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Between snap and glossy come the retouching, manipulating, “perfecting.” But some now choose natural over fantasy, letting faces and figures be.
The human body is a battleground, and the arena of conflict is your favorite magazine. Enter ESPN mag's "Body Issue," released in October and featuring photos of nude athletes. With expert lighting, makeup, and a light dusting of Photoshop, these bodies are shown at their best. But in a twist, they are not super-Photoshopped - no use of a computer program to slim, twist, or wrest them out of shape so that someone everyone recognizes becomes almost unrecognizable.
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Family Harry Potter and the Magical Muggle Museum. Children and adults can enjoy an extravaganza designed for Harry Potter fans, magic lovers, and loyal readers of author J.K. Rowling's novels. Visitors can dress up as their favorite Harry Potter character, or this year as their favorite character from Twilight, the vampire-based fantasy novels by author Stephenie Meyer.
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Pervasive sweetness and poor cooking made a first sampling of this "Hong Kong street food" sour indeed. A second was a bit tastier.
There was so much syrupy hoisin and sweet sauce streaked across my first dinner at Kong - Northern Liberties' new ode to Hong Kong street food - that it was pretty clear Michael O'Halloran's "authenticator" wasn't having the desired effect.
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Hand gadgets are reliably cool, some vintage gewgaws just ghoulish. And collectors simply drool for horticultural antiques.
Maybe, says Harold Sweetman, there are no new ideas when it comes to garden tools. No good ones, anyway.
Maybe the old standbys - spade, trowel, hoe, fork, pruner, saw - cannot be improved upon, though Lord knows, the marketplace keeps trying.
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Before reaching for the garden hoe or hand tiller, dig into this page for expert gardening tips and blogs. Don't miss the slide shows and garden videos, or the chance to post your own photos.
- Gallery: At home with Mr. Fix-It
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Jack Coben has added to and revamped a home in Huntingdon Valley, earning the title sewn on his shirt.
Jack Coben arrives at the door of his Huntingdon Valley rancher sporting a shirt with "Mr. Fix-It" embroidered on the pocket. The shirt is a gift from his son, and he decides to break it out for his photo op.
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