Real politics is cynical

International politics is really cynical and realistic. The China's olympic crisis reminds us that's only the strong survives, writes the history, and put their stamp on the worlwide map. The olympic comitee, the great democracy of our modern world are talking about the long term and the positive influence that can have the organisation of the next olympic games in Beijing. China it's the biggest marketing potential market in the world so forget about the burma repression, the tibet and the Daila Lama.
After all sport is not politics. So what is sport, in it ultimate representation of olympism? Let me remind something. Sport is a politic intrument to control the violence who is in all of us as human being, but also a fantastic tool of promoting the belonging feeling to a tribe, a communauty, a country, a nation, a system. So If sport isn't politic, I must be crazy. Like I am now. International Politics is cynical... Turn the spot and just imagine if Turquia or Iran try to organise the Olympics. Oh my goodness come on there is the Kurde's repression. Come on Iran,it's a terrorist state who want to blow the planet up.
At least we know that's the reality is there and that's the rality of money. The quastion is what I' m going to do at my personal level and you what are going to do.
Reality is cynical...I'm writing this entry on my powerbook, wearing a nike shoes.
I really enjoy basketball. Should I follow the final between USA and Spain or Argentine. Or seeing Howard dunking on Yao Ming.
What I'm going to do here in Norway when the french soccer team will meet the brazilian one. Well, I will drink a coke. Reality is cynical... It's up also to the sportman to stand up and to make a statement. Ater all that's them who are the hero of the story and they can confront the marketing vilain.

Canon sx100 and S5 review

These camera are really similar in terms of Image quality, even if I think the edge is going slightly for the sx100 in low light situation.

Concerning this one, it's 10 zoom (36-360mm), with total manual control and habituals scene mode. The stabilisation is quite good and the face detection is ok. Filming is very good when you consider that it is not a camrecorder. You can record at a rate frame of 30 img/s in a 640/480, big enough for TV screen.With an aperture of 2,8 and 4,2 at full teleporto, the lens is light. And that's really the strong point of the sx100. The zoom quality plus the total control on the camera, iso, white balance, aperture, speed, focus, and the stabilised function.
+: good overall image quality, stabilised and 10 zoom, good video, good macro
-: bad high iso performance, keep it between 80 og 400 iso, purple fringing, no viewfinder, no wide angle

Canon S5is is probably the best compact on the market in terms of video. Stereo sound, still image during filming, focus control. Like its little brother, the image quality is good but forget about taking picture above 400 iso. Purple fringing is present as well as noise in the shadow even at low iso setting. But the S5 is a versatile camera with a 12zoom (36-432mn), exceptional video with zoom available, a hot shoe for external flash, good macro, and all the bracketing options for HDR pictures, and add lenses also in options. That's a huge package who misses the wide angle and good iso picture quality.
+: good overall image quality, exceptional video, manual control, great zoom and stabilisation.
-: bad image quality at high iso (keep it at 200 iso max), artefacts at all iso setting, purple fringing, no wide angle, no manual zoom ring.

These two camera are really good with good lights but don't try them in a nightclub, parties, inside sports like basketball or snowboarding at night . If you forget the long zoom and the S5 video quality. It's better to invest in the canon a720 who has better iso i.q and save buckets. Unfortunately I have both of them, but I prefer the Sx 100 for his edge at high iso. That's the reason one why I'm looking in vain for a fuji f31fd.

NBA MVP

Here are my four MVP candidates: Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Kevin Garnett, Chris Paul.
I take the bet that Kobe is going to be the 1. The reason is that is several season that is carry The lakers on his shoulders and it's time for the NBA to recognize her best talent in the game since Michael Jordan.
Lebron James has the time for him not Kobe. Even if since his arrival in NBA, the King has been a constant progress, a constant alien unstoppable capable of qualify a second role team in the last NBA finals. Concerning Chris Paul, who is playing in the same league as Steve Nash and Chauncey Billups, that's amazing what "the little guy" is capable of. However he needs to prove that he can play to this level for several season.
Kevin Garnett is there to but he's surrounding by a nice cast in Allen and Pierce who is really the go to guy in the fourth quarter.
Sorry you guys from Houston but the 22 victory in a row is going to nowhere. Mc Grady have still to prove that he can pass the first round in a playoff series.
This is Kobe year and the number 24 is shinning.