bogwarrior

so what , let them test it. Soon everybody will have them. i find it ridiculos that countries with thousands of them pointed at other countries ( with somebody like Bush in charge ) tell those same countries .. In the name of peace and good livin you cant have them.

Hi Woppit, The three dropzones in Madrid , ourselves 64 Km south of madrid , Lillo ( our competitor in the domestic side of things whom you have reviewed on this site ) 105KM south and Villa de don Fredrique 145Km south.. have had restrictions over the last 2 days. This coincides with the introduction of a new ATC sytem in Madrid last Saturday morning. We have met with ATC and were told that we should not expect this disruption to be a permanent feature. The new airways brought in with the opening of second runway actually favour us as they increase our top altitude by some 6000feet with most traffic moving to the north . The reason for the stop is primarily that as the controllers adjust to the new technology they are avoiding the seven skydiving aircraft in the region making their job more " difficult " . Seems a bit blanket to me , but its their right to do such things ona whim. I recall other dropzones around the country sending us their entire operation for weeks when the same thing happened them.. Over the weekend when the disruption arrived we offered our clients compensation. Today Im pleased to report the controllers having had two days of the new system have cleared us full time to altitude. This morning [ Monday 2nd Oct ] we are on load 8 at appx 1:15 local time and expect to make 25 for the day. Obvisouly were this to become a feature we would accelerate our plans to open our second dropzone. Thankfully it doesnt seem that way , nor has it been that way with so far 300+ AFF graduates in Ocana so far this year. Should any of our clients have any questions in regards to their trip please dont hesitate to contact us. David FFU Client Care http://www.freefalluniversity.co.uk

the sigma 15mm ex is a fab lens imho.

the sigma 15mm ex is great on a 1.6 body

Ok cool. its ISO 100, the XT isnt noisy at 400 ISO , give it a shot at that. The F6.3 is really working against focus giving you a small focal plane.

i dont have an exif viewer so cant see what the ISO that your shooting at is. 18mm on that body is 28mm. This leads to a less than ideal depth of field. While to freeze things like jump suits etc 500th of a second is better i dont think its contributed in this case to a poor focus due to motion blur ( assuming you were holding your head reasonably still ). If you are not familiar with depth of field , google it and read up on it. If you can bump the ISO a bit id do so, shoot on TV priority ( 320 to 500 ) and you will get a better apperture per increase in ISO. Then its down to learning to prefocus for a a good DOF on the ground. Incidentally id look at the light metering mode your using. It looks like your taking a reading from the widest spread possible. Try shooting in centre weighted.

i would wager that every aspiring camera person has made your mistake. Its how you learn from the experience that determine what type of camera flyer you are / will be. i have about 1000 camera dives and have hit formations once or twice , especially in the early days. The biggest thing i would suggest is to know what trouble feels like in your fingers ( closest to the burble ) and have an emergency plan ( stick your legs up your ass and hands out in front ) and at that point screw keeping them in frame ( get out of there and live to tell the tale without an ego telling you that your not safe. The guy who told you were not safe didnt imho appreciate your learning and imho was a little harsh. The fact that you feel offended with his comments is in my view has you on the right road. People like this will pressure you to be close and then bollick you for getting too close. Get as close as you are happy with and if there are comments about where you should be listen , learn but dont feel pressure to have to be there. People having new video guys on their dives have to appreciate they aint getting airspeed style video and thats that. As for where to go , i have mixed feelings on moving down to smaller formations . They are a smaller " target " to hit but i think move around faster than something big. So they might be good chasing practice especially if new. One thing id suggest is to have as a reference point in the formation the rig of the jumper closest and ALMOST underneath you. I focus my attention more on that rig than the centre of the formation. The thing is to move relative to that rig. All that being said , its only my experience which is not huge as its spread out over 5 years. David

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The elimination of its enemies is one thing. The report also said that the misguided foreign policy of the US and UK was just as much to blame. Egging Israel on wasnt a good move. It leaves them as the winner as in the eyes of joe blogs over there they are standing up to the " agressor " ?

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/11/world/middleeast/11military.html?hp&ex=1155355200&en=4887d0ebeb1cdf33&ei=5094&partner=homepage Experience is that these munitions end up killing more civilians than soldiers long term. Their use is also against the law in civilian areas , even smaller villages. But like resoloutions demanding the end of Israels occupation, there will be no big drama from Israels Allie about the law being neatly ignored.

Yeah fairly simple one the guy whos been invaded might not be likely to agree with what you said. He might fancy his chances of getting it back and certainly might be encouraged to try. Take it easy.

In the words of Jimmy Carter " thats unfortunatley not how the world works ".

No the IDF is doing its best from altitude and its not working , never would have worked. The IDF knows that it will get its ass kicked in a war of attrition if it goes as far as the Litani never mind Beiruit. So i dont think so. Not Land dispute, land occupation. Opression of palestinians , lack of respect for their neighbours , shooting civilians randomly on their borders. ( As opposed to catching civilains in the cross fire ). Allowing proper food supplies into the Gaza strip. Take a look around here http://electronicintifada.net/lebanon/. It might be alternative for you , but it wont kill you.

No, i just respect that there are two sides to the story. Im not a muslim and im not a radical . The problem is never fixed trying to cut the branches but by taking up the roots. I am in favour of trying to address the core issues. Just because I say that there must be something ammiss if a guy is convinced / driven to do himself. I dont believe that this is just "religion"..thats historically been a cover for voilence and a larger " issue ".

What if the war were an equal one and both sides equally armed. People in the Gaza strip, I can imagine use the only thing they have. I reckon you have to believe in what your doing a lot more to die for it than click a little switch from 15K.. not condoning it , just pointing out the obvious. How many of those newsfeeds told you Iraq had WMD ?

I think rather simply he is saying that the media spoonfeeds you one side of the story and that possibly your view has been effected by a sustained daily dose of one sided reporting , possibly following an agenda set by the powers that be. Just like many Arab states might have thier view effected by Al Jazeerah. Just because people like Darius outline an understanding of both sides doesnt mean that one is condoned over the other. If you were an agnostic terrorist i reckon you could take your pick between the Israelis and Hizbollah. Its not an ideological question more which came first .. the chicken or the egg.

There was news on the tele the other night about some guy who had done an " in depth " study of suicide bombers. He suggested that most people who took part in such acts did not see themselves as religious zelots but rather freedom fighers. The fact that they bring their god into it is , irrelevant.. I mean how many american presidents ( Bush in a mega fashion before Gulf II ) said " god was on his side " .. Doesnt make him and his generals a death cult. Now of course God and Bush have a "semi client " government in Iraq , Cheneys firms are doing great supplying troops and we have no trace of WMD ...they call themselves " freedom fighters ". As for Christians recruiting car bombers etc... didnt CIA operatives arm and train militias for years in the fight against communism ? Anyway back on topic : The guy spoke specifically about Hezbollah and said that they didnt exist untill Isreal arrived at the Letani river some 20 years ago. Its a shame i cant link to it , the report was on the BBC but he was doing a tour of most security agencies in the US sharing his findings. I dont know the ins and outs of Islam , but i feel safe in saying the title of the thread is bollox.

Well done to the UK police, it was a reaction to a threat instead of a reaction to an incident.

No , according to some reports the explosive they had was some form of liquid that looked non descript. Maybe two lucozade bottles of ingredient x and y mixed together , then detonated with the batteries from your walkman. On one side it sounds far fetched , but on the other..

Ok. I think thats Chalk and cheese and my comments should be taken in the context of my original post. I do not believe that Moderate Muslims support terrorism which is what was incinuated. I know several who prefer peace and prosperity as opposed to ideoligical wars. Id wager thay are in the majority. " Regular Joes ". I dont see Jewish people bringing " God " into it much.. On tv we consume many images of Clerics insiting hatrid of non believers ( Occupied , poor ,oppressed and fearful people make a good audience ) but not much of what the Rabbis are saying. My curiosity like that of Daruis is what the Jewish faith says about this. Most superpowers or extremist groups generally have a religious angle.

you lost me.

Yes that and imposing sanctions on Iran, Falling production in Nigeria and south American producers doing deals with non western countries. Just spoke with a friend whos back in from the Gulf saying it will be years before production is back to normal after Katrina too. How long will it take to hit 100$ a barrell.. one month ?

Darius, I think your question is a good one . I do know that Orthadox jews are denouncing the voilence .. what the difference beteen a regular jew and an orthadox jew is I dont know except the Orthadox jews call the Israelis Zionists too... As for "implicit support " , it could be said by default that many americans support the occupation of the like of the Sheeba farms ,given they dont openly criticize it.

That since Israels occupation of Arab lands has proved impossible and right now all they are doing paradoxically is ensuring another generation of strenghtened support for Hezbollah. Imho there is a direct corrolation between the support and strenght of H´bollah with the level of terrorism visited on the civilian population and that civilian populations economic prospects. Sustained terror acts combined with a shattered economy. Young Lebanese and beyond will dusting off their white robes for years to come..

Bill , Yes women and children either in their homes , bomb shelters or just trying to escape deserve to be bombed for their " assumed " political beliefs. Even the men in Beiruit who were not " Hezbo types " . Or mabye its because they live in the wrong country. There is a difference between belief, support and even accepting the social assistance that Hezbollah brought to otherwise empoverished people. This would help justify Hezbollahs attacka on civilians in Haifa given 90% of Isrealis support the war. Theres a difference between bravery and stupidity.