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A fresh start, or another false dawn? Only time will tell whether Harry Redknapp's time at Tottenham will end in cheers or tears but, in a matter of days, the former Pompey manager has certainly galvanised Arsenal's ailing rivals.
Within hours of his appointment Redknapp had overseen Tottenham's first win of the Premier League season and Spurs fans will travel to Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night with rather more optimism than they might have expected. A first win at Arsenal for 15 years would certainly blow away those cobwebs.
We asked Ben Pearce of the Tottenham Journal for a Spurs perspective ahead of the North London derby. Here's his take on a dramatic weekend at White Hart Lane, what Redknapp will bring to Spurs, the mistakes made in the summer and the problems they will face at the Emirates.
"I think there is a very positive mood now Redknapp has arrived. At the Lane on Sunday all the Spurs fan were being really positive about it. I think the most important thing about it is that Daniel Levy is prioritising the league. Both him and Harry Redknapp have said that's the priority now. I think Ramos' mistakes were things like resting Ledley King in the league but playing him in the Uefa Cup. They have now got someone who knows what the Premier League is all about which means not only getting Spurs out of where they are at the moment but he'll be looking for them to become a top four team. If he is there long-term then that will be his brief really. Out of relegation this year and then maybe into the top four where Martin Jol was trying to get them before he left.
"The fans all seem really, really positive about Redknapp's appointment. Being at the game yesterday everyone felt that they had someone who communicates well with the media and talks to the fans. He is an entertaining guy and a great motivator of the players which is something that was missing with Ramos. It was difficult for the media or the fans to ever get anything out of him. It partly wasn't his fault because he didn't speak English but Harry is a very open person and he is a great guy to have at the club and everyone is excited about the energy that he can bring to the club.
"As for the overhaul of the director of football system, I am not that surprised. The question last week was who will be going? It was clear that they couldn't carry on and Daniel Levy himself was under pressure which probably played a slight part in this. I think he is a guy who loves the club and he didn't like it when he was being rounded on. The fans wanted either Ramos or Damien Comolli gone and what they have got is both, which is incredibly brave. I think it is a positive move and it would have been difficult to have got rid of one but kept the other. Redknapp probably wouldn't have worked under a director of football and there are questions over who is in charge of signings and all that kind of thing.
"I think a real shake-up of the club was needed after only two points from eight games. Lots of people had said there was a lot of problems and it was more than one man. There were the transfers over the summer, there was Ramos and a lot of other things. If you are going to have a complete break and re-energise the club you need to really start from scratch and that is what Levy has done."
"I think not only have there been fresh starts down the years but there have been fresh starts within seasons really. There have been a few times when everyone has been saying that the games haven't gone our way and then there was the international break. After that they got a 1-1 draw with Chelsea and then there is another international break and all of a sudden things are as bad as they were before.
"What is different now is that they now have someone who really understands the Premier League and he knows all the teams inside out. Redknapp knocked Manchester United out of the FA Cup last season and he knocked them out famously with West Ham as well. Ramos was still feeling his way around the other Premier League clubs, he knew what he was doing in Europe as he was renowned as a coach there, winning the Uefa Cup twice. Tactically he didn't know what he was doing against a lot of the Premier League teams. I'm not sure he had done his homework on Hull, Stoke he probably underestimated and that is something that won't happen under Redknapp. Not only does he know all his new players he will also know all the managers and all their strengths and weaknesses."
"They haven't replaced Berbatov and Keane and it's important to point out that they were more than just two players. They had a great relationship and that is something that gets forgotten. Some of the greatest partnerships haven't been necessarily the best individual players, they are just players who have gelled. They have had qualities which have matched each other well. Keane and Berbatov were both able to create chances as well as score them. One of the main problems has been that Roman Pavyluchenko missed the first three games of the season in which Darren Bent played up front by himself.
"Pavyluchenko doesn't even speak English of course so they have got communication problems and they haven't been able to work together in pre-season. They are both individually very good players, I think you saw in Euro 2008 that Pavyluchenko is a very good player. He will score goals and set-up goals for his team-mates. The relationship just isn't there at the moment but that is just down to time more than anything. The question is whether Redknapp will give them time to work on that relationship or whether he will bring Frazier Campbell or new signings in instead."
"It is very difficult to say who has impressed me because the signings haven't done particularly well at all. A lot of that is because there are so many of them. You have had the situations where there is a new keeper, a new centre back, a new central midfielder, a new right winger and a new striker, many of whom have been playing in all the games at the same time. Then there are people like Geovanni dos Santos and Campbell coming off the bench who are new as well. I think individually they have all got the potential to get a lot better. For example David Bentley is a very good player and was rightly touted as the possible natural successor to David Beckham. Luka Modric lit up Euro 2008 and Vedran Corluka is looking better and better in every game.
"Anyone who saw Modric play for Spurs at the weekend will have seen that he is a completely different player and Campbell has looked really energetic too. They have been seen as a problem in the first eight games but increasingly the fans are going to see that they are actually very good assets and worth every penny, it may just take a bit of time."
"I think all the best teams that have done well at Arsenal know that you have to limit the space and stop them from playing. It is also important to isolate Cesc Fabregas. You need to get really close to him, whether it is Tom Huddlestone or Didier Zokora, they will have to get close to him and be disciplined. There won't be many aerial balls flying in, mainly it is all on the ground from Arsenal. Spurs will have to watch out for the little through-balls. Theo Walcott is looking more and more dangerous in every game so Assou-Ekotto will have to be really careful at left back. He will have to make sure he doesn't pick up a yellow card early on or he will get run ragged for the whole game.
"Arsenal aren't looking particularly water-tight at the back at the moment so Tottenham will have to exploit the set pieces. They will need Bentley to be really consistent with his deliveries, assuming he plays, to give the centre backs lots and lots of problems. The key is to frustrate Arsenal and get the fans a bit whipped up. And it is possible. It will be a really tough game but it is not impossible, things can happen, if they hadn't beaten Bolton it would have been a question of how many. Arsenal didn't play particularly well at West Ham but Spurs did play well against Bolton so you never know what will happen."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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When I entered the office today, Dr. Ganchi had not arrived yet. I was extremely eager for today because it was "Surgery Day," which meant I got to watch Dr. Ganchi operate on his patients. Karen and Michelle gave me scrubs, a hairnet, and a mask to prepare me for the operating room. Today, I saw two brothers who had gynecomastia to have their mammary glands removed. I met Dr. Lee, the anesthesiologist, who showed me what medications he was using to put the patients under. Dr. Ganchi explained each step of the procedure – first, he wiped the body with betadine to sterilize the body. Next, he made a small incision, and then proceeded to conduct liposuction to remove the fat around the mammary gland. Then, with great dexterity, he removed the mammary gland using small tools. Afterwards, he removed the remaining fat. Finally he put in dissolvable stitches in the areola so the scar would heal smoothly. This procedure was fascinating. I asked Dr. Ganchi if this was similar to breast reduction surgeries, and he taught me that they were not exactly similar since breast surgeries were usually accompanied by an additional breast lift procedure. Dr. Lee also showed me that it was important to not only be able to work with the machines monitoring the patients' breathing and heart rate, but to also look at the patient and be able to predict and respond to the changes before the machines reported it. Another surgery I was able to observe today was an ear tuck procedure. Dr. Ganchi made a small incision and put in small stitches in order to tighten up the skin below the ear, giving the client a more youthful appearance. After the surgeries, Dr. Ganchi showed me pictures of past surgeries he performed. Like the procedures he had done earlier, he explained how he helped the patient. Through his explanations, I gained a sense of what it's like for a plastic surgeon to work with surgeons of other specialties and the importance of collaboration.
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HTML and its XML-based descendant, XHTML, are the fundamental languages for working on the web, and the new edition of our popular HTML guide offers web developers a better way to become fluent in these languages. HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition is the most comprehensive, up-to-date book available on HTML and XHTML. It covers Netscape Navigator 6, Internet Explorer 6, HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0, CSS2, and all of the features supported by the popular web browsers.
Learning HTML and XHTML is like learning any new language. Most students first immerse themselves in examples. Studying others is a natural way to learn; however, it's as easy to learn bad habits through imitation as it is to acquire good ones. The better way to become HTML-fluent is through a comprehensive reference that covers the language syntax, semantics, and variations in detail and demonstrates the difference between good and bad usage.
In HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, the authors cover every element of HTML/XHTML in detail, explaining how each element works and how it interacts with other elements. Tips about HTML/XHTML style help you write documents ranging from simple online documentation to complex presentations. With hundreds of examples, the book gives you models for writing your own effective web pages and for mastering advanced features like style sheets and frames.
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Chuck Musciano has spent his life on the East Coast, having spent time in Maryland, Georgia, and New Jersey before acquiring a B.S. in computer science from Georgia Tech in 1982. Since then, he has resided in Melbourne, Florida, in the employ of Harris Corporation. He began his career as a compiler writer and crafter of tools and went on to join Harris' Advanced Technology Group to help develop large-scale multiprocessors. This led to a prolonged interest in user-interface research and development, which finally gave way to his current position, manager of UNIX Systems in Harris' Corporate Data Center. Along the way, he grew to know and love the Internet, having contributed a number of publicly available tools to the Net and started the still-running Internet Movie Ratings Report. The Web was a natural next step, and he has been running various Web sites within and without Harris for several years. Chuck has written on UNIX-related topics in the trade press for the past decade, most visibly as the "Webmaster" columnist for Sunworld Online (http://www.sun.com/sunworldonline). In his spare time he enjoys life in Florida with his wife Cindy, daughter Courtney, and son Cole.
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This book taught me (X)HTML
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When I started this book, the only HTML I knew was mark-up for italics and bold. After a summer with the book and lots of practice, I've been able to create a competent site (EMU International (http://www.emuinternational.org) ), and I've completely redesigned my employer's site (Carolina Hope (http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org) ).The authors' insistence on the priority of content has shaped my own views on site creation, and I recommend this book to other beginners.
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Poor integration of XHTML. Examples and main thrust still in HTML. Not much on integration of CSS and HTML. Not much about the web standards movement. "Using tables for page layout" section!!My copies of the first two editions became rag-eared and much-loved. Musciano and Kennedy need to bring the book into the 21st Century.The book still has value as an HTML reference, but imagine if it had been written by Jeffery Zeldman!
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By mike
I am very dissapointed in this book, "HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide." I was unimpressed with the methodology, but most importantly with the stance it took towards standards, and moving forward with XHTML. I wish I would have had a chance to peruse this in a bookstore before I purchased, but my trust for O'Reilly content is high( and still is ). At first review I was more than moderately disapointed with this book. With continued reading, I found this book detrimental if one is trying to learn XHTML, with its single chapter dedicated to XHTML, and a section on using tables for layout. If a reader were to read this book and a CSS book together, they would have information that contrasted distinctly. I hoped that this book instruct the user on XHTML, and point out its advantages and disadvantages logically, reasonably, and correctly. Not teach HTML, then use 10 pages to say and there is this other thing called XHTML, and here are some differences. Not to mention failing to point out that it is indeed an easier mark-up language to use ( it in fact countered that point of view ). It also made no mention of XHTML readability, and its advantages with CSS2 layout methodologies. One might also mention mark-up validation...If you're looking for an in depth look at XHTML look elswhere. This book should not have XHTML in the title. Perhaps a new revision is in order.
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By David Scott
This book makes an excellent reference guide though I was able to read it straight through. The authors are blunt and thorough--very realistic and pragmatic. When something in the standard sucks, they point it out. They have a good and geeky sense of humour.X/HTML is covered in its entirety concerning the present, historical artifacts, and a look to the future. Surrounding technologies such as JavaScript, Java, and CSS are given a detailed overlook and books are referenced so that the reader has somewhere to look concerning those other technologies.
By Tim Jowers from the Columbia Java Users Group
Very thorough reference on HTML. Very useful and well written. I will refer to this book again and recommend this book to someone interested in how HTML is defined and interpreted and the current state of the art in HTML writing. The target audience seems to be graphics artists and web page designers. The content gives excellent coverage of what all the HTML tags mean, how stylesheets work, and insightful discussion of layout considerations. Extremely well written but my primary qualm is that I've never worked on a project where writing HTML was the key problem with HTML. E.g.: Almost nothing on scripting HTML. Should cover something on form validation etc. No goodcoverage on current trends to supplement HTML with Flash and PDF docs. No good coverage of performance testing and little on even HTML validation even by using different browsers. Does point out for each HTML tag/object what is proprietary to MS Internet Explorer and to Netscape. All said, if you are an HTML page designer then this book really is almost definitive.Plus the author could talk about real tools. E.g. the section "Use the Best" tells you to use the best HTML editor but doesn't talk about DreamWeaver, FrontPage, or anything besides a brief mention of MS Word. Also, having worked at a web design company for a while I can tell you that fixed page layout is the norm for the graphic artists/page designers and not enough treatment of that is made. E.g. the section "Tricks with Tables" says "experiment...manually shifting text from one column..." and this is just not the standard way things are done. Should designers take advantage of HTML's ability to dynamically fit the available space? Probably. But authors need to explain this before any designers will start to do it. Also omitted are XSL:FO and content managers not to mention App Server/Web Server deployment issues.Overall the book is easy to read and has lots of good ideas and good information. It is an excellent first book for an HTML programmer and can serve as a first class reference for anyone that works with HTML. I gave it four stars for covering HTML completely but not covering the ancillary issues that the title "Definitive" promises. If the title was "HTML: The Markup Language" then I would have given it six stars.
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By David Leader
I have found my copy of the fourth edition of this book valuable, but as it had become outdated by the years and the new edition boasted xhtml in its title I shelled out for that. I am disappointed. It is ok describing html 4.01 transitional, but the coverage of Netscape 4 only relics is an absurd waste of space, and creates a suspicion that the authors are either lazy or more likely have not come to terms with the way html has developed. A listing of obsolete browser-specific tags would have been enough - history lessons like Chapter 14 are quite absurd. And suggesting people not to use a DTD declaration if they are not using HTML strict! The authors pay lip-service to CSS, but one error gives them away. On p. 307 the state that the span tag is deprecated. Anyone can make a mistake, but this one reveals that the authors were not thinking about what the tag was invented for.I am sorry to be blunt but I think O'Reilly should recognize that the authors are no longer in tune with what html has become and replace them for the next edition if it is not to let its reputation slide. David Leader
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Arsène Wenger insists his team will not dwell on their heavy defeat against Manchester United last year when they return to Old Trafford on Saturday.
An injury-depleted Arsenal were beaten 8-2 last August as the home side, and Wayne Rooney in particular, took advantage of a below-par display. But while admitting the defeat hurt, Wenger says revenge will not be on the minds of his players come Saturday lunchtime.
"It is a part of the season where we have played Liverpool away, Stoke away, [Manchester] City away, Manchester United now away," he said. "If we do well in this game we can come closer to Man United and we'll have played mainly all the big teams away from home. So for us it is a very important game.
"I believe that of course there is an emotional aspect to a result like that [the 8-2 defeat]. But on a footballing front I don't think you give too much importance to a result like that.
"It is down to a team being much better than another that the scores are high, or down to special circumstances. On the day I think the result was down to special circumstances. That's why the emotional meaning is big but the footballing meaning is not very big, and we have had that behind us for a long, long time now."
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo - The ink is hardly dry on the results of the recent Colorado election and communities are starting to talk about who gets what and how much from new recreational marijuana taxes. Proposition AA is allowing two different taxes on the legal pot.
My question of our community leaders is if you are not allowing recreational marijuana in your area, should you take the tax money that will be collected and dispersed by the state. Manitou Springs is talking about recreational shops in the community and was waiting for the results of this election to decide on how to proceed. Mayor Marc Snyder says when it comes to any tax money from recreational marijuana, "Any tax revenues should go to those communities that are moving forward with licensing and regulating this new industry."
I spoke with El Paso County Commissioner Amy Lathen about this tax money issue. El Paso County has said no to legal weed and any shops being set up in the county. She told me, "We know that there are going to be impacts simply because of the use of the drug and that doesn't matter where it's going to be sold. We will see impacts to the Department of Human Services, Department of Health, increase in work load for the District Attorney and to our Sheriff's Office. Those are all services our county provides."
Mayor Snyder said he wonders about all this forecasting about the impacts of recreational marijuana, "This is a new industry. It's very hard to forecast what potential extra cost we may be experiencing."
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Echoes of Empire: Redefining the Botanical Garden in Eighteenth-Century Tuscany
In 1783, the Giardino dei Semplici in Florence—one of the oldest and largest botanical gardens in Tuscany—was closed down by order of Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Lorraine (ruled 1765–90). During the following year, its plants were removed, the layout was radically altered, and the whole property was transformed into an agrarian garden, the Orto Agrario Sperimentale. Scholars suggested various reasons for this changeover. They emphasized the mismanagement of the Società Botanica Fiorentina, which had been in charge of the Giardino dei Semplici from 1718 to 1783; the grand duke's patronage of the Accademia dei Georgofili, associated with the Orto Agrario Sperimentale; Pietro Leopoldo's fascination with agriculture; and the competition from other botanical gardens that existed in Florence, notably those attached to the hospital of S. Maria Nuova and the Natural History Museum (La Specola), founded in 1775. None of these explanations, however, seem to address the real problem that the Giardino dei Semplici faced, namely, the fact that, by the time of its closure, it represented an outdated model of the botanical garden, which could no longer meet the challenges posed by the world of rapid imperial expansion and colonial exchange. In fact, rather than maintaining the traditional focus on the acquisition, study, and preservation of various kinds of plants, the purpose of the new Orto Agrario Sperimentale was to provide more efficient methods of exploiting the productive potential of the selected varieties. Abstract scholarship had to give way to a more practice-oriented approach advocated by the Accademia dei Georgofili, as a crucial means of economic revival and growth for rural Tuscany.
The paper aims to demonstrate that the emergence of orti agrari, which scholars still generally view as a rather specific agrarian phenomenon, was yet another stage in a centuries-long evolution of the botanical garden. By placing the creation of this garden in a broad historical and cultural context—such as the progression of botanical gardens from medical to scholarly to economic objectives, the increasingly dominant role of learned societies in botanical exchange, and the growing political and economic significance attached to the cultivation of specific types of plants—this paper argues that eighteenth-century Tuscany, although increasingly marginalized in terms of its political importance, was still part of the global picture. It responded to the same trends that brought about the rise of colonial botany and tried to adapt its scholarly resources to the pursuit of new, practical and economic rather than purely theoretical, goals.
Anatole Tchikine is Postdoctoral Associate in Garden and Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks. He received his BA Honors (1997) and PhD (2004) from the University of Dublin, Trinity College, where he taught in the Department of History of Art and Architecture in 2001–2 and again in 2005–9. In 2002–5, he was Fellow at the Medici Archive Project in Florence and, in 2010–11, Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks. His research focuses on fountain design and hydraulics in Renaissance and Baroque Italy, gardens in fourteenth- through eighteenth-century Tuscany, and art and architecture at the Medici court. His publications include "'Giochi d'acqua': Water Effects in Renaissance and Baroque Italy" (2010) and "Gardens of Mistaken Identity: The Giardino delle Stalle in Florence and the Giardino dell'Arsenale in Pisa" (2013), both of which appeared in Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes.
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Like any IBM Specialty, the partners demonstrate skills, revenue, and references related to a particularly technology and in exchange, IBM provides marketing benefits. Because the program is elite, the requirements for partners are meant to be challenging, and the benefits from IBM are meant to be generous.
Two years ago, private cloud was in full swing and public cloud—at least for large enterprise clients—was in the early adopter stage. So not surprisingly, the Cloud Builder path, which targets private cloud builders, was immediately popular. For the most part, Cloud Builders came out of traditional VADs and VARs and were accustomed to the requirements of a specialty. We assumed that paths designed for public cloud partners would soon follow in popularity and adoption.
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I am all about sharing pretty pictures, and amazing themes and ideas for your next party...but let's face it, not all of us are professional event planners, so how do we pull off what we see in the pictures? Well, I've found some pretty amazing people willing to share some tricks and tips and I'm looking forward to sharing them with you in the {party 101} series! :) Let's get started shall we?
Remember the gorgeous pictures from this photo shoot? They came from a photography workshop by the talented Jeanna Hayes, a photographer from Las Vegas. When I saw her work, I knew I had to ask her to share some of her secrets... AND she is today's creative guest! :)
My name is Jeanna Hayes and I am the wife of the most amazing man in the world, mama of an extremely kissable 2 year old, full-time photographer, who keeps an astoundingly clean home, and cooks gourmet meals every night (yeahhhh right on those last two!! :). Basically, I am just a girl who loves her family to pieces, and wants beautiful photos to remember every stage of our imperfect, but happy life! I can't wait to share a few (hopefully helpful) "tips" today!
4 Tips on Getting Amazing Party Photos:
1. Lighting is Everything!
Have you ever noticed that if you step out of the house around noon, everything looks so.... drab? The sun is just beating down on everything (including you!), and pretty much everything in sight has a funky shadow to it? On the other hand, think of being outside in the evening. The light filters beautifully through the trees, and makes everything look gorgeous and romantic. (Sigh... :) So for good and for bad, whenever we take a photo (outdoors, anyway), we are pretty much a slave to whatever lighting is out there! Premium time for taking your outdoor party photos, is about an hour before sunset, and even 10 or so minutes afterward.
Another tip is to avoid taking photos with "hot spots."
The photo above has distracting spots from the sun in the background. All I had to do was wait about 30 minutes for the sun to sink a little lower, and you can see from the bottom photo, that those spots are now gone and it's a much better photo!
The above photos are the exact same floral arrangement, taken with 2 different approaches. The first is taken in direct sun. While it's not a bad photo, I think the more "magical" photo is the second one, with the backlighting. All you have to do with this approach is make sure the subject is between you and the sun. If I can, I always try to get on that side of whatever I'm trying to photograph.
If you are having an indoor party, one more tip is to "bounce" your flash. If you happen to have a flash that can point different ways, point it toward a nearby wall or the ceiling. This will create more flattering light on everything (as opposed to pointing your flash right at your subject). If you don't have a flash that will do that, you can try to crank up the lights in your home and not use your flash, or lower the power of your flash so it's not overpowering.
2. Shoot Wide Open
See that little "M" on your camera's dial? Many of you have that option on your camera. That scary thing means "manual" - yep, it's pretty freaky. That means YOU decide what settings to use. Ahhh! Well, I'm here to tell you that it's not as bad as you think. When YOU are in control, it means you know exactly what kind of photo you want to take. That's a great thing! So when I say "shoot wide open," I mean change your aperture. Put the number as low as it will go. This will let you get one thing in focus and everything else around it will have a beautiful blur.
If you aren't comfy with shooting in manual, then you can turn the knob to "Av" (on a Canon) and "A" (on a Nikon). That will let you change the aperture on your camera (once again, put the number as low as it will go), and then the camera will choose the other settings so you will get a decent exposure.
Just FYI, if you DON'T want that blurry look, like if you want to take a photo of your dessert table and want everything in focus, then make sure your aperture number is higher. Play around and see your results, but it will probably be around a 6 or so. But like I said... play around! What can it hurt?
3. Change Your Angle
Isn't it interesting that this simple concept can change anything?
In these examples, there's no "good" or "bad" photo, they are just different! It's good to get a few varying angles of the same thing. You worked hard to put this party together, so why not?
Another thing to think of, is how something is arranged. In very first photo, the oh-so-cute lemonade bottles were facing forward and you couldn't see the adorable labels this mom worked so hard to put together. So all I did was twist them so you could see the labels from the side. The last photo is the best out of the three because it's cropped in - this gives a closer view of the label, has a focal point because of the middle bottle, but also shows that it was part of a group of bottles.
4. Keep on Your Toes
Or in other words, think outside the box! Keep aware of great photo-taking opportunities.
I was finished taking photos of the desserts at this particular party, but noticed how pretty the inside of this cake was! Just because it isn't "perfect" (it's been cut into! Ahhh!) :), doesn't mean it's not beautiful! In fact, I like this photo of the cake better than the one I took before it was cut into.
This picture was just for pure fun. I decided to raise my camera up as far as I could above my head (pointing the lens toward the table and clearly having no clue what I was taking). It's definitely a "different" photo, but I still like how it turned out! So don't be afraid to do crazy things - they may turn out!
Last but certainly not least.... It is SO easy to get wrapped up with photographing details of a party and making sure everything is "perfect," that sometimes we forget why we're there! Don't forget the reason you're having the party in the first place - is it your son's first birthday? Are your parent's celebrating 30 years together? Is it your daughter's princess party she's begged you for? Don't forget to take candids of the people who are there! These are the photographs you will cherish for years and years to come.


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With her hit TV show "Mad Men" having just gotten its long-awaited fifth season underway, Christina Hendricks added on to the AMC series' promotions by landing the cover of the May 2012 issue of Easy Living magazine.
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On growing up in a small town in the Rocky Mountains:
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Discussion in 'Football, Baseball, and Hockey' started by Darth Tater, Jun 27, 2011.
Actually, I think we've made the last 48 posts on the entire forum.
I went to see how my students were doing...and they had gone home for the day.
Michigan State gives Dantonio new 5-year deal - College Football - Rivals.com Dantonio gets a [SARCASM]fat[/SARCASM] annual raise in his new contract...for 5 years....
Yea, that was strange. It was almost like an insulting raise.
Last 47, I had one of them.
Good to see OSU play well against Nebraska. They had a 27-6 lead in the 3rd quarter... Unfotunately, OSU is choking and Nebraska is behind 27-20...still in the 3rd quarter... This helps to validate State as a good team which can beat Michigan next weekend...
I wouldn't call it insulting. It was an extension, not a raise.
the 30 thou extra per year should cover the twinkies tab........
Yes, MSU is the home team, but how is it that they are ranked approximately 10 spots below Michigan are they favored by 3 points??? Well, if Michigan wins this one, I'm hoping they move ahead of Boise State, but if Sparty wins, I would think they would leapfrog Michigan. These rankings are so random. Yes, I am still searching for Rascoe if anyone is wondering. Poor Jammer has been crying his eyes out in worry (or maybe because it gets so cold in that igloo with nobody to cuddle up beside), and therefore I will not stop looking until I can reunite them.
Nike doing its Pro Combat uniforms for the Spartans this game. Not that crazy about the uniform in general but the bronze helmet looks pretty sweet.
Oct. 10, 2011 EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University announced Monday it had received a $1 million gift from the family of men's basketball coach Tom Izzo and his wife Lupe. The gift, among the largest ever by an active coach at any university, will be split among several projects, with a majority of the funds going toward the Spartan football program. "We've been blessed to be a part of the Michigan State family for nearly 30 years," Izzo said. "Jud Heathcote taught me long ago that the only good deal was one that benefits both parties, and that perfectly describes my relationship with Michigan State University. My wife Lupe and I, along with our children Raquel and Steven, have dedicated our lives to this University, because we believe in intercollegiate athletics and the positive role it plays in so many lives. The Spartans students are our passion, our life's work. We've raised a family here and become entrenched in the mission of the University. And in return, we've received so much more than we've given. With these blessings, we felt it was time to make a financial contribution. "Supporting the football team was an easy decision. Coach Dantonio is a man of character, building a championship program. But what makes football special is that it truly benefits everyone across the university. Spearheaded by football's success, there is great momentum throughout all programs." In addition to the amount earmarked for the football program, including both scholarship endowments and capital projects, the Izzo gift will also support other projects, including the George Webster Scholarship Fund, the MSU Spartan Marching Band and Olympic Sports at MSU. Izzo Family Gives Million Gift To Spartan Athletics - MICHIGAN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE
Pretty cool story. Not a RichRod type of move is it?
DickRod gave money to UM?
FBS numbers: MSU is 1st in total defense. UM is 14th in total offense. MSU is (inexplicably) 61st in total offense. UM is 39th in total defense. This should be an interesting game. Our OC got 2 weeks to straighten-out the offense. I hope he is spending his time wisely :fingerscr
Inexplicably? Inexplicably? Inexplicably? Inexplicably?
You kidding? He stole 3 years worth of salary. Here is the extent of his charitable donations... Fired Sale: Rich Rodriguez's donation draws crowd - ESPN Cliff's notes version: He took some laundry to the Salvation Army and immediately took off.
Cousins has had a couple of not-so-hot games, but he is not the problem. Play calling has been most of the problem
The play calling has been what we thought it would be on the offensive end after Treadwell left. Combine that with a quarterback that tries his best to succeed but doesn't quite have it and looks scared during the biggest games. 20-20 at the end of regulation... Overtime: Michigan 26 Michigan State 23 I think Sparty has only a couple days left before they have to sit at the little kid's table again. I actually could also see Michigan State getting blown out in this one. Michigan is confident, talented, and ticked. Kiss Paul Bunyan goodbye for at least one year.
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Whatever it is they are putting on them from the factory. Very bright and large.
Whats a good sight system for the Sig's?
Whatever it is they are putting on them from the factory. Very bright and large.
+1 on Ram Rod's comments. I open my gun vault and dang if the Sig Gnome didn't already turn those little suckers on!
I just put a pair of Tru Glo TFO (Tritiun - Fiber Optic) sights on My Sig 226. The fiber optic sights look great in any combination of daylight/indoor light and the Tritium really shine in the dark! With these sights you got it covered!
IIRC, the Sig factory night sights are Mepros. About as good as anything out there.
I have Meps on my P226 forever and TFO's on my P228 for a couple of years now. As soon as I can I'm getting TFO's for the rest of mine. Best of both worlds (Day/Night). There are several to choose from but I like what I've gotten (performance wise) from the TFO's and so they are my preference.
I have a new sp2022 and it came standard with night sights that are really awesome. they are labeled as "Siglite Night Sights"
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I was wondering about this same thing. I will be picking up a new P229 in
the near future (waiting to get formal training, hopefully asap). I was looking into getting the factory night sights put on when I purchased it. I wasn't sure if it was worth it to just get the standard sights and add the night sights myself, or just get them from Sig. I was thinking either the TruGlo, or Trijicon sights if I put them on myself (well, not me, but an armorer).
I saw one vote for TFO, anyone have any exp with Trijicon? What if any are the advantages of getting the Novak rear sight? Are the TFOs any more difficult to install than the Trijicon? Are the Sig/Mepros just as good? Are there any advantages of one brand over the other, or is it personal preference?
Thanks for the knowledge, I appreciate it. Sorry for the bombardment of questions.
The Meps have a slightly larger dot than the Trijicons. The TFO's are a little more difficult to install, but not much. I;ve done all my own sight replacements on my SiG's. I have a Sight Tool for the job of course, but not any more or less expensive than any other if you have a gunsmith/armorer do it.
There isn't really much difference between brands. Tritium glows just as much on one as any other and generally last about 5-7 years. I've read about some that have lasted longer, but the average lifespan is the same regardless of brand. Same probable goes for the TFO's though some have reported problems with breakage of the Fiber Optic tube. I've not experienced this problem with mine and mine have been on my CCW for a few years now.
My P229 came with Trijcon. Really like them, but have no experience with others.


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On this day last year, I took my dad out to lunch for his birthday. He had steak, as usual. I didn't know then that would be the last time I would have the chance to take my daddy to lunch.
I've spent the last year flooded with memoires of my father and tears from missing him.
Some weeks writing the Kitchen Adventures column is bittersweet because he often came to my house to try recipes I used for the column. So many memories are of cooking for my dad.
One year my mom and I went on vacation with family to the beach but it was during harvest season so Dad stayed home on the farm. I had to leave the trip early to come back for work, but on the way home I bought some fresh fish. I cooked supper for him the remainder of the week until Mom got home. The first night I cooked the fish. Dad loved fish.
We had fried grouper, pan-seared red snapper, blue cheese coleslaw, baked new potatoes, homemade hushpuppies and some cheesecake I brought back from my trip. I might have overdone it a little but dad really enjoyed it.
That night, as he finished up his plate, he told me I didn't have to wait for Mom to be out of town to cook for him. When I close my eyes, I still can see him sitting in the chair in my living room saying it.
My daddy liked my cooking and that is a happy thought. It's funny how food and memories can be so tightly linked.
But there's one dish he discovered a few years ago that he seemed to like above any other.
Our family and friends usually found any excuse to get together and eat yummy food. It could be a birthday, game night, holiday, sporting event or anything really.
At one gathering our friend Christine Ordway brought her famous Vidalia Onion Dip. After a few bites Dad was hooked. From then on he told her she had to bring it with her to any gathering of which he was a part. And she did, just for him.
Sometimes he'd even greet her at the door just to make sure she brought it. I think she even learned that she could get him to help out with something if she bribed him with onion dip. He was the helpful sort anyway but the onion dip probably made him more excited about it.
One time she even made him a double batch. It took him a few days to eat it but he savored every bite.
This dip can be eaten with chips or on anything. Christine said she has tried it on hamburgers, baked potatoes, smothered fries, chicken, pork chops, barbecue and just about anything else.
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Happy birthday daddy, we all miss cooking for you.
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Thomas Vermaelen says Jack Wilshere is stronger than ever and has the potential to be one of the best midfielders in the world.
The 20-year-old has been out for 14 months with ankle and knee injuries, but is firmly on the comeback trail after making two appearances for the under-21s.
Vermaelen is delighted to see the midfielder close to full fitness and believes his return will be a major boost to the whole Arsenal squad.
"You know what he did in his first full season for Arsenal - he was amazing," the captain told Arsenal Player.
"For me, he can be one of the best midfielders in the world. He has the potential for that.
"I'm really happy he's coming back now. He's working on his match fitness and that's the most important thing. I think in the future [he] will lift the team."
Despite being out of action for so long, Vermaelen is confident Wilshere will hit the ground running once he is back in the first team.
"When I was out with injury, I was in the gym a lot," he said. "Jack was in the gym even longer working hard on his weaknesses.
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Stocks Fall as Global Economic Activity Weakens; Risk to the Downside?
The stock market has dropped today as global economic disappointed and investors abandon some of the market's highest-flying stocks, including Netflix (NFLX), Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN), Facebook (FB), Mylan (MYL) and Michael Kors (KORS).
The S&P 500 has dropped 0.8% to 1,851.43 at 12:35 p.m., while the Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped 0.5% to 16,227.73, thanks to no positions in the aforementioned high fliers. The Nasdaq Composite has declined 1.7% to 4,202.21 and the Russell 2000 is off 1.8% to 1,172.83.
Shares of Netflix have fallen 7% to $377.54, Facebook has dropped 4.9% to $63.93 and Alexion is off 5.4% at 151.16 as biotech stocks plunge, helping to pull down the Nasdaq. Mylan has fallen 4.3% to $49.88 and Michael Kors has declined 4.1% to $93.51. In each case, no news is bad news.
As for that global data: Markit's first read on its index of U.S. manufacturing strength fell to 55.5 in March, down from 57.1 in February, but looked good compared to Markit's preliminary take on China, which fell to 48.1 from 48.5 and missed forecasts. In Europe, the same measure fell to 53.2 in March, down from 53.3 in February.
Capital Economics' Andrew Kenningham explains that the global economic recovery is still on track:
Overall, the global economy is in better shape than it was a year ago because prospects for the US have improved and the euro-zone is, slowly, healing. Among the key risks, we think the Ukraine crisis has potential to have a further negative impact on sentiment and financial markets, but it should not derail the economic recovery, not least because all parties have strong incentives to avoid an all-out trade war. Also, despite the Fed raising its rate forecasts last week, both US and global monetary policy should remain highly accommodative for at least a couple more years. Nonetheless, the lacklustre pace of the euro-zone recovery and the structural slowdown in emerging economies mean that global growth is likely to pick up only gradually and to remain weaker than it was before 2008.
MKM Partners' Jonathan Krinsky says the risk to the market "remains to the downside." He explains why:
If the S&P 500 closes above 1849 on March 31st, it will have recorded its fifth consecutive up quarter. The last such occurrence was September 2007.
Since 1965 (nearly 50 years), there have been just five other instances where the SPX was up for five quarters in a row. In only one of those instances did the SPX make a sixth consecutive higher monthly close. That was in the midst of the 1995-1998 rally which saw 14 consecutive quarterly gains. That stretch was arguably a once in a generation run, unlikely to be seen again for quite some time. If we exclude that stretch, and look at the four other instances that saw five up quarters in a row, forward returns were quite negative on average. The average return for the following quarter was -4.59%. With the exception of 2004, results two, three, and four quarters out were also quite negative.
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