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More Information on the MSDN Forums Beta
Update: Check out the new forums welcome post.
Word is starting to get around about the MSDN Forums Beta. I guess I should jump in as well. I helped drive the project from the Developer Division side of things, but we wouldn't have anything to talk about if it weren't for the MSCOM Community team that has been working like mad to get this site ready to support Whidbey Beta 2 customers. If you've been a long time reader of my blog you might have been able to guess we were working on something like this. I've had fun playing with the beta and re-reading some of these discussions...
- Updated Threaded Discussion Opinion Result Tally... Still Do Nothing?
- Threaded Discussion Opinion Result Tally... Do Nothing?
- Choices Choices Choices for Whidbey Beta 1 Discussions
- The more I think about it... NNTP Doesn't Cut It
- MVP Summit Views and Issues with Threaded Discussions
- Brainstorming Results of Online Discussion Solutions
- Good Feedback on my Brainstorming
- Newsgroups, Web Forums, and ???
- Chris Sells on Posts and replies
I'm sure there were others, but these are the ones I had archived last summer. Now here is pretty much the mail we sent around internally today...
Today, answering questions online got a lot better: MSDN Forums Beta is now available at http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn !
MSDN Forums Beta allows customers to search a growing archive of technical questions and answers. If an answer can't be found in search, a customer can ask a new question, be notified when there are replies, and mark the appropriate reply as an answer. Over time we'll use this Q&A pairing to improve search, build a "hall of fame" of top contributors, and construct a community-maintained FAQ. We're creating forums for Whidbey Beta2 technologies to start with, and will add more developer technologies soon. There are already people requesting DirectX forums!
How do I efficiently find questions needing answers... and answer them?
A big complaint today is that answering questions online—or even finding what questions are unanswered—is a hassle. MSDN Forums was designed to make things easy for answerers and site users in general. Some examples:
- Unanswered status tracking: The forums publicly expose whether questions are answered or not, which makes it easy for experts to find questions needing answers and askers to determine if they have received a good answer.
- Notifications: you can track threads and get email when someone responds to your post. You don't have to keep checking back on a thread to see if you need to respond again.
- Unanswered Question Filter: Go to a forum and at the bottom of the page change the "View by Attribute" filter to "All Questions" and click Apply.
- RSS: Subscribe to your favorite forum's RSS feed. From the default feed change the mode=0 to mode=1 to view only unanswered questions.
- View All Unanswered Questions: one page for all unanswered questions in all forums.
Forums are easier than Newsgroups for answering questions, but we (Microsoft) still have a responsibility to "jump-start" the forums with answers while the community is small.Beta2 adopterswilldepend on product team members to subscribe to forums and answer questions, especially for the first month or two after release. This stage of our community engagement is critical as we transition our product knowledge to a growing community of Visual Studio 2005 users.
Other cool forum features include:
- Moderation: Seen by our customers as stewards of successful technical communities; forum moderators (who could include, but are not limited to MVP's and Microsofties) have the ability to edit posts, lock threads before they become flame wars, delete off-topic conversations, and eliminate duplicate entries into the FAQ system.
- Visual Studio Beta2 Integration:
- IDE help search also searches online forums—simply click the "Questions" tab
- There's also a streamlined "ask a question" wizard available in one click from the VS help menu & toolbar
- Filtered search, so only results relevant to languages and technologies you specify will show up
- Advanced Search
- FAQ Views: To find the most-viewed questions pick a forum, go to the bottom of the page, and sort by Total Views in Descending order. You can also scope by date!
- And more…
That's all for now. I'll have more to say in the next few weeks about this. If you have feedback for the MSDN forums site please post it to the site feedback forums.


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Caleb Arthur at International Coworking Day
Caleb Arthur, CEO of Sun Solar spoke on Wednesday to several of our coworkers (as well as new faces) at CAST for International Co-Working Day.
Sun Solar moved to Springfield, MO in May of 2015 and went from 15 employees, to 100 employees by December of that same year! Caleb spoke of obstacles with a new company in the Solar Industry as it related to: entrepreneurship, triumphs, and how he maintained the "rocket" of rapid growth that is Sun Solar. Below are several highlights of advice he had given to the audience who asked specific questions...
Q:What did you do to find the life-work balance during the 80 hour work weeks as a startup?
- Exercise outdoors
- Eat healthy
- Feed your body and mind
- Spend time with family-- make it a priority, add it to your calendar if you have to
- Build a network of friends where you don't have to "talk work" with
- Maintain cultured friends: rich, poor, professional athletes, politically involved
Q: What was one of your biggest hurdles?
- Lines of credit and loans
- Spend money on an audit by a CPA led to bank which led to 350,000 line of credit
- Caleb recruited a CFO for company and expanded line of credit
- It is more about relationship with the bank than the bank's understanding of your business
- You can only build as fast as the cash-flow and the line of credit will allow
- "Losses and failures are investments in the company's knowledge" - much like Abraham Lincoln who had many failures in life.
Q: What's the benefit of investing in solar if I'm going to move in a few years?
- 30% tax credit
- Utility savings while you are living there
- Usable system for next occupant
- Find an appraiser/agent that can appraise a solar panel system
- Increase value of home with solar on it, without having to pay more taxes.
- Selling within the first 10 years will get you more value out of the system
- Homes with solar sell 2x as fast nationally
- HOA's have began to reverse policy on solar, will work to adjust solar design.
We sincerely thank Caleb Arthur and the Sun Solar team for allowing us to learn a little bit about the business, strategy, and advice to new entrepreneurs!
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On November 19, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved a final rule to amend its margin requirements for uncleared swaps for swap dealers and major swap participants for which there is no prudential regulator (CFTC Margin Rule). As a part of the Project KISS initiative, the amendments were designed to harmonize the CFTC Margin Rule with related rules that certain prudential regulators have adopted (QFC Rules).
The CFTC Margin Rule establishes minimum requirements for swap dealers and major swap participants to collect and post margin for certain swaps not cleared by a registered derivatives clearing organization or by a derivatives clearing organization exempt from CFTC registration. The amendments to the CFTC Margin Rule revise the definition of "eligible master netting agreement" to confirm that master netting agreements of entities subject to the CFTC Margin Rule are not excluded from the definition of eligible master netting agreement based on the agreements' compliance with QFC Rules. In addition, the amendments clarify that any uncleared swap entered into before the CFTC Margin Rule's effective date that is not currently subject to the CFTC Margin Rule margin requirements will not become subject to such requirements if it is amended to comply with QFC Rules.
The final rule amendments go into effect on December 26.
More information on the final rule is available here.


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Player versus environment, or PvE, is a term used by most online games that refers to fighting computer-controlled enemies, as opposed to PvP (Player versus Player).[1]
PvE in Black Desert Online takes the form of defeating large numbers of grouped mobs in various zones scattered around the game world, which is known as grinding or farming, and the coordinated fights against high level mobs called bosses when they appear in certain areas after being announced by the game system, among others.
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November 30, 2018
Bayberry Hills Golf Course, a Cape Cod course designed by Geoffrey Cornish and Brian Silva in 1988, has completed a two-year, $2 million renovation. The Town of Yarmouth (Mass.) engaged the services of Tim Gerrish, RLA of Providence, R.I., a former member of the Cornish/Silva team, to examine the layout and recommend changes that would make the course friendlier to the average golfer while maintaining or even enhancing the course's challenge to low-handicap players.
Embracing the Augusta National design style, bunkers have been renovated and repositioned to enhance play options, plus bunkers have been replaced with closely mown collection areas on some holes, providing the golfer multiple options for greenside recoveries. Other changes include widening fairway corridors and green surrounds and replacing rough areas in front of greens with tightly mown fairway, creating the illusion of false fronts in many cases.
Gerrish also expanded approaches and green surrounds, offering players opportunities to access areas of the greens without having to carry bunkers. For the less aggressive or high-handicapper, areas to "bail out" and chip for par were created with undulating terrain to add visual interest, variety and shot options to the ground game. New turfgrass species and additional topsoil will reduce fertilizer and water use.
Fairway corridors have been widened and tree lines thinned allowing for recovery shots where previously none existed. This feature, accomplished through the removal of over 3,000 trees, provides enhanced course playability along with improvements in aesthetics from the added panoramic course views.
Gerrish experimented with adding several "waste or native areas" of exposed sand on the course to provide an additional feature not common on Cape Cod courses and reduce the environmental impact of water, mowing and fertilizer use. The par-3 12th hole now has a flowing sand area forming a dominating hazard for the better player while framing the hole for the less accomplished.
The original bunkers were rebuilt to reduce sand area while maintaining proper proportions and enhancing the original style. Lining the bunkers with Capillary Concrete allowed dramatic sand flashing while reducing bunker face maintenance, especially following rain events.
Forward teeing areas on four holes were added for more options in course set-up while providing additional user friendliness. Three tees were resurfaced, including the new championship tee on the par-3 third, stretching the course to nearly 7,300 yards. In some cases, tees were located for better playability and additional playing surface was added to others, providing varied play lines and more tee placements.
The cart path system was also revised, eliminating wear on playing surfaces and resulting in significant improvement in playing conditions and green and tee access. The changes reduce pace of play and allow play in adverse weather.


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Microsoft: Turning Retail Xbox One Units into Devkits Decided Two Years Ago, Can Whitelist Players for Testing
Lately Microsoft has been very keen on explaining that most of the innovations announced recently for the Xbox One aren't "180s", like many believe, performed to respond to the competition, but decisions taken a long time ago and just unveiled late.
Today Microsoft Studios Partner Creative Director Ken Lobb clarified in an interview on Edge that the decision to allow every Xbox One unit to be unlocked into a devkit has been taken two years ago. And that's not all, as developers can "whitelist" a number of players to run a test code of games in order to help with the Q&A process.
So at first we have dedicated devkits [and that's what we'll send to developers]. But the existing devkit is just an Xbox that's locked into development mode. The reason [for the delay] is that there's some work we had to finish on the back end before we could enable it. But the boxes we ship on day one are all ready to be turned into development kits right away.
The plan to turn a box into a devkit is [from] two years ago. It had to be. You don't just decide that we're just going to unlock the box magically and everyone can run unsecured code. We can do amazing things with this. We can whitelist players. We're doing this with Killer Instinct. I'm going to be shipping characters after we launch and I'm going to invite about 10,000 people to be the ones that help us balance them; the same way that we've been inviting Evo people to Double Helix.
I want to invite 10,000 really great players to help me lock down the balance on those last two characters. The way we do that is sort of like a mini version of what it means to be in devkit mode. What we'll do is send them a code that's whitelisted. They're the only ones that can play it. And, again, you don't architect that in minutes, this has been planned for years. So, yes, a lot of our 'alterations' in the last few months have just been us saying, "Now we get to explain to you [the things] we've had in mind all along."
Whether this is a "180" or not (it's unlikely that it is. As Lobb states, this isn't something you just wake up and implement in a few days), I can definitely say that it's a very cool feature. We'll have to wait and see if it'll be a game changer or not, but it's extremely interesting none the less.


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HR priorities for 2015
I was trying hard to avoid the temptation to jump onto the bandwagon and write this almost de-rigueur blogpost. And then I a chance conversation on the subject triggered a few thoughts, so I said "what the hell" and decided to share my perspective. Would love to hear what you think and your comments will enhance the dialog and add to the collective thinking of all HR professionals.
First and foremost, I think HR should ask themselves if they've met all that they decided for 2014. As HR professionals we are wont to get enamoured by the next big thing and move on too quickly before we fully implement what we started.
1. 2015 is going to continue to be VUCA (as if the last year wasn't bad enough already!), which will mean high volatility for us. Business decisions will not always be clear or forthcoming and HR partners will have to be flexible and agile in their ability to respond rapidly to requests or quickly put things on a back-burner. All this without being overwhelmed by emotions. It will call for a very pragmatic but emergent mindset and attitude. Volatility is the new reality and if you're going to be unsettled by volatility then you're going to be unsettled everyday. So the first callout is to accept it and operate from equanimity.
2. From an India perspective, with the Govt. budget announcement around the corner, all pointers indicate that there are going to be some key policy announcements; these will result in an uptick in business, almost as rapid as a reverse bungee. Hiring and retention are going to be key. I have always believed you can only do so much to retain someone who has decided to leave. Hence, it makes sense to invest more energy on the input pipeline. Hiring is going to be the key challenge, equipping the organization so that strategic plans can be put into action is going to be a competitive differentiator. Not all HR functions will get it right. Those who do will be seen as business partners.
3. Drawing from the above, this is also the year that the talent crunch will be strongly felt, hence organizations will need to focus on all contributing employees as talent and while the investments on high potential will continue, appreciating and acknowledging the High and Steady Performers will become critical. The bell curve will soften or vanish altogether. HR must lead this charge. Not easy to destroy something you created and embedded, but that's exactly what's required.
4. As the size of the development audience goes up (HiPos+HiPerfs+SteadyPerfs), budgets are not going to stretch appropriately. Hence using novel solutions for employee development will become critical. Micro-learning, gamification and the 70% (of the 70:20:10) will gain traction. HR will need to learn how to run each of these, as skills are yet to develop fully.
5. Digital. More than ever before, digital will have an impact on communication, culture and employer brand. HR heads and teams who do not understand the medium will not be able to leverage it. If you don't have twitter on your phone, laptop and tablet, you're behind already. If you do, but are a passive observer, take lessons – ask someone to mentor you and get on it. Digital is probably the greatest tool HR could have asked for. It can help speed up your delivery/execution. It will disintermediate distance, democratize hierarchies and enable you to reach and converse with a wide population of current, past and future employees.
6. HR for HR. Oft neglected, HR will need to ensure they invest time and money on developing the skills of the function. Reskilling HR is going to be critical across organizations and HR heads must have a budget for this. While there won't be many lead indicators of impact, there will be clear lag indicators in the long-term around organizational readiness for business challenges. This is where boards and CEOs need to encourage investment. The ones who do, will reap the rewards.
There are some of my thoughts on the subject. I'd love to know what resonates with you and what else you can add to this list. Thanks!


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|Pungent Peak Criticism
Theatre Critic Book
|Robert Brustein , Yale University Press , December 5, 2008
Robert Brustein occupies a position between theatre practitioner and commentator. He is founder of the American Repertory Theatre and the Yale Repertory Theatre but also a critic since 1959. He has a gift for phrasing that is lethally good and his book titles give an indicator of their flavour. They include Seasons of Discontent, Making Scenes and Dumbocracy in America. This latest collection of essays and reviews, mainly reprinted from the New Republic, is in character.
The central part of the collection is given to reviews of productions, fifty-five in all. A first task of criticism, far from its only, is evocation. Brustein is in attendance at some remarkable events. Not only is Al Pacino doing Arturo Ui but the company includes Steve Buscemi, Chazz Palminteri, Billy Crudup, Paul Giamatti, Charles Durning, Dominic Chianese and John Goodman. Ui rises in power but in Pacino's performance, says Brustein, he never loses that sense of sallow, melancholiac penury.
He is at a strange Salome. In Oscar Wilde's reworking Pacino again is Herod. Marisa Tomei is an urban Salome, David Strathairn is Jokanaan and Diane Wiest is Herodias. The acting styles are all odds. All in all the critic signs off this Salome is a worthy enterprise by actors committed to the stage and not afraid to look foolish on it. I came away admiring their grit, their courage and their lunacy.
Critics are enjoyed for their consistency of personality. Brustein's aesthetic preferences are clear-cut but not dominant. Description comes first. He admires Complicite's Mnemonic, not least for its sheer theatrical wizardry. Instead of separating audiences into an educational caste system, it shows how we can use our minds to explore experiences common to all.
He makes the contrast with Stoppard. The Invention of Love, his play on Housman, has been forged in research in the Bodleian and British Library with a result. There is not enough plot here for twenty years of action, but there is enough erudition for a fortnight. He is not kind on Simon Russell Beale's Hamlet. While Beale captures the cuttingly ironic and quotidian aspects of the role he never touches its touches its tragic side. He compares the playing to Addison deWitt in All about Eve.
Brustein is an audience member. He records ticket prices, physical discomfort and an excess of length. He is not charmed by six and a half hours of Mnouchkine. What it lacks is a reasonable aesthetic, a sense of economy and form, an overarching unity. What it needs, in other words, is a dramatist.
The writing always zings. Of Caryl Churchill she has emerged as the most plastic English playwright of her generation- more versatile than the minimalist Harold Pinter, more profound than the intellectual skywriter Tom Stoppard, more unpredictable than the locked liberal David Hare. Critics may be read for opinion but they are not read only for opinion. They are writers and are read for the flair of their writing. The reading of Millennial Stages is an unbroken pleasure.
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The last Taproot art auction took place a couple of months ago with the aim to raise money for help inner city homelessness and mental health charities, while also showcasing Irish and international artists.
They're back with another fundraiser, this time setting their sights on the campaign to repeal the 8th Amendment.
'Artonomy' will feature a huge array of artists, music from Eve and Frank Sweeney alongside a "solid crew of bodily autonomy advocates". 50 per cent of the proceeds raised will go towards the Together for Yes campaign.
The exhibition launches with an opening reception and auction on Thursday April 5 at 6pm in MART, Rathmines, and runs until Friday April 13.
Here's what Co-Director of MART Matthew Nevin had to say.
"I believe we need to trust women, remove the 8th and continue to allow Ireland as it moves toward a more open society, where religious beliefs are not indoctrinated but a choice and removed from influencing government and constitutional law, and all aspects of our society."
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The auction for Daphne will resume as a new listing (http://www.ebay.com/itm/331086942934). Ebay pulled the previous listing after the nude photos of Daphne were reported for being "too graphic". They couldn't just remove those photos and have the auction resume, they had to delete the listing and we had to start a new one. We tried to make the new auction as close as to where the previous auction was at the time of removal. That means the auction started at the amount of the previous highest bid, and it will be a "1-day" auction that will end tomorrow.
If you want to see the full gallery of Daphne, you can find her photos here.
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My friends!
I am shocked and appalled to learn that ebay had just removed my Daphne auction listing (#331084334645) only a few hours before the end, because my doll displays accurate female anatomy.
Ebay says that my doll is a sex doll, and it can not be listed in neither the art category, nor the doll category, and not even in the art-doll category. I will either have to remove any unclothed pictures of Daphne to re-list her as art doll, or list it as a sex toy. And this is despite the fact that there are currently dozens of art dolls listings on ebay showing full frontal nudity in the doll category. I have no idea why Enchanted Doll was targeted as being inappropriate, while other nude dolls are totally acceptable. What is wrong with Enchanted Doll?
I'm disgusted and exasperated to tears by this institutionalized hatred towards female body. Why is ebay perpetuating this attitude towards women? Why are even naked dolls considered too vile and offensive for our eyes?!! Why is the world forcing me to feel so dirty and ashamed of myself? Why is it forcing our daughters to grow up feeling ashamed of themselves, instead of feeling proud? I only have questions, and no answers.
I'm trying to figure out what to do about Daphne auction as quickly as I can. In the meantime you could try calling ebay to convince them to resume the listing. Stay tuned for urgent updates.
Daphne has been relisted here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/An-Enchanted-Doll-by-Marina-Bychkova-Costumed-amp-Engraved-OOAK-Porcelain-BJD-/331086942934?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276
We tried to list Daphne in the same state as when it was deleted by ebay. The auction is a "1-day" auction so it will end tomorrow, and the start price is what the highest bid was at the time of removal. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Season 2 • Episode 6
At nearly 30 years old, Dave is still wearing the clothes he bought when he was at college - they're worn out and out of date. Stacy and Clinton are getting rid of his frat boy image with the help of a new wardrobe, complexion, and haircut.
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Office romances have been around for as long as offices or other workplaces. Because of the amount of time we spend at work, side by side with our coworkers, our social lives and professional lives often become entwined. Those relationships are sometimes quite intimate, even when they aren't romantic. If you find yourself attracted to a coworker, follow these rules to stay out of trouble. Sometimes, however, your good judgment goes awry when chemistry takes over.


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I don't know if it's just because kids are lazy these days, or if it's our highly-sought-after placement near a busy road and a number of super-classy strip joints, but we never seem to get more than a couple of trick-or-treaters at our house. This year was no exception, and as a result we ended up with enough candy to put an entire elementary school into a sugar-fueled frenzy for at least a year.
And then we ate it all.
I don't know which is worse, the shame from having gorged myself on cheap chocolate for the past two weeks straight, or the fact that I now am absolutely crazed for chocolate but have none to speak of in the house.
Enter the homemade Oreo-style cookie recipe.
If you're prone to completely ruining your self-esteem with delicious food, then I recommend you stop reading right now, because these things are A-MA-ZING. Also, they're entirely too easy, especially if you have a stand mixer.
For the cookies:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 heaping cup unsweetened cocoa (the darker, the better)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 to 1 1/2 cups sugar (I used 1 cup sugar, and about 1/4 cup Splenda)
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) room-temperature butter (can carefully microwave for 20-30 seconds if need be)
1 large egg
For the filling:
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) room-temperature butter (can carefully microwave for 20-30 seconds if need be)
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
One tiny drop red gel food dye (optional…but c'mon, who doesn't love a hint of pink??)
Preheat oven to 375°F. Mix together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar by hand or with a stand mixer at the lowest setting. Add the butter; with paddle of stand mixer, mix till dough is a consistent, crumbly consistency. Add the egg and continue mixing until the dough comes together in a mass.
Form small, rounded teaspoons of dough into balls by hand. (They really need to be small unless you want giant cookies!) Place rounded balls on cookie sheet approximately two inches apart. Flatten each ball ever-so-slightly with your finger tips after placing them on the cookie sheet. Make two sheets of cookies. Bake for 9 minutes, rotating the sheets top to bottom and front to back after 4 minutes. Immediately remove cookies from sheets and allow to cool on a rack.
Meanwhile, to make the filling, put the butter and shortening in the mixing bowl of the stand mixer. At low speed, blend together, then gradually beat in the sugar (approximately 1/2 cup at a time, sifted) and vanilla, as well as the food dye, if desired. Beat on high speed for 2 to 3 minutes until filling is light and fluffy.
Once the cookies have cooled and the filling is finished, place teaspoon-size balls of filling into the center of one cookie. (You can use a large, round tip and pastry bag if you want, but it's just as easy to shape the filling blob by hand.) Place a cookie of matching size on the first cookie on top of the filing. Lightly press the two cookies together to evenly spread the filling to the outside edge of the cookies. Repeat with remaining cookies. Then stuff a cookie in your mouth and prepare to never buy another bag of store-bought creme-filled cookies again!
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My previous working background is in education, teaching in schools. Now, as a counsellor, my specialism is working with loss, in all its many forms, be it a bereavement, loss of a job, relationship or even a sense of identity or security.
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Durham Coroner Andrew Tweddle has ruled out holding inquests into the deaths of 21 patients who were treated by a GP cleared of murder.
Dr Howard Martin, 72, formerly of Newton Aycliffe, was acquitted nearly two years ago of the murder of Harry Gittins, 74, Frank Moss, 59, and Stanley Weldon, 74, by a jury at Teesside Crown Court.
The bodies of these men and a fourth, William Kerr, 85, had been exhumed by Durham Police as part of their murder inquiry.
Police said families and health professionals had raised concerns about the deaths of 43 of the doctor's patients over a period from the early 1990s until early 2000.
Detectives had investigated and decided to take no further action but passed on 22 files - including those of Mr Gittins, Mr Moss, Mr Weldon and Mr Kerr - to the coroner.
The coroner has now announced that he will only be holding an inquest into the death of Mr Kerr.
A keen sportsman, who was left paralysed down one side of his body by a stroke, has taught himself to swim again to help a charity.
Jon Williams, 62, of Stockton, loved marathons and skiing and took part in international orienteering events until he was hit by the devastating stroke in 2005.
The former teacher was on an isolated hill called Simon's Seat in the Yorkshire Dales when he suffered the stroke and his life was only saved because of an air ambulance.
And now he has dived into the pool at the David Lloyd Leisure Centre to swim 32 lengths for the Great North Air Ambulance.
A police chief today said everything possible was being done on Teesside to counter the current terrorism threat.
But he also appealed for help from members of the public in a bid to make sure the region remains safe.
Cleveland Police Chief Constable Sean Price spoke out following the incidents in Glasgow and London over the weekend.
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PSA Communism Specialist Group 2014 conference and AGM
University of Durham, 15 December 2014
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S o T o S p e a k | Ep. 225 | What Our Founders Had in Mind
You wouldn't know it from looking at her Congressional voting record, college transcripts, or public statements, but Nancy Pelosi is actually an EXPERT on both the founding of America and the Constitution to which it gave rise.
She's just FULL of little known factoids.
For example, did you know that a common people with a common heritage all speaking a common language is NOT AT ALL what the founders had in mind?
I'll forgive you if you didn't.
How about this one: did you know that the sole purpose of the Constitution is to prohibit the production of territorial defense against invasion and redistribute the property of taxpayers to uninvited latecomers?
I didn't either!
Ron Paul better take notes.
We'll also be talking about a recent opinion pieces by John Derbyshire and Pat Buchanan about reparations in America, and touching on the latest bit of news from Iran.
This is EPISODE 225 of So to Speak w/ Jared Howe!
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The review I was drafting in my head a quarter of the way into Nevernight bears very little resemblance to the review I'm writing having finished it. After a couple of chapters, I wasn't feeling it and, having checked on Goodreads, I discovered I wasn't alone. But, of all my negative qualities (and there are a lot), being a quitter isn't one of them and I'm glad about that because it was pretty awesome in the end.
The problem with Nevernight's early chapters is largely that they are quite impenetrable; dense with description, detail-heavy and featuring a number of footnotes which seems excessive, it was hard to get into. To begin with, the narrative switches between Mia Corvere's past and present; in the former, she witnesses the destruction of her family, while in the latter, she's hellbent on revenge through joining a school for assassins. Put like that, it seems a lot more straightforward than it appeared when I was reading it. (I should probably also point out that I was reading a couple of chapters a night just before going to sleep, which definitely wasn't the best way to experience this book).
Mia has to overcome a number of obstacles in order to join the Red Church, but, once she's there, the plot really gets going and I found it all very exciting. Gruesome, but exciting. The Red Church is a kind of psychotic Hogwarts; if you can imagine a Hogwarts in which Snape was genuinely trying to kill everyone in Potions and the scariest person there was the school nurse, you're pretty much there. The apprentices of the Church compete in some crazy challenges (those of them who don't die in the process, anyway), in a trope which is very familiar but still enthralling. The idea of the Red Church is bound up with the slightly confusing religious set-up of Nevernight; essentially, I think there's a god of light and a goddess of dark and people who follow the goddess are heretics, or something. The novel takes its title from the conceit that there are three suns in this odd version of early modern Italy (a version where everyone swears like a top-level footballer), so it's hardly ever night. I thought this aspect was a bit underdeveloped; the title gave me the impression that the idea of 'nevernight' would be central, but it isn't really. I have some questions though; for example, if it was never night, wouldn't everyone go insane quite quickly? Anyway, it's a cool idea which will perhaps be developed more in the rest of the trilogy.
Nevernight is really violent – like, Tarantino-levels of blood and gore – and features a really long description of oral sex; for these reasons, I don't know how far it can really be seen as YA. In fairness, the very first sentence of the novel is "people often shit themselves when they die, did you know that?" which gives a pretty clear indication of the level of detail to be provided in describing even the most taboo of subjects. There's nothing chaste or subtle about Nevernight, but its brashness is what sets it apart from the fantasy series it might be compared with; Throne of Glass, for example, features a similarly ruthless yet bookish young, female assassin and, in a move familiar to everyone on the planet, Mia appears to own what could be described as an invisibility cloak, while the set-up of the Red Church reminded me of the similarly psychotic school in Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes. I don't mean to suggest that Nevernight is particularly derivative of these other books, but there are touchstones here for the YA fantasy reader.
Jay Kristoff looks and Tweets like a rock star, and Nevernight shows that he writes like one too. The prologue that introduces us all to the excretions of the dead also tells us "your narrator shares no such restraint," so it's not like the reader isn't warned of what will follow. The best rock stars push the boundaries, perhaps even producing things which are hard to listen to – think Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music, which showed an artist doing whatever the fuck he wanted just because he could, or the more bombastic songs of Led Zeppelin, showing off how good they were just because they could too – and I enjoyed that kind of cocksure confidence that runs through Nevernight. It's definitely worth sticking with and now I want the second book in the series. Seriously, now.


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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
i forgot!
7 comments:
- Unknown said...
I almost think you are egging me (us) on here with your one week, one challenge goals, your sewing list for one week off of work, and all the happiness you give off in your blog posts;) I will have to think on the one thing one week challenge. I think I have some doables here on my table.
Enjoy the week off from work, and get as much done as you can without stressing on it;)
Happy Quilting!!
- October 20, 2010 at 5:55 PM
- Marsha B said...
Your birthday fabrics are beautiful, really like the fall colors. You have lots to keep you busy, enjoy your time off. If you go to Chicago with your husband, be sure to enjoy some good food while you are there. I do miss some of my favorite Chicago restaurants. Can't wait to see pictures of your progress!
- October 20, 2010 at 6:37 PM
- Beth said...
Great birthday fabrics! Love that jelly roll and the inspiration quilt.
If you come to Chicago, let me know. I can show you some local quilt shops. Just email me and I'll send my #. (firstname.lastname@example.com)
If you stay home, have fun sewing.
I might join that challenge this time.
- October 20, 2010 at 8:52 PM
- canuckquilter said...
Yummy fabrics, and thanks for the link to the Basket Case quilt. Enjoy your week of sewing :0 I really thought this week looked good for me to sew but somehow life has been intruding! -Joanne
- October 20, 2010 at 9:03 PM
- ---"Love" said...
Those fabrics your mom gave you are simply gorgeous; not ordinarily my choice of colors, but I do love those fabrics!
Have fun during your time off from work. Sounds like you have a plan and are sticking to it! Wish I would do that! ---"Love
- October 20, 2010 at 11:05 PM
- Amy said...
I own that jelly roll...I used it for some skirts...so cute!!!
- October 21, 2010 at 4:36 PM
- Connie204 said...
I love the fabrics your Mom gave you. The jelly roll colors will make a great quilt. Enjoy Chicago if you go. If you don't enjoy the week of sewing. Connie204
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Federal judge rejects Summerfest's request for restraining order against Red Lobster
MILWAUKEE — A federal judge has rejected Summerfest's request for a temporary restraining order against Red Lobster.
The suit, filed in federal court, focuses on the restaurant chain's "Lobster and Shrimp Summerfest" promotion. In 2016, Summerfest asked Red Lobster to stop using the slogan and they agreed, but brought it back this year.
Festival officials are asking them to stop the advertising and to be reimbursed for any damages or money lost.
On Monday, July 10th, a judge denied the request for a temporary restraining order that would require Red Lobster to stop using the Summerfest branding in its promotion.


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Hymn from 1864, frequently used in western soundtracks (Stagecoach, The Searchers, Tobacco Road, Major Dundee, The Wild Bunch, Hang Em High, Hobson's Choice, Elmer Gantry, Trip To Bountiful). Arranged by both Aaron Copland and Charles Ives. Popular tune in Japan (as a children's song) and in Sweden (as a marching and a drinking song).
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Harry & David founder David Holmes invented the idea of sending a tower of gifts over 80 years ago, and gift towers are still popular today. David's Gift Tower is filled with gourmet gifts, such as luscious Royal Riviera® Pears, carefully grown and tended, and Moose Munch® Gourmet Popcorn, which is made in Harry & David's own candy kitchen. Other sweet treats include lemon shortbread cookies and raspberry galettes, and they all come in a beautiful tower topped with a hand-tied bow.


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There are so many ways to fail at making a Christmas card. There are also many ways to succeed at making one, but on Friday we celebrate creative failures! So here is what NOT to do:)
Now, if you are like me, you are aware that there are many, many magazines, books, YouTube Channels, Pinterest boards, Tumblers and even Facebook Groups devoted to making Christmas Cards. But, if you are like me, you decide to ignore all these very helpful tools, and forge your own way into the card making world with no guide but your own gut.
You may come up with some very creative ideas, but you also come up with some very creative disasters. So, here is a creative disaster for you, on this beautiful Failure Friday.
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a very nice view. Christianity here After spreading spread all over Europe. Cappadocia is known as the capital of the Asian continent. Cappadocia has experienced numerous civilizations. Cappadocia is a natural phenomenon is under protection of UNESCO as a protected area in this way. Cappadocia Hsu mountain formation of the lava cooling effect of wind and rain with this natural wonder has occurred. We went to Cappadocia Goreme open air museum and this is spread over a very large area. Here are made of a very large excavation and restoration work. There were many fairy chimneys and cave and people have made their religious worship and lived here. Reserved cave we went to church and the place is decorated with pictures of Jesus and Mary and Mozika are. Finally we went to the Devrent and Pasabag valley, where we watched the flight of the pigeon and other birds.Read more


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Anyway. I didn't take as many photos while we there as I meant to- I never do- but here are some of our Favorite Things, Branson Edition.
See that? Not Mr. Incredible; well, that is Mr. Incredible, but that's not the point- nor is that awesome poster of Kevin Costner in Dances With Wolves. I have no idea who picked which movie posters would go in here, but rest assured it's extremely random.
OH MY GOSH. It's not random at all. They're all camping/fishing/wildlife related, continuing the theme of the rest of the house. This is the kind of thing everyone else probably got about five visits ago, but has just occurred to me. It's also the kind of thing that prompts Derek to say, "You really shouldn't tell people these things." Which could really be one of the motifs of our marriage.
ANYWAY. So that is Mr. Incredible on the screen and the entirely-appropriate Dances With Wolves movie poster next to him, but the point is...
...there's a movie room in the basement! Now, maybe some of you have movie rooms in your actual homes, but we definitely do not, so this kind of thing is intensely exciting for peasants like us.
Another favorite is the pool that's a short hike up the hill. Atticus and Adelaide were afraid to even be carried out to the edge at first.
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It's one of those pools that appears to spill right into the lake, but when you swim out to the edge and peer over you find it empties into a trough. Not like a feed trough (man, words are hard today), but a nice tiled trough with a pump and drain and probably something else to make the whole contraption work. There was a hot tub that did the same thing. Lots of fanciness here.
The first course had a pirate theme, with animatronic pirates in the building where you paid and collected your clubs and balls. Atticus took one step in, freaked out, and had to be slowly coaxed back in. (It also probably didn't help that when he first looked in the door, he saw a big, wooden pirate, asked Derek if there were any more pirates in there, and Derek jokingly said, "Yeah, right after there," gesturing toward to the two people working behind the counter, upon which Atticus shot out the door.) He loved the golfing, but was scared enough to skip the hole situated in a cave with a pirate prison cell.
We don't have any photos of our zip lining adventures; they took plenty of digital photos of us, some of which were pretty entertaining to behold, but we thought THIRTEEN DOLLARS PER PICTURE was a teensy bit steep. And highway robbery.
It was good times all around. Now it's back to a normal schedule, especially with school starting Monday. I'm not ready for Adelaide to go back to school. She decided last night that she is. The end.


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This thesis discusses the evolution of conduction mechanism in the silver (Ag) on zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film system with respect to the Ag morphology. As a plausible substitute for indium tin oxide (ITO), TCO/Metal/TCO (TMT) structure has received a lot of attentions as a prospective ITO substitute due to its low resistivity and desirable transmittance. However, the detailed conduction mechanism is not fully understood. In an attempt to investigate the conduction mechanism of the ZnO/Ag/ZnO thin film system with respect to the Ag microstructure, the top ZnO layer is removed, which offers a better view of Ag morphology by …
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This video will give you all the feels. All. The. Feels.
A bouncing Brazilian baby is getting her nails cut by her father, but she's not having it. Every time — EVERY TIME — he gets close to her with the scissors, she punks him with a fake cry! Then she just straight up lets out a canny and cute fit of giggles when her dad gets 'scared'. The video was originally posted to Facebook and has received over 25 million views so far.
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This is ARMv8 architecture, arch reports it as aarch64
cat /proc/cpuinfo reports it as (showing only the last core)
Any information about branding is missing. This creates a problem because some software packages rely on proc/cpuinfo to get system specs.
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processor : 223
BogoMIPS : 400.00
Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics cpuid asimdrdm
CPU implementer : 0x43
CPU architecture: 8
CPU variant : 0x1
CPU part : 0x0af
CPU revision : 1
lscpu also does not show brand:
dmidecode, however, shows CPU brand, but this requires sudo rights.
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Architecture: aarch64
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 224
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-223
Thread(s) per core: 4
Core(s) per socket: 28
Socket(s): 2
NUMA node(s): 2
Model: 1
BogoMIPS: 400.00
L1d cache: 32K
L1i cache: 32K
L2 cache: 256K
L3 cache: 32768K
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-111
NUMA node1 CPU(s): 112-223
Flags: fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics cpuid asimdrdm
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Processor Information
Socket Designation: Socket 1
Type: Central Processor
Family: ARM
Manufacturer: Cavium Inc.
Signature: Implementor 0x43, Variant 0x1, Architecture 15, Part 0x0af, Revision 1
Version: Cavium ThunderX2(R) CPU CN9975 v2.1 @ 2.0GHz
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- Kylie Jenner is bringing back her annual photo calendar.
- She teamed up with photographer Greg Swales to create the glamorous 2019 calendar.
- She previewed some pictures from the calendar on her Instagram, but it is now available for purchase on her shop site.
- It retails for $15.
This Black Friday, not only is Kylie Jenner launching her second lipstick collaboration with sister Kim Kardashian, but the social media mogul is also bringing back her annual photo calendar.
Teaming up with photographer Greg Swales, the 21-year-old has created a 2019 calendar filled with multiple glamorous looks. In a series of images, the mother-of-one is styled in a formfitting, golden dress and a huge, bejeweled crown fit for a beauty queen.
Preview the calendar by checking out the teasers below.
The Kylie Jenner 2019 calendar will be available for purchase at kyliejennershop.com beginning 9 a.m. PST/12 p.m. EST on Friday, November 23.
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McLaren boosted by Renault's "different" 2019 engine talk
McLaren CEO Zak Brown says his team is taking engine supplier Renault's positivity at face value because the French manufacturer proved "very honest" in its communications the year before.
Renault had lagged behind the benchmark Mercedes and Ferrari power units during the hybrid era, but recently boasted of significant gains with its engine ahead of the 2019 season – a claim the works team's new signing Daniel Ricciardo has attested to being backed up by numbers.
McLaren, which linked up with Renault last year after three disastrous seasons with Honda, now remains as the French manufacturer's only customer in F1 following Red Bull's decision to switch suppliers.
Speaking at the launch of McLaren's 2019 car, Brown said Renault had showed encouraging data to the Woking-based team, and explained why he felt confident about the French manufacturer's proclamations.
"We are up to speed with the comments they [Renault] have made, and they have shared with us in detail the gains they have made, so that is quite encouraging," Brown said.
"We are new in the relationship, Renault are saying things differently this year than they did last year.
"Last year they were very grounded in where their engine was and [its] deficit to the front, so on the basis of that we have found them to be very honest in their communication [regarding] where they think they are.
"So it's encouraging they are as positive as they are."
McLaren's first Renault-engined car, the MCL33, was ultimately a disappointing package, but the team has been confident of a step forward with its successor – with new driver Carlos Sainz claiming the MCL34 "has come together earlier and nicer" than the 2018 car.
"Having a second year with Renault I think we've done a better job to develop the car around the power unit," Brown said.
"We made the decision to change [from Honda] a bit late, then we had reliability issues - some of those were car design, from not knowing the power unit and how to package it as well as we do [now].
"It seems like they [Renault] are in a better spot and we're certainly in a better position to capitalise on a year's experience."
McLaren sporting director Gil de Ferran suggested the new MCL34 will have been helped by a stronger bond between his team and Renault.
"I think our relationship with Renault has been consistently improving over time," he said. "Last year was the first year of the team with Renault, and as you work together and understand how each party works, from the inside out, your relationship naturally improves.
"You get to know each other better, the conversations get easier and by consequence the technical collaboration tends to improve.
"The systems that you set in place, you need to run them for a while to understand the weaknesses and where to improve. I really see more of that going on than anything transformational."
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Loi Relative aux moyens de secourir la Colonie de Saint-Domingue. Donnée à Paris, le 29 Juin 1792, l'an IV. de la Liberté. Consignée dans les registres du Départment de la Meurthe, le 24 Juillet suivant. [No. 1412].
Nancy [France]: Chez Haener, Imprimeur du Départment de la Meurthe, 1792. 4 pp. Illus. with a woodcut headpiece. Sm. 4to. Self wrappers. First edition. A very good copy with pin holes along inner margin, two soiled spots, signed in ink on last page. Item #43209
Signed (illegible). Law authorizing negotiation with the United States minister to obtain food and construction materials in the amount of 4,000,000 livres, to be paid by the French Treasury but to be reimbursed by taxes on the colony. The money was much needed as the loan decree, dated 26 Juin 1792, came in the midst of unparalleled upheaval in Haiti. The revolution of the year before, with its "horrible carnage" had now given way "to strategic military operations, tactical maneuvers and new political alliances as the slaves gain territory and stabilize their positions. They raid plantations for military equipment, loot the whites' forces after they are repelled, and trade with the Spanish for weaponry" (Kona Shen, History of Haiti, The Revolution Builds, Brown University. library.brown.edu/haitihistory/6.html). Toussaint Louverture is a rising star, Civil Commissions arrive from France, free blacks and mulattos in Saint-Domingue are granted equal political rights, Spain declares war on England and France, and battle ensues for control of Haiti. The U.S. is concerned with conditions on the island and in fact Jefferson writes of his concern to the Marquis de Lafayette (16 June 1792). Rare. OCLC, BN France, and other European Libraries locate no copies of this issue (No. 1412, with additional text concerning the Departement de la Meurthe). A Paris printing (No. 1813) can be found at Cornell, Univ. Minn., and JCB which also has a Toulouse printing. Manioc (Bibliotheque) shows a digitized version of the Paris imprint.
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Flash Tips
Light is, of course, the basis of photography and knowing how to see, use, create or adjust it is a major factor in setting a professional apart. Like many art enthusiasts, I have long admired the work of 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. His iconic painting Girl with a Pearl Earring is not only my smartphone's background image, but an iconic image that perfectly exhibits the facial lighting pattern that I strive for particularly in my wedding photography whether using available light or flash. The idea of having the side of the subject's face nearer the camera (or the painter as in Vermeer's case) in shadow while placing the highlight on the part of the face farther from the camera makes for an unmistakable and highly desirable sense of depth. Side lighting - including beautiful window light - seems a far better way to convey the three-dimensional aspect of a scene often called depth. To be blunt, it's relatively straight-forward to simply convey the first two dimensions – height and width - without much effort, special equipment or know how. A seasoned professional is likely adept at using either created or found light – or some combination – and is armed with critical know-how to properly illuminate the subject and convey depth and dimensional presence similar to what we see in Vermeer's legendary work.
The most typical applications of flash are to (a) directly aim the light toward a subject - the same lighting method used so often with smartphones – or (b) use the popular technique of adding a diffuser or some white surface to the flash intending to send softer light toward the subject. Neither of these techniques provides a side direction of light to create a shadow on the near-side of the face, and therefore neither will convey Vermeer's presence and depth. One simple observation is that forward-moving light illuminates both sides of the subject's face evenly – sometimes called "flat lighting" which infers only a two-dimensional result – while side lighting means that one side of the face is lighter (highlight) than the other (shadow) which results in a three-dimensional representation - think Vermeer.
For my wedding assignments, I first look for a naturally occurring source that already side lights the subject - perhaps a nearby window – that allows me to capture the subject with the desired dimensional effect. In reality, at most of my indoor, evening assignments, the task will likely include use of a flash whether (a) off-camera – using a flash that's aimed into an umbrella that's mounted on a light stand and triggered by a transmitting device that is on my camera; this is the typical way I light formal groups, or (b) on-camera - when I place the Speedlite onto the hot shoe of my camera but point or aim the flash head away from the subject, toward some nearby wall so the light bounces off that wall and onto the subject. Becoming an expert in these techniques, especially learning optimum aiming for the flash, as is most always the case in learning, takes time and practice.
I learned early on from trial-and-error to avoid bouncing light off of mirrors, glass and very dark walls. I often embrace the use of color-correcting filters to change the output of my Speedlite from its usual 5500K color temperature to a much warmer 3200K if it better matches the room's ambient light. Many indoor receptions have warm lighting (some venues have lighting with gels installed to create an inviting mood) and having my flash's color temperature more closely match that color means that the subject will not have those warm/yellow competing highlights on heads, noses, and shoulders from typical incandescent (or even LED nowadays) canned ceiling lights.
I use both Canon EOS-1D X Mark II and Canon EOS 5D Mark IV cameras at my wedding assignments along with 600EX II-RT Speedlites. When using off-camera flash techniques, I use the Canon Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-R3 device to trigger the off-camera Speedlites which are mounted in an umbrella setup (another hot shoe mounted Speedlite could be used instead to trigger the off-camera flash). Because I work quickly as the wedding is happening in real time, I set my camera for RAW files and AWB (automatic white balance) then plan on fine tuning my images in post-production with Canon Digital Photo Professional or Adobe Lightroom.
After hundreds and hundreds of wedding assignments, I have grown more comfortable setting my own shutter and aperture settings for most indoor situations, using M (manual) mode rather than using another mode like Av (Aperture Priority) - which I often use outdoors, that measures ambient light to choose a shutter speed for me. Most dark receptions don't really have enough light to meter, in my opinion, so I simply choose a setting then add my flash which is set for E-TTL (automated) exposure. A typical setting for a bride and groom entering their evening reception or even as they head down the aisle at the end of the church or synagogue ceremony (if permitted to document by the house rules, of course) might be 1/125 second at f/3.2 at 3200 ISO and with my 600EX-II flash aimed at a (fingers-crossed) light-colored wall with a CTO (Color Temperature Orange) filter snapped onto the flash to emit 3200K lighting if I've judged that as the closest color match to the ambient light. (Canon thoughtfully includes a couple of snap-on color filters and a diffuser packaged with the Canon Speedlite 600EX -II-RT units.)
A little-known fact about Canon's intuitive E-TTL flash metering: the system is actually aware of when the flash is pointing straight-ahead toward the subject so it knows to include distance information obtained from the autofocused EF lens in its flash exposure computation. The moment, however, the flash head is turned away – presumably toward a wall or ceiling – the E-TTL system sets flash exposure based on the pre-flash measurement of reflected light rather than using any distance data from the lens/AF function. The exposure accuracy is nothing short of amazing whether using direct or bounced lighting techniques. Bravo, Canon.
To emulate the look of Vermeer, whether using off-camera or on-camera flash technique, I aim to accent the side of the face farthest from the camera, keeping the near-side of the face in shadow. I love the three-dimensional look that instantly separates my work from others who use direct or forward-aimed lighting.
I guess you might say it's a lighting technique 350 years in the making.