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For days now, Egyptians have been marking the second anniversary of the start of the nation's revolution with street battles across the country. On Sunday (27 Jan), the streets off Tahrir Square were transformed into a battlefield between police and demonstrators.
The violence is still being overshadowed by events in Port Said, where death sentences handed down to 21 local soccer fans held responsible for last year's clashes at the city stadium triggered angry unrest. Seventy-four people died in the riots last February, almost all of them fans of the opposing side from Cairo, Al-Ahli.
There are many fronts currently polarising the nation. While Ahli fans celebrated what they perceive to be "just" death sentences, people in Port Said were horrified at the decision. Some relatives took up arms and stormed the local prison where many of those sentenced are being held. At least 36 people were killed in the gunfight and the street battles that ensued. The unrest in Port Said continued on Sunday after the funerals of those killed in the clashes.
On the political front, there have been at least 11 other deaths in recent days as government buildings and offices used by the Muslim Brotherhood were stormed.
Dialogue with no agenda and no goal
And what is the President doing? He is saying nothing, holding talks with his national defence council, a committee set up in accordance with the new constitution and made up of ministers and army officers. In a declaration, he then cryptically called for all political movements to take part in a dialogue without any kind of agenda or goal, and at the same time declaring a state of emergency in the three worst-hit cities, Port Said, Suez and Ismailiya.
And what is the opposition doing? The National Salvation Front, led by Muhammad ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Arab nationalist Hamdeen Sabahi and the former head of the Arab League Amr Moussa, gave a media conference at the weekend to issue its demands. The opposition says that unless a National Salvation government is formed and the constitution rewritten, the protests will continue.
The high point of the media conference was an announcement that the opposition will boycott upcoming parliamentary elections if its demands are not met. Or in other words: Dear Morsi, give us what we want, or we won't go head-to-head with your Muslim Brotherhood in the parliamentary race. A classic case of shooting itself in the foot.
Neither Morsi nor the opposition currently has any idea how to help Egypt and its ever-increasing stack of problems out of the quagmire. For months now, Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood have been trotting out the same motto: "Everything will get better if you only give us more time."
The state within a state
But no one is coming up with any concrete proposals on how the situation might be improved. Thus far, Morsi has done nothing to dismantle the ineffective and corrupt state apparatus bequeathed to Egypt by Mubarak. And the interior ministry, which still persists with the hidebound police practices of the dictatorship with all its arrogance and immunity, remains a state within a state, creating its own conditions for survival out of the reach of the Muslim Brothers and the opposition. Forensic examiners say that the nine demonstrators killed at the weekend in Suez were short at point blank range, some of them in the back. Thus far, the security apparatus has not been called to account over this.
The opposition's credo is equally simplistic: "Anything but the Muslim Brothers". At the street demonstrations of recent days, many people could be heard calling out "Topple the regime, topple Morsi". Quite apart from the fact that democratic credibility is somewhat eroded by efforts to oust an elected president because he and his Muslim Brothers could not be beaten at the ballot box, the question arises: and what then? No opposition figure appears to be presently in a position to come up with an answer.
In Egypt today, no one can put forward a vision that addresses the real problems faced by people, the ailing economy, stagnant wage levels and the rising cost of living and the urgent need for jobs, not to mention the long overdue reform of the state apparatus. As Tahrir Square activist Wael Khalil summarises: "That has to be the curse of the Egyptian mummy. Neither the Muslim Brotherhood nor the opposition have done their political homework."
Karim El-Gawhary
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by Dudley Anderson
4/05/2013 / Devotionals
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05 April 2013
Dear God-tracker
God-tracking is knowing God's plan will work out in the end
Paul and Barnabas had been traveling for some time together and had struck up a good relationship. Paul was the teacher and Barnabas was the encourager. Both had a part to play in the great scheme of God's purposes for the early disciples to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. Some time after their first trip together when Paul suggested a second trip Barnabas wanted to take his cousin, John Mark along with them. Mark had travelled with them on the first trip but, for some reason, had deserted them halfway through so Paul was reluctant to take him along on the second trip. This caused a split between Paul and Barnabas. Barnabas took John Mark with him on an independent journey and continued to encourage this young man, while Paul took his new young prodigy, Timothy with him on his second missionary trip. What a tragic affair, you might say. But was it?
Barnabas, the encourager, continued to encourage and prophecy God's word where he travelled, with Mark close by his side. Mark then returned to Jerusalem where he was to sit at the feet of the apostle and leader of the early Church, Simon Peter. Mark was an educated and literate man so I like think that Barnabas encouraged him to sit under Peter's ministry and scribe the sermons and accounts of Peter's testimony of the story of Jesus. These writings were to later become known as the Gospel according to Mark.
Paul, the teacher, embarked upon his second missionary trip with Timothy by his side. They travelled far and wide preaching and teaching and planting churches. One church they planted was in Ephesus. Later Timothy was to return to Ephesus and take up oversight of that great church. Paul then began writing his famous epistles, which included his pastoral epistles now found in the Holy Bible, two of which include the Bible books of first and second Timothy.
A tragic rift between two great men (who were later powerfully reconciled) had led to the development of two great men of God and the writing of three powerful books of the Bible that still change lives today. On the outside it seemed that God's plan was being thwarted by Paul and Barnabas' disagreement but in the inside, God was at work. The One who knows the beginning from the end was carefully strategizing the lives of these men for his own supreme and wonderful purposes, turning and bad situation into something very good. Perhaps God is doing the same in your life today.
God-tracking is knowing God's plan will work out in the end.
Keep your eyes on Jesus.
It's all in the Book. Read more:
Acts 15
Gospel of Mark
First and Second Timothy
Romans 8
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Our hope is that, by sharing experiences in tracking the will of God, we will draw closer to him and discover the awesome value of walking with God.
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"For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord (Jeremiah 29:11)
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What is trACker?
GodTracker and trACker owe their origins to an international Christian radio programme produced by Dudley Anderson called, OnTrack. Although OnTrack went off-air in 2005, trACker has continued to help people to track God's plans and purposes for their lives since July 2003.
Verse of the Week
Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
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A Sample of Dudley's Fave Quotes
"I believe that God delights to use his children in the fulfilment of his plans for the world. I am sure he loves to use small people to do great things." --- Corrie Ten Boom
Don't Give Up, Look Up!
Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!
Do whatever it takes to lead me in your will
"Lord, so often it seems as though my life is coming undone; like people are ganging up against me and opposing my every move. Other times it seems as though circumstances just don't seem to work out right. But I see today that you can take any situation in my life and turn it out for the good according to your plans for me. Lord, I submit to your plans and your purposes. Do whatever it takes to lead me in your will. Help me to trust you when things seem to go wrong, as I continue to acknowledge you in all my ways. Praise you Lord. Amen."
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Born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa Dudley Anderson began writing for radio in 1994. Dudley currently writes a weekly e-mail devotional called, GodTracker and complied 2 devotional books based on GodTracker. These are God-tracking Through the Year ï" year one & year two.
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Snoop Dogg Writes, Deletes Anti-Gay Instagram Comment
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"Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson, who made international headlines last year when he made anti-gay and racist remarks in an interview with GQ magazine, is continuing to spew homophobic rhetoric while defending his controversial statements.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry was once again blasted this week for comments he made last week comparing homosexuality to alcoholism. He's also been criticized for the Texas GOP's platform, which now supports conversion therapy.
CNBC Host Goes After Rick Perry Over Offensive Gay Alcoholic Remarks
Joe Kernan, host of CNBC's "Squawk Box," called out Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry Monday morning for the controversial remarks he made last week comparing homosexuality to alcoholism.
Florida AG: Gay Marriage Would Cause Harm
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"Stress, Inflammation, and Yoga Practice" is a reasearch by Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser , PhD, Lisa Christian , PhD, Heather Preston , BA, Carrie R. Houts , MS, William B. Malarkey , MD, Charles F. Emery , PhD, Ronald Glaser , PhD.
As mentioned in its abstract, the research addresses the mechanisms underlying hatha yoga's potential stress-reduction benefits, we compared inflammatory and endocrine responses of novice and expert yoga practitioners before, during, and after a restorative hatha yoga session, as well as in two control conditions. Stressors before each of the three conditions provided data on the extent to which yoga speeded an individual's physiological recovery.
The research involved a total of 50 healthy women (mean age, 41.32 years; range, 30–65 years), 25 novices and 25 experts, were exposed to each of the conditions (yoga, movement control, and passive-video control) during three separate visits.
Yoga shows potential to protect from inflammation, because the yoga session boosted participants' positive affect compared with the control conditions, but no overall differences in inflammatory or endocrine responses were unique to the yoga session. Importantly, even though novices and experts did not differ on key dimensions, including age, abdominal adiposity, and cardiorespiratory fitness, novices' serum interleukin (IL)-6 levels were 41% higher than those of experts across sessions, and the odds of a novice having detectable C-reactive protein (CRP) were 4.75 times as high as that of an expert. Differences in stress responses between experts and novices provided one plausible mechanism for their divergent serum IL-6 data; experts produced less lipopolysaccharide-stimulated IL-6 in response to the stressor than novices, and IL-6 promotes CRP production.
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AUSTIN -- DeLoss Dodds, who helped build the richest athletic department in the country during more than 32 years at Texas, will announce on Tuesday he will step down as the Longhorns' athletic director next summer, two University of Texas sources said Monday.
Dodds, 74, will remain in his current position until Aug. 31, 2014, and then stay at UT as a consultant, the sources said. Earlier this month, Dodds denied an Internet report he would leave his post before the end of the calendar year. UT hopes to have a replacement for Dodds before he steps down.
Dodds could not be reached for comment.
Dodds' pending announcement comes at a time when football coach Mack Brown, whose team is 2-2 this year following three other subpar seasons, is facing intense speculation about his job security. Men's basketball coach Rick Barnes and baseball coach Augie Garrido also have seen their programs dip in recent years.
Since arriving from Kansas State in 1981, Dodds has overseen a men's program that won 14 national championships and 107 conference titles. He led the charge to erect gleaming new stadiums, to renovate the old ones with state-of-the-art amenities and luxury boxes, and to turn his department into a money-printing machine that generated a national-best $163.3 million last year.
Under his watch, the school also struck an unprecedented 20-year, $300-million deal with ESPN on the Longhorn Network, the 24-hour cable channel devoted to UT coverage. But that deal, like other moves Dodds has made in recent years, drew its share of criticism.
The Longhorn Network was viewed as one of the dividing forces in the breakup of the Big 12 conference, which has lost Texas A&M and three other members since 2010. And after all three of his marquee sports were national powerhouses throughout the first decade of the 21st century, all three have fallen on hard times.
Dodds hired Garrido, Brown and Barnes during one two-year span from 1996-98, and hasn't had to make a major coaching hire since. In the past three years, though, fans have called for changes. Dodds has consistently said all three of those coaches have his unwavering support.
Now, if any of those coaches are replaced, the decision might be made by Dodds' successor, who will be hired by university president Bill Powers.
It remains unclear who Powers will target for the position. But considering UT's budget and high profile, the job should attract plenty of candidates.
Dodds is making $1.1 million per year, and also will receive a one-time $1-million annuity next August.
His legacy won't merely be remembered at UT. A former small-town Kansas track star known as the "Riley Flash," Dodds became an influential figure in college sports' near-constant evolution. Whether it was ballooning TV contracts, rules changes or conference realignment, for more than three decades, Dodds had a hand in it.
"At multiple stages throughout his career he was considered one of the strongest leaders in the profession," Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione said last spring. "He shaped the agenda for what became of college athletics."
During the past few years, though, he's been more concerned about making sure UT's teams rediscover their success of the previous decade.
Countless times he's been asked about when he plans to walk away, and he's always given a similar answer.
"Whatever I do, I want to do the right thing for this place," Dodds said last spring. "I just want to make sure this place is in good shape."
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The fact is, these symphony level musicians aren't going to make much music without a leader, and the Maestro is that leader. Sometimes he rules with benevolence and sometimes he rules with a clenched iron fist, but the one thing that is true of every conductor is that he makes his money in the rehearsal, not the performance.
By the time the performance rolls around, the musicians, as excellent as they may be, are not playing Bach or Mozart, they are playing the Maestro's music. And every instrument on stage is being played by one man – the Maestro.
One of the blogs I read regularly is PrettyGirlShooter. Besides being an excellent shooter, JimmyD is also very open to sharing his techniques. I admit that I have taken many of his posts into the studio with me and recreated his lighting. One of my buddies who has been shooting much longer than I have often tells me that he's amazed at how quickly I grasped studio lighting. I am no 'Rembrandt' in the studio (excuse the pun) but Jimmy's lessons really made it quick and easy to understand. Jimmy, I owe you a good scotch and the steak that goes along with it.
This is a business /hobby that is gear crazy. As the holidays approach, I would like all of you to know that I want / need every light, every camera, every byte of software that came to market in the last five years.
At least that's what I thought at the beginning of my photographic journey. As I've read Jimmy's posts, he often demonstrates how little gear you need to shoot pro quality. So, as a tip of my hat to the mentor I've never met, this post is all about shooting with one single little light.
Regardless of our methods and techniques, we're all striving to create a soul in our images. So it would seem to be an easy task to shoot a town filled with souls. It would seem…
California is filled with millions of souls and personalities. Most of the world only hears about the fruits, flakes and nuts that make up the Granola State. I would like all of you to know that there are heroes who live here, too. They don't get headlines. In fact, I couldn't get these pictures or this story published by the one major newspaper or the two local magazines in Fresno. Anti-heroes get press, the story of these volunteers wasn't considered news.
The souls I refer to are the pilots, doctors, nurses, translators and volunteers of an organization called the Flying Doctors of Mercy. I was fortunate to fly with the Fresno chapter. The short version of their story is that the first weekend of almost every month, private pilots fly their own planes filled with volunteers and supplies to impoverished towns in Mexico. Planes fly from San Diego, Los Angeles, Fresno and other cities to adopted towns deep inside Mexico … far from prosperity and medical expertise.
We departed on a Friday morning before dawn. It took most of the day to fly to Guasave. After numerous stops for fuel and after passing through Customs, we landed at a remote airstrip outside of town guarded by the Mexican army. It was important that we landed before sunset because, as we were reminded numerous times, anything flying after sunset would be shot down as a suspected drug runner.
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The global video surveillance as a service market to grow at a CAGR of 27.45% during the period 2017-2021. The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global video surveillance as a service market for 2017-2021. To calculate the market size, the report considers the revenue generated from the sales of cloud-based video surveillance.
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The self-retracting utility knife is an example of what Slice® does best. In our tool design process, we re-evaluate existing safety features and create innovative new ones. We approach every design challenge with fresh eyes: we ask, "What can we do better? What can we make safer?" Many applications benefit from different options, so while we always use a finger-friendly® blade and an ergonomic design, we offer a variety of handle and retraction choices to suit different applications, preferences, and safety levels.
Retraction is a handle feature that refers to how the blade is exposed, or made ready for a cut. Here's a quick rundown of traditional retraction mechanisms:
For years, these were the only options for retractable knives. Recently, however, product developers have made strides with the design of retractable safety knives and introduced the new kid on the block: self-retraction.
A self-retracting safety knife is the next level of safety, at least in terms of retraction mechanisms (a finger-friendly blade will of course make any knife safer). At Slice, we call self retracting "Smart Retracting" because it's about as smart as a knife can get.
Remember, an auto-retracting knife requires the user to hold a slider or button to expose the blade. When the blade is self retracting, however, it needs two conditions to stay extended: a user holding the slider AND pressure against the cutting edge. As soon as the blade loses contact with the material it's cutting, it retracts, even if the user is still holding the slider. Self-retracting utility knives have the best retraction-based safeguard that exists.
Although an auto-retractable utility knife handle prevents blade exposure while the tool isn't in use, sometimes accidental cuts happen while the user is still holding the blade out. For example, the safest practice when using any knife is to cut away from your body. Why? Because it's not uncommon to slip in the middle of a cut and lose contact with your material. If your momentum is headed towards your body, guess what the knife will cut next? While prevention (i.e., cutting away from the body) is best, realistically people often cut in a hurry using poor form, especially when they're under time pressure at work.
Many safety officers also tell us that a smart knife helps overcome dumb actions. We commonly hear that workers who don't want to hold a slider out will often try to convert an auto-retracting handle to a manual handle by duct taping the slider so the blade stays exposed at all times. This negates any safety benefit from auto retraction. A self-retracting blade utility knife makes this dangerous workaround impossible because the blade retracts as soon as the cut is finished.
Self or Smart Retraction is sometimes hard to picture from a written description. Slice's self-retracting utility knife video gives you a clear picture of how easily this mechanism could prevent an injury (see the video at the beginning of this article).
Slice's 10558 Smart-Retracting Utility Knife, of course, includes our patent-pending finger-friendly blade. This means that any contact between the blade and skin (as unlikely as it is) is safer than similar contact with a standard, over-sharpened blade.
While self-retraction is the safest retraction option available, different applications require different handles. For example, cutting through any type of unevenly dense material would significantly vary the pressure on the blade. This variation is likely to cause the blade to retract before you're finished the job. And, if the user needs to make fairly constant cuts over a long shift, engaging a slider could be unnecessarily fatiguing. In those cases, a retractable utility knife with standard auto-retraction will work better.
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India's ace shooter Abhinav Bindra created history by winning the first ever individual Olympic Gold Medal for the country. It's Abhinav Bindra, Abhinav Bindra all over the Beijing shooting range. Abhinav won the gold in 10m Air Rifle event. Abhinav Bindra scored 700.5 points in the final.
Although India had won 8 gold medals in Olympics hockey, it never won any individual gold medals. This is the first time any Indian won a gold medal in an individual event. The last time India had won an Olympic gold medal was in 1980 Moscow Olympics where the hockey team had claimed the gold. The entire country erupted into joy and celebration when the reports of Abhinav Bindra's great victory flashed across the television channels.
It has been a great moment for all Indians that have been dreaming for this for decades. Emotions were high in India, as tearful people stood up when the national anthem was played in the Olympic Stadium at Beijing.
President Pratibha Patil, PM Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, BJP leader LK Advani, Sports Minister MS Gill, IOA President Suresh Kalmadi and all leaders and high level sports officials have congratulated Abhinav Bindra for making the country proud.
Abhinav Bindra owed his gold medal to his parents, family and coaches. After winning the gold medal, Bindra said that he hopes that his medal would change the face of Olympics Sports in India. He also said that he became very aggressive, as he had entered the final as fourth. A proud nation salutes its great Hero. Hats off to Abhinav Bindra! Bindra is the son of an affluent industrialist. He had a shooting range right in his backyard which is a dream for most shooters.
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Adopting a child into your family can create many different emotions—from excitement and delight to concern or fear. While adopting a child is a unique and wonderful experience, it can bring special issues and challenges to your family. Read on to get a better understanding about how adoption plays a role in your child's life and how you can help your child understand his or her history of adoption.
Many parents want to know when is the best time to tell a child she is adopted. The answer is that it is never too early to talk to your child about adoption. Before age 3, include age-appropriate children's books on adoption as part of your child's reading routine. Give your child information little by little, as much as she can understand. It may take years for your child to fully understand what adoption means. These early talks will give you practice in talking about adoption. They will also show your child that it is OK to bring up the topic.
Here are some tips on how to talk about adoption in your everyday life.
Tell the story. Just as any child delights in the story of the day she was born, a child who is adopted will love to hear the details of how she came into the family. Share with your child the joy you felt at bringing her home that very first day. Talk with her about the many ways children join families—whether by adoption or birth, or in foster care or stepfamilies.
Share the memories. During the adoption process, keep a scrapbook or journal the same way an excited mother does during pregnancy. Keep track of important dates and steps in the process. Take pictures of the people and places involved in your child's earlier life. These details will help make the adoption easier for your child to understand. You may want to place pictures in your child's room to encourage her to ask questions about her adoption. If you have an open adoption, you could frame a picture of her birth parents. If she was adopted internationally, maybe frame a picture from her place of origin.
Use the words. The word adopted should become a part of your child's vocabulary early on. Find other words that everyone in your family is comfortable with. The terms birth mother and birth father are very common. Biological parents is also used frequently. Let your child know that the words mother and father have more than one meaning. A mother is someone who gives birth to a child, but a mother is also someone who loves, nurtures, and guides a child to adulthood. Being a father also can have different meanings.
Adoptive parents often tell their child she is special because she was "chosen" or that she was "given up out of love." Though the parents mean well, these statements may be very confusing to a child. Some children may feel that being chosen means they must always be the best at everything. This can lead to problems when they start to realize this is not possible. Telling your child she was given up out of love may raise questions about what love is and whether others will give her up too. Some families use the term "making an adoption plan" instead of "giving up" their child.
Don't wait. The longer you wait to talk about adoption with your child, the harder it will be. Any level of openness you can build when your child is young will help encourage her to ask more questions about her adoption as she gets older.
Ask for help. If talking with your child about adoption is difficult, talk with your pediatrician. He or she can be a valuable source of support, understanding, and resources.
Even if you talk about adoption early and openly, at some point your child may begin to ask questions such as
"Did I grow in your body, Mommy?"
"Why did my birth mother give me away?"
"Did she and my birth father love each other?"
"What was my name before I was adopted?"
"What nationality am I?"
"Do I have brothers or sisters?"
"How much did it cost to adopt me?"
Be honest and open. If your child feels that you are not telling the whole story, he may look for answers somewhere else, like from a relative or friend who may not know or may not share accurate information. Show your child that you are willing to talk about the adoption. Tell him it's OK to bring it up with you.
Avoid responding with your own worries like "Why do you want to know?" or "Are you unhappy with our family?" Your child's curiosity is healthy and natural. It should not be discouraged or seen as a threat to you. Also be sure to only answer the questions the child has asked, not what you think he should know.
Don't force the issue on your child. Some children are curious from the very beginning. Others may be afraid to bring it up. The best you can do is let your child know it is OK to talk about it. When your child is ready to know more, he will ask.
Other people might ask questions that your child will not be able to answer, from innocent questions like
"Where did you get those big, blue eyes?"
"Do you look more like your mom or your dad?"
to important medical questions such as
"Do you have a family history of heart disease, cancer, or diabetes?"
"What is your ethnic background?"
Questions from strangers can be tricky. You do not have to tell everyone your child is adopted. However, if a question comes up about differences in appearance or ethnicity, offer a simple but honest explanation. When you are proud of your child's identity, she too will learn to appreciate her own value. Be aware that your attitude about adoption will show in your answers. How you respond can set an example as to how your child may choose to answer these questions in the future. Also, let your child know that she does not have to give specific answers to strangers if she does not feel comfortable. It is her choice to share whatever information about her adoption that she chooses. It is fine for children to learn that information about their adoption is theirs to share over time.
Parents who adopt children from other countries need to be aware of the special medical needs their child may have. Your pediatrician recommends the following:
Immunizations should meet US standards.
Tests for infectious diseases (such as HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis, tuberculosis, and parasites) and nutritional disorders (such as lead poisoning, anemia, rickets, and iodine deficiency), even if testing was done in another country before the adoption.
Vision, hearing, and developmental (such as language) assessments.
Adopting an older child can have challenges as well. An older child may bring both positive and negative experiences from his past into your family. He may have lived in a number of foster homes, each affecting him in some way. He may have lived with one or both birth parents for a time. There may be a history of abuse. He may have been separated from siblings. Many factors could have affected your child's life before he came to your home. The following are some suggestions that will help you deal with them:
Learn as much as you can about your child's background and that of his birth parents. The adoption agency can help you gather as much information as possible. Learning about your child's past may help you be more aware of what lies ahead.
Keep a connection to your child's past. It is important that your child feel connected in a positive way to the life he had before coming to your home. If possible, keep in touch with someone he knew, like a grandparent, relative, friend, or neighbor. Put together a "life book" by collecting mementos and photos of your child's previous home and school and people he was close to. These things will be important to your child over time.
Don't be afraid to seek help. Love can work wonders for most children; however, in some cases, love may not be enough. Adoptive parents should understand that an older child with mild or serious problems may need professional help to resolve issues.
Don't blame yourself. An older child may rebel against his new family. This anger is usually because of the child's past experiences. These problems are not your fault. Remind yourself that you are part of the solution as you help your child work out his issues. Most of all, be patient.
Talk with your pediatrician. He or she may be able to help or suggest counselors or support groups.
While it may be painful for you to think or talk about your child's past, many adopted children get to a point where they want to know where they came from and why they were placed for adoption.
As your child gets older, make sure she knows where to look for information about the adoption. It is a good idea to keep copies of your child's adoption papers and share them with her at an appropriate time. She may want to look them over in private or read through them with you, or she may never want to see them at all. But it is important that she have the choice.
At some point your child may begin thinking about searching for her birth family. Some states have programs available to help adults who were adopted get information about their adoption. Only a few states have open records. Check with your state government to find out about the laws concerning adoption records.
Birth mothers and fathers also may conduct searches to reconnect with a child placed for adoption. Many have gone on to raise other children and may feel a need for information or be very concerned about the well-being of the child they placed for adoption years earlier.
It is important for you to consider the possibility that the birth parents may one day play a role in your child's life. An open and loving relationship with your child will help you face these issues. Search and reunion can bring pain and joy for everyone involved. Each child, no matter what age, needs the continuing love and support of her adoptive family.
An open adoption is when there is contact between birth parents and adoptive parents during the adoption process. This can mean simply exchanging names and addresses or, in fully open adoptions, the birth parents may have ongoing communication with or even visit the adoptive family and child.
In an open adoption, your young child may not understand the relationships between the 2 sets of parents. While there are fewer secrets in an open adoption, there may be just as many difficult questions. It is important to address the issues mentioned in this brochure and provide your child with the guidance and support he needs.
Raising a child who is adopted can present unique challenges. If the child misbehaves, gets into trouble, or has problems at school, it is tempting to blame her history of adoption. The fact is, all children sometimes misbehave or get into trouble. It is possible your child's problems have nothing to do with adoption at all. They may simply be a normal part of growth.
As your child grows, she is influenced by family, the community, friends, school, and society in general. She is also influenced by the genes passed to her from her birth mother and father. There is no research that can tell us which is more important, but we know that both are powerful. Adoption is an important part of who your child is, but keep in mind that many other factors will affect who she becomes.
Helping your child accept the fact that she is unique, yet just like everyone else, may not sound easy, but it is important to try. Talking openly and truthfully with your child about her history of adoption, her birth parents, and her feelings is the key. Adoption gives both you and your child a tremendous gift—the gift of each other. With love, honesty, and patience, you and your child will form a relationship that is as deep and meaningful as any bond between a parent and child.
There are many quality resources available to find out more about adoption. The following are just a few:
Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families With Special-Needs Kids by Gregory C. Keck and Regina M. Kupecky (Pinon Press, 1998)
The Adoption Triangle by Arthur D. Sorosky, Annette Baran, and Reuben Pannor (Corona, 1989)
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self by David M. Brodzinsky, Marshall Schechter, and Robin Marantz Henig (Anchor, 1993)
Birthmothers: Women Who Have Relinquished Babies for Adoption Tell Their Stories by Merry Bloch Jones (Chicago Review, 1993)
How It Feels to Be Adopted by Jill Krementz (Knopf, 1988)
Journey of the Adopted Self by Betty Jean Lifton (BasicBooks, HarperCollins, 1995)
Let's Talk About It: Adoption by Fred Rogers (Paper Star, 1998)
Raising Adopted Children by Lois R. Melina (HarperCollins, 1998)
Real Parents, Real Children by Holly van Gulden and Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb (Crossroad, 1995)
Talking With Young Children About Adoption by Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher (Yale University Press, 1995)
Adoptive Families
American Adoption Congress (AAC)
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)
Please note: Listing of resources does not imply an endorsement by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The AAP is not responsible for the content of the resources mentioned in this publication. Phone numbers and Web site addresses are as current as possible, but may change at any time.


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Daisy Holland, Who Turns 2 Today, Has Been Missing Since Friday From Elk River, MN (UPDATE – FOUND DECEASED!)
03/27/13 Update – The body of Daisy Jo Holland, the Minnesota toddler who disappeared from Wapiti Park Campground in Sherburne County on Friday night was pulled from the Elk River on Sunday May 26, 2013, according to Elk River police chief Brad Rolfe.
The body will go to the Ramsey County medical examiner's office for identification and the cause of death, Rolfe said.
"At this time, there is no indication of foul play," Rolfe said. "However, the investigation remains open."
Daisy was last seen playing with other children just a few hundred feet from where her body was recovered. She was just one day short of celebrating her second birthday.
Earlier Report –
Daisy Holland, who turns two years old today, has been missing since Friday, May 24, 2013. She was last seen at the Wapiti Park Campground in Elk River, Minnesota wearing black pants and a pink shirt with "Hello Kitty" on it.
A water search at Elk Lake has been conducted but so far the toddler's whereabouts remain unknown.
Full Name: Daisy Holland
DOB: May 27, 2011
Missing Since: May 24, 2013
Missing From: Sherburne County, MN
Race: White Sex: Female
Height: 2'0″ Weight: 30 lbs
Hair: Blonde Eye: Blue
Anyone with information regarding this case is urged to please contact:
Elk River Police Department (Minnesota) 1-763-765-3495
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
NCMEC Case #: NCMC1216618c1


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Russia's foreign minister calls on South Sudan to punish those responsible
Four Russians died when South Sudanese forces shot down a U.N. helicopter
South Sudan's armed forces say the incident was an accident
U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon has condemned the shooting down of the aircraft
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday called on South Sudan to punish those responsible for shooting down a U.N. helicopter and taking the lives of four Russian crew members.
His words come a day after the South Sudanese armed forces admitted to shooting down the helicopter in eastern South Sudan.
"We call on the government of South Sudan to carry out a full investigation of the incident, punish the guilty and take every measure to guarantee that this will never happen again," Lavrov said, in a statement on his website.
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan said Friday four Russian crew members were killed but that there were no passengers on board the aircraft.
The MI-8 helicopter went down near the settlement of Likuangole, in the state of Jonglei, in the country's east, the U.N. mission said. It is investigating the incident.
The Sudan People's Liberation Army said it was an accident, according to spokesman Philip Aguer.
He said the SPLA had contacted the U.N. mission after seeing the helicopter near an SPLA command post but had been told it had no aircraft in the area.
The troops thought the aircraft looked to be the type that had dropped munitions to militias in the area, Aguer said.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon condemned the shooting down of the helicopter, saying in a statement that it was clearly marked as being a U.N. aircraft.
Ban extended condolences to the crew members and called on the government of South Sudan to bring whoever is responsible to justice.
CNN's Zarifmo Aslamshoyeva contributed to this report.


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Postpartum Wellness Series – Nutrition
Welcome to our Postpartum Wellness Series. Each week we will look at one area you can influence to help the days and weeks after you bring your baby home be just a little bit smoother.
These early days with your sweet pea are the most precious – they will never be this small again. It is a good and worthy endeavor to make these first memories as well as they can be made for your family. My goal with this 8-week series is to offer some practical tips that you can employ without any extra purchases outside of your normal postpartum needs.


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On January 1, Colorado and nine other states will increase their minimum wage, providing a boost in income for nearly 1 million low-wage workers. In Colorado specifically, the 14 cent increase to $7.78 per hour will benefit 66,000 workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). For employees who work full time, the increase means an additional $300 for the year.
Those earning less than the new minimum (57,000 workers) will get a raise in their pay. The increase also helps workers whose pay is slightly above the minimum wage (9,000) as their employers adjust pay scales to reflect the increase. In total, Colorado workers will see an increase in pay of $17.6 million during the year, which will have a spending impact of $11.2 million on the state's gross domestic product, according to EPI.
Colorado voters approved Amendment 42 in 2006, which increased the minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $6.85 and required that it be adjusted each year - up or down - based on the rate of inflation in Colorado. Inflation increased by 1.8 percent between July 2011 and June 2012, according to the Boulder-Denver-Greeley Consumer Price Index. In 2010, the wage dropped 4 cents because of negative inflation during the Great Recession; last year, it increased by 28 cents.
"Because our minimum wage keeps pace with inflation, hard-working Coloradans can buy the same value of goods and services in 2013 as they did in 2007," said Rich Jones, director of policy and research at the Bell Policy Center. "Maintaining the buying power of low-wage workers boosts the state's economy, which benefits all of us."
The demographic profile of Colorado's minimum-wage workers shows that most are adults working full-time. Almost seven out of 10 are aged 20 or older, and three out of four work 20 hours per week or more. About six out of 10 workers are women. In terms of race, whites make up 55 percent of minimum wage workers and 29 percent are Hispanic. Minimum-wage workers account for 3 percent of Colorado's workforce.
The other states that adjust their minimum wage based on inflation are Arizona, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. Rhode Island will join the group on January 1. Nine other states and the District of Columbia have minimum wage rates set above the federal level of $7.25.
Because the federal minimum wage is not tied to inflation it loses buying power in most years. If Congress does not act, it is projected to lose 20 percent of its real value in the next 10 years. The federal minimum wage would now be $10.58 if it had kept pace with the cost of living since its peak of purchasing power in 1968.
A wide range of studies conducted over the past 18 years have found that raising the minimum wage is an effective way to boost the income of low-wage workers without hurting employment.
Other facts about the minimum wage:
• 66 percent of low-wage employees work for large companies, not small businesses.
• More than 70 percent of the largest low-wage employers have fully recovered from the recession and are enjoying strong profits.
• 58 percent of the jobs created in the post-recession recovery have been in low-wage occupations.
• The shift toward low-wage jobs is a 30-year trend that has been accelerating.
Sources: National Employment Law Project and the Center for Economic and Policy Research


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…and showed you some Thanksgiving Tablescape and Decor Inspiration.
{like this one from Karin Lidbreck-Brent}
Now you really can't have Thanksgiving with doing at least one Handprint Turkey Art! Here is our family version as well as some of other fabulous ideas that I found…
And Turkey week ended with some fabulous Thanksgiving Craft Ideas from around the blogosphere.
{Love this Pine Cone Garland from Country Home – I can't wait to make a Christmas version!}
The most viewed Thanksgiving idea was our Turkey Fruit Platter {with fondue for you chocolate lovers!}
Thank-you so much for helping me celebrate Turkey Week! I hope all of my American friends have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
For all of us Canadians, Thanksgiving has passed and it is time to move on to…
CHRISTMAS!!!! I can't wait to get going!
I linked up with Home Stories A to Z, Project Inspire, Sumo's Sweet Stuff, Be Different Act Normal, Funky Junk, Tatertots and Jello, Tidy Mom, Delightful Order, The Shabby Creek Cottage, Lil Luna, Not Just a Housewife, A Bowl Full of Lemons, Today's Creative Blog, Under the Table and Dreaming and I Heart Naptime.


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A powerful storm that crept across the country dropped snow, freezing rain and sleet on Philadelphia, turning the Philadelphia Eagles' football field into a winter wonderland. The storm dumped one foot of snow in Delaware and threatened a messy Monday commute.
NBC10 chief meteorologist Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz reports temperatures will land near the freezing mark Monday morning, resulting in a rainy and slushy commute. By 6 a.m. rain was falling over much of the area as temps hovered just above freezing.
From runways to roadways, the Sunday afternoon storm had more intensity and moved faster than predicted, causing chaos. The roads became slippery and hard to maneuver.
All planes at the Philadelphia airpot were grounded during the worst period of the storm and by nightfall, one of the airports four runways was open.
A portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike reopened Sunday night after a motorist was hit and killed when he got out of his car following a minor accident on the highway. That accident set off a series of other accidents behind him that involved about 50 cars and shut down the Westbound lanes of the turnpike from Downingtown to Morgantown for seven hours.
The turnpike crash was the only fatality reported amid a multitude of fender-benders caused as a storm brought much heavier than expected snow to the region.
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Hazardous conditions caused multiple fender-benders shutting portions of I-95 in Philadelphia. Southbound lanes near 322 and 452 in Delaware County were shutdown for nearly five hours. On the Northbound side, an accident shut the highway down at Exit 20, the Columbus Blvd. exit.
The Platt Bridge, which is a major artery to and from Philadelphia International Airport, closed down in both directions due to hazardous conditions at 1:15 p.m. The Eastbound lanes opened back up at 2 p.m. and then shut again until after the Eagles game, when both sides reopened.
And in Bensalem, Bucks County, police say fender benders brought traffic to a standstill on Street Road, which brought brought drivers out into the street:
A foot of snow was reported in Newark, Del. Philadelphia International Airport received 8.6 inches Sunday, more than it had all of last year. Other areas received far less: a little over an inch was reported in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, which usually is hit harder than downtown Philadelphia.
Road conditions were treacherous, despite PennDOT's preparations, which began on Saturday.
"We got the roads salted well for the transition," said Gene Blaum, spokesman for PennDOT. "The intensity is just so strong."
The snow moved in around 11:30 a.m. and about an hour before that, PennDOT deployed 300 trucks to treat the roadways. By early afternoon, the full fleet of 415 trucks were working the roads.
"It was supposed to be relatively light throughout the afternoon. This is a much heavier snowfall than what was predicted," said PennDOT spokesman Gene Blaum. Crews prepped the roads, beginning on Saturday and again mid-morning, preparing for a transition from light snowfall to freezing rain.
Crews were called to re-treat the roads around The Linc as people headed in to watch the Eagles take on the Detroit Lions for the early afternoon game at 1 p.m. in near white-out conditions. The weather proved to be too nasty for many fans who left early.
PennDOT's Metzger warned all the other fans who still had to make the drive home:
"Take your time, slow down and you'll get there," said PennDOT's Charles Metzger who advised drivers who had to be on the road to "leave plenty of time and space between you and the person in front of you."
SEPTA warned riders to expect delays on all routes due to the weather. And New Jersey Transit says it is cross-honoring tickets due to the messy winter weather.
Cross-honoring will be in effect system-wide starting at 6 p.m. on Sunday and will continue through the end of the service day on Monday.
Customers can use any NJ Transit ticket or pass on rail, light rail or bus routes, including private bus carriers.
The agency says it is trying to minimize delays and ensure full service ahead of a winter storm that is forecast to intensify by Sunday afternoon.
Officials say customers should check NJ Transit's website for up-to-the-minute service information.


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Phnom Tamao Wildlife Sanctuary, CambodiaKevin (เควิน) Khaosan
However, those who are travelling with children may want to take the kids here as a break from visiting the area's temples and other historical sites. All of the animals that can be found at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Sanctuary have been recued from the clutches of traffickers and the traps of poachers, however, and the sanctuary does give visitors the chance to view a number of rare species.
Those who want the chance to get up close and personal with the animals of Phnom Tamao Wildlife Sanctuary have the chance to be a bear keeper for a day, which involves feeding and taking care of one of the cute infant Malaysian sun bears, an offer almost too good to be true.
Many of the animals are also trained to perform tricks to capture the attention and admiration of visitors, an it is possible to take in the unusual sight of elephants playing football or creating works of art, while nearby colourful birds walk on tightropes and solve maths problems.
It is possible to visit Phnom Tamao Wildlife Sanctuary on a daytrip from the capital city of Phnom Penh, as it is located just 40kms from the city centre. Most of the local drivers know the way here, and also offer to chauffer visitors around the sanctuary itself, which is ideal for those who are suffering from the heat and humidity.


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Miller chips in with bat before exiting injured
CINCINNATI -- Reds catcher Corky Miller left Wednesday's 6-5 win against the A's with a right quad contusion. First, he made sure to leave a major mark on the series finale.
Miller connected on RBI doubles in the second and third innings to help spark Cincinnati's early scoring. He also played a part in saving a run in the fourth, when right fielder Jay Bruce fielded a Stephen Vogt single and threw a strike to home plate to nab Alberto Callaspo and end the inning.
Callaspo and Miller collided at home plate on the play, and while Miller caught another inning before exiting, Callaspo did not return to the game.
"I think his knee hit right on top of my knee with the slide," Miller said. "He came in pretty hard and kicked it out. It's stiff. I could barely bend down to catch, and thinking about that doesn't help me when I'm trying to call pitches. I don't know if I could have ran if I would have got up again."
Miller is with the Reds in place of Ryan Hanigan, who is out with a sore left wrist. Hanigan is expected to be back this weekend, when the Padres come to town for a three-game set.
Reds manager Dusty Baker said Miller "hurt himself pretty badly" on the play, and the 37-year-old journeyman catcher had a very noticeable limp in the clubhouse following the game.
"If he would have ran me over it probably would have been better for both of us," Miller said with a smile. "He slid in there, his knee came right into mine, and there ain't nothing you can do about it, but he's out."


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Color Management in Macromedia FreeHand 10: Capable but Quirky
- FreeHand's Color Preferences
- Manual Assignments
- Exporting
- Printing
- Be Careful
Capable but Quirky
Macromedia must have a whole bunch of customers with an interesting variety of legacy needs, because Macromedia FreeHand doesn't have just one color management system. Exactly how many it has depends on your point of view, but we'll concentrate on the ones that use ICC profiles, with a brief overview of the othersif only so that you can wonder, as we do, why they're even there.
FreeHand has many strengths, but we can't count color management as being among them. The main limitation of FreeHand's color management is that it only performs conversions on output, and it only supports one CMYK source profile at a time.
FreeHand honors embedded profiles in imported RGB images, and lets you assign profiles to imported untagged RGB images, but both imported and native CMYK elements are always assumed to be output CMYK. If your workflow is to design in RGB and convert to CMYK at output time, FreeHand's color management can serve you well. Likewise, if you do all your work in final CMYK, FreeHand can provide you with good on-screen previews, and pass the CMYK values unchanged to output.
For any other workflow, all bets are off. And even in these two simple workflows, FreeHand offers plenty of opportunities for mistakesso in this chapter, we'll try to steer you clear of the shoals of confusion and guide you to the safe harbor of well-functioning color management.
FreeHand's Color Preferences
The Preferences dialog has a series of categories on the left-hand side. When you select Colors, a dialog box appears that looks like the one in Figure 13-1.
Figure 13-1 FreeHand Color Settings dialog box
Color Management Types
On Windows systems, the dialog box offers four possibilities: None, Adjust Display Colors, Color Tables, and Kodak Digital Science. Mac OS offers the same four and adds is a fifth option, Apple ColorSync (see Figure 13-2) We strongly recommend that you ignore the first three options and choose either Kodak Digital Science or Apple ColorSync, which offer identical options and functionality in FreeHand But for those who must know, here are the ramifications of the first three options.
Figure 13-2 Color management types
None. This option offers no user control for either output conversions or on-screen previews. The conversion from CMYK to RGB for either display or for RGB output devices is controlled by a built-in and non-modifiable table, as is the conversion from RGB to CMYK output triggered by the "Convert RGB Colors to Process" option in FreeHand's print dialog (discussed later). Needless to say, we don't recommend this type of color management.
Adjust Display Colors. We have two problems with this optionone philosophical, one practical. It lets you change the behavior of your monitor, for FreeHand only, in an attempt to match printed outputthe approach that Bruce calls "messing up your monitor to match the print" (though he usually uses a stronger term than "messing").
The philosophical objection is that it negates one of the major strengths of color management. Back in Chapter 3 we pointed out that color management reduces the number of device-to-device links from n-m to n+m. This approach goes back to the n-m method, because you need to mess up your monitor in a different way each time you change output processes.
The practical objection is that it simply doesn't work very well. Even when we adjust the display to match printed versions of the swatches, we find that the swatch colors are just about the only things that match between display and printeverything else is off, sometimes a long way off. And to add insult to injury, this method only compensates for native FreeHand elementsimported images preview inaccurately.
Color Tables. This type of color management is pointless. It depends on Kodak Digital Science or Apple ColorSync, and builds Color Tables based on existing ICC profiles. Since you have to base the tables on ICC profiles anyway, you might as well just learn to use ICC color management. We see no advantage to this method, and would be glad to see it removed from FreeHand.
Kodak Digital Science and Apple ColorSync
Referring back to Figure 13-1, we need to cover two checkboxes before getting to the Setup dialog, the meat and potatoes of this course.
Color manage spot colors lets you color manage just their on-screen preview. You don't manage their CMYK values for output, because they're hardwired based on FreeHand's built-in Pantone tables. (In FreeHand 10, these are the older pre-May 2000 tables.) See "Named Colors" in Chapter 18, Building Color-Managed Workflows.
Rebuild Color Tables uses the settings in Setup to build color tables for use with the Color Tables type of color management previously mentioned, but since we told you not to use this feature, let's move on to the contents of the Setup button.
The Color Management Setup dialog box offers seven options (see Figure 13-3). FreeHand isn't particularly assiduous in looking for profileson Mac OS X, it only looks in the /Library/ColorSync/Profiles folder. On other platforms, it ignores both subdirectories and aliases in the usual directories for profilesso it doesn't, for example, find display profiles stored in the Displays subfolder in the Mac OS 9 ColorSync Profiles folder.
Figure 13-3 Color Management Setup dialog box
Monitor. This is where you select your current display profileFreeHand doesn't get this information automatically from ICM or ColorSync.
Monitor simulates. The options offered are None, Composite printer, and Separations printer. "None" literally means do no display compensation. If you use this option, neither embedded profiles nor assumed profiles get used for on-screen display, though they may be used for output.
If you use either of the other options, RGB images are displayed by converting from their embedded profile or the "Default RGB image source" profile to the Composite or Separations printer profile, (depending on which one you choose in the Monitor simulates pop-up), then to the display profile.
CMYK images, however, are always converted for display using the Separations printer profile as source, even if Monitor simulates is set to "Composite printer." If you set Monitor simulates to "None," FreeHand uses its built-in unmodifiable table as the source for display conversion of CMYK instead.
Separations printer. This setting lets you choose a CMYK profile, which becomes the assumed source profile for all CMYK content, including imported images, even if they have an embedded profileFreeHand simply ignores embedded profiles in imported CMYK. As the CMYK source profile, it affects on-screen preview of CMYK native elements and placed objects. If you print from FreeHand to an RGB device, the profile you select here is used as the source profile for all CMYK content. The only CMYK-to-CMYK conversion FreeHand performs is to a composite CMYK printer when "Composite simulates separations" is turned onagain, the Separations printer profile is used as the source.
Intent. This pop-up lets you specify a rendering intent for all conversions. It affects RGB-to-CMYK conversions at print time, and also affects RGB-to-RGB and CMYK-to-RGB conversions when the Composite printer is an RGB printer (and the output device is non-PostScript). This is the only rendering intent control FreeHand offers.
Composite simulates separations. This checkbox only affects the output, not the on-screen preview. It makes the composite device simulate the separation printer by converting all non-CMYK content to Separations printer CMYK, assigning the Separations printer CMYK profile to all CMYK content, then converting the resulting Separations printer CMYK to the composite printer space.
All the conversions use the rendering intent you specify under intent, so it's impossible to use perceptual or relative colorimetric rendering to go from the source profiles to Separation printer CMYK, then absolute colorimetric rendering to go from Separation printer CMYK to the Composite printer space. If you want the composite printer to produce a reasonable simulation of the final separations, we recommend that you set the Intent to Relative Colorimetric.
Composite printer. Here you may select an RGB or CMYK profile for a composite printer. If you select an RGB profile, the "Convert RGB to process" check box in the FreeHand print dialog is ignored, though it isn't grayed out. But selecting an RGB profile here is quite dicey when it comes to printingsee "Printing," later in this chapter, for more information.
To select a profile here, you must check the "Composite simulates separations" checkbox previously described. There's no logical reason for this; that's just the way it is. You can temporarily check the box to change the profile, and then uncheck it to ensure separation simulation does not occur. Even though the selected profile is grayed out when this box is unchecked, it's still set as the Composite printer profile.
Default RGB image source. The profile selected here is automatically assigned to untagged imported RGB images rather than simply acting as the assumed profile. We make this distinction because images imported while profile "A" is selected will retain profile "A" as their source if you subsequently change the default RGB image source to profile "B." Only subsequently placed images will use profile "B." If you choose "None," the display profile, set in the Monitor pop-up menu, is assigned as the source.
The profiles automatically assigned to imported RGB images are referenced in the saved FreeHand document, but not embedded. If you open the file on another workstation that doesn't have the profiles installed, you'll get a cryptic warning dialog listing the missing profiles when you open the document (see Figure 13-4). The dialog says that the default RGB image source will be used insteadthat means whichever default RGB image source profile is selected in Preferences at the time the document is opened.
Figure 13-4 Missing Image Sources
If you get this warning dialog, the prudent thing to do is make a note of the missing profiles, click the Cancel button, then go find the missing profiles and install them. Upon relaunching FreeHand and reopening the document, the warning will no longer appear.
Note that this setting applies only to imported graphics. Native RGB elements are always treated as untagged in FreeHand, assuming the display profile as their source profile. This is annoying because the same native elements on two different workstations have different RGB source profiles assumed, and will print differently. To avoid major differences when printing native elements, you need to calibrate all monitors to the same standard. Even then, there's typically enough variation from display to display that you'll still get minor differences.
Imported images will display and print the same from multiple workstations, but native elements probably won't. It's a major gotcha and oversight by Macromedia.