CANON 10D
The new digital Canon 10D is every bit as nice as the early reviews say it is. I've worked with if for several days now and I am very impressed. It produces files from which I can make 12x18 inch prints that are every bit as good as prints from a slide or negative. My hands on first look is
here. My specifications review is
here. The VERY detailed review at DP Review is
here.
THE DOLOMITES
The Dolomites are a well known set of peaks in Italy. Three
webcams are set up in the area. You can go there anytime it is daytime in Italy. My favorite views are just before sunrise which is usually late at night in the Eastern U.S. Click on one of the three webcams on the right side of the page.
ELIE WIESEL AND THE WAR ON IRAQ
On March 11, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Elie Wiesel, urged direct intervention in Iraq. His L.A. Times article is reproduced at this
U.S. Embassy web site.
Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania, now a part of Romania. He was fifteen years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz. His mother and younger sister perished, his two older sisters survived. Elie and his father were later transported to Buchenwald, where his father died shortly before the camp was liberated in April 1945.
His web site is
here.
TODAY IN BAGHDAD
I was stunned by the images from Baghdad today with Iraqi people and U.S. troops pulling down Saddam Hussein's statue, followed by the Iraqi celebration. It was a compelling moment. As the head of Saddam's statute was dragged through the streets, a boy was hitting his head with his shoe. The war has been quick, however long the clean up may take. I am proud of our troops and how they have tried to relate to the Iraqi people.
Responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of his own people, it has long been known that Saddam is/was an evil person. Elie Wiesel, before the war started, urged a direct intervention in Iraq. As one who suffered under Hitler, Wiesel did not want to allow another tyrant like Hitler to continue to rule.
With horrid fascination I have watched the war unfold, day by day, since the begining three weeks ago. My heart and prayers went out to American families that lost loved ones in the war. And my heart and prayers went out to Iraqi families too. Some of them had loved ones who fought, not by choice but at the point of a gun, or because of threats to their own families. I have prayed for a quick end to the fighting for the sake of both sides.
We have waged war against a cruel regime and won. Good people have died on both sides. More lives will be lost as pockets of the regime are sought out around the country. Good people's lives are still at risk.
We have waged war well, now the question is, how well can we wage peace? It will be a difficult process. May our leaders by wise in helping Iraq to their own rule - and a better and less fearful way of life. It is still a time to pray for Iraq.
