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The Death of the Bridge Camera
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PMA 2006: The first ever digital camera that I bought was the Minolta DiMAGE 5 bridge-style camera, so-called because it "bridged" the gap between a smaller compact digital camera and a larger digital SLR. Now it seems that the bridge camera has become something of a dying breed, at least for those manufacturers with DSLRs in their product range.
Last week's PMA show in Orlando, Florida, saw no less than 90 new digital cameras announced for 2006. Conspicuous by their small number were the bridge style cameras – only Kodak, Panasonic and Sony announced new models that fall into this category. What do these three companies have in common? None of them have any DSLR cameras (not yet anyway). If you add Fujifilm into the mix (the S3 Pro has very little market share), then it is clear that the bridge camera is only supported by companies that have virtually no presence in the DLSR market.
On the other hand, those manufacturers who do have a strong DSLR line-up have quietly removed bridge cameras from their 2006 range. Canon has confirmed that their very popular G-Series cameras are no more, and there was no sign of a new Pro Shot model at PMA. Olympus has officially discontinued their C-8080, C-7070 and C-5060 cameras, and Nikon only have a couple of older models that fit the bridge description. All of these companies were busy introducing a slew of more compact digicams at PMA, or promoting their latest DSLRs.
So it seems that, for some manufacturers at least, the bridge camera has been squeezed out at both ends – from below by the compact digicams, which are offering ever more advanced functionality and zoom ranges in a smaller form factor, and from above by the DSLRs, which are becoming ever cheaper. There is simply more money to be made by selling digital SLRs, with the many expensive add-ons in the form of lenses and flashguns, whilst compacts can accommodate the majority of people who don't want the bulk of a DSLR. For the likes of Canon, Nikon and Olympus, bridge cameras actually compete with their most profitable products (DSLRs), rather than complement them, hence their gradual removal.
So what does this mean for you, the consumer? Well, if the current trend continues, it will ultimately lead to a lot less choice, especially if the likes of Sony and Panasonic go down the same road and phase out their bridge camera ranges. In a few years time, I predict that you will be able to buy either a compact digital camera, or a DLSR, with no in-between. The bridge camera, with its unique combination of SLR-like handling, no sensor dust issues, versatile focal length and advanced functionality, could disappear forever, not because people have stopped buying them, but because the camera companies have simply stopped selling them. A quiet revolution is happening, one that isn't being driven by the people.
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Isn't the S3 IS a bridge camera? Ok, so no RAW support, but still, it offers a lot of the same features.
There's certainly gray area, but I wouldn't say the S-series are "bridge cameras" as they lack RAW support (as you said), but also things like hotshoe flash mounts and real controls (dials and wheels) for aperture/shutter speed.
Funny enough, I think that just a few years ago there was talk about the bridge camera taking over the market. I also have to asky why would Sony make the R1? That's a lot of R&D for an SLR technology demo.
But, I guess folks like Nikon think that a D50 with an 18-200VR lens can do anything a Coolpix 8800 could do, and better. They may be right.
I guess I'd hate to see bridge cameras go, but do we really need them? I don't know.
This is no surprise. 'Bridge' cameras weren't that successful in 35mm film either (eg. Ricoh Mirai, Olympus IS300, Canon Epoca etc). Now that digital cameras are maturing, it seems they are following the footsteps of their film equivalents in the marketplace 10-20 years ago. Bridge cameras have always been a compromise between image quality (not as good as a true SLR) and portability (not as compact as a true 'compact').
Regarding the 'choice' issue mentioned in the article - there appears to be plenty of choice when you walk into a camera store these days and try to pick between 20-30 almost identical looking cameras, if not more.
Olympus were talking to someone at Focus on Imaging show and they were asking why the C-8080 was discontinued - Olympus said it costs them less to make a digital SLR than it does the bridge camera. Perhaps it will be better for the consumer in the long run as DSLRs come down in price?
I think you areoverlooking the wedding photographer market. The ideal job for a bridge camera ( once better than today's technology has to offer).
The R-1 is a start.
Regards, Nicholas
Does anyone feel the Fuji S9000 will be the last of their bridge cameras? I own a S602 and a S7000, so I am curious where this market is going. Believe it or not, I have not yet bought a dSLR. I probably will buy the Pany L1 or the yet unannounced Leica version.
Actually, Azi, the quality of the Canon G images matched DSLR and didn't require sharpening in PS to look good. And live view with a rotating LCD makes the Canon Gs easier to use in many situations. How many of those look-alikes have a hot shoe? I think the phase out of the bridge is simple economics.
We need a new class of cameras, between the large sensor DSLRs and the small sensor "prosumer" digicams, such as the former Canon G series (I had a G3 before my EOS DSLRs). Read Mike Johnston's DMD essay and see if you find a need for similar in your kit - http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/DMD.shtml. The Epson R-D1 comes close currently, but at $3k and with limited distribution and support, it's just a glimpse.
I agree with you, Joe. I had Mike's article in mind when I was looking at the Ricoh GR digital but the price...MY GOD!
I am one of those being left in the cold, or so it seems at the moment. I DO need a bridge camera, simply because I am taking pictures mainly while travelling, frequently to some remote locations. I need something compact, which I can keep with me all the time, if not in my pocket, then at least in a belt pouch. While trekking in Nepal I missed many great photo opportunities simply because my 35 mm Nikon FM 2 with two zoom lenses was travelling in my backpack, not only adding substantially to the weight, but also making it time consuming and troublesome to get it and make it ready to shoot, making sure no dust enters inside while changing lenses in difficult conditions.
So for my travelling in Cambodia I bought an Oly - C-770 and was very happy with it (apart from a lousy battery life and, yes, limited dynamic range) and took much more great IMHO pictures. Simple P&S will not do for me because of limited manual controls, limited zoom and limited picture quality. Looking for an upgrade now, I find very (this l - word again ;-
)limited choice ....
Anyway, I suppose there are many people in similar position, looking for decend picture quality in a compact, versatile package so I still dearly hope that our needs will be recognised. I, for one, am not willing to buy a digital SLR, because I now it will not suit my needs, just as the Nikon, an excellent camera all by itself, did not. And the only accessories I am interested in is storage media and filters, so the camera stays compact.
I think the phasing out of the bridge camera is kind of like the phase out of the inexpensive 35mm compact rangefinders in the late 1970s.
From the 60s through the early 80s you could still buy inexpensive rangefinder cameras that had non-interchangeable, but decent, fast lenses. They were typically capable of either aperture priority or fully manual exposure. Think of an Olympus XA, Canon Canonet or Yashica MG-1 as an example.
They provided a level of control nearly comparable to an SLR, without the expense, nor the ability to change lenses. Yet they also offered better overall lenses and features than most compact pocket cameras, that often had zone focusing or fixed focus, and limited exposure options.
The compact rangefinders of the 70s, especially, could be great cameras in the right hands, with their own strengths--like quick focusing and quiet operation--compared to SLRs. By comparison, the EVFs and live preview, and nearly silent operation without mirror-flap noise on bridge cameras are also an advantage in some situations.
But the gradual decrease in the cost of 35mm SLRs in the 1980s combined with the emergence of practical autofocus and autoexposure on compact cameras pretty much drove compact rangefinders out of existence.
So, we might be seeing something similar as pocket-sized digicams get more capable and entry-level dSLRs get closer to $500 with a kit lens.
But maybe one manufacturer will hold on with a bridge model or two, if only because the advantages are enough to maintain a small market. The caveat may be that the small market will drive up the retail price, kind of like how rangefinders are now niche specialty items -- a new Voigtlander Bessa R will cost you more than twice as much as a Nikon or Canon entry-level SLR.
Prosumer has the same electronics as any DSLR. Whe basic price of DSLR doesn't include any appropriate lens ;)
Bridge cameras indeed seem to be going the way of dinosaurs. That is too bad because these cameras provided an all-in-one package with capabilities rivalling DSLR kits that come with one or two lenses. Of course both combos had their advantages and it was up to the consumer to chose which one they got.
It is a very interesting observation that those companies with succesful DSLR cameras are the ones without bridge-cams. The last high-performing bridge-cam is probably the Fuji S9000 and coincidently Fuji has not updated the S3 Pro line in a long time. We all know what happened to KM's brige-cams since Sony does not feel like they needed them. For now, we'll have to bet on Fuji.
In the near future I think there will be hope in the form of ILC (interchangeable lens camera) which will provide interchangeable lens in a compact body using an EVF, no pentaprism and no mirror in the optical path. These will basically have the major advanatages of bridge cameras and DSLR cameras. With the light weight of the former and the flexibility of the latter. Plus, if it is well done, we'll get a true WYSIWYG live-preview (unlike the Olympus E330 and Panasonic L1).
I hope my prediction is correct because otherwise the world will have lost the convinience of true live-view cameras with professional capabilities.
- Itai
I owned a Minolta D7 as a bridge camera. Nice, but short-lived because of quality issues. Next was a Canon 10D. Great value. With five lenses it remains my most versatile camera. I bought a Canon Powershot Pro1 because of its size for a traveling camera. If kept at ASA 50, it produces great images.
With the megapixel wars in full swing, I was hungry for more, but didn't think 8 was enough, and I had become addicted to the EVF on the Canon. So, I bought a Sony DSC R1. It works like I do. While Sony has done some really DUMB things on this camera and I'd rather have V1 instead of V0, it is now my main shooter.
I would hope Canon comes up with a Powershot Pro 2, but my guess would be that until tiny sensors have less noise they'll hold off.
I do not think Canon will make the successor to his prosumers. When Sony bought Minolta, the Sony's rep said: "The prosumers have too less margin". It is true for any manufacture.
Imagine: two cameras (DSLR and prosumer) have the same costs to the manufacture. The prosumer may even cost more because of strict limits in size and very strict requirements to the lens - it is the only one lens it allows. So the costs are the same. But what about the price? The prosumer cannot cost more than low-level DSLR due to some design and quality limitations. But any DSLR assumes a lot of later byings, mostly lens. This is manufacture's benefit. So manufacture does not like "bridge" cameras.
Although I am no big fan of the bridge camera, but I hate to see it goes also. Personally, I think the death of the kind is due to the success of the compact digicam. Seriously for every year, the picture quality of the compact have risen to the point that it's almost as good as entry level dSLR. Especially if you look at F10/11. It's like there is no need to bridge the gap anymore.
I own the Sony F828. It's a great bridge camera and I have had wonderful experiences with it. While I'm holding out for the right DSLR, I continue to use it and keep returning to it (even after trying the Nikon Coolpix 8800 and 7800) because the quality of images, the RAW ability, and the complete manual controls allow me to take the shot I want - not the shot the camera wants me to take.
I forgot to post this.
My comments on this article here.
Great article Mark!
I'm going to miss bridge cameras. If I am traveling on business, or just heading out somewhere, and want a camera just in case a bridge camera is perfect. All the manual control I need, and it takes up a lot less room than a dslr.
Maybe I should pick up another Olympus C-7070 to have as a spare.
#17.. Dawn, I'm hoping you have explored the IR abilities of the F828 too, I use a Kenko ND400 with a PL, also tweaking to B/W in Photoshop, a great feature that can be used with Solarization, plus EV changes.
I too, love this camera, use it daily with my LX-1 slipped into the 828's Hot Shoe.
"only Kodak, Panasonic and Sony announced new models that fall into this category. What do these three companies have in common? None of them have any DSLR cameras (not yet anyway). "
Shouldn't this be "Not any More" Kodak certainly has a long if not the longest history in DSLR's
I'll miss prosumer cameras if they are gone for good. They fill a gap for me, I took a C5050 and a Minolta D7 on a bicycle trip to Florida. Still use the C5050 often as a 'carry' camera, perhaps the lack of things to go wrong doomed them. Hard to make money if your consumers aren't buying a new camera every couple years.
Truth is, that a camera is a camera, either a pin-hole box, or the twin lensed Kodak V570, they all do the job, some better than others that's for sure, we sure have been able to capture those important moments in our life, and in all our expectations for bigger and better ( OOPS!, Smaller and better) we sometimes forget that we were pretty darn happy when we got those first prints back. I gotta break out a few old cameras and pay homage to them again.
Nice to hear stories of how important certain models were, indeed, a big part in people's lives. I wonder where that old Brownie is that I took pictures of my first Harley with?
I'm looking at bridge cameras at the moment, but I'd like something with better sensitivity than my assorted compacts and some wide angle, so the R1 seems to be the main contender. However, I could get a Dynax 5D for the same money, so it's a tough one.
This may be a silly question, but why can't DSLR's show a live LCD display if you lock the mirror up? Wouldn't this be ideal for quiet shooting or in low light?
I may just end up buying a Fuji F10 for its low light (and movie) ability, and wait and see...
There is a dSLR that can display live preview: the Olympus E-330 uses something called LiveMOS developed by Panasonic (and used in their forthcoming Lumix L1). It splits the flip down optical signal into two paths: one for the CCD (LCD display) and the other for the viewfinder. Both are 4/3 dSLR cameras. Pentax tries something similar to what you suggest by flipping up the mirror to take a quick exposure, but not saving that exposure to the card from the buffer. I think they call it Live Preview or something.
I believe the main problem is dSLR cameras use the flip-down state of the mirror for their exposure and focusing systems. Also I don't think the CCD/CMOS sensors for the dSLR are exactly designed for the specification needed to do continuous focusing, metering, display. This will change as Sony has introduced a 60fps APS-C sensor and DSP chip that will probably appear in the next Sony Alpha (Minolta Dynax) lines. I imagine in that case, the "viewfinder" will be actually a tiny LCD display, much like you see in video cameras today, instead of an optical viewfinder. I'm not too sure how I'd feel about that as a photographer.
I hope this helps to answer some of your questions,
Thank you Terry - just what I wanted to know. Funnily enough, I have an old Olympus C-1000 (D-500 in the US, IIRC) which is a fixed lens SLR that splits the beam between sensor and eyepiece. Still no LCD preview, but that doesn't matter, as the viewfinder works all the time. It produced pretty good pictures, considering it has less than 1Mp to play with! Example here:
Presumably there is some light loss involved, which would prevent it catching on.
How do dSLR's handle continuous exposures? Does the mirror bang up and down at the same rate? I must admit that I do like the 'electronicness' of other digicams...
Yes, the SLR mirror flips up and down on each exposure as the system cycles between metering and focusing and exposure. Oftentimes, reviewers post sound samples of them so people get an idea of the speed and sound of the camera.
I have a suspicion that it may be a lot like golf. You know that there are a number of blind golfers but very few deaf ones? A lot of golf's feel is transmitted by sound and I have a suspicion the same is true for a camera.
Some dSLR cameras allow mirror lock-up in order to minimize the impact of the vibration caused my the mirror flip. It will impact an exposure from a stable tripod in and around a couple seconds. The actual exposure time is not controlled by the mirror in a dSLR, it's controlled by the front/rear (or electronic) curtains—a double sort of set of venetian blinds, one opens while the other closes. This is how high shutter speeds are achieved.
In any case, I would guess mirror flipping will not be a factor in a forthcoming Sony "alpha" dSLR based on the just-announced 60fps sensor. Those would more more like a consumer camera (or video camera) by sampling directly from the sensor for everything.
Thanks again. On reflection (no pun intended) you'd think that a mirror could be realised electronically, like an LCD, thus removing the one clunky mechanical component. I just wish someone did a camera that suited me, i.e. with a reasonably wide zoom position (28mm would be OK, but 24mm would be nicer), optical viewfinder (or very good EVF), a movable LCD for overhead and low shots, and good sensitivity/low noise. A movie mode would be good, too, so a sort of combination of Canon G6, Fuji F10 and Minolta A2 would be just fine... The Sony R1 comes close, but it's a tad expensive, and it doesn't do movies. I could buy an F10 and a Canon A620 with a wide-angle adaptor and still have some change, but I've not seen good results from any adaptor lens...
I've got what I consider a top-of the line bridge camera. The amazing Minolta A2. I also own a DSLR; a Canon 20D. When it comes to photographing my 2 year old, indoors, and I need a clean ISO800 and 5fps drive, the A2 doesn't hold a candle to the Canon.
However- 80% of the time, I still reach for the A2. It's so much more versatile in so many ways for me. Yes, I would pay $900 for an upgrade to this camera (higher ISO, better continuous mode).
I disagree with this article. Bridge cameras (I like to call them BLC's - Big Lens Consumer cameras) won't die. I'm a guy. I like my lenses BIG. Big lenses look good (maybe there's a Freudian component to all t his, I don't know). The point is, whenever there's a hole in the market, someone will fill it (no pun intended there either, I swear!).
If the 2 giants are discontinuing BLC's, that only means that they are a genuine threat to DSLR sales. Competitors who can't beat Nikon and Canon in DSLR market will continue to develop BLC's to take that section of the market who wants good quality pictures, movie capabilities, a nice looking camera and none of the hassle of multi-piece equipment.
I also own a Minolta A2, my second bridge camera. Except for speed of operation, it is the closest thing to the "DMD" camera described by Mike Johnston in his piece at Luminous Landscape mentioned above. Small, silent and o, so flexible, I've also found it capable of excellent work in over 90% of the situations I encounter and you will have to steal it from me until something better comes along.
However, for the bridge type camera to remain competive with professional DSLRs, I think it still needs significant improvement and evolution. Inevitably this will make it more expensive, which should help to balance the financial equation that is driving these cameras off the market.
First, the C-size sensor and the 24mm equivalent wide angle are key to image quality and shooting versatility. But there are other core elements that need to be improved as well. Unlike Mike J. I would not want to live without a zoom. Though good, I've found the 7:1, 35-200 equivalent of the A2 to be still too limited in everyday use. Whatever the lens design challenges, the ideal range would be at least 24-300mm, and fast enough to keep the noise down at the long end. This inevitably means a bigger, more expensive lens.
Next is the EVF issue: the Minolta A2 has a 640x480 EVF -- almost double the resolution of typical EVFs -- and I believe the ultimate bridge camera EVF resolution should be even higher. After all, it has to compare favorably to an optical viewfinder when shooting; but just as important it serves as a means of evaluating results immediately after the shot when the 'review' feature is enabled. Unless you are shooting live action, this method of working soon becomes habitual. It's not unusual to take and discard several shots while working toward the desired result. There is no way around a super high quality EVF to achieve this intuitive, efficient digital camera workflow.
Another set of issues for evolution concern the weight and physical layout of the camera. The Sony DSC-R1 has been praised for its construction quality, but it weighs even more than most DSLRs! Getting to the sweet spot in size and weight requires the use of high strength/low weight materials. If the result is not half the weight and two-thirds the size of the equivalent DSLR, why bother? When you cannot use the EVF, the external LCD needs to swing and tilt freely like the Canons. Limited LCD movement (like the A2) is just frustrating.
Finally the actual usability and day to day operation of the camera is 100% dependent on the user interface design. Every manufacturer has their own approach and while the spread of best practices have raised the bar generally, but the bridge camera really requires its own solution, since unlike DSLRs, you almost never have to remove the camera from your eye to work.
I can afford a DSLR, but I would happily pay any premium for a professional level bridge camera.
should this thing happen , this decision is largely dictated by camera manufacturer's corporate stockholders and not by actual photographers . a clear-cut marketing strategy . it is therefore up to us , consumers , to make an effort to steer their direction towards our actual photographic needs and not theirs. i for one am not impressed by the looks of today's crop of DSLRs . visually , they are clunky and uninspired in their creation . further , manufacturers still haven't solved the basic nemesis of the DSLR - dust on the sensor! the very thing that defeats the concept of a DSLR . no live preview either on a fully articulating large format LCD screen . antiquated as it may seem , the film camera triumphs over ANY dslr in this seemingly trivial but very important aspect as it records every light nuance on the visible light spectrum onto a 35mm film squarely .a far cry from today's mathematically-guesstimated digital imaging engines . also, i believe that we are not getting 100percent photography unless manufacturers make it a standard to equip DSLRS with 35mm full-frame sensors to really justify their claim of having truly replaced the analog single lens reflex camera . and maybe , if manufacturers would turn out handsome-looking camera bodies like CONTAX N1s , CANON EOS3s , NIKON F5s/F6s , OLYMPUS E1s , there's no doubt i would be willing to make an investment . as of late , these "affordable " DSLRS look like they are trying vainly to live up to their top-echelon counterparts in so far as their physical characteristics are concerned . i wouldn't be caught in one of these "pretenders".
Maybe there is some hope - despite the doubts aired at the start of this thread, Canon have brought out a G7, which has a lot more zoom than previously, although it has lost a bit of lens speed and (maddeningly) the excellent swivel LCD. Still, it shows they are trying, and it probably represents a market niche that Canon are reluctant to let go, especially if it gets filled by a rival.
Large sensors make large lenses, unfortunately, but Fuji have made great strides with their CCD's, so their F30 now has a usable 1600ASA setting. A bridge camera built around that sensor might be something...
G7 is a shame for Canon and it really shows their attitude to customers: they only consider company profits. The aim not to make any competitors with their entry-level DSLRs has killed any innovations or already existing hi-end features. Where is RAW, Canon? It hadn't cost you a thing. Where is it?
I recently read Sony intends to bring bridge camera technology to the DSLR level, meaning the top brass of Sony consider mirrors and their movements are not really needed.
This leaves a lot of room for speculation.
If they announce such a camera, will they NOT license the sensor to others as they have done in the past?
As soon as they have managed to realize phase detection autofocus directly by the main camera sensor the mirror becomes redundant.
Re #34 post above I was saddened to read in Amateur Photographer's forecasts for 2007 that we will continue to be lumbered with DSLRs; complete with clanking mirrors, dust protection systems, fixed LCDs with no 'live' preview, scene-limiting optical viewfinders ("0.94x" - Nikon).
Many years ago I bought a cheap'n cheerful film SLR with 28-70 and 70-210 lenses. I never used the long lens and replaced the SLR with a Pentax film 928 with 28-90 lens. Therefore my first digital camera was the Olympus 5060 (27-110 equiv lens). Far too much lens distortion for my mostly architectural photos but I was hooked on the swiveling LCD - want to photograph a ceiling; just swing out and turn the LCD, lay the camera on its back on the floor. Also no need for a tripod; just hold the camera against a wall or a pillar.
There was only one possible replacement; the Sony DSC-R1. A couple of niggles: the JPG's are too much compressed so I take RAWs (now supported in Adobe Camera Raw), the manual focus is not much use in dim churches. But, switch to manual focus and you get a read-out of the current focal distance in the EVF. It's quick and easy to guesstimate the distance to the subject and set the lens accordingly.
I think our only hope is Sony who brought out the R1 when the marketing trend was already moving to the DSLR. Maybe a vain hope but it would be marvellous to see an R2 before my R1
is stolen/broken/fails.
In recent years I have found my Canon T-90 and kit of lenses too heavy to carry easily and so my photography declined. The Sony DSC-R1 was the answer to my prayers. Its very high quality zoom lens offers the equivalent to my 24 mm wide angle but with very low barrel distortion, unlike the only two other fixed-lens digital cameras offering this focal length, while the larger sensor reduces the noise so widely reported as a problem at 400 ASA and higher on 8Mp+ compact digital cameras. I wish the telephoto limit was nearer 200 mm (or even longer) and that JPG files were not so compressed - or RAW files not so large - and have one or two grouses about its performance, but there is absolutely no other fixed-lens digital camera that comes near to replacing my previous 35 mm kit.
The alternative of a (Sony) DSLR with 16-80 mm zoom lens is just too expensive to contemplate. Like Peter White, I hope for an R2 to come.
read this discussion with interest... having missed the boat on getting a G6, I waited eagerly when the G7 was rumoured, only to be disappointed. Maybe the Nikon P5000 will be better? So, meanwhile, have scoured DP Review and others, and the choice for the "prosumer" or serious amateur is now comes down to perhaps four or five cameras few of which are recent models (Nikon 8800, Oly 8080, Kon-Min A2 or A200, Sony R1)?
Been looking at ebay and the Nikon 8800 still sells for a good price, as does the Canon G6, when most of their contemporary ordinary peers go for much less. There's a lesson there by itself - the class leading bridge cameras of each generation remain useful for much longer!
You guys may want to check out the two new Olympus DSLRs. Everything you liked in a bridge camera - small form factor, live view complete with live histogram, dust-free sensor - and more: interchangeable lenses, much cleaner pictures, REAL (read: non-interpolated) magnification to aid manual focussing, in a price range that most can afford.
In a discussion on dpreview forum, people discussed nikon p5000 with canon g7 and someone said the canon a640 was a worth contender...
I carefully read the dpreview of the Nikon P8800 and compared it with the Canon A640. Apart from image stabilisation, the Canon fared very well, as apart from raw, and not being a superzoom, it got very good technical results.
Zoltan, your comment on the new Olympuses was good, I am going to hold fire and see how things shake out.
The Canon A710 is worth a look, too. 6x zoom (with optical viewfinder!) image stabilisation and a reasonable ISO range. And it runs on a couple of AA's...
A710IS lacks movable screen, also if I recall from review that flash performance is poor due to trying to run on lower voltage from 2xAA; it's only a quarter-incher sensor too.
A canon A640+IS would be close to what the G7 should have been.
I found a decent set of tech specs for the Oly 510 at Steve's Digicams.
crucial for bridge camera owners upgrading is that the weight is "only" 460g without lens, so with a lens would probably be only as heavy as the quite chunky Nikon 8800. Hmm. I just measured my olde Oly C3040Z and was surprised it weighed in at ~420g, and I'd be prepared to live with something a bit heavier, but not much larger.
"A710IS lacks movable screen.."
I was really addressing the IS issue. IIRC, all the A-series use the same size sensor, although the noise performance of the 710 is no worse than the G7. Unlike the G7 or A640, you can put the 710 in your pocket...
All cameras are compromises - you just have to find the ones that suit you.
the A6 series vary in choice of sensor, the A640 is definitely 1/1.8", the A710IS is 1/2.5". Wife's ixus 750 is 1/1.8", the 800 and 850 are 1/2.5", the 900 is back to 1/1.8"
James, yes, you might be able to put the 710 in your pocket, but if we're discussing bridge cameras such compactness might actually be a negative.
You're quite right about the sensor sizes. I was talking complete rubbish! Still, the 710 seems to deliver the goods, even at higher ISO's - not sure why compactness would be a drawback, though, except among those who always think that bigger is better.. :-)
WRT movable screens, the only mainstream camera I know with one and IS is/was the Minolta A200. It has a 28mm lens, too, which I like. Shame nobody makes anything like it now - which is where we came in, I think!
I read the review and marketing blurb on the Oly E510 and 410, and they almost seem to make a virtue of the fixed screen.
The new Kodak Z712 look good but no detailed specs yet.
oops, I meant Z712IS
I want to buy the Fuji FinePix S9600 (9100 in the usa) because owing a DSLR is just too bulky for my travels in asia. ....So far, I've read nothing but good review about this camera, but I've been reading these posts and other people are talking about other bridge cameras. ...is there a camera out there that is significantly better than the fuji FinePix S9600?
If size is an issue, I'd consider the Panasonic TZ3, which has a 10x zoom starting at 28mm. Doesn't take AA's of course, which may be a consideration, but it's a lot of camera is a small package. Not 'better' than the 9600, but more likely to be in your pocket!
There is a lot of hype about DSLRs much of if from people who never change the standard lens. Hving used both film and digital SLRs Personally I find that bridge cameras are more convenient and easier to use.
They are lighter to carry, more convenient and often have many features that leave DSLRs standing.
With x12-x18 optical zooms (with macro)are common. No lens changing and worrying about getting dust on the sensor.
Large "live view" LCDs (tilting in many cases for low down and up high shooting)
Image stabiliztion and a host of other theaures built in.
And why is it that so called superior DLSRs still use antiquated mechanical shutters ?
Take the Fuji S100FS - truely a camera to be reckconed with 11M pixels on a larger than average 2/3 sensor. 28mm-400mm x 14 Macro Zoom. Image Stabilisation, 2.5" tiltable LCD, RAW support, Extended Dymnaic Range, fast autofocus with face detection. Full rnage of automatic, manual and semi-automatic modes and all for about £350
My Samsung GX10 has been resigned to Ebay
I see all the comments and each one is right depends on which angle you see.
Ofcourse some they have their preferences for different cameras etc, which basically they do same job, taking photographs. But is up to the photographer how he/she use it and how skillful and artist is he/she.
For the camera to delver the best so far on my experience and easy to handle on the DSLR market and format will be without hesitation the Nikon D700 and it has all, 12mp special features for pro and will deliver high quality result.
I used and so far not disappointed and will be my choice for long to come.
Interesting thread. From what I've seen over the last couple of days, the bridge camera is still alive and getting better. Looking at the current offerings, spec wise they come close to the lower level dslr cameras. Still have a ways to go to catch up but doubt it will ever happen as the companies have to maintain a marketing advantage between the 2 line ups.
It seems the big issue is still noise. Though the cameras are boosting iso, the noise problem still starts becoming an issue as low as 400. Of course, this is also a curse with any digital but the technology is getting there to reduce it, probably another generations to get the slr and another to start seeing it filter down.
The concern seems to be with the extreme multiplication factors and the lens alignment. I can see over time the elements going out of alignment, it is a lot of glass (well plastic) and tubing moving around.
No Brian, the concern is VIDEO.
I call it FRANKEN-CAMERA, not Bridge Camera.
We're about to cross. Hahahaha
I believe bridge camera still has it's own market share...
Panasonic is still in the game for this bridge camera market.
You can try and read about their latest Lumix DMC-FZ28 (released in 2008)
or here;
It is a wonderful bridge camera.
I believe Panasonic can excel further into this market as the top 2 in the DSLR (Canon and Nikon) are well ahead and Sony is catching up (at the very slow pace)
It's not easy for Panasonic to simply beat the C and N, so the best way is to compete in the area where Panasonic can conquer (because C and N probably have abandon this market segment - bridge/prosumer)
Then again, I maybe wrong, this is all my personal opinion only - I'm not an expert.
For sure, I love Panasonic camera products and will support them.
DMC-FZ28 is a nice camera but it fails as a bridge camera for one main reason: too small a sensor - 1/2.33".
the new micro-4/3rds system will, I think yield the bridge camera to make us happy. with much of the quality of a DSLR without the bulky optical viewfinder and prism/mirror system, they're basically a bridge camera with interchangeable lenses.
Hopefully the Panasonic DMC-G1 is the first of many such devices. I for one will be looking to replace my Canon Powershot.
>too small a sensor - 1/2.33"
I'm not keen on small sensors either, but they're the only way to get a good zoom range and keep the compactness (the new TZ6 is a good example).
It's horses for the courses - the Fuji S100FS has a 2/3" sensor, which is usefully bigger, but that lens is quite an item. Scale that to 4/3 and it would be huge!
If you think 1/2.33 is small, you should see what goes into a camcorder!
sorry, JamesP, but you're wrong!
dpreview says the DMC-G1...
Weight (inc. batteries) 360 g (12.7 oz)
Dimensions 124 x 84 x 45 mm (4.9 x 3.3 x 1.8 in)
Weight (inc. batteries) 417 g (14.7 oz)
Dimensions 118 x 75 x 89 mm (4.6 x 3 x 3.5 in)
so the new micro4/3rd camera is lighter and smaller than the tiny-sensor fx28!
"lighter and smaller"
Not with both lenses, it isn't!
(and even then, the FX has more range)
Sorry, that should be FZ...
"Weight (inc. batteries) 360 g (12.7 oz)"
It turns out that's just the body, so either lens would make it heavier (and bulkier) than the FZ!
I've nothing against the G1, which is a terrific camera, but it's an academic issue for me, with the twin lens kit G1 costing around £650...
Hello! Panasonic has the LX3 and it's like DSLR na! Has, RAW, Hot-shoe, F2.0lens and 24mm wide and large 3.0" screen with more pixels than 230k 2.5" screens...
I want to purchase a good bridge camera with HDMI spt,Please give me advice
to know specification of niconcoolpixp90
Thank the stars Fuji have a versatile range of bridge cameras that will work for most people.
Um...you might want to revise this blog based on current reality. There are a ton of bridge cameras out there, with a wide variety of capabilities. Future forecasting is a risky business.
As with the other persons comments, you should be looking a t revising this blogs material. The bridge camera is alive and well!!! They are better then ever. Please look into up-dating this site to reflect the current state of the industry. As is stands now, it is very dated material now.
Looks like the author of this one blew it! LOL!


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Inducing Labor: Feeling The Pressure Of A DeadlineAlyson Brown
A few weeks ago, my doctor suggested that we set an "end date" on which my baby will be induced if I haven't gone into labor naturally. Providing that I actually make it that far, my baby is scheduled to be induced on May 30, which is 2 weeks past my due date. Considering that I've been hoping for natural childbirth during my entire pregnancy, I have a really hard time imagining having to go down the induction road.
I've tried talking with my doctor and explaining to her that I'm just not comfortable inducing labor. I've asked her about sweeping the membranes and she said in her experience it really didn't do much unless my body was ready for labor. Plus, since I'd tested positive for Strep B, I'd have to be monitored. Her method of induction would be a prostaglandin gel if my cervix still hadn't softened or ripened or an iv of Pitocin – the drug that I've been dreading most. From what I've heard and read, Pitocin causes contractions that are stronger and closer together. It requires constant monitoring, meaning I won't be free to move around as much as I'd please during labor. And, it has been said that labors induced with Pitocin are twice as likely to end in c-section.
It seems like induction is playing nature. On one hand, I can't help but think that by speeding up his process, that I'm doing the wrong thing. If this baby isn't ready to come out yet, he's just not ready to come out. There must be a reason why he's still sitting cozy inside my belly. However, statistics say that after 42 weeks in gestation the risks to both the baby and the mother outweigh the potential risks from induction. Of course I want what's best for my baby and for myself, and naturally I'm just dying to meet him, but quite honestly, I'm afraid of the possible consequences of being induced.
So, now I'm faced with a deadline of sorts and I can't stop thinking about it. I'm also just plain uncomfortable. My belly is feeling so big and heavy, plus those cute little flutters I once enjoyed are on the point of being quite painful these days. I'm quite convinced he's stretched out in there, feet kicked back, just enjoying the scenery.
Sigh… Now that I've gotten myself all worked up and nervous about induction, I'm off to try just about everything I can to work this baby out naturally.
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ESPN analyst Lee Corso—he of College GameDay headgear fame—is among those believing that the era of four 16-team superconferences is on the horizon.
"This NCAA is done … you mark my word," Corso told the Orlando Sentinel at the annual Florida Citrus Sports kickoff dinner Monday night.
"I may not be living but the NCAA isn't going to be like it is now. There's going to be an updated major four streamlined conferences. Sixteen in each conference. Those football conferences won't have basketball schools in there or women's tennis. They will be football schools only."
In the race to expand to 16 teams, Corso believes that the ACC and Big East likely won't survive.
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John Dudley: Early growing pains, but hope for Coleman, Hurricane
When Sunday arrives, Cory Coleman can just coach. It's the easiest part of his job, relatively speaking, in getting the Erie Hurricane basketball team up and running.
The difficult part has been, well, everything else.
The Hurricane, whose home opener against the Lake Michigan Admirals is Sunday at 4 p.m. at East High School, was built for one league and wound up playing in another.
The team has been thoroughly outmanned so far, losing its first two games to Lima, Ohio, and Buffalo by an average of 67.5 points. Its roster consisted mostly of former high school players -- not all of them stars -- going up against former college standouts.
That's not how this was supposed to go. The Hurricane originally was put together to play in an exposure league for younger, less seasoned players in Ohio. When that fell through, it joined the Premier Basketball League, whose rosters are dotted with a few players serious Division I fans might recognize.
The switch happened only about three weeks before the PBL season opener. Tawan Slaughter, a Buffalo native who owns the Hurricane, explained in an interview on the PBL blog that the change was made to put the Hurricane in a more competitive league and to contain costs. Slaughter, who played at Buffalo State, also owns the PBL's Buffalo 716ers.
"The reaction time wasn't there for us to be able to change our roster," said Coleman, an Erie native and former Gannon standout who now works in the publishing industry. "So it's been tough so far because we haven't had the kind of experienced players we needed to compete."
Coleman believes that will begin to change this weekend. The Hurricane signed two former Division II players this week who should help them match up better in the PBL. Two others, including a former semi-pro player from Ohio whom Coleman declined to name, could be added by Sunday.
The newcomers are David Blanks, an Erie native who played at Strong Vincent and Clarion, and Tanner Furno, a 6-foot 10-inch center who recently finished up at Gannon. Coleman also has been working on signing Blanks' cousin Julian, who has extensive pro experience.
Coleman thinks the additions of David Blanks and Furno alone will upgrade a team whose standout so far has been former Wilberforce, Ohio, guard Lester Jones, who had 32 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in a 159-81 loss to Lima on Sunday.
A handful of PBL players are on contracts, Coleman said, but most, like his, are playing for exposure from other leagues. Two NBA D-League scouts attended the Hurricane's opener at Lima, he said.
Yet the league remains hit or miss.
Many PBL teams play in high school gyms, while the Chicago Tide's home is 7,000-seat U.S. Cellular Coliseum.
Some teams have slick, professional web sites. Others' resemble message boards. The Admirals, who visit Sunday, have a roster listed online, but it's difficult to find. The Hurricane lists a roster, but it's not updated. The West Virginia Angels' site says, simply, "Under Construction."
Coleman says he thinks things will begin to smooth out from here, especially on the court.
"Fortunately we're going to see (Lima and Buffalo) three or four more times this season, so now we know what to expect," Coleman said. "I think we'll have the talent we need to compete when we play them again."
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The Graduate Program in American Studies and the Women and Gender Studies Program will host the conference "Queering American Studies." The conference will examine the possible ways that Queer Theory can reframe the disciplinary approaches of American Studies as well as discuss what access gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer people have to the public sphere of civic power.
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" 'Wounded Attachments' and Redress: Undoing Filipina Victimhood Under Colonial Rule"
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"The Queer and the Cosmopolitan"
- Hiram Perez,Vassar College
For the afternoon session which begins at 1:30 p.m., "Standing in a Ditch: Queer Encounters with the Public" features a question and answer session with all four guest speakers, introduced and moderated by Aimee Cox, professor of African and African American Studies, Rutgers-Newark, and Taylor Black, a graduate student of the American Studies Ph.D. program, Rutgers-Newark.
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Why are there no tournies here? I've never played it, I want a reason to lol
There's a tourney every year and an ace race!!! Harvest moon classic 10
Neithe of those are tournies... Am only and an ace race? The Whitehall club hates disc golf...
whitehall breeds players who play tournies ....deep nine can be brutal......
Moshier you for got disc golf is all about ams bro! Pros don't mean **** everyone and the pdga know that
its a great course with deep roots. play the harvest moon meet some good folks
Love this course, like the deep 9 better than the back 9! Last I knew they (the club) was doing more work, anyone know about the progress? Keep it up guys, this is a great course!


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Members of the Goldsboro-Wayne County Humane Society Tuesday will present county commissioners with the $150,000 the society raised for the Wayne County Animal Adoption and Education Center. From left, center employee Sandy Davis, and society second vice president Suzi Wharton, president Barrett Parker and society member Jean Hollowell hold some of the animals at the center.
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What are you most proud of? that i returned to my quilting "roots" - QAYG is the first thing i ever did and i love it - it is really "me" - so glad i got back into it - i love to use scraps to do things with ease and big bang for my investment of time and effort - and this is so "it" for me - love it! thx, tara!
sorry, this isn't a "finished" project, but Tara, wanted u to see i'm not slacking (; - i've been working on blocks vs making a hot pad, until i got my pattern printed - now i'm getting slowly started - just made the pile of scraps i'll use - some might look familiar! (:
You're not slacking? You don't know what that even means, speed demon! I'm the one that still owes you a quilt!!! Love these blocks!
LOVE IT! How did you join the blocks together? How does the back look?
ugh, just wrote a long response but lost it when i went to look for the tutorial - so, there are many ways to join together, here is one: http://www.sewwequilt.com/2011/03/quilt-as-you-go-qayg.html not the best part of this process, a little tedious and takes some practice to do it neatly (i guess), so kind of the stick in the spokes for QAYG blocks, in my opinion, but i can't help myself, i love to make them! wish i had already done it so i could share my experience, but i am obviously dragging my feet on tackling it!
Thank you...I would not have guessed that and sincerely appreciate the time you took to look up the info. I have really enjoyed making the potholders but have not moved onto my tinker tote yet. Your quilt is awesome! :)


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The Legendary Blues Band was a Chicago blues band formed in 1980 after the breakup of Muddy Waters' band.
In June 1980, Muddy Waters' backing musicians Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (drums), Pinetop Perkins (piano), Louis Myers (harmonica/guitar), Calvin "Fuzz" Jones (bass guitar) and Jerry Portnoy (harmonica) quit and formed the Legendary Blues Band.[1][2] Later that year, they backed John Lee Hooker in the film The Blues Brothers. Smith was the only band member to appear in close-up.[3] The following year, Louis Myers joined the others as a guitarist and they recorded their debut album Life of Ease for Rounder Records.[1] Duke Robillard guested on their second release Red Hot 'n' Blue.
The Legendary Blues Band recorded seven albums, Life of Ease, Red Hot 'n' Blue, Woke Up with the Blues (nominated for a W. C. Handy Award), Keepin' the Blues Alive, U B Da Judge, Prime Time Blues, and Money Talks, between 1981 and 1993 and toured with Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton.[3]
Later recordings included Billy Flynn, Little Smokey Smothers, Tony O Melio, Nick Moss and Madison Slim although the rhythm section of Jones and Smith remained through to their final release in 1993.[1]
- Life of Ease (1981) – Rounder
- Red Hot 'n' Blue (1983) – Rounder
- Woke up with the Blues (1989) – Ichiban
- Keepin' the Blues Alive (1990) – Ichiban
- U B Da Judge (1991) – Ichiban
- Prime Time Blues (1992) – Ichiban
- Money Talks (1993) – Wild Dog Blues[4]
- ^ a b c Jim O'Neal. "The Legendary Blues Band | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited. p. 67. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
- ^ a b Hanson, Karen (2007). Today's Chicago Blues (1st ed.). Chicago: Lake Claremont Press. pp. 192–193. ISBN 978-1-893121-19-5.
- ^ "The Legendary Blues Band | Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-01-30.


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It works when other treatments failed to provide results
My 12 yr old daughter had some breaking out around her mouth, nose and some on her forehead. She is very sensitive to skin meds but this worked just fine. Didnt burn and cleared the rash up in abt 3 days , after usin it twice a day
I was prescribed this cream b/c I had a horribly itchy rash on my legs, that would not go away. After no cause could be found, ti was determined that it was possibly a minor staph infection. This medication worked very, very well for me. Not only did it relieve the itching, but within days began to clear the condition. However, it did not work immediately, as I had hoped, so patience was needed. Further, I was told that this medicine has a tendency to 'thin' ther skin and cause spider veins, so the cream should ONLY be placed on the area that is bothersome, even if it means applying to each little bump. I was very happy with the effectiveness of this medicine.
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I've been using Triamcinolone Acetonide to treat the redness of the skin on my lower legs and ankles. The cream works wonders alleviating itching, pain, the redness expanding.
I have a patch of skin on scalp about the size of my pinkie finger that I am treating with this product. So far the results have been good. I apply three to four times a day. At night I wash hair and reapply. It is critical to rub the cream in thoroughly. This takes several minutes for the scalp to absorb the cream. I will try to remember posting back again in a couple of months to report on my progress.
Medication works while being used; condition improves/clears; use is stopped. Condition comes roaring back within days. Drug doesn't seem to completely eradicate condition.
i have had eczema for a while and i finally went to thedoctor and they perscribed me this it works so well with my skin as long as you bathe daily and apply the cream as directed your eczema will go away within a week.But now my only problem is the dark marks that the eczema has left on my skin how can i get rid of that? coca butter doesnt seem to work for me.
i have a unknown skin problem that ive had for years, i get these bumps on my skin all over my body that itch and eventually turn into red scabs that will not go away, they just itch but wont heal. finally at a urgent care visit i mentioned this problem and they gave me this cream. The cream works great it stopped the itch and the next day the spots were almost gone, but if i dont use it they come back
I have Stasis Dermatisis, I have been using this off and on for three years. As far as stopping the itch, it doesnt. Maybe i have to use if more often daily. I only use it twice a day, and most times once a day or not at all. You have no idea how uncomfortable the itching is. In the begginning i was taking predisone and that did a job on my skin, It did not stop the itch. It made my skin thin, so when i scratched i bled. I take coumadin also. I have been to many dermotalogists seven to be exact all over the state of Conn. No help there.
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I have eczema mostly on my hands, sometimes my legs. Used to get really bad w/ cracking and bleeding. I put some of this ointment on itchy spot and it keeps it from getting real bad. Lotion never worked - often made it worse. OTC lotions did nothing. This is all that works for me!
This medication has caused the effected area on the outer palms of my hands to become scaly and encrusted to a point where I can remove dead skin resembling fish scales from the area. Once I remove the dead skin, the redness, itching, and pus filled boils return within a matter of minutes. I have been using this Triamcinolone 0.1% topical cream for the past two months without any significant results.
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Discussion in 'MIUI Mods' started by roenano, Apr 24, 2011.
I ripped this from MintBerry 2.2.10 :-/
Works for me on SGS I'm on MIUIAndroid 2.2.10
Thanks dude, works on Desire & DHD
Enviado desde mi HTC Desire HD usando Tapatalk
Working here too on SGS i9000
Thank you
Confirmed working on SGS2 i9100.
Great work!
it works on desire
thank you !
Thanks! Works great (DZ, 2.2.10)
how can i get supporting miui 2.2.10 LS-only ver.?
sorry about grammer
i'm korean boy ㅜㅜ
This mod is working on latest 2.2.17 on the i9000.
Thanks! Worked fine on MIUI 2.2.10 for N1, and working fine on MIUI 2.2.17 for N1
Just to confirm the 4wayreboot-MIUI-2.2.10.zip works on Miui Gingerbread 2.2.17 on the Captivate. An earlier version caused a boot loop at the boot animation.
Whens this updating to 2.2.17 ?
Guss, i have to try with the HD2
Yeah, it works =)
This is ripped from MintBerry 2.2.24 :-/
Works for me on SGS
Will Defo test on HD2
bootloop on htc desire with miui 2.2.24 and 4wayreboot-MIUI-2.1.13-V2-siam
Only prob w/ this mod on Defy is that it's quite laggy/slow ^^
anyway to increase speed/smoothness when 4way shows?
Boot hang on MIUI 2.2.24 on HTC Desire
If I knew how to update this, I'd do it. This is just confusing to me.
I think I have it working, I'll take a look tomorrow night
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WASHINGTON -- The Senate Tea Party Caucus -- all four members -- met for the first time Thursday before a small crowd of supporters on a snow-covered Washington day.
What the caucus and audience lacked in size they made up for in enthusiasm and energy. New Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., fired up the crowd along with Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., by preaching the gospel of deficit reduction and proclaiming that the tea party already has made its presence felt on Capitol Hill and in the White House.
"Some said when people who came from the tea party were elected that Washington would co-opt us," Paul said to a chorus of "No!" from a crowd of about 150. "The interesting thing is, I think we're co-opting Washington.
"Before we were even sworn in, the Republican caucus got together ... they forswore and said, 'No more earmarks,' " Paul said. "Are they going to co-opt us? I went to my first State of the Union the other day, and guess who is now against earmarks? The president of the United States has been co-opted by the tea party!"
Paul repeated his call to reduce budget deficits swiftly, and he trumpeted a bill he has introduced to cut $500 billion in government spending in one year.
Among the belt-tightening provisions, the bill would eliminate funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development; slash all Education Department programs except for Pell Grants, which he would cap at $16.23 million; eliminate several Department of Agriculture programs; and transfer Coast Guard funding from the Department of Homeland Security to the Defense Department.
"Most of official Washington think that's way too dramatic and we can never do it," Paul said. "But guess what? It's not enough. ... It barely gets us going in the right direction."
Lisa Miller, founder of Washington's Tea Party WDC, agreed. She pressed DeMint to go even further and introduce legislation that contains at least $1.5 trillion in cuts per year.
"If you could just put forward something that allows us to see we could reach a balanced budget this year or the next year, the tea party would be much more energized in this process," she said.
"If I put down the things that have to be cut this year to cut $1.5 trillion, it would probably kill the idea," DeMint responded. "If we could get a group of folks who say, 'Here's how you can do $1.5 trillion this year,' yeah, I'd be on the team. But what we're trying to find is how we can get 60 votes in the Senate."
DeMint, who campaigned for several tea party candidates last year, had the look of a proud papa at Thursday's gathering. He thanked tea party supporters for giving him deficit-hawk foot soldiers in Congress.
"Thank you for them, for Marco Rubio and Pat Toomey. ... We got a great new group of folks from all over the country because of the tea party," DeMint said. "There's not one Republican here who does not understand that they would have not won the election without tea party support."
Several Republican lawmakers were absent from the caucus launch. Rubio, a new senator from Florida, didn't attend. Toomey, of Pennsylvania, dropped by to push his bill that would order the government to prioritize paying the interest on its debt, then left.
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Sigma-Aldrich has acquired Research Organics to expand the company's buffer production capacity and to increase its portfolio of pharma-grade raw materials for the biopharmaceutical and diagnostic markets. Cleveland, Ohio-based Research Organics supplies high-purity biochemicals for use in molecular biology, diagnostics, cell culture, pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, life sciences, and biotechnology.
Founded in the 1950s, Research Organics was a pioneer in manufacturing zwitterionic biological buffers and developing the HEPES buffer as an industry-standard, according to Sigma-Aldrich. Research Organics will transition into SAFC, the custom manufacturing and services business unit of Sigma-Aldrich. The firm expects this acquisition to be neutral to earnings per share in 2012.
"Research Organics is an important addition to our pharmaceutical-grade portfolio of raw materials for the biopharmaceutical industry," says Gilles Cottier, evp, Sigma-Aldrich, and president, SAFC. "This acquisition is an outstanding complement to our existing raw materials portfolio and will help us provide more innovative solutions for some of our customers' toughest supply challenges. It will also enable us to provide SAFC's customers with true dual sourcing of buffers from two of the world's leading manufacturing sites."
Sigma-Aldrich's last company purchase came in January when it paid $350 million for BioReliance, a provider of global biopharmaceutical contract testing services. Last year the company made two prominent takeovers. In January 2011, it acquired Cerilliant to strengthen its analytical chemistry product portfolio. Cerilliant supplies reference standards and materials, products that support the clinical diagnostics, clinical toxicology, environmental, forensic, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical markets. A month later, Sigma-Aldrich picked up Resource Technology (RTC) also for its analytical chemistry offerings. RTC adds expertise in design, development, characterization, and packaging of analytical standards, matrix standards, certified reference materials, and proficiency testing.
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The Phillies we just saw win four games in a row at Citizens Bank Park and eight of 12 since the all-star break are a lot like one of those television programs that air after a sporting event surpassed its allotted time slot.
They joined this season already in progress.
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Zaunbrecher, Chapman united in holy matrimony
Emily Claire Zaunbrecher and Jacob William Chapman exchanged wedding vows on Friday, June 26, 2009 at the Academy of the Sacred Heart Chapel in Grand Coteau. Father Benoit Drapeau officiated the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Fred and Candee Zaunbrecher of Duson. She is the granddaughter of the late John P. Sawyer of Vero Beach, Florida, and the late Claire D. Sawyer of Atherton, California, and Margaret P. Zaunbrecher of Rayne and the late Glenn W. Zaunbrecher.
Emily is a graduate of the Academy of the Sacred Heart and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. After the wedding, she will continue her education at Southern Medical Corporation in Baton Rouge.
The groom is the son of Conrad and Denise Chapman of Lafayette. He is the grandson of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth LaFleur, Sr. of Lafayette, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chapman of Jackson, Louisiana.
Jacob is a graduate of Lafayette High School and Louisiana State University. Following the wedding, he will be working in Baton Rouge.
Escorted by her father, the bride wore an ivory stain gown by Casablanca Bridal with a beaded bodice and sweetheart neckline. Heavy silver beading on a fitted bodice flowed into a full shirt with a pleated detail on back. The gown's gorgeous cathedral-length train was also adorned with matching intricate bead-work.
Attending the bride as matron of honor was her friend, Laura Cain Miller. Bridesmaids were Nicole Comeaux Zaunbrecher, sister-in-law of the bride; Mary Zaunbrecher, cousin of the bride; and Ashley Baggett, Caitlyn Baggett and Allison Baggett, sisters of the groom.
Chosen to serve as best man was friend of the groom, Billy Tujague. Groomsmen were Lee Chapman, brother of the groom; Timmy Zaunbrecher, brother of the bride; and Stephen Hernandez, Mark Davenport and William Haxthausen, friends of the groom. Ushers were Truett Fortenberry, Stewart Edwards and Hunter Boynton, friends of the groom.
Madeline Grace LaFleur, cousin and godchild of the groom, served as flower girl, while Brice Glenn Zaunbrecher, nephew and godchild of the bride; performed the duties of ring bearer.
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunterby Seth Grahame-Smith
Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness.""My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire.When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln, he writes in his journal, "henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion. I shall become a master of mind and body. And this mastery shall have but one purpose..." Gifted with his legendary height, strength, and skill with an ax, Abe sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House.While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.Using the journal as his guide and writing in the grand biographical style of Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough, Seth has reconstructed the true life story of our greatest president for the first time-all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War and uncovering the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation.
How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Killsby Seth Grahame-Smith
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. From ghosts, vampires, and zombies to serial killers, cannibalistic hillbillies, and haunted Japanese videocassettes, How to Survive a Horror Movie shows how to defeat every obstacle found in scary films. Readers will discover: * How to Perform an Exorcism * What to Do If You Did Something Last Summer * How to Persuade the Skeptical Local Sheriff * How to Vanquish a Murderous Doll * How to Survive an Alien Invasion * How to Tell If You've Been Dead Since the Beginning of the Movie and much, much more. Complete with useful instructions, insane illustrations, and a list of 100 important films to study, How to Survive a Horror Movie is essential reading for prom queens, jocks, teenage babysitters, and anyone employed by a summer camp. From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Last American Vampireby Seth Grahame-Smith
New York Times bestselling author Seth Grahame-Smith returns with the follow-up to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter--a sweeping, alternate history of 20th Century America as seen through the eyes of vampire Henry Sturges. THE LAST AMERICAN VAMPIRE In Reconstruction-era America, vampire Henry Sturges is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln's shocking death. It will be an expansive journey that will first send him to England for an unexpected encounter with Jack the Ripper, then to New York City for the birth of a new American century, the dawn of the electric era of Tesla and Edison, and the blazing disaster of the 1937 Hindenburg crash. Along the way, Henry goes on the road in a Kerouac-influenced trip as Seth Grahame-Smith ingeniously weaves vampire history through Russia's October Revolution, the First and Second World Wars, and the JFK assassination. Expansive in scope and serious in execution, THE LAST AMERICAN VAMPIRE is sure to appeal to the passionate readers who made Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter a runaway success.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombiesby Seth Grahame-Smith Jane Austen
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton--and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers--and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield. Can Elizabeth vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices of the class-conscious landed gentry? Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you'd actually want to read.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Deluxe Heirloom Editionby Jane Austen Seth Grahame-Smith Roberto Parada
The New York Times Best Seller now with 30% more zombies! "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded version of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. This deluxe heirloom edition includes a new preface by coauthor Seth Grahame-Smith, thirteen oil painting illustrations by Roberto Parada, and a fascinating afterword by Dr. Allen Grove of Alfred University. Best of all, this limited special edition features an incredible 30 percent more zombies--via even more all-new scenes of carnage, corpse slaying, and cannibalism. Complete with a satin ribbon marker and a leatherette binding designed to endure for generations, this hardcover volume honors a masterpiece of classic zombie literature.
Unholy Nightby Seth Grahame-Smith
From the author of the New York Times bestselling Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, comes UNHOLY NIGHT, the next evolution in dark historical revisionism. They're an iconic part of history's most celebrated birth. But what do we really know about the Three Kings of the Nativity, besides the fact that they followed a star to Bethlehem bearing strange gifts? The Bible has little to say about this enigmatic trio. But leave it to Seth Grahame-Smith, the brilliant and twisted mind behind Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to take a little mystery, bend a little history, and weave an epic tale. In Grahame-Smith's telling, the so-called "Three Wise Men" are infamous thieves, led by the dark, murderous Balthazar. After a daring escape from Herod's prison, they stumble upon the famous manger and its newborn king. The last thing Balthazar needs is to be slowed down by young Joseph, Mary and their infant. But when Herod's men begin to slaughter the first born in Judea, he has no choice but to help them escape to Egypt. It's the beginning of an adventure that will see them fight the last magical creatures of the Old Testament; cross paths with biblical figures like Pontius Pilate and John the Baptist; and finally deliver them to Egypt. It may just be the greatest story never told.
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1Service des Maladies du Sang, Hopital Claude Huriez, CHRU, Lille, France2Service d'Hematologie, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France3Hôpital Saint Louis, APHP, Paris, France4Hematology, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France5Centres Hospitaliers Lyon Sud, CHU6Centres Hospitaliers Edouard Herriot, CHU7Institut Curie, APHP8Service des Maladies du Sang, Hopital Huriez, CHRU, Lille, France9CHU Bordeaux, Hematology, Pessac, France10Hematology, Hôpital Côte de Nacre, CHU, Caen, France11Hôpital A.Michallon, CHU Grenoble, Grenoble, France12Hôpital Robert Debré, CHU, France13institut paoli calmettes, marseille, France14CHU Avicennes, APHP, Paris, France15Hopital Saint Antoine, Paris, France16hematology, CHU, Amiens, France17hematology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nancy, Nancy, France18CHU, Tours, France19CHU Rennes, Rennes, France20Clinical Hematology, University Hospital, Dijon, France21Hematology, CHU, Rennes, France22Service d'Immuno-Hématologie, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France23CHU, Toulouse, France24Hématologie Clinique, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France25Service des Maladies du Sang, Hopital Claude Huriez, Lille, France
Method. This study included MM patients who did not achieve a response (≤ SD) as per IMWG criteria with the last course of bortezomib and the last course of lenalidomide, or who were refractory tobortezomib and lenalidomide. The primary objective was ORR, assessed centrally and reviewed by an independent committee. The analysis is performed on ITT population and combines data from the 2 arms.
Results. As of February 1, 2012, 84 patients (57 male and 27 female) were enrolled; 43 in arm 21/28 and 41 in arm 28/28. The median age was 60 years (range 42-83). The median time from diagnosis to enrolment in IFM 2009-02 was 70.5 months (range 9-277). The median number of prior lines of therapy was 5 (range 1-13), and 100% of the patients had received bortezomib and lenalidomide as per protocol. Additionally, 70% had received alkylating agents, 81% were previously exposed to autologous stem cell transplantation, 76% had received anthracylines and 71% had received thalidomide. Most importantly, 84.5% were refractory to their last prior line of therapy and 77% were refractory to their last prior lines of both lenalidomide and bortezomib. With a median follow up of 22.8 months, 74 patients have discontinued treatment and 53 patients (63%) have died: 25 (58%) in arm 21/28 and 28 (68%) in arm 28/28. The most common reason for treatment discontinuation was disease progression(84%), and death was considered to be related to myeloma in 95% of patients (similar in the 2 arms). Importantly, 10 patients (12%) remain on treatment after 30 months. In the ITT population, the median (95%CI) PFS and TTP was 4.6 months (4-7) and 5.4 months (CI 4-8), with a median duration of response of 7.3 months (5-15). 28% of patients were free of progression and 44% responded, at 1 year respectively. The median OS was 14.9 months (11-20), similar in the 2 arms, with 57% and 44% of patients that survived at 12 and 18 months respectively.
We also compared for each patient the TTP on protocol and the TTP on the last prior line before entering in the study. The median TTP was 5 (4;8) months on study and 4 (3;5.5) months on the last prior line,with 28% and 15% of patients free of progression at 1 year; this difference in TTP dramatically increased when focusing on responders: the TTP on study has not been reached (43;-) and was 26 (20;39)months on the last prior line. 49% and 24% of patients were responders at 1year in the 2 groups, respectively. We found that TTP was greater on pomalidomide than on any other line of therapy that patientscould have access to in France at the time of the study.
Interestingly, we noticed that all survival end points were significantly more prolonged in responders when compared to patients with SD. Median OS that has not been reached in responders, (18.4;-); and was 13 (8;20) months in patients with SD, (HR [95% CI) 0.45 [0.2,0.9], p=0.018). Noteworthy, 83% of responders and 50% of patients with SD were still alive after 12 months of treatment, and 69% and 36% were still alive at 18 months, respectively.
Conclusion. Pomalidomide and dexamethasone is active and well tolerated in heavily pre-treated MM patients. The combination of pomalidomide and dexamethasone compared very favourably to the expected median OS reported in the historical control study in end stage MM. This study provides further evidence that pomalidomide can provide benefit for patients who have relapsed after other novel therapies.


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Besides being the star and one of the producers of ABC's sexy new comedy Cougar Town, Courteney Cox Arquette can speak from real-life experience when it comes to an older woman dating a younger man. In fact, the 45-year-old actress married her "cougar bait," husband David Arquette.
"I am a cougar!" Cox tells PEOPLE in L.A., while helping her husband collect cans of donated soup for the Cheesecake Factory's "Drive Out Hunger" Tour benefiting Feeding America. "I don't take offense to the word. David's much younger than me and he loves older women. I mean, why not date someone younger if you can?"
Just don't tell that to 37-year-old Arquette, who hosted the food drive that visited the sets of ABC's Scrubs and Cougar Town.
"She keeps saying that, but I'm too old to be considered cougar bait!" Arquette said with a laugh. "I'm a little concerned. I'd have to be in my mid-20s for this to be a cougar thing. I really fall in the middle, so for me it's kind of sad."
He can laugh, but only because Arquette seems to have an insider's guide to why younger men are attracted to older women. "Women know a lot of things that men don't," he said. "At points in their life they start to think the same way that men always do. Sexually, we're peaking at different times, so why not peak at the same time?"
Cougar Town, which debuts on ABC Sept. 23, follows Cox as a middle-aged woman who is trying to rediscover herself and her sexuality while piecing her life back together in the wake of a divorce.
As far as Cox is concerned, being a successful cougar is as simple as following one golden rule: "You have to be confident," she said. "The reason younger men want to date older women is because of their experience. Show them that you know what you're doing." --Reagan AlexanderMatt Sayles/AP
Courteney Cox Arquette Roars, 'I'm a Cougar!'
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Because you can.
It wasn't long ago that runners were viewed as "slightly off." Even more recently, women weren't allowed to run in sanctioned events. Both good reasons to run.
Before Title IX, women's "sports" were limited to drill team and no-frills leftovers from men's programs. Another good reason.
The countless runners who have had to give it up due to injury or illness, even though they still loved to run. The kids riding in the car with their sedentary parents, seeing you as an example. Thousands more good reasons.
At this point, I'd like to hear one good reason NOT to run.
RunOregon wishes you a fast and injury-free year of running in 2008!


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Geology Explorations
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June 15. Become a field geologist for a day! Learn about rocks, minerals and fossils while exploring the geology of Kansas. In our one-day summer science camps, participants explore nature and science through demonstrations, hands-on activities, and experiments in the museum and out in the field. Registration begins March 1 and ends May 29.
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Coast Guard crews continued to search Sunday night for a 30-year-old Charleston man who reportedly jumped over the railing of a cruise ship early Sunday morning off the coast of Florida.
The Bahamas Celebration, part of the Celebration Cruise Line, notified Coast Guard crews in Miami at around 2 a.m. Sunday of the incident, according to a news release.
The man, identified as James Miller, of Charleston, reportedly went overboard early Sunday about 27 miles east of Delray Beach, Fla., the news release said. Crews immediately responded with both aircraft and Coast Guard ships searching the area.
Coast Guard officials said Sunday night that Miller had not been located and that the search was ongoing.
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Not only did the Nokia Drive offline navigation system facilitate mapping of the places, but also the little things helped, like embedding a Nokia NFC tag in the Michelin logo awarded to the restaurants and other places that make it to the guide. Nearing your Nokia Lumia to the logo nets you all the related info for the place, which is hopefully a harbinger of things to come.
See how a Michelin Guide app took advantage of Nokia Lumia features in this behind-the-scenes video
Nokia's dev forum released a video describing the process of tailoring the Michelin Guide app for the unique features of Lumia handsets. The guide includes more than 30,000 attractions with info and reviews curated by Michelin, and we all know about the famous star system they are awarding to the world's top restaurant.
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1. TheMan (Posts: 490; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)
This is great! I love my Michelin guides and being able to use an NFC chip of at the restaurant is sweet!
See how a Michelin Guide app took advantage of Nokia Lumia features in this behind-the-scenes video


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Tea-jar (Japanese: natsume)
Signed Namikawa Yasuyuki
Kyoto, Japan
Height 6.4cm x diameter 5.4cm
Museum no. M.75-1969
Margary Gift.
The V&A's cloisonné collection has grown only modestly since the time of Andō's visit. A small group of objects, including this work by Namikawa Yasuyuki was bequeathed to the V&A in 1969, but otherwise there have been few additions of significance.
This small and elegant tea-jar carries all the details normally expected of the best work of Yasuyuki: the mirror-black enamel ground is covered with gold wire decoration of summer flowers in shades of polychrome enamels with small roundels to accentuate the flowers and scrolling karakusa on the ground. The jar is quite heavy for its size and the interior and base are all gilded in a deep golden colour. The base carries an applied silver plaque with the inscription Kyoto Namikawa.