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Essential Guide: How to Do Surf Photography Like a Pro

Wave riders and shutterbugs alike, gather around. Mastering surf photography is a bit like surfing itself—it’s all about balance, timing, and having the right gear. I remember when I first waded into the ocean with my camera; each breaking wave was an invitation to capture something epic.

We’ll dive into picking cameras that won’t buckle under the saltwater spray and lenses that bring distant surfers up close. Think high-speed chases—you need a fast shutter speed for those action-packed moments where every droplet counts.

You’re set to discover composition tips that make viewers feel they’re riding along and advanced techniques for shots so sharp they cut through your viewer’s attention span. By the end of our journey together, you’ll be snapping surf photos worthy of magazine covers or at least some serious bragging rights.

Choosing the Right Camera and Lens for Surf Photography

If you’re looking to capture the raw power of a barreling wave or the finesse of a surfer shot, having top-notch gear is key. So, let’s talk about surf photography equipment.

Cropped Sensor vs. Full Frame Cameras

For starters,

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How To Remove Watermarks From A Photo Like A Creative

Removing watermarks from a photo can feel like an easy task, especially if you're new to photo editing and want to learn how to pick a new creative design s ...




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New Pinterest-Like Theme

Check out this new Pinterest inspired theme I designed – Pinboard. It incorporated infinite scroll as seen on Pinterest site. The posts are auto loaded and stacked as soon you hit the bottom of the page. It is also responsive. Check the demo and resize your browser window to see how the layout adapts.





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Wrike for Designers and Creatives

Collaborating on an online project management software for marketing is a huge part of being a designer or a creative, and more often than not you are juggling more than one task or project at a time. This makes managing a creative project online for creatives particularly difficult and what’s more, the line managers or … Continue reading Wrike for Designers and Creatives

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  • Tips & Tricks
  • managing a creative project online
  • marketing project management tool
  • online project management software for marketing
  • task workflow management software
  • team scheduling software
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Scientists Say Expect More 1,000-Year Events Like Louisiana Flood

By Nike Knight Common Dreams Louisiana’s devastating rainfall was the state’s second “1,000-year” flood this year Parts of Louisiana’s disastrous, ongoing flooding has been upgraded by meteorologists to once-in-1,000-years rainfall, with other areas classified as 500-year and 100-year events, nola.com … Continue reading




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Mike Pence Opposes Pardons for Jan. 6 Insurrectionists

Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke at the Dispatch's Summit 2024 and made clear he opposes President-elect Donald Trump's plan to pardon January 6 rioters - especially those who attacked police. "At the end of the day, I'll always believe that, by God's grace, we did our duty [on January 6] to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America," Pence said according to Dispatch on social media.




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Let's not celebrate CrowdStrike -- let's point to a better way




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Nothing says end of the year like new GNU Press gear!

Just in time for the winter holidays, the GNU Press shop is open!




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Geomagnetic Storm Brings Northern Lights to Unlikely Locations and Disrupts GPS

How do powerful geomagnetic storms from the Sun influence the Earth’s atmosphere? This is what two separate studies (Karan et al. (2024) and Evans et



  • Space & Astronomy

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James Webb Space Telescope Uncovers Six Likely Rogue Worlds with Dusty Disks

What can rogue planets teach us about the formation and evolution of stars and planets? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal h



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Immune Cells Surviving Fever-like Temperatures Adapt to Become More Effective

Inflammation represents a long-conserved biological process characterized by the release of chemical messengers that regulate the immune response.  Wh




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Promising New Drug Target for Autoimmune Diseases Like MS

Increased expression of gene PRDM1-S triggers loss of immune regulation seen in autoimmune conditions like multiple sclerosis (MS)



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Promising New Drug Target for Autoimmune Diseases Like MS

Increased expression of gene PRDM1-S triggers loss of immune regulation seen in autoimmune conditions like multiple sclerosis (MS)




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Immune Cells Surviving Fever-like Temperatures Adapt to Become More Effective

Inflammation represents a long-conserved biological process characterized by the release of chemical messengers that regulate the immune response.  Wh



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Mike McConnell (2008)

Mike is the manager of the University of Aberdeen's Web Team. The team comprises seven developers who are responsible for the majority of the University's web sites and web applications. The team also works for a range of commercial clients. Mike formerly worked at the Robert Gordon University as an Educational Development Officer, and as a researcher in Information Management. As a callow youth he worked at the sharp end of IT user support in the oil services industry. Mike has published on technology issues in education, Web usability and Web management. Mike gave the opening welcome speech to Aberdeen with Derrick McClure.




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California Supreme Court Rules that Trial Courts Lack Inherent Authority to Strike PAGA Claims on Manageability Grounds

  • California Supreme Court held that trial courts lack inherent authority to strike (dismiss with prejudice) claims under the PAGA.
  • Class action manageability requirement cannot be superimposed onto PAGA claims.
  • The Court did not decide whether an employer may strike an unmanageable PAGA claim on the ground that the claim violates an employer’s due process rights.




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DOL's Final Rule on Independent Contractor Classification Likely Is Not the Final Word

Andrea M. Kirshenbaum and Jennifer N. Capozzola dive into the U.S. DOL’s final rule (2024 IC Rule) for analyzing whether a worker should be classified as an employee or independent contractor under the FLSA and the lawsuits and challenges that remain in its path. 

The Legal Intelligencer

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EEOC Commissioner Charge Hike Puts More Power in Members’ Hands

Jim Paretti comments on a recent boost in EEOC commissioner charges.

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Doesn’t the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act just require employers to treat pregnant employees just like they treat employees with disabilities?




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11th Circuit Finds Race and Gender-Based Grant Program Likely Unlawful

On June 3, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting a venture capital fund from awarding grants based on race and gender. In reversal of the district court, the majority found the grant contest “substantially likely to violate” 42 USC Section 1981, a federal statute enacted as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibiting private parties from racial discrimination in contracts.




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Corporate Board Diversity: Next Steps for Employers After Court Strikes Down California Board Diversity Law

On April 1, 2022, a Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled that California Assembly Bill 979—a bill designed to increase diversity and improve the persistently low number of underrepresented groups on corporate boards—violated the Equal Protection Clause of the California Constitution and was therefore unenforceable. In its ruling, the court acknowledged the pitfalls of homogeneity in business and communities, but it cautioned against quotas and specific number requirements.




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Governor’s Veto Will Likely Result in Continued Delayed or Non-Performable Background Checks in California

A May 2021 court decision in California, All of Us or None v.




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Governor’s Veto Will Likely Result in Continued Delayed or Non-Performable Background Checks in California

Rod Fliegel, William Simmons and Wendy Buckingham discuss the current limitations on the use of background checks for employment in California.

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Changes to Florida’s Name, Image, and Likeness Rules

Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) opportunities have been a hot topic in college sports since the summer of 2021. In July 2021, the NCAA released an Interim NIL Policy. Before then, individual states had passed laws allowing college athletes to enter NIL deals. Florida was one of the earliest states to enact an NIL law. Passed in 2020, it went into effect in July 2021. Recent amendments to Florida’s NIL law will have a substantial impact upon businesses looking to enter NIL deals with athletes at Florida schools and upon Florida schools with intercollegiate athletic programs.




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Montana Enacts a Name, Image, and Likeness Law for Student-Athletes

Montana Senate Bill 248 went into effect on June 1, 2023. This law allows student-athletes to earn compensation from Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) endorsement deals and is part of a trend of NIL legislation being passed by states that allow student-athletes to monetize endorsement deals.




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U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Conscious Admissions – What Does it Mean for Employers?

  • On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court found that Harvard’s and UNC’s race-conscious admissions practices are unconstitutional.




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Maryland Enacts a Name, Image, and Likeness Law

Maryland has enacted a law allowing student-athletes to earn compensation from name, image, and likeness (NIL) endorsement deals. The law, Md. Code Ann., Educ. § 15-131, went into effect on July 1, 2023, and is part of a continuing trend of states implementing legislation allowing student-athletes to monetize endorsements.




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Strikes in the Age of Automation and AI: How HR Can Prepare for the Future

Bradford Kelley talks about how important it is for employers to create effective AI policies.

SHRM

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SpotOn London 2013: What should the scientific record look like in the digital age?

Julia Schölermann is the organiser for this year’s SpotOn London session on, What should the scientific




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You look like death : tales from the Umbrella Academy / story, Gerard Way and Shaun Simon ; art & colors, I.N.J. Culbard ; letters, Nate Piekos of Blambot ; cover and chapter breaks by Gabriel Bá.

"When 18-year-old Klaus gets himself kicked out of the Umbrella Academy and his allowance discontinued, he heads to a place where his ghoulish talents will be appreciated— Hollywood. But after a magical high on a stash stolen from a vampire drug lord, Klaus needs help, and doesn't have his siblings there to save him." -- Provided by publisher.




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The rose of Versailles. Volume 4 / Ryoko Ikeda ; translation: Jocelyne Allen ; lettering and touch up: Jeannie Lee.

"France spirals towards a civil war, as nobles continue to ignore the people of France. Noblewoman Oscar Fraṅois de Jarjayes is forced to reconsider her life as a soldier and a woman, her loyalties and her love. Marie Antoinette and the royal family seek escape, while Robespierre and the National Assembly take up arms and demand democracy." -- Provided by publisher.




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Moving forward sideways like a crab / Shani Mootoo.

A young man travels to Trinidad to reconnect with a transgender parent, uncovering the complex realities of love and family. Jonathan Lewis-Adey was nine when his parents separated, and his mother, Sid, vanished entirely from his life. It is not until he is a grown man that Jonathan finally reconnects with his beloved lost parent, only to find, to his shock and dismay, that the woman he knew as "Sid" in Toronto has become an elegant man named Sydney living in his native Trinidad. For nine years, Jonathan has paid regular visits to Sydney on his island retreat, trying with quiet desperation to rediscover the parent he adored inside this familiar stranger, and to overcome his lingering confusion and anger at the choices Sydney has made. At the novel's opening, Jonathan is summoned urgently to Trinidad where Sydney, now aged and dying, seems at last to offer him the gift he longs for: a winding story that moves forward sideways as it reveals the truths of Sydney's life. But when and where the story will end is up to Jonathan, and it is he who must decide what to do with Sydney's haunting legacy of love, loss, and acceptance.





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Far South Side Gets Sneak Peek at What CTA Red Line Extension Will Look Like

The Chicago Transit Authority today welcomed about 75 residents and businesses from the Far South Side to the Red Line Extension (RLE) Fall Community Meet & Greet Event. Held at the site of the future Michigan Red Line station on E. 116th Street and S. Michigan Ave., CTA and RLE contractor Walsh-VINCI Transit Community Partners welcomed RLE project supporters.





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SUMMER SCHOOL 5: Bubbles, Bikes, & Biases

Investing during a bubble can leave you bust. But how to tell the difference between a bubble before it bursts and an investing rocket ship taking off? We'll run through a historical example and look inside our own thinking to find the mental biases that can contribute or exacerbate bad bubble thinking. | Watch this Tik Tok to learn more and subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

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SPAM strikes back

Hormel Foods makes SPAM, and for generations, the company also created jobs for families in Austin, Minnesota. Today, the story of a labor strike that threatened to tear one small town apart. (This episode was made in collaboration with The Experiment podcast.) | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

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Mike The Mover vs. The Furniture Police

In 1978, a young man named Mike Shanks started a moving business in the north end of Seattle. It was just him and a truck — a pretty small operation. Things were going great. Then one afternoon, he was pulled over and cited for moving without a permit.

The investigators who cited him were part of a special unit tasked with enforcing utilities and transportation regulations. Mike calls them the furniture police. To legally be a mover, Mike needed a license. Otherwise, he'd face fines — and even potentially jail time. But soon he'd learn that getting that license was nearly impossible.

Mike is the kind of guy who just can't back down from a fight. This run-in with the law would set him on a decade-long crusade against Washington's furniture moving industry, the furniture police, and the regulations themselves. It would turn him into a notorious semi-celebrity, bring him to courtrooms across the state, lead him to change his legal name to 'Mike The Mover,' and send him into the furthest depths of Washington's industrial regulations.

The fight was personal. But it drew Mike into a much larger battle, too: An economic battle about regulation, and who it's supposed to protect.

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What Kamala Harris' economic agenda might look like

Last weekend we were all thrown for a loop when President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Kamala Harris for the nomination. Just like everyone else, we are trying to quickly wrap our heads around what it means now that Harris is almost certainly going to be the Democratic nominee for president.

We expect to see the Harris campaign come out with some official policy proposals in the coming weeks and months. But for now, all we've got are clues, little breadcrumbs that she has dropped throughout her career that might lead us to a rough idea of what economic policies she might support.

Today on the show, we're going to visit three key moments from Harris' political career that might give us an idea of how her economic agenda might look. First, the 2019 presidential primary debates, where she laid out her own economic policies. Next, a vote in her Senate years that shows where she might fall on future trade agreements. And finally, a fight with some of the country's biggest banks from her very first year as Attorney General of California.

This episode was hosted by Keith Romer and Nick Fountain. It was produced by Emma Peaslee, edited by Jess Jiang with help from Meg Cramer, and fact checked by Sierra Juarez and Sofia Shchukina. Engineering by Kwesi Lee. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.

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What Leadership Looks Like

From workplaces to schools to national governments, leaders everywhere are being called on to solve complex problems with humility and bravery. This hour, we consider what it takes to be a leader. Guests include executive coach Patrice Gordon, organizational psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, and educator Shabana Basij-Rasikh.

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What Leadership Looks Like

Original broadcast date: April 29, 2022. From workplaces to schools to national governments, leaders everywhere are being called on to solve complex problems with humility and bravery. This hour, we consider what it takes to be a leader. Guests include executive coach Patrice Gordon, organizational psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, and educator Shabana Basij-Rasikh.

TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get access to bonus episodes, with more ideas from TED speakers and a behind the scenes look with our producers. A Plus subscription also lets you listen to regular episodes (like this one!) without sponsors. Sign-up at plus.npr.org/ted.

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“Perfect storm” brought sea louse epidemic to BC salmon: University of Toronto study - Likely due to high temperatures and uncoordinated treatment

Likely due to high temperatures and uncoordinated treatmentToronto, ON – High ocean temperatures and poor timing of parasite management likely led to an epidemic of sea lice in 2015 throughout salmon farms in British Columbia’s Queen Charlotte Strait, a University of Toronto-led study has found. The sea lice spread to migrating juvenile wild salmon, resulting in […]




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Paleontologists trace origin of millipedes, crabs and insects to new 508 million-year-old sea creature with “can opener”- like pincers

Toronto, ON – Paleontologists at the University of Toronto (U of T) and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have uncovered a new fossil species that sheds light on the origin of mandibulates, the most abundant and diverse group of organisms on Earth, to which belong familiar animals such as flies, ants, crayfish and centipedes. The […]




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Kids praised for being smart are more likely to cheat, new studies find

Toronto, ON – Kids who are praised for being smart, or who are told they have a reputation for being smart, are more likely to be dishonest and cheat, a pair of studies from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto and researchers in the U.S. and China has found. […]




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New study finds elders living alone with abuser more likely to endure severe mistreatment - Other findings: Non-perpetrators in the home act as a buffer and “youngest old” experience most severe forms of abuse

Other findings: Non-perpetrators in the home act as a buffer and “youngest old” experience most severe forms of abuseToronto, ON – A new study examining elder abuse–released today by researchers at the University of Toronto, Cornell University, and Weill-Cornell Medical College–has found that older adult victims living alone with their abuser were up to four times more likely to endure more […]




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The Moth Radio Hour: Like Cats and Dogs

In this hour, stories about our fuzzy little friends. Hosted by Alastair Bane. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Hosted by: Alistair Bane

Storytellers:

Catherine Palmer

Jitesh Jaggi

Beth Bradley

Lisa Schuldt

Katie Vaca

Patrick Cleary

Linda Fontanilla




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Hellos and Goodbyes: Woniya Thibeault and Mike Birbiglia

On this episode of the Moth Podcast, Catherine Burns, our former artistic director, shares the very first story she ever directed, and the last. This episode is hosted by Catherine Burns.

Storytellers:

Woniya Thibeault survives in the wilderness

Mike Birbiglia gets his heart broken