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		<title>Ibis &#8211; striking profile, cultural icon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Over the past couple of months, I’ve presented a relatively complete overview of the heron family. It’s finally time to move on! This week we will take a look at the Ibis family, a very recognizable and culturally important bird, known throughout the world for its large curved bill.
Ibis are a group of long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Night Herons &#8211; Last but not least of the heron family</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year to all, and welcome back! Over the past several weeks, we’ve taken a look at a variety of Herons, and this week it is time to close the chapter on herons with two of my favorites – the Night Herons.
Night herons come in two varieties, the Black-Crowned Night Heron and the Yellow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we close out 2009 and prepare to move into 2010, I wanted to end the year with a bit of reflection on the past twelve months. It has been a tough year for most people, and a year of reinvention and innovation for me.
From a technology standpoint, this has been an interesting time. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Security news you can use &#8211; The updates keep rolling!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Keeping your system secure is a never ending battle. The evil-doers on the net are getting ever more sophisticated, and coming up with new ways to fool, cajole, trick or force you into downloading, running or loading software on your system that will compromise your system &#8211; at best, rendering it unusable, or at worst, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bird portrait retouching &#8211; from good to great</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ We see loads of tutorials online teaching aspiring photographers how to retouch portraits of people, but it’s not very common to see one that deals with our avian friends. Nevertheless, retouching in bird photography is every bit as important (maybe more so) than retouching people. Since most birds haven’t had the chance to apply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Heron &#8211; Small, but packed with color</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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This week, we’ll take a look at one of the smallest herons – the Green Heron. This slight bird, when full grown, measures only about 44cm (just under 18”), and with its small size and variegated color, tends to easily blend in with the background.
Once you spot one, they are easily recognized – from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painting a Christmas Tree in Photoshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Over in the NAPP forums, last Christmas a user asked about creating textures of pine needles or straw to be able to draw a Christmas Tree. I offered a simple solution using the brush engine, and after a few requests, and enhancements (adding snow) decided to create this tutorial. I posted it on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tricolored Heron &#8211; He&#8217;s blue, too</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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I’ve been somewhat remiss in posting here lately – December has presented the dual challenge of getting ready for the holidays, combined with a rather aggressive travel schedule for me. However, I am back on track now, and will finish out this year with a couple of new postings discussing the remainder of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flash! Another patchy Tuesday has come and gone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Yesterday was the second Tuesday of the month, and by now you should know just what that means… another set of security updates for Microsoft products. This week also sees us with some other notable updates to some Adobe products, and you’ll want to take note of these as well.
Remember that security updates are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little Blue Herons &#8211; Who says they aren&#8217;t great, too?</title>
		<link>http://www.hoffmanartdesign.com/2009/12/little-blue-herons-who-says-they-arent-great-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Today we continue our exploration of the heron tribe by taking a look at the Little Blue Heron. A smallish heron, this bird is typically found in freshwater lakes, ponds and waterways, but also strays into salt marshes and estuaries. While not as ubiquitous and typically not as gregarious as its larger cousin, I [...]]]></description>
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