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EFF Opposes Government's Latest Attempt to Delay NSA Spying Cases
"It's time to end the delay, not extend it."
EFF yesterday filed an opposition to the government's request last week for an indefinite "abeyance" in Jewel v. NSA, our lawsuit filed in 2008 to try to stop the NSA spying that is currently pending in federal court in San Francisco. The government's request came after the President, the Director of National Intelligence and many others publicly confirmed that the NSA collects Americans' phone records on a massive scale, and new evidence in leaked NSA slides substantiated the evidence from AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein that the NSA is conducting "upstream" collection of communications content.
In December, 2012, the court in San Francisco heard two motions—one by EFF asking the court to recognize that a statute called 50 U.S.C. section 1806(f) effectively overrides the state secrets privilege in cases arising from electronic surveillance and another by the government to have the case dismissed under the state secrets doctrine. EFF's opposition argued:
The Court should decisively reject the government defendants' gambit to plunge plaintiffs' motion, and the entire lawsuit, into a state of suspended animation simply because their motion now lies in tatters. For the past five years, this lawsuit has inched forward at less than a snail's pace. Defendants have yet to answer plaintiffs' complaint. Meanwhile, the abuses and illegal invasions of the privacy of plaintiffs and millions of other Americans continue unabated and unadjudicated.
Noting that EFF has been trying to get these claims decided by true judicial review in one form or another since 2005, EFF urged the court not to allow the government to continue its tactic of infinite delay:
Plaintiffs are entitled to their day in court to pursue the judicial remedies Congress has created for unlawful surveillance and to challenge the shifting secret legal theories, untested by any adversary proceedings, used over the past 12 years to justify the dragnet surveillance program within the echo chamber of the Executive Branch.
A similar opposition has been filed by the companion case, Shubert v. Obama.
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LisaRaye: Fit, Fine & 50!
LisaRaye has never been one to shy away from a challenge. After all, she went from model to actress to producer to business owner. But now, LisaRaye, 50, has embarked on a new challenge: her body, in more ways than one.
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LisaRaye's transformation goes into the spiritual realm as well. In August 2014, the actress shared that she got baptized in her home (pictured on page 2) which gave her a new found desire to give and rededicate her life to something bigger than herself. As you may remember, LisaRaye was also a celebrity who came out years ago stating she decided to be celibate for her own reasons. Clean body, inside and out. Way to go Lisa!
LisaRaye's healthier lifestyle includes undergoing a very drastic body transformation.
"You're only as a good as your support team," LisaRaye says. "There are so many temptations out here and I'm a foodie. I've had those quick things of fasting and other supplements and other workout routines that I've tried over the past years and I was like, lets try a whole together package: having the product, having the supplement, having vitamins, having a workout routine, being able to balance healthy eating with that and so for the first time I'm actually putting that combination together and making it one."
"I tend to go up and down [in weight], but that's not good for my body, LisaRaye explains. "The more I educate myself about the weight loss process, the more I learn that I figure out works for me. Which means staying at a size that works for TV and for me."
LisaRaye also added that while she's on the set of a show or movie, she usually has "absolutely no time to work out."
"I've lost muscle mass just sitting around filming and having my whole life revolve around the show."
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"I work out three days a week for an hour. I do lunges for my butt, you know? I like my thighs to look nice, too."
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Whether they call out an opponent before a big game, explain their performance from the previous week or just tell all their followers what they are doing, Tweeters across the NFL are making headlines, all in 140 characters or less.
Some players have created distractions with Twitter, others have made enemies. The players on this list should not be allowed to have Twitter accounts due to past transgressions.
Get ready for some bad grammar, unreadable short-hand and occasional profane language. NFL players are not known for the literary value of their tweets.


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Study: A Career of Head Trauma Has Left a Lot of Former Cowboys Feeling Rather Depressed
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Stronger evidence is now emerging that the brain trauma suffered by professional football players causes depression. A new study led by researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas' Center for BrainHealth, which examined 34 former NFL players, most of them former Cowboys living in North Texas, discovered that a quarter of them suffer from clinical depression. That's a significantly higher rate than is found in the general population, which has a 15 percent depression rate.
Links between professional football and depression have been suggested before and came into sharper focus earlier this year when former NFL linebacker Junior Seau fired a shotgun into his chest.
In this case, researchers were able to link cases of depression and mild cognitive impairment with physical abnormalities revealed in brain scans of the participants, many of whom were recruited by former Cowboys fullback Darryl Johnston. Specifically, they detected abnormal blood flow in the brains of 26 patients and significant damage to their white matter.
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Gansu, Xizang, Yunnan [Sikkim].
Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim].
Distribution: Pakistan, Kashmir, N.W. Himalayas and Yunnan.
Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan), W. China.
Physical Description
Plants perennial, 14--20 cm tall. Rhizome short. Stems 0.2--0.5 mm in diam. Cataphylls few. Basal and cauline leaves 2 or 3; leaf sheath reddish brown at base and margin, 1.5--2 cm, auricles obtuse, black-brown at margin; leaf blade linear, 2--3 cm, apex acute. Inflorescences terminal; head solitary, hemispheric, 1.1--1.3 cm in diam., usually 4- or 5-flowered; bracts usually 2, chestnut brown to dark brown; basal bract broadly ovate, ladlelike, much longer than head, apex tapered and elongate. Perianth segments whitish to yellowish, lanceolate, 5--6 mm, subequal, apex obtuse. Stamens 6, longer than perianth; filaments subequaling perianth; anthers shorter than filaments. Style long; stigmas short. Capsule chestnut brown, trigonous ovoid, 1-loculed, apex beaked. Seeds (immature) ovoid. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep.
A small, loosely tufted perennial, (5)7-15(2 5)cm tall, with short rootstock, covered with brownish sheaths; stem thin filiform, with usually 1, filiform leaf, usually shorter than the stem. Flowering head terminal, simple, capitate, 3-5(-7)- flowered, pale or whitish; lowest bract slightly to much exceeding the inflorescence, upto 4 cm long. Flowers c. 5 mm long, almost sessile; perianth segments almost equal, lanceolate-oblong, subacute, membranous. Stamens exserted, with c. 2 mm long, thin anthers. Capsules broadly ovoid or ellipsoid, c. 3 mm long with a beak c. half as long, brown, many-seeded; seeds hardly tailed at the ends.
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2200-3500 m
Plants perennial, tufted, 6.5--25 cm tall. Rhizome filiform, short. Stems thin. Cataphylls absent to 2. Basal leaves 2 or 3, cauline leaf absent or 1; leaf sheath greenish to reddish, auricles well developed, purplish red, obtuse, 0.7--1.2 mm; leaf blade linear, 3--12 cm, apex acute. Inflorescences terminal; head solitary, 1--1.8 cm in diam., (2--)4--8(--11)-flowered; bracts 3--5, often purplish red, broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, apex acute; basal bract erect, leaflike, longer than head, 1--4 cm; other bracts subequaling head. Perianth segments straw-colored, lanceolate, 4--6 × 1.5--2 mm, membranous, apex obtuse. Stamens 6; filaments 5--6 mm; anthers 2.2--3.3 mm. Style 1.5--2 mm; stigmas 0.8--1 mm. Capsule chestnut brown at maturity, ovoid, 2.6--3 mm, 1-loculed, base narrowed, apex beaked; beak 0.8--1.5 mm; style persistent. Seeds spindlelike, ca. 1 mm, appendaged; appendages 2, white. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep.
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Juncus sphenostemon Buchenau.
Moist meadows in high mountains, wet places in ravines; 3100--4000 m.
Rocky mountain slopes, wet meadows; 2200--4200 m.
Some authors treat Juncus bracteatus as a synonym of J. benghalensis.
Differs from Juncus leucanthus Don by its smaller size, whitish perianth segments, capsules not exserted and the lowest bract often much exceeding the flowering head. Juncus leucanthus seems to be confined from Sikkim Himalayas to Kumaon. Its elongated lowest bract and much longer, linear anthers easily distinguish it from Juncus membranaceus Don. It may also be confused with Juncus leucomelas Don but the presence of the cauline leaves and hardly tailed seeds will distinguish it.
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I have been lurking around here for awhile now, and have even started commenting occasionally, so I thought I better introduce myself
My name is Kyla, and I am pregnant with my 3rd. I have had hospital births with all my babies, the first because I didnt think of any other options, and the last two because I live pretty northern and remote and we have no midwives available to us.
With DD I went into the hospital after about 11 hours of labor, when the nurse checked me my water broke, they lost her heartbeat, I ended up getting an internal monitor, but she was born about 15 min later so it wasnt a big deal. I also had some fentenal within that time. My husband was also unable to be there for her birth.
With DS I labored for about 5 hours at home, went to the hospital, found out he was posterior and my water had broken (I was in the bathtub). I wasnt as far along as I had anticipated (after how fast my other labor went), so I ended up asking for fentanal again. However, it took them forever to put my IV in, and then the Dr tripped over it, so I didnt end up getting anything, and DS turned and was born 1 hour later.
So with this one, I would love to have a birth were I am not begging for drugs and I am hoping I make it to the hospital in time. That is actually my biggest stressor right now, as we had problems with our childcare when DS was born, and I would have had a homebirth if he hadnt been posterior.


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In a home laundry dryer, a cylindrical tub containing wet clothesis rotated steadily about a horizontal axis as shown in the figurebelow. So that the clothes will dry uniformly, they are made totumble. The rate of rotation of the smooth-walled tub is chosen sothat a small piece of cloth will lose contact with the tub when thecloth is at an angle of θ = 72.5° above thehorizontal. If the radius of the tub is 0.425 m, what rate of revolution is needed?
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Relocating Catalog Images in Capture One Pro 7
The Capture One 7 Catalog database keeps track of where images are located, as well as maintaining adjustments, metadata and other elements. When managing images in a Catalog you can decide to store the files directly inside of a Capture One 7 Catalog or in a separate directory. In this tutorial we will refer to images inside the Catalog as 'managed' images and those in a separate directory as 'referenced' images.
Why relocating is useful
Within Capture One 7 Catalogs, you have the ability to change how managed or referenced images are handled in the Catalog. This can be useful, if your workflow requires mobility and you need to move some of your images from an external volume to a Catalog that is kept locally on your Laptop. Relocating files in this manner gives you full access to the RAW data while you are on the road. Features like processing, zooming or lens corrections will then be available that would otherwise be unavailable in offline mode.
Offline mode
When importing images to a Catalog, a preview is made and stored in the Catalog. This preview is used for displaying the image on your monitor. Capture One 7 previews are 'smart' previews, which means should a drive containing the RAWS be disconnected, you can still make most adjustments. However things like processing and zooming requires the RAW data to be available to the software.
How to relocate your Catalog images
On the Mac platform the Capture One 7 Catalog is one single file.
On the Windows platform the Catalog database and other necessary folders are stored within one folder.
If you want to change image locations from a managed workflow to a referenced workflow, it is critical that this is done within the Capture One Folders Tool. This ensures that the Capture One 7 Catalog remains up to date. However, if you accidentally fail to do this, links to images can be re-established within the Capture One 7 "Locate" option.
Changing Images from Managed to Referenced
Referenced files are shown in the Folders Tool (by default in the Library tool tab) in their current location.
If you can't see the complete folder tree as shown above, right-click anywhere in the Folders Tool and choose 'Show Folders Hierarchy'.
To move an image within the Catalog itself (managed) from an external location (referenced), simply select the images you wish to move and then drag and drop them onto the Catalog icon (also in the Folders Tool).
The image will be physically moved inside the Catalog from the external location.
The image is moved and not copied in order to prevent duplications of RAW files with two different sets of adjustments.
Changing Images from Referenced to Managed
If you want to move an image located within the Catalog to an external drive, this can be achieved by doing a simple reversal of the operation described above, i.e. just drag and drop the image from within the Catalog to the desired external location.
Re-establishing Broken Links
Links to the location of your images or folders in Capture One 7 have the potential to become "lost" should changes be made outside of Capture One. If you have made changes to the folder structure or location of images in the Mac Finder or Windows Explorer you will have to re-establish a link within Capture One 7. As mentioned above, it is always best practice to make changes within Capture One 7, so the catalog database is updated accordingly.
However, should a link be broken it is possible to correct the change so that images are accurately located in the Catalog.
The folder in the image above shows the "image count" value and an exclamation mark to notify you of the missing connection.
How to repair broken links for moved folders
Select the folder that has lost its link to the Catalog. Choose 'Show Info' from the Library Tool's drop down menu.
The following dialog box will display at the bottom of the Library Tool. In the example below, I have moved the folder named 'Food' to a different location in the Mac Finder, therefore the 'Where' field text is in red to indicate the folder cannot be found at the previously specified path. A locate button is present to point Capture One 7 to the new location.
Click the 'Locate' button and browse to the correct, new location for the missing folder. Once located, click "Open" in the browser window to re-establish a link in Capture One. The Catalog will be updated accordingly and the folder will now appear in the correct location of the Folders tool.
How to repair broken links for individual images
A similar process can be done for individual images that may have been moved outside of Capture One from one folder to another. The image will show as 'Offline' with a question mark displayed in the Viewer and Browser.
Right-click on the image in the Browser and choose the 'Locate…' option.
A Finder window will appear. Browse to the correct location of the image and click "Open" in the browser window to re-establish a link in Capture One. The Capture One 7 Catalog will be updated accordingly.
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By David GroverCategory: Professor Tips
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Good morning professor,
I found this description and am having trouble achieving this action.
"Compare Images While Shooting
Combine tethered shooting (or shooting using a Hot folder) with the Compare Item feature in Capture One to view two or more images at the same time for a side-by-side comparison.
You can set it up to have a favorite image (i.e. The Compare Item) on one side and incoming captures on the other to enable easy comparisons to be made between a selected shot and your latest capture."
How do I accomplish the action described in the paragraph directly above? I cannot find a method outlined step by step. I tried using variants but new captures do not appear in the big window, only as thumbnails.
Thanks in advance for your help.
John Burwell
Hi David,
Moving forward I will try to not let this happen but, unfortunately I imported several events into one desktop folder. Than created 4 albums, and imported thousands of images into their designated album. I than split the desktop folder into for renamed folders for each event and relocated these new folders with my original imagery.
How can I relink my original images withing the newly divided and moved folders, without locating them one at a time. In Lightroom there is an option that tells you the program has found other missing items in the same location. Please advise…
Thank You!
Hi David,
I had an incident where my laptop ran out of battery charge and went into hibernation with an external hard drive attached and my Capture One catalog open and running. When I was able to charge the laptop, the external hard drive read as being disconnected, and the images could not be connected in the library. After several restarts and verifying the catalog, as well as trying to reconnect back the hard drive folders, the hard drive appears in the library just fine as readable and writable, but all of the images in the corresponding project are shown as offline. How do I reconnect these images to pick up the connection back to their original locations on the hard drive? The only thing that seems to help is right clicking on the images and locating the images individually, which I cannot continue to do because the number of images appearing offline is in the tens of thousands. I'm on a mac – please advise! Thanks.
Hi, All of my files disappeared (i.e. were offline even though my external drive was connected). It turned out that windows had renamed my external drive (automatically). By going into disk management and reassigning the correct drive letter I was able to correct the problem. Thought that this might be useful for someone…
Hi David
I have just returned home after a successful day shooting in the studio, straight into CaptureOne. I have now plugged my hard drive and laptop in, and the capture one file is unable to open.
It says "The catalog failed basic checks. Verify and repair it?"
However I have tried both verify and repair, both of which are failing. I have no way to open any of the images, and I'm at a loss! Any help would be amazing..
I am an aperture user testing out capture one. I have been using referenced files in aperture stored on an external hard drive. I would like to do the same with capture one.
How do I relocate a folder or album to external hard drive after import in capture one?
My workflow with aperture was
1. importing images into the aperture library,
2. organising, tagging, editing, deleting unwanted images
3. once I'm happy with the work I relocate the original images to an external drive.
Seems I can do this with capture one only on import, is it possible to do it after import?
Thanks for any help advice!
I have connected my external hard drive but cannot view the folder hierarchy even when I right click and click on view folder hierarchy.
What am I missing?!
Thanks for the reply David!
I can do it now before importing the images. The images I have already imported, I export them to the desktop and then reimport them setting the location as the external hard drive. And yes now I can view the folder hierarchy!
From now on I will import directly onto the external hard drive!
However if I delete an image from the catalogue after importing to the external drive will it be automatically deleted from the hard drive?
Hi there, can I ask if I lost my RAW files due to renaming them using Mac's Automator, is there anyway to retrieve them using the proxies/cache?
Hi there, can I ask if I lost my urgent photo, I'm accidently delete my pictures from capture pro one 8. How to recover back all my files that i have been deleted
I am moving to Capture One from Aperture. In Aperture, it was possible to drag the preview image to the desktop and get a preview-sized copy (approx 3000 x 2000 pixels). This was possible without the referenced images connected. Is there any way to get a copy of the preview image in Capture one when the referenced images are not connected?
We have a 4TB drive of referenced images and it is very handy to get a smaller version of the photo from the laptop while on the road (and these images are large enough for web marketing etc.).
Thanks for your help!
Thanks for these tips. I'm new to Capture One. I've initially located my referenced image files on my laptop, but would like to relocate them to an external drive. To do this do I need to first move them inside the catalog and ten move them again to the new location on the external drive? When I try to move them directly, only a copy of the master file is inserted onto the external drive. The original referenced master remains in the folder on my laptop.
Thanks for your help.
Hi David,
for some reason I can not move images from the browser to anywhere, to the Catalog or to collections album or to a reference folder.
I use the select tool (arrow) click on a image in the browser drag it to a folder, the catalog or album and nothing happens.
Is there a lock files setting preventing moving of files?
While importing photos my MBP warned me that I was running out of disk space (even though all the photos were being transferred to an 2Gb external drive with about 75% free capacity). Part way through the import, Capture One crashed and I had to restart (having first ensured I'd got rid of as much rubbish as I could to free up hard disk space) I then attempted to continue importing the files. After a long day (12+ hours) shooting fashion shows, I hadn't noticed that instead of continuing the download to the previous folder, Capture One imported as if it were a new import. I now have two folders, one with ALL the images from the card and one with a partial download. The problem now is that, not realising this at first, I started sorting and editing from the partial download folder but had to then edit the end of the catwalk show from the folder containing all the images. How do I move the images (with the edits) from the partial folder to the other folder? I've tried watching videos, but I don't understand half of what is being said due to being an English English speaker.
Hi! I'd like to know if there is a way to use the "Locate"-function on multiple images at the same time. I have an album with ~100 images, and after moving the source folder they are all offline. Do I have to locate them one by one? I can't seem to find an option of locating multiple files at once. All the source files are in the same folder.
On point. Thanks


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Felix Lembersky's Jewish heritage and cultural background as a citizen of the Soviet Union during one of the most turbulent times of the modern age express themselves deeply in his artwork — indeed they are buttressed by this identity. The Jewish Museum is hosting a provocative, if at times inconsistent, survey of this artist's profoundly experienced life in paint.
The most ambitious work in the show is an interpretation of atrocity. "Execution: Babi Yar" (1952) depicts the 1941 massacre of 80,000 souls, 34,000 of whom were Jewish. Lembersky was one of the first visual artists to treat this subject matter. In doing so he used compositional devices from art history, specifically Gustave Courbet, as well as his knowledge of Soviet Social Realist traditions and his own gutsy paint application. »Read Full Article
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Update, 12/2016 I feel compelled after 11 years here to update this "about" page just a little bit. As reported elsewhere on the site [link], I have been accepted as a research fellow at the Asfari Institute at AUB, based on my proposal concerning adoption as an extirpative practice. This coincides with my own personal research via DNA results and contact with "cousins" which seems to be unfolding of its own volition.
In the short time I've been rematriated to Lebanon, I've seen the numbers of returning adoptees jump, and I've witnessed many such expatriated adoptees reunite with original families. Organizations in European countries of destination are making inroads in terms of forming united fronts for adoptees, and locally activist organizations are changing the national conversation on the subject.
We seem to be entering into a phase of "critical mass" along these lines, and I am glad to have been able to play a part in this endeavor of truth and justice for all who are displaced, dispossessed, and disinherited. Thanks for reading here.
I am an adult adoptee who has definitively come home. I was adopted at 3 weeks of age (officially; my timeline would say more likely two months) from the Crèche St. Vincent de Paul in Beirut in 1963[* fr|sp|ع]. I currently live and work in Beirut, (بيروت، بلاد الشام), where I teach illustration and art.
From what I know now of adoption and trafficking, I state the following:
Adoption is, in and of itself, a violence based in inequality. It is candy-coated, marketed, and packaged to seemingly concern families and children, but it is an economically and politically incentivized crime. It stems culturally and historically from the "peculiar institution" of Anglo-Saxon indentured servitude and not family creation. It is not universal and is not considered valid by most communal cultures. It is a treating of symptoms and not of disease. It is a negation of families and an annihilation of communities not imbued with any notion of humanity due to the adoptive culture's inscribed bias concerning race, class, and human relevancy.
The adopted child is raised in a class position that politically, economically, and culturally negates that of his or her origins. In this way, we are similar to others likewise disempowered who are displaced and dispossessed for political and economic reasons: migrant workers, immigrants, refugees, nomadic peoples, etc. At the same time, we are educated to not see ourselves in this way; we are also given the burden of a class status that prevents in many ways our return; this distance creates an unbearable rupture from our source.
To claim the class status of our adoptive culture is therefore to complete the work of the missionaries, the oppressors, the traffickers, the racists, the Orientalists, and the imperialists. On the contrary, to reject it and return to our land of birth, our roots, is thus an imperative and an act of resistance and humanitarian common cause. No less unbearable, no less of a rupture, but necessary nonetheless.
A local proverb states:
يا مربي غير ولدك، يا باني في غير بلدك (أرضك)
You raising a child not your own, are as [the inhabitant in a town/the son of a country/the one on land] not his own.
This proverb resonates the meaning found in "inhabitant" which comes from the same root for "son/daughter"; one is a child of place as much as of family. It implies [falsely] building or constructing something on disconnected ground and faults the pretensions of the one so building. It ties back into the Qur'anic invocation that orphans know their filiation, their extended family, their community, their place.
Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to leave a comment below, or email: daniel [dot] ibnzayd [at] inquisitor [dot] com
In 2009, I founded the artists' collective Jamaa Al-Yad [جمع اليد]. In Arabic this literally means "hand coming together", but connotes the clenched fist which we take as a symbol of revolution and resistance.
More recently I joined a group of transracial and transnational adoptees in establishing Transracial Eyes. This web site acts as a repository of Voices that are rarely heard for the dominant discourse on adoption. As we say, "of course race and culture matter".
*J'ai été adopté à l'âge de 3 semaines à la Crèche de Saint Vincent de Paul, Beyrouth en 1963. J'aimerais entendre de toute personne qui a été adopté du Liban. Je parle français.
Yo fui adoptado quando tenía 3 semanas del hogar de huerfanos San Vincent de Paul en Beirut, en 1963. Me gustaria mucho tener noticias de todas las personas que tambien fueron adoptados en el Libano. Hablo español.


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In this movie I'll introduce you to the Reduce Noise Filter, which is your primary means for defeating noise in Photoshop. Now, where digital photographs are concerned, noise breaks down into two categories and I've gone ahead and separated them here, even though they normally work together inside of a photo. Up at the top we've got Luminance noise, which is random variations in the luminance of neighboring pixels; and down at the bottom we have Color noise, which is random variations in the color values, that is to say random variations in the luminance that varies from one color channel to the other.
And if I go ahead and zoom in here, you can see it even more closely. So we've got Luminance noise at the top, separated from Color noise down here at the bottom. All right, I'll go ahead and zoom back out. I also want you to notice that the high contrast noise is collected here toward the center of the image, whereas we have low contrast noise around the perimeter of the image. Now, the reason that I've separated the Luminance noise and Color noise is because Photoshop allows you to attack Luminance noise and Color noise independently. So to show you how that works, I am going to turn off my two text layers and then I am going to go ahead and merge the remaining layers onto a new layer by pressing Ctrl+Shift+E or Cmd+Shift+E on the Mac.
Now we've got this new layer 1 that contains all of the photographic stuff and I'll go ahead and rename it graduated noise like so. And now, because I want to be able to edit my reduced noise values, I'll convert this layer to a Smart Object by going up to the Layers panel flyout menu and choosing Convert to Smart Object. Or if you loaded dekeKeys, you can press my shortcut of Ctrl+, or Cmd+, on the Mac. Next, I want you to go up to the Filter menu, choose Noise, and choose the final command, Reduce Noise, which I've given a shortcut of Shift+F9; again, if you've loaded dekeKeys.
Notice that we have a total of four numerical values over on the right side of the dialog box. They include Strength, which attacks Luminance noise only. Preserve Details serves as a counterbalance for Strength and it tries to bring back the highest contrast edges, along with the highest contrast noise as we'll see. Then we've got Reduce Color Noise, which affects the Color noise independently of the Luminance noise. And finally, we have Sharpen Details, which goes ahead and sharpens up the highest contrast, luminance edges.
All right, let me show you what I mean by all that. Let's focus first on the Luminance noise. I am going to click on this little hard drive icon right there and I am going to create a new settings called Luminance noise. And then I'll press the Enter key, the Return key on the Mac. Next, you need to go and switch over to that setting so you don't ruin your defaults. And I'll go ahead and take Reduce Color Noise down to 0 and then take Sharpen Details down to 0% as well. Now, notice I can take Strength as low as 0, and as soon as I do, Preserve Details becomes dimmed, because it no longer serves any purpose.
You have to have some Strength at work to use Preserve Details. But because my image is so noisy, I am going to take this value all the way up to 10. And you can see that it does almost nothing where the high contrast noise in the image is concerned. That's because Preserve Details is set so very high by default. Let's go ahead and take it down to 0 for starters here. Then I'll zoom in on the Preview here inside the dialog box by clicking on the Plus (+)bu tton. And notice, we've done a big number on the low contrast noise, around the perimeter of the image; we're looking at the upper left corner currently, and we've also gotten rid of a lot of the high contrast noise as well.
But in reducing that high contrast noise, we've also reduced the sharpness of the details inside the photograph. So you need to take this value up to some extent, and I'm actually nudging it up from the keyboard by pressing the Up Arrow Key. Notice where this image is concerned, even at a very low Preserve Details setting of 5%, we are bringing back the high contrast noise as you can see here, along with the details. And that's because of the way Photoshop interprets details, that is to say rapid luminance transitions between neighboring pixels.
So I am going to go ahead and take this value up to 10%, and in doing so I bring back the good stuff inside the image, but I also bring back the high contrast noise, whereas if I scroll to the upper left-hand corner, you can see that the low contrast noise remains quelled. All right, I'll go ahead and click the OK button in order to accept those settings. So I've got a Strength of 10; Preserve Details of 10% as well. All right, now just to reduce clutter inside the Layers panel, I am going to right-click inside that Filter Mask and choose Delete Filter Mask. If you loaded dekeKeys, you can also press Ctrl+Alt+Q or Cmd+Option+Q on a Mac.
Now let me show you how the Color noise option works. I'll go ahead and press Ctrl+J or Cmd+J on the Mac to make a copy of that layer and I'll turn it off. Then for the bottom version here, let's just go ahead and rename graduated noise color noise, so we can see there's a difference. And I'll double-click on the words Reduce Noise in order to bring up the Reduce Noise panel. And I'll save some new settings by clicking on that little hard drive icon. Get rid of the word Copy, replace the word Luminance with Color, click OK. And very important, I need to switch my Settings from Luminance noise to Color noise before I change a single value.
Now I'll reduce the Strength value to 0. That dims the Preserve Details value, so I don't have to worry about it. And I'll take the Reduce Color Noise value up to 50%. And I want you to see now the Luminance noise has not been modified at all, Photoshop leaves it alone. Whereas, if I scroll down to the Color noise, you can see that it's pretty much altogether defeated around the perimeter of the image, but it's still hanging on toward the center of the image where we have the high contrast color noise. So let's see what happens if I take it all the way up to 100%, then nearly all of the Color noise goes away.
I'll click on the Plus (+) button so we can see here that we still have just a little bit of Color noise; there is the original Color noise when I click and hold, and when I release, almost all of it goes away, except the very high contrast noise inside of the model's face. All right, now I'll click OK in order to apply those settings. Now then, finally, I want to show you how the Sharpen option works. I am going to turn the graduated noise layer back on and you can see that all the Color noise goes back, because we hadn't reduced any of the Color noise on this layer. And I'll switch to that layer and double-click on Reduce Noise in order to bring up the dialog box, as well as the settings I had applied to that layer, with one exception, Settings is changed back to Color noise; we need to switch it to Luminance noise just so we don't wipe out our Color noise settings.
Pretty much a big pain in the neck, it's kind of a design flaw where this dialog box is concerned. However, what I want you to notice is what happens if I go ahead and zoom in, let's say, to the upper left region of the image where we've got the low noise, notice I'll increase my Sharpen Details value to 50% and those upper right pixels are pretty much unaffected, and that's because Sharpen Details focuses its attention on the high contrast edges. So as soon as I start zooming in toward the central portion of the image, you can see that the image itself is getting sharpened, but so is the high contrast noise.
Things get even worse if you start increasing this value further. And notice, if you take Sharpen Details up to 100%, I'll go ahead and zoom out here, this is just the worst possible sharpening algorithm you could hope for, which is why I am going to tell you just flat out, leave this value set to 0%, there are much better ways to sharpen high noise images, as I will be showing you over the course of this chapter. So those are the basics of working with the Reduce Noise Filter. I'll show you how to apply it to an actual digital photograph in the next movie.
- Adjusting the color settings in Photoshop
- Placing and blending Smart Objects in a scene
- Transforming and warping vector objects
- Correcting for lens distortion
- Mitigating halos and enhancing contrast with Shadows/Highlights
- Adding and editing points on a curve
- Editing multiple images in Camera Raw
- Creating a pro-quality sepia tone or quadtone
- Colorizing with blend modes and opacity
- Reducing and smoothing over noise
- Creating depth-of-field effects with blur
- Selecting with Color Range and Quick Mask
- Perfecting a mask with Refine Edge
- Drawing paths with the Pen tool
- Converting path outlines to vector masks


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Top ENT and Facial Plastic Surgeons, Dr. Glenn Waldman and Dr. Jeffrey Feinfield, have spent the last decade establishing a state-of-the-art practice dedicated to providing the ultimate patient experience. With compassionate care, innovative surgical techniques, careful staff selection, and the use of the latest technology and equipment, they have built a reputation throughout both the medical community and the Southern California community for providing exceptional medical treatment and the very best patient care.
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Dr. Jeffrey Feinfield is a well-respected board-certified otolaryngologist and facial plastic surgeon in Southern California.
A California native, Dr. Feinfield attended college at University of California at Berkeley and graduated with honors. He then went on to medical school at the University of Southern California where he completed his internship in General Surgery and his residency in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. Throughout his career, Dr. Feinfield has given many presentations, and also written several academic papers. His areas of clinical interest include sinus surgery, sleep apnea surgery, and facial plastic surgery. He is particularly known for his skill in sophisticated endoscopic sinus surgery and minimally invasive balloon sinuplasty. With a constant eye for new and less invasive surgical techniques, he stays abreast of the current research through self-study, educational meetings, conferences, and workshops locally and internationally. In the operating room and in the office, he is an innovator who continues to introduce new techniques. To date, Dr. Feinfield has performed more than 2000 successful surgeries, and continues to be committed to forward-thinking medicine that results in safer and faster recovery for his patients.
Dr. Glenn Waldman is a highly experienced board-certified otolaryngologist and facial plastic surgeon whose been practicing in the Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley areas since 2000.
Dr. Waldman graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, San Diego and went on to complete medical school at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. After an internship in General Surgery and his residency in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Dr. Waldman opened his own practice in Thousand Oaks, California. As an otolaryngologist, he treats all disorders relating to the ear, nose and throat and has a special interest in sinus disorders. In addition, Dr. Waldman specializes in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, using the most current and advanced methods available to perform procedures such as facial rejuvenation surgery, eyelid surgery, and his well-known rhinoplasty. He employs his cosmetic surgical expertise and state-of-the-art techniques to achieve results that are natural, rejuvenating, and aesthetically pleasing, and always with the patient's utmost satisfaction in mind. Dr. Waldman has made a reputation for himself as one of the most trusted names in his field with patients flying from all over the world to see him.
Sinusitis affects 37 million Americans annually and although medications may help the majority of people, there are still many that require additional procedures for relief of their symptoms. The physicians at Bella Vista ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery are the most experienced in performing balloon sinusplasty in the Southern California area.


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One or more heater & AC (HVAC) air delivery and/or temperature mode door actuator may fail. This can result in incorrect air delivery or temperature. If this occurs, fault code(s) stored in the HVAC control module should be available to assist with diagnoses.
One or more of the power window regulators (one in each door) may fail causing the window to fall into the door and not roll up.
Overheating of the engine may cause the cylinder head to expand, severely straining the head bolts and damaging the threads in the engine block. This commonly results in a blown head gasket. Our technicians tell us the engine block threads must be repaired before the cylinder head is reinstalled.
An ignition coil may fail causing one of the cylinders to misfire. Each of the two banks of cylinders has its own coil assembly. If one ignition coil fails the coil assembly for the corresponding cylinder bank must be replaced.
Failure of the catalytic converter can result in illumination of the Check Engine Light.
The crankshaft position sensor may fail causing the engine to stall intermittently, the Check Engine Light may or may not illuminate.
Problems with the anti-theft systems using the raised-chip key can prevent the car from starting. The wires in the steering column to the ignition lock cylinder tend to break. The the key and ignition lock cylinder must be replaced to correct this condition.
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Illumination of the Check Engine Light may be the result of a loose or worn gas cap.
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The torque converter clutch (TTC) may stop working due to an internal transmission failure. The Check Engine Light will illuminate if this occurs. Our technicians tell us the transmission will require dis-assembly to correct this concern.
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Cora Large Credenza
by Ion Design
At A Glance:
The Cora Credenza, with its matte white case finish and fine Walnut veneer on the doors and drawers, is a study in contrast. Taking that study even further are black-painted steel legs and pulls. We'd call this sideboard minimalist if it weren't for the Walnut.
What's To Like:
- This credenza can be used in the office or dining room as easily as it can be used in the living room. Its style makes it ultra-versatile.
- Six center drawers glide on self-closing drawer slides. It's a luxurious touch that speaks to the quality of this credenza's workmanship.
- Two cabinets - one on each side of the drawers - feature one adjustable shelf each for storage flexibility, and utilize self-closing hinges.
- Black-painted steel legs are sturdier than any other kind of base you can imagine.
Also see the Cora Small Credenza by Ion Design.
Materials & Measurements
- Matte white lacquered wood frame
- Walnut veneer doors and drawers
- Painted steel legs and knobs
- Overall: 31" h x 77" w x 19" d
About The Manufacturer
Ion Design Furniture has an elegant yet modern lived-in quality as they often use recycled materials. Based in Toronto, the Canadian company puts weight heavily on their mantra, which can be summed up as "quality of design over quantity sold." The result of that ethos are original and sophisticated designs made of rich and rustic woods with industrial and elegant hardware. Some pieces are sculpted and others are more provincial, but all Ion Design items have a handmade aesthetic.
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Inside delivery is a cost effective way to have large, heavy items delivered inside your home or office when you just do not want to be bothered by moving and lifting. We recommend inside delivery because this item is either extremely large, extremely heavy or ships in multiple boxes. When your order reaches the local station in your area, you will be contacted to schedule a delivery appointment (with a 4 hour window). The driver will place the item inside your home and do all of the heavy lifting for you!
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A:The Cora Large Credenza does not have cut outs in the back since the intended use is storage. There is, however, a Cora Media Stand which has the same beautiful finishes, and can be seen here: https://www.smartfurniture.com/products/cora-media-stand-large.htmlAnswered on 11/4/2015 by Karen G. from Smart Furniture
Ion Design offers a warranty a one year warranty on all their furniture for residential use. For all pieces used in commercial circumstances, the warranty will be determined on a case by case basis.
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Disability Insurance Program
NAJIT members--many of whom are independent contractors--need additional professional insurance programs, and what better than to use an insurance program endorsed by the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators. NAJIT's best-in-class disability insurance program provides the kind of coverage that working interpreters need, espeically those who work as part-time independent contractors. .
Under the NAJIT program, The Standard Insurance Company provides one of the best contracts in the industry to NAJIT members who work more than 30 hours per week, thereby recognizing the professional nature of the work performed by NAJIT members.
In addition, NAJIT has also endorsed A Rated international insurance company's program for those members working less than 30 hours per week.
Here are a few highlights of NAJIT's disability insurance program:
- Two programs…one for fulltime interpreters/translators and one for those independent contractors working less than 30 hours per week.
- Special simplified underwriting that requires no medical exam or financial documentation.
- Ability to custom-design either program with 60, 90, or 180 day elimination periods with 2-year, 5-year, and to age 67 options.
- Both programs are from leaders in disability insurance…the aforementioned A Rated international insurance company and The Standard, with strong financials.
- Ability to add riders such as residual, cost of living adjustments, catastrophic coverage, guaranteed renewable and non-cancellable, so that each NAJIT member can design a program with benefits and costs suitable to their individual needs.
- Online websites for each program that allow for online application and quoting with phone support from disability specialists.
Financial Planners know that Disability Insurance is an important aspect of anyone's planning. That's because, at most ages, you are more likely to become disabled than to die, and a long-term disability can impose serious constraints on your lifetime earning potential. For instance, if you are age 40 and earn $25,000/yr, your earning potential to age 65 is $625,000. If you earn $75,000/yr your earning potential to age 65 is $1,875,000! These are important considerations for anyone, and NAJIT has now made it easy for our members to apply and obtain this important coverage.
For more information on the NAJIT endorsed Disability Insurance programs, pricing for your individual need and applying for coverage, please click on the link below:
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NAJIT is now offering comprehensive professional liability coverage designed for the interpreter, translator and transcription community, with special discounts for our members who spend most of their time providing services in legal and quasi-legal settings.
"The PPIB insurance application process was easy! I got a quote back and signed up for less than the other E&O policy I had. And I feel better knowing that the NAJIT program is tailored to legal translating and interpreting."
-- Curtis Draves
Program Highlights include the following:
- Our program is underwritten by an A-rated Carrier who specializes in Professional Liability coverage. The carrier is recognized worldwide as one of the oldest and most stable of insurance markets.
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- The NAJIT endorsed policy protects against claims including defense costs (which can be substantial) alleging errors, omissions or negligent acts arising out of your professional interpreting or translating services. ASL interpreters are specifically included in our program.
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Toxic Chemicals Linked to Cancer Found in Couches
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new peer-reviewed study published today in Environmental Science and Technology shows a carcinogen has been used to replace banned toxic flame retardants in many couches sampled across the United States.
Molly Rauch , with Moms Clean Air Force, had her couch tested. "I am troubled that a cancer-causing chemical deemed too risky to put in children's pajamas -- Tris -- was poured into my couch foam without my knowledge. This is unacceptable to me, and to parents everywhere."
"Exposure to chlorinated Tris could increase cancer risk," explains Kathy Curtis, LPN, with the Alliance for Toxic-Free Fire Safety. "It's alarming to know the couch that my children and grandchild have sat on, played on, and grown up on, is shedding harmful chemicals," said
Curtis, who supports a New York legislative effort that would ban chlorinated Tris.
A dozen other states have efforts to restrict chlorinated Tris. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is working to improve flammability standards without the use of toxic chemicals. The U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive chemical reform bill, the Safe Chemicals Act, from the
Environment and Public Works Committee, which would ultimately stop the use of toxic flame retardant chemicals in products.
"This study shows that the current federal law doesn't protect us from toxic chemicals in everyday products. Until we have real federal reform, state legislatures will continue stepping up to protect their citizens from these hidden dangers," adds Sarah Doll, Safer States.
"Communities of color and low-income communities are disproportionately impacted by toxic chemicals from many sources," says Ana Mascarenas, with Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles. "We've tried for several years now to get our state legislature to change or halt this exposure, but the chemical industry influence has been too great."
Sonya Lunder , with Environmental Working Group, comments, "I bought my couch after a multi-year effort to ban toxic PBDE fire retardants in foam furniture. I didn't know that another class of toxic chemicals would take their place. We can't allow companies to add cancer causing chemicals to consumer products," she continued. "I'm a mother and we find out these chemicals are stuffed inside my couch cushions? Calling this an outrage doesn't do it justice."
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GPHA serves as the principal advocate of the hotel industry in the Philadelphia region, furthering its interests through civic representation, education efforts, community partnerships, and increased marketing presence. GPHA also takes a position on legislation that directly or indirectly affects our members. Our recent lobbying efforts have saved our members millions of dollars in reduced taxes, permit fees, and improved guests experience.
GPHA serves as the voice of the hotel industry throughout the Delaware Valley to the news media and Commonwealth and local elected officials. Our hotel tax funds the Pennsylvania Convention Center, PHLCVB, and Visit Philadelphia which gives us representation on their Boards of Directors. We also serve on several other boards including Independence Visitors Center, Philadelphia Works, Mayor Nutter's Hospitality Cabinet, Philadelphia Sports Congress, Multicultural Affairs Congress, and Valley Forge Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association serves the interests of more than 90 hotels, including all Center City properties, and 140+ allied members throughout the Delaware Valley.
The result: our hotel members offer visitors more than 30,000 guestrooms and employ 14,000 residents.
GPHA is managed by:
Alta Management Services, Inc.
The Inn at Penn, a Hilton Hotel
1st Vice President
The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia
2nd Vice President
Penn's View Hotel
The Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia
Courtyard Philadelphia South at The Navy Yard
You've all seen the hit network reality program: "The Amazing Race", well NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO LIVE IT, thru a one-of-a-kind interactive experience throughout the City of Brotherly Love; "THE WONDERFUL WHIRL THRU PHILLY"! The WWTP is an excellent opportunity to provide employees with a fast-paced, in-depth, energizing, fun-filled event, guaranteed to add lasting value to your employees and Philadelphia!
Each spring, GPHA offers the opportunity for individuals to meet, mingle, and golf with General Managers and Department Heads from the many hotels and businesses in the Philadelphia area. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Michael M. Boyle Scholarship program. Select the Registration button below to register online or select Read More to download a printable registration form.
We will gather this month at The Logan Hotel, a social hub in the heart of the cultural district, with an extensive curated local art collection that tells the story of our great city. Don't miss this unique opportunity to tour the hotel and network with the members.
This event is a premier members only forum for Allied and Hotel members to come together and participate in a series of one-on-one meetings, network, build relationships and exchange ideas. Don't miss this unique opportunity to meet with key hotel decision makers in a relaxed environment conducive to business discussions.
GPHA believes the best way to help our visitors to the Philadelphia region is to provide the best product and service they have ever experienced. How do we learn what is and is not working for them?
By talking to one another. GPHA hosts six major events, and about a dozen other less formal events, for the hospitality industry to meet and discuss what they are seeing and hearing within their own properties.
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Whistler - PI-200W - DC to AC Power Inverter with Surge ControlItem#: W529-1018 | Model#: PI-200W |
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Whistler PI-200W Power Inverter Product Details
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PI-200W Power Inverter.
Whistler power inverters work on full output power other inverters have reduced output over time. This whistler power inverter offers overload protection (it automatically shuts down if the load exceeds the inverter rating) and with its Smart Surge Control technology, the Whistler PI-200W power inverter will attempt to start loads above the continuous rating for up to 10 seconds. Whistler inverters operate on a modified sine wave AC output. It is important that you check with the appliance manufacturer for compatibility with modified sine wave inverters before use! Choose Whistler for Technology for the Way You Live.
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- Full output power - other inverters have reduced output over time.
- 400 Watt Peak Power
- Smart Surge Control Microprocessor controlled circuitry maximizes startup performance. Smart Surge ensures smooth start-up of difficult appliances.
- Voltage Protection Inverter will shut down whenever input voltage exceeds 16 volts DC or is less than 9.5 volt DC. (Protects Battery)
- Low Battery Alarm Inverter will provide an audible alarm if input voltage is less than 10.0 volts DC. (Protects Battery)
- Overload Protection Inverter will automatically shut down if load exceeds the maximum inverter rating. (Protects Inverter)
- ShortCircuit Protection Inverter will automatically shut down until short circuit is removed. (Protects Appliance)
- Thermal Cutoff - Inverter will automatically shut down if internal temperature exceeds safe design parameters.
- Cooling Fan - Keeps inverter cool to protect from overheating.
- 20 Amp Power Requirement - at rated output
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