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|Volume 9, Number 9
|27 April 2007
Welcome to the 200th edition of the Imaging Resource Newsletter. But who's counting? We celebrate in the usual way, with a revealing look at Canon's Picture Styles, a review of a great digicam for natural light shots, followed by a nostalgic piece on repairing your own gear. A couple of sighs and we'll be ready for the 201st issue. You, too, we hope!
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No one will ever accuse us of having style, but we know where to get it when we need it. Canon's Picture Style page (http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/picturestyle) is the Men's Wearhouse of photographic style.
Canon says a Picture Style is "like selecting the best film for the subject's desired photographic expression." In fact, it's a collection of settings (and a bit more) that affect Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation and Color Tone, each of which can be adjusted from -4 to +4 in whole steps and given a name.
A lot of cameras offer adjustments for those parameters, of course, but Canon groups them together into a style that's easy to apply and even to modify a bit.
Some Canon EOS cameras, like the Rebel XTi, come with a set of Picture Styles that even includes three user definable styles. You can pick among the preset styles or create your own or even download styles from the Canon Picture Style site for transfer to your camera.
But Canon's Digital Photo Professional image editing software can apply Picture Styles to Raw images, even from earlier EOS cameras that don't include the feature.
There are six basic styles, whose effects are subtle, but appealing. Default settings for Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation and Color Tone appear in brackets following each description:
- Standard. This is the default color style for EOS cameras with sharpness and vivid color designed for a wide range of subjects. Varies by model. Higher contrast, high saturation [3,0,0,0].
- Portrait. This setting reduces sharpness and enhances skin color for women and children with heightened contrast so it seems to glow. Higher contrast, medium saturation [2,0,0,0].
- Landscape. Vivid color to enhance blue skies and high sharpness to hold small detail characterize this style. Higher contrast, high saturation [4,0,0,0].
- Neutral. If you prefer to manipulate an image in software later, this style sets the saturation and contrast to low levels, leaving rich detail with the greatest latitude for image editing. Medium contrast, low saturation [0,0,0,0].
- Faithful. With lower settings for saturation and contrast, the most accurate reproduction of color and detail is the goal of this style. Colors are nearly identical to the actual colors of a subject shot under 5200K light. Medium contrast, low saturation [0,0,0,0].
- Monochrome. This style discards color data except when you set one of its filters (Yellow, Orange, Red, Green) to modify the effect. Higher contrast, low saturation with filter effects [3,0].
In addition to creating your own User Defined Picture Styles, you can download Picture Styles to install in your camera or use with Canon's Digital Photo Professional software. Styles are available on the Canon site (http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/picturestyle/file), where you can study examples shot with each style. A recent visit revealed:
Canon warns that these are not general purpose styles, but configurations for specific subjects. Used to shoot casual scenes, "they may cause unnatural images to be generated."
- Nostalgia. Reduced color and contrast for a "distant, quiet feel."
- Clear. Designed to cut through haze and restore color to subjects behind glass, this style increases contrast, color and sharpness.
- Twilight. Adds a purple cast to dawn and twilight skies "for surreal expression."
- Emerald. An alternative Landscape Picture Style, this style emphasizes blue for sky and water. Recommended for aquariums, too.
- Autumn Hues. Another Landscape alternative, this style emphasizes yellows but lowers the brilliance of reds.
Depending on which version of Digital Photo Professional you use, you can select either the .pf2 or .pse version of these Picture Styles. The .pf2 version is the latest with .pse versions supporting earlier versions of the software. You'll also want to make sure to download the version tailored for your operating system, Windows or Mac.
The four parameters of a Picture Style are actually stored in the Exif header of the image. A quick look at the Exif header of a Canon Digital Rebel XTi JPEG shot with the Standard Picture Style reveals the following settings:
That's what makes it possible to alter the style in Canon image editing software -- and to apply it to Raw images taken with earlier EOS cameras.
- PictureStyle: Standard
- Sharpness: +3
- Contrast: Normal
- Saturation: Normal
- ColorTone: Normal
Images shot with an EOS-1D series camera are set, by default, to Neutral.
Images shot with an EOS10D/D60/D30 and EOS 20D/20Da in Creative zone modes are set to Standard but with contrast and saturation settings one level lower than if the images had been shot with a camera using this style.
Images shot with a Digital Rebel and EOS 300/350D in Creative zone model are also set to Standard but with the same values as if shot by later EOS cameras using Standard.
You can apply any of the styles to an image in Digital Photo Professional.
Wait, there's more.
You can mimic the characteristics of prior EOS digital cameras using custom styles and a color space setting.
EOS-1D/1Ds Color Matrix 1 can be emulated with Neutral [0,0,0,0] and sRGB. Color Matrix 2 can be emulated with Neutral but Color Tone set at -2 [0,0,0,-2] and sRGB. Color Matrix 3 can be emulated with Neutral but Saturation set at 2 [0,0,2,0] and sRGB. Color Matrix 4 can be emulated with Neutral [0,0,0,0] and Adobe RGB. Color Matrix 5 can be emulated with Neutral but Saturation set at -2 [0,0,-2,0] and sRGB. Sharpness should be 0 on the 1Ds.
EOS-1D/1Ds Mark II Standard can be emulated with Neutral [0,0,0,0] and sRGB. Portrait can be emulated with Neutral but Color Tone set at -2 [0,0,0,-2] and sRGB. High Saturation can be emulated with Neutral but Saturation set at 2 [0,0,2,0] and sRGB. Adobe RGB can be emulated with Neutral [0,0,0,0] and Adobe RGB. Low Saturation can be emulated with Neutral but Saturation set at -2 [0,0,-2,0] and sRGB. Sharpness and Contrast should be 0 on the 1Ds.
EOS 20D/20Da, Digital Rebel/EOS 300D, Digital Rebel XT/350D Parameter 1 can be emulated with Standard but Sharpness set at 3 [3,0,0,0] and sRGB. Parameter 1 can be emulated with Standard but Sharpness set at 2, Contrast at -1, Saturation at -1 [2,-1,-1,0] and sRGB. Sharpness and Contrast should be 0 on the XT/350D.
EOS 10D/D30/D60 can be emulated with Standard but Sharpness set at 2, Contrast at -1, Saturation at -1 [2,-1,-1,0] and sRGB. On the D60, color space should be sRGB but all settings at 0.
Apart from interpreting a scene creatively, Photo Styles are ideal for prepping images you know will be printed directly from the camera via PictBridge, say. Just by setting a Sharpness value and perhaps increasing Contrast, you can optimize the image for direct printing.
Of course, you can also apply Picture Styles in software prior to printing for a special effect.
As much fun as it is to play with Picture Styles, we were a little puzzled how, for example, Neutral and Faithful could have the same Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation and Color Tone settings and yet deliver different results.
So we asked Chuck Westfall, Canon Director Of Media & Customer Relationships, and he explained there's a bit more going on than meets the eye.
"There is more involved in Canon's Picture Style concept than simple adjustments of contrast, sharpness, saturation and color tone," he confirmed. "Although the precise details are confidential, differences between individual Picture Styles also exist in terms of tone curve manipulations within individual color channels. Using these methods, it's possible to emphasize specific hues and color ranges for a particular effect."
Unlike many settings on your camera, Photo Styles are not so much tweaks for getting an accurate rendering of what you see so much as an expression of your creative genius. In its wisdom, Canon has made Picture Styles accessible so you can tweak any of them to your preferences. They invite play and make picture taking even more fun. Who knows, maybe you can see the world through rose colored glasses. There's probably a Picture Style just for that.
(Excerpted from the full review posted at https://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/S9100/S9100A.HTM on the Web site.)
Fujifilm still insists that silver halide delivers the highest quality image, so it isn't a surprise that the company hasn't abandoned what it calls its "serious" line of digicams instead of developing an affordable dSLR. The Serious cameras complement the point-and-shoot Sensible digicams, the subcompact Smart digicams, the Stylish ultracompacts and the Sophisticated E900.
And they distinguish themselves from all the others by looking like, well, a camera. The S9100 is an all-in-one digicam, not a dSLR. As such, it has a live, articulated 2.0-inch LCD and Movie mode. But it has the feel of a small dSLR from the way you grip it to how you operate the zoom. It's an engaging design with all the control you expect from its hearty appearance.
Since you can't change the lens, Fujifilm gives you one great one, ranging from 28 to 300mm in 35mm equivalent with a Super Macro setting that focuses as close as 0.4 inches from the front element at wide-angle. At 28mm it's a pretty fast lens, too, opening up to f2.8. Even at 300mm, it manages f4.9.
And what that lens sees is captured on a Super CCD sensor with 9.0 effective megapixels and sensitivity ranging from ISO 80 to 1600.
Fujifilm takes flash seriously, too, offering a hotshoe and PC sync terminal for external flash and building in its intelligent flash system that can adjust flash power depending on focus data.
But what sold us on this unit was its natural light performance. On the Mode dial there's a Natural Light setting that adjusts ISO without tapping into flash to capture whatever light falls on your scene. The gallery shots give you an idea what we were able to do, but not the whole picture. Shutter speeds ranged from 1/4 to 1/4000 second and ISO topped out at a very usable 800. We don't know how it did it without image stabilization, but our shots were pretty sharp.
There is an Anti-shake mode, but it simply chooses a higher shutter speed. Maybe the secret is in just how easy it is to handle the S9100.
This responsive and flexible camera will be treasured by photo buffs, but it won't intimidate people new to the game who want a camera that can take those great pictures they see others getting.
The popularity of the flat, compact digicam with the compact lens and the quickly dropping prices of entry-level dSLRs has squeezed the EVF digicam nearly out of the market. They aren't as inexpensive as a subcompact nor quite as good (with their smaller sensors) as a dSLR, but Fujifilm continues to add value to this species. EVF cameras do offer more engaging operation than a subcompact. They also deliver a live LCD, a live histogram and a Movie mode, something missing on most dSLRs.
One secret to its low light performance may be its weight. It feels light, but it's actually 1.75 pounds; heavy in the prosumer/long zoom category. But that weight is meant to be handled by both hands. Your right hand grips the battery chamber and your left composes the image by turning the zoom ring on the lens.
To follow the action, you have your choice of using the EVF like a dSLR or the articulated 2-inch LCD with 235,000 pixels for excellent detail. The LCD can flip up, locking into a 90 degree up-angle; then it pulls out, providing a 45 degree upward angle and finally flips back, providing a 45 degree downward angle for easier overhead shots.
When you power the S9100 on, you select Record or Playback mode. So you only have to select your shooting mode from the Mode dial. Movie and several Scene modes are there, as you might expect, but so are Manual, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Programmed Auto and Auto. Two Scene modes are worth pointing out: Anti-shake and Natural Light, which we'll talk about shortly.
Controls are mostly button-based, with Exposure Compensation, Flash modes and Drive settings near the Mode dial on top and EVF/LCD, Exposure Lock, Magnify, Menu, FinePix, Display/Back buttons on the back and a third set of buttons on the side by the lens that control Info display, Focus options and Macro modes. The triple grouping makes sense and avoids trips to the LCD menu, as well as repetitive scrolling; though it does seem a little odd to have the Info button on the left side of the camera instead of next to the LCD.
The S9100 also has two card slots. One for xD Picture Cards and another for CompactFlash. You can set the slot you want to use first if you populate both, otherwise the camera uses the slot you've put a card in.
Display/Viewfinder. The S9100 gives you two viewfinder options. You can elect to use the electronic viewfinder, a necessity for any long zoom where at telephoto focal lengths the optical display would be too dim to see clearly. If you do, you can adjust its focus with the dioptric adjustment so you can use it with your glasses.
Though its only slightly larger than the S9000, what's best about the 2.0-inch LCD is its higher resolution. It's hinged to the camera back so you can compose your image easily even if you hold the camera above your head or below your belt. We took advantage of this on almost every shot, slightly moving the LCD away from the S9100's back and flipping it all the way out.
Performance. Both power-on and shutdown were quick and convenient enough that we didn't bother to let the S9100 time out. We just flicked it on or off. No lens has to extend, no logo splashes on the LCD, the S9100 just snaps into action. It's how all cameras should act.
You can't have a better zoom mechanism. You simply twist the large knurled ring on the front of the lens. It's smooth, not stepped and you have complete control. Why aren't all zooms like this?
Once you've picked a shooting mode, you can adjust whatever is adjustable about it with the adjacent command wheel. In Shutter Priority, you just spin the wheel to set a different shutter speed. In Aperture Priority, spin the wheel for a different aperture. In Manual mode, where you have to adjust both, the wheel handles shutter speed and holding the Exposure Compensation button down while spinning the wheel adjusts aperture. The wheel's a little stiff, but at this price you can't complain.
Shutter lag seemed non-existent and shot-to-shot time was snappy, too. Just as they should be on any camera.
And you do have two interesting Continuous shooting choices for capture that record the first four or last four images in a sequence at a 1.5 fps clip.
Image quality was a mixed bag, unfortunately. Most of the shots we took were a pleasure to review both on the LCD and later on the computer. But the S9100 has a tendency to lose highlight detail in shots taken in full sunlight. If you're shooting in full sun, use Exposure Compensation to protect your highlights. Turn on the live histogram display to see what's going on.
But for shots taken in the shade, images were just gorgeous, with good detail and smooth tonality. If they gave awards for histograms, the S91000 would have a shelf of trophies. Color was true and natural, avoiding the oversaturation so common on digicams.
Another cure for blown highlights is to shoot in the S9100's Raw mode, creating an 18.93M RAF file (which converts to a compressed but lossless DNG of about 12.4-MB or less). We didn't have any trouble viewing the RAF file format thumbnails in iView MediaPro and Adobe Camera Raw handled them easily, too. We were able to recover highlight detail easily when we shot Raw. You don't often see Raw capture as an option in a digicam (even less so these days), so outright prolonged applause to Fujifilm for putting it in the S9100. It's another illustration of how far the S9100 can take your photography.
A real surprise was the Natural Light mode. We took a number of shots in the de Young museum where we've shot with many cameras before. But this time we got results we could print at 13x19. More on that below.
And just as surprising was the intelligent flash. We tried to blow out a self-portrait, shooting in Macro with the flash at arms length and the S9100 just wouldn't do it. It lit up this old mug naturally, while capturing the background as well. Not blowing out foreground subjects is something every flash should know how to do, but the S9100, using focus data, is smart enough to do it.
The S9100's Movie mode records MPEG with audio in an AVI format at either 640x480 or 320x240 pixel resolution, both at 30 fps. And you can zoom (silently since no motor is involved) while filming. You start recording by fully depressing the Shutter button, as on most cameras. But to stop recording, you only half depress it. That's a little confusing.
The S9100 uses four AA batteries. We used 2300 mAh NiMH rechargeables and never drained them in one shoot.
Shooting. Of all the possible shapes a digital camera can take, this is the one we prefer. It's larger, yet it isn't so large you'll have to pack it around in its own luggage, like many dSLRs. You can just hang it on your shoulder where it will be ready for action when you are. Or use a wrist strap to keep it handy.
The real pleasure of this shape is when you get your hand around the grip and your fingers on the zoom ring. You're engaged. You're part of the camera. There's nothing like it.
With a 10.7x zoom that starts at 28mm, you've got quite a range to play with. Our wide angle zoom range shot takes in quite a bit more of the stone wall than usual. You can double the zoom range by pressing the Up arrow to engage digital zoom. Pressing the Down arrow cancels it.
Inspired by that generous zoom range, we took the S9100 on several excursions, both outdoors and indoors. Interestingly, the outdoor shots were almost all captured at ISO 80 and the indoor shots (without flash) at ISO 800. And to do that in Programmed Auto and Auto modes, the aperture was set as wide open as the focal length permitted. That resulted in images that were a bit softer than they might have been, unfortunately. To be fair, we recalibrated our expectations by viewing the Panasonic Lumix FZ50's high resolution images. That Leica lens, with Panasonic's edge enhancement on its 10-megapixel images, really didn't do any better.
Let's take a look at what a few of our favorite images from those shoots tell us about the S9100.
We had to reshoot our usual zoom range images because it simply didn't occur to us that a mechanical zoom ring could have digital zoom, too. Obviously, we didn't have the pleasure of reviewing the S9000 a year ago.
We don't bring a tripod with us when we shoot those images, but we do have a nice sturdy post abandoned by a malfunctioning scope. So these images profit from not being handheld. The range from 28mm to 600mm is astounding. Forgive the haze in the image at that distance. Instead, compare the shot of the worker on Sutro Tower shot at the full optical/digital zoom of 600mm. The S9100 does digital zoom very well -- without dropping the image size, either.
Handheld, full optical zoom was a lot of fun, too, especially when Anti-shake mode was employed as a little insurance. Our shot of City Hall's dome was really impossible to frame. We led the image as if the dome were a duck taking flight. At f7.1, it's as sharp as the S9100 gets, which isn't bad.
But that's stunt photography. What really won us over was going indoors and shooting natural light scenes that most cameras just can't touch.
The first such shot you'll see in the gallery is a pair of salt and pepper shakers beyond a pair of glasses. There's some blooming on the silver shaker tops and a very shallow depth of field (the glasses in the foreground aren't really in focus) but the image represents the scene perfectly in tone and color.
That was very exciting but even more impressive were the shots we got at the de Young museum. It seems the lighting in the new de Young is a good bit lower than it was in the old museum. Great for the paintings but tough for photographers. The rules state that you can take shots of the permanent collection but you can't use flash or a tripod. In fact, the day we were there, we walked past a sentry post that had a very nice tripod resting on top of it along with a Nikon lens cap and a polarizing filter. Abandon all gear, ye who enter here.
So what's a person to do? Well, many cameras offer a Scene mode designed for low light situations. The flash is disabled, ISO is raised and, if you're lucky, some minimum handheld shutter speed is enforced. There are other strategies, too, like Nikon's BSS mode, which takes several shots and saves the image with the most detail. But none of these works reliably in museum settings.
So we've been taking digicams into the museums here since 1998 trying to get good shots of our favorite paintings. Once in a while we exhale at the right time and get a reasonably sharp image. But for the most part, we're reduced to printing these at very small sizes (4x6 and smaller).
The gallery shows only a glimpse of what can be done with the S9100 in a museum. We used the Natural Light scene mode, which set shutter speeds as low as 1/4 and typically 1/40 second and under. Hardly the 1/60 second handheld standard. ISO was punched up to 800, introducing some noise (as you can see in our Test Results section below).
We were able to print these images (and that includes reproductions of paintings) at 13x19. We did run them through Imagenomic's Noiseware plug-in to mute the noise, but these prints were the best we've gotten from a digicam in those conditions.
Finally, we took a few macro shots. Macro is one of digital photography's biggest bonuses and the S9100 didn't disappoint. Here you see a shot of a rusty latch and another of some European currency, both shot in Super Macro mode, which lets you sneak the lens within half an inch of the subject at wide-angle -- with the dramatic distortion that focal length provides.
Curiosity got the better of us and, even though we're no fan of on-camera flash, we tried a few tests of the i-Flash intelligent flash system. i-Flash, which uses focus data to avoid burning out a foreground subject, surprised us. It worked very well, producing results superior to the typical flash shot on a compact digicam. If you have to shoot flash a lot and are unhappy with what you're getting now, this is a step up.
A further step up, of course, is moving the flash off the camera, even though TTL flash metering isn't active. The S9100 gives you two ways to do that. You can use the hot shoe to mount a sensor attached to an external flash (or simply mount an external flash to the shoe). You can connect an external flash with the PC sync cord. Either approach lets you move the light off the camera.
We had a lot of fun shooting with the S9100. All it lacks is optical image stabilization. That may seem like a big omission these days, but the S9100 does surprisingly well without it, capturing usable images with a handheld shutter speed as low as 1/5 second. The lack of optical image stabilization does make the S9100 a very affordable long zoom and it won't disappoint anyone who wants to learn how to take great pictures. All the controls are there, most of them just a button away.
We needed Exposure Compensation to hang on to our highlight detail in full sun, but otherwise, Programmed Auto and Auto mode delivered natural color that was not oversaturated. Most impressive was Natural Light mode, which made it possible to get some great shots of a few favorite canvases at the local museum. Also worth noting is the intelligent flash, which performed much better than most digicam flash guns.
Not much has changed since Dave recommended the S9000 as "a great choice for enthusiast photographers on a budget." The S9100 remains a Dave's Pick for its excellent build, smooth operation, rich feature set and great price. With a larger LCD, iFlash and improved image processing, the S9100 just improves on a real winner that can bring home great pictures.
At https://www.imaging-resource.com/NEW1.HTM you can keep track of what's new on our main site. Among the highlights since the last issue:
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Our sidekick for trade show coverage is a gem from the last century, a Nikon 990 swivel camera. It takes great pictures for the Web but we especially like it because it tends to lead to some interesting conversations.
ISO is limited to a noise-free 400, image size a convenient 3-Mp, zoom range enhanced by some handy converter lenses and we can shift into a Shutter priority mode with ISO 400 and a custom white balance setting with flash disabled at the flick of a switch. Heaven on the road.
It does have its Achilles heel, though. The battery compartment latches. They're three small plastic boxes at the end of the battery holder cylinders that are intended to receive some fingers from the spring-loaded cover.
Drop the camera and the tension is enough to pop the cover and break the hinges. But there's another issue. The AA batteries the 990 uses are not all standard sizes. NiMH rechargeables can be a bit longer or fatter and older batteries can start to swell, all adding to the pressure on the latches.
No, it's not a good design. A better idea would have been, as some have done, a pin or lip to the magnesium body that the cover fingers could slip under. That wouldn't break or bend. It seems that even with careful closing and opening of the cover (by holding it down as you slide its fingers in or out), the latches eventually break.
A repair by Nikon (the sensible thing to do) is around $200. But we found you can also order the $14 part from Nikon and, with a little patience, do the repair yourself. We thought you'd find it amusing to watch us work for a change, so we'll recount the tale.
There are, incidentally, some alternatives to a repair that do not involve duct tape.
Apart from the mythical battery pack, we preferred to do the repair ourselves. We wouldn't be so confident about dissembling a sub-compact digicam (which makes about half as much sense as taking a mechanical watch apart). But our old friend is uncompact enough we thought we could manage. And we got no little help from Robert Ruffin's illustrated step-by-step instructions at http://r.ruffin.home.att.net/cp990/CP990BatteryDoorLatchRepair.html. Seeing what's under the hood before you pop it open is invaluable. And being able to double check what you're seeing as you work is even more important.
- One is a quick release pad from a tripod. Theoretically, if the pad is large enough, screwing it into the tripod mount will keep the battery cover closed and provide enough contact, too. Not, however, in our experience.
- The other is using the power adapter. Who needs batteries? You could probably build a belt-mounted battery pack with parts from Radio Shack.
- If the latches are still there but just loose, you can sometimes relieve a little tension by compressing the terminals at the bottom of the battery compartment.
Robert's help started with the number to call at Nikon's parts facility: (310) 414-8107. It's now in El Segundo, not Torrance, Calif. A nice woman answered and took our order for a Battery Compartment A (Part Number 636-057-4335). That's the piece with the two furthermost latches. Battery Compartment B was fine on our camera.
She told us it would take a few days and a $40 hold would be put on our credit card until actual UPS shipping charges were calculated. But the $14 part plus shipping would run about $22, she thought. Buy two if you plan to drop the camera again <g>.
Monday of the following week, UPS dropped off the part. And that's all that was in the box, too. No instructions.
You do need some tiny screw drivers. We used a jeweler's set, but an eyeglass repair kit works, too. That's really all you do need, but we also availed ourselves of tweezers (to hold the screws), a pipe cleaner (to catch two precariously perched screws), a scratcher (a pen knife would do to lift some plastic tabs and the battery backup), a single edge razor blade (to keep the adhesive with the battery when we removed it) and a soldering iron (one of the delicate wires to the backup battery became detached).
Taking the camera apart is more than half the battle.
You have to remove five screws from the grip half of the camera. And they're all on the bulge half of the grip, one hidden under the Video Out flap.
We set up a piece of tape on our bench to grab and hold the screws in the relative position they go back into the camera. So we know exactly which screw came from where. And that's where it goes back. This saves screwing around with screws. There are small differences between the eight screws you have to remove and they aren't immediately apparent. This trick guarantees you won't confuse them.
With the screws removed, you can gradually wiggle the bulge half loose. Don't pull it away from the bottom because there's a ribbon cable attached to the Mode switch that you don't want to break. It works free if you're patient. Then open the bulge like a book and put the Mode switch down, so you'll have plenty of room to work.
There are two screws on the bottom of the battery compartment that go through a circuit board (you have to move the cover to get a clear shot at them) and one screw near the top that goes through a metal frame. Remove them and place them on the tape.
The next trick is to get the backup battery off the battery compartment. It's attached by an adhesive. This is where our scratcher was helpful, but a pen knife or single edge razor blade can also do the trick. Just keep the battery flat (don't crease it) and slide your cutting edge under it until it lifts free.
The black and red wires are very delicate and the soldering joints are very fragile, too. We had to resolder our red connection after it broke off but that just made us feel electronically gifted. Try to bend the wires gently so the battery stays out of the way.
Now the hard part: getting that plastic battery compartment out. It has three snap locks. One is near the battery, the other two are along the edge closest to the side off the camera. They all have to be popped loose. There's also a pin at the bottom of the battery compartment that sits in the circuit board the two screws came out of. And just to make things even more aggravating, there's a beveled edge where the compartments attach under the two snap locks. You sort of have to twist the battery compartment out. Take your time, wiggle and pry toward the center of the camera and all of a sudden the broken compartment will come free.
The replacement part should snap in but watch out for the beveled edge and the pin. Get those two things right and you should just have to snap in the lock near the battery to seat the new part. All the screw holes should line up.
After you've screwed in the battery compartment's three screws, reattach the backup battery. We didn't need to add any adhesive, but if you do, use anything handy. Robert recommends clear silicone tub and tile adhesive for some reason. Make sure you run the thin black and red wires over the slot on the circuit board cut just for them.
You might want to reduce the tension on the contacts at the bottom of the battery compartments by compressing them a bit. If the top of the batteries (not counting the nipples) are flush with the top openings in the compartment, you're OK.
As you replace the bulge shell, make sure you have the rubber power adapter cover in place. Secure the fit all around the edges, especially around the LCD, before slipping the five screws back into place.
To test the repair, drop in a set of AAs in the camera, noting how far they protrude from the chambers and then close the door completely, holding it shut, before sliding it into the locked position. If you keep pressure on the door as you slide the lock in or out, you'll extend the life of the latches. If you think there's too much pressure, when you close the door, adjust the springs at the bottom of the chambers.
If your backup battery became disconnected and needed some solder, you'll have to reset the time and date. Otherwise, it should be business as usual. To test the backup battery if you had to resolder it, just pop out the batteries and reinsert them. If the date stayed the same, you did it right.
Not every repair is as approachable as this, but sometimes you can get lucky even in your misfortune.
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The highlight of this publication's first two issues in 1999 was Dave's review of Kodak's Picture CD technology. Dave scratched together the first three issues all by himself, in fact, before he enticed us to whitewash this fence. All those gems are still in the archive (https://www.imaging-resource.com/IRNEWS/index-arch.html), BTW.
Just to show how far we've all come since 1999, we thought we'd revisit that first review. A lot's changed, but a few things haven't. Even in Volume 1, Number 1, this newsletter was about making it easy to have fun with digital imaging. Here's that review again:
Picture CD
An interesting technology: Stay tuned for more! Some folks view us as mainly a digital camera site, but our overall mission is simply to make it as easy as possible for people to get involved in digital photography, and have the best possible experience once they get there. Thus, we're very excited by a relatively new product in the digital imaging arena that lets users experiment with digital photography easily and relatively inexpensively, without plunking down hundreds of dollars for a digital camera.
Kodak recently introduced a photofinishing product called PictureCD, which is now available through most outlets offering Kodak's film processing services. Some other companies have announced similar services, but Kodak's tremendous "reach" in the US market makes their product by far the most widely available. Picture CD basically provides reasonably high-resolution digital scans of all the images on a roll of film, at an affordable price. You order the Picture CD when you drop off your film at the photofinishing outlet, and pick up the finished CD when you get your prints and negatives back a few days later. The image quality is good enough to print images as large as 8x10, and the CD itself comes with useful (and free) software applications in addition to the image files themselves.
For less than $10 in most parts of the US, you can get 24 fairly high- resolution scans (1536x1024 pixels) of your photos, and enough software to begin playing with (er... "using") your photo files immediately.
We think this is an exceptionally important development in consumer imaging, because it "lowers the bar" for digital photography, so that literally anyone with a computer made in the last three years or so can experience digital photography for less than $10! As this issue of the newsletter "goes to press", we've just dropped off a couple of rolls of test images at our local discount store, and plan a complete "review" of the resulting PictureCD product. We hope to have this ready by the time our next newsletter mailing date rolls around at the end of this month. But then, why wait for us to tell you what it's like? For the sake of $10 or so, try ordering a PictureCD when you get your next roll of film processed. - Hard to go wrong at that price! (One note: Make sure the photofinishing outlet understands that you want PICTURE CD, not PhotoCD. The latter is an older product that is less widely available, produces even higher-resolution files, but uses a special file format that isn't as universal as that employed by PictureCD.) Stay tuned!
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-- Mary Mutter(We wonder, Mary, if your unit is really dead. If you fill the CD, some models won't ask for a second disc. So that isn't really a failure. Use 512-MB cards or store less on your card to avoid that problem. You might try cleaning the interior with a soft brush or a puff of compressed air. That may be all it needs to read and write again. But test it with a smaller card. If your burner really is dead, a competent repair shop should be able to replace the drive mechanism (which is probably all that's required). You could even do it yourself with the right screwdrivers. -- Editor)
HP (http://www.hp.com) has announced its consumer printers worldwide will be introduced with multiple inkjet cartridge offerings which will offer low purchase prices to customers who print a little and lower cost-per-page to customers who print a lot. The new options will be color-coded as standard (blue) for low price, value (green) for high volume printing and specialty (red) for additional performance.
Apple (http://www.apple.com) has released Aperture 1.5.3 to address issues related to overall reliability and performance in a number of areas, including: generation of thumbnails for adjusted images, entering and exiting Full Screen mode, working with large sets of keywords in the Keywords HUD and restoring from a vault.
Adobe (http://www.adobe.com) has begun shipping its Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard editions and its Creative Suite 3 Web Premium and Standard editions. Also shipping are new versions of the following stand alone applications: Photoshop CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, InDesign CS3, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks CS3 and Contribute CS3.
The company has also posted updates to Camera Raw and its free DNG Converter with support for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8. But if you are using Photoshop CS2, you should not install Camera Raw 4.0.
Houdah (http://www.houdah.com) has released HoudahGeo [M], a geocoding application that adds latitude, longitude and altitude information to the Exif header of an image. Data can be read from a GPS device's log or added manually via the program's integration with Google Maps. HoudahGeo can then export the information to Exif tags and Google Earth KML files. The company is offering an introductory price of $24.95, with a five dollar increase planned for the release of version 1.1 and a $34.95 price for 1.2 when available.
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Ovolab (http://www.ovolab.com) has released Geophoto v1.1 [M], its $19.95 photo browser that organizes images by location. Highlights of the new version include Google Maps integration through a loupe, a tag cloud, plus many cosmetic and functional improvements.
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It is one thing for Pineapple republics like Greece (because only the US has full faith and credit in the "Banana" adjective) to have their former Prime Minister's mom be uncovered with $700 millions in Swiss accounts, or its former finance minister get caught literally whiting out his relatives (and perhaps himself?) from a list exposing tax evaders and offshore bank holders, but when the rulers of that bastion of neo-socialism, where everyone is equal, are shown as having done the same, and ostensibly "laundering tax fraud" and hiding unpaid taxes in some bank vault deep under the Swiss alps, implicitly having been part of that group of much hated "rich people" that the same regime is doing all it can to expel to progressive places such as Russia and Belgium, one can't help but wonder, are some more equal than others?
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The Paris Prosecutor's office said on Tuesday that it was opening a preliminary investigation into French Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac over allegations that he had an undisclosed bank account in Switzerland.
The prosecutor's office said that given the sensitivity of the allegations, which Cahuzac denies, and the time it would take to investigate them, it had no option but to open an inquiry immediately.
"The Paris prosecutor has as a result decided to open a preliminary investigation for tax fraud," it said in a statement.
For those who are unfamiliar, Jerome Cahuzac is the minister tasked with battling tax fraud!
Next: Jerome Cahuzac resigns in disgust with his government's own policies, hands over his French passport, and gets Russian citizenship?
Because the "unintended consequences" of the second coming of global socialism appear to be just as predictable as those in its first iteration, which incidentally, did not end too well for those subscribing to its policies...

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DJ Drummond, who blogs at Wizbang, has two spectacular articles explaining in simple terms why we shouldn't blindly trust the polls this year. You should read them, here and here. Bottom line: no matter what the polls seem to be saying, make sure to vote.
Polls mean nothing to Democrats and nothing to Republicans.
Polls are a form of self-fulfilling prophecy. Just like when Democrats talk about ending racism and white privilege, in actuality they are perpetuating racism and white privilege.
Self-fulfilling prophecies mean quite a bit to those that can gain a profit from creating reality from fantasy.
Mike Devx
Polls can be used to exploit a seed of doubt, and cause it to flower. In that way, the reporting of poll results, and putting a spin on them, is akin to directly telling the voters that "the race is over".
Similarly, polls can be used to get the undecided to simply jump on board the ship of the "Winner", because everyone loves a winner!
"And his ship is headin' on out, folks, while his opponent's is drydocked without an engine. C'mon, folks! Hop on! Join the fun, it's now or never! Join us! Or be left out."
"Gee… ok. I guess I'd better."
That, at least, is precisely what the mainstream media is "up" to right now. "Up", in the most nefarious meaning of the word, I mean.
Don't tell me that polls slant toward the Liberal agenda… Shocking!!
Who'd a thunk it? 😉
I will reference this post on my Blog post.
In Christ,
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Life is pretty good for a man like Paul Willoughby, who owns five thriving McDonald's restaurants in the Triangle area.
It wasn't always so, Willoughby told an audience of more than 100 students and faculty of the School of Business at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
A 1974 UNCP graduate, Willoughby spoke on October 18 at the Regional Center for Economic, Community and Professional Development at COMtech as part of the Distinguished Executive Speaker Series.
"My wife Pat was my biscuit maker for nine months at our first store," Willoughby said. "I remember getting to bed around 4 a.m. one night and getting a call at 5 a.m. that the biscuit oven wasn't working."
From high school football coach to corporate executive, Willoughby worked his way up the McDonald's food chain from grill man to CEO of PPR Foods in Chapel Hill, N.C. He appeared with his wife Pat, a 1976 UNCP graduate and son Rex, a 2004 UNCP graduate.
"If you want to be home with your wife and children and live in that cozy cottage on the corner, this is not for you," Willoughby said. "Success does not happen by accident. I still unload trucks.
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"After four years, my boss at WestPoint Pepperell – a guy who I learned so much from – called me in one day and fired me," he said.
That may have been the turning point in the young entrepreneur's life.
"Thank God for those four years because I learned so much," he said. "I never could have done what I do now if I hadn't had that job.
"You take what you learn to the next level," he said. "You young people probably don't realize it, but it's a growing experience."
Willoughby took his bittersweet experience and his life savings to McDonald's, where it has been happily ever after, almost.
Willoughby Family - From left: Rex Willoughby '04, Kelli (Rex's wife), Paul, Dr. Carmen Calabrese, director of UNCP's MBA program, and Pat.
Without pay, he worked for most of a year at several restaurants and attended "Hamburger U" in Chicago, Ill., to gain experience, and then leased his first restaurant in Durham, N.C. It was a turnaround project of a corporate-owned restaurant.
"The store was not doing well, but we liked what we saw and decided to go forward," Willoughby said. "When I wrote them a check, I had $800 left."
It was long days, and Rex, who was two years old, slept on a desk until his daycare center opened.
"Pat and I used to ride together to our accountant's office in case one of us fell asleep," he said. "Things like this don't happen by accident."
Willoughby said McDonald's restaurants sell for up to $3.4 million in today's market, and his company is looking for additional acquisitions. He is a McDonald's man through and through.
"I have been asked 'why McDonald's?'" he said. "I'm going to associate with the best, and I'm going to be the best, or I'm not going to do it."
Willoughby advised students to go with their "passion" or don't go.
"You've got to decide where you want to place your bets," he said. "Quality is why McDonald's is number one."
Willoughby discussed franchising and raffled off some of his favorite motivational books, including "Grind it Out" by McDonald's founder Ray Kroc.
For more information about UNCP's Distinguished Executive Speaker Series, please contact Dr. Carmen Calabrese at 910.521.5712 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service.
Washington D.C. -- (AFPS) September 25, 2001 -- The Senate passed the Efficient Facilities Initiative Sept. 25 by a vote of 53 to 47, opening the way to a possible base closure round in fiscal 2003.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld thanked the Senate for the vote, saying DoD needs the legislation to transform the military.
The initiative is part of the Senate's version of the defense authorization bill, but not the House of Representatives'. Congressional officials said the next step is for a conference committee made up of representatives and senators to negotiate one version of the bill acceptable to both houses.
The Efficient Facilities Initiative is a part of the department's transformation effort. Studies show DoD has over 21 percent more infrastructure than it needs. A round of closures in fiscal 2003 would address this imbalance, DoD officials said.
The military needs to transform to face the new asymmetric threats that face the nation, Rumsfeld said. Threats to the homeland from weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and terrorism need to be addressed. The money spent now to maintain extra installations can be better used in addressing these threats, he said.
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Harrington, who tied up his own place in the side on Sunday, said: "I hope to tee up with Monty. He's a different man when it comes to the Ryder Cup, and everyone wants to play with him in the foursomes and the fourballs."
At the moment, 45-year-old Montgomerie is 15th on the European Ryder Cup list and will almost certainly need a wild card. At the start of last week, however, Faldo gave the impression that he was not about to give the Scot one.
Faldo continued in that vein on television on Saturday morning but, despite what he was saying, he must have been impressed that Montgomerie had been two under par for his last 12 holes on Friday to finish on the right side of the cut.
In 2004, when Harrington and Montgomerie led the way at Oakland Hills, Michigan, they opened with a 2 and 1 win over Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. In 2006, at the K Club in Ireland, they lost on the home green in a similarly compelling match against Woods and Jim Furyk.
Montgomerie has a singles record par excellence. In 1991 he was five down with five to play but went on to halve with Mark Calcavecchia. Since then, Montgomerie has won or halved every match, with his most recent victory a one-hole win over David Toms when they met at the top of the order at the K Club.
Harrington also extolled Montgomerie's virtues as a player-captain. "He's an obvious person to have leading the way," he said. "He comes up with his best golf when he's out first, whereas I'm one of those who play the same whether you send me out first, seventh or 12th.
"I can see myself taking over Monty's role at some point, but I'm only just getting out of the situation of feeling like a kid on the team."
Harrington also suggested that Faldo might want to give Ian Poulter a wild card, though he suspected that the Englishman, in the wake of his runner-up spot at Birkdale, would have the confidence to notch the results he needed to seize an automatic place. "Ian showed that he's a big-time player and that's what we want in the Ryder Cup," the champion said.
Poulter, after his closing 69 on Sunday, said he felt he had "a lot to offer to the European contingent. If I play like I did today, then the Ryder Cup side would be a great place to be."
Ryder Cup team (on today's rankings)
| 1
| P Harrington
| (Ireland)
| 2
| L Westwood
| 3
| H Stenson
| (Sweden)
| 4
| R Karlsson
| (Sweden)
| 5
| M Jimenez
| (Spain)
| 6
| G McDowell
| (N Ireland)
| 7
| S Hansen
| (Denmark)
| 8
| O Wilson
| 9
| M Kaymer
| (Germany)
| J Rose
| Plus two from wild card contenders: S Garcia (Spain); I Poulter (GB); L Donald (GB); C Montgomerie (GB); P Casey (GB). D Clarke (N Ireland).


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- 2 small red potatoes, cubed
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 small zucchini, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/2 pound Johnsonville® Fully Cooked Smoked Sausage Rope, cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Grated Parmesan cheese, optional
- In a small saucepan, combine potatoes and enough water to cover; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook, uncovered, until tender, 15-20 minutes.
- In a large skillet, heat butter over medium-high heat; saute zucchini with garlic salt until crisp-tender. Add sausage; cook and stir until browned.
- Drain potatoes; stir into zucchini mixture. Sprinkle with pepper and, if desired, cheese. Yield: 2 servings.
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"It was good - nothing stellar but still a good comfort dish for really anytime of year."
"Reminded me of a recipe my mother made years ago (60 or more) and she called it a depression food. Her recipe was with potatoes and hotdogs, but the idea is the same. Seems what goes around comes around with current staples. Thanks for a good meal full of good memories!"
"I was 7 or 8 and it was my turn to come up with dinner. I thought of this, along with onions and bell peppers plus other things. I am now almost 59."
"I make a version of this recipe, using hot Italian sausage instead of smoked sausage, which revs up the flavor considerably. I also add some red peppers for more color as well as flavor. This basic recipe is a good base for just about any seasoning you wish to add to suit your particular tastes."
"Even with the cheese, this recipe is bland as hell. You have absolutely no seasoning. And no, salt and pepper don't count. Its not bad, its just boring. I did this recipe with saut?ed sweet onions and garlic and some fresh chopped basil, a little Italian seasoning and I replaced the butter with garlic olive oil. Not difficult at all. And for an extra kick of flavor, you could boil your potatoes in chicken broth."
"Very tasty and quick! This is a new go-to recipe."
"Really good and easy to make."
"Surprisingly tasty - big hit with the whole family. I doubled, added a chopped onion, 2 cloves of minced garlic and omitted the garlic salt."


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• favorite male character: Although I like both Mitani and Kaga quite a bit, today's favorite is Hikaru. He's a selfish protagonist, and can be a bit of a blabbermouth for someone who holds a lot of secrets. He isn't particularly kind, but he does have a good heart, and although he can be lazy and complains like something awful, he's capable of putting in some hard work when it comes down to it.
• favorite female character: Nase. My options are limited, but she's pretty cheerful and down-to-earth; not to mention fairly talented.
• prettiest character: Sai, pfft. Well, he is, as far as beauty goes. Akira and Ko Yeong-ha are more of the bishounen type though. Nase and Akari are both pretty, but sort of standard too.
• least favorite character: Ko Yeong-ha. I have a strong dislike for arrogant good-looking men, especially when they aren't put in their place.
• funniest character: Not really that kind of anime, but Sai does have quite the personality.
• favorite season: There aren't really seasons, but the Insei arc? It's a long one.
• favorite episode: The one where Akira figures out that Sai is a part of Hikaru. Although Akira doesn't really understand it, the fact that he's "found Sai" moves Hikaru so deeply that he promises to tell Akira about it someday. I thought that was a nice way to wrap that up between them.
• favorite romantic ship: Akira and Hikaru; surprise, surprise. I also like Saeki and Ashiwara.
• favorite family ship: Well, Sai and Hikaru have a really strong mentor and mentee bond, which is awesome.
• favorite friend-ship: Isumi and Waya, Kaneko and Mitani (they make good rivals and good friends), Hikaru and Akari, Hikaru and Waya; also potentially Akira and Ochi. (In short, I don't really have a favorite friendship.)
• worst ship: Anything that involves pedophilia (like Ogata and Akira, what.) Or any ships with Sai.
• favorite male character: Hanai is my general default, but I also like Mihashi quite a bit. For a "pathetic, unconfident protagonist" type, he's actually got a legit background story and childhood to fit it; also, without being particularly good at anything except pitching, his quirks makes him endearing and likable. He's also developing well as a character, so here I am rooting for him.
• favorite female character: Well, there's really only Momoe and Chiyo. Of the two, I prefer Chiyo who is sweet and cheerful, but not the innocent little thing, or the brash personality, or the nag that many girls in shounen manga seems to be. She seems reasonable and mild, and she's hardworking.
• prettiest character: Again, not that kind of anime. I don't even know how to answer this one; no one ever gets dressed up and everyone looks normal.
• least favorite character: Roka. He's a douche. Also Haruna for some reasons, though at least he gets better and has a better reason for it.
• funniest character: Mi. Ha. Shi. Hands down.
• favorite season: I like both seasons almost equally. I mean, there are some bumps in the second one, but the first one starts kinda slow, so.
• favorite episode: The curry episode. It's just the baseball boys interacting outside of baseball; incredibly endearing.
• favorite romantic ship: Abe and Mihashi, Hanai and Tajima. I have a couple others like Hamada and Izumi, Mitani and Chiyo...aaand that's about it.
• favorite family ship: The entire team is just warm and fuzzy. I like Tajima and Mihashi's brotherly relationship though. Awwh. (In terms of family interaction, I can't decide! They all have nice families!)
• favorite friend-ship: Same as above.
• worst ship: Momoe and Hanai (ugh), Hanai and Mihashi (not awful but weird), Tajima and Mihashi.


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Despite the GOPs last-ditch effort to defund it, the Affordable Care Act launched Tuesday, inciting excitement and confusion among Latinos trying to sign-up for coverage.
According to The National Council of La Raza, 30 percent of people uninsured in the U.S. are Latino. The Obama administration has been keen to pursue the Latino demographic, launching an awareness campaign over the last several weeks, Fox News Latino reports.
"We've heard nothing but good things about the law," said Paloma Zuleta, a spokeswoman for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), "Many of our members will be getting insurance for the first time and that is pretty exciting."
LULAC, the largest and oldest HIspanic civil rights group in the nation, set up a website to walk applicants through the process of setting up healthcare coverage under Obamacare. Additionally, they've planned an online seminar for Tuesday night to answer questions about the law and application process.
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The Philadelphia 76ers announced tonight that they have selected swingman Maurice Harkless with the 15th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft. Harkless was an early entry candidate for the draft following his freshman season at St. Johns.
Harkless (6-8, 208) was named Big East Rookie of the Year after averaging 15.5 points, 8.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.4 blocks while shooting 45.2% from the floor. He ranked sixth in the nation in scoring among freshman and second in rebounding.
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Alaska Day Festival annually commemorates the Purchase Transfer of Russian claim of Alaska to the United States of America at Sitka on
Oct. 18, 1867, and celebrates the diversity of cultures and historical perspectives of our people.
The 2012 Festival theme honors the Alaska Native Brotherhood and its 100 years, recognizing the historic role of that organization in both economic and cultural aspects of Alaska.
* indicates event sponsored by Alaska Day Committee
Wednesday, Oct. 10
Official greeters in 1860s costumes begin meeting visitors at airport. Coordinated by Betty Conklin, 966-2281 *
Noon - Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce luncheon. State House candidates forum. At Westmark Sitka. 747-8604
Oct. 10-13
Annual statewide meetings in Sitka of Alaska Historical Society (theme: "Alaska on the World Stage") and Museums Alaska (theme: "Museums Matter: Connecting to Our Communities"). For conference schedule and registration information, contact Bob Medinger, 747-6455
Thursday, Oct. 11
6:30-8 p.m. - State House and Senate Candidates Forum sponsored by Sitka High School. At Performing Arts Center. Contact Howard Wayne, 738-1790
7 p.m. - Pre-race safety clinic for Alaska Day Biathlon (running/shooting event) at 5211 Halibut Point Road. See listing on Oct. 14. Sponsored by Sitka Sportsman's Association. Contact Foy Nevers, 747-3469
Friday, Oct. 12
Noon - Swearing in of Keystone Kops at Sitka Pioneers' Home lawn. With Alaska Public Academy officer. Coordinated by Jen Houx, 738-1779 *
Noon - Organ Recital by visiting musician Marianne Gould featuring "Songs You Like." Bring your lunch. At Sitka Lutheran Church. Contact 747-3338
6-8 p.m. - Harvest Wine and Beer Tasting sponsored by Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce. Live music, hors d'oeuvres, door prizes. At Westmark Sitka. Contact Jennifer Robinson, 747-8604
Saturday, Oct. 13
8 a.m. - Road Race (32nd annual event) begins at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Gazebo at end of Airport Road and return. 10k course for runners or 2.5 mile fun run. Registration 7:15-7:45 a.m. on race day. Refreshments. Fee $15 to receive commemorative item. Coordinated by U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka. Coordinated by LT Chris Enoksen, 966-5456 *
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Hat-Making Class for Alaska Day at UAS Sitka Campus by Office of Continuing Education. $35 includes materials. Contact 747-7762
9-9:30 a.m. - Sheldon Jackson School and College historical slide show, 9:30 - 10:30 panel shares experiences from early years, 10:45 - 11:45 panel focus on later history. At Allen Hall on SJ campus. 11:45 - 12:15 p.m. tour of some buildings. Contact Rebecca, 747-3448.
11 a.m. - Kayak Races at Swan Lake. Cash prizes for various age divisions. Safety gear and personnel, 2-person kayaks all provided by Sitka Sound Ocean Adventures. Paddling practice available 9 a.m. Registration 10:30 a.m. Fee $5 per person. Contact Tim Fulton, 747-3776 or 738-0740
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Open House, Fly-in, and Marine Safety Fair at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka. Displays for children and adults offered in conjunction with other local emergency service providers. Contact LT Chris Enoksen, 966-5456
1-3 p.m. - Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum Reception. Free admission to Museum. Contact Mary Boose, 747-6233
7 p.m. - Variety Show of local talent in dance groups, songs and instrumentals . Essay readings by high school and adult winners from Prose Writing Contest theme "Celebrating 100 Years of Alaska Native Brotherhood" Judging of men's beards by Sitka Emblem Club 142 and women's bonnets by Sitka Elks Lodge 1662. Taste of foods from various communities. At Centennial Hall. Admission $3. Coordinated by Sharyn and John Ferrick, 752-3111 or 747-8592 *
9:30 p.m. until closing - Frontier Dance and 1800s costume competition. Prizes. Popular dance music. Age 21 and over. Admission free. At Channel Club. Contact Sharyn Ferrick, 752-3111 or 747-8592
Sunday, Oct. 14
Various church activities
1 p.m. - Alaska Day Biathlon (running/shooting event) at north end of Halibut Point Road. Sponsored by Sitka Sportsman's Association. Mandatory pre-race safety clinic at 1 p.m. Race begins at 2 p.m. $15 fee per person includes use of equipment, safety clinic, awards, and refreshments. Age 14 or older. Beginners welcome. Contests for individuals and teams of 4. Contact Foy Nevers, 747-3469
4 p.m. - Essay Readings by elementary and middle school age winners from Prose Writing Contest theme "Celebrating 100 Years of Alaska Native Brotherhood." Sponsored by The Write Women of Sitka and Alaska Day Committee. At Kettleson Memorial Library. Coordinated by Ann Wilkinson, 747-2715 or 747-2707, http://writewomen.publishpath.com
3-6:30 p.m. - "A Taste of Russia" special foods including pelmini (meat dumplings), cookies and tea. Instrumental music by SitNiks. Russian dance samples by New Archangel Dancers. At Centennial Hall Exhibit Room. Admission $10 adults, $5 children age 6 and under. Coordinated by Cyndy Gibson, 747-4708 or 738-0655 *
6:30 p.m. - Festival Community Barn dance with mixers, circles, and contra dances, or just good listening and watching for all ages. Live music by Sitka's Fishing for Cats Band. Beginners or seasoned dancers. Non-alcohol, smoke-free. Alaska Day costuming invited. Free admission; donations benefit Alaska Day Festival. At Centennial Hall. Coordinated by Dorothy Orbison, 747-3412 *
Monday, Oct. 15
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. - Food booths and other sales by non-profit service organizations at Crescent Harbor Shelter area. Coordinated by Elaine Strelow, 747-3469
11 a.m. - Military guests including 9th Army Band members arrive on Alaska Airlines at airport from Fort Wainwright (near Fairbanks). Coordinated by military liaison MaryLou Vilandre, 747-8086 or 738-1551
Noon - Organ Recital by visiting musician Marianne Gould featuring works by Bach. Bring your lunch. At Sitka Lutheran Church. Contact 747-3338
7 p.m. - New Archangel Dancers end-of-season grand finale performance of traditional folk dancers from Russia and the surrounding regions. Accompaniment by live musical ensemble. At Harrigan Centennial Hall. Contact Linda Speerstra, 747-8316, or NAD, 747-5516 *
Tuesday, Oct. 16
8 a.m. - Noon History Review and Re-enactment for 4th graders from Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School. At Centennial Hall and other locations.
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. - Food booths and other sales by non-profit service organizations at Crescent Harbor Shelter area. Coordinated by Elaine Strelow, 747-3469
11 a.m. - Seattle Firefighters Pipe Band members arrive on Alaska Airlines at airport. Contact Lisa Langenfeld, 738-2163
Noon - Rotary Club meeting at Westmark Sitka. Speaker: U.S. Army Alaska Command Sergeant Major Bernard Knight. Contact 752-5001
7 p.m. - 9th Army Band Concert of varied musical styles. At Centennial Hall. Free. Coordinated by MaryLou Vilandre, 747-8086 *
Wednesday, Oct. 17
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. - Food booths and other sales by non-profit service organizations at Crescent Harbor Shelter area. Coordinated by Elaine Strelow, 747-3469
Noon - Swan Lake Senior Center special lunch for Alaska Day with ham and sweet potatoes. At 402 Lake Street. Reservations required. $4 suggested donation for seniors age 60+, $8 for all others. RSVP to Sean Steele, 747-8617
7 p.m. - Alaska Day Ball seating opens. Music by 9th Army Band ensembles. Period costume promenade and Native regalia display at 9:30 p.m. Awards. Door prizes (must be present to win). Complimentary hors d'oeuvres by Sitka Emblem Club. Cash bar by Channel Club. Photography service available. Adults over 21 only. Period dress, regalia or semi-formal. At Centennial Hall. Admission $25. Coordinated by Betty Conklin, 966-2281, and Helen Cunningham, 747-6738 *
Thursday, Oct. 18, Alaska Day
9 a.m. - Noon Kettleson Memorial Library's Alaska Day Book Sale to benefit Friends of the Library. Contact 747-8708.
9 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. - Food booths and other sales by non-profit service organizations at Crescent Harbor Shelter area. Coordinated by Elaine Strelow, 747-3469
9:30 a.m. - Divine Liturgy in honor of St. Innocent and St. Tikhon and the Heirarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church. At St. Michael's Cathedral. 747-8120 or 752-7552
11 a.m. - Military Memorial Service by U.S. Army Chaplain at Sitka National Cemetery.Representation by all Military Services. Drums and bugles by 9th Army Band. Fly-over by U.S. Coast Guard Air Station. Military liaison MaryLou Vilandre, 747-8086 *
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Open House at Sitka Fire Hall hosted by SFD Volunteers. Refreshments. Greet members of Seattle Firefighters Pipe Band. Contact Cathy Watson, 738-6875 or 747-3233
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Pie Sale, community fellowship, and silent auction bidding on quilts and wallhangings. At Sitka Lutheran Church, 224 Lincoln St. 747-3338, 747-6447, 747-6525
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Luncheon with Fish Pie (salmon or halibut), clam chowder, salad and dessert. $12. At St. Michael's Orthodox Cathedral. Contact 747-8120
1-5 p.m. - Chili Cook-Off at St. Gregory Catholic Church on Lincoln St. $5 for chili and corn bread. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus for church youth program fund. Contact Joe Meador, 738-5388
12:30 p.m. - Line up for parade along Lake Street *
1:30 p.m. - Parade of bands, marching units, decorated vehicles, classic cars, and costumed individuals from Swan Lake to Lincoln Street to Totem Square. Coordinated by Duane Vilandre, 747-8086 *
Immediately following parade: Transfer Ceremony 1867 Commemoration on Castle Hill. Lowering of Russian Flag and Raising of American Flag. Roll Call of States as admitted to the Union. Raising of Alaska Flag. Ceremonial music by 9th Army Band. Coordinated by Steve Dalquist, 747-4835, 752-0750 or 747-1001 Immediately following Transfer Re-enactment Ceremony: Air-sea Rescue Demonstration by U.S. Coast Guard Air Station and Coast Guard Auxiliary. Near O'Connell Bridge visitors facility. Contact LT Chris Enoksen, 966-5456 *
1:30-4:30 p.m. - Sitka International Hostel open house. Public invited. 109 Jeff Davis St. Contact 752-5001
2-4 p.m. - Sitka Pioneers' Home Open House. Entertainment. Refreshments. Contact Kristi Greinier, 747-2121
2-5 p.m. - Open House at Brave Heart Volunteers (home visiting and respite care services). Information offered. Chowder, bread, and dessert sold as fundraiser. At Manager's House next to Sitka Pioneers' Home. Contact 747-4600
2-4 p.m. - Open House at Mt. Edgecumbe Preschool next to Sitka Pioneers' Home. Children's activity. Contact 966-2675
2:30-4:30 p.m. - "Traditional Activities for Children" at Sitka National Historical Park Visitors Center. Contact Becky Latanich, 747-0132, or Ryan Carpenter, 747-0134
3-5:30 p.m. - Boat Cruise of waters of Sitka Sound and Japonski Island. Historian talks about WWII activities, places and events. No host bar. Snacks by Larkspur Cáfe. Boat services provided by Allen Marine. Load at 2:45 at Crescent Harbor. Fundraiser for Sitka Maritime Heritage Society. Tickets $45 per person available at Old Harbor Books.
6-9 p.m. - Third Thursday Open Art Show sponsored by Sitka Artists Co-op. At Westmark Sitka banquet room. Contact Lisa Teas, 738-5620 or firstname.lastname@example.com
6:30 p.m. - Slave Auction to benefit local breast cancer awareness/Cancer Survivors Society. At Pioneer Bar on Katlian Street. Contact 747-3456
Friday, Oct. 19
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Food booths and other sales by non-profit service organizations at Crescent Harbor Shelter area. Coordinated by Elaine Strelow, 747-3469
7 p.m. - Concert by Chuck Pyle, singing songwriter with guitar in contemporary western folk style. At Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi, 200 Katlian Street. Presented by Sitka Folk. $20 advance adult tickets, $15 advance senior/student, $5 more at door. www.sitkafolk.org
Saturday, Oct. 20
6:30 p.m. - Sitka Historical Society and Museum Annual Meeting doors open for exhibit viewing and membership renewals; 7 p.m. business meeting, followed by program topic Blue Lake Dam with panel presentation. Public invited. Refreshments/snacks. At Centennial Hall Exhibit Room. Contact Bob Medinger or Jackie Fernandez, 747-6455


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[I am postponing "Film Friday" until tomorrow so that I can talk about the film Moneyball in conjunction with the baseball playoffs, especially the remarkable comeback of the Oaklahd Athletics, who are featured in the film.)
Wednesday I was in Gardiner, Maine commemorating my cousin Dan Bates, a favorite cousin who died entirely unexpectedly. (I wrote this post during the long car ride home.) Dan loved the poetry of Edwin Arlington Robinson, who was a Gardiner native son. Julia Ward Howe, author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," had a summer home in Gardiner, and her daughter Laura Richards, a noteworthy author in her own right, lived there. It was therefore entirely appropriate that poetry would play a central role in the memorial service.
It began with a Zelda Fitzgerald quotation that Dan's wife had included in the program. In an irony that is central to much great poetry, Fitzgerald acknowledges the inability of language to express deep feeling, which would include the fullness of our grief: "Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold."
Danny Smith, a Gardiner archivist, talked about how Dan had served on the Gardiner Library's Special Collections Committee and worked hard to raise funds for a library renovation. To capture how much Dan had meant to him, he quoted Richards, "Poets did not grow on blackberry bushes," noting, "I take that statement to mean that dear Laura Richards was starved for intellectual stimulation in Gardiner and that only Robinson was able to minister to her poetic soul."
Dan himself, Danny said, had an ancient poetic soul and had once confessed to him that, although a lawyer, if he lived in the middle ages he thought he would have been a troubadour. "Laugh, if you will," Danny said," but there's a larger truth here. The thought of writing romantic poetry in an age, rightly or wrongly conceived to have been gracious and spacious, spoke volumes about the nobility of Dan's soul. That noble soul embraced life."
There was no question that Dan embraced life, but I should say a word about his poetic tastes. Dan would have felt at home in the 19th and early 20th centuries when poetry was published in newspapers and considered necessary for a cultured and civilized life. This would have been poetry where significant nouns were capitalized and noble sentiments were expressed–a time before High Modernism when poets like T. S. Eliot came along and told us that poetry was not democratic but rather the exclusive preserve of people well versed in the great tradition. Interestingly enough, Robinson was on the cusp of this transition, either one of the last traditionalists or the first modernists.
Therefore, when Danny spoke I couldn't help but think of Robinson's poem "Minniver Cheever," about another man who felt out of his time:
Miniver loved the days of old
When swords were bright and steeds were prancing;
The vision of a warrior bold
Would set him dancing.
Miniver sighed for what was not,
And dreamed, and rested from his labors;
He dreamed of Thebes and Camelot,
And Priam's neighbors.
Miniver mourned the ripe renown
That made so many a name so fragrant;
He mourned Romance, now on the town,
And Art, a vagrant.
"Miniver Cheever" is not an appropriate poem for a memorial service, ending as is does with the line, "And kept on drinking." In fact, when I talked to Danny after the service, he noted how difficult it had been to choose an appropriate Robinson poem for his remarks. Even ones that start off promising often end on a pessimistic note (e.g., "And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,/Went home and put a bullet through his head.").
Danny ultimately chose "L'Envoi," which means the detached verse or verses at the end of a poem. Robinson is trying to put into words a strain of "transcendenct music" that he senses all about him but is unable to set down. In our case, Danny hoped the poem would help us get in touch with that special something that Dan meant to us:
Now in a thought, now in a shadowed word,
Now in a voice that thrills eternity,
Ever there comes an onward phrase to me
Of some transcendent music I have heard;
No piteous thing by soft hands dulcimered,
No trumpet crash of blood-sick victory,
But a glad strain of some still symphony
That no proud mortal touch has ever stirred.
There is no music in the world like this,
No character wherewith to set it down,
No kind of instrument to make it sing.
No kind of instrument? Ah, yes, there is!
And after time and place are overthrown,
God's touch will keep its one chord quivering.
There's not much religious imagery in Robinson's poetry, nor was there much mention of God in the memorial service. But after voicing his pessimistic belief that there is no mortal "instrument" that can transcribe the "glad strain of some vast harmony" and keep its "one chord quivering," Robinson then mentions "God's touch," which will keep operating even after "time and place are overthrown." Robinson may be talking about poetic inspiration here—a sense that there is something beyond us that we can't wrap our heads around"—but for those of us who were mourning, it was as though the poet was describing Dan's transcendent love of life, which radiated to all around him.
I decided on the spur of the moment to deliver my own comments and desperately tried to remember lines from Robinson's mysterious "Luke Havergal," which Dan had loved and which somehow (I wasn't sure why) seemed fitting for the occasion. The poem is abut a mysterious rendezvous–we know none of the details–and perhaps I sensed that Dan himself was destined for a strange meeting. If so, the "she" in the poem would be his death:
There is the western gate, Luke Havergal,
There are the crimson leaves upon the wall.
Go, for the winds are tearing them away,—
Nor think to riddle the dead words they say,
Nor any more to feel them as they fall;
But go, and if you trust her she will call.
There is the western gate, Luke Havergal—
Luke Havergal.
Instead of choosing a Robinson poem, I resorted to one by Edna St. Vincent Millay. To set it up, I should mention that Dan threw himself utterly and completely into everything he did, whether it was painting or sculpting or gardening or making a great sangria or reading the complete works of Robinson or arguing before a jury or raising money for the library or running for the Maine state legislature (he was well ahead in the polls when he died). Perhaps his full participation explains why his great heart gave out although I should add that our family has a history of heart problems.
Here's the poem:
My candle burns at both ends
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends–
It gives a lovely light.
Dan gave a lovely light.
Additional note:
One story told at the service did not involve great verse but nevertheless speaks to the power of poetry. Dan wrote a 65-page doggerel epic, The Ballad of the Beantowne Bosox, about the legendary comeback of the Red Sox against their hated rivals the New York Yankees in the 2004 playoffs. Only a fanatical Red Sox lover can make it through the poem, which at times is dreadful (I never told Dan this). But Dan was fired up about it and persuaded well-known Maine humorist Gary Crocker, who sports a wonderfully thick New England accent, to record it for him..
Crocker, who emceed the memorial service, told us a story about the book. Apparently Dan convinced Crocker, against his better judgment, to go with him to Boston and hawk the book on the streets. Crocker would read aloud and Dan would sell it to passersby and also to local stores. They loaded up Crocker's van with ten boxes of books, and although most of them came back unsold, Dan and Crocker had a memorable day.
Yes, Dan, you understood, in a deep way, that poetry should reach out to everyone, just as it reached out to you.
So I honor Dan here with a few verses from his ballad. Crocker read them in his eulogy, changing the words slightly so that they referred not to the Red Sox but to Dan:
Olympus smiled upon these Men
And wished to bear them up
To this Mount of the god's, and offer them Drink
From Immortality's Cup.
For they've Earned the Things Most Beautiful.
Fought for Something Divine.
Resurrected, from fully three games down
A Life of Grand Design.
For a Hero is he who Battles this Beast
That's plundered his Homeland for years,
And with Nobleness, brings Home its Heart
As proof for the Balladeers!