Lake Tahoe, Sierra Area Cross Country Skiing

Total Escape Cross Country
Tahoe Cross Country Skiing

adult, junior youth 13-18, child 9-12 years old. 
Royal Gorge 1.25 hours lesson $65,$45 including pass, rental
Northstar California 1.5hr package $81,$50. 2hr private 6 person $180, rental $33, $19, snowshoe $81,$50
Kirkwood hr package $58,$44,34, skate $60,$48,$40. ticket $22, 10 under free. rental $22, $10, skate $28, snowshoe $22, $10
Bear Valley XC hr package $57,$35, wk skating $62,$40. pass $25, $10, rental $22, $12, skate $26, snowshoe $20
Tahoe Donner weekends holidays only, 1.5hr ski/skate package $63, $41. ticket $30. rental ski skate snowshoe $25, $15 child
Clair Tappaan Lodge trail fee $10. rental $20
Yosemite Ski & Snowboard Area (Badger Pass)

Compact Cameras with Optical Zoom in Motion Picture

Large sensor fixed lens camera with touch screen
Canon PowerShot G7 X 1" 24-100mm f1.8-2.8
Canon PowerShot S120 1/1.7" 24-120mm f1.8-5.7
Casio Exilim EX-TR50 1/1.7" 21mm f2.8

Sony Cyber-shot, full use of optical zoom, optical SteadyShot
*DSC-TX7 Exmor R 10MP 1/2.4" 1080i AVCHD stereo 17Mbps 25-100mm f/3.5-6.3 3.5" 921K LCD 97.8x59.5x17.5 133/149g $400
*DSC-TX9 Exmor R 12MP 1/2.3" 1080i AVCHD stereo 17Mbps 25-100mm f/3.5-6.3 3.5" 921K LCD 97.8x59.5x17.5 133/149g $400
**DSC-TX9 Exmor R 12.2MP 1/2.3" 1080i AVCHD stereo 17Mbps 25-100mm f/3.5-6.3 3.5" 921K LCD, 97.8x59.5x17.5 133/149g $400
*DSC-WX5 Exmor R 12.2MP 1/2.3" 1080i AVCHD stereo 17Mbps 24-120mm f/2.4-7.1 2.8" 460K LCD 91.7x51.9x21.5 130/146g $300
**DSC-WX9 Exmor R 16.2MP 1/2.3" 1080i AVCHD stereo 24Mbps 28-140mm f/2.6-6.3 3.0" 921K LCD 94.6x56.3x19.8 123/139g $220
*DSC-HX5V/B Optical SteadyShot w/ Active Mode in movie GPS Exmor R 10MP 1/2.4 1080i AVCHD stereo 17Mbps 25-250mm f/3.5-8 102.9x57.7x28.9 170/200g $350

Canon PowerShot, full HD
PowerShot ELPH 100 12MP CMOS 1/2.3" 1080p 24 H.264 36Mbps 28-112mm f/2.8-5.9 93.1x55.9x19.9mm 140/121g
PowerShot ELPH 300 HS 12MP CMOS 1/2.3" 1080p 24 H.264 36Mbps 24-120mm f/2.7-5.9 92.2x55.9x19.50mm 141/122g
PowerShot ELPH 500 HS 12MP CMOS 1/2.3" 1080p 24 H.264 36Mbps 24-105mm f/2.0-5.8 100.6x55.4x25.0mm 185/165g
PowerShot SD4500 IS back-illuminated CMOS 10.0M 1/2.3" 36-360mm f/3.4-5.6 1080 24p JMPEG 3" 230K LCD 101.3x58.5x22.3 167/190g $350
SX230 HS 12MP CMOS 1/2.3" 1080p 24 H.264 36Mbps 28-392mm f/3.1-5.9 105.7x61.6x33.2mm 223/195g

Camcorder
**Canon Vixia HF G10 1/3" 1080 24Mbps MPEG4-AVC/H.264 30.4-305mm 1/1.8-2.8 77x78x151mm 545/590g $1500
*HandyCam HDR-CX550V Optical SteadyShot w/ Active Mode in movie GPS Exmor R 6MPx2 1/2.88" 1080i AVCHD 24Mbps 26.3-263mm f/1.8-3.4 66x74x143 440/490g $1300
HandyCam HDR-CX700VOptical SteadyShot w/ Active Mode in movie GPS Exmor R 12MP 1/2.88" 1080i AVCHD 24Mbps 26.3-263mm f/1.8-3.4 66x74x143 395/...g $1300
** Panasonic HDC-TM700K Power OIS 1/4.1"x3 1080/60p H.264 28Mbps (AVCHD 1080i 17Mbps) 35-420mm f/1.5-2.8 66x69x138 380g/ $1000
comparison of above 2

Panasonic Lumix, Optical Zoom in Motion Picture, Optical Image Stabilizer (Still & Movie)
DMC-ZR1 12MP 1/2.33 720p mjpeg 32Mbps 25-200mm f/3.3-5.9 97.8x54.6x26.0 138/160g $280
DMC-ZS3 12MP, 10MP effective 1/2.33 720p AVCHD Lite 17Mbps 25-300mm f/3.3-4.9 103.3x59.6x32.8 206/229g $350
*DMC-TS1 12MP 1/2.33 720p AVCHD Lite 17Mbps 28-228mm f/3.3-5.9 98.3x63.1x22.7 163/...g $380
DMC-FZ35 12MP 1/2.33 720p AVCHD Lite 17Mbps 27-486 f/2.8-4.4 117.6x75.8x88.9 367/414g $400

Casio
EX-FC150 back-illuminated CMOS 10.1M 1/2.3" 720p 37-185mm f/3.6-4.5 3.9x2.3x1.1" 4.9/6.1oz 2.7" 230K LCD
EX-FH100BK back-illuminated CMOS 10MP 1/2.3 720p mjpeg 24-240mm f/3.2-5.7 104x60x28 /201g $350

Fujifilm
FinePix HS10 back side illuminated BSI 10MP 1/2.3 1080p H264 13.64Mbps 24-720mm f/2.8-5.6 130.6x90.7x126.0 636/...g

Ricoh
CX3 back-illuminated 10MP 1/2.3 720p mjpeg 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 101.5x58.3x29.4 185/206g $400

Nikon Coolpix, optical zoom and autofocus capabilities during recording
** Coolpix P300 12.2M CMOS 24-100mm f/1.8-4.9 1080p

Samsung
TL350/WB2000 10.0M 1/2.4" back-side-illuminated CMOS 24mm-120mm f/2.8-5.8 1080p stereo H.264 99.5x59x21.7 153g

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10 Netbook-oriented Linux Distributions... and Counting

Ubuntu Netbook Remix UNR 9.1
Easy Peasy 1.5 9/8/2009
OpenGEU 9.1 1/27/2010
CrunchBang Linux 9.04.01 7/8/2009

Jolicloud Pre-Beta

moblin 2.1 11/4/2009

Google Chrome OS

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