I just got my RB67 yesterday and so far really like it!  I just took it for a spin w/ some Ilford Delta 3200 shot at 800 and really enjoyed shooting.  First impression was how heavy it was, but at the same time, it's also built like a tank.  You can also tell how well made it is - all of the dials and knobs and everything feel extremely fluid and smooth, and the rotating back just feels nice to use.  The view finder is great, although it really gets washed out if there's sunlight on it - may need to look into a chimney finder or prism at some point.  One thing I'd gotten this camera for was

"The Guardian has obtained this police footage of Emily Apple and Val Swain being arrested by surveillance officers after asking for their badge numbers at the Kingsnorth climate camp last year. The two women speak to Paul Lewis about their arrest, imprisonment and official complaint"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2009/jun/21/fit-watch-kingsn...

Good article talking about copyright and the industry's campaign to say copyright infringment is theft.  I was thinking about this last night when I was watching Gran Torino, or trying to... they make you sit through about 10 minutes of copyright warnings and ads for crappy movies (doom, t3, etc...), with the menu button disabled so you can't skip.  Talk about a disencentive to pay for content... pay $15 and be treated like a criminal, or download for free and enjoy your movie without the crap.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8106805.stm

Recent developments in copyright... some interesting cases involving the recording industry vs.

Copyright is a compromise in which individuals agree to grant a temporary monopoly of ideas (writings, music, movies, etc.) to the creators, in exchange for theoretical increased output.  Over the last 50 years the "temporary" part of that compromise has been lost, thanks to lobbying and expensive ad campaigns from the movie/music moguls to encourage people to not "steal from the artists" (the moguls want a monopoly on that activity, too, it seems.)  To further pursuade people, the industry has waged a years-long legal battle against its fans and customers, in which anyone suspected of file

Location

Haven't been here yet... directions courtesy of Joanne:

Location

Really great trail fairly close to Baltimore...

"When undercover detectives busted Jose and Maximo Colon last year for selling cocaine at a seedy club in Queens, there was a glaring problem: The brothers hadn't done anything wrong."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31345639/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

"The Maryland State Police surveillance of advocacy groups was far more extensive than previously acknowledged, with records showing that troopers monitored -- and labeled as terrorists -- activists devoted to such wide-ranging causes as promoting human rights and establishing bike lanes."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/03/AR200901...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR200810...