E-book For Human Life

Magnus Mischel "Modsecurity 2.5"
PP | English | November 2009 | ISBN: 1847194745 | 280 pages | PDF | 3,4 MB

With more than 67% of web servers running Apache and web-based attacks becoming more and more prevalent, web security has become a critical area for web site managers. Most existing tools work on the TCP/IP level, failing to use the specifics of the HTTP protocol in their operation. Mod_security is a module running on Apache, which will help you overcome the security threats prevalent in the online world.

A complete guide to using ModSecurity, this book will show you how to secure your web application and server, and does so by using real-world examples of attacks currently in use. It will help you learn about SQL injection, cross-site scripting attacks, cross-site request forgeries, null byte attacks, and many more so that you know how attackers operate.
Using clear, step-by-step instructions this book starts by teaching you how to install and set up ModSecurity, before diving into the rule language with examples. It assumes no prior knowledge of ModSecurity, so as long as you are familiar with basic Linux administration, you can start to learn right away.

Real-life case studies are used to illustrate the dangers on the Web today - you will for example learn how the recent worm that hit Twitter works, and how you could have used ModSecurity to stop it in its tracks. The mechanisms behind these and other attacks are described in detail, and you will learn everything you need to know to make sure your server and web application remain unscathed on the increasingly dangerous web. Have you ever wondered how attackers figure out the exact web server version running on a system? They use a technique called HTTP fingerprinting, and you will learn about this in depth and how to defend against it by flying your web server under a "false flag".

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Building Enterprise Ready Telephony Systems with sipXecs 4.0 by Michael W. Picher
Publisher: Packt Publishing (August 15, 2009) | 314 pages | ISBN: 1847196802 | PDF | 11.4 MB

Open source telephony systems are making big waves in the communications industry. Moving your organization from a lab environment to production system can seem like a daunting and inherently risky proposition. Building Enterprise Ready Telephony Systems with sipXecs delivers proven techniques for deploying reliable and robust communications systems.

Building Enterprise Ready Telephony Systems with sipXecs provides a guiding hand in planning, building and migrating a corporate communications system to the open source sipXecs SIP PBX platform. Following this step-by-step guide makes normally complex tasks, such as migrating your existing communication system to VOIP and deploying phones, easy. Imagine how good you'll feel when you have a complete, enterprise ready telephony system at work in your business.

Planning a communications system for any size of network can seem an overwhelmingly complicated task. Deploying a robust and reliable communications system may seem even harder. This book will start by helping you understand the nuts and bolts of a Voice over IP Telephony system. The base knowledge gained is then built upon with system design and product selection. Soon you will be able to implement, utilize and maintain a communications system with sipXecs. Many screen-shots and diagrams help to illustrate and make simple what can otherwise be a complex undertaking. It's easy to build an enterprise ready telephony system when you follow this helpful, straightforward guide.

What you will learn from this book?
* Understand the complexities of an IP Telephony and Voice over IP network
* Build a clear process for migrating existing phone systems to an IP based system
* Deliver a solid foundation for any IP based phone system
* Quickly and easily get a sipXecs open source PBX running
* Deploy phones quickly and easily.
* Utilize Internet Telephony Service Providers to reduce monthly telephony bills
* Develop training materials to help successfully teach your users how to use the system
* Leverage sipXecs Automatic Call Distribution Queues to handle basic Call Center needs
* Operate and Maintain a reliable communications platform

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Blender 3D 2.49 Incredible Machines
Packt Publishing | November 25, 2009 | ISBN: 1847197469 | 316 pages | PDF | 10,8 MB

This book will show you how to use Blender 3D for mechanical modeling and product visualization. Through the pages of the book, you will find a step-by-step guide to create three different projects: a fantasy weapon, a spacecraft, and a giant robot. Even though these machines are not realistic, you will be able to build your own sensible and incredible machines with the techniques that you will learn in this book along with the exercises and examples.

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Donna Baker, Laurie Ulrich, Laurie Ulrich Fuller "How To Do Everything Adobe InDesign CS4"
McGraw-Hill Companies | English | June 2009 | ISBN: 0071606343 | 384 pages | PDF | 10,8 MB

This full-color guide shows you how to use the undisputed leader in desktop publishing tools to create any type of publication. Adobe Community Expert Donna Baker explains text, image, and drawing features; color and color management; and specialized types of output such as book and Web pages. The final chapters of the book are devoted to methods for evaluating and testing a publication and then generating high-quality print or PDF files.

This book focuses on using program workflows for results instead of merely touring program interface elements. Examples from the book, including publications, settings, files, images, and templates, will be available for download.

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Martin Evening "Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC"
Elsevier Science & Technology Books | English | December 2008 | ISBN: 0240521250 | 704 pages | PDF | 64 MB

With this proven best-seller, Photoshop users can master the power of Photoshop CS4 with an internationally renowned photographer by their side. This new edition is even easier to use and more accessible!

Martin shares his respected tips and advice to completely update Photoshop users on the core aspects of working with this powerful image editing software, including organizing their digital workflow, and improving accessibility. Real-life examples, diagrams, illustrations, and step-by-step explanations ensure that photographers are up to speed with the next generation of digital photography in no time.

Learn Photoshop the Martin Evening way! Get up to speed fast with the essential information you need to create superb images in Photoshop CS4

Accompnying DVD includes the images you need to follow along as you read, with QuickTime movie tutorials for hands-on learning.

Over 750 professional, color images make this book stand above the rest

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Amateur Photographer - 12 December 2009
English | PDF | 75 pages | 30.3Mb
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More Puzzles To Puzzle You! By Shakuntala Devi
Publisher: Orient Paperbacks, India 2006-10-30 | 200 Pages | ISBN: 8122200486 | PDF | 43 MB

Over 300 brain teasers, riddles and mathematical puzzles to sharpen your calculating power.

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Amateur Photographer - 7 November 2009
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Daniel Chapman, "Joomla! 1.5x Customization: Make Your Site Adapt to Your Needs"
Packt Publishing (August 24, 2009) | English | 1847195164 | 288 pages | PDF | 3.27 MB

Setting up a basic Joomla! Web site is easy; what comes next is hard and expensive - making the site do exactly what and look exactly how you want. With this book in hand, it is easy to adapt your site to bring your vision fully to life.

This book will help you to separate your site from the crowd of other Joomla! sites without having to invest in developers. It will guide you through how to customize different parts and aspects of your site and will also show you how to turn your site into a profitable business via these customizations. You will be able to build a successful, professional web site that will adapt to all your business needs.

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James Kennard, "Joomla! 1.5 Development Cookbook"
PP | 2009 | ISBN: 1847198147 | 360 pages | PDF | 4,9 MB

This book contains recipes which define common problems and provide suggested solutions. This is not a book to read from cover-to-cover, it is hands-on solutions book that takes a practical approach to recipes - providing code samples that can easily be extracted and modified to suit the needs of the reader. Each recipe is presented as a separate entity and prior reading of other recipes is not required. Chapters provide categorization of recipes and give an introduction to the subject area with reference to the recipes contained within. This book is for PHP developers who have experience of developing for Joomla! It does not introduce developing extensions for Joomla!, it is assumed that the reader has prior knowledge of the subject and is looking for a quick guide to solve common problems quickly which commonly occur when developing for Joomla! It does not matter if you are an accomplished Joomla! developer or just starting out. For each scenario that
this book addresses, there is an introductory explanation of the problem and an easy to implement solution. For the more accomplished developers recipes also include a discussion of the solution explaining how it works and how it can be further enhanced or customized.

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Joomla! 1.5 Template Design by Tessa Blakeley Silver
Publisher: P-Pu (June 19, 2009) | Paperback: 284 pages | ISBN: 1847197167 | PDF | 7.8 MB

Using Joomla! Templates with HTML and CSS allows you to give a unique look and feel to your site, present a "fresh face" to your pre-existing content, ensure that your site design is consistent with your brand, and build a site layout that suits your unique needs. A quality web site is easily within your grasp using these cutting-edge templates. However, even experienced web developers need help to take their designs and turn them into flexible and easily maintainable Joomla! 1.5 templates.

The release of Joomla! 1.5 meant a radically enhanced template system that is very different from that of Joomla! 1.0. Joomla! 1.5 comes complete with the ability to create template overrides and customize "module chrome". The Joomla! development team has also revamped the template process by introducing clean, understandable jdoc tags in place of the PHP function-based Mambo-derived markup that Joomla! 1.0 templates used. This book focuses squarely on the new enhancements to the Joomla! 1.5 templating process and walks web designers through the process of turning a working XHTML and CSS "mockup" into a fully functional Joomla! 1.5 template.

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Up and Running with Joomla, Second Edition
Oreilly | July 2009 | ISBN: 0596806477 | 81 pages | PDF | 3 MB

Need to launch a feature-rich website quickly where you have one or more people authoring the content? Want to use a powerful, robust, and scalable Content Management System (CMS) you can trust? This Short Cut will get you up and running with Joomla 1.5, a freely available open source CMS. Learn how to install, configure, customize, and extend your Joomla installation. Also learn the tricks of the trade in how to set up and manage both your content and your users. Joomla can be a challenge to understand at first, so drastically cut your "get up to speed" time by taking the Short Cut!

Need to launch a feature-rich website quickly where you have one or more people authoring the content? Want to use a powerful, robust, and scalable Content Management System (CMS) you can trust? This Short Cut will get you up and running with Joomla 1.5, a freely available open source CMS. Learn how to install, configure, customize, and extend your Joomla installation. Also learn the tricks of the trade in how to set up and manage both your content and your users. Joomla can be a challenge to understand at first, so drastically cut your "get up to speed" time by taking the Short Cut!

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Joomla! 1.5 Content Administration
Publisher: Packt Publishing | 212 pages | October 26, 2009 | ISBN 184719804X | PDF | 5 MB

Often a company hires consultants or web developers to build a Joomla! web site, and then takes over running the site in house. If you are a content administrator concerned with creating and maintaining the ‘product’ of a content management site, and not modifying its code, this book is all you need.

This practical, hands-on guide will give you all the knowledge needed to maintain and edit your web site as a content-rich place that visitors return to again and again. There are many books available to help you administer a Joomla! site, but this is the only one specifically for Content Administrators. It is a quick-start guide that best serves content administrators and editors and doesn’t cover designing or creating a site. However, anybody who has built their own site but needs help with article management, multimedia management, search engine optimization, and more will also benefit from it.

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Dan Rahmel "Beginning Joomla!, Second Edition (Beginning from Novice to Professional)"
Apress | English | 2009-04-21 | ISBN: 1430216425 | 448 pages | PDF | 23 MB

Joomla!, exclamation point and all, is one of the most searched–for and hired–for open source content management systems in the world. Since 2007, the combination of Joomla! and Dan Rahmel’s bestselling Beginning Joomla!, From Novice to Professional have made it so that all you have to do is read a single book to learn how to build sites that take community–authored content and turn it instantly into published web pages with all the latest features like rich templating, community member profile management, forums, photo management, and article commenting.

Now revised and updated for the new Joomla! 1.6, this second edition “job–in–a–book” provides the solid core of know–how that you’ll need to get the most out of your Joomla! deployment, written to fully exploit the features of latest version of Joomla!. More than just a simple “build a toy web site” guide, Beginning Joomla!, Second Edition will give you a wealth of life–saving tips, tricks, tools, and fixes that experienced Joomla! developers use to build powerful, popular web sites while avoiding major headaches.

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The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking

Stephen William Hawking, (born 1942) is a British theoretical physicist. Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He is known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity, especially in the context of black holes, and his popular works in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in genera

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Previously, we have discussed the importance of geographic data (spatial data and non-spatial) in the face of global climate change. We also have to understand that the ease of access that datas has become an absolute , especially when we want an accurate analysis results. GIS data portal or also known as ordinary Geoportal is one vehicle that can be built to achieve the effective sharing of data.

Let us review with a simple sentence what GIS data portal is. GIS data portal is a portal (gateway) which can be used to browse and search for GIS data. If this service is limited to the provision of information in both the institution and the metadata without allowing for access / download the data then it is called normal Geoportal. But if it also includes servicing in access / download data either with different level limitations, the portal is then also known as the Clearinghouse.

Related to Climate Change, let's see an example of a GIS data portal that provides access to GIS users with interests in the GIS Climate Change, Scenarios Climate Change (http://www.gisclimatechange.org/). Here you can get the data analysis of global climate change in shapefile format. This file can be downloaded by registering first (quite simple). Furthermore, also available tutorial how to analyze these datas using ArcGIS to predict global climate change. The analysis used involves many attributes (ie spatial joint). GIS data with the presence of a portal for easy access to spatial data, of course very helpful to all fields, especially GIS users to better refine his study particularly in relation to Climate Change. Please try ...

Thanks to Santoso. This article is taken from his blog http://santosa.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/climate-change-gis-data-portal/

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How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
Publisher: Cambridge University Press | ISBN: 0521866790 | edition 2006 | PDF | 206 pages | 5,8 mb

Edited by Bjørn Lomborg, this abridged version of the highly acclaimed Global Crises, Global Solutions provides a serious yet accessible springboard for debate and discussion on the world's most serious problems, and what we can do to solve them. In a world fraught with problems and challenges, we need to gauge how to achieve the greatest good with our money. This unique book provides a rich set of dialogs examining ten of the most serious challenges facing the world today: climate change, the spread of communicable diseases, conflicts and arms proliferation, access to education, financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition and hunger, migration, sanitation and access to clean water, and subsidies and trade barriers. Each problem is introduced by a world-renowned expert who defines the scale of the issue and examines a range of policy options.

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Amateur Photographer - 10 October 2009
PDF | 118 pages | 53.4 Mb | English
125th Anniversary
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Amateur Photographer - 3 October 2009
PDF | 67 pages | 28 Mb | English
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Amateur Photographer - 26 September 2009
PDF | 65 pages | 27.3 Mb | English
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Vol.10 - Verdi
01. Overture
02. Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate
03. Aida:
Prelude II Trovatore:
04. Vedi! le fosche notturne (Gypsies' Chorus)
05. Or co' daddi, ma fra poco (Soldiers' Chorus)
06. Aroldo: Overture La Traviata:
07. Prelude
08. Noi siamo zingarelle
09. Libiamo ne' lieti calici
10. Di Madride noi siam mattadori
11. La Forza del destino: Overture
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Vol.9 - Schubert
01. Ave Maria - Budapest Strings
02. Impromptu in E flat major - Jeno Jando, piano
03. Standchen - Budapest Strings
04. Trout Quintet: Tema con variazioni - Emmy Verhey, violin; Danielle Dechenne, piano; Colorado String Quartet
05.. Entr'acte No. 1 from "Rosamunde" - Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Adam Fischer
06. Moment musical in A flat major - Jeno Jando, piano
07. Entr'acte No.2 from "Rosamunde" - Budapest Philharmonic, Janos Kovacs
08. Moment musical No. 3 in F minor - Budapest Strings
09. Ballet Music No. 2 aus/trom "Rosamunde" - Budapest Philharmonic, Janos Kovacs
10. Symphony No. 6 in B minor "Unfinished": Allegro moderate - Budapest Philharmonic, Janos Kovacs
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Vol..8 - Chopin
01. Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op. 20
02. Three Nocturnes, Op.. 9: No.3 in B major
03. Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No.5 in G flat major
04.. Twelve Etudes, Op. 25: No.10 in B minor - Krzysztof Jablonski, piano24 Preludes, Op. 28:
05. No. 13 in F sharp major
06. No. 14 in E flat minor
07. No. 15 in D flat major "Raindrops"
08. No. 16 in B flat minor
09.. No. 17 in A flat major
10. No. 18 in F minor - Stanislav Bunin, piano
11. Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 - Yuval Fichman, piano
12. Waltz in E flat major, Op. 18 - Jean-Marc Luisada, piano
13. Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posth. – Evelyne Dubourg, piano Four Mazurkas, Op.. 24:
14. No.3 in A flat major
15. No 4 in B flat minor - Jean-Marc Luisada, pianoLive Recording
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Vol.7 - Vivaldi
01. The Four Seasons: Concerto No 1 in E major "Spring" - Bydapest Strings, Karoly Botvay
02. Siciliano - Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
03. Concerto for 2 Corni da caccia in F major, RV 539: Allegro- Ludwig Guttler, Corno da caccia 1, Kurt Sandau, Corno da caccia 2; Virtuosi Saxoniae, Ludwig Guttler
04. The Four Seasons: Concerto No 2 in G minor "Summer" - Bydapest Strings, Karoly Botvay
05. Oboe Sonata in B flat major, RV 34 (Adagio, Allegro, Largo, Allegro)- Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe; Christine Schornsheim, harpsichord; Siegfied Pank, viola da gamba
06. The Four Seasons: Concerto No. 3 In F major "Autumn" - Bydapest Strings, Karoly Botvay
07. Oboe Concerto (Allegro non tasto - Largo, Allegro non molto)- Burchard Glaetzner, oboe; New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer
08. Concerto for 4 Violins in E minor, RV 550: Allegro assai- Roland Straumer, Heinz Dieter Richter, Vlolker Dietzsch, Brigitte Gabsch, violin; Virtuosi Saxoniale Ludwig Guttler
09. The Four Seasons: Concerto No 4 in F minor "Winter" - Bydapest Strings, Karoly Botvay
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Vol.6 - Tchaikovsky
01. Piano Concerto No.1: Allegro non troppo – Jeno Jando, piano
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Andras Ligeti
02. String Serenade: Waltz - Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Peter Wohlert
03. Violin Concerto: Andante – Emmy Verhey, violin; Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Arpad Joo
The Sleeping Beauty: Ballet Suite
04. Introduction
05. Pas d'action – Adagio
06. Waltz- Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Vonk
07. Capriccio italien Op.45 - Vienna Symphony, Yuri URI Ahronoviych Swan Lake: Ballet Suite
08. Scene No.10
09. Waltz - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Vonk
10. Eugene Onegin: Polonaise - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Vonk
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Vol.5 - Wagner
01. Tannhauser: Overture - Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassil Kazandjiev
02. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: Dance Of The Prentices - Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassil Kazandjiev
03. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: Prelude Act 3 - Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassil Kazandjiev
04. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: Aufzug Der Meistersinger - Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassil Kazandjiev
05. Der Fliegende Hollander: Overture - Budapest Symphonic Orchestra, Gyorgy Lehel
06. Lohengrin: Prelude - Budapest Symphonic Orchestra, Gyorgy Lehel
07. Tristan Und Isolde: Prelude And Liebestod - Budapest Symphonic Orchestra, Gyorgy Lehel
08. Tannhauser: Arrival Of The Guests At Wartburg - Budapest Symphonic Orchestra, Gyorgy Lehel
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Vol.4 - Strauss
01. Die Fledemiaus (Excerpts)
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Bruderlein und Schwesierlein
1.3 Mem Herr, was dachten Sie von
1.4 Im Feuerstrom der Reben
1.5 Mem Herr Marquis
1.6 Tnnke. Uebchen
1.7 Finale- RTL Symphony, Kurt Redel
02. Wine, Woman and Song
03.. Tritsch Tratsch Polka
04. The Blue Danube - Vienna Strauss Orchestra, Joseph Francek
05. The Gypsy Baron: Introduction - RTL Symphony, Kurt Redel
06. Annen Polka
07. Vienna Blood
08. The Gypsy Baron: Einzugsmarsch - Vienna Strauss Orchestra, Joseph Francek
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Vol.3 - Beethoven
01. Symphony No.5: Allegro con brio – Dresden Philharmonic; Herbert Kegel
02. Fur Elise – Evelyne Dubourg, piano
03. Violin Romance No.2 – Miklos Szenthelyi, violin
04. ”Moonlight” Sonata: Adagio sostenuto - Evelyne Dubourg, piano
05. Minuet – Budapest Strings
06. Sumphony No.8 in F major: Allegretto scherzando – Dresden Philharmonic, Herbert Kegel
07. ”Coriolan” Puverture – Dresden Philharmonic, Herbert Kegel
08. Piano Concerto No.2: Adagio – Anton Dikov, piano; Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Emil Tabakov
09. Symphony No.5 in C minor: Allegro – Dresden Philharmonic; Herbert Kegel
10. ”Egmont”: Overture – London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Scholz
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Vol.2 - Bach
01. Overture No. 4: Rejouissance – Ludwig Guttler, trumpet; New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer [2:20]
02. Overture No. 3: Air - New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer [4:03]
03. Overture No. 2: Badinerie – Eckart Haupt, flute; Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer [1:23]
04. Oboe Concerto in D minor: Adagio – Burchard Glaetzner, oboe; New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer
05. Minuet in D minor, BWVAnh.132 - Karl-Heinz Passin, flute; Walter Heinz Bernstein, harpsichord
06. Minuet in G major, BWV Anh.116 - Walter Heinz Bernstein, virginals
07. Overture No.1: Passepied - New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer
08. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 - Hannes Kastner, organ
09. „lch liebe den Hochsten von ganzem Gemute", Cantata, BWV 174: Sinfonia - New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer
10. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV 1047: Andante - New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer
11. Easter Oratorio, BWV 249: Sinfonia - Ludwig Guttler, trumpet; New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer
12. Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042: Adagio - Miklos Szenthelyi, violin; Hungarian Chamber Orchestra G.Gyorivanyi-Rath
13. „Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", Chorale, BWV 645 - Hannes Kastner, organ
14. Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major, BWV 1046: Adagio - New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer
15. „Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter", Chorale, BWV 650 - Ludwig Guttler, trumpet; Friedrich Kircheis, organ
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Vol.1 - Mozart
01.. Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro - Vienna Mozart Ensemble, Herber Kraus
02. Piano Concerto in A major, K 488: Adagio - Zoltan Kocsis. Piano. Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Janos Rolla
03. Flute Concerto in D major, K 314: Allegro - Bela Drahos, flute; Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Janos Rolla
04. Symphony No.40 in G minor: Molto allegro - Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Hans Graf
05. Clarinet Concerto KV 622: Adagio - Bela Kovacs, clarinet, Camerata Salzburg, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Janos Rolla
06. Serenade, K375: Menuetto - Budapest Wind Ensemble
07. Turkish March - Evelyne Dubourg, piano
08. Violin Concerto, K 216: Allegro - Christian Altenburger, violin, German Bach Soloists, Helmut Winschermann
09. Divertimento, K 334: Menuetto - Camerata Salzburg, Sandor Vegh
10. Horn Concerto, K 447: Allegro - Bernd Heiser, Horn Vienna Mozart Ensemble, Herber Kraus
11. Cassation, K99: Allegro - Sandor Vegh, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Janos Rolla
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EOS digital workflow guidebook
PDF | English | 4,4 Mb

eos digital photo guidebook for professionals

This guidebook is designed to assist professional photographers in their switch to digital photography. In particular, the guidebook helps explain many of the creative options available when using digital cameras to produce photos for commercial printing. We believe photographers in all fields from advertising to publishing to photojournalism, whether shooting in the field or in a studio, will find this guidebook a source of useful information.

The responsibilities of photographers in the digital workflow vary widely with the specific requirements of each job. By taking you through the entire process of digital photography, from shooting and image compensation to editing and printing preparation, we will help you to define and streamline the varying workflow responsibilities and draw the line between your own responsibilities and those of others involved.

This guidebook separates the workflow of digital photography into two sections: The first section covers shooting-related topics, such as lighting techniques, studio photography, and potential outdoor uses for digital cameras. It also describes actual shooting situations to clearly illustrate functional differences between film and digital cameras. The second section deals with data processing; it covers everything from color management and file handling to image analysis and printing preparations.

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Jay Dickman, Jay Kinghorn "Perfect Digital Photography: Brilliant Pixels from the Digital Darkroom"
McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | 2005-09-15 | ISBN : 0072259213 | Pages: 480 | PDF | 35.84 MB

Written by photography experts--including a Pulitzer-Prize winning National Geographic photographer--this full-color book is a must-have for amateur photographers serious about improving both the quality of their photographs and their proficiency in the digital darkroom. The book is the perfect combination of a technical treatise on digital imaging and an artistic exploration of light, composition, and form, allowing you to glean the essential techniques needed for digital photography without losing sight of the artistic and aesthetic aspects of the craft. Using an easy-to-follow approach, the authors explain the image conceptualization process through shooting, editing, and image correction to finished print. In addition, top photographers from a variety of disciplines offer real-world advice on how they use digital photography to create compelling images for high-profile magazine articles, advertising campaigns, and fine art prints.

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Bob Harvey, "How to Make Your Own Video or Short Film: All You Need to Know to Make Your Own Ideas Shine"
How to Books | 2009 | ISBN: 1845282566 | 252 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

New technologies now offer accessibility to the medium of video and film for virtually anyone who feels they have something to say. You might be: someone who wants to create a video to share online; someone who wants to record and document everyday events that happen around you; a charity worker wanting to highlight the plight of the less fortunate, or a journalist keen to use film to explore social issues; an artist or a writer eager to experiment within an an audio visual medium; anyone who wants to step into a world of discovery and challenge, and learn new skills along the way.This book offers an abundance of hints, tips and practical advice that will help emerging film-makers discover an exciting form of expression, either for personal satisfaction or to make their mark in a highly competitive industry. It includes: deciding what kind of film you want to make; choosing a camera; choosing your subject matter; dealing with copyright; using music to
enhance your film; working with professional actors; researching information and avoiding location problems; production meetings; budgets; schedules; conducting interviews for documentaries; digital editing; aound and lighting techniques; and, making your film stand out from the crowd.

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The Photoshop Channels Book
Peachpit Press | February 2006 | ISBN: 0321269063 | 288 Pages | CHM | 45 MB

One big advantage Photoshop professionals have always had was the understanding of channels. It was their secret weapon, and it enabled them to do things, and work in an entirely different way than their competitors, and maybe that's why the secret power of Photoshop's channels has been such a closely guarded secret. Until now.

Award-winning, bestselling author Scott Kelby (Editor of Photoshop User magazine) shows you how to unlock the power of Photoshop's Channels and really start using Photoshop like a pro. But this isn't a book of theory and technical explanations, this is a step-by-step project-based book that will teach you exactly how to the pros use channels in their everyday work (Using channels is one of the secrets they use to get twice the work done in half the time).

You'll learn how today's top photographers and graphic designers employ channels to make impossible selections, to speed their production workflow, to color correct images, to mask images, to create stunning color to black and white conversions, and to do dozens of inside tricks that set them apart from the field. There's a reason there's always been a mystique to using channels, and why Photoshop users who understand and use them stay on the cutting edge. Now, their secrets are revealed using the same plain-English style that has made Scott one of the leading Photoshop authors and instructors in the world today.

You'll be amazed at not only what you're able with channels, but you'll love the competitive advantage that using channels will give you. If you're ready to take your Photoshop skills to the next level, you're holding the book that will take you there, and you're gonna love it!

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Dan Heller “A Digital Photographer's Guide to Model Releases: Making the Best Business Decisions with Your Photos of People, Places and Things"
Wiley | 2008-03-31 | ISBN: 0470228563 | 279 pages | PDF | 60,3 MB

Do you need a release for a photo of someone you took in public? How about photos of buildings? Does it make a difference if the subject was paid to be in the picture? You can't answer these questions without more information. As the photographer, you need to understand your buyer's concerns in order to make savvy decisions about how you market your photos and to whom. Here's how to make money from all your photos, whether or not they have releases, by understanding the business aspects of the law.

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The Conceptual Photography of Misha Gordin
Publisher: Earth Aware Editions; Limited Edition edition (November 4, 2008) | 111 pages | ISBN: 1933784202 | PDF | 12.11 MB

Bound figures huddle in strangely orderly rows. Soaking wet, robed acolytes sweep a staircase. A chained, naked man faces an endless horizon. Oddly serene, a head bursts into flames. Misha Gordin has called the process of photography "similar to writing poetry," and indeed, this gorgeous collection establishes Gordin as a poet of the image who uses old-school, fine art techniques to exquisitely render dark and compelling alternative worlds and mysterious allegories. Through his process of “conceptual photography,” Gordin addresses some of the most primal questions in art and life: birth, death, and the nature of being. A rarity in the field, he makes his visual magic — which includes collage and repetition effects — without computer technology of any kind, using only traditional darkroom techniques that recall the earliest days of photography. This beautiful gift edition celebrates the literal fine art of one of the most innovative photographers
working today.

About the Author
MISHA GORDIN graduated from Latvian technical college as an aviation engineer but never worked in this field. Instead he joined the Riga Motion Studios as a designer of equipment for special effects. Gordin started to take photographs when he was 19, driven by a desire to create his own personal style and vision. in 1974, after "years of disgust with communist authorities," Gordin left Riga for the United States. His early education has wonderfully informed his unique style and vision as a photographer today.

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Mark Cleghorn - Portrait Photography: Secrets of Posing & Lighting
Lark Books | 2004 | ISBN: 157990548X | 128 pages | PDF | 53 Mb

With easy-to-follow instructions and detailed photo sequences showing how to arrange lights and lighting accessories, this carefully structured course teaches all the fundamentals of portraiture, as well as a host of other creative techniques. It sets out everything the amateur needs to know to create a wide range of styles, from choosing the right equipment to composing the background to placing and positioning the subject for maximum effect. The basics of color and black and white, digital capture and film, and studio and location shooting all receive detailed attention, and helpful tips on mood-enhancing lighting will help raise novices’ skills to professional levels.

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Terrorism, Economic Development, and Political Openness
Cambridge University Press | 326 pages | 2008 | ISBN: 0521887585 | PDF | 2.4 mb

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Terrorism is as old as war, but only with the attacks of September 2001 in NewYork and Washington, March 2004 in Madrid, and July 2005 in London did it become a central concern of governments in the rich countries of the West. This concern prompted policy makers to focus on the potential links to development of both terrorism and the response to terrorism, quickly revealing important lacunae in the literature. To what extent is terrorism related to development? If development is a determinant of terrorism, what are the relative weights of the economic, political, and social aspects of development? And what is the development effect of different responses to terrorism? This volume addresses these crucial questions, synthesizing what we know about the development links with terrorism – and pointing out what we do not.

Policy makers and scholars are concerned with development-terrorism links in both directions: the economic effect of terrorism, but also the devel-opment roots of terrorist activity. This volume bridges both, ﬁrst with con-tributors who examine the economic and ﬁscal costs of terrorism and the response to terrorism, and second with others who assess how development affects terrorism, drawing on existing linkages and also reporting on new evidence. The ﬁrst is a much-investigated issue. Nevertheless, as chapters by Enders and Sandler and Treverton et al. demonstrate, evidence is much more abundant about the costs of terrorism in developed countries than in poor countries. Enders and Sandler also ﬁnd that the economic costs of terrorism appear to be low in rich countries and, in all likelihood, high in poor countries.

Acontentious debate surrounds the second question. Does terrorism relate to development? If it does, is it the economic or another dimen-sion of development that matters? On the one hand, the contributors to this volume present consistent empirical support for the hypothesis that....

Blue Crane Digital Understanding The Canon Speedlite 580EX/430EX
DVD-Rip | 160 Mb

New owners of Canon Speedlites are often bewildered about how to use the flash unit effectively to produce the type of shots they want. Although the supplied manual does provide some technical assistance, Speedlites have been, and remain a mystery for many owners. This DVD sets out to change all that. With a running time of just over an hour, your host, professional photographer Tim Mantoani, takes the mystery out of these flash units and shows you how to use them to their best advantage. Whether you own one or several of these speedlites, Tim walks you through real world situations that can be made better with repeatable techniques. He not only tells you HOW the flash operates, but WHY the engineers designed the flashes with their current set of features.

You’ve spent a lot of time and resources getting great camera equipment and learning how to use you camera effectively. This DVD will take you to the next level by allowing you to add light where you want it. Photography is all about communication. With a little information and one of these great speedlites, you can evoke exactly the response you want.

The new EX series of speedlites from Canon can be the most powerful accessory in your camera bag. Understanding how the controls work is important and this DVD takes you through their operation, step by step. Your host, professional photographer Tim Mantoani, demonstrates these flash units in a series of real world examples. He explains why and how to get an emotional response from your pictures by adding or subtracting light.

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Starting Your Career As a Freelance Photographer
1581152809| Tad Crawford| Allworth Press| 2003-08 | 256 Pages | DJVU | 7 Mb

Here is a virtual treasury of advice, insight, and guidance for every freelance photographer! From creating a portfolio and promoting your work to winning the first client and running a healthy, profitable business, this book provides crucial marketing, business, and legal know-how for every step

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Ben Long, "The Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i/500D Companion"
O'Reilly Media, Inc. | 2009-07-28 | ISBN: 059680363X | 300 pages | PDF | 5,3 MB

Through easy-to-follow lessons, this handy book offers a complete class on digital photography, tailored specifically for people who use the Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i/500D. This is not your typical camera guide: rather than just show you what all the buttons do, it teaches you how to use the Digital Rebel's features to make great photographs -- including professional-looking images of people, landscapes, action shots, close-ups, night shots, HD video, and more.

With Ben Long's creative tips and technical advice, you have the perfect, camera-bag-friendly reference that will help you capture stunning pictures anywhere, anytime. The Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i/500D Companion will show you how to:

# Take creative control and go beyond automatic settings
# Learn the basic rules of composition
# Capture decisive moments, including fast-moving objects
# Discover ways to use a flash indoors and outdoors
# Learn about different lenses, and the best time to use them
# Understand the options for shooting RAW, and whether it's right for you
# Use the Digital Rebel's ability to shoot high definition video

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MODERN JIHAD: TRACING THE DOLLARS BEHIND THE TERROR NETWORKS. By Loretta. Napoleoni
Publisher: Pluto Press | ISBN: 0745321178 | edition 2003 | PDF | 295 pages | 1,1 mb

Behind the headline portrait of terrorism lies a more complex picture of the underground economy of its exemplars in the shadows of globalization and finance hybridized with organized crime and the backwash of the old left. This alarming reality with its ability to exploit stunningly large resources is acutely portrayed in this well-researched and eye-opening depiction of the 'state shell' phenomenon created by these interlocked combinations from Columbian guerillas to the IRA to the PLO and Islamist groups of the Middle East and beyond. Although we can and must indict these consequences of capitalist and colonialist social Darwinism (and state terrorism) we find no Robin Hoods or religious mystics in these cynical gangs gripped by the phantom of jihad and their ample investment portfolios.

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Svetlozar T. Rachev, Stefan Mittnik, Frank J. Fabozzi, "Financial Econometrics: From Basics to Advanced Modeling Techniques"
Wiley | 2006 | ISBN: 0471784508 | 576 pages | PDF | 7,4 MB

A comprehensive guide to financial econometrics

Financial econometrics is a quest for models that describe financial time series such as prices, returns, interest rates, and exchange rates. In Financial Econometrics, readers will be introduced to this growing discipline and the concepts and theories associated with it, including background material on probability theory and statistics. The experienced author team uses real-world data where possible and brings in the results of published research provided by investment banking firms and journals. Financial Econometrics clearly explains the techniques presented and provides illustrative examples for the topics discussed.

Svetlozar T. Rachev, PhD (Karlsruhe, Germany) is currently Chair-Professor at the University of Karlsruhe. Stefan Mittnik, PhD (Munich, Germany) is Professor of Financial Econometrics at the University of Munich. Frank J. Fabozzi, PhD, CFA, CFP (New Hope, PA) is an adjunct professor of Finance at Yale University’s School of Management. Sergio M. Focardi (Paris, France) is a founding partner of the Paris-based consulting firm The Intertek Group. Teo Jasic, PhD, (Frankfurt, Germany) is a senior manager with a leading international management consultancy firm in Frankfurt.

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Amateur Photographer - 08 August 2009
PDF | 50 pages | 16.1 Mb | English
08 August 2009 edition: Master Macro

Amateur Photographer magazine August,08 2009

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Scott Kelby, "The Digital Photography Book, Volume 3"
Peachpit Press | July 2009 | ISBN: 0321617657 | 264 pages | PDF | 14,1 MB

Scott Kelby, author of The Digital Photography Book, volume 1 (the world’s best-selling digital photography book of all time), is back with a follow-up to his volume 2 smash best seller, with an entirely new book that picks up right where he left off. It’s even more of that “Ah ha—so that’s how they do it,” straight-to-the-point, skip-the-techno-jargon stuff you can really use today to make your shots even better.

This book truly has a brilliant premise, and here’s how Scott describes it: “If you and I were out on a shoot and you asked me, ‘Hey Scott, I want the light for this portrait to look really soft and flattering. How far back should I put this softbox?’ I wouldn’t give you a lecture about lighting ratios, or flash modifiers. In real life, I’d just turn to you and say, ‘Move it in as close to your subject as you possibly can, without it actually showing up in the shot.’ Well, that’s what this book is all about: you and I out shooting where I answer questions, give you advice, and share the secrets I’ve learned, just like I would with a friend—without all the technical explanations and techie photo speak.”

Each page covers a single concept on how to make your photography better. Every time you turn the page, you’ll learn another pro setting, tool, or trick to transform your work from snapshots into gallery prints. If you’re tired of taking shots that look “okay,” and if you’re tired of looking in photography magazines and thinking, “Why don’t my shots look like that?” then this is the book for you.

This isn’t a book of theory—full of confusing jargon and detailed concepts. This is a book on which button to push, which setting to use, and when to use it. With nearly 200 more of the most closely guarded photographic “tricks of the trade,” this book gets you shooting dramatically better-looking, sharper, more colorful, more professional-looking photos every time.

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David DuChemin, "Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision"
New Riders Press | 2009 | ISBN: 0321605020 | 272 pages | PDF | 25,9 MB

Within the Frame is a book about finding and expressing your photographic vision, specifically where people, places, and cultures are concerned. A personal book full of real-world wisdom and incredible images, author David duChemin (of pixelatedimage.com) shows you both the how and the why of finding, chasing, and expressing your vision with a camera to your eye. Vision leads to passion, and passion is a cornerstone of great photography. With it, photographs draw the eye in and create an emotional experience. Without it, a photograph is often not worth—and can’t capture—a viewer’s attention.

Both instructional and inspirational, Within the Frame helps you on your photographic journey to make better images of the places and people you love, whether they are around the world or in your own backyard. duChemin covers how to tell stories, and the technology and tools we have at our disposal in order to tell those narratives. Most importantly, he stresses the crucial theme of vision when it comes to photographing people, places, and cultures—and he helps you cultivate and find your own vision, and then fit it within the frame.

Review
“If the book simply stayed right there in the realm of how-to, go-to advice, it would be a wonderful book indeed. But it crosses the line from useful to inspire because David opens up much more than his camera bag. He opens his considerable heart and mind, both of which belong to a masterful storyteller driven by an acute sympathy for the human condition, coupled with an intense curiosity and respect for both the differences and the sameness of the world.”
-Joe McNally, photographer, author of The Hot Shoe Diaries and The Moment It Clicks

“David does something here that few have ever done—he not only shows his absolutely captivating images, he shows the thought process behind those images, as well as how to start capturing the types of images we all long to take. People will be talking about this book for years to come. It’s that good!”
-Scott Kelby, photographer, author, President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals

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WordPress 2.7 Complete
Packt Publishing | 2009-06-02 | ISBN: 184719656X | 296 pages | PDF | 6 MB

Using WordPress you can easily create dynamic blogs and web sites with great content and many outstanding features. It is an ideal tool for developing blogs and although it is chiefly used for blogging, it can also be used as a complete CMS with very little effort. You can customize the features, incorporate your own design, and even write your own plug-ins with ease. Its versatility and ease of use have attracted a large, enthusiastic, and helpful community of users. While it is easy to get started with WordPress, its full power is not obvious.

If you want to create a powerful, fully-featured blog or non-blog web site in no time, this book is for you. It will give you a rapid and straightforward introduction to the rich and powerful features of WordPress and get you up and running with a state-of-the-art blog as quickly and painlessly as possible. It will help you learn everything WordPress has to offer, from the ground up, so you can build your complete web site. You will see many of WorPress's hidden powers that will help you build a fully functioning web site.

You will be introduced to the main aspects of a blog - users, communities, posts, comments, news feeds - and learn how to manage them using WordPress. You will learn to install WordPress and customize the look-and-feel of your web site. You will develop the skills and confidence to manage all types of content, be it text or images, on your blog, and also understand how users interact with the blog. By working through the book you'll be inspired as well as informed, and have the capability and the ideas to make your blog cutting edge and exciting to maximize its impact.

More advanced users will also pick up tips on creating your own themes and plug-ins, and such technical steps as backing up your WordPress web site and moving it from one server to another.

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Tony White, "How to Make Animated Films: Tony White's Complete Masterclass on the Traditional Principles of Animation"
Focal Press | 2009-05-26 | ISBN: 0240810333 | 512 pages | PDF | 16,4 MB

Become Tony White's personal animation student. Experience many of the teaching techniques of the golden era of Disney and Warner Brothers studios and beyond.all from the comfort of your own home or studio. Tony White's Animation Master Class is uniquely designed to cover the core principles of animated movement comprehensively. How to Make Animated Films offers secrets and unique approaches only a Master Animator could share. Includes hands-on Tutorials, demonstrations and final sample animations. . Whether you want to become a qualified animator of 2D, 3D, Flash or any other form of animation, Tony White's foundations bring you closer to that goal. The DVD is invaluable, in that readers are not only taught principles and concepts in the book, they are able to see them demonstrated in action in the movies on the DVD.

*Look over the shoulder of award-winning Master Animator, Tony White, as he works at his animation lightbox. Watch, listen, experience as the author demonstrates everything you need to know.
*Tony White is a legendary animator with a strong following. His best-selling title: The Animator's Workbook has 80,000 copies to date.
*For aspiring animators on their own - without backing or funding. Get the same results the Disney animators do with bare minimum technique and equipment.
*DVD offers a perfect audio/visual companion to the book with movies of the author at his drawing desk, creating art in front of our eyes - demonstrating difficult techniques like flipping, inbetweening and superimposition.

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Susan Ruddick Bloom, "Digital Painting in Photoshop"
Focal Press | 2009-02-16 | ISBN: 0240811143 | 248 pages | PDF | 29,5 MB

Have you ever considered using Photoshop to create fine art?

Photoshop is usually used for enhancing photos, but this extremely powerful software package is capable of so much more. Every feature, from brushes to background, can be customised and optimised for artistic effect. With a little guidance from a pro, your photoshop results can go from competent retouching of images to visually stunning re-interpretations of them, turning everyday pictures into breathtaking works of art.

In this beautiful and inspiring book, acclaimed artist, author and lecturer Susan Bloom shows you how to do just that. Starting with the fundamentals: creating your own artistic brushes and textured papers virtually, she goes on to demonstrate how to create a variety of classic artistic styles in Photoshop, with chapters on watercolours, pastels, charcoal and oil. Further chapters cover illustration techniques in photoshop, and using third-party software to create painterly effects.

While the results are highly polished and realistic, this is not a book written specifically for artists. The techniques are aimed squarely at the Photoshop user looking to broaden their pallette, with emphasis on altering photographs to create artwork, rather than creating artwork from scratch.

Beautifully written, clearly laid out, and guaranteeing inspiring results, this book is a must-have for every Photoshop user.

* Guide to using Photoshop to create fine art from photographs, covering many different artistic styles
* Highly visual, inspiring content with clear step-by-step instructions and hundreds of screenshots
* Backwards compatible approach: author has taken care to ensure that this fully up-to-date title also applies to previous editions of Photoshop

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Roger Hicks, Frances Schultz, "Medium and Large Format Photography: Moving Beyond 35mm for Better Pictures"
Amphoto Books | ISBN: 0817445579 | 2001 | 408 pages | PDF | 10,1 MB

This fine book by two accomplished photographers offers an excellent introduction to medium- and large-format photography.
For 35mm photographers eager to move up, it is one of the few titles available about medium-format photography and the only recent one. The authors first discuss the many advantages of working with negatives and transparencies in formats larger than 35mm.
They next deal with medium-format equipment, which uses roll film, and then large-format cameras, which rely on sheet film in various sizes, most often ranging from 4" 5" to 8" 10". Each of these chapters includes examples of some of the best equipment available in each category. There is also a separate chapter on lenses and accessories, including tripods, light meters, and filters, and another chapter devoted entirely to the darkroom.
The book concludes with brief personal essays by each of the authors and appendixes that include information on Polaroid processes, custom cameras,
and suggestions for making better photographs. This informative book is beautifully illustrated with examples of camera equipment and of excellent photographs. Appropriate for all libraries, especially public and academic libraries with good photography collections. Highly recommended. Raymond Bial, Parkland Coll. Lib., Champaign, IL

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Kelby Training Seeing The Light | 1.3 GB

The video series follows one of the industry's best photographers as he explains some of his techniques for creating spectacular lighting.
Eddie Tapp is an award-winning photographer, lecturer, consultant and author on digital imaging issues. As an award-winning photographer with over 20 years of experience in computer technology. Eddie has been actively involved in educating and consulting with corporations, studios, and agencies in the applications of digital imaging workflow, color management, pre-press, and digital photography globally. Clients include Epson, Eastman Kodak, Foveon, Polaroid, Apple Computer, The Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Dynacolor Graphics, Marathon Press, H&H Color Lab, CPQ Color Lab, PhotoLogic (Ireland), PGC (Japan), DOD, DOE US Army, US Navy,and other Government agencies along with a list of photographic studio operations.

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Amateur Photographer - 18 July 2009
PDF | 94 pages | 44.6 Mb | English

News: Turin Shroud 'a fake'; Leica S2 on track after Phase One split; Pentax launches waterproof camera; AP Editor in landscape showcase; World's smallest art gallery opens

Competition: We have £1,000 worth of digital cameras from Samsung to be won

Photo insight: David Clapp explains the importance of luck, and why it's always worth shooting a subject in a variety of formats

Last resort: Richard Sibley offers a step-by-step guide to using the digital darkroom to recreate an in-camera panning technique

Testbench: The Think Tank Streetwalker Pro photo backpack and The Pixel photo frame from Fridge Frames

Q&A: Our experts answer your questions

Olympus E-P1: The new Olympus Pen E-P1 is the smallest Micro Four Thirds camera yet. Barney Britton finds out if this is a Pen for the 21st century

Crystals and numbers: Geoffrey Crawley, our photo-science consultant, explains how images are formed on film and digital sensors

Icons of photography: Ivor Matanle recounts the history of the Ermanox, the miniature plate camera that created photojournalism

Gallery: Another selection of superb reader images

Appraisal: Damien Demolder examines your images, offering words of wisdom and constructive advice

Reader masterclass: Three readers join Bob Barclay at Oulton Park race track for a masterclass in capturing motion. Gemma Padley reports

How to get the best from a… digital compact: Steve Gosling on the advantages of using digital compacts for your photography

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Photography and July, 1969 moon landing

What camera were used to take picture in moon (July,20 1969) by Astronouts ? Hasselblad cameras.
Recalling the history of its cameras in space Hasselblad said: 'In 1962, astronaut Walter Schirra took his Hasselblad on board the Mercury-Atlas 8 and took the first images of earth from space. Hasselblad followed NASA, on space flight after space flight, with Hasselblad cameras proving that they could meet the stringent demands made by extraterrestrial travel.

'And in 1969 when the world watched in awe as the Apollo 11 astronauts became the first men to set foot on the moon, those astronauts also carried Hasselblad cameras, capturing some of the most definitive images man has ever captured.'
Hasselblad customers who buy an H3D11-50 or H3D11-60 camera until 21 August will be eligible to take part in the trip to Florida, which will include a weekend of seminars, training and photography, followed by a competition.

The event takes place from 24-26 September.
(From :http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Moon_landing_was_huge_leap_for_photography_says_Hasselblad_news_285858.html)

Taken from the forum : http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=721809
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I'm assuming you're not intending on imaging the Moon and planets only from your comment about a computerized mount. First and foremost I would think about a mount that is capable of good results at such focal lengths. Without one it won't matter what you place on top of it.

To address your lens/scope comparison question depends a great deal on the optical quality of each instrument. Is your 500 a Canon "L" f/4? For discussion sake I'll use it to expand on a few things. The Canon 500L would hold its own very well against Achromat refractors and even some of the ED doublet refractors of the same focal length. It would have an advantage in most cases with its faster focal ratio. But for deep-sky long exposure work you would have to be willing to accept some field curvature(distortion that both refractors and lenses have, visible by distorted stars at edges and corners of images) from the 500 lens since correcting the curvature wouldn't be possible. A refractor or Newtonian(called coma in reflectors) can have this corrected by placing a field flattener/reducer between the camera and the scope. I'm not aware of any that will work for a lens. I use the 1.4X TC for daytime use with my 500L with good results but I don't think I would use it for astro work since some quality would be lost and focal ratio would be increased as well.

One other thing about using a lens is the diffraction spikes you'll see on bright stars. Some people like them some don't, just thought I'd mention it. You can see them here:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...hlight=antares

Your 30D will do very well. I use a non-modified 20D and am very satisfied with the results. Once you get a mount that can get you the length of exposures you want you'll need to fine tune alignment and set up skills as well as learn how to best process the exposures you get. There's much to learn so take it slow and continue to do you homework before jumping in too deep. There are plenty of knowledgeable people here that can help so don't be afraid to post any questions you may have.

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Steve

Canon Gear: 1D Mark II / 5D / 20D / 500L IS (f/4) • 100-400L
My Astro Gallery http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y67...OTN%20Gallery/

Taken from this website :http://www.stephanyhurkos.com/aura.htm
An AURA is the electromagnetic energy field that surrounds, encompasses and permeates the body as well as all living things. The colors and patterns within this energy field constitute a blueprint (the results of the energy we radiate from our feelings, thoughts, and physical being). Until recently, Aura's were only seen by the special few who had a gift to see the rainbow of colors.
The first aura photo was taken by Nicola Tesla in 1891. The USSR expanded on his work through the development of Kirlian photography, and by 1975 UCLA researchers (Thelma Mose and Valerie Hunt ) were measuring the Aura with precise accuracy.
Guy Coggins took this work a gigantic step forward by combining his research on Kirlian photography with the research on biofeedback to produce a very usable camera called Guy Coggins Aura Camera 6000.

What is Aura Photography?
Aura photography is a visual image of how we are functioning.
The technological process is complicated. The hand-shaped plates are sophisticated sensors. They measure your electromagnetic field, based on the Ayurvedic (acupressure points on the hand) system of meridians. The camera codes the energy readings into frequencies (which correspond to certain colors) and process the photograph, a computer sorts the information and prints the Aura Photograph.
These measurements are expressed as vibrational levels which a computer chip turns into their relevant colors. A data cable from the sensor takes the information to the camera which takes a double exposure (your image plus superimposing of colors collected from the sensors). This amazing photograph of all the collected data superimposed on the image is the Aura photo.
Through the use of this remarkable technology, we gain a deeper insight into our emotional - mental states, heal and spiritual well-being. Thus we are now able to give a more accurate reading of the Aura based on the colors that are photographed.
The color interpretations are universal in meaning. The reader takes the photo and interprets the particles of colors based upon their placement on the photo.
The magnetic energy of the planet controls the flow of energy by which we all live. Above the equator to the north, all energy circulates from right to left. South of the equator, the energy circulates from left to right. If you live in the northern hemisphere you receive energy from the left as it passes through us in a clock like flow then leave's our aura to the right.
This Camera produces a mirror image of your aura. The Future is seen to the (photo) right, the Present is above the body, and the Past is on the left. Most of the cycles of our goals and desires shift every six months.
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Another aura photography sistem is The Kirlian Aura Camera system.
The Kirlian Aura Kamera™ Price includes HV/HF generator, camera body, camera case, sample instant Polaroid film (3.25" x 4.25", type 669 or equivalent), instruction manual (click to view pdf file-81KB), interpretation guide (click to view pdf file-540KB), 11x17inch Laminated Poster, & "Life's Hidden Forces". Specifications - Shipping Weight: 7lbs, Dimensions: 15in x 11 x 6, Power: 110/120V or 230/240V, please specify).

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Avoid the pitfalls of wedding photography.
You may not be a wedding photographer, but there's no reason you can't take pictures like a pro. The AP technical team offers hints and tips on how you can overcome the challenges you'll face.

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This mounth our focus is on lenses and pro Steve Bedell checks the specs and weighs in on why may or may not want to keep using pro-quality lenses for your work. In addition, we have a Test Report on the lates Zeiss Planar T* 85mm and 50mm lenses. Aside from optic, we have an exclusive interview with master craftsman JOe McNelly, TIPA Awards, and talk with several photographer about what's new in their wedding photography business...

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Informatin about old Canon lenses, with best quality optics.

This book illustrates how Canon has accomplished its goal of meeting photographer needs over the years. Through the use of photographs, our aim is to reveal as much as possible the traits of each lens. Whithin these page exist the basics for uderstanding the Canon FD lens system. The chapters are arranged in a manner which will acquaint the reader with photographic principles and in turn will demonstrate their practical application. And as ypur understanding grows from chapter to chapter, so will your confidence in lens choice and use. In addition to lens handling you may wishto delve more deeply into optical principles. Hence some subjects are approached from a practial standpoint while other concern the more theoretical aspect of optical design and image quality. Our aim is to present a basic overview in an enjoyable style.

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