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I'm a current sony A37 owner and am looking into the possibly of replacing it with a fuji X20.
I have owned and traded cameras from just about every market.
Pentax, Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Olympus, now Sony
No, I don't really enjoy playing leapfrog from company to company, but I do prefer to have what I like and am not loyal to any brand. If fuji makes a camera that fits my needs, then I'll get a fuji and the same for the other companies.
Since I like to shoot with only one lens (preferably a lowlight prime) I've never been to worried about making a jump from one company to the next.
When I went from Nikon d7000 to fuji X100 I was in love...for about 2 months, until the dreaded focussing became to much. My children were pretty much a blur except for posed shots. Other than than I LOVED everything else about the camera.
I tried out the olympus epl3, but never really fell in love with that camera. I like the colors but not the high ISO and not the lack of VF.
Since I liked the evf of the fuji x100 ( never really used the ovf that much, since i prefered the evf "pre-chimp" option) I decided to go with an entry level sony A37 for the dslr (slt) speed and the evf. Though I enjoy the camera I am constantly reminded why I went for the fuji X100 in the 1st place (size, bulk, form) and plus I'm not entirely pleased with A37 evf.
So I have been looking at the X20 (mainly for the fuji colors and vf). Though the X10 is lot cheaper now and the IQ is nearly the same I don't think I'll be able to handle the zero info in the VF (why I chose the x100 over the X10). Then I saw the "super firmware" update business for the X100 boasting improved AF and MF, but those update mentions have seemed to have disappeared off the planet. Yet my recent issue of "Reponse Photo" talks about the update coming at the beginning of Sept...well that obviously never happened.
I guess I'm asking which would be a better choice the X20 or is there actuallu a AF/MF firmware update for the X100
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Hi Daryl,
I think you are comparing apple to oranges a bit. The Fuji x20 is a nice camera (I have one......replaced my x10) and I am very happy with it.
The main reason I replaced the x10 was because of the much faster and accurate focus and much sharper pictures because of no anti aliasing filter on the x20. It is noticeably sharper than the x10.
However you really can't compare the x20 to the x100 as far as picture quality especially at high iso's. The x100 is MUCH better because of the bigger sensor.
For myself if I need a very compact camera to take anywhere I use the x20. If I need a step up in quality I use my Sony Nex 6 (which would be similar to the Fuji x100).
Of course if I need ultimate quality I use my Canon 1DX!
My point is I would not really consider the x20 as REPLACING the X100 but more as a compliment TO the x100.
I actually purchased the x20 because I found the Nex 6 a little too slow to focus on fast moving kids (like your problem with the x100).
For a high quality "snap shot" take everywhere type camera the Fuji x20 is perfect.
It can't however replace the quality of the files I get from the Nex 6.......especially at high iso's.
I believe you would end up ultimately being disappointed with the x20 if you are used the high quality files of the x100.
You would kind of be trading one problem (slow focus on the x100) for another (lower quality files of the x20).
By the way I only shoot raw.
Just something to think about.-- hide signature --
I am also a NEX 6 owner and was thinking about getting and X20 (A, 'to have with me at all times camera')
But I keep hearing about smearing of images, poor raw files etc etc. I currently use a canon S100 as my 'pocket camera' and was looking to improve upon that really as it's getting a little tired.
Not so sure about the X20 now
Please don't sell the Fuji x20 short........it is an excellent camera. It just is not a large sensor camera.
I love the x20 and it is now my "carry everywhere" camera. If you are used to the Canon s100 the Fuji x20 will seem HUGE by comparison.
I would not really consider the x20 "pocketable" at least not in the pants pocket. The canon s100 is (I had the canon s95).
I use the x20 with a small belt loop bag.
If you want somewhat comparable quality as the Nex 6 AND the small size of the s100 you might want to look at the Sony DSC-RX100.
My problem with the Sony RX100 is the very slow lens on the long end.
I have had no issues with smearing on the x20 that you mention. However any iso above 800 will have quite a bit of noise in the raw files that does take a lot of post processing to make useable.......and not nearly as good as the Nex 6.
I do not like the jpg quality at all on the x20 above 800 iso so using raw is a must.
The jpg quality on the x20 from 100 to 800 is superb and you may not even need to use raw.
Bottom line is you can't make a small sensor camera equal a large sensor one. There are always compromises.
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After cleaning up the confetti from Super Bowl XLV, Cowboys Stadium will switch to a dirt floor for Iron Cowboy II.
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Riders typically ride a couple of bulls a night. In this tournament, the winner will ride five or six (including a bonus bull) in a span of 2-3 hours with a shot at top prize money that could reach $150,000.
"That's why it's called the Iron Cowboy. It's definitely a test," says Ty Murray, PBR co-founder.
And it will be at Cowboys Stadium, where the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers played two weekends ago.
"It's just bull riding," says PBR rider Austin Meier of Kinta Okla. "My job is the same no matter if I'm in Cowboys Stadium or the practice pen at the house. … It's big, but the size of the building doesn't change my job."
The top eight riders, based on last season's final PBR standings, will get first-round byes. Due to a hand injury that will sideline defending world champion Renato Nunes, 2010 runner-up Meier will replace him as top seed.
The other 16 riders will compete in the opening round.
To advance, a rider must post a better score than his one-on-one opponent. If neither rider registers a score with a successful, eight-second ride, the one who stayed on his bull longest will advance.
"The thing that people have got to remember with the bracket format is you've just got to beat the guy that you're head-to-head with, and it's a fun and interesting way to compete," says Murray.
The paired off entrants will ride different bulls. The onus is on the PBR to put both on bulls of comparable bucking ability.
"The bulls were put in groups of two with the same potential score to give all riders a fair chance," says Cody Lambert, PBR livestock director. " … And the bull matchups only get tougher as the rounds advance."
After eight riders are eliminated in round one, the remaining 16 will follow the brackets to the finish. For the final, the bulls will be Bushwacker (ridden three times in 44 tries) and I'm A Gangster (ridden once in 18 outs)
The final winner will earn $50,000, plus a shot to earn another $100,000 if he can stay aboard one more "bonus" bull. That will be Super Duty, ridden three times in 53 times out of the chute.
So far this season the six different event winners have included Valdiron de Oliveira (last year's winner of the Iron Cowboy and current PBR points leader), Nunes, Silvano Alves (2010 rookie of the year) Robson Palermo, Guilherme Marchi (2008 world champion) and Paulo Lima — all Brazilians.
Adriano Moraes, retired three-time PBR world champion, on the sweep by his fellow Brazilians so far: "To me, it's just a coincidence so far that just Brazilians won."
But the Brazilians have long been a force. They have won five of the past ten world titles, including two by Moraes.
Going into this season, Murray says he knew it was going to be a strong year for Brazil. "So far, it's been total domination," says Murray. "I wouldn't say by one Brazilian but domination by all the Brazilians — or most of them."
This year's Iron Cowboy includes 17 Americans, five Brazilians, one Australian, and one Canadian.
Tickets prices are $20, $35, $50, $100 and $175. Toby Keith will perform a one-hour concert at the stadium prior Iron Cowboy II, to be televised live by Versus at 9 p.m. ET Saturday.
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The latest quake, which struck shortly after
3 p.m. on July 17th, devastated a 177 km stretch
of Java's southern coast in the Pangandaran
region, some 900 km west of Bali. While the
earthquake and resulting tidal wave are now
credited with causing nearly 600 deaths, hundreds
of injuries and substantial property damage
– Bali was completely untouched by the
disaster as local resident did not feel the
tremor. Local port authorities attribute a sudden
rise of 20 cm in local tidal levels on Bali's
shoreline to the after effects of the earthquake.
The most recent major earthquake occurred less
than 2 months after a devastating earthquake
near Yogyakarata and Central Java on May 27,
2006 that claimed more than 6,000 lives; and
less than 2 years after the December 26, 2004
North Sumatran earthquake and tidal wave that
killed more than 230,000 people in 12 countries.
President Promises Urgent Action on
Tsunami Warning System
Following the latest tragedy, President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono has pledged that a nation-wide
tsunami warning system will be in operation
by mid-2008, accelerating earlier completion
dates for a program already underway by the
In Bali, local officials checking tsunami warning
devices installed in recent months were shocked
on Tuesday, one day after the latest quake,
to discover that one of the off-shore warning
buoys had been stolen on the same day that the
earthquake hit Java's coats. The buoy, part
of a 21.6 meter long semi submerged tower assembly,
had been serviced by coastal officials only
one day before it went missing.
Upon discovery of the theft, a replacement
tower was immediately installed.
Local authorities are in the process of installing
tsunami warning system detectors along all major
tourism beaches in Bali. When completed, detectors
will be in place on Kuta Beach opposite the
Hard Rock Hotel, Seminyak Beach opposite the
Double Six Club, Petitengert Beach, Kedonganan
Beach, Nusa Dua, at Air Tanjung and Sanur Beach.
The Moral Imperative for Tourists
Tony Abbott, MP (Australia), Minister for Health
& Ageing
So far, no country has escaped from Third World
status on the basis of foreign aid. Every country
that has moved out of comparative poverty (such
as Korea, Taiwan and Singapore) and every region
that has become a particular country's economic
locomotive (such as Mumbai or Shanghai) has
done so on the basis of trade, not aid.
This stands to reason because buying from someone
makes him a partner while giving to someone
is more likely to make him a supplicant than
a friend. Aid is important, especially in times
of trouble such as after the Asian tsunami of
2004, but not nearly as important as a market
economy to the foundation of lasting wealth
and self-respect.
This reflection was prompted by a recent trip
to Bali, which tourism has lifted from being
one of the poorest parts of Indonesia to being
one of the most prosperous parts. It was gratifying
to think that indulging in a five-star lifestyle
at a fraction of what it would cost in Australia
and enjoying some remarkably good value shopping
might be helping to reduce world poverty and
equalize the gap between rich and poor. Tourists
have never been accorded much moral standing
but it seems they are just as necessary as aid
workers and might be of more long-term benefit
for the world's poorest countries.
A recent report by the Australian Co-operative
Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism noted
that tourism accounts for 36 per cent of trade
in commercial services in advanced economies
but 66 per cent of such trade in developing
countries. Tourism is the only service industry
where the Third World as a whole has a positive
balance of trade with the First World: a $6
billion surplus in 1980 rising to nearly $9
billion in 1998. In addition, international
tourism in developing countries is increasing
by 9.5 per cent a year compared to 4.6 per cent
Unsurprisingly, the report warns that tourism
is too important to be left to the private sector
and worries about the effect of foreign tourism
on local culture. Still, it concedes that all
forms of modernisation change indigenous cultures
and notes tourism is a growing and significant
part of the economy in all but one of the 12
countries that are home to 80 per cent of the
world's poor. Tourism, it concludes, "appears
to be one of the few economic sectors able to
guide a number of developing countries to higher
levels of prosperity and for some to leave behind
their least-developed country status".
If economic deprivation breeds resentment and
tourism is an important means to economic development,
it's no wonder terrorist groups have targeted
tourism in countries such as Egypt and Indonesia.
Targeting places such as Bali's Sari nightclub
not only punishes the decadent infidel but helps
to wreck the local economy in places which fail
to conform to any zealot's blueprint. Last year's
bombings in Bali, targeting families in cafes,
were presumably designed to demonstrate that
no one is safe and were a form of economic warfare
against the people there.
The Federal Government rightly warns people
about the dangers of travel in countries such
as Indonesia, and people should be sensible
about the potential risks involved. In 2003,
in the aftermath of the 2002 bombing at Kuta,
tourist arrivals in Bali were almost 40 per
cent down on 2001. Even so, by 2004 tourist
numbers had exceeded the previous peak. Australian
tourists had increased by 10 per cent on the
previous record. There are no official figures
yet for this year but one hotel says September
bookings are back to last year's level.
In any event, Australians' nervousness about
security is in contrast to fondness for something
different and enthusiasm for a good deal.
People who have no desire to court trouble
or to make political statements can be conscious
of the importance of Indonesia to Australia
and reluctant to have their choices dictated
to them. The most culturally oblivious tourist
is still adding to our collective awareness
of our vast neighbour as well as building the
Indonesian economy, which is only a quarter
the size of Australia's with 10 times the population.
Then there's the importance of preserving a
Muslim country which is relatively easygoing,
culturally pluralist and democratic. Taking
a holiday in Indonesia is riskier than going
to the Gold Coast, but may ultimately be quite
a patriotic thing to do.
A dedicated office working to support exports
is now in place at the Bali Export Development
Organization seeking to facilitate linkages
between Indonesian and European companies.
The conference on August 5th will feature speakers
representing FROMAPER and WIFI and an introduction
to a new EuroBali Export Portal and a handbook
for Bali exporters to Europe now being launched.
The conference is open to the public without
charge and is scheduled to run from 8:30 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 5, 2006,
at the Sahid Raya Hotel in Kuta.
Advance booking is required by telephone to
the EuroBali Office at ++62-(0)361-759282 or
through the email link provided.
More information: Email
Contact for August 5th Export Conference
Total Arrivals to Bali
Total arrivals January-June 2006 totaled 552,573.
This total is -19.79% less than arrivals during
the same period in 2005, but a full +44.12%
ahead of arrivals for January-June 2003, the
previous year also impacted by a terrorist attack.
Japanese Arrivals
Traditionally Bali's largest single source
of foreign visitors, Japanese arrivals for the
first six months of 2006 were 107,040. This
figure is down -31.25 from 2005, but +60.82
more than the same period in 2003.
Australian Arrivals
Australia has been unseated from its position
as the second largest single source of foreign
arrivals by Taiwan. Badly affected by continuing
political woes, recent high-profile drug convictions,
and the loss of Air Paradise - Australian arrivals
during the first six months of 2006 from Australia
were 56,798, down a staggering -57.25% from
the same period one year before. The 2006 arrival
figure is only +9.66% ahead of the same period
in 2003 following the previous Bali bombing.
Taiwanese Arrivals
Taiwanese arrivals to Bali continue to amaze
and please, now ranking as the second single
largest source of arrivals to the Island. At
69,788 for the period January-June 2006, Taiwanese
arrivals are +14.31% ahead of the same period
in 2005 when Taiwanese were selecting to stay
at home in the wake of the 2004 North Sumatra
South Korean Arrivals
South Korean is holding on to its position
as the fourth most important source of arrivals
to Bali, totaling 37,083 visitors for the first
half of 2006. 2006 arrivals from South Korea
are lagging -20.82% behind thesame period in
2005, but are an impressive 151% ahead of arrivals
January-June 2003.
European Arrivals
At 149,893 arrivals for January-June 2006,
European arrivals are looking fairly resilient.
Only -9.96% behind arrivals for the same period
in 2005, Europeans visitors are still well ahead
of arrivals in the same periods in 2003 and
Arrivals from the Americas
32,870 visitors from North and South America
came to Bali in January-June 2006, a figure
-25.82% behind the first semester of 2005, but
still +23.70% ahead of the same post-bombing
period in 2003.
Those restaurants named by the Magazine are
deemed to present complete, accurate wine information
for all wines featured on their menus.
The Mozaic Resataurant has received an Award
of Excellence in recognition of its "well-chosen
selection of quality producers, along with a
thematic match to the menu in both price and
In bestowing the award, Wine Spectator cited
the Ubud restaurant for maintaining an "inexpensive"
wine list covering more than 150 varietals in
a cellar of more than 800 bottles overseen by
Wine Director Harald Wiesmann.
The progeny of Cordon Bleau Chef Chris Salans,
Mozaic boasts a tropical garden setting where
guests enjoy sumptuous meals selected from the
restaurant's popular prix fixe - table
d'hôte or a la carte menus.
Mozaic is open daily for dinner at its location
on Jalan Raya Sanggingan in Ubud. Telephone
More information: Wine Spectator Award List
Betty Edward's ground-breaking book "Drawings
on the Right Side of the Brain" suggests
that our "left brain" fools people
into seeing what it wants to see. However, when
an artist works in close proximity with a live
model the mind is compelled to actually "see"
the details of human anatomy. These long hours
are spent teaching the "right brain"
to dominate the drawing process, allowing the
artist to create faithful renderings of the
human form.
Only after an artist successfully commands
the skills to duplicate the human form of the
model is he or she truly free to experiment
with abstractions and impressions. Similarly,
while Picasso gave full creative range to how
he portrayed the human body on his canvasses,
he was in actual fact an excellent draftsman
fully able to faithfully duplicate his model,
should he have so desired.
The Training of an Artist's Hands and Eyes
Kerry Pendergrast, co-owner of Pranoto's Art
Gallery and a well known artist in her own right,
has been through this learning process, encouraged
by her artist husband, Pranoto. After 3 years
of regular participation in life drawing classes
she acquired the necessary expertise and skills
to draw the human form either as she actually
sees it or in the way her creative spirit dictates.
Kerry cautions that no one should be discouraged
during the sometime prolonged period to acquire
the skills to draw the human anatomy. Like playing
a musical instrument, it takes time and patience
to master these skills. Emphasizing that the
learning process can be fun, she says the learning
process must be savored and enjoyed, experiencing
the escape of the mind and time.
According to Kerry, "All other thoughts
are cast aside when you are drawing a (live)
Life Drawing at Pranoto's Art Gallery
Pranoto's Art Gallery on Ubud's main street
has hosted life model sessions since 1996, offering
a valuable service to the artist community,
for both beginners and established artists.
During the twice-weekly life drawing session
there are no instructors present. Artists are
free to choose their own mediums and methods.
Open to all interested artists, the life drawing
model session are imbued with an atmosphere
of intense concentration as each participant
in the studio defines his or her individual
approach to the same model and pose.
Artists and models come from both Indonesia
and overseas. The sessions have various pose
times: Wednesday session (10 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
starts with 5 minute warm-ups, increasing to
10, 20 and finally 60 minute poses. Saturday
sessions (10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.) have 5 minute
poses followed by a long pose of 80 minutes.
Both sessions feature a model break every 20
New models, experienced or not, are always
sought and welcome. Both male and female models
are featured in the life drawing sessions.
Each artists is asked to contribute Rp. 20,000
(approximately US$2.15) with each artist providing
their own art material. No photography is allowed.
Bookings are not required. For more information
contact Pronoto's Art Gallery at ++62-(0)361-970827.
More information: Website for Pranoto Art Gallery
Bagiana's concerns are tied to the high
number of taxis operating in Kuta that far exceed
current demand levels in the current business
downturn in Bali. This has resulted in a large
number of idle taxis being illegally parked
by their drivers on sidewalks and in no parking
areas on the already narrow streets and byways
of Kuta.
The Kuta Based local legislator is calling
on the Transportation Authority of Badung, the
Police and related government bodies to undertake
a study of Bali's transportation needs in order
to stem the current over supply and prevent
further damage to Kuta and Bali's image.
Operating in Indonesia as the Yayasan Kemanusian
Indonesia (YKI), the Foundation founded by Bali-based
Australian John Fawcett has been a leader in
providing health support to underprivileged
communities in Bali. The Foundation provides
medical equipment, health technology transfer
via the volunteer services of Australian medical
specialists, and medical care and advice to
needy Balinese families.
In recent years the Foundation has expanded
its program of medical assistance of isolated
Indonesian provinces beyond Bali. The YKI runs
mobile eye clinics in Bali, South Kalimantan
and East Java.
The North Bali Mobile Eye Clinic launched by
the Foundation in March 2005 has already performed
nearly 1,000 free-of-charge sight-saving cataract
operations. At the same time, more than 4,000
Balinese adults and school children have been
screened for vision problems with a 82% of those
examined requiring spectacles, all provided
without charge through donations of used eyeglasses
channeled through the Foundation.
In 2005 Garuda Indonesia flew 10,000 pairs
of used spectacles, to Bali free of charge donated
by the people of Australia and collected by
Harvey World Travel.
In explaining the Airline's continuing commitment
to the work of the John Fawcett Foundation,
Suranto Yitnopawiro, Regional Manager for the
Southwest Pacific for Garuda Indonesia, said,
"These villagers (helped by the Foundation)
can now read, do fine work, make offerings and
generally contribute to the family and the community,"
The work of the Foundation in Bali and other
parts of Indonesia is not limited to the treatment
of the visually impaired. Cleft lip and palate
surgery together with orthopaedic surgery are
among the organizations many projects. Education
assistance in the form of books; school uniforms
and fees; provision of medical equipment donated
by Australian hospitals; training in microscopy;
and treatment of tuberculosis are also some
of the many areas in which assistance to the
people of Indonesia is provided by The John
Fawcett Foundation.
Garuda to the Rescue
Under the recently signed sponsorship agreement,
Garuda Indonesia will provide key personnel
from the Foundation with discounted airfares
and waive excess baggage charges for volunteers
carrying medical supplies to Indonesia. The
Airline also supports various fund-raising activities
held to sustain the Foundation's work in Indonesia.
"The Foundation does an amazing job in
easing the suffering of thousands of Indonesians,
and Garuda Indonesia is proud to be able to
play a part in their humanitarian efforts,"
Suranto said.
A locally owned and operated tourist boat sailing
from Nusa Penida to Sumbawa caught fires and
sunk on Wednesday, July 19, 2006, just moments
after setting sail from Lembongan.
According to the Indonesian-language Bali
Post, the Purnama Indah II, carrying 6 crew
and 11 tourists, caught fire within 500 meters
of the starting point of its voyage. An explosion
of the ship's main engine resulted in a rapidly
spreading fire causing all hands to abandon
ship and swim for the nearby shoreline. Fortunately,
the 17 passengers and crew made it safely to
shore where they reported the fire to the local
police office on Nusa Penida.
The ship, which is owned by Wayan Tarsan a
native of Nusa Lembongan, suffered estimated
material losses of Rp. 2.3 billion (approximately
Preliminary police investigations suggest the
fire was accidental, caused by a short circuit
in the engine room.
The passengers – comprised of 6 Brazilians,
3 Peruvians and 2 Indonesian were escorted to
Denpasar where the foreign passengers are receiving
assistance in replacing their passports and
other travel documents which were all lost in
the fire.
And, as reported on balidiscovery.com [Say it
Again and Again: Bali's the Best!], in which
Bali was again named as the World's Best
Island, the Island has garnered honors from
yet another group of discerning and sophisticated
Best Hotel/Resort Southeast Asia
Conrad Bali Resort & Spa was named "Best
Hotel/Resort in South East Asia" by Holidays
for Couples for the second year running.
The 313 rooms 5-star property was voted the
best hotel for holidaying couples prompting
Michael Burchett, General Manager of the Resort
to say: "This recognition from Holidays
for Couples Magazine is another milestone for
us and an important achievement for Conrad Bali
and all team members who have demonstrated commitment
to excellence to win this prestigious award.
We will continue to improve our product and
services to achieve our objective as becoming
one of the best resorts in the world".
Best Resort Spa – Overseas
Another Bali company was singled out for honors
by Holidays for Couples was the Mandara Spa
at the Alila Ubud Resort named the Best Resort
Spa – Overseas.
More information: Holidays
for Couples Readers' Choice Award Link
The Taste of India
On hand to supervise the kitchen brigade throughout
the Indian culinary event is Indian Master Chef
Arjun Singh, Executive Chef of Vanvavilas in
Ranthambhore, India. Considered a leading authority
on India food, Chef Singh has traveled internationally
preparing sub-continent specialties for appreciative
audiences world-wide.
Those who take the opportunity of visiting
The Oberoi, Bali more than once during the more
than one-month long event will not be disappointed
with menus slated to be changed every week.
Depending on the date selected, guests will
be treated to delicious Indian food specialties,
such as Thawa Jiga (pan fried jumbo prawns in
a mild spice paste); Aloo Tikki (potato galettes
filled with sweet peas); or Roghan Josh (braised
lamb in a saffron and dried ginger sauce).
Indian Gala Diner
On Saturday, August 5th an Indian Gala Dinner
including cocktails, a six-course gourmet Indian
dinner, and complementing wines will be served
at a per person cost of Rp. 850,000 (approximately
Seating is limited making reservations a necessity.
For bookings or more information telephone
++62-(0)361-730361 extension #854.
More information: Book a Stay at The Oberoi,
Following a selection process that took several
weeks to complete a remaining 20 finalists
– 10 boys and 10 girls – were
quarantined from July 13-15, 2006 at the Sheraton
Laguna Resort-Hotel, Nusa Dua where all received
short courses in information on Bali tourism,
professional public relations skills, personal
deportment, English, and personal grooming.
Final Selection
In a gala evening held on Saturday, July
15, 2006, at the Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel,
nearly 200 invited guests enjoyed an evening
of outstanding entertainment and traditional
dance as contestants and guests eagerly awaited
the announcement of who win the right to represent
Bali tourism on behalf of the Bali Tourism
At the end of the evening the final decisions
of the jury were announced:
• Bali Tourism Ambassador 2006: Liberty
Putra Simanjuntak
• Bali Tourism Ambassadress 2006: Sri
Purna Widari
• 2nd Runner Up Bali Tourism Ambassador
2006: I Nyoman Sutarsa
• 2nd Runner Up Bali Tourism Ambassadress
2006: Nyoman Karina Wedhanti
• 3rd Runner Up Bali Tourism Ambassador
2006: A.A. Bagus Candra Suteja
• 3rd Runner Up Bali Tourism Ambassadress
2006: I G A Ayu Mirah Purwantari
• Favorites:I Nyoman Sutarsa and Sri
Purna Widari
• Most Photogenic: Bagus Ferriyanto
and Sang Ayu Isnu Maharani
Shown on balidiscovery.com are, left to right,
Bali Tourism Ambassador 2006 Liberty Putra
Simanjuntak, Bali Tourism Ambassador 2006
Sri Purna Widari and General Manager of the
Discovery Kartika Plaza Urs Klee.


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GANT by Michael Bastian introduces limited edition watches alongside their 2011 fall/winter collection rollout. Produced in a finite run of 1949 pieces each, the black PVD watch is individually numbered on the back paying homage to the year GANT was first established. Internally the timepiece is crafted with high precision quartz movement by Miyota and housed within a domed mineral crystal glass. Three interchangeable strap options are offered. Retailing for $395, it is now available through the GANT online shop.
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National chiefs of the Australian Property Institute have been warned by members to "quickly" cut back on spending or risk bankruptcy.
Leaders of the NSW division,
State bodies are also believed to be resisting attempts by the national executive to centralise funding, which would give the executive control of state reserves.
They have warned the executive to reduce spending or "it may have spent all of its cash reserves in a very short time which could result in it trading insolvently".
The concerns are in a letter sent earlier this month by the NSW division to the executive expressing concerns about a move to nationally consolidate the federal group's finances.
The division also demands the API's federal legal adviser,
It claims that "prudent financial management by divisional councils" has accumulated the surpluses jeopardised by the federal executive. Last year it posted losses of about $160,000 on revenues of $7 million with the biggest expenditure on salaries. A recent divisional meeting raised "major concerns" about the federal executive's handling of funds and set up a committee to review national accounts "in an endeavour to provide more confidence in the management of finances".
The API's members include residential, commercial and plant and machinery valuers, property advisers, property analysts and fund managers, property lawyers, and property researchers and academics.
The institute sets and maintains professional practice, education, ethics and professional conduct for its members. and the broader property profession. Revenue comes from several sources including membership fees and product sales. API national president
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During the advance on Corinth a vacancy occurred in the colonelcy of the 2d Michigan cavalry.
This colonelcy was an honorary title which he held by custom rather than by law.
The colonelcy of a regiment formerly implied a proprietary right in it.
They gave him the colonelcy of Cuirassiers: 'Drill there, and endure.'
He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, but by the time his organization was completed he was promoted to the colonelcy.
On returning he was gazetted to the colonelcy of the 5th Dragoons.
The captain, anxious to rise to a colonelcy, exchanged into a line regiment.
But how if the superintendency can't be had without the colonelcy?
William J. Bryan accepted the colonelcy in a Nebraska regiment.
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On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 10:05 +1000, David Chinner wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 07:20:35AM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote: > > On Thu, 24 May 2007, Pallai Roland wrote: > > >I wondering why the md raid5 does accept writes after 2 disks failed. I've > > >an > > >array built from 7 drives, filesystem is XFS. Yesterday, an IDE cable > > >failed > > >(my friend kicked it off from the box on the floor:) and 2 disks have been > > >kicked but my download (yafc) not stopped, it tried and could write the > > >file > > >system for whole night! > > >Now I changed the cable, tried to reassembly the array (mdadm -f --run), > > >event counter increased from 4908158 up to 4929612 on the failed disks, > > >but I > > >cannot mount the file system and the 'xfs_repair -n' shows lot of errors > > >there. This is expainable by the partially successed writes. Ext3 and JFS > > >has "error=" mount option to switch filesystem read-only on any error, but > > >XFS hasn't: why? > > "-o ro,norecovery" will allow you to mount the filesystem and get any > uncorrupted data off it. > > You still may get shutdowns if you trip across corrupted metadata in > the filesystem, though. Thanks, I'll try it > > >It's a good question too, but I think the md layer could > > >save dumb filesystems like XFS if denies writes after 2 disks are failed, > > >and > > >I cannot see a good reason why it's not behave this way. > > How is *any* filesystem supposed to know that the underlying block > device has gone bad if it is not returning errors? It is returning errors, I think so. If I try to write raid5 with 2 failed disks with dd, I've got errors on the missing chunks. The difference between ext3 and XFS is that ext3 will remount to read-only on the first write error but the XFS won't, XFS only fails only the current operation, IMHO. The method of ext3 isn't perfect, but in practice, it's working well. > I did mention this exact scenario in the filesystems workshop back > in february - we'd *really* like to know if a RAID block device has gone > into degraded mode (i.e. lost a disk) so we can throttle new writes > until the rebuil dhas been completed. Stopping writes completely on a > fatal error (like 2 lost disks in RAID5, and 3 lost disks in RAID6) > would also be possible if only we could get the information out > of the block layer. It would be nice, but as I mentioned above, ext3 do it well in practice now. > > >Do you have better idea how can I avoid such filesystem corruptions in the > > >future? No, I don't want to use ext3 on this box. :) > > Well, the problem is a bug in MD - it should have detected > drives going away and stopped access to the device until it was > repaired. You would have had the same problem with ext3, or JFS, > or reiser or any other filesystem, too. > > > >my mount error: > > >XFS: Log inconsistent (didn't find previous header) > > >XFS: failed to find log head > > >XFS: log mount/recovery failed: error 5 > > >XFS: log mount failed > > You MD device is still hosed - error 5 = EIO; the md device is > reporting errors back the filesystem now. You need to fix that > before trying to recover any data... I play with it tomorrow, thanks for your help -- d
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- The data are presented for both 2008 and 2009 because the Census Bureau recommends that state-level CPS data be averaged across two years to compensate for the small sample sizes.
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In Victoria, in the latest move, much of the Dominion Hotel Group portfolio in Melbourne has been carved up.
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Journalists and journalism students had a rare treat yesterday when Rebekah Wade - long-serving Sun editor and arguably the most powerful woman in Britain - delivered the annual Hugh Cudlipp Memorial Lecture at the London College of Communication. Fellow hacks and editors were agog with excitement at seeing the Wapping Boudica in action. The Press Gazette's Axegrinder reported that "there was a sophisticated lighting job and it was interspersed with professionally produced audio-visual segments" - and wondered if the corporate presentation style might presage some move higher up the Murdoch ladder.
Wade reassured pessimists, who might imagine that collapsing sales portended the end of journalism as we know it, with tales of Julius Caesar and the Acta Diurna he caused to be posted up in the Forum. Unexpected, that. So to was the admission that "We gave away 120 million free CDs and DVDs - of questionable quality and at enormous cost - just to rent readers." She (less unexpectedly) sang the praises of various Sun anti-paedophile campaigns and attacked the Guardian's and the BBC's "knee-jerk tabloid kicking". Then it was on to her real bugbear, Max Mosley and the effect his successful privacy suit has had on her colleagues' "right" to jeeringly parade intimate details of people's lives before the public gaze.
In this, of course, she was following the trail laid previously by Mail Editor-in-Chief Paul Dacre, whose colourful language and personal attacks on the integrity of Mr Justice Eady caused a stir last year. She took the same general line, that human rights law, as developed (largely) by the aformentioned judge, represents a severe threat to the freedom of the press, and thus to civil liberties generally.
I disagree. Liberties and human rights belong, fundamentally, to individuals and not to corporations. For a newspaper such as the Daily Mail to campaign against government attacks on privacy while demanding the right to attack privacy itself is the height of hypocrisy. Perhaps Wade can't be charged with that, because the Sun has never knowingly seen a human right or an ancient liberty without wanting to snuff it out in the name of defeating terror or protecting the children. As New Labour has built its surveillance state Rebekah Wade has stood by and cheered.
I wondered if she'd had a change of heart when I read this: "This country is full of regulators, lawyers and politicians eager to frame and implement legislation that would constrain freedoms hard won over centuries."
But no: she wasn't talking about Habeas Corpus, trial by jury, protection against secret tribunals or extradition at the whim of a foreign government - still less about ID cards, which her Sun has supported since the beginning. When she talks about "freedom", she has only one freedom in mind: the freedom of the Sun and the News of the World to run sleazy exposés of celebrities. Her reasoning, though - perhaps because of the audience - was unusually candid:
Our ancient craft is to tell many people what few people know. The sheer thrill of disclosure motivates the best journalists. And as an industry, we should use our collective power to campaign for the freedom to do so.
It's not so much about the public's "right to know", it seems, than about the press's right to tell them. Wade doesn't need to invoke the usual high-minded talk of the public interest in exposing wrongdoing in high places. Or she's sufficiently self aware to acknowledge that that isn't quite the game she's in. It's the supposed rights, not of whistle-blowers, but of malicious gossips, that concern her. It's hard to imagine that this weekend's exposure of the Noble trouser-stuffers would have been hindered by a privacy law, after all.
Echoing Dacre's call for the right to pry into people's personal lives, Wade complained about "being created by the drip, drip of case law in the High Court without any reference to parliament." She even described it as "the epitome of self-flagellation" (hee hee) that the Guardian had published an interview recently with Max Mosley in which the spankers' hero outlined his push for ever greater privacy protection. But surely that is both newsworthy and important - or does Wade imagine that if the press doesn't give Mosley any coverage he'll just go away? Or maybe Max got a little too close to the truth:
To live in a society where the rules are made by the [tabloid] editors, I think, would horrify most people. Particularly as it's very one-sided. They never hesitate, for example, to use completely illegal means to get information, such as bribing people with access to the police computer. So they can't talk about morality, they are immoral themselves.
There are, indeed, severe dangers in an all-embracing privacy law of the kind Max Mosley favours, with judges pre-vetting journalistic copy. But privacy itself has never been more in peril - not just from newspapers, not just from a government wedded to the collection of sharing of increasingly detailed and intimate data on all our lives, but from self-exposure and exposure by others on social networking sites and blogs. Government snooping attracts most of the criticism - but unattractive and illiberal though that is it doesn't occur in isolation. Companies snoop on their customers - and can be just as careless with the details as some branches of government. Worse, though, many people think nothing of invading their own privacy - think nothing of the consequences down the line when prospective employers decide to check up on their candidates or ex-lovers feel like getting their revenge.
I suspect that much of the widespread complacency surrounding the government's data fixation is caused by a collapse in the notion of personal space, the increasing disappearance of the walls between the public and the private aspects of life. There are many symptoms of this, from the use of Blackberries to ensure that employees are constantly in touch - and thus on duty - 24 hours of the day to the cult of the webcam and Twitter. It's neatly summed up in that evil little slogan "If you've nothing to hide you've nothing to fear". Too many people take it to heart, twisting it round to imply that there is something dangerous, suspicious or anti-social about the very notion of personal privacy, that one's life should be an open book.
There can be few ideas more destructive of freedom. For if the only possible life is one entirely open to public scrutiny, there is no room for experimentation, no room for eccentricity, no room for difference (except for the jejune and approved forms of difference known as "diversity"). People's actions, and increasingly their thoughts, will be ever more conformist, bland and unimaginative. Society, fearful of idiosyncrasy, will stagnate. But it won't necessarily become more decorous; since there is no privacy anyway, bad behaviour that might once have stayed behind closed doors for shame's sake finds safety in numbers and publicity. Hence the Hogarthian revels of public drunkenness and copulation, the pervasive rudeness, the unselfconscious spilling of one's most intimate secrets into a cellphone handset while on a train.
In such a situation, a law of privacy seems philosophically anomalous, or at best futile. Yet that is precisely why it is to be welcomed. It offers something like a property right in one's own private space. Privacy - and the right to defend private space and private information from intrusion, whether from the press or from government - isn't just desirable in itself, it is also a prerequisite for any genuine kind of freedom. Which is one reason why an overweening government is so alarmed by it.
Of course, "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" rarely applies to MPs, who very nearly exempted themselves from the Freedom of Information Act and have made sure that their own childrens' details will not be made available to around a million public sector employees through the ContactPoint database (opposition to which, once growing, has become worryingly muted since the Baby P case, though it would not have saved him).
Jack Straw would seem to be listening. Despite facing his own difficulties with disclosure - it turns out that disgraced peer-for-hire Lord Taylor has been channelling money in his direction - and as keen as ever to introduce secret inquests for embarrassing deaths, the Times reports that the Minister for Injustice wants to review the emerging law of privacy with a view to making things easier for the likes of Dacre and Wade. Writes Frances Gibb:
Mr Straw's unreported comments came as MPs grilled him over an interview he did with the Daily Mail in which the Justice Secretary said that the Human Rights Act was being perceived as a "villain's charter".
But it is not only the perception that it helps criminals more than it does defendants: the Act is now seen as a screen behind which celebrities and others in the public eye can hide anything they want to keep secret.
Such as their private lives, presumably. This is what how the Mail reported its interview with Straw last month:
But it is not just the issue of human rights which preoccupies him. A succession of controversial High Court libel judgments - most notably in favour of Formula 1 boss Max Mosley who won a libel action against the News of the World despite being exposed as serial user of prostitutes - has raised alarm bells that judges are quietly legislating for a privacy law.
Mr Straw shares the concerns of those who are worried about a drift towards a privacy law, although he argues it was already happening before the Human Rights Act came in.
They seem to be utterly obsessed with Max Mosley. It's almost as though, by successfully taking the Screws to the cleaners, he committed some unforgiveable act of lèse-majesté against the almighty press. Dacre and Wade clearly need the Mosleys of this world to keep them financially afloat - especially in difficult times, as advertising revenues dry up and, as Wade admitted last night, in 2008 382,000 people stopped buying a daily paper. Straw, for his part, needs to keep the editors at least partially on board - especially in difficult times, as the economy worsens and millions of voters look set to desert the Labour party. So it's perhaps not overly surprising that he shares the Mail's - and Rebekah Wade's - "concerns" about privacy legislation.
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Wading in
Journalists and journalism students had a rare treat yesterday when Rebekah Wade - long-serving Sun editor and arguably the most powerful woman in Britain - delivered the annual Hugh Cudlipp Memorial Lecture at the London College of Communication. Fellow hacks and editors were agog with excitement at seeing the Wapping Boudica in action. The Press Gazette's Axegrinder reported that "there was a sophisticated lighting job and it was interspersed with professionally produced audio-visual segments" - and wondered if the corporate presentation style might presage some move higher up the Murdoch ladder.
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A super article and spot on.
- 27 January 2009 at 20:36
Excellent, excellent. This Panorama of a few weeks ago on the US health crisis has an extraordinary scene from a walmart conference in which employees were asked to contribute to company lobbying in the cause of reducing their rights -
In the mad corporate world, the right of the corporation to exploit us - even in the form of making up narratives about us, as the media do - is presented as if it were some kind of human right!
Preventing them from showing us what happens in Max Mosley's bedroom (oh, yuck) is an infringement of human rights? Sheesh.
Straw is an awful man clearly and not on our side - would the Tories be any better, though? I would hope that the Tories would be on the side of the angels on this matter, if only because they usually have more closeted skeletons than lefties.
- 27 January 2009 at 21:32
- septicisle said...
I'm rather predictably going to write about this as well, but it's fairly obvious why they've tried to keep her under wraps for so long: she simply has nothing of any interest whatsoever to say. She might be a decent editor, but compare her to Dacre and he can at least make an argument, however crude and wrong it might be. She also, like most tabloid editors, seems to have a real issue with a thing called responsibility: she defends herself over the Screws' naming and shaming but doesn't even begin to imagine what the repercussions of it might have been. Same with the Baby P case - the public might have liked it, but the ultimate result of it has been a shortage of social workers in Haringey and a new boss on double Shoesmith's salary. Less safe children and costing more than before? That's quite a victory for the Sun.
- 27 January 2009 at 23:02
- Olive said...
Did the sun report Wade's arrest for assault on her fiance? I can't find it on their web site. Funny, that.
- 28 January 2009 at 12:16
I couldn't give a dead rat's ass what The Sun prints but I do care that these mercenary hacks are, yet again, beating the drum of fake press freedom...the same trash talkers who have no problem demanding films be censored etc. Freedom so long as its ours. Wankers.
- 28 January 2009 at 17:53
- Elly said...
very interesting and thought provoking.
I agree in principle that privacy should be defended.
But like you say with private/public space becoming blurred it is hard to know how to do that without being draconian and censorious.
As you know I get blocked a lot online. People assert their right to be 'private' - or rather to have a limited public with access to their twitterings.
I got blocked a lot on facebook and I was only there a little while, and it caused me to leave. I felt the balance between 'privacy' (which on fb is a joke) and censorship tipped over.
On fb if someone blocks you, you can't see their profile at all or they yours. so it is like making someone 'disappear' and I find it disconcerting.
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Ahmad al-Jarba, the president of the Syrian opposition coalition, and other rebel opposition leaders are to assemble next week and discuss whether to participate, Mr Kerry said.
The communique issued by the London 11, as the nations were known, addressed several themes important to the Syrian opposition.
It reiterated that a transitional government should be formed as part of a political settlement and said when it was established, President
The communique also called for stepping up support to the political and military wings of the moderate Syrian opposition and for improving its ability to meet the needs of the Syrian population in the areas it controls.
But the communique was notably lacking in some important specifics. It warned against "delaying tactics" and expressed hope that a transitional government would be established "within the coming months".
At the same time, the communique set no firm deadline for creating the transitional government, which is to be established by "mutual consent" of members of the opposition and representatives of the Syrian government. Nor did it give details of what additional assistance is to be provided to the rebels.
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But those measures will be listed as objectives for the Geneva "process" and not as prerequisites to the meeting next month.
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The moderate opposition has been wary of being drawn into open-ended talks while the Assad government presses its attacks, fearing such a move would undermine its credibility with Syrians inside the country after more than two years of war.
Already, the moderate political opposition, which mainly operates from its exile in Turkey, has come under challenge.
Last month, a number of rebel commanders signed a statement in which they broke with the opposition's leadership and called for rebel groups to unify "in a clear Islamic frame".
At the same time, fighters from the moderate opposition have also found themselves battling on two fronts as they struggle against the Assad government while also contending with extremists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a group that is affiliated with al-Qaeda.
On Tuesday, Mr Kerry said he thought the moderate opposition leaders would ultimately decide to participate in the meeting.
"I believe the conference can happen next month," he said.
"I am confident that in the end, the opposition will decide that it is in their best interest."
Mr Kerry also acknowledged there have been differences between the US and Saudi Arabia on Syria.
Saudi Arabia has wanted the US to do more to train and arm rebel fighters, and the Saudi leadership was hoping President
"We know the Saudis were obviously disappointed the strike did not take place," Mr Kerry said, referring to the cruise missile attack the White House had planned before it seized on a Russian alternative proposal to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons program.
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