result, we weren’t passing as quickly as I would have liked. But the spirit of these players is strong and they are willing to learn.”

North Korea coach Kim Jong Hun praised his side’s performance which had been capped by a consolation goal through Ji Yun Nam on 89 minutes.

“The Brazilian team is very strong and although we were unable to win the game, I felt my players fought very well,” he said. “We had to wait until the end of the game to score, but in the first half the players carried out the game plan very well.

“We managed to fend them off whether they were attacking down the wings or through the middle. We didn’t win, but we have picked up some confidence and I think we will do well in the next two games.”

Boasting impressive ball skills, the North Koreans attacked mainly through Jong Tae Se who tested Brazil ‘keeper Julio Cesar on several occasions.

Jong, who sobbed uncontrollably when his country’s national anthem was being played, never stopped working in a match watched by a 54,331strong crowd at Ellis Park.

The breakthrough finally came when Elano played the ball onto Maicon who fired in his shot across the goal which curled around the near post from a tight angle on 55 minutes.

The Koreans started to show signs of tiring after conceding the goal and Pak Choi Jin was stretchered off after 69 minutes clutching his calf.

A defence-splitting pass from Robinho on 72 minutes further broke the North Korean resistence as Elano drilled his shot past Guk. With time almost up, Ji gave the small group of Korean fans something to cheer about when he smashed his shot past Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar.

Brazil next face Didier Drogba’s Ivory Coast on Sunday in Johannesburg, while North Korea take on Portugal in Cape Town on Monday.

AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE

Brazil’s defender Lucio (L) vies with North Korea’s defender Ri Jun-Il during Group G first round 2010 World Cup football match Brazil vs North Korea on June 15, 2010 at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. Brazil won 2-1.

Asian teams do continent proud at World Cup Agence France Presse

CAPE TOWN – Asian teams have done the continent proud in their opening games of the World Cup with the exception of disappointing Australia, who were tipped by many to be the region’s best chance of success.

Hundreds of millions of people across Asia have witnessed gutsy performances from South Korea, Japan, North Korea and even Oceania qualifier New Zealand.

North Korea scored their first World Cup goal in 44 years, Japan posted their maiden World Cup victory on foreign soil and New Zealand picked up their first point ever.

But the Socceroos, who went further then any other Asian nation at the World Cup four years ago, let the side down, embarrassingly crushed 4-0 by Germany.

The most unexpected result came from Japan, who entered the tournament on the back of four straight defeats and with few punters expecting things to change.

AFP PHOTO / ROBERTO SCHMIDT

Japan’s midfielder Keisuke Honda (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring during their Group E first round 2010 World Cup football match on June 14, 2010 at Free State stadium in Mangaung/Bloemfontein.

But they scored a 1-0 upset victory over Cameroon that has revived their spirits and given them fresh belief they can emulate their march to the last 16 round at the 2002 World Cup. “The victory has given us some room to breathe, mentally, before the remaining two games,” said former Arsenal midfielder Junichi Inamoto They face Holland next and coach Takeshi Okada is keen to maintain a perspective. “In the next game we will be up against the Netherlands so we will have to go one step further,” he said.

“This was the first win on foreign soil in the World Cup for our team but this is not an achievement at all.

What’s coming next is the point.”

South Korea, semi-finalists on home soil in 2002, also achieved a hard-fought victory, beating Greece 2-0. They now play Diego Maradona’s Argentina, which is likely to be a far tougher test.

“This is only the start. It’s win number one but we have to continue to grow,” said coach Huh Jung-Moo. “Argentina are one of the candidates for the title, they have a lot of good players, but I have told my players to remain confident.”

Their northern neighbours might have lost 2-1 to Brazil, but the performance from a team ranked 104 places below the five-time champions was widely praised.

“Tactically and technically they

were equal with Brazil most of the time,” said Asian Football Confederation President Mohamed Bin Hammam.

“This is amazing considering that they are playing in the World Cup after 44 years and their first game was against, arguably, the best team in the world at present.”

Nevertheless, it was a defeat and North Korea now have a huge task ahead of them if they want to make the knockout rounds, with Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal next up in Cape Town on June 21.

While New Zealand stunned Slovakia with a stoppage time equaliser to take their first ever World Cup point, their fierce sporting rivals Australia flopped badly, with the loss compounded by Tim Cahill being sent off.

Now, anything less than three points against Ghana on Saturday will end their hopes of qualifying for the second round — a feat they managed four years ago before losing to eventual winners Italy on a dubious penalty.

Their crushing defeat to Germany sparked a general despondency back home and coach Pim Verbeek, whose tactics have been criticised, has his work cut out to lift their morale. “You cannot compare this (Germany) game with the next game. We have to learn from this game,” he said. “We have to score in the next two games, that’s clear.”

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Lakers rout Celtics, force Game 7 in NBA finals Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES – The trophy, the champagne, the hats, the T-shirts. Even Bill Russell and Kevin McHale. Everything was in place at Staples Center for the Boston Celtics to wrap up their 18th NBA championship.

And then the Lakers shoved everything back in its boxes and sent all the Celtics in sight back to their hotels for two more days.

With an emphatic, historic blowout win in Game 6 Tuesday night, Los Angeles earned the right to host the grand finale to both the NBA season and this scintillating chapter in the league’s most glamorous rivalry.

Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, Pau Gasol added 17 points and 13 rebounds, and the Lakers held Boston to the second lowest-scoring performance in NBA finals history in an 8967 victory, setting up a winner-takeall Game 7 on Thursday.

Faced with elimination for the first time in this postseason, the defending champion Lakers didn’t flinch.

Just look at Bryant, who still hasn’t cracked a smile during the quest for his fifth title — the same number as Magic Johnson, and one behind Michael Jordan.

“We’re used to being in must-win situations,” Bryant said. “The way we look at it, (Game 7) is just a game we’ve got to win. ... I don’t mean to be a buzzkill. I know what’s at stake, but I’m not tripping.”

He left that to the Celtics, who fell all over themselves after falling behind by 22 points in the first half. Boston memorably eliminated the Lakers in the sixth game of the 2008 finals with a 39-point blowout — but this time around, the Celtics lost their series lead and their starting center in one disastrous Game 6.

“We didn’t get in any rhythm early, and it affects our chemistry,” said Ray Allen, who scored 19 points. “We each tried to make the home run play early.

As a starting unit, we take responsibility. We have to do a better job next game.” Ron Artest added 15 points for the Lakers, who got their backs off the wall with a dazzling first half and a strong finish built around defense that held Boston to 33 percent shooting. Only Utah’s infamous 54-point performance against Chicago in 1998 was worse.

Bryant grabbed 11 rebounds, and Gasol led the Lakers with nine assists in a remarkable bounce-back game for Los Angeles, which dominated from the opening minutes by vacuuming up rebounds — 13 more than Boston — and playing relentless defense.

(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant pulls down a rebound against Boston Celtics forward Glen Davis during the first half of Game 6 of the NBA basketball finals Tuesday, June 15, 2010, in Los Angeles.

Crash mars Petacchi stage win in Switzerland Agence France Presse

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Federer gets top seeding at Wimbledon Agence France Presse

LONDON – Reigning Wimbledon champion Roger Federer will be the top seed at the grasscourt grand slam despite losing the world number one spot to Rafael Nadal. Federer was passed

by Nadal in the world rankings after the Spaniard won the French Open earlier this month.

But Federer has won Wimbledon six times, including his dramatic final victory over Andy Roddick last year, so All England Club chiefs have decided to install the Swiss star as their number one seed ahead of Nadal.

Nadal, who was last year unable to defend the Wimbledon title he won in 2008 because of injury, is the second seed, while Novak Djokovic is the third seed and Britain’s Andy Murray the fourth.

Three-time Wimbledon runner-up Roddick moves up to fifth seed due to his fine record on grass despite being ranked seventh in the world.

Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt, currently ranked 26 in the world, also receives a significant rise to the 15th seed spot after beating Federer on

grass in the Halle final on Sunday.

World number eight Juan Martin Del Potro will miss the tournament because of a wrist injury so Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer and JoWilfried Tsonga move up a place each in the top 10.

Juan Carlos Ferrero at 14 and Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic at 25 are also seeded higher than their rankings in recognition of their achievement in reaching the Wimbledon quarter-finals last year.

Meanwhile, American Sam Querrey’s victory at Queen’s Club on Sunday has earned him the 18th seed slot, up from his world ranking of 21.

In the women’s singles, defending champion and world number one Serena Williams is the top seed, with her sister Venus Williams the number two seed.

With world number five Elena Dementieva out due to injury, Caroline Wozniacki is seeded third, Jelena Jankovic fourth and French Open champion Francesca Schiavone fifth.

Belgian duo Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin are eighth and 17th respectively, while former champion Maria Sharapova is at 16.

WETTINGEN – Italian rider Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) came through to win the 192km fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland here on Tuesday, although a mass crash marred the final sprint.

German Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia), held up by the crash 50 metres from the finish line, kept hold of the leader’s yellow jersey.

The pile-up occurred when Martin’s Columbia team-mate Mark Cavendish of Great Britain and the German-Australian Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo Test Team), winner of the

second stage, touched bikes as they were sprinting for the line.

The two leaders both went to ground, bringing down a dozen other riders with them, notably the Belgian Tom Boonen (Quick Step), who hit Cavendish on the way.

Haussler, who was taken to hospital where tests revealed a deep wound to his right elbow, will take no further part in the race. “I didn’t see Cavenish coming,” he said.

“He drove into my wheel and before I knew it, I went down and was lying on the ground. I could have won the stage today.”

Columbia team doctors said Cavendish was not seriously injured.

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British Mark Cavendish and German Heinrich Haussler(R) crash during the final sprint near the finish line during the fourth stage Schawarzenburg Wettingen of the Tour de Suisse. Italian rider Alessandro Petacchi won the stage.

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Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain steers his car during the qualifying session of the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix in Montreal on June 12, 2010. Alonso took fourth place.

Alonso promises Ferrari surge Fernando Alonso believes Ferrari is set to make big strides with its forthcoming developments, and denied that the next upgrade package is a ‘last ditch effort’ to rescue its title bid.

The former champion has not won since the Bahrain seasonopener, but following a dismal Turkish Grand Prix that saw Ferrari trailing Mercedes and Renault as well as McLaren and Red Bull, Alonso was a frontrunner all weekend in Canada and finished third after a tough battle for victory with the McLarens.

Having not changed its package at all for Montreal, Ferrari is now introducing significant upgrades for Valencia, which is understood to include a new exhaust system that will improve airflow over the rear aerodynamics.

Alonso reckons this step will be the piece Ferrari needs to get firmly back in contention - and reminded critics of Ferrari’s recent performance that last year, during a much worse season, it still rallied to a string of podiums and a win with Kimi Raikkonen in the summer.

“We will have major updates on the F10 which I hope will allow us

to up our performance level,” Alonso wrote in his blog for Ferrari’s website.

“Following on from that, we have further developments in the pipeline which should arrive for England and Germany: which is to say that the European Grand Prix is simply the ninth round of the championship, not a last ditch effort for Ferrari, which I heard some people saying.

“I don’t see how they can say that given that we have not even reached the halfway point of the season and that after Valencia there will still be ten grands prix to go.

“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again now, this is a stage event and the final one of those stages will not come until November in Abu Dhabi.

There is still a long way to go and things can change very quickly, going either one way or the other.

“People seem to have forgotten that last year, in the middle part of the season and in a car that was getting ever less competitive, Kimi was

the driver who had scored the most points.”

Alonso added that the Canada performance proved that Ferrari had never really been in crisis, and that its Istanbul slump was just an anomaly.

“We were back to where we have been in practically all the other races, the one exception being Turkey, where for various reasons, everything about the grand prix went wrong, from every point of view,” he said.

“The normal situation is the one we have seen in Montreal, Monaco, Melbourne and Sakhir and all the other tracks where we fought for a podium finish.

“Maybe the results did not always match our potential, but I think the same can be said for all the top teams. In these first eight races of the season, all sorts of things happened - mistakes, reliability problems, bad luck - but we are still in the thick of the fight for both championships. The same can be said of McLaren and Red Bull, who have also missed out on points along the way.”

ITALIAN Grand Prix winner Dani Pedrosa is aiming to keep his momentum going into this weekend’s race at Silverstone.

The Honda rider scored his first win of the season at Mugello to move into second place in the championship standings, 25 points behind Yamaha rival Jorge Lorenzo.

Pedrosa is feeling upbeat about his chances for the British race following his win in Italy, but concedes it will be crucial for the championship to be consistent in the upcoming three races in a row.

“We arrive at Silverstone in good shape after the victory in Mugello,” said Pedrosa. “We had a very good weekend in Italy and myself and the team need to make the most of it to maintain this momentum.

“We will start on Friday without prior knowledge, but it’s the same for everyone so I hope we can adapt as quickly as possible to prepare for the race. We will have three races in a row now - Britain, Holland and Catalunya - and it will be very important not to make mistakes and to maintain consistency in the results.”

Team-mate Andrea Dovizioso is also positive going into the British Grand Prix following his podium finish at Mugello.

“We arrive at this race in very good shape, with three podiums from four races, and we’re feeling especially good after the podium at Mugello - my home race - because this was really significant for me,” he said.

“Now we have to take another step forward because on Sunday I want to IBP/ist Dani Pedrosa fight for the win.”