Digital Photo Editing for Seniors: Learn How to Edit Your Digital Photos with Arcsoft PhotoStudio (Computer Books for Seniors series)
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  • Great Great program for photo editing
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  • Poor title perhaps; good content
  • no need to specifically address seniors
Digital Photo Editing for Seniors: Learn How to Edit Your Digital Photos with Arcsoft PhotoStudio (Computer Books for Seniors series)
Addo Stuur
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ASIN: 9059050649

Book Description

Written specifically to acquaint seniors with the many features of digital photo editing, this handbook also includes instructions on using scanners, printers, and photo CDs. Subjects such as scanning old photos and slides and repairing damaged photos are covered in detail. Photo retouching and cloning, working with special effects such as selections and layers, and everything related to paper and printers is also explained. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the full version of the digital photo-editing program ArcSoft PhotoStudio 5.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Great program for photo editing.......2007-07-14

Did I mention that it is great? This is the same program that came with a digital camera I bought a few years ago, but I changed computers and couldn't find it again until now. (I found it by accident in the Computer Books for Seniors series.)

Arcsoft PhotoStudio is user friendly and does everything that I need it to do. The price is awesome AND it comes with an instruction book which I did not have before (yet I figured it out!!!!.) I recommend this program to anyone and everyone.

5 out of 5 stars Great book.......2006-12-19

This is a great book! I teach PC/Digital Camera classes in an adult ed setting and see this as a breakthrough volume. I'm working at convincing management to incorporate this as a required text/course.

A key is that it INCLUDES a powerful editing software program. In classes, we use the SW that is resident on the lab PC's, so students are sent home to practice with either an unrelated product, or they are off to the store to face the dozens of choices for purchase at up to $100.

Too bad the cover and title cater to seniors. This book is valuable for any one interested in the subject of digital imagery, not just Geezers. Hopefully however, that cover will interest more seniors who should buy this book and plod, yes plod, through it because learning something new ain't always easy, at any age.

This book and the included Arcsoft program will guide users through very basic and simple editing functions like cropping and brightening their treasured images--alone worth the purchase price. But, what's surprising to me is the fact that some of the most advanced aspects of editing are covered, like cloning and the use of layers which are true pro-level features.

Purchasing a "latest" comparable entry level program like "Photoshop Elements", or "Paint Shop Pro" at around $90, plus an explanatory step-by-step book at about $30, would be overkill when this all-in-one solution is available for under $20!

Perseverance is required for anyone learning something new and potentially complex, but this book should be considered by anyone of any age group. Another volume I recommend, if one already has a complicated program they're stumped by is: "Digital Photography, The Missing Manual". manual"

Dennis

1 out of 5 stars Unable to Review.......2006-08-13

Aug.12,2006
I returned the above noted book to your Mississigua, Ontario Canada address because the Arcsoft PhotoStudio software was missing from the book.I requested a new copy with the software enclosed but as of today I have not received any news from Amazon, in Mississauga as to when I can expect my new book.
Should I request a refund ? What do you suggest because I have really enjoyed other computer books for seniors in the same series.At this point I am disappointed that I have not received my correct order.Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Connie Moore

4 out of 5 stars Poor title perhaps; good content.......2005-10-16

The previous reviewer quibbles with the title but neglects to address the content. I find this book extraordinarily useful in two respects: it includes the software that it is teaching, and the lessons are carefully designed to lead the ignorant learner through unfamiliar processes. Terms are defined, and ample opportunity is given for practice, to achieve good results.
A prime volume for someone who wants to know something about digital photo editing. NOT a book or application that someone who either already has another, more powerful application, or for those who have no patience with reading directions.

2 out of 5 stars no need to specifically address seniors.......2005-06-21

I am somewhat dubious as to the necessity of this book, in its explicit catering to seniors. Most needs that they might have with respect to digital photo editing are indistinguishable from those of younger people.

The only slightly apropos offering in the text refers to touching up old analog photos. Perhaps here, a senior might have more of these. But so too might many people above the age of 20. It is only in the last 3 years that digital photography has taken off. Most people who were taking photos before then used analog cameras and film. So take a look at the book's cover. It shows two seniors. That could equally well have been a photo of two 30 year olds.

OECD Proceedings Regulatory Reform in the Global Economy: Asian and Latin American Perspectives (Oecd Proceedings)
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    OECD Proceedings Regulatory Reform in the Global Economy: Asian and Latin American Perspectives (Oecd Proceedings)

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      Antonio Estache , Vivien Foster , and Quentin Wodon
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                Alberto Valdes
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                  The past decade has seen a proliferation of trade talks, and at a multitude of different levels. The scope and complexity of the trade agenda have considerably expanded the Uruguay round. The activism of the "private" sector in the policy-making process has increased both at the national and international levels, hand-in-hand with the globalization of markets and the "privatization" of international economic relations. These issues, and how they impact on Latin America, form the main themes of the book.
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                      Trade reform in Latin America and the Caribbean.: An article from: Finance & Development
                      Asad Alam , and Sarath Rajapatirana
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                      This digital document is an article from Finance & Development, published by International Monetary Fund on September 1, 1993. The length of the article is 2966 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

                      From the supplier: Many Latin American and Caribbean countries undertook extensive and fundamental trade policy reforms during the 1980s that have resulted in increasingly outward-oriented regimes. Among the effects of the trade reforms are the dramatic reduction of nominal protection as indicated by average tariff rates, narrowing of the range of tariffs, lowering of quantitative import restrictions and increase in the degree of openness. The trade reforms led to an import growth rate of 7.2% and export group rate of 38% during the reform period. These reforms were successful because they were bold and far-reaching, took place in a supportive macroeconomic environment, and were preceded or accompanied by a depreciation of the real exchange rate. The achievements of the trade reforms were sustained because of the actions of the democratic governments against pressure exerted by powerful interest groups.

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                      Title: Trade reform in Latin America and the Caribbean.
                      Author: Asad Alam
                      Publication: Finance & Development (Magazine/Journal)
                      Date: September 1, 1993
                      Publisher: International Monetary Fund
                      Volume: v30 Issue: n3 Page: p44(4)

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                      Undue Risk: Secret State Experiments on Humans (State Secrets)
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                      Undue Risk: Secret State Experiments on Humans (State Secrets)
                      Jonathan D. Moreno
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                      In 1994, Jonathan Moreno became a senior staff member of a special commission created by President Clinton to investigate allegations of government-sponsored radiation research on unknowing citizens during the cold war. The top secret documents he helped to declassify revealed a shocking truth-- that human experimentation played an extensive role in this country's attempts to build and protect against weapons of mass destruction.In Undue Risk, Moreno presents the first comprehensive history of the use of human subjects in atomic, biological, and chemical warfare experiments from World War II to the twenty-first century. From the courtrooms of Nuremberg to the battlefields of the Gulf War, Undue Risk explores a variety of government policies and specific cases, including plutonium injections into unwitting hospital patients, U.S. government attempts to recruit Nazi medical scientists, the subjection of soldiers to atomic blast fallout, secret LSD and mescaline studies, and the feeding of irradiated oatmeal to children. It is also the first book to go behind the scenes and reveal the government's struggle with the ethics of human experimentation and the evolution of agonizing policy choices on unfamiliar moral terrain.As the threat of foreign and domestic terrorist attack continues to grow, the need for our country to defend itself against insidious weapons is greater than ever. Can a democracy justify using humans in potentially risky experiments in order to answer scientific questions vital to national security? Exploring the possibilities, Undue Risk highlights a program of human experimentation that is a moral model for all others, civilian and military.

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                      4 out of 5 stars A Short History of Secret Experiments.......2003-06-06

                      Undue Risk: Secret State Experiments on Humans by Jonathan D. Moreno

                      This very readable book faces the uncomfortable reality of using humans for medical experiments. Government secrecy is corrosive to democracy, and is a true threat to our way of life. The use of human guinea pigs shows something rotten at the heart of society's political rulers.

                      Chapter 5 tells about radiation experiments. There was a need to study the health risks from inhalation or ingestion to determine the toxic levels. Releasing radioactive products into the air was part of deliberate policy that occurred hundreds of times (pp.153-4). Chapter 6 tells how the Nuremberg Code was adopted for testing ABC weapons (p.166). This rule prevailed in the civilian hierarchy but lacked traction in the military medical culture (p.184); this reflected the political struggles (p.187). Chapter 7 tells of the experiments with hallucinogens as a military secret weapon during WW II (pp.190-1), and afterwards. The Blauer Case tells how state hospitals' experiments killed patients (pp.194-8)! Scanty record keeping on atomic bomb explosions was continued with Agent Orange in Vietnam (p.206). The known dangers from uranium mines were disregarded by the AEC (p.221). Uranium miners fate was to die in their forties for reasons of national security (p.226). After Nuremberg, only America among Western countries experimented on prisoners (p.230).

                      Chapter 8 tells of the attacks on the Nuremberg Code rules. Pages 252-3 tell why it is legal to experiment on members of the Armed Forces: the Supreme Court said so! Nerve gas experiments were suspended in 1969 (p.263). President Nixon asked for the ratification of the 1925 Geneva Accord to prohibit the first use of biological and chemical weapons. The1977 Senate hearings on the biological testing program resulted in new ethics of research for government agencies (p.265). Chapter 9 tells of the 1991 Gulf War aftermath: many veterans reported illnesses. One explanation was the drug alleged to protect our soldiers caused this problem. PB was never tested or approved, so its use was reckless and a poor experiment (p.269). Pyridostigmine bromide was never approved against chemical weapons (p.270). The FDA created an exceptional "Rule 23(d)". Did PB react with organophosphates to create harm (p.272)? The lack of records prevents any investigation. The last section on '91 Bravo' reads like a very optimistic and cheerful ending to this story.

                      4 out of 5 stars A Short Review of Secret Experiments.......2003-06-04

                      Undue Risk: Secret State Experiments on Humans by Jonathan D. Moreno

                      Calling chemical warfare "weapons of mass destruction" is misleading since they are more limited than atomic or biological weapons. Biological weapons can turn against their users. Only atomic weapons have enormous destructive capacity (p.xv). The Advisory Committee on Human Radiation documented secret experiments on humans from WW II to the present day. Biological warfare goes back to ancient times: placing decaying bodies into a water supply or launching them into a besieged fort. There is much more known about biological and chemical weapons today than before 1992. Government secrecy is corrosive to democracy, and is a true threat to our way of life. The use of human guinea pigs shows something rotten at the heart of society's political rulers. This very readable book faces the uncomfortable reality of using humans for medical experiments.

                      Bacteria and chemicals are hard to control and deliver effectively but relatively cheap to produce and transport. Testing on humans has a long international history, as is hiding these facts (p.4). The Nazi doctors trial at Nuremberg set a standard for military-medical human experiments. Hundreds of other doctors were never tried. A "crime against humanity" was defined as the reckless pursuit of scientific knowledge, or sheer sadism. Experiments on humans predated the Nazis; in 1931 the powerful chemical manufacturers were caught using patients in hospitals (p.64). Then there was America's own wartime research (pp. 65-6). But America was not riddled with a hate-mongering pathology that permitted the systematic injury of certain groups of humans (p.79).

                      Chapter 4 tells of Nazi scientists brought to America because of their expertise. They now used American soldiers rather than concentration camp victims (p.89)! Similar experiments were done by Japanese Unit 731 (pp.103-7). Their history was kept secret to protect Army biological weapon testing at Fort Detrick, whose budget was second to the Manhattan project (p.109). The US military wanted this information on crop destruction and human experiments. A Soviet war crimes trial documented these facts (p.111-4). Germ warfare charges in Korea and China are discussed on pages 115-6.

                      5 out of 5 stars Chilling.......2003-05-25

                      I used to work at an ethical review board, and I read whatever books I could find on medical research ethics. This is the most memorable one I read. It was shocking but fascinating. I would recommend this book to anyone working in clinical research or medical ethics.

                      5 out of 5 stars Chillingly accurate with ominous implications for the future.......2002-06-26

                      Undue Risk is a clearly and meticulously constructed documentation of over 50 years of medical and military experiments world wide, with an emphasis on those done in the U.S. It is one of the most important books written on the subject, and it is a must read for anyone concerned about the ethics and interests of government.
                      Moreno limits himself to information that is documentable. He focuses on the medical community as handmaidens to the military establishment. For example, his thorough and horrific accounts of Dr. Ishii's murderous medical experiments on thousands of helpless captives during WWII in Japan, and his grim comment that despite his criminality, Dr. Ishii today enjoys high social status and wealth, partially due to intervention by the United States, are a testimony to Moreno's clear insight into the pervasive nature of intellectual greed and the grand cover-up of government when it wishes to acquire knowledge.
                      It is unfortunate that Moreno could not cover the misdeeds of the neuro-sciences. But with the neuro/psychopharmacological arsenal of amnesiacs, sedatives, ECT, and hypnosis it is difficult to find those survivors who can clearly articulate the tale of what was done to them in the name of science. To his credit, Moreno does refer to the CIA's MKULTRA experiments, and gives a nice insight into the LSD death of Fort Detrick's Dr. Frank Olsen, who specialized in airborne delivery of disease as a biological weapon. This book is a must read. It is aurhoritative, restrained in nature, but completely accurate.

                      5 out of 5 stars What an interesting and insightful book.......2000-06-02

                      Mr. Moreno's stunning account of experiments done by the Nazis was very interesting. His great writing made the book a page turner and I applaud Mr. Moreno for writing it. I am looking forward to reading more of his books.
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                        Cosimo Mazzoni
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                        Scientific research on biotechnologies has become the protagonist of discoveries that exert a formidable impact on public opinion. Every day popular opinion is challenged by the media, so that it becomes not only a witness of these developments, but is also, to a certain extent, forced to become a judge of those cases where human and animal genetics have been investigated over the last decades. The man-in-the-street is thus confronted by moral positions ranging from cautious approval, to wait-and-see attitudes, to unconditional condemnation. On the other hand, scientists are involved in the ethical evaluation of the results of their own research. However, the results of scientific pursuits are capable of producing immediate effects on the daily life of every human being. Consequently, alongside the scientists, people feel strongly about their need and their right to contribute to an accurate assessment of the effects of science on society. This is a collection of essays reflecting a considerable range of different cultural experiences and different ethical underpinnings. The main subject is cloning. Cloning is the most accessible and most readily perceived point of convergence from which ethical judgments on the current developments of scientific investigations can be proposed. Cloning is also the `paradox' on which the confrontation between scientific research and popular imagination is focused.
                        Ethics, humanism, and medicine: Proceedings of three conferences (Progress in clinical and biological research)
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                          Children as Research Subjects: Science, Ethics, and Law. (book reviews): An article from: Human Biology
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                            Children as Research Subjects: Science, Ethics, and Law. (book reviews): An article from: Human Biology
                            Pamela M. Zahorik
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                            Title: Children as Research Subjects: Science, Ethics, and Law. (book reviews)
                            Author: Pamela M. Zahorik
                            Publication: Human Biology (Refereed)
                            Date: February 1, 1996
                            Publisher: Wayne State University Press
                            Volume: v68 Issue: n1 Page: p159(3)

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                            "Ethics and clinical research" revisited: a tribute of Henry K. Beecher. (tribute to bioethicist): An article from: The Hastings Center Report
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                              Jay Katz
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                              Title: "Ethics and clinical research" revisited: a tribute of Henry K. Beecher. (tribute to bioethicist)
                              Author: Jay Katz
                              Publication: The Hastings Center Report (Refereed)
                              Date: September 1, 1993
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                              Facing up to paternalism in research ethics.: An article from: The Hastings Center Report
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                                Franklin G. Miller , and Alan Wertheimer
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                                Title: Facing up to paternalism in research ethics.
                                Author: Franklin G. Miller
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                                Date: May 1, 2007
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                                Giving scientists their due: the Imanishi-Kari decision. (At Law): An article from: The Hastings Center Report
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                                  Rebecca Dresser
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                                  Title: Giving scientists their due: the Imanishi-Kari decision. (At Law)
                                  Author: Rebecca Dresser
                                  Publication: The Hastings Center Report (Refereed)
                                  Date: May 1, 1997
                                  Publisher: Hastings Center
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                                  Making policy.(FROM THE EDITOR): An article from: The Hastings Center Report
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                                    Gregory E. Kaebnick
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                                    Author: Gregory E. Kaebnick
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                                    The Monopoly Stage of Capitalism.(Helsinki Declaration on human medical experimentation discussed): An article from: The Hastings Center Report
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                                      Richard H. Nicholson
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                                      Title: The Monopoly Stage of Capitalism.(Helsinki Declaration on human medical experimentation discussed)
                                      Author: Richard H. Nicholson
                                      Publication: The Hastings Center Report (Refereed)
                                      Date: May 1, 2001
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                                      Outside the community. (Twenty Years After: The Legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study): An article from: The Hastings Center Report
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                                        Harold Edgar
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                                        Title: Outside the community. (Twenty Years After: The Legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study)
                                        Author: Harold Edgar
                                        Publication: The Hastings Center Report (Refereed)
                                        Date: November 1, 1992
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                                        Green Manuring for Soil Productivity Improvement (World Soil Resources Reports)
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                                          O. P. Meelu , Yadvinder-Singh , Bijay-Singh , Yadvinder Singh , and Bijay Singh
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