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Thank you everyone! We are not sure if we will be the perfect home for her, but we figure it's worth a shot. She grew up on a farm so she is used to a lot more activity and outdoor time (we live in a residential neighborhood and work FT, so it's totally different schedule for her.) First night was good. We have her set up in our huge finished basement. She had a few accidents last night (which is to be expected, I think) so I may try to crate her tonight. My guess is that she's very overwhelmed, so we are trying to give her lots of space. However, you can tell she's so happy and just loves interacting with my husband and me
She has been very lady-like and issuing quick corrections to Sora on the muzzle for his very rude, ungentleman-ly behavior. This stops him for a total of about 5 seconds, and then he tries again. *eyeroll* If he keeps trying to be persistent about it, that's when she gets mad and it turns into a loud brouhaha (just noise.) So, we split them up. Then Sora sits at the baby gate and whines morosely. OY! Something tells me that this will be a loooong couple of weeks. Hopefully, our boy will decide to chill out soon. He's over the moon and can't even contain himself.
And today, of course, I woke up sick! Greaaaaat. It's Monday and I'm sick, tired, and have to juggle two crazy dogs. Bahaha!
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|OMG!! They are both beautiful! Congrats on the new addition.
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Congrats!!!! She is a beauty!!!
On thing I do tell all adopters, you generally get a 4-6 week honeymoon period. Then new dogs start pressing buttons. Checking limits. Make sure you have firm rules and guidelines. Stick to them.
Good luck and thanks for getting this girl!!!
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We took the plunge & brought Angel home!
Because my husband and I are certifiably insane, we decided to take Angel home for a trial run to see how she fits in with our family. I have posted about this before, so thank you to everyone who gave us tips about introducing a new dog into the household.
We currently have a 1 year male GSD mix named Sora. Angel is 5 years old and spayed. Her owner needed to rehome her ASAP because she also owns an Aussie who recently had a litter and was picking fights with Angel. Angel has been living in an outdoor run/garage for the past 4 months.
We went forward very carefully because we were unsure if Angel was going to exhibit aggression to other dogs. We are also unsure of how Angel will do with cats (there were cats on her farm but no house cats.) We brought them both to a huge off-leash trail to introduce each other. As we got there, a man was there with his impeccably trained German Shepherds. We explained that we were introducing them for the first time, and he helped us out. He was using German commands with his own dogs, and Angel was responding very well. I explained that Angel did some Schutzhund, and the guy was ecstatic! He was like, I do Schutzhund with my boys! LOL So that was wonderful. He gave us the rundown on some basic German commands which was very nice of him and very useful!
We went to the park and played some fetch. They had a blast! Angel is so fast! I've never had a dog this fast. She just leaves Sora in the dust! LOL
Everything has been going well so far. Sora, our boy, is very obnoxious. He wants to be with her all of the time (we currently have them separated via a baby gate.) He whines and whines and whines. He gets overly excited and tries to mount her So, we correct him for it and split them up. She has been very patient with him since he is still very much an immature guy, so we are proud of her for that.
We are hoping that she fits in very well and the two of them do well with each other. The man at the park was like, mark my words--they will be inseparable! I sure hope so!
Not sure if I'm posting pictures correctly, but here are a few from our day
The car ride home:
Later on that night at the house after they started to settle down a bit:
And a couple of videos to show you how slow and pokey my boy Sora is! Ha!
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Tuesday, September 11, started off like any other day at Stuyvesant High School, located only a few blocks away from the World Trade Center. The semester was just beginning, and the students, faculty, and staff were ready to begin a new year.
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I've gained quite the reputation as a hand-wringer and a self-flaggellator about privilege, and that's fine with me. I expect it's well deserved. I don't face a whole hell of a lot of oppression, comparatively speaking - society validates me pretty well, considering how much it invalidates others. Feminism's major flaw is that it privileges me for the reasons the rest of society privileges me: my race, my trans status, my evident able privilege, my size. So I try to mention these things frequently, though probably not often enough. As long as I'm writing about oppression, I figure I should make obnoxiously clear that I'm not really an expert on many of its most nefarious manifestations.
But in spite and because of these flaws, I'm still very emotionally tied to feminism; feminism alone got me through years when I did feel the weight of having a non-standard body. When I was a teenager, I hated myself. I was smart, but no one would listen because I was a teenage girl with non-evident disabilities. I hated my body, and so did everyone else, because I was big and because I actively rejected beauty standards. I felt judged, harassed, and hated - by my peers, by my teachers, by society at large. It was not some conspiracy theory: I was not well-liked by most.
But feminism loved me, feminism understood me. Feminism told me that I was still okay, that I was still worth loving, that I was still worth being. Perhaps this wouldn't have happened if I hadn't had the many privileges I do, but I am still thankful for the deeply flawed movement at that stage. Feminism was there for me, even when I was in conflict with my main conduit to feminism - my mom. I didn't like my name, I didn't like my body, I didn't like my face, but I liked my feminism. I didn't know what I was ten years ago, but I knew I was a feminist.
Feminism couldn't keep me from hating myself, but it was a safe space, my only safe space.
But since I shed my awkwardness and turned into the physically lovely and confident person I am today, I have not shown the same kindness to girls in that tenuous position. I have had little regard for teenagers. Teenagers are silly and loud and don't know shit about shit. Teenagers project their insecurity on other people. Teenagers are stupid and inexperienced.
I found myself adding to the conventional wisdom about teenagers - teenage girls in particular. That they are silly and shallow and not worth listening to. That they try too hard, particularly for male attention. That they have nothing of worth to contribute.
I wrote women and girls, female people, off because of their age. I didn't pay attention to them when they spoke on important topics. I mocked their interests and fads (Twilight) not just because of their problematic content, but because teenage girls liked them. I laughed at jokes in South Park that compared the object of mockery to teenage girls to prove their lack of worth. And I'm not the only one: even in feminist spaces, younger people are often decided to be a lesser concern.
This is internalized sexism.
Hatred and fear of women in my once and future positions is a function of (what else?) the kyriarchy. I heard so much bullshit about women and teenaged girls as a teenaged girl that I started to believe it, and hate myself, and think I deserved this abuse. And then when I grew up and got stronger and stopped hating myself, I still believed that I'd deserved what I'd felt because I was a teenaged girl, and believed that teenaged girls deserved ridicule.
The kyriarchy insists I hear, see, believe a lot of bullshit about my body. But it's not just about my body now: it's about the body I had, the body I will have.* I feared being a teenager before I was a teenager, and that made the wonderful and awful changes of my body - my weight, my hips, my breasts - distant and shameful. Looking back on that body, I see not the beauty of my struggle and the pride I should have in myself for surviving, but the pain that I felt and the feeling that I deserved it. And it makes me think that I was awful, and that being a teenager is awful, and that teenage girls are awful. I envy teenage girls who like themselves and think themselves worth the same consideration I get, and I pity or sneer at the teenagers who are struggling at I was, and I fear them all.
My distaste (which I'm working through) is indicative not of the innate qualities of teenage girls. Teens are not necessarily obnoxious, oversexed, or any other particular quality. Actual teenagers are just as likely to be insightful and witty as the next person - and that's what they are, people. Not mutant people, or incomplete people. Just people, at a vulnerable stage of their life. People who are worthy of the same respect and consideration given to older folks, as teen blogger Chally wrote at Zero at the Bone:
If it's a surprise to you that I'm a teenager, maybe this would be a good opportunity to examine what assumptions about the blogosphere, who writes and on what topics and so on went into that. If I lose some authority or respect in your eyes because of my age, that is your problem.I took the bullets of the kyriarchy made specially for teenaged women and somehow survived it. That is something to be proud of, and something to work against. Teenage girls are not a fearful or less-important category of woman: they are full and wonderful and worthy of respect and attention and protection. When looking at teenage girls henceforth, I will strive to take them seriously as individuals, and not some reflection on my past and future self-worth.
*In the same way, I hate and fear my future body. The age privilege I hold that I will lose as I become more lined and less youthful. The creaks of age, the fragility that might come. I am taught to fear my transition, to avoid becoming my mother - my beautiful, brilliant mother.


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The right-wing media has falsely accused Attorney General Eric Holder of "going after" CIA agents for administering enhanced interrogation techniques approved during the Bush administration. In fact, Holder has made it clear that the Department of Justice will not prosecute agents "who acted in good faith and within the scope of the legal guidance" of the Bush administration, and indeed, the DOJ's investigation reportedly focuses on agents who went beyond the Bush administration's "legal guidance."
Right-Wing Media Falsely Claim DOJ Is "Going After CIA" Agents Who Administered Waterboarding
Doocy: "The Attorney General Of The United States Is Going After The People" Who Administered Waterboarding. On the May 9 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy falsely claimed Attorney General Eric Holder is "going after the people" who administered waterboarding to terror suspects. From Fox & Friends:
DOOCY: So there you've got this administration, unlike the previous one, has simply said that waterboarding will not be allowed. And, in fact, the attorney general of the United States is going after the people who did administrate [sic] some of these waterboardings to these CIA captives -- there were only three of them in all, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. But when you look at what the president said last week, he thanked the men and women of the intelligence community behind the scenes and around the world in getting us to this point. So effectively he was thanking them for getting the information via waterboarding. Meantime, you've got Eric Holder who is looking into their, perhaps, abuses.
Later in the segment, after playing a clip of former Vice President Dick Cheney calling the investigations an "outrage," Doocy said, "Leon Panetta admitted, I think on Tuesday night on NBC, that these enhanced interrogation techniques did lead to information that did lead to the killing of Osama bin Laden. So for them to then say, 'OK, it was OK then, but it's illegal now,' drop the investigation. That's just crazy." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 5/9/11]
Kilmeade: "Can We Stop Investigating The CIA Interrogators That Are Doing What They Had The Right To Do?" In a later segment on Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade asked former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, "Can we stop investigating the CIA interrogators that were doing what they legally had the right to do back in early 2003 and 2004?" Mukasey responded, "Absolutely" and went on to say that it is "an outrage" that "the new administration decided, without reading [memos on enhanced interrogation] to reopen those investigations." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 5/9/11]
NRO Asks If Obama Will "Call Off The Dogs" Who Are "Investigating The CIA For Interrogating" Terrorists. In a May 8 post on National Review Online, Mona Charen claimed that "President Obama needs to be asked" whether he will "instruct Eric Holder to call off the dogs who are currrently [sic] investigating the CIA for interrogating the terrorists who led you to Osama bin Laden?" [National Review Online, 5/8/11 [1]]
NRO: Holder "Is Investigating [Interrogators] With An Eye Toward Possible Prosecution." A May 9 National Review Online post claimed, "Eric Holder is investigating [intelligence officers who used enhanced interrogation] - even though their action were assessed lawful at the time." The post later claimed that Holder should be asked "why dedicated intelligence officers - whose work, in part, led to the termination of the world's most wanted terrorist -- should be in continuing legal jeopardy for actions they'd been assured were not only lawful, but necessary to national security?" [National Review Online, 5/9/11 [2]]
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Holder: We "Will Not Prosecute" CIA Personnel "Who Acted In Good Faith And Within The Scope Of The Legal Guidance." In a statement released August 24, 2009, announcing the investigation of "the interrogation of certain detainees," Attorney General Eric Holder made clear that intelligence agents who acted "in good faith and within the scope of legal guidance" "need to be protected from legal jeopardy." From Holder's 2009 statement:
There are those who will use my decision to open a preliminary review as a means of broadly criticizing the work of our nation's intelligence community. I could not disagree more with that view. The men and women in our intelligence community perform an incredibly important service to our nation, and they often do so under difficult and dangerous circumstances. They deserve our respect and gratitude for the work they do. Further, they need to be protected from legal jeopardy when they act in good faith and within the scope of legal guidance. That is why I have made it clear in the past that the Department of Justice will not prosecute anyone who acted in good faith and within the scope of the legal guidance given by the Office of Legal Counsel regarding the interrogation of detainees. I want to reiterate that point today, and to underscore the fact that this preliminary review will not focus on those individuals. [Department of Justice, 8/24/09 [3] emphasis added]
Amann: "Cause For Concern ... Only Rests With Persons Who Acted In Bad Faith, Or Against Legal Advice." In an August 24, 2009, post on the New York Times' Room For Debate blog, Diane Marie Amann, law professor at the University of California, Davis, quoted Holder's statement that officers who acted in "good faith" would not be prosecuted, and wrote, "Cause for concern thus rests only with persons who acted in bad faith, or against legal advice." Amann concluded, "All Mr. Holder did, in short, was to instruct a prosecutor to see if U.S. law was violated. Given the descriptions in the just-released C.I.A. report of waterboarding and other abuses, how could he have done anything less?" [New York TImes, 8/24/09 [4]]
Wittes: "The Key ... Is That The Investigation Should Focus Only On The Specific Incidents In Which People Exceeded The Legal Guidance." In the same New York Times post, Benjamin Wittes, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, wrote, "My best guess is that Attorney General Eric Holder probably acted quite reasonably." Wittes further pointed out:
But this leaves the question of what should happen to those operatives who acted beyond the exceptionally permissive guidance that the lawyers gave them. Some of these incidents are very ugly. Some detainees even died in custody. And if people acted in violent fashions beyond what the Justice Department authorized and if there is some reason for Holder to be dissatisfied with the manner in which the career prosecutors in the Justice Department previously investigated their cases, it strikes me as appropriate for him to request another look.
The key, it seems to me, is that the investigation should focus only on the specific incidents in which people exceeded the legal guidance they were given. [New York Times, 8/24/09 [5]]
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good point. That's why I'm not going to win any "coach of the year" awards this season.
before Knick made trades, I had in matchup upper hand. Those trades messed up everything - from my perspective. I dunno what to expect from Randolph in LAC or how D'Antoni is going to use old and new players. ( I still have 3 players from Knicks)
My team is good, but not great. I need one more decent pickup to feel good about my chances. :icon_evil:
Roscoe, I just dropped L. Deng because I needed 3 point shooter...Deng killed me this week by being injured, but it is minor and he will be back midweek. He has been good to me otherwise.
That's cool Tom. You might not get him back now that you advertised it!
Baron Davis finally started playing this week. And if AI can also figure it out my team ought to start rolling a bit. Good thing is I'm only a game and a half out of second place.
Hopefully you will stay out of second place. :D My Detroit Ballahollics are doing OK. The Chauncey trade helped me since he is on my squad. I forgot to set my roster this week though.:( I think I will still be fine though.
dba, chris paul killed me last night. triple double by him, plus your 5 three pointers by that spurs player...good night for you.
Yeah, Roger Mason was a nice pickup after Tony Parker went down. Unfortunately Jermaine O'Neal seems to have come up lame and will miss at least one or two. Not clear why they couldn't have figured that out on Sunday.
another rookie mistake: importat is not only how many games per week, but matchups also. Udonis Haslem is struggling b/c of bigger defenders. I thought only: he plays 4 games in this week . Good. But sometimes it is better to let 2 games per week player play b/c of favourable matchups than 4 games playing but struggling baller.
Got all clever last week and say Chris Paul who only had two games in favor of Lamar Odom who had four and got the win. Then forgot to change the lineup back this week. Duh....
And left a slot open but still managed a 5-4 win over the second place team. I'm the only thing holding my team back.
I see UP Heroes is making his move up the standings. I can't seem to get much going...
Oh crap. I forgot to take out Z Illgoskus (sp) since he has a bum ankle now.:(
don't worry, you aren't the only: I still see Amir Johnson in active roster and Kevin Martin and so on in this league....
I won my machup in the last week 6-3. On the paper it sounds nice but I'm taking it with "grain of salt": it should be obvious that Sheed for MVP does not pay attention to his team: in his active roster he has two long term injuries and my proposed trade to him is already pending for 3rd day. It is not very interesting to fantasy play vs "abandoned" roster.
That's LK. He might be preoccupied with the holiday. I'd take the win and be happy. When he gets back on the job, 6-3 victories might not come so easily. LK, you are still with us, yes?
I hear ya Raxrets. I'm in the finals of fantasy football against two teams that have injured players. One of them has Tom Brady at QB!!!!!!!!!!! How do you make it to the finals without a QB!?!??!?!?!???
Finals? Keep going, you know there can be only one...:winner_first_h4h:
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I heard somewhere that if you cut out all of the deductions and had a real FLAT TAX, it could be as low as 10%. And still have more going to the government than what they have now. I think that was for the individual pay check. Businesses would pay something like 20% I believe.
regressive is better than progressive :-) and it's not really except that the 40+% of the population that currently pays no taxes, would pay some. that seems fair to me.
the advantage to your system is that tax payers have control over how much they pay. of all the taxes, a consumption tax is probably the most 'fair'. the consumer decides how much to consume, thus controlling the amount of taxes they pay.
the possible down side is that it might put a damper on sales of high end items, but i don't think so. people who can afford those high end items will be willing to pay the tax because they won't be paying other taxes.
Black money......money the government does not know about.Anybody know what black-black money is?
Quote from: BjornBee on November 06, 2008, 09:44:52 PMBlack money......money the government does not know about.Anybody know what black-black money is?yeah, money my wife has that I dont know about :-P


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I read the theory about the origin of the rangefinder here Official rangefinder talk, and as I know this was not confirmed 100%. I searched the internet about headshells, cartridges and tonearms for turntables or phonographs to find some parts that match the rangefinder. I searched several sites and found these parts:
Thorens TD 150 II headshell:
The shape is similar to the rangefinder's shell. And this one is similar in other ways:
Thorens TD-145C headshell:
The AEU GP40 520 cartridge with needle has the basic shape of the rangefinder inner part:
And the rangefinder stalk is similar to these tonearms:
Pickering Fluxvalve Unipoise tonearm
Shure M16 tonearm
All of these parts are made before 1977 (I don't know the year of the AEU GP40 520 cartridge).
It is possible that Brian Archer (we know this thanks to Art who posted here Fett build history and found parts suppliers) who did the rangefinder really used full parts from phonographs or turntables or just made the rangefinder using those parts as reference. Maybe there is somebody who will find (or not) the original parts used (full or reference).


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Marc writes:
Dear Vince and Dickson
Wonderful job on both podcasts. I just finished listening to the Cryptosporidium episode. I love all topics regarding the apicomplexa, and unless I am mistaken there is a fascinating aspect of this phylum which I have not heard discussed on your show. This is the apicoplast. As I am sure Dickson is aware some time in the early 1990s a degenerate plastid was discovered in Plasmodium and later discovered in most apicomplexans. Interestingly it was also noted that Cryptosporidium lacked this organelle and present evidence indicates that gregarines (another type of apicomplexan) also lack a plastid. The presence of this plastid is interesting for many reasons. Primarily this organelle may provide drug targets that would not interfere with host biology (due to the cyanobacterial origin of plastid). However what I find most fascinating is what this implies from an evolutionary perspective, that modern day bloody parasites like Plasmodium have an algal/photosynthetic ancestry. Talk about wild evolution! This has been exemplified by a discovery in 2008 of Chromera velia, a photosynthetic alga that is close phylogenetically to the apicomplexa. Evolutionary implications of this plastid are indeed fascinating from both the perspective of horizontal gene transfer as well as the evolution of the relationship between these parasites and their hosts. These relationship are ancient, indeed! These discusisons tend to stray from topics regarding virulence however I feel your listeners would enjoy hearing something about the evolutionary history which developed these truly chimeric yet single-celled critters!
Keep up the good work
Carolyn writes:
Dear Vincent and Dick,
I am really enjoying your podcasts on parasites. I took special note of the one you did on cryptosporidium.
I am a 52 year old beginning backpacker. In doing the research on water purification, I found that giardia and crypto were the two that came up the most. Since I would prefer not to use a mechanical filter and don't mind the taste of chlorine, I want to use a Miox system. (a super-chlorination system using table salt and a battery) The instructions say that it kills giardia within 30 minutes, but it takes 4 hours to kill crypto.
In listening to the podcast, I found that every time it looked like some questions might get answered, the point of the topic shifted to something else.
Here are the conflicts I have:
When I hiked Pikes Peak, the Barr Camp personnel said they only knew about protecting against giardia. Is crypto not something to really worry about? Or is it really everywhere?
You mentioned immunity. If a person is immune, does that mean they won't have symptom? Symptoms are less? I drank out of a lot of creeks and even ditches when I was a kid. Am I immune?
You said that chlorine won't kill it. Will Miox solution kill it in 4 hours, or are the instructions wrong? (The army uses miox)
I REALLY don't want to get sick, but I can't lug around gallons of water everytime.
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Another twip is hosted.
Another twip is vectored.
Another twip is spiral.
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All in the Mind, a great radio show from Radio National Australia mainly about things pertaining to the brain, did a show about
parasites and their effect on populations. You'll find it on http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2010/3029723.htm
including a transcipt.
One comment references RadioLab, which I must assume is the one where Prof Despommier was featured.
All the best,
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Hi Prof,
I don't think in your program on Crypto that you actually said by what mechanism it causes diarrhoea.
Whereas you have given similar explanations for other organisms.
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Dear Twipers and Twivers,
After listening to all TWiPs (although I will listen twip 19 in some minutes) I have noticed many readers send suggestions of parasites that manipulate hosts behavior, such as Cordyceps fungus. So, I wanted to make my contribution too, and add to the discussion of modifying mosquitoes to bite less and decrease malaria transmission.
The problem I see in this approach is that the plasmodium already does it! Plasmodium is able to make the infected mosquito bite more frequently, thus increasing its transmission:
Koella, J. C. (2005). Malaria as a manipulator. Behavioural Processes, 68, 271-273. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2004.10.004.
Also, it is not only the mosquito that plasmodium can modify. It makes infected people more attractive to mosquitoes:
Lacroix, R., Mukabana, W. R., Gouagna, L. C., & Koella, J. C. (2005). Malaria infection increases attractiveness of humans to mosquitoes.PLoS biology, 3(9), e298. Public Library of Science. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030298.
As a regular TWiV listener (and a big fan) I like the differences between the two podcasts. Professor Despommier's impeccable narration (I liked this letter) makes parastism really interesting. I had a terrible impression of parasitism in college, it is a big topic of biology in Brazil, since there where many parasitic diseases here not so long ago, and some parts of the country still have it, and the lectures were all focused on long life cycles a lots of different names.
Only after reading the histories behind the diseases, the patients and the discoveries, as well as learning the host-parasite interactions I started to like this topic. Carl Zimmer's texts had a big role in this change and I am very fortunate to hear someone with so much experience and personal history as Dick Despommier in TWiP. Specially now that he is a busy popstar and bestseller writer.
Long and prosper success to TWiP,
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I have been playin speedball for 2 years and paint ball for 4, and i am looking for a team i am 15 years old. for more info pm me
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Go get em
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what field do you play at
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If you've been to PBLand then you've prob seen me there. PBLand isn't exactly a team's practice place, seems to be geared toward rec players and parties. There seem to be very few of us that show up there every weekend; would be great to see some more regular players.
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Here is the deal. Since the magnetic north pole and the geographical one are not co located we face a situation called magnetic variation. There are lines drawn on a chart that have either easterly or westerly variation. Now the reading on your compass as you see it is your magnetic heading but you need in most cases to apply the variation. West you add and east you subtract to get your magnetic course. For example you want to steer a 090 course and your line takes you through a area of 21West variation you would steer a magnetic heading of 111 degrees. Remember east is least and west is best. Hope that helps.
|Very interesting but it can be somewhat confusing. I find it easiest to simply remember that magnetic north is offset from the true north pole. The offset is the variation. This together with any compass deviation will alter the compass course from the true course. Then any adjustment becomes automatic as I can see why it occurs and what it must be.
Sailaway...fluxgates are easily "deviated" by metal objects.
They can be compensated for deviation (and local variation in some cases) by the calibration process which involves sailing in a circle. But NEW metal objects put close the the fluxgate or any magnetic material and make them just as unreliable as a standard compass in similar circumstances.
A great article that is just a little dated on the various compass systems can be found at:
Now there you've got me Robert, because I am not familiar with the fluxgate compass and it's operation. What little knowledge I have of it would indicate that it would be effected by deviation but less than the standard compass as the fluxgate generates it's own magnetic field. I await others corrections, clarifications, or just plain "phooey" on the matter.
No digital camera, as yet. haven't you heard? i'm a conservative, i sail for a hobby. my terrestial form of transportation runs on oats!
sailaway21 said,
The only time we can sail a "magnetic" course is when deviation is zero. Otherwise, we have no instrument that actually tells us our "magnetic" course,
Does a fluxgate compass indicate magnetic north or is it also affected by deviation?
All the best,
Robert Gainer
Just a take a digital photo of the sketch. On a PC, just use Picasa and upload them to a Picasa web album. On a Mac, use iPhoto and a Flickr.com plugin. Much easier and faster than trying to scan them IMHO. You do have a digital camera, don't you???
Northbeach,Perhaps one of the things that is confusing you relates to terminology. For example, we never actually sail a "magnetic" course. Everything you said is correct except you refer to sailing a "magnetic" course when you should be referring to a "compass" course. The only time we can sail a "magnetic" course is when deviation is zero. Otherwise, we have no instrument that actually tells us our "magnetic" course, it's only a mathematical computation along the way. Feel free to disregard the following if it sheds no light.
When discussing compass correction we must be rigorous in the usage of our terminology. In this case we have three co-ordinate systems that we can relate to each other.
The first is the well known terrestial system. This consists of parallels of latitude and meridians. All meridians, at all times, point towards Polar North, or True North. All parallels point, at all times, east and west. This is true on all chart projections, with the most common being the Mercator. The confusing part arises when, if the chart scale is small enough, that is it covers a large area, the parallels and meridians will not intersect at a 90 degree angle. This can best be explained by the fact that the most accurate representation of the earth, is a globe. But a globe is rather inconvenient to navigate upon. So, in one way or another, we slice the surface off the globe and flatten it out so we can go to work. In the case of the Mercator chart, we end up with meridians that do not converge towards the poles, but always point north, and parallels that always run east and west. This results in the distortion of landmass that makes Greenland appear larger than the North American continent. But it works admirably for navigating at sea.
So our terrestial system gives us True, or Polar North. We often work out these problems using a "spider" diagram, which resembles a clock face when sketched out. We label True North as "Pn" for Polar North on it, and it is always pointing straight up on our diagram. Any angular measurements made from it, in a clockwise direction, are considered True Courses, and are labeled with the degrees clockwise from Pn and the letter "T".
Our next co-ordinate system is the Magnetic Co-ordinate system. We use the same global sphere for it, but our reference points are different. In this case our north is Magnetic North, or "Mn", and it is the magnetic north pole. The magnetic meridians we use from it are similar to terrestial meridians but subject to variations due to the effects of land masses and other inequalities in the earth's composition. Our various compasses are attempting to point towards Magnetic North, "Mn". In reality, our compasses will rarely point towards Mn accurately, unless perhaps we are in a liferaft with no metal objects about us. Our compasses will have the strongest pull or tendency to point towards Mn at the magnetic equator. This directive force will become weaker the closer we get to the magnetic pole. Specially balanced compasses are necessary for navigation in high latitudes as a result. The difference between True North and Magnetic North is called Variation. Due to the anomolies described above, variation is not a consistent number or ratio. Local charts will list variation, while sailing or oceanic charts will show lines of equal variation, known as isomagnetic lines.
Our third co-ordinate system is our compass system. The compass points towards Compass North, or "Cn". Compass North is where our individual compass thinks Magnetic North is located. We commonly label the courses derived for this by the name of the compass used, the most common being the standard or steering compass, hence the abbreviation "pSC" for per Steering Compass. The difference between Mn and Cn is Deviation. Deviation has many components, but for purposes of simplicity we will say that it is the error induced on our compass by the magnetic field(s) of our boat. Deviation varies with the heading of the boat, hence the need for a deviation card. Deviation also varies with the loading condition of the boat. If you rig a SSB antenna on a halyard you will change the deviation of the boat from the deviation it had un-rigged. If you modify the boat, running battery cables forward to a new windlass, you will change the deviation. Lastly, deviation varies with the magnetic heading of the vessel and not the true heading; the forces being operative are the isomagnetic lines of force-not the boats true heading. (and if that ain't confusin', nothin' is!)
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You can work this formula forwards or backwards. On our spider diagram the line pointing up is Pn and is the same as the meridian on our chart, it points to True North. All of our labellings on the chart will be "true" courses, although we may add sub-labellings for magnetic or compass courses, with only the latter really being used. For example: we would label a DR track showing a course of 045 True as 045T on the top of the DR track drawn, and, say 038pSC under the DR track drawn. This then gives us our true course intended, which equates in an angularly true fashion with our meridians and parallels on the chart. The pSC for the same course is merely the conversion of 045T to that which we wish to steer at the helm. It should be endeavored to never label the course laid down with only compass or magnetic headings, always including the true heading or course. The compass, and most certainly the magnetic, course has no relevance whatsoever to what we are plotting on the chart, UNLESS. "Unless" will be explained below. Let's ignore it for now.
It is best to only consider variation in east or west terms. In my experience, labelling it plus or minus ends up confusing in the end. If we have 10 West variation we can draw another radial line on our spider diagram 10 degrees counterclockwise from Pn, and label it Mn. If we now look at the diagram we can, by inspection alone, determine that our 045T course would be 055M, or magnetic. But this does us no good as we do not have a "magnetic compass" we only have our Steering Compass which is subject to Deviation as well as Variation. Let's say our deviation card says that, on a course of 055M, our deviation is 2 East. We now go back to our spider diagram, and can draw in another radial line, this one two degrees clockwise from our Mn line, and label it "Cn" for Compass North. We commonly scribe arcs with the angular measuements between all of these on our diagram. It ends up looking somewhat like a portion of a spider web, hence the name. Note that, while doing this, our Pn line and our TC line, 045T, never change. The variables are variation and deviation, and the diagram allows us to relate them to one another and our true course so we can derive what to steer.
Now the reason I said not to assign pluses or minuses is that if we envision this spider diagram we will be able to properly place Mn to either the west or east of Pn, and then Cn to either the west or east of Mn.
Without the spider diagram, we can do this mathematically, and then we will use a plus or minus, remembering to ALWAYS apply the formula in the order written. You can work it backwards, but must then reverse the corrections. For example: 045T, 10 West Variation, 2 East Deviation Using TVMDC and "West is Best", "East is Least". We take our desired 045 True Course and add (best) 10 to it for a 055 Magnetic Course (NOT COMPASS!) and then subtract (least) 2 from it for our 053pSC course.
Conversely: We're steering 053pSC. What is our True Course? Working TVMDC backwards, with the rules reversed, we proceed; 053 plus 2 gives us 055M. 055M minus 10 gives us 045T.
It is best to learn the TVMDC, west-best, east-least, very well and then rely on your ability to transpose for working backwards.
The "unless" comes in with the use of the compass rose on the chart. The inner circle shows us "magnetic north". If our deviation is zero, or insignificant, we can use that compass circle to convert our true course to magnetic, which will be the same as compass.
The procedure would involve laying down a course unkown between two points. We then either walk our parallel rule or triangles over to the compass rose until centered on the rose. The outer ring, where we cross it, yields our true course, the inner ring our magnetic. I find it a hassle and, using triangles, I walk the triangle over to the nearest meridian and read my true course off of it. I then just apply the variation intuitively for the magnetic course. The advantage of triangles or the aviation parallel rule with protractor is that you do not have to slowly traverse the entire chart over to the compass rose, just the nearest meridian.
Now if that does not muddy the waters.... I gotta find a bored twelve year old to show me how to scan and post sketches.
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4. Enroute from Rio de Janiero to Montevideo, the ship is "swung" to take a round of bearings from the standard compass. With Ilha Rasa about ten miles distant, the swing is made and the following data noted:
Ship's Head pSC...........................pSC bearing on Ilha Rasa
000...........................................036. 5
030...........................................037. 0
060...........................................037. 5
090...........................................038. 5
120...........................................039. 0
150...........................................040. 0
180...........................................040. 0
210...........................................039. 0
240...........................................038. 5
270...........................................037. 5
300...........................................037. 0
330...........................................036. 5
After the swing has been made, the ship resumes the voyage on a course of 210 pSC. Which of the following is the correct deviation when the ship is on course 210 pSC?
A. 2 West
B. 1 East
C. 1 West
D. 2 East
Note: the above question is a deliberately tricky USCG question designed to determine whether you know your theory of compass correction. It is not a "practical" question. (anotherwords, lots of people get it wrong-never figuring out the point to the question)
So as not to ruin it for anybody else, I'll give my analysis in the AHOC thread.
Semi...OK...here's more subtle...(G)
The Republican Navigator
A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a sailboat below. She shouted to him,
"Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him;
an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot airballoon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude."
She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican."
"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."
The man smiled and; responded, "You must be a Democrat."
"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you're going. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but, somehow, now it's my fault."
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...and since you have a GPS...who cares!! (G)
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Calculating the greenhouse effect
- "33 ºC" is the difference between the mean surface air temperature of the planet and the blackbody radiating temperature (i.e. the temperature a blackbody would need to radiate at to be in equilibrium with the incoming solar radiation given an albedo of about 0.3). So far so good. While that is one way to assess the strength of the basic greenhouse effect, another one is measure the amount of long wave radiation from the surface that is absorbed in the atmosphere (by greenhouse gases (incl. water vapour), clouds, aerosols, etc.). That is currently about 150 W/m2 and would be zero with no greenhouse effect at all.
- "95% of this warming is caused by water vapour". This is sourced to a couple of chaps who may have worked for Accu-Weather, but a) is misquoted – their '90-95%' is for both water vapour and clouds, and b) just wrong and c) irrelevant anyway. Dealing with b) first, if you remove all water vapour and clouds you still absorb about 34% of the long wave radiation, and conversely, if you only have water vapour and clouds you absorb 85% (calculations here). Thus the effect of water vapour and clouds is between 66 and 85% – the range being due to the spectral overlaps with the other absorbers. These calculations were done with the GISS GCM radiation code, which matches line-by-line codes to about 10% – but the numbers are very similar to Ramanathan and Coakley (1978), and so probably aren't too far off what you would get with any decent radiation code. I'll get to 'c)' below….
- "The other trace gases contribute 5% … amongst which carbon dioxide corresponds to 3.65%". That is just 100 minus 95% of course, but really it should be 15 to 34% – of which CO2 on its own is between 9 and 26% (op cit). If you were to naively estimate the total temperature contribution of the CO2 it would be between 3 and 9 ºC – but see below.
- "The human-caused contribution corresponds to about 3% of the total carbon dioxide in the present atmosphere,". This one is blatantly false and is erroneously credited to the US Dept. of Energy in the original source (their Table 1)! The '3%' number actually comes from comparing the human emissions with the gross emissions from natural sources while neglecting to consider the large natural sink. Because of the rapid cycling between the biosphere, the atmosphere and the upper ocean, that is an irrelevant comparison – kind of like comparing the interest on your bank account and your salary and expecting to be able to say something about your savings without thinking about your spending. The correct statement is that CO2 is around 30% higher than it was in the pre-industrial period, and all of that rise is due to human emissions (fossil fuel use and deforestation principally).
- "Therefore, the probable effect of human-injected carbon dioxide is a miniscule 0.12% of the greenhouse warming". That's just 0.03*0.0365 of course – but even that is calculated wrong (it should be 0.11% by my calculator). But from our numbers, it would be between 3 and 8%.
- "a temperature rise of 0.036 ºC". More like 1-2.6 ºC actually, but although this gives numbers that are in the ballpark of the IPCC estimates (0.6 to 1.7 ºC warming for an increase of 30% in CO2 at equilibirum) this is not a sensible way to calculate climate sensitivty.
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- Little Maio
Discover the traditional dancing festival in honour of Little Maïo. The folk group Lei Magnoti honour each May 1 a little girl elected as Queen for one year, all dressed in white, a sign of innocence and purity, the symbol of youth "Little Maïo". Crowned with flowers and dressed in silk, she elects the coach who will seek to lead the church, sitting alongside her knight, to attend Mass, accompanied by the procession formed of a folk group singing and dancing.
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Harley Davidson Euro Festival in Saint-Tropez Bay! A trip to Saint-Tropez and a parade on the Port for thousands of beautiful American motorbikes. Perched on their customized machines, modern time knights, dressed in their most spectacular attire, will bring cheer to the streets and squares.
- Traditional village celebration
Religious and military celebration of the Patron Saint of the town. A traditional and meaningful moment of contemplation for the town's inhabitants, barely troubled by detonations of blunderbuss guns. The Patron Saint and the town's military past are celebrated during ceremonies and processions. Three days of devotion take place according to a set plan for more than 450 years.
- Bastille day
Bastille Day is celebrated across the whole of France with a bang...well, several in fact, fireworks always feature heavily. Various activities are held across the region on the 14th, in memory of the storming of the Bastille on the same date in 1789. Traditionally the fireworks display normally starts off between 10-11pm. Celebrations are also generally free of charge.
- Les Voiles de St Tropez
Les Voiles de Saint Tropez is the major sailing event, an unmissable highlight of the race calendar that is masterfully orchestrated by the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez for a selection of the finest traditional and modern yachts in the world, combining a subtle mix of latest generation yachts and those dating back over a hundred years, as well as bankable names and new additions to the fleet. A number of top-flight skippers and racers, from the offshore racing scene to the America's Cup, will be competing in Saint-Tropez. Among the many stars will be Sébastien Josse, Philippe Monnet, Marc Pajot, Bruno Peyron, Lionel Péan and Marie Tabarly, to name but a few, all competing aboard traditional or modern yachts. The "Village des Voiles" is open to racers and to public every day from 9 am to 9 pm.
Things to see in St Tropez Area
- Coastal walk:
A splendid alternative to sitting around doing nothing is the seven-mile walk round the headlands to the Pampelonne beaches. The track – called "le Sentier du Littoral" is quite wild in places, but well maintained and clearly signposted. At reasonable walking speed, it will take about three and a half hours, depending how far along Pampelonne beach you want to end up. En route, you'll have stirring scenery, interesting coastal flora and the maritime cemetery where the film director Roger Vadim now rests. Brigitte Bardot's modest place is also nearby, as are charming little beaches such as Plage Graniers, Plage des Canebiers, Plage de la Moutte and Plage des Salins, where the likes of Bruce Willis and Naomi Campbell will never make an appearance.
- The old town of St Tropez:
The Old Town of Saint-Tropez, known as "La Ponche" borders the Vieux Port harbor basin and is below the citadel. La Ponche is the historic center of the fishing village and is the most picturesque area of Saint Tropez. Part of it has been laid out as a pedestrian zone of narrow alleyways and quaint cobblestone lanes abounding with small shops, upscale boutiques, cafés, and restaurants. Tourists can begin exploring this lively quarter at the Rue de la Citadelle that leads into the center of the Old Town. Turn left on the Rue du Portail-Neuf until reaching the 18th-century Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (26 Rue Gambetta). With its beautiful Italian Baroque bell tower, this church punctuates the Saint-Tropez skyline. Inside visitors can admire the bust of Saint Tropez, the town's patron saint, and the delicately crafted wood carvings. At Christmas time, there is a fine Provençal nativity crib. By continuing northwest of the Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption near the harbor and passing by the Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall), visitors will stumble upon the Palais des Bailli Pierre-André de Suffren who was the Bailiff of the Order of Malta and one of the most important admirals of the French navy fleet in the 1700s.
- Port Grimaud:
About eight kilometers from Saint-Tropez, this attractive holiday resort is at the southwestern corner of the Bay of Saint-Tropez at the foot of the Massif des Maures, surrounded by the plains of the Garde and Giscle Rivers. With its maze of channels, Port-Grimaud is a waterside town reminiscent of a Venetian fishing village and lagoon settlement. The resort was developed with a lovely townscape typical of the region. Designed for pedestrians, the entire town is traffic-free with pleasant waterside restaurants, walking paths, and footbridges; parking lots are outside of the resort area. Charming houses are painted in bright colors with pastel shutters, and most apartments along the canals have their own mooring places outside their front doors. Visitors can make use of motorboats available for self-drive hire, to explore the picturesque canals. The town bustles with activity and has many boutiques, shops, and restaurants. A traditional Provençal market is held regularly in the main square. Facing the sea stands the ecumenical Eglise Saint-François d'Assisi, designed in the Romanesque style. Tourists may visit the church tower to take in the exceptional panorama of the little town, the lagoons, and the mountainous hinterland.
- La Garde Freinet:
The beautiful village of La Garde-Freinet is nestled in the heart of the Maures Mountains with spectacular views. Visitors arrive by traveling inland from Port-Grimaud (about 16 kilometers away) through a gorgeous landscape. The approach to La Garde-Freinet winds through the wild, natural scenery with its distinctive Mediterranean shrubbery and lush forests. This old Provençal village has preserved its authentic character and boasts a fascinating history. The village was founded as a Roman military post and was later a stronghold of the Saracens. La Garde-Freinet has an interesting tourist attraction: the ruins of the former Saracen fortress with its expansive panorama of the surrounding countryside. The fortress is on a hill about a 30-minute walk from the center of the village.
- Le Massif des Maures:
One of the top tourist attractions near Saint-Tropez, the Massif des Maures extends for 60 kilometers along the coastline between Hyères and Fréjus, about 20 kilometers from Saint Tropez. The Massif des Maures is one of the wildest areas of Provence. In the Provençal dialect, the Massif des Maures is called "Leï Mauro," meaning "Black Mountain," because of its austere dark rock and deep green forests. (The area is also known for its sweet chestnuts.) The mountain range encompasses 334,000 acres and is a fragment of the vast continent that formerly included Corsica and Sardinia. The Iles d'Or (Golden Islands) off Hyères are actually summits of this mountain range that emerge from the Mediterranean Sea. Within the Massif des Maures, are 26 ancient villages. The township of Bormes-les-Mimosas has a beautiful 16th-century chapel and gorgeous views from a terrace near the village's castle ruins. The village of Collobrières is famous for its "marrons glacés," a regional specialty of sugar-glazed chestnuts. One of the most spectacular natural highlights of the Massif des Maures is the Corniche des Maures, an area between Le Lavandou and Saint-Tropez. The Corniche des Maures boasts exceptional scenery with many lovely bays and dramatic cliffs.
Time Zone
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Currency Information
The official currency is the Euro (€). Coins are available in 1 cent, 2 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent, 20 cent, 50, cent , €1 & €2 denominations. Notes are available in €5, €10, €20, €50, €100, €200, €500 denominations.
Money Matters
Travellers cheques are widely accepted for exchange or purchase in major cities, but in more rural areas, visit a bank to exchange them for Euros. Major credit cards are widely accepted here (though a limited number of merchants have American Express accounts) and ATM access is widespread. Exchange currency only at authorized outlets such as banks and hotels, and exchange only what you think you will spend in-country. Coins cannot be reconverted on departure. Save all receipts from any currency exchange transaction. You may be asked to produce them when you exit the country, and they are required if you intend to reconvert local currency.
Tipping Suggestions
Tips in restaurants are usually added on at 10/15 % of the bill. However, it is often a subject of controversy whether this amount actually goes to the waiter or not, therefore it is your choice whether to tip more.
Arrival & Departure Formalities
Travel documents are your responsibility. In general you should have:
- A signed, valid passport that will remain valid for at least 6 months beyond the completion of your trip. Your passport must have enough blank pages (excluding amendment pages) available for entry and exit stamps issued when entering and exiting immigration points.
- Visas are required for certain nationalities and you are strongly advised to check your status allowing plenty of time for visa application.
Due to its favourable climate and geography Côte d'Azur has an average of 300 sunny days, an average temperature of 16°C and short but periodical rain-showers. During summer it can be very hot with average temperature of 27ºC and about 11 hours of sun a day. The average water temperature in the summer months is about 20ºC. In autumn and spring you can rely on warm weather as well. With around 8 hours of sun per day, these seasons are quite mild as well. By the Mediterranean climate the winters are pleasant.
It is advisable to contact your doctor before you travel if you have any specific health concerns and take out appropriate travel and medical insurance.
Electrical service in France is supplied at 220-240 volts/50 hertz.
Driving InfoRMATION
- Traffic from the RIGHT has right of way, except at roundabouts or if the road has a white line across it.
- Passport or national ID as well as driver's license/insurance papers/ownership papers must be carried all the time.
- National speed limit is 50kmh (31mph) in towns, 90kmh (56mph) on secondary non-urban highways, 110kmh (68mph) on dual carriageways, 130kmh (80mph) on motorways (auto route).
- Speeding fines: 30 - 300 Euros.
- Minimum driving age is 18.
- For use of the highways (auto route) it is invariably necessary to pay a toll before access. Payment can be made by coins or by credit card.
- There are strict laws concerning drinking and driving. Blood alcohol levels must not exceed 0.05%. There are random breathalyser tests carried out regularly by the police.
- An international driving licence is not required for European citizens. Your locally issued driving licence, as long as it is accompanied by the passport, will suffice.


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The guide contains sections on the essential skills for organising, how to carry out effective research, building an organising team, putting together a campaign plan, campaigning with others beyond the workplace and evaluating your campaign activity.
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Here are some general test shots to help evaluate the camera's overall image quality, including dynamic range, colour rendition and the zoom range of the lens. Some pictures may be clicked to download the full size original image.
the wide-angle end is equivalent to 28mm, wide enough for any pub garden.
The telephoto end is equivalent to 336mm, good for distant details. This was shot hand-held at 1/40th of a second.
One of the beautiful sandy beaches of Devon.
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Great to see this review today. I'm literally waiting for my sx200 IS to arrive, hopefully the driver will get here soon. I think it's worth mentioning that Canon are running a cashback till 3rd June. http://www.canon.co.uk/mayp... I just ordered mine from amazon for £270, so final cost = £230. This gives it a considerable (if temporary) edge over the TZ7
Well, as usual, City Link have failed to deliver my camera today. The online tracking says they've left a card, but of course I've been in all morning and they haven't even tried to deliver. Typically dishonest of them. So no SX200 IS for me till Monday. Why couldn't amazon have used royal mail?
It's nice how Canon sees the target market of this camera as too stupid to figure out that when you need some flash, you push a button to pop it up. So now you're stuck with it popped up all the time, whether you want it or not.
It also needs to be mentioned that at full zoom, the lens extends to nearly twice the length of every other camera of it's type, including Panasonic's TZ series. This doesn't make it look very discreet when taking a telephoto shot..
How does this compare to the Canon Ixus 990IS which is also 12 megapixel with Hd video? Whats the difference between the models?
when are you going to review the Sony Cybershot DSC-W290
The most obvious difference between the SX200 and the new IXUS 990IS is that the latter only has a 5x zoom lens. I've requested loans of both the 990IS and Sony DSC-W290, so hopefully I should be able to review them within the next few weeks.
Personally, I wouldn't let the flash issue be a dealbreaker. I had a 35mm Olympus mju zoom back in the day, which had the same feature, and it was never an issue. I'm thinking about a 'big zoom compact' like this, instead of a 'mega zoom bridge' but the only thing that puts me off the compact type, is the unique battery which is usually dear to replace and can't be replaced with non-rechargeables when out and about.
Chris, go for the canon above any panasonic. If you do it quick you'll get 40 quid off, and the nb5l batteries are everywhere, get some legit ones from 7dayshop.com for a fiver. Panasonic's batteries are all chipped so you'll be looking at £35 each. With canon it's no problem. Likewise usb / car chargers are all a few quid
I bought the SX200 IS and sent it back in favour of the Panasonic DMC-TZ7.
1. That stupid pop-up flash. Reminds me of a Kyocera FS3 that I had.
2. Unable to use the Optical Zoom during video. What on earth were Canon thinking of.
They have had the ability to do this since the TX1 was launched over 2 years ago
and that was on Digic III.
3. Monorial Sound, why would you want Mono sound with 720P HD video, mad.
4. No AVCHD Lite video option, so better make sure you have a pocket full of class 6
SDHC cards availible.
No wonder Canon are giving a £40 cashback on the SX200 IS, they want to get rid of them asap, so they can deliver an competitor to the TZ7.
I both it in a hurry. I was waiting for Sony T900. I was impressed with the zooming power. So I went for it. The snaps are fairly good which is common for any camera in the same or less range. The flash is really a pain in the neck. The stabilizer is working well. The mono on video is another negative. Over all, is not as bad as negatively reviewed on other web sites & users.
Be careful - I purchased this camera - it has major flaws in zoom and vdeoing. You can start recording at no zoom and going to 4 x Optical or you can start recording at 12 x Optical and 4 digital (48 times) - zoom back minimum 12 x optical zoom. It does not have full range of zoom facility diring video recording. Then looking at the Panasonic its zoom i no way as good as the canon - my advice keep hold of your money until either manufacturer comes out with the correct product.
I'm really keen to buy a "compact" with manual aperture and shutter functions or at least "priority" ability. I also can't understand why a brave manufacturer couldn't also include a simple viewfinder and a degree of manual focus? I appreciate that many inexperienced photographers would not find these facilities a big draw however there is plenty to choose in the marketplace for such tastes. As an ex press photographer (news international regional staffer) i can see the market for a compact such as the SX200 and am seriously considering buying one but the "extras" would be a huge draw. It could be a real step up to people wanting to go DSLR but needing some experience first. Can anyone suggest a better contender than the SX200 at present?
Incidentally, i really like the TZ7 but without manual settings it would not be a big enough improvement on my Ixus 65 to justify the expense.
I have tried the SX200 in the shop and it seemed to me that by putting a tiny strip of cellotape on the flash would hold it down and did not seem to interfere with the funcionality other than flash photos? any comments from users please?
If this is the case then i would leave it on almost all the time as i prefer not to use flash unless impossible without.(ie close ups in very dark lighting)
sorry about the length of my piece. best wishes ian.
Well, the video has no optical zoom. But the quality of video is simply "superb", when you watch it on a computer screen. Sound is mono, but loud and crystal clear. After owning this camera, now i dont just shoot a portrait, but also record a 30 sec video of the person while talking or doing his common activity, and that's great fun watching and a grreat way to record memories of your elders and friends / relatives.
Second thing about this camera, shoot outdoors on auto. But indoors, if you keep auto, it increases the ISO instead of switching on the flash, resulting in grainy pictures. I suggest to keep it on 'P' mode, fix the ISO value and keep the flash on, unless if you dont want it.
A great camera.
Is there any other compact camera with the same amount of zoom and with the manual setting but without this pop up flash??? I like almost everything about the SX200, but the flash. I dont want the camera just because of it.
I can't tell you how dissapointed I was with the results from this camera. I wanted a quality compact camera and as I allready owned a Canon 10D SLR had no worries about buying the SX200. I was impressed by the quality of the build and the style and feel of the camera. However, the photographic results were poor, most shots were out of focus and those taken indoors with the flash were of poor colour and also out of focus. Of the 40 or so shots taken approx 70% were useless. I don't know if I had a Friday camera and was just unlucky but it has put me off buying another compact Canon. Fortunately I was able to return it for a full refund, but where do I go and what do I buy instead?
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This delectable Sweet Shop Cake Medium White Pedestal with wedding cake rim elevates the presentation of desserts, breakfast goodies, quiches and more. Designed in the U.S.A., and the porcelain stands are gift boxed. Food safe. Hand wash. 5"h. x 10"dia.; 9" serving surface.
Museum Provenance
Inspired by vintage American milk-glass serving pieces—many examples of which are held in the collections of our American History Museum's Division of Home and Community Life.
Every Smithsonian purchase will arrive with a museum provenance card explaining how it is adapted from or inspired by an object or objects in our collection.
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