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See what's new in Character Animator.
Character Animator CC
Create a stylized, animated character using a work of art, your webcam and Characteriser, powered by Adobe Sensei AI technology.
Choose your best takes and create a trigger that you can quickly re-use live or during your next recording. You can even adjust the length of your Replays trigger to fit your scene.
Now your puppet can throw, drop, pick up items or interact with other puppets, like holding hands.
Addition to Physics for more flexible animations
Adjust the squashiness parameter in Physics behaviours to get your puppets to behave more like traditional cartoon animations.
Improvements to walk behaviour
Newly added right and left shoulder and hip tags make a three-quarter drawn character look better when walking.
History bookmarks
Create bookmarks while working on your project so you can return to previous versions and keep track of variations.
And more...
Also includes: improved Lip Sync quality powered by Adobe Sensei, the ability to import SVG and EPS files, better performance and an improved work area bar.
Character Animator CC
Improved trigger workflows
Manage layers containing triggers directly in the Puppet panel. More intuitively create a swap set or trigger using new 'drop targets' within the Triggers panel. Additional Triggers panel improvements allow you to see your settings, layers and conflicting triggers more clearly.
Improved Particle Physics
It's faster and easier to add environmental context to your scenes by having particles build on top of each other, such as snowflakes or bricks that accumulate and collapse in a pile.
Scene snapshot
Compare and align shots of a character easily using Scene Snapshot, which acts like an onion-skin display to give you a frame-by-frame reference so you can do things like align a character's hand between takes.
Countdown to Record
A new three-second countdown ensures that your characters are in the right pose before recording starts.
Controls Panel improvements
Customise the Controls Panel to look and work the way you want. Record buttons are now in the panel so you don't have to go back to the Properties panel. And you can switch from Layout to Perform mode with a double-click.
Improved behaviour management
Add behaviours directly from the Puppet panel for simplified animation workflows. Remove all existing behaviours on a puppet in one step and apply new rigging behaviours to give your puppet the exact abilities you want.
Timeline improvements
Re-use your best takes between puppets and projects. All types of takes can be cut, copied and pasted between puppets and projects.
More in-app template puppets
New styles, from hand-drawn to stop-motion and added behaviours, including a Chicken Blaster puppet with a physics-enabled playground, will get you up and animating in no time.
Keyboard shortcut editor
View shortcuts associated with menu commands, tools and more and customise keyboard shortcuts to suit your animation workflow.
And so much more
Also includes: Improvements to the UI, better quality control when working with Adobe Illustrator files, Scene Frame export and JPEG support for puppets and cycles.
See full release notes ›
Character Animator CC
New Triggers panel
Show, hide, swap or cycle through different parts of your puppet with your keyboard or MIDI device. The new Triggers panel gives you one place for all your triggers and an easy, intuitive way to move your characters. Toggle triggers on and off or create swap sets to quickly change hand position or cycle between outfits.
New Controls panel
The new Controls panel makes performing easier and more visual. It displays triggers and puppet properties as buttons and sliders — you don't have to remember a key command to trigger movements or swap layers. It automatically generates button designs from your artwork. And it's saved with your character and can be shared with others.
Eyebrow and eye animation improvement
Added rotation and movement to eyebrows gives you more expressive characters, from worried to angry to surprised and more. And a new Snap Eye Gaze feature gives you more control of pupil movement.
See how it works ›
Pose-to-pose animation
A new pose-to-pose option smooths out the transitions between your character's poses for a hand-animated look. Control the amount of smoothing and how long to hold each pose.
New behaviours: Physics, Layer Picker and Fader
Trigger a specific layer in a puppet or group with Layer Picker. Fader lets you hide or show specific parts of your puppet. New Physics behaviours include Collision, which enables your puppet to run into and bounce against environmental elements or another puppet.
Better aligned audio
Waveform displays give you a visual method for aligning audio and you have roundtrip support with Adobe Audition CC.
Better lip-sync accuracy
Mouth shapes match more accurately to corresponding sounds with the new lip-sync algorithm using Adobe Sensei technology. Lip syncs (including edits) created in Character Animator can be copied and pasted into Adobe After Effects CC.
See how it works ›
Rigging and UI enhancements
Import clipping groups from Adobe Photoshop CC, edit more precisely on your timeline and connect puppet parts with automatic stapling.
MIDI device controls
Control your puppet with a MIDI device, not just your mouse and keyboard.
And so much more
Also includes: Improved walk behaviour that supports the bending of toes when walking, visemes that can be edited using keyboard shortcuts and more.
See full release notes ›
Character Animator CC (Beta)
Walk cycles
Make your character walk by simply tagging its legs, arms and body in a single profile pose. Choose strides like Walk, Run and Sneak and they'll automatically adapt to different leg lengths and step speeds. Feet touch down at ground level whether your character walks in place or across the scene.
See how it works ›
Viseme editor
Make the mouth shape of your puppet correspond more precisely to recorded or pre-recorded audio and easily fix lip-sync mistakes.
Live streaming on Facebook or YouTube
Send your character to an external device or second monitor using Mercury Transmit, which now supports both Mac and Windows. Connect to streaming applications to broadcast your character on Facebook Live or YouTube Live or use multiple machines to output multiple characters that interact with each other in a live production.
Blending modes
Move through the animation process with four workspaces that give you the tools you need for each step of the way. Use Start to design your puppet from a template, Rig to animate your puppet, Record to create voiceover and movement and Stream to create professional live output.
Puppet mouth improvements
Simple animated mouths are now more expressive — they widen according to the loudness of your voiceover and you can rotate the jaws clockwise and anticlockwise.
Support for more languages
Character Animator now supports Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Korean.
And so much more
Also includes: Improved Dangle and Cycle Layers behaviours, easier puppet duplication, additional puppet templates and more.
See full release notes ›


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"Summer Camp" (USA 6 p.m.) The only thing that could make summer camp more fun is turning it into a reality show competition. And you thought weaving key chains out of those weird, plasticky laces wasn't a moneymaking skill.
"Airplane Repo" (Discovery 6 p.m.) If you thought car repos were wacky, wait till you get a load of airplane repos.
Sharknado (Syfy 7 p.m.) A tornado filled with sharks? Yeah, you win, Syfy. Best Disaster Ever. Tara Reid is in it? I already said you won. Relax, Syfy.
"Hollywood Game Night" (KOB-4 9 p.m.) What could be better than playing televised party games alongside the likes of Matthew Perry, Martin Short, Kristen Bell and Daniel Dae Kim? ... I'll give you a few minutes to compose your answers.
"The Cult" (KWBQ-19 8 p.m.) The CW's canceled crime thriller about a cult TV show (called "Cult") inspiring real-life murders gets a series finale. (Note: Unlike the "Cult" TV show depicted in the series, this is not likely to become a cult hit.)
"Camp Lakebottom" (Disney XD 7:30 a.m.) Why bother going to camp this summer, kids? You can just stay home and watch shows like NBC's "Camp," USA's "Summer Camp" or this spooky animated toon.
"Beware the Batman" (Cartoon Network 8 a.m.) CN more or less reboots "Batman: The Animated Series" with this retro-style superhero cartoon.
"The Haunted Hathaways" (Nickelodeon 6:30 p.m.) A mom and her two daughters discover their home is haunted by a father and his two sons. Yup, it's "The Brady Bunch." If half the Bradys were black. Oh, and dead.
An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky (KOB-4 7 p.m.) The Albuquerque-based American Girl doll gets her own made-for-TV movie. You know Saige is from Albuquerque because she loves painting and horses (and probably painting horses).
"666 Park Avenue" (KOAT-7 8 p.m.) NBC's "the devil owns a condo" series gets condemned with its series finale.
"Hillbillies For Hire" (CMT 10 p.m.) Because rednecks apparently need their version of "Jackass." For hire.
"Adam Richman's Fandemonium" (Travel Channel 8 p.m.) Tired of choking down eight-pound burritos, Adam Richman gets a new show in which he goes to various sports events and finds out what the fans are eating. Hot dogs and hamburgers, dude. Occasional nachos.
"The iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party" (KWBQ-19 7 p.m.) How did Ke$ha, Pitbull, Icona Pop, Jason Derulo and something called Krewella end up in my pool. Now I'm gonna have to get it cleaned again.
"Perfect Score" (KWBQ-19 8 p.m.) Oh, it's not just a dating show: You can win cash prizes for choosing the person who most closely matched your answers on a compatibility test. Also you're competing against your best friend. Sounds healthy.
"Catering Wars" (Lifetime 8 p.m.) Because viewers love anything with the word "Wars" in the title—even if it's just fishing or cooking.

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Peter Prochaska needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 30 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
The current page http://www.feuerwehr-hilpoltstein.de is now 9 Years old an they need a redesign. It should be a modern, fresh and web 2.0 page with some gradients and rounded corners.
Feuerwehr Hilpoltstein
We need the frontpage, with the following areas:
- Header with the extendable mainmenu
- Statistics
- Newsarea with one Picture in every message
- Last Pictures
- Dates and Events
- a optional area, where we can output a weather warning (if one exists)
- The main color needn't to be red :-)
- No Cars or Vans in Foreground or as a Eycatcher.
- Gradients, Fresh, Modern, Rounded Corners
- One Mainmenu
- And on the subpages a submenu on the left
- A absolute red webpage
- Not too dark


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ROCK HILL, S.C.— Iris scanning technology is typically used by the government, the military and in hospitals. However, as prices have started to come down, the market for the technology is expanding to also include mainstream users, ranging from universities to your local gym.
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It is freezing cold, thick snow fell two days ago at the same time as a high tide. I froze my feet and my fingers when I went out to take pictures but I loved every minute.
Here are some pictures taken around town, just a little taste of this fragile but absolutely worth a visit city.
A little taste of Venetian life during the high tide and the snow, life goes on, deliveries have to be made.
Kids were hard at play, enjoying this rare happening.
Below is a picture of one of the oldest and still active squeri, name used for the places where they used to make gondolas.
Happy Holidays!


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How to Reduce Your Driving Costs This Summer
Robert Sinclair, AAA media relations manager, joins The News Hub with tips on how cut driving costs as the summer driving season ramps up.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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This coming June is an important one in Europe as it will mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in the Second World War.
Though seven decades have past, the invasion that was widely regarded as the turning point in the war has still left its mark on the beautiful coastline of Normandy.
This year, popular river cruise line Ama-Waterways (amawaterways.com) is deploying its beautiful, 148-guest AmaLegro on an 11-night journey through the heart of France that commemorates this important occasion.
Sailing round-trip from Paris, this voyage down the Seine calls on Vernon, where guests can visit nearby Giverny and see Claude Monet's home and gardens that inspired many of his works.
A call on Caudebec-en-Caux provides opportunities to travel to Honfleur or two of Normandy's most famous abbeys, Jumieges and St. Wandrille.
But the real draw of the itinerary this year is the line's full-day D-Day Remembered excursion to the D-Day landing beaches in Normandy while the ship is docked in Rouen, France. While AmaWaterways is an American company, Canadian and British guests aren't left out: Guests can choose to either visit the Canadian cemetery at Benysur-Mer and Canada's own Second World War museum at the Juno Beach Center, or opt to tour sites relevant to the American sector, including a visit to Omaha and Utah beaches.
There's also the opportunity to explore the medieval history of France with a visit to the ruins of Chateau Gaillard, the former stronghold of Richard the Lionheart, and Chateau Malmaison, the former home of another fun-loving gentleman named Napoleon Bonaparte, who inhabited the house with his wife Josephine.
Having enjoyed several trips with AmaWaterways through Europe and Asia, their river cruises are tough to beat. The line takes great pride in its on-board cuisine quality, with unlimited French red and white wines offered during lunch and dinner.
Nearly all staterooms aboard the AmaLegro feature floor-to-ceiling French balconies, and all include luxe touches such as terry cloth bathrobes and some of the softest beds on the waterways of Europe. AmaWaterways' Paris and Normandy itinerary can also be booked as an eightday, cruise-only itinerary.
Right now, guests can save up to $1,500 per stateroom or - if you're travelling solo - AmaWaterways will waive the single supplement fare that's normally added.
If you've never been to France before, this is probably the best year to test out a river cruise along the Seine.
And if you've been, well, now is an excellent time to return.
Visit fromthedeckchair.com for the latest cruise news and live voyage reports.


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Also - while there certainly still are some issues (this is still closed beta after all), all the issues OTHER than "Item 1" are "local" to particular users, locations, ISPs or hardware configurations, and thousands of other players may not even be aware there are any. But some of the current issues are SIGNIFICANT - and we are in the process of addressing them. And as such; if you are in any of those unlucky groups affected (which we are really sorry for), the more specialized the issue is to your situation, the longer (unfortunately) it may take to sort them out (and in some cases require you to make some changes on your end), and the more general the issue is, the faster it will get fixed, especially if it's in one of the top items listed here.
But with that - let me roll out the list of top known issues that are now being worked on:
Pre-Open-Beta Issue 1: Multi-second lagspikes every 20 minutes
This is actually a PB server-side network spike. Today we have rolled out a fix on two of the districts in the US. If that fix holds up and doesn't cause any other issues, then we will roll out the fix on all servers over the next two days (this particular patch does not require any major maintenance). Therefore this goal is to have the issue solved by Friday this week. All you will notice is that things are not freeze-lagging any more.
Pre-Open-Beta Issue 2: Lag/Latency to servers that SHOULD be close to you, still making the game APPEAR laggy, which will be fixed with coming Routing update.
In the last two weeks we have run in to a condition where some end-users from certain ISPs report INSANELY long trace-routes to our datacenters, thus destroying their personal game experience. In some areas and regions it seems to affect ALL ISPs, and in some regions (like the US) it mostly affected ISPs using Comcast's backbone.
The issue has been isolated to an issue where one of our ISPs has a "visually optimized" routing system that "hides" their internal route hops, with the unfortunate side-effect that some network traffic now actually travels VERY LONG physical distances since it "appears" that the route presented by this ISP is "short" near the target servers (even when it's insanely far away).
The routing protocols incorrectly pick the long physical route with very few hops instead of a TRUE close route with MORE hops. The exact technical BGP4/OSPF reasons why this happens is too long to go in to here, but, needless to say - it causes BIG issues in the game when you live in Northern California, and your network traffic goes to Los Angeles, then goes to Virginia, and then back to Los Angeles and only THEN reaches our server (!) (as was the case with Comcast customers from Northern California this week).
Last night (May 10) we made a change on the US side and now anecdotally we have seen players who had complained about 200ms traceroute end-times in the US, are now again seeing the correct 10ms ping and traceroute end times (as they should have all along). We will post more instructions on the forums to repeat this test from the European side (where we have to perform something very similar to suppress the rogue routes).
The Test targets (to try your route distance you can either tracert or ping these locations:)
US West (Los Angeles): 220.127.116.11
US East (Washington DC): 22.214.171.124
Europe (Frankfurt): 126.96.36.199
The only thing to note is that US East will show a 'break' in the traceroute until the game actually goes live there next week (there will be a * * * response as part of that trace route at the moment, which is expected)
For everyone's reference, from our offices in California we get the following ping times: 10ms to West, 69ms to East, 167ms to Europe.
That means if you are in Germany for example you should under ideal conditions see the reverse of that (10ms to EU, 90ms to East and 170ms to West). If you are getting something completely different than that, then you are having a route problem (or more accurately, your ISP is having a route issue) OR your ISP might just be located really "far off" the main trunks of the Internet and giving you a lot of hops just to reach the "super-highway." So test it out and refer to this forum thread for more information: http://forums.gamersfirst.com/index.php?showtopic=159972
If you are in Europe and seeing 100ms+ or 150ms+ ping times to the Europe IP included above, then there is potentially a serious route problem on your path. If so post your information in the forum link above.
Pre-Open-Beta Issue 3: 32-bit Win 7 / Vista users with 4GB of Ram CAN make their experience much better by using 3GB switches
This issue is that in spite of what's installed in your machine, any 32-bit version of Windows actually can only use 2GB of User Mode RAM. Through some new uses of DXT compression we have been able to cram down the requirements to about 1.7GB to 1.8GB of RAM, but depending on the setup of your 32-bit machine - this might still cut it far too close to the limit to be stable (and leads to crashes and instability in some setups). The answer (other than installing 64-bit Windows which is the best solution) is to utilize the 3GB system switches provided in the new Windows versions (which on Win 7 and Vista are actually NOT called 3GB switches that at all). Autodesk has a very similar recommendation on their side for intense applications like AutoCad and 3D Studio Max: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=9583842&linkID=9240697
So while this is certainly a hard-core tweak (it requires the bcdedit /set IncreaseUserVa 3072 command to be run from the command prompt as an Administrator - and if you have no idea what I am talking about, you probably should not try it), those that have used it now report that they have gone from crashing 5 times an hour down to not crashing for several hours. The reason is that when the game uses 1.8GB of RAM, you have VERY little left to run anything else (Virus-scans, or even just more components of the operating system), so by enabling the memory to use all the way up to 3GB of memery (with the last 1GB reserved for O/S and Kernel) you can perform much better in the game. HOWEVER (and this is key), once you do this, your O/S or Kernel COULD become unstable, if you have far too many drivers or other components loaded (or just crapware on the machine). But on a reasonably clean machine, this is a pretty harmless tweak (but again - do NOT attempt this unless you fully understand what you are getting in to).


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Does anybody know what is meant here by Universal Photon-Mapping: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1471054
Any known references?
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APG and EAG meet with Mongolian Minister of Justice
A joint APG and EAG delegation met with the Minister of Justice of Mongolia, Mr Temuujin (centre photo), on 27 September 2013 in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar. During the meeting delegates discussed the status of the draft Bills on the Mongolian Criminal Code and Mongolian Criminal Procedure Law. The delegation also discussed Mongolia's review by the FATF's International Cooperation Review Group and the upcoming meeting of the FATF in late October.
The Minister outlined the process by which these two Bills will be considered by the State Great Kurhal (Mongolian Parliament) and their relation to AML/CFT. The Bills contain measures in relation to money laundering predicate offences, terrorist financing and provisional measures for the seizing and confiscation of criminal assets.
Photo: left to right: Olesya Arsentyeva (translator); EAG Executive Secretary Boris Toropov; Pavel Livadny, State Secretary, Financial Intelligence Unit, Russian Federation; Minister of Justice Mongolia, Mr Temuujin; Mongolian translator; APG Executive Secretary Gordon Hook; IMF Resident Regional Advisor, Clive Scott.


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COI Funded Project: Bioaccumulation of trace metals by phytoplankton in heavily impacted harbors and their relationship to ecological assessment
Project Duration: 6/1/97-12/31/99
Key Words: phytoplankton, toxic metals, bioaccumulation, biological indicators
Final ReportContaminants of human origin are ubiquitous constituents of coastal waters. Frequently scientists and regulators ask, "How much of a given contaminant is acceptable?" "Acceptable" is often defined as a level of contaminant that does not pose a threat to the sustainability or stability of an ecosystem. However, as we learn more about coastal environments, it is clear that simple predictive measurements are in fact, complicated by a variety of factors.
My particular interest is variability in the distribution and biological availability of contaminants in dynamic coastal environments. Mixing processes that can lead to considerable spatial and temporal variability in contaminant distributions, present a real challenge for ecological assessment studies.
Normally scientists need large data sets to determine how contaminants vary at numerous locations within an estuary or harbor during storm events. Since collection of discrete samples is costly and logistically difficult, we have been working with an in situ, passive sampling probe to study the distribution and bioavailability of trace metals in harbors. I used the probes to study metal mobilization in Boston Harbor and surrounding areas during such episodic events as combined sewage overflows and dredging activities.


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Terrorism, Religion and the Media: When's the Last Time You Read the Phrase "Christian Extremism"? (News Analysis)
When it comes to terrorism and religion, white guys tend to get a pass. But should a terror suspect hail from an Islamic background – be they foreigners, exchange students, or US citizens — their religious beliefs routinely become a major focus of media coverage.
In the recent case of the Boston Marathon bombers, as soon as the Tsarnaev brothers were identified as key suspects, the question of their religious beliefs (and possible jihadist motivations) became an obligatory part of the daily news feed.
The Wall Street Journal reported both brothers had "a growing interest in religion." CNN quoted Tamerlan Tsarnaev's mother recalling how her son "got involved with religion." The New York Daily News declared that the Tsarnaev brothers "became more religious, radical" after Tamerlan's latest visit with his family in Russia and quoted an acquaintance who claimed Tamerlan "returned a radically different man." The Christian Science Monitor wondered aloud: "Did a Foreign Hand Guide Boston Bomber Tamerlan Tsanaev?" By April 21, media outlets had taken to describing Tamerlan as the "Boston jihadist."
London's Daily Mail reported that Tamerlan had been booted from his mosque and posted the alarming news that the FBI was hunting a "mysterious religious leader who 'brainwashed' him." The Business Insider checked Dzhokhar's Facebook page and trumpeted the disclosure that he had posted the note: "My religion is Islam."
Russia Today offered a rare note of counterbalance, citing a relative who insisted "Tamerlan was not a religious fanatic." A report in Atlantic Wire also offered an assessment from relatives in Russia that "the boys aren't/weren't religious."
So if this is the sort of press obsession that informs coverage of a terrorist act by a perceived "other," what is the focus of media reporting when the terrorist is seen as a mainstream, guy-next-door (read: "white")?
A look at media coverage of several major mass-killings of the recent past provides an answer. The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, the Columbine school killings, the Aurora movie theater rampage and the Sandy Hook school murders were all committed by white men and boys. With that in mind, let's revisit the media's coverage of these tragedies and see how the issue of religion was handled.
The Oklahoma City Bombers
In press reports at the time, Timothy McVeigh, the mastermind of the Murrah Federal Building bombing, was generally described as a former US Army sergeant. His religion was never an issue. It turns out, McVeigh was raised a Roman Catholic and confirmed in the Good Shepherd Church in Pendleton, New York. The day before his execution, he wrote a letter declaring himself an agnostic but, just before his execution, McVeigh asked to take the Catholic sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.
McVeigh wasn't motivated by religion. He was driven by rightwing, anti-government politics. He grew to distrust the federal government after the FBI opened fire on the wilderness cabin of anti-government survivalist Randy Weaver and his family, killing Weaver's wife and son. McVeigh was further alienated by the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms siege of the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas. The ATF's 51-day siege ended on April 19, 1993 with an assault that left the compound engulfed in flames, leading to the deaths of 76 people, including 21 children.
The massacre at Waco (arguably an act of "state-sponsored terrorism" on the part of federal officials) was the motivation for McVeigh's Oklahoma City bombing. He even timed his explsion to bring down the government building on the second anniversary of the US massacre at Waco.
Other biographical information ignored by the press included the following: McVeigh was a registered Republican; he voted Libertarian in the 1996 presidential elections; and he was a proud member of the National Rifle Association.
Terry Nichols, McVeigh's partner in crime, was found guilty of 161 counts of murder. Nichols' religious beliefs were not a matter of media concern until it came time for sentencing. At this point, Nichols' defense lawyers argued their client had undergone a jailhouse conversion to Christianity. (There was no discussion of what religious beliefs, if any, Nichols had prior to his "conversion.")
The Washington Post reported "Nichols had worn out four Bibles through prayer and research, and … he wrote an 83-page letter to a prayer partner in Michigan while trying to make a point about Christian faith."
Defense attorney Creekmore Wallace testified: "Terry Nichols's belief in God is so firm that he believes if the rapture occurred today, he is going to heaven." Ultimately, Nichols was spared the death penalty. A prosecuting attorney credited the defendant's "conversion."
The Columbine Killers
In press reports, Eric David Harris and Dylan Klebold were described as angry and alienated, white supremacist, neo-Nazis with a taste for heavy metal music and violent video games. The press took note that the Columbine massacre was planned for April 20, the birthday of Adolf Hitler. But very little attention was made of the religion of either killer.
Extensive online research fails to turn up information on Eric Harris' religious leanings, if any. The Web provides evidence that Klebold was raised a Lutheran and notes the young man also observed the Russian Jewish rituals of his maternal grandfather.
The Tucson Shooting
On January 8, 2011, Jared Lee Loughner shot eighteen people, including Congressmember Gabby Gifford, in an Arizona parking lot. Six people died, including a young girl. In the aftermath of the mass-murder, the media focused on Loughner's mental state. He was described as a "paranoid schizophrenic" with a penchant for heavy metal music. When the New York Daily News volunteered to assess Loughner's religious influences, it was only to dismiss him as a "chilling," "frightening," "sinister" and "twisted" Satan worshipper.
Many people following the mainstream media coverage of the tragedy may have missed the report in the January 11 edition of the Jewish Journal, which revealed that the assassin's mother was Jewish. Some commentators speculated that the "Devil's altar" in Loughner's backyard (which included a skull enshrined on a brick altar under a tent-like cover) resembled the "Sukkot booth" featured in the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.
While Loughner declined to state his religion when he applied to join the Army, he reportedly identified himself as "Jewish" in his MySpace profile. Even stranger, it turned out that Loughner and his parents were members of Congregation Chaverim, the same synagogue favored by Congresswoman Giffords.
But Loughner was also a self-identified fan of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf who occasionally paraded as a Christian fundamentalist. In 2008, Loughner was busted for painting the letters "C" and "X" on a street sign (while his accommodating parents sat and waited in the family car, which was parked nearby). Loughner told the police the graffiti stood for "Christian."
The Colorado Theater Shooting
After James Eagan Holmes was arrested in the aftermath of a 2012 movie theater massacre that wounded 58 moviegoers and killed 12, the media began to dig into his background — including his psychiatric and academic difficulties. The issue of religion didn't enter the picture until March 2013, when the Washington Times revealed the accused killed had "reportedly converted to Islam and prays up to five times a day."
Holmes, charged with 166 counts of murder and attempted murder, has allowed his beard to grow, now practices a strict Muslim diet and reportedly devotes his days to studying the Koran. But the media's sudden interest in Holmes' newly minted Islamic religious beliefs is missing some critical context. While the Times reported Holmes had "converted to Islam," it failed to explain: "converted from what previous faith"?
A possible answer to this question can be found in hints from Holmes' past. In an article on The Huffington Post, Senior Pastor Jerald Borgie, revealed that he remembered Holmes as a youngster attending the Penasquitos Lutheran Church in San Diego. In July 2012, Scott Bloyer, pastor of the Elevation Christian Church in Colorado, told The Christian Post that Holmes had attended his sanctuary in the weeks before the shooting rampage. "We think he might've visited in the last month," Bloyer stated.
The Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
In the aftermath of Adam Lanza's horrific assault on a school in Newtown, Connecticut that left 20 children and six adults dead, the media necessarily focused on the tragedy of the victims and the survivors. Lanza remained a mysterious, troubled young man.
It wasn't until April 17, 2013 that the New York Daily News revealed Lanza had been bullied and physically abused while enrolled as a sixth-grader at Sandy Hook Elementary. A relative told the Daily News that Adam "never seemed emotionally right after his time in Sandy Hook." His mother, Nancy Lanza reportedly considered suing the school but opted to place him in another school after sixth grade.
This provides some understanding as to motive but the question of Adam Lanza's religious beliefs were never a major concern for the probing media. Once again, there are only hints that suggest what religious traditions may have served to influence Lanza as a youth.
On April 8, 2013, USA Today revealed that Nancy Lanza "had become increasingly concerned about her con's state of mind… after finding ghastly images in his room two weeks before the Dec. 14 school massacre." According to the New York Daily News (which quoted a family friend who had seen the sketches), one of Lanza's drawings showed "a woman clutching a religious item, like rosary beads, and holding a child, and she was getting all shot up in the back with blood flying everywhere."
The suggestion that Lanza may have benefited from a Catholic upbringing is reinforced by the news that he had attended the St. Rose Catholic School.
What more have we learned about the gaunt, wide-eyed child who grew to become a mass-murderer of children and adults? He was a "loner" with Asperger's Syndrome who disliked social settings and hated to be touched. He was obsessed with violent videogames like "Call to Duty." Despite his mother's reservations about her son's mental state, Adam had been allowed to amass a chilling assortment of weaponry including: a Bushmaster XM15 assault rifle with a 30-round magazine, a Glock 10mm handgun, a 9mm Sig Sauer pistol, a Saiga 12 shotgun with two 70-round magazines, a bolt-action Enfield rifle, a Savage Mark II 22-caliber rifle, more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition and a collection of knives and Samurai swords ranging in length from 13 inches to nearly seven feet.
Among the artifacts at the Lanza home, police also found two NRA certificates, one for Nancy Lanza and on for her son, Adam. Also among Adam's possessions: a copy of the NRA's Guide To Basic Pistol Shooting.
The NRA did not take kindly to this disclosure. It responded with a terse statement claiming there was "no record of a member relationship between Newtown killer Adam Lanza… with [sic] the National Rifle Association" and characterizing any such suggestions of a relationship as "reckless, false and defamatory."
Conclusion: The Scorecard for White Killers
When it comes to suggesting links between violence and religion, the evidence suggests that the mainstream media approaches the violence of the "other" by turning on the floodlights and surveying the landscape through the lens of a microscope. But when killers are members of the more familiar, "white" community, the media dons blinders that block out all peripheral information, leaving reporters to focus on narrow, single-minded narratives.
This self-imposed myopia is especially odd in light of the many studies that show the greatest perpetrators of mass-violence are not "foreigners" or "jihadists" but ultra-conservative white people.
In 2009, the Department of Homeland Security warned that the greatest domestic threats of violence could be attributed to religious "fundamentalists" and people "suspicious of centralized federal authority." The report identified some of the "single-issue groups" that posed "the most dangerous domestic terrorism threat in the United States." They included groups opposed to abortion, immigration and same-sex marriage. (After howls of outrage from the Tea Party, DHS was forced to withdraw the report.)
In June 2012, DHS again addressed the issue in a report called "Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes in the United States, 1970 to 2008." The review again concluded that "single-issue groups" had a longer history of committing atrocities than "extreme right-wing," "extreme left-wing," "religious" or "ethno-nationalist" provocateurs.
The 2012 report was more nuanced than the earlier survey: it apportioned blame to both ends of the political spectrum. "Anti-abortion" zealots were singled out but, so too, were conservatives, fundamentalists, Marxists and nationalists of various stripes. Crimes conducted under the banner of religious faith included both "Christian Reconstructionist" and "Islamist" actors.
Instead of warning about a rising tide of religious extremism, the DHS study reported that the decade of the 1990s had been completely free of "religiously motivated terrorist attacks."
Working with a $12 million grant, researchers with the University of Maryland's National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism And Responses to Terrorism (START) reached a surprising conclusion. Despite the media's obsession with such partisan constructs as "Islamic terrorism" (the phrase "Christian terrorism" being totally absent from the media's vocabulary), START's detailed survey of four decades of terror events determined that acts of religion-inspired terrorism were "much less prevalent" than the threat of violence from "single-issue" criminals. While politically inspired single-issue violence had caused significant loss of life in 185 countries over the course of 40 years, the START analysis found significant "religious" violence had only erupted in 26 countries.
Clearly, the focus on religion (and especially the single religion of Islam) to explain acts of terrorism is historically unjustifiable. The greater danger stems from politically motivated "single issue" violence. America's white-skinned mass murderers have been a mixed bag, religiously — Catholics, Jews, Lutherans, agnostics and unbelievers.
In the words of the 2012 DHS report, the most serious terrorist threats stem from groups that hold beliefs that are "nationalistic (as opposed to universal and international in orientation), anti-global, suspicious of centralized federal authority, reverent of individual liberty, and believe in conspiracy theories that involve grave threat to national sovereignty and/or personal liberty."
It is not religions that we need to fear; it is the extremism of the political "true-believer" that endangers public safety, domestic tranquility and democracy.


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As requested in the SAMAS User Meeting we will implement changes for the Year 2000 on a quarterly basis. Effective October 1, 1997, the following transaction screens will be modified to be Year 2000 compliant:
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We are working to have screen formats for these transactions available on our Web page at http://www.dbf.state.fl.us. If you need a hard-copy of the format, call the SAMAS Help Desk at 487-2627 or Suncom 277-2627.
Also effective October 1, 1997, the transaction history file on the informational data base will have mirror date fields which are Year 2000 compliant. The existing date fields as well as their corresponding expanded date fields will be populated. Therefore, if you feel you need to make changes to your report programs because of sorts, comparisons or calculations using date fields, you may do so using the new field. Otherwise, your reports will continue to run without modifications.
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Beefeater has launched its new style of gin in the United States, Beefeater 24. A production of Beefeater's master distiller, Desmond Payne, 24 takes its name from the amount of time Payne allows its botanical blend to steep, prior to distillation. B24 features the same blend of citrus peels, juniper, coriander, and other botanicals as its father, Beefeater, but in a different balance of flavor. B24's not so heavy on juniper, for instance, as daddy is. With B24, though, Payne adds a subtle blend of teas to the mix.
I received not one, but two sample bottles this week, and I've been slowly putting the new product through its paces. Our favorite gin cocktail is a simple martini; we've reached a point where we sip one together every Monday, to take the edge off the start of the week, and also every Friday, to celebrate the coming of the weekend. After trying many variations on the gin:vermouth ratio, I've eventually settled on a 3:1 mix, sometimes adding a hit of orange or lemon bitters to liven things up.
So upon receiving my samples, I immediately hit the B24 site to see what cocktails it had to offer. The second drink listed was the 24 Martini, a blend of B24, Lillet Blanc, and, what-do-you-know?, orange bitters. And lo and behold, the recipe offers the golden ratio: 60ml Beefeater 24, 20ml Lillet Blanc, and 3 dashes orange bitters. (Don't worry, you don't need to measure in milliliters; I'll have my proportions at the end of the post.)
Now, a note about this Lillet Blanc: it's a French aperitif wine, made by blending a number of wines with citrus peels and citrus liqueurs and then aging it in oak. Tasty simply on its own, it also deliciously complements the Beefeater 24. I would love to try a martini made with Lillet next to one made with vermouth, but I'm already pretty certain that the Lillet is the best choice.
The other notable thing about B24 is the beautiful bottle. One thing you can see if you look closely at the photo is the way the glass in the bottle reflects and channels the red of the punt throughout the bottle. The punt is the only area of the glass that's actually red; everything else is reflection, and it shifts as you move the bottle around in your hand. It's a lovely effect.
Photograph by Jennifer Hess.
Now, since Beefeater 24 is in the midst of launching in the U.S., it doesn't appear to be available for retail just yet. At least, I haven't found it yet on the websites of online retailers such as BevMo or Astor Wines and Spirits. I have no firm word on how much it will cost when it's available; however, a press release at Business Wire says, "The suggested retail price for Beefeater 24 is $28.99/750 milliliter bottle, and $32.99/one liter bottle." That should put it in a pricing tier with Bombay Sapphire and Tanq Ten, which seems reasonable enough to me, given that it appears aimed at that market.
24 Martini (makes two cocktails)
- 4-1/2 oz. Beefeater 24 gin
- 1-1/2 oz. Lillet blanc
- Six dashes Regan's orange bitters
- Lemon slices, for garnish
Stir over cracked ice and strain into an up glass. Add garnish.
For another take on the B24, head over to Jay Hepburn's site. A Londoner, Jay reviewed the gin just after its UK launch last autumn and liked it as well. He has detailed tasting notes, which is an area of spirits writing that I'm still working on, as I develop my palate.
Note: It's going to be a Beefeater 24 kind of week around here. Later this week, I'll be in New York to participate live in something we call Thursday Drink Night (TDN). Every week, some reprobate picks a theme for TDN. A bunch of other reprobates gather in a chat room like the geeks we are to create and discuss original cocktails on that theme. For Thursday, April 30, the theme is Beefeater 24. I hope to review another B24 drink between now and Thursday, so just bear with me a few days if it doesn't interest you.


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root(rldbomact) that portion of an organ, such as a tooth, hair, or nail, that is buried in the tissues, or by which it arises from another structure.
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As an individual who uses and tests a lot of technology, I will and have done and do my best to make sure all the needs that can be met are met through no matter what means is necessary. I have no preference but that accessibility be achieved. I do not by though that a press release can be less than accurate because it is a press release although this is something that is seen a lot. When you see a press release from me, you will see accurate statements. It may make for booring and dull reading and it might not be good marketing, but it will not be confusing. I was giving jaws as an example. but you ask what could one possibly use? One might use speak up for linux, one might be using outspoken for the macintosh, one might use an older bersion of hal, jaws or window eyes. All we want is clarity. the thing we want and need above all is accessibility. not equivocal accessibility although we will take that if it is clear to us that it is what we are getting from the outset. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Smith" <email@example.com> To: <email@example.com> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 2:13 PM Subject: Re: Accessing PDFs At 12:59 PM 10/28/2002 -0500, David Poehlman wrote: >did I say I was confused? I did not. You did re-state the incorrect statement that Window-Eyes makes PDFs accessible, which is false. I spoke up because I don't want that rumor to be perpetuated. I wasn't nagging you directly. I apologize if I offended you. >when you say that and you have said that pdffs are accessible with window >eyes, this does little to raise the hopes of those who are looking for >accessible materials when they do not have a choice but to use something >other than window eyes or jaws which also renders accessible pdfs and in >fact has table support for those that are marked up correctly tabularly. I think you're making two points here. Let me make sure I understand what you're trying to get at. First you state that our press release, and our general statement of PDF accessibility, did "little to raise the hopes" of those looking for accessible PDFs when in fact not ALL PDFs are truly accessible. Your second point appears to be that an individual using something other than Window-Eyes, or JAWS (and you mention table support specifically with JAWS, although that has exited in Window-Eyes since the beginning as well) would be out of luck. You didn't mention HAL, although they too have PDF support. I'm not trying to sound flippant, but if not one of these three applications, what other screen reading AT would an individual wanted to read PDFs be using? Let me rebut: Press releases are not technical documents. They are, however, general announcements regarding a specific subject. A small glimpse, if you will, of a future endeavor. Under that definition, I do not believe our press release was misleading. Did we specifically state that 100% of PDFs would be 100% accessible 100% of the time? Absolutely not. To do that would have been public relations suicide. Could we have been more thorough? Perhaps. But that was step one. Adobe was learning about the world of accessibility and we were learning about the world of desktop publishing through the eyes (no pun intended) of an accessibility aid. >I wish all of you luck in your endeavors I appreciate that. I truly do. >but till we have solutions that are truly accessible, we will continue to >leave some out. This does not mean that we do not have greater access >than before. it does though mean that we still do not have access unless...??? Unless what? Unless it's perfect? Are you saying that, as a member of an accessibility advocacy group, you will not endorse any accessibility methods that are not perfect for all products on all levels on all operating systems under every condition? That's a remarkable dream, but what about reality? Forget names for a moment; forget who supports what. Are you saying that you would deny access to a client for a particular piece of software simply because the support for that product is not perfect? Please help me understand this line of thinking! We are supposed to be advocating for accessibility. We are supposed to be saying, "Yes this is a good start. Now what can we do to make it better?" We are NOT supposed to be saying, "this is not good enough -- come back when it's better." Or worse yet, "come back when it's perfect." >I directed window eyes and jaws usders to gw micro and freedomscientific >respectively and also to adobe where appropriate to get their questions >answered and still do for those I cannot answer. That I applaud you for. I wish more people would do just as you have done. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Aaron Smith" <firstname.lastname@example.com> >To: <firstname.lastname@example.com> >Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 12:33 PM >Subject: Re: Accessing PDFs > > >But we have NEVER said that ALL PDFs would be accessible. In fact, we >say >just the opposite whenever we are asked about our PDF support. We say >the >same thing for our Macromedia support. I'm very curious to hear where >the >popular opinion that we claim TOTAL PDF support originated. > >We have always stated, up front, that unless a PDF is tagged correctly, >it >may not read in a desirable way. In fact, let me quote directly from our >Adobe FAQ found on our support page (http://www.gwmicro.com/support): > >"8. A friend of mine sent me a PDF he created with Adobe Acrobat 3, but >I >can't get it to read. Why not? >The truth is, not all legacy (that means older) PDF files are going to >read. The accessibility options included in the new version of Adobe >Acrobat, however, will allow a PDF author to make their PDF accessible. >So >if you have an older PDF file that doesn't read, contact the author, >inform >him or her that the new version of Adobe Acrobat is available, and ask >if >they can make their PDF files accessible. >Now with ability to change the reading order of a PDF, even more PDFs >can >be read. But we still do not claim, nor has ANYONE who supports PDFs, >nor >has ANYONE from Adobe ever claimed total accessibility." > >We go on to say: > >"9. I have a PDF file that doesn't work, but I don't know who wrote it. >What can I do? >E-mail the PDF file to us at email@example.com. We will work with >Adobe >to figure out why your PDF isn't working properly, and provide you with >an >answer." > >I can understand that information can become confusing. Take, for >example, >your statement that Window-Eyes claims, "for making pdfs accessible." >That >statement is false because Window-Eyes has no control over whether a PDF >is >accessible or not. That is a task for the technology of Acrobat and the >Acrobat Reader. Window-Eyes simply conveys the information presented >from >Acrobat to the end user. > >But I am even more bothered by the fact that you were in a situation >overcome with confusion, and you did not (to my knowledge) contact us >for >clarification. Not to mention the FAQ noted above, or the following >links, >also on our support page: > >Adobe Acrobat 5 Information: >* Adobe Access Page - access.adobe.com >* Booklet: How To Create Accessible Adobe PDF Files [PDF Version] >* Adobe Accessibility Courseware >* Booklet: How To Create Accessible Adobe PDF Files [HTML Version] >* Booklet: Advanced Techniques for Creating Accessible Adobe PDF Files >[PDF >Version] >* White Paper: Enhancing the accessibility of the Web with Adobe Acrobat >software [PDF Version] >* White Paper: Enhancing the accessibility of the Web with Adobe Acrobat >software [HTML Version] > >Adobe Acrobat 5 and Accessibility Video Series: >* Working with Microsoft Office 2000 Files >* Working with Existing PDF files >* Working with Forms >* Usability Enhancements of Acrobat 5.0 >* Working with Screen Readers > >Adobe Acrobat 5 Downloads: >* Acrobat Reader 5.1 Download >* Acrobat Make Accessible Plug-in > >In this age of endless knowledge, how does confusion like this exist >when >you can go right to the source for answers? > > > > >At 12:14 PM 10/28/2002 -0500, David Poehlman wrote: > > >I agree that partial accessibility is a solution but it should be >stated > >in exactly that way and I guess that is what we are trying to clarify. > >Working down here in the trenches, I saw a lot of confusion when window > >eyes claims for making pdfs accessible turned out to be confusing and > >disheartening to so many people who cannot choose what they use. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Aaron Smith" <firstname.lastname@example.com> > >To: <firstname.lastname@example.com> > >Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 9:52 AM > >Subject: RE: Accessing PDFs > > > > > >At 08:11 PM 10/26/2002 -0400, Access Systems wrote: > > >>I'm confused at how our (or anyone's) support for a product or >feature > > >>can then be blamed for the rest of the market not doing their part. >I > >also > > > > > >no only about your "Claiming" that now pdf is accessible, it isn't >and > > >won't be with existing technology, for your product to read it it >must > >be > > >marked up correctly and anyone who hasn't purchased your product >can't > > >read it at all. > > > >I just opened up Word, typed a couple of lines, converted the document > >to a > >PDF, loaded the PDF with Window-Eyes and read the lines that I typed > >through the 5.1 Reader. That to me is accessible. I also opened up a > >document that I received from a customer some time back only to hear a > >message telling me that there was no accessible text in the document > >even > >though I could visually see it. That to me is inaccessible. But to >stop > >there (to make a black and white, blanket statement stating that an > >object > >either is accessible or is not accessible) leaves no room for > >improvement. > >We didn't launch toward, arrive at, and walk on the moon in one shot. >It > >took several tests and refinements before we achieved that goal. Step > >back, > >and take a look at the big picture; having some accessible PDFs and >some > >inaccessible PDFs is a great stride in goal of making even more > >accessible > >PDFs. > > > > >>providing features for our customers, as well as features to attract > >new > > >>customers. Are you saying that if a developer decides to be lazy > >because > > >>of a feature that we have added, we are then responsible for that > > >>developer's laziness? > > > > > >nope, and I'm not trying to stop your development, I wish you the >best > >of > > >luck, BUT I think your advertising is somewhat, ??? overstated. > > > >Our advertising states, "Support for Adobe Acrobat PDFs." How is that > >overstated? > > > > >>I disagree. I believe that any operating system is going to require > > >>upgrading, and conversely, any piece of software (designed to do > > >>complicated tasks such as hooking the OS like screen readers do) >will > > > > > >upgrading software and hardware upgrades do not always go hand in >hand, > > >nor do upgrades always have to be expensive > > > >Exactly my point. There is always an initial investment of some sort, > >and > >then you have upgrades. No one said that upgrades had to be expensive. > >The > >past two upgrades of Window-Eyes have been free (one of those upgrades > >included fixes to make reading PDFs more stable), and the next upgrade > >of > >Window-Eyes will also be free. > > > > >> >??? emacspeak is considerably less than yours > > >>Exactly. Yet another choice for consumers. Since emackspeak is a > >viable > > >>option, a consumer could could weigh the option of a *nix box with > > >>emacspeak, or a Windows box with Window-Eyes, or a Windows box with > >any > > >>other screen reader, or a Mac with Outspoken. Choices. > > > > > >choices but ONLY Window-Eyes on a windoze PC will even partially read > >pdf, > > >that is the problem. > > > >That's completely false. Window-Eyes (Std. $595/Pro. $795), JAWS (9X > >$895/NT $1195), and HAL (Std. $695/Pro. $1095) all have PDF support. > > > > >heck have the VCR's in the USA are blinking 00:00, but that is >another > > >story. > > > I happen to have a somewhat different perspective on accessibility, >I > > >don't accept what I can get. "If you take what they give you, you > >deserve > > >what you get" > > > >And if you wait for perfection, you're never going to have anything. My > >point in saying that I take what I can get doesn't stop at that. >Believe > >me. When it comes to accessibility I am very greedy; I want all that I > >can > >get and then more. But I also have the intelligence to realize that I > >have > >to start with something and grow from that point. "The greatest > >masterpieces were once only pigments on a palette." --Henry S. Hoskins > > > >If support for PDFs -- even if you want to call it partial support, or > >limited support, or whatever -- is not embraced and challenged in a > >constructive manner, then you will NEVER achieve the kind of > >accessibility > >you're looking for. There are too many people sitting high and mighty > >with > >elitist view exists of how accessibility should be, and not enough > >people > >down in the trenches actually working with the individuals who NEED > >accessibility, and doing the dirty work to make accessibility what it > >should be. > > > > >>Window-Eyes. What would be the point of our company (or any company > > >>determined to find a meaningful compromise between making a >difference > > >>and being profitable) be if all of our trade secrets where available > >to > > >>the public? How would we pay the gas bill? > > > > > >hmmmm, seems Red Hat isn't doing too badly, and IBM has chosen "open > > >source" > > > >We are a very small company with one main product which pays the bills. > >Red > >Hat and IBM have are corporations with multiple ventures spawning > >multiple > >projects spinning out multiple products. > > > > >>Aside from the definition of accessible, I agree. It is an > >understatement > > >>to say that education is the most important key. > > > > > >afraid I don't quite get what you are saying here??? > > > >Education is important -- that's an understatement. > > > > > > >Bob > > > > > > ASCII Ribbon > > > Campaign accessBob > > > NO HTML/PDF/RTF in > > > e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com > > > NO MSWord docs in e-mail Access Systems, > > > engineers > > > NO attachments in e-mail, *LINUX powered* access is a civil > >right > > > > >*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* ># > >*#*#*# > > >THIS message and any attachments are CONFIDENTIAL and may be > > >privileged. They are intended ONLY for the individual or entity >named > > >above. If you are not the intended recipient, Please notify the >sender > >as > > >soon as possible. Please DO NOT READ, COPY, USE, or DISCLOSE this > > >communication to others and DELETE it from your computer systems. > >Thanks > > > > > > >-- > >To insure that you receive proper support, please include all > >past correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant > >information pertinent to your situation when submitting a > >problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support Team. > > > >Aaron Smith > >GW Micro > >Phone: 260/489-3671 > >Fax: 260/489-2608 > >WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com > >FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com > >Technical Support & Web Development > >-- >To insure that you receive proper support, please include all >past correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant >information pertinent to your situation when submitting a >problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support Team. > >Aaron Smith >GW Micro >Phone: 260/489-3671 >Fax: 260/489-2608 >WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com >FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com >Technical Support & Web Development -- To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support Team. Aaron Smith GW Micro Phone: 260/489-3671 Fax: 260/489-2608 WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com Technical Support & Web DevelopmentReceived on Monday, 28 October 2002 15:22:06 UTC
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Rodolfo123 avait besoin d'un nouveau design de logo et a lancé un concours sur 99designs.
Un gagnant a été sélectionné de 159 designs proposés par 56 designers freelance.
I am a Brazilian entrepreneur whith broad experience in general management, M&A, private equity and legal services. I have a a double major in business administration and law in Brazil and an MBA from INSEAD in France. I have gathered a talented group of people and service providers to develop what will be the largest B2B marketplace in the country.
Brazil is a huge country, with manufacturers and potential buyers spread all over the nation. Our audience comprises the Sales Teams of small and midsized Brazilian manufacturers who need to advertise their products, and the Sourcing/Purchases Team of small and midsize buyers in Brazil who need to acquire products/raw material for the best price and quality. Accordingly, we have two types of users: buyers and sellers.
Sellers are mostly manufacturers of products (someone from the sales dept. of the manufacturer). Sellers care about a web ad service that will display their products as broadly and effective as possible in Brazil. In experiencing our website they care about a nice layout, a simple/friendly registration process and efficient advertising tools for their products.
Buyers are mostly small and medium retailers or individuals, searching for a specific product to buy in large quantities. Buyers want an efficient search tool, with large variety of products and a simple/friendly way of contacting manufacturers.
Both buyers and sellers want a reliable tool; therefore we must show credibility, be catchy and fun.
The target audience should realize that we are the largest wholesale marketplace in Brazil. We want buyers to know that they will find everything they look for, and sellers to know that they will have thousands of potential buyers searching for their products.
I need a logo for a B2B portal with a similar business model to Alibaba.com, to be operated in Brazil.
Basically we allow manufacturers to register their company and list their products on Atacarama. Products include industrial goods, raw material, agricultural products, and any other merchandise without limitation. Buyers will use Atacarama to search for such products. Through Atacarama they will be able to contact the manufacturers/producers directly to purchase or inquiry about their products.
The word ATACARAMA means "wholesale of the future" where "ataca" means "wholesale" and "rama" means "future".
The business can also be viewed as an online trade show where all industries have their virtual stand.
We want our audience to know that they can do efficient and simple B2B advertising of any product with us. We will be the first local company in Brazil dedicated to this business.
Example targeted message: "Buy directly from the manufacturer!"
Style preference: Something creative, that reminds a shopping cart or a factory, for example. Something fun and catchy but credible at the same time. Colors can remind the Brazilian flag (green, yellow and blue). Letters and symbols/drawings can be used.
Check-out http://www.alibaba.com for a better idea.
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The Skills to Succeed Academy aims to support disadvantaged young people to build the skills and confidence needed to make career choices and develop the key employability skills they need to find and sustain employment.
This free, digital, interactive program opened its virtual doors in 2013 in the United Kingdom and expanded to Ireland, South Africa and Australia in 2016. It also became available in the United States in October 2017 and will be launched in the Philippines in 2018.
expected to be skilled globally by 2020
young people built critical employment skills
expected to be skilled globally by 2020
young people to build critical employability skills
"I had applied to more than 200 jobs in 18 months with no success. After completing the Skills to Succeed Academy course, I completely reformatted my CV which generated more interest. I am now a Pension Data Analyst."
"The Skills to Succeed Academy helped me identify my strong and weak skills and helped me choose which apprenticeships to apply for and understand what to expect at a workplace."
"While there are plenty of courses helping young jobseekers find work, programs around sustaining employment and how to develop a career, the Skills to Succeed Academy does it best."
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"The training was a real eye opener; it has motivated me to get more experience and get out there."
Participants are actively involved in decision-based learning. With each decision, they receive instant feedback—both from the realistic characters with whom they interact in the training, and an online coach voiced by an experienced employability practitioner.
Skills to Succeed Academy offers a character-based learning program and engages participants with advanced learning technologies, gaming techniques, role-based simulations, videos, quizzes and interactive exercises. Training can be accessed in the following ways:
Self-directed learning: Access the training on the Internet, without the support of a trainer. Offline Activity Packs are also available which consist of editable PDF documents that users can access to apply the learning to their own situation
Classroom (Blended) learning: A young person completes the training in a classroom environment, supported by a trainer. They can also be assigned 'homework' for completion before or after a training session. In Classroom training, it is preferable for each user to have access to their own computer. However, if this is not possible, the Academy training can be delivered at the front of the room with one computer being projected to all attendees."
The Academy offers three courses and 36 interactive learning modules to help young people build skills to choose a career; find and successfully apply for a job; and be successful in a work environment. Participants are actively involved in decision-based learning. With each decision, they receive instant feedback—both from the realistic characters they interact with in the training and an online coach.
To scale its reach, Skills to Succeed Academy offers a global version with standard core content, as well as offline materials that can be translated or localized to maximize impact. Characters represent diverse geographies, including Ireland, South Africa and Australia. The Academy is also compatible offline and on mobile devices.
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haunting needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 141 designs submitted by 51 freelance designers.
Logo needed that is very scary looking for an all new haunted trail. The event takes place in October and is not for young children. Should target middle/high school age and up.
http://www.The13thAcre.com (not up and running yet)- The haunted trail is part of a larger Agritourism business.
I need a logo for an all new haunted trail that is very scary. The event takes place during the month of October and is all outdoors. It is on a farm as part of a larger operation (hayrides, pumpkins, etc) but the trail is all in the woods. I want the design to project a frightening feeling, too scary for young children. The trail's theme is the living dead/zombies, etc.
- Item 1..Dark colors- black/grays or brown
- The name -The 13th Acre
- Very scary style
- Would be fine to include a face-zombie/skeleton/living dead
- Event is all in the woods so tree/dark forest okay too.
- OK to add web address if needed- The13thAcre.com
- Too bright or juvenile
- Too slasher (chain saws) or containing things usually seen at indoor haunted houses (since mine is all in the woods)
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2011 USA Racquetball Junior Olympic Championships
Double Donut will be partnering with KS Photography and Kirk Jones Photography to bring premium event coverage to the 2011 USA Racquetball Junior Olympic Championships this weekend at Sunset Athletic Club in Portland, OR. Check out the full details over at courtstock.com, or head directly over to the photo galleries!
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ZOTOS Wins EPA Green Power Leadership Award
Green is a beautiful color. Hair care manufacturer Zotos International, Inc. (Zotos) was awarded with a 2012 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), honoring the company for its 3.3 MW on-site wind generation project.
The annual awards recognize the country's leading green power users for their commitment and contribution to helping advance the development of the nation's voluntary green power market. EPA presented Zotos with the award at an event held in conjunction with the 2012 Renewable Energy Markets Conference in Washington, D.C.
"We are proud to receive this prestigious award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency," said Anthony Perdigao, Vice President of Operations and Chief Sustainability Officer at Zotos. "To have the EPA recognize us for our years of hard work and dedication means the world to us, our parent company, Shiseido, and our community. We are honored to lead the way for other manufacturers."
Zotos, along with its Arcadia, Calif.-based JOICO brand, and parent company, Tokyo-based Shiseido, have made significant investments as part of a global sustainability initiative. In addition to the on-site wind project, Zotos' other efforts include energy-efficient lighting, reductions in water consumption, a significant increase in rail use, and the use of 100 percent recycled materials in most of its packaging. Zotos also engineered the use of plant-based plastics in its bottle production to reduce the company's dependency on petroleum-based commodities.
"Salon professionals are highly compassionate people and very engaged in environmental issues," said Sara Jones, Senior Vice President and General Manager for JOICO and ISO brands at Zotos International. We couldn't be more proud at Joico to support our industry's passion to protect our environment, and celebrate the Green Power Leadership award granted to Zotos. We continually strive to provide top performing products that are also environmentally friendly. This is a very important element in Joico's corporate value commitment."


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SOURCE: Helix BioPharma Corp.
December 20, 2012 22:09 ET
AURORA, ON--(Marketwire - Dec 20, 2012) - Helix BioPharma Corp. (TSX: HBP) (FRANKFURT: HBP), a biopharmaceutical company developing drug candidates for the prevention and treatment of cancer, today announced the appointment of John A. Rogers to the board of directors. Mr. Rogers's appointment was effective December 18, 2012.
Commenting on the appointment, William White, Chairman of the Board of Helix said, "We are very pleased to have Mr. Rogers serve on our board. He brings a vast knowledge and experience built over 30 years in the life sciences industry and can provide valuable insights to support Helix as it moves forward over the coming years."
Following the appointment of Mr. Rogers, the board is comprised of six directors, five of whom are independent of Helix. The board of directors also appointed William White and Robert Verhagen to the audit committee of the board in place of Messrs. Jack Kay and Thomas Hodgson, who each resigned as directors effective December 14, 2012. Mr. White and Mr. Verhagen will serve on the audit committee until the annual general and special meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on January 24, 2013. The nominees for election as directors of Helix at this meeting will be included in the management proxy circular to be mailed to shareholders in early January 2013.
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Helix BioPharma Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the field of cancer therapy. The company is actively developing innovative products for the prevention and treatment of cancer based on its proprietary technologies. Helix's product development initiatives include its novel L-DOS47 new drug candidate and its Topical Interferon Alpha-2b. Helix is currently listed on the TSX and FSE under the symbol "HBP".
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JHaswell needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
We are looking for a logo for our new racing competition – "V8 Supercar Championship". We need a logo created for a sim racing event that depicts the theme of our race event and web site. Along with a badge icon for event participants to have an icon next to racers user names.
We are looking for a logo design that will be placed on our next racing event "V8 Supercar Championship". The logo must depict that name.
We're looking for something bold - they're V8 Supercars.
This contest is similar to: http://99designs.com/contests/16950
- Logo should be hi-res
- Must have "V8 Supercar Championship"
- Must create a simplified "badge" version, avatar size (one color if possible)
- Amateur graphics
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