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Acrobat 8 Announced!
Well… I'm sure you've heard by now… Adobe announced Acrobat 8 today. The Acrobat Family includes:
You might think – what is Acrobat Connect/Connect Professional? We're rebranding our Macromedia Breeze line of products. We have a brand new offering – Acrobat Connect – which is a personal meeting room, and Breeze Meeting is now Acrobat Connect Professional.
Most of the reason I've been very quiet this summer is a result of my world-wide tour to educate our Adobe sales teams on these products. 18 cities and 460 attendees later, I'm ready for a vacation!
However, back to today's announcement. So… where do you learn more about what's there?
For our Acrobat Developers… there are 6 live events, where our new PDF Technical Evangelist, Joel Geraci, will be running workshops on what's new and what's changed with Acrobat & PDF for our developer audience. The first one will be October 3rd in Washington DC – registration is via AcrobatUsers.com
The additional 5 cities are part of our North American tour.
And last but not least, I'll be hosting 3 live Acrobat Connect Professional meetings tomorrow (Tuesday, September 19th) to discuss Acrobat 8 with our user community. I'll have guest speakers from the PDF community – Ted Padova, Leonard Rosenthol, Duff Johnson, and Thom Parker – each discussing the new product offering. No registration required.
Well.. that's it for today… More tomorrow!
You guys are coming from a far,just the other day, I was on my old Zenith GT Workstation running Windows 95 which has Acrobat Reader 3 installed.
Remember to check out the splash screen section for Acrobat at the following site http://www.guidebookgallery.org/site/history
Congrats on the release.
How much of Acrobat 8 is Windows only? Because from what I'm seeing, there's not a lot of reason to upgrade anyone if the imbalance that existed in 7 is the same or worse.
Has the UI horrorshow that the Safar plugin/office integration was in 7 been fixed in 8? So that way, I can tell Acrobat to stop physically modifying Safari, and it really will, without me having to hack the application bundle? Better yet, does 8 no longer require physically modifying the application bundle?
Do the office plugins do more than save steps me just manually printing to the Acrobat 7 printer from Office 2004? It would be nice if they did. Even just feature parity with the Mac version of Design would be a HUGE upgrade from the "one button print to file" that Macro currently is.
In other words…please…market to me. Tell me, a mixed mode IT administrator, why I should spend money on an upgrade that for a large number of my users, is nothing more than a new UI and new PDF version. Show me that I'm wrong. Please.
John makes some interesting points. Let me address them:
None of the new features of Acrobat 8 Professional are Windows only. (OK – except one – Converting Lotus Notes emails to PDF). Yes, there were some inconsistencies between platforms in Acrobat 7 but this is not the situation for Acrobat 8.
Additionally, Acrobat 8 on MAC is much faster than earlier versions and Acrobat 8 is Intel native/Universal.
As far as the Safari browser on MAC — I'm not sure what you're referring to here… but Safari integration is totally revamped for Acrobat 8…it is much cleaner & faster. There is no need to modify anything – just install and it works.
So, the bottom line – if the new functionality isn't required or desired by your users – don't upgrade. If they are still on PPC machines – upgrading might not make sense. But I think that you'll find that your users (Mac and Win) will want Acrobat 8 Professional based on the improved performance and enhanced functionality.
Lori, I'm glad to hear 8 is universal. That's not shown up in any of the PR.
However, there are a few things that I see which concern me, such as this, from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/productinfo/features/
"Capture web pages as Adobe PDF files
Convert web pages to Adobe PDF documents to easily print, archive, mark up, or share. (Windows only)"
Now, I can do that NOW in Acrobat 7. Does this mean that Mac users lose this feature in 8? if so, that's a step backwards. if not, someone should perhaps make that more clear.
"Automatically locate form fields in static PDF documents and convert them to interactive fields that can be filled electronically by anyone using free Adobe Reader software*. (Windows only)"
Now, I didn't know you could do this in 7 reader at all, (which if so, would be yet another example of how Acrobat simply is not effectively marketed to the Mac community) but either way, why is this a Windows only feature?
Acrobat 3D is still relying on Direct X and is still Windows – only. Even more odd is the fact that the 3D capture utility runs on Solaris, Irix, HP-UX and AIX, (on PowerPC even), but not OS X?
Designer is still Windows only, and from what I can see, will remain that way permanently. The argument can be made that there's no market for Designer in the Mac user population, but on the other hand, how many Mac Acrobat users know what it is? When they see "Windows only", they stop caring, because it's not something they're able to care about.
On the Safari thing, that's an issue with the UI for Acrobat and how it deals with plugins. Ask anyone on the Mac Sysadmin lists about how well "just say no" works with either the Safari or Office plugins. You can say "Stop doing this" but eventually, you have to go in and hack the proper XML files in the Acrobat bundle and in /Library/Application Support/Adobe/ to get it to stop pushing the plugin or the Office Macros out. In addition, if your company has standardized on Firefox, (for which there are quite a few good reasons to do so), then you have…well nothing other than third party plugins on the Mac side, because the plugin is not a "browser" plugin, it's a Safari plugin. That's more of an issue than you may think.
On the Office side of things, the Mac Office Macros have, for years, and three versions of Office been nothing but a one button version of what you get in the print to file dialogs. I get that there are some limitations in Office:Mac that prevent complete feature parity in that area. (there are workarounds, but they're pretty hacktacular so relying on them may not be a good idea.) However, it's pretty odd that InDesign has better Word import abilities than Acrobat, in that it at least can properly handle URLs in Word files, whereas all Acrobat can do is a big, literally "dumb" print to file. I don't think anyone at Adobe has any clue as to how many licenses of Acrobat better Office macros *alone* could sell on the Mac side.
But from a marketing POV, whether you mean to or not, the message is, "If you really want the power of Acrobat, use Windows. The Mac applicaiton is there, but don't expect much out of it than the minimum." I've been told point blank by Adobe people that the solution on the Mac is to run Crossover Office and the Windows version. That's not good marketing on any level, because what is says is "Our mac users don't count". Okay. That may indeed be the Acrobat team's view of things.
But when you don't tell people about what Acrobat can do beyond PDF creation, when you come out with two full versions that are boggy, slow, and have a poor UI, (WHY must Acrobat COMPLETELY take over the monitor it's launched on? I know Windows users run every window maximized, but Mac != Windows with a funny UI mod), a plugin that takes five updates to fix a security hole that it creates, and only works with one browser that it has to physcially modify to do so, and the Office addins are slow, and add no real functionaltiy, well, is it any surprise that people running Mac OS X are not running out to buy it? Adobe has *not* done a great job of laying out the reasons for doing so. It seems that you all just gave up on even trying when OS X came out.
Heck if Acrobat 8 can create PDF from XML, that would be huge on the Mac side, since XML is rapidly becoming the default format for most applications. I know a lot of people who would love to create PDFs from XML, but as far as I can tell, that's not possible, which makes no sense at all.
Sorry about the length, but you're one of about two Acrobat people who are even *listening* to anything from the Mac community. That's not real good either from a corporate POV, but you get mad credit in my book for it. (it makes me ask, does Adobe even have evangelists talking to the Mac community? From what I've seen the answer would seem to be "no")
1. WebCapture – this is not a new feature. No changes between Acrobat 7 and Acrobat 8. It works in IE on Windows only.
2. "Automatically locate form fields in static PDF documents and convert them to interactive fields that can be filled electronically by anyone using free Adobe Reader software*. (Windows only)"
THIS IS A MISTAKE THAT I WILL GET CORRECTED TODAY. The new form field recognizer works on both Mac and Windows. The ability to add "rights" to a PDF form so that users of free Adobe Reader versions 7 and 8 can fill and save locally, and add digital signatures is cross-platform. (The only part of forms that is not cross-platform is Adobe LiveCycle Designer)
3. Acrobat 3D – again, you were asking about new features/functionality. Acrobat 3D will continue to be a windows only product.
4. Adobe LiveCycle Designer – again, not a new offering, and continues to be a Windows application.
5. Safari plug-in issue. I'm sorry to say, I've not heard any of these complaints, however, I will forward your concerns to our engineering team.
6. PDFMaker for MS Office. The biggest problem we (Adobe) have is that Microsoft does not offer APIs on Mac with the same robustness as Windows. Therefore, since there is nothing to "hook" into, our hands are tied. We would love to have our PDFMaker on Mac have the rich features offered on Windows. Feel free to send a note to Microsoft to encourage them to have parity in their APIs for developers, like Adobe.
7. Rest of issues (Marketing). Acrobat Product Management has a Product Manager dedicated to Acrobat on MAC OS. Creative Suite Product Management has a Product Manager dedicated to Acrobat as part of the Creative Suite. We are not ignoring the Mac user – we are working within the constraints of the OS (thank you Apple) and the applications (thank you Microsoft). The majority of our Acrobat users on Mac are creative professionals. Therefore we continue to ensure that the workflows and functionality required for a creative professional are improved and enhanced.
Also launched today is Creative Suite 2.3 – which has excellent integration with Acrobat 8. There are 96 new pre-flight profiles, the ability to print a booklet, the ability to create a JDF package, and so on. Adobe has not abandoned the Mac user at all!
And thank you for your comments.
"1. WebCapture – this is not a new feature. No changes between Acrobat 7 and Acrobat 8. It works in IE on Windows only."
Okay…but I think we're talking about two different things then, because I have Web Capture in my copy of Acrobat 7 on Mac OS X. That's what I'm referring to…what feature are you speaking of?
"2. "Automatically locate form fields in static PDF documents and convert them to interactive fields that can be filled electronically by anyone using free Adobe Reader software*. (Windows only)"
Oh excellent.
"again, you were asking about new features/functionality."
Well, partially, but i was also trying to find out what my options are for better forms creation through Acrobat. The answer is "what they were in Acrobat 7", which, while not what I would prefer is an answer I can deal with. It does mean that Adobe isn't going to be much of a consideration for large scale PDF workflow beyond the desktop though, at least not for me.
"6. PDFMaker for MS Office. The biggest problem we (Adobe) have is that Microsoft does not offer APIs on Mac with the same robustness as Windows. Therefore, since there is nothing to "hook" into, our hands are tied. We would love to have our PDFMaker on Mac have the rich features offered on Windows. Feel free to send a note to Microsoft to encourage them to have parity in their APIs for developers, like Adobe."
Oh I'm VERY aware that this is a problem that requires two groups to completely solve, and I'm in contact with the Mac BU folks rather a lot. I've been requesting that improvement for quite some time. But, while you can't provide *full* feature parity, there are areas where you can provide improvement, as InDesign has shown with the improvement it provided in its Word import. Not every problem has to be completely solved in every version, but progress, when there are clear examples of it in other CS suite applications, is always appreciated.
On the Marketing side, I wasn't questioning the existence of Mac marketing people in the Acrobat org chart, but rather pointing out that the message of "Why you should buy Acrobat" on the Mac side is not getting out in the way, or at the level you may want.
(Oh, one minor nit, but it's one that may trip you up when talking to Mac people…MAC is either an acronym for Media Access Control, or the name of a high end women's cosmetic boutique chain. "Mac" is the correct spelling of the computer.)
Thanks for listening, it's nice.
As the director of an IT department at a large corporation, I understand for Adobe to not want to spend excess funds in porting non-essential programs to the Macintosh.
However as a director of the IT department I also understand how much of a problem and hassle the Adobe Acrobat system can be because of major incompatibilities. Digital Forms are obviously crucial to Adobe's future growth prospect and Acrobat is the tool it is using. But watching actual users first-hand, makes realize how much of a pain Adobe makes it and its intentional.
Most creative professionals create their works on the Mac platform in the company I work for and others. And having users create, then Print to PDF then finally export the PDF file to a Windows computer to convert to forms IS SUCH A HUGE WASTE OF TIME!! and makes it very inefficient. It doesn't make sense and its also bad business practice to ignore your customers. Adobe is ignoring its customers and also placing an undue burden on its customers by not listening to its customers needs. It is quite clear that a huge portion of Acrobat users would be more productive and efficient if LiveCycle Designer was also on the Mac platform – the platform where the original shell/template is designed.
I personal feeling is that Adobe is not at fault for not incorporating Acrobat 3D, and more robust MS Office extensions on the Mac platform. But Adobe should port LiveCycle to the Mac platform it truly wants to capture the digital form market and to listen to its customers. From my experience, Mac customers tend to be the most loyal customer base. Adobe should not take its customer base for granted.
As the director of an IT department at a large corporation, I understand for Adobe to not want to spend excess funds in porting non-essential programs to the Macintosh.
However as a director of the IT department I also understand how much of a problem and hassle the Adobe Acrobat system can be because of major incompatibilities. Digital Forms are obviously crucial to Adobe's future growth prospect and Acrobat is the tool it is using. But watching actual users first-hand, makes realize how much of a pain Adobe makes it and its intentional.
Most creative professionals create their works on the Mac platform in the company I work for and others. And having users create, then Print to PDF then finally export the PDF file to a Windows computer to convert to forms IS SUCH A HUGE WASTE OF TIME!! and makes it very inefficient. It doesn't make sense and its also bad business practice to ignore your customers. Adobe is ignoring its customers and also placing an undue burden on its customers by not listening to its customers needs. It is quite clear that a huge portion of Acrobat users would be more productive and efficient if LiveCycle Designer was also on the Mac platform – the platform where the original shell/template is designed.
I personal feeling is that Adobe is not at fault for not incorporating Acrobat 3D, and more robust MS Office extensions on the Mac platform. But Adobe should port LiveCycle to the Mac platform it truly wants to capture the digital form market and to listen to its customers. From my experience, Mac customers tend to be the most loyal customer base. Adobe should not take its customer base for granted.
Can you clarify:
"The ability to add "rights" to a PDF form so that users of free Adobe Reader versions 7 and 8 can fill and save locally, and add digital signatures is cross-platform. (The only part of forms that is not cross-platform is Adobe LiveCycle Designer)"
Are you saying 8 will allow creation of rights enabled PDFs? Without the LiveCycle server extension that now cost $20k-100k?
The mail-to-PDF only works for Lotus Notes in Windows? Notes is cross-platform and I use it on both. This would be a very nice feature for both sides.
Maybe it only works with Notes 7 which isn't yet available on OS X?
Regarding Office (Word) integration — what are the major differences between Acrobat for Windows and Mac? I've been wanting to switch our document production to Mac, but we depend on the PDF-maker support for Windows Office, to do things like make a bookmark set out of Word's headings, and customize the compression and so forth. Your remarks above make it sound like not all is the same in Word for Mac…
If only there was a try-out for Mac!
The Office Macros on Mac OS X are a one – click print to file. No structure is preserved. So they enhance nothing, and indeed, cause rather large delays in launching Office applications, all in the name of creating what is literally a "dumb" print to file.
There's nothing to be gained from them unless the print dialog is a huge inconvenience.
I was planning to buy the standard version for Mac. I need this occasionally to produce PDFs of pre-press quality. The quality of Mac OS's PDFs is not good enough for this purpose. So, can I harbour the hope that Acrobat 8 Standard for Mac will come sometime later, even next year I.e. has Adobe adopted a release policy similar to that of Photoshop Elements for Mac that has a different release date than the Windows version. Or should I get a copy of version 7 now while it is still available?
So, if Adobe Reader 8 is out, where can I get it? Is the reader universal too?
How about the Breeze / Connect plug-in, is that universal? Will the new plugin work with sites that still use Breeze?
Hi, I reviewed Acrobat 8 Pro (pre-release) here at:
Here is the blurb:
We review Adobe's new Acrobat 8 Professional (pre-release)
for performance against PDF Enhancer 3.1. The new Acrobat
features faster operations, smaller PDFs, a new interface,
and the ability to combine different types of files into one PDF.
After reading all this I still don't know the answer to one question.
On a MAC with System 10.4, in Acrobat 8 can I create an interactive PDF form that can be filled out and SAVED by Acrobat Reader?
Do you know if custom metadata fields can be viewed in Adobe Reader 8. In version 7 and under these can only be viewed in the professional versions.
Hi! Back in the days of Acrobat 7 Pro, Adobe LiveCycle Designer was bundled together. In this version 8 Pro, Is LiveCycle Designer there as well? Is is the same version as the previous version of LiveCycle? Or must I buy separately?
Thanks for reading!
Acrobat 8 Professional (Windows) will include Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.
Hi Lori.
I went to one of the launch events for 8 for my University and was majorly upset at the Acrobat features which (yet again) were Windows only. The identification of form fields in scanned documents and the subsequent creation of the corresponding PDF form is the main issue for me. Why should I have to buy the Windows version in addition to the Mac version just to get this functionality?
Having just taken delivery of both a new Mac Pro and a new MacBook Pro, I was excited to upgrade from Acrobat 6 Standard to the new Acrobat 8 Standard.
Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that Acrobat 8 Standard is not available for the Mac. Why is Adobe insisting that I pay $60 more for an upgrade to Acrobat 8 Professional for features I will never, ever
Adobe does realize that the Mac OS X built-in PDF generation capabilities are completely sub-standard from a quality perspective and
that there IS room for a mid-range PDF generation capability that is Acrobat Standard?
Hi Lori:
You still haven't answered Matt's question above: When will we get Acrobat 8 STANDARD for the Mac?
Some of us don't need all the features of Professional and I think it is really obnoxious of Adobe to charge us a "Mac tax" by making us upgrade to Professional whether we need it or not. I find it hard to believe that removing features for the Standard version is all that difficult.
Brett/Matt and others,
I'm sorry you were disappointed that there is no upgrade from A6 -> A8 for Acrobat Standard.
Based on feedback from our customers (we surveyed tons of Mac users), it was clear that our customers (as a whole) didn't want the Standard version. Most actually purchase Acrobat 8 as part of the Creative Suite bundle, so they get Acrobat Professional as part of the suite.
There are no plans to release Acrobat 8 Standard on Macintosh. I checked the pricing and the difference I believe is $60 between the cost to upgrade to Acrobat 8 Standard (on Win) and Acrobat 8 Pro (either platform).
There is quite a bit of new functionality – 60+ new preflight options; ability to find and fix problems in preflight; ability to print booklets; automatically create PDF/X and PDF/A compliant PDFs; automatic form field recognition (if you need to create forms); and the ability to create a review workflow or a data collection workflow – and let customers or co-workers with Adobe Reader actually participate in that process.
I do hope you upgrade to Acrobat 8 Pro. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
I just downloaded Reader 8 for Mac OS X 10.4. I use Firefox 2.0 as my primary browser. Is there any way I can view PDF's within the browser window like I can in Safari? i.e. Can I use the plugin for Safari with Firefox?
I see complaints regarding the Mac tax, but be thankful you don't live in the UK. Our upgrade price is £163 (i.e. almost double the US price).
Hi Lori:
Thanks for getting back to us on that. The blog feedback to users is much better than what big software companies have communicated to us in the past.
While I respect Adobe's right to put out whatever versions they want, I think it is a little disingenuous to say you surveyed your users and they didn't want Standard, yet you offer a Standard version on Windows. So you surveyed your Windows users and they DID want a Standard version?
As regards the CS bundle, well, that is an excellent example of why the federal government frowns on bundling. In traditional bundling, a manufacturer includes a product the customer doesn't want along with a product the customer does want and forces the customer to buy both to get the desired product. In this case, Adobe is introducing a twist by saying that since CS purchasers get Acrobat Professional free, non-CS buyers (or I should say, Mac users) should have to buy it (at a higher price) so Adobe doesn't have to bother making and supporting a different version. Perhaps the FTC would be interested in hearing about this?
Personally, I don't need any of the Professional features you mention above, so Adobe is just hoping to get an extra $60 from me.
I just upgraded a slew of users from OS9 to Tiger (with new Intel Macs) — they were using Paperport for forms on scans. Since that is not available anymore on the Mac, I suggested Acrobat Standard. Lo and behold, no Standard. At an additional $200 a seat (since we aren't upgrading), Adobe is now losing a substantial sale. As well, I talked to sales and they were not able to make any kind of concessions.
hi all,i gt a small problem i have acrobat 8 proffessional which was wrking perfectly fine some days ago.bt now suddenly when ever i open acrobat proffessional it terminates the pdf opened and shuts itself down any suggestions??
I have the same problem as maverick – Acrobat 8 pro shuts itself down couple of seconds after a pdf is opened. Does anybody know how to fix this?
I am having the same problem as Mark and Mav…This problem has been occuring since V8 was released…I have not been able to use it. I have to go to another machine with V7 on it. Adobe should be addressing this by now!!!!
My company is wanting to use acrobat connect for 9 graphic designers to edit customers proofs and products online without sending proofs back and forth. We downloaded a trial and the connect add-in crashes every single time. We are using Intel Macs with Xeon processors. I have tried everything from running Safari and Firefox in Rosetta to using older versions of them. I contacted Adobe and they give me the run around. This program is exactly what we need but the screen sharing doesn't work which makes it useless. A lot of other users have emailed me with the same problem. If Adobe is going to say that it works on a Intel mac then make sure it does!!!!
It runs fine on my Macbook Pro –
only trouble was to get my webcam working – but that's fixed.
Same Problem – Acrobat 8 always shuts it self down after i opend a pdf. tried to reinstall but the same problem still occurs. i don't know what to do. probably go back to acrobat 7…
Well I need to say I'm sorry. After trying everything on my MacPro I went to a co-workers and it worked fine. So after trying everything even stringing a network cable from her office to mine I found that for some reason I had a bunch of folders in my macromedia flash player preferences folder that she didn't have. I replaced mine with hers now it works great. I'm not sure what those folders were or were they came from, but they must have been the problem because it's running fine now.
I am having the same problem with a8 shutting down 5-10 sec after it is launched or a pdf is opened? is there a fix for this?
I just upgraded to Adeboe Reader 8 on my iMac G5 running Mac OS X 4.8. Now I can no longer read pdf files from the Safari browser. I get the following error message: "Unable to Load Plug-In; The page "http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/pdfs/reader_user_guide.pdf" attempted to load an Internet plug-in named "Adobe Acrobat and Reader Plug-in", but the plug-in failed to load successfully."
Can you tell me how to fix this problem? I searched the Adobe site to no avail.
For Acrobat crash on startup:
Disable the Updater.acroplugin (find Adobe Acrobat Professional.app inside the Acrobat folder, select it and Get Info, open the Plug-ins section of the Get Info window, and uncheck Updater.acroplugin)
The solution provided here for resolving acro 8 crashes applies to Macs only. I'm running XP and have the same problem. Any advice?
Yes, I can't keep Acrobat 8 open for more than a couple seconds in XP. It is completely useless. Help!
I'm also finding Acrobat 8 on XP crashes afer a few seconds. My initial install worked great but now I can't do anything!
I'm having the same problem with Acrobat 8 shutting itself down as well. I'm using Windows Vista & the program won't stay open longer than a few seconds. Please help.
Same problem with me. Acrobat 8.0 Pro shuts itself down a few seconds after being opened on an XP Pro platform. I tried opening the Acrobat directly, then from a PDF file on the hard drive and also from within IE 7. They all result in the program shutting itself down after about 7 seconds… I have installed this program for a few months now, but the problem first appeared yesterdsy out of the blue. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Same problem as the guys above… Adobe, you need to get on the ball with Acrobat… It's horribly buggy and at this point, you made yourself the big cats on the block, now start taking care of bugs that have been in the past 3 versions (including 8) like random shut downs, or the pdf print driver not installing properly on default systems…
Getting very sick kof random closes and bugs in the Adobe family, albeit Macromedia apps seemed unscaved.
Sorry, I know this isn't a place to rant, but this is a prime example of my annoyance…
Plenty to say when selling the product, NOTHING to say when the product doesn't work how it is promised to us by the company…
Adobe is slacking and a lot of people are getting quite sick of it. Yay for new features, but increase stability and stop having programs share the same memory files, etc.
No reason that Acrobat 8 should just stop working… on a clean install at least.
Besides that, when Acrobat somehow works on my other computers that are running Vista, love the updated gui, even if the IT manager isn't a huge fan 🙂
I ran into the same problem this morning, when I really needed it to work. It did manage to stay open long enough for me to disable the auto update (using xp) but it did not seem to help. My windows did update last night, wonder if that was it. I will try to do a restore to a point where adobe worked last week and try to narrow the problem down to maybe a specific update.
I've reached out to Acrobat Engineering about your problems with Acrobat 8 quitting automatically. It may have something to do with ALM (Adobe License Manager). They are asking me questions that I must ask you:
1. Do you know whether any of these users successfully activated Acrobat on the machines in question?
2. If we could get the serial numbers being used by these users we could verify them with the ALM server to see if any issues exist there.
If you are willing to send me this information directly (firstname.lastname@example.com) I will follow up with each of you directly.
Acrobat 8 Professional fails to successfully embed .mov (or Flash .swf containing .flv file) Quicktime movies into pdf.
I have embedded a .mov video into a pdf (built from InDesign) using Acrobat 8 Professional. I have also used the button feature to build play and stop buttons. The video plays well in Firefox, Win IE v6 and v7 on PC platforms but fails to play in mac (OS X 10.4.9) Safari (v2.0.4). Is this a know problem can anyone offer an explanation or help.
What's DAMN hilarious about this is that 90% of you IDIOTS are conveniently leaving out the fact that you're knowledgeably using a HACKED VERSION. That's right. PIRATED. By YOURSELF or SOMEONE YOU KNOW.
I will not buy acrobat reader to read stuff. It's not our problem that a simple reader costs money. So many important things are written with acrobat reader, and i do not understand why, but i will certainly never buy acrobat reader. I only buy things like Photoshop, and other useful tools.
I can't understand why you people are using acrobat reader? Thare are so many other PDF readers out there? Never uset acrobat, and never will.
It's like Microsoft Office and Open Office. Open Office is free 🙂
Hi All,
I am a Mac user and I am getting the problem of when I start Acrobat 8 it then crashes giving you the option of clicking only OK wereapon it closes down. This happens if you open it alone, open an existing PDF and even if you do have another suite application open.
It only seems to happen in CS3 and NOT in CS2 both using acrobat 8.
I tried the fix:-
Bill — 04:52 PM on March 14, 2007
For Acrobat crash on startup:
Disable the Updater.acroplugin (find Adobe Acrobat Professional.app inside the Acrobat folder, select it and Get Info, open the Plug-ins section of the Get Info window, and uncheck Updater.acroplugin)
Thanks for this but I tried it and it does not work.
The plot thickens 🙂
WhosAnIdiot obviously selected the right Name tag: someone tell him that Reader is free and nothing gets written with it.
RE: Bill (Acrobat crash on startup) – March 14, 2007
Finally, a solution that worked for me! I've been waiting for an Acrobat 8 patch to solve this, but this seems to do the trick Disable the Updater.acroplugin (find Adobe Acrobat Professional.app inside the Acrobat folder, select it and Get Info, open the Plug-ins section of the Get Info window, and uncheck Updater.acroplugin).
I am having the same issues with Safari.
I just reinstalled safari 2.0 and reader 8.
I can't view PDF's in the browser anymore. All I get is the Adobe erader icon in the middle of the page.
Any solutions out there?
In the last 4 months, we have Ghosted out 171 workstations in 4 countries with Acobat Pro 8 installed. Now we are getting the Acrobat Updater popping up and asking to be updated. The users do not have admin rights to run this. We want to be able to push a registry setting or something to all the workstations simultaneously to disable the Updater. Obviously, we don't want to have to revisit 171 workstations to run updates or to reinstall with some transform tool. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
I've just written a CD bible program that allows the searching across multiple PDF's for clients but we have found that if we search with Acrobat 8 reader installed the browser IE throws an error about the resource being blocked. But this doesn't happen with Acrobat 7.
It seems to be a combination of security policy and Acrobat 8 as the issue seems to be with opening pdfs with file:///e:/index.pdf via IE but using e:/index.pdf works.
is there anywhere that I can see a list of all changes to acrobat since version 7.
Adrian Sweeney
Web Applications Developer
Any cure for the Adobe Professional 8 issue yet? I am still running into the same problems of it not staying open. I bought the upgrade version and installed it on my machine several months back and it worked fine up until about a week ago.
Reference to Carrie Meyers blog — 01:43 PM on May 14, 2007, can you please guide me in an easier way, how do I get to this get info in my XP pro, I cant seem to get to this window inside the Acrobat folder.
SAK – Carrie's instructions are for a Macintosh computer. For a PC, go to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\plug_ins and move Updater.api to a different folder.
Acrobat Reader 8 is very slow. Finally got frustrated and looked out for other alternatives. Foxit Reader Rocks!
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Bill…Thank you sooo very much. Your tip from March 2007 saved me from the Acrobat shut down problem I was experiencing with Leopard. I sat through lengthy uninstall and re-installation processes and almost gave up. Your solution was quick and simple. Thanks again! – James
Bill…Thank you sooo very much. Your tip from March 2007 saved me from the Acrobat shut down problem I was experiencing with Leopard. I sat through lengthy uninstall and re-installation processes and almost gave up. Your solution was quick and simple. Thanks again! – James
I use Acrobat 8.1 Standard with Windows Vista. I also regularly use Microsoft Speech Recognition. Now, whenever I open a PDF file the accessibility dialogs pop-up trying to prepare the PDF for accessibility. (This happens on Reader too)
I do not need nor want accessibility features in the PDFs I read. I have searched support and help for ways to disable this feature to no avail.
I understand that many people need these feaures and Adobe is to be commended for providing them, but WHY CAN'T I TURN THEM OFF. It is very annoying.


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Manila, august 2, 2003 (MALAYA) WE'RE always hearing about celebrities going into business, putting up restaurants, parlors, gyms, spas, and boutiques.What makes popular TV personality, singer and comedian Arnell Ignacio different is that his heart is so much into his hairpiece business - Hairwear by Arnelli.
"Ang sarap sarap pala ng pakiramdam ng ganito, para kang nakapagpagaling sa maysakit," seriously describes the comedian on just how rewarding it is to see his clients satisfied and happy with themselves because of their new "look."
Arnell, the host of GMA-7's top-rating game show, "K! The One Million Peso Videoke Challenge," is obviously fired up with his newest venture. Whereas other stars go into a business without even having a basic know-how about the enterprise, Arnell has not only a diploma but also the experience to back him up. It's really no wonder since he has been wearing a wig for about twelve years now. Heredity accounted to his experiencing thinning hair at an early age so even before Arnell entered the vain glorious world of showbiz, he was already spending lots of money and even experimenting with over-the-counter medicine just to counter his receding hairline.
"I was even injecting myself on the head with the medicine used by dermatologists to induce hair growth but it didn't work," he relates, describing just how desperate he was then to save his crowning glory.
He tried several medicines like minoxidil, a popular topical lotion prescribed for those with thinning hair, and a drug which he says produced results - hair growth - but at the expense of your libido.
He also bought the expensive programs of popular hair centers but it turned out to be another expensive - not the mention harrowing - exercise.
"Bili ka ng bili ng mga kung anu-anong mamahaling gamot na mamasahihin sa scalp mo tapos ang ending o-offer-an ka rin wig. Sa umpisa akala mo talaga okay kasi mukha talagang mahal pero tingnan mo," Arnell proceeds to show a portion of his scalp which is totally bald, "Ang gagawin nila i-wi-weave ang buhok mo. Masakit iyon! Tapos hihilahin so ang mangyayari mabubunot ang buhok mo."
So Arnell wore wigs, but this posed a problem for the performer, too. For those with a full head of hair, wearing wigs seem like a breeze. You just put it on, style it a little and you're off. But that just is not the case. There was definitely no way Arnell could ride a vehicle top down, as in motorcades, for fear of his hairpiece being blown by the wind, nor could he share a room with another artist in out-of-town shows. So at the risk of being tagged as suplado by promoters and producers, Arnell just had to insist on these conditions.
As they say, practice makes perfect. Arnell is putting to good use the things he's learned from the years of experimenting with his condition. He was prodded by Hair Majesty Ricky Reyes to put up Hairwear in Mother Ricky's Beauty Central during a chance meeting in Greenhills. But apart from Arnell's practical know-how, Mother Ricky practically took him under his wing and made him study in Hong Kong.
Hairwear by Arnelli sells customized hairpieces that are handmade in Europe. On a client's initial visit, his measurements and hair specifications will be noted and conveyed to the manufacturer in Germany. After three weeks, the customer is fitted and styled with his custom-made wig made from real human hair. "My shop is sandwiched by Mother Ricky's beauty parlor and hair salon so the client can have his hair done professionally - permed, colored, cut, streaked, blow-dried immediately," says Arnell.
He explains that after several testing, only European, Indian and Indonesian hairs proved to be the best samples for processing. "'Yung Pinoy hair gets brittle after processing. Ang Chinese hair naman, sobrang tibay.
"Ang behavior ng wigs namin ay parang sa tunay na buhok at ang principle nito ay ganun din kasi tunay ito'ng buhok," he explains. "Of course, hindi nga lang siya humahaba."
The wigs are either put in place with clips or adhesive which may be enough for a day' wear, a week or as long as a month, although Arnell removes his every night to prevent dirt from accumulating on his scalp. He also uses a shampoo for his wig that he prescribes to his clients.
A hairpiece lasts up to a year and costs anywhere from P12,000 to P22,000 compared to the hundreds of thousands of pesos that one usually shell out to undergo "hair-weaving." He is itching to make hairpieces for a lot of celebrities but he assures that Hairwear by Arnelli caters to all sorts of people and not just the famous, although now he is doing the hair extensions (they offer that, too) of Ara Mina and Aiko Melendez and, yes, making a wig for Jomari Yllana!
"Ay! Ngayon ko lang napagtanto na baka nga pala mag-abut-abot ang mga kliyente ko," he exclaims.
Arnell himself does the measuring of the clients. "Sa tagal na na ginagawa ko ito, alam ko na kung alin dapat ang makapal at alin 'yung konti lang talaga ang buhok. Kapag tumingin ka kasi sa tunay na buhok, hindi naman pantay-pantay ang kapal niyan. May part na mas makapal, may part na hindi. What's also good about our hairpieces is that pwede mong ilipat-lipat ang hati niya na hindi mo magagawa sa synthetic wigs," he explains and gleefully demonstrates.
The shop's clientele ranges from businessmen to housewives, even those who are undergoing radiation treatments. Since Arnell knows firsthand how it is to be bald, Hairwear by Arnelli's marketing approach is very personal and discreet. His marketing team is giving incentives to street hawkers who can refer clients to Hairwear. All the magmamani or magbabalot has to do is sign up and register at the shop to get anywhere from 3% incentive to P30,000.
"'Yung mga magdyadyaryo... sila talaga kasi ang nakakalapit sa mga tao dahil sila ang mga nasa daan, 'di ba?" he says.
He feels so passionate about his new business but he is not about to turn his back on showbiz. He is now under Wyngard Tracy's Artistation and happy that his show is on its second year and is rating well.
"Alam ko dapat isang season lang ito, pero nung makita ko ang pinalabas na list ng top-rating shows ratings ng kabilang channel, aba, kami lang ang pumasok sa top 10!" he says.
(Hairwear by Arnelli is located at the 2nd level of the Greenlanes Beauty Central, Greenhills, San Juan with telephone numbers 723-2891 and 723-6171).
Reported by: Sol Jose Vanzi
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Baseball comes back to Salt Lake City on April 4, and so do a few familiar faces.
The Salt Lake Bees annouced their Opening Day roster on Monday afternoon, which includes returning talent at the corners. Third baseman Luis Jimenez and first baseman Efren Navarro come back after playing key roles last season for the team. So does outfielder Kole Calhoun and workhorse pitcher Matt Shoemaker.
The Bees have nine men on the Anaheim Angels' 40-man roster, including pitchers Ryan Brasier, David Carpenter, Barry Enright, Michael Kohn and Brandon Sisk; infielders Jimenez and Tommy Field; outfielders Calhoun and Scott Cousins, and catcher John Hester.
In all, 18 of the 24-man roster have played in the majors.
Jimenez, Navarro and Calhoun were among Salt Lake's heavy hitters last season, all batting over .294. The pitching staff has many new arrivals to Salt Lake, but five pitchers spent part of the 2012 season with major league clubs.
The season-opener is a 6:35 p.m. on Thursday at Spring Mobile Ballpark against the Tuscon Padres.
Salt Lake Bees roster
Set to be with the team on Opening Day:
Pitchers • Ryan Brasier*, Billy Buckner, Fernando Cabrera, David Carpenter*, Robert Coello, Dane De La Rosa, Barry Enright*, Michael Kohn*, Elvin Ramirez, Tony Pena, A.J. Schugel, Matt Shoemaker, Mitch Setter
Catchers • Luke Carlin, John Hester*, Chris Snyder
Infielders • Tommy Field*, Luis Jimenez*, Efren Navarro, Luis Rodriguez
Outfielders • Kole Calhoun*, Scott Cousins*, Roberto Lopez, Trent Oeltjen, Matt Young
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Silicon Valley's gender gap handicap. "Women are missing in Silicon Valley's startups and in the investment community…" (ZDNet)
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Students who participate in service learning will benefit from clear, concise guidelines on why they are participating in a service learning component and how service learning will strengthen the course knowledge obtained through a combination of course material and community experience.
Principles of Good Practice
The following Principles of Good Practice are a useful guide for both novice and new service learning faculty:
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Principle 6: Prepare Students for Learning in the Community
Principle 7: Minimize the Distinction Between the Students' Community Learning Role and Classroom Learning Role
Principle 8: Rethink the Faculty Instructional Role
Principle 9: Be Prepared for Variation in, and Some Loss of Control with, Student Learning Outcomes
Principle 10: Maximize the Community Responsibility Orientation of the Course
Howard, J. (Summer 2001) Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Service-Learning Course Design Workbook, University of Michigan.
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As evident from the table above, total budgetary resources available for spending increased in FY 2007, a 6.8 percent increase over the prior fiscal year and a 45.3 percent increase over the past three fiscal years. The increase in available budgetary resources was used to fund the increased cost of additional human capital to address the growing average complexity of patent applications and the increase in patent and trademark filings.
The increase in available budgetary resources also allows the USPTO to apply additional funds towards the accomplishment of strategic goals and other initiatives that are associated with the performance goals contained in the 2007-2012 Strategic Plan and the PMA.
The USPTO fee collections exceeded the estimated collections of $1,771.0 million during FY 2007; therefore, the USPTO was able to spend up to $1,771.0 million of fees collected during the year. The FY 2007 fee collections of $1,783.2 million increased 7.6 percent over FY 2006 collections of $1,657.6 million, all of which was appropriated. This increase in collections is due to an increase in patent and trademark application filings, as well as an increase in maintenance fees received.
As defined earlier, temporarily unavailable fee collections occur when the initial fee estimates are lower than actual collections. During FY 2007, the USPTO collected $12.2 million in fee collections that were designated as temporarily unavailable. As a result, the $516.5 million in temporarily unavailable fee collections at the end of FY 2004 increased to $528.7 million at the end of FY 2007.
The chart below illustrates amounts that Congress has appropriated to the USPTO over the past four fiscal years, as well as the cumulative unavailable fee collections.
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What better way to start a sunny Sunday morning than with a mile-high stack of pancakes? Wake the kids early and let them get messy in the kitchen helping you prepare a tasty breakfast for the whole family. There's enough to go around for everyone (recipe makes 16-18 pancakes).
The recipe below is written for your kids (up to age 10) -- so snap on an apron and assume your role as sous-chef.
Serve with a good glug of maple syrup and slices of crispy bacon.
Makes 16-18 pancakes.
1. Set a large strainer over a large mixing bowl. Tip the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar into the strainer and sift into the bowl. Make a well in the center.
2. Ask an adult to help you melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat or in the microwave on a low setting.
3. Put the milk, buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla extract in a bowl and whisk with a balloon whisk. Pour into the dry ingredients in the mixing bowl and whisk until the batter is smooth.
4. Put a pat of butter in a large, heavy skillet. Ask an adult to help you set it over medium heat. Allow the butter to melt, swirling it so that it coats the bottom of the skillet evenly.
5. Drop 4 tablespoons of the batter into the hot skillet and cook for about 1 minute, or until bubbles start to appear on the surface. Using a spatula, flip the pancake over and cook the other side until the pancake is golden and well risen. Remove the pancake from the skillet and keep it warm on a plate covered with aluminum foil.
6. Repeat with the remaining batter.
7. Serve the pancakes with crispy bacon, if you like, and a drizzle of maple syrup.
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As expected, 2005 wasn't abanner year for UK film production as film tax breaks uncertainty and a strong pound hurtthe industry. According to figures from the UK Film Council, film productionspending in the UK was £559m ($988m) in 2005, down 31% from 2004's £810.3m ($1432m). That'sfar below 2003's record year of £1.16bn ($2.05bn). During ...
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A storied research sub that explored and filmed the wreck of the Titanic is making an appearance in the Northwest. The deep-diving submarine "Alvin" is in Astoria Monday, August 26 through Friday, August 30 while its support ship changes crews. It's actually one of two well-known submersibles passing through the port town.
In addition to exploring the Titanic, the stubby 3-person submarine Alvin has also found a lost H-bomb in the Mediterranean Sea and discovered dramatic hydrothermal vents. Alvin departs Astoria at the end of this week to begin sea trials to test out a $41 million upgrade. Submarine operations manager Patrick Hickey says as part of the overhaul, technicians enlarged the spherical titanium crew compartment and added extra viewing portholes.
Hickey: "The old sphere, you could easily equate it to spending all day in a phone booth with two of your closest friends. Well, the phone booth has grown into a very small car now. So, you have more room but you're still in a crowded space."
During this week's port call, the mother ship is dropping off a different sub named Jason, this one unmanned. It spent the past several months helping scientists do earthquake studies off the Oregon and Washington coasts. Both subs are operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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First of all, thank you to all who took the time out of their day to come and contribute to our ideas. Specifically thank you to AJ, Sam, Dylan, Hardip and Louis; had you not shown up this group might not have taken off! I was also very impressed that everyone spoke their mind and were engaged for the duration of the meeting, if we can keep that going then there is no doubt in my mind that we can do great things! But back to business...
It was mentioned that the Hub was an ineffective/dreaded means of communication among us yesterday. With that in mind, it is currently the best solution for me to get information to you guys and prospective members/talent, and the email I get email notifications whenever someone tries to contact me, or posts on our page, is very convenient. It is for those reasons that I ask, at least only temporarily, that you folks get a little involved with the Hub page. Please comment on our posts, participate in the polls, ask questions, and make questions of your own. It may be arduous now and beneficial now, but the new blood that comes here next year seems to have taken to the hub and I'd like to include them as part of our target audience. Your involvement with our Hub page is however not mission critical, in my opinion, and if you think a better use of your time would be to investigate technologies or formulate ideas then by all means don't force yourself to make posts if they'll be "just for the sake of doing them". My last point on this topic is that I am working on a better means of communication/member acquisition. A campus-wide email will likely be sent out Friday as that is when I am meeting with Mr. Gagliano to discuss the formalities/informalities of our organization. That email is likely to include a link to our hub page, which is another motivation to make it pretty or enticing.
We are currently seeking an adivisor for our student org. After our discussion yesterday the candidates that stick out in my mind our Dr. Livingston and Dr. Urbain. They stand out both because of the recommendations I have received by other faculty in their favor and what they would bring to the table as our advisor(s). I will be reaching out to them today to see if they are available/interested.
We need a constitution to officially become an student organization. Originally I thought "OK lets get that out of the way quick and never look at it again", but after some thought and our discussion yesterday it seems like a good vehicle to introduce a little order and fun into our group. All who showed up yesterday appeared competent and motivated, as our meetings progress we'll acquire more members and unfortunately even at an engineering school like ours incompetent and lazy members will be introduced (trust me, I've dealt with a few personally). I will send out a link to the Google doc and ask a question on the Hub regarding our constitution; this will be your constitution, it would be beneficial to you to get involve with its creation!
My favorite part of the meeting was our discussion of the Hound game! That got everyone talking and the ideas flowing. I was impressed by the points many of you made regarding the development process and design decisions, and I hope you all continue to stay involved and play devil's advocate when necessary. What was also awesome was that some of you seemed to like the idea of the game, and I would absolutely love it if we adopted it as one of our first projects!
Meeting times were discussed and as we found out, of all the rooms in the whole **** school I seemed to pick the one that someone was using during free hour, go figure. For now, it looks like Mondays at 1 in CC47 will work, at least until we figure out a better time that coincides with those who weren't able to make it, and gain the benefit of room reservation for student orgs.
One thing that I think wasn't stressed enough during the meeting was the importance of the Midwest Game Development Summit. The potential benefits to our members/organization of attending/participating are simply too much to ignore, for me at least. However, the timefame is a little disheartening. I plan on doing my best to see at least one of our ideas become polished/developed enough to have something to showcase at the Summit, and I think it would be a fantastic goal for us to work towards as an organization.
Something I didn't talk about during the meeting was our affiliation with other organizations. I think branching out somewhat and looking for talent at other schools we could source people that have skills in artistry or music that perhaps we couldn't find here with our highly technical students (note that I'm not saying MSOE students are incapable of excelling in those areas, but that it may be easier to acquire help from those who's career choice is in the arts field). That said, there are groups internal to MSOE that may be able to partner with us, for example, I'm sure AE/CM, and ME's have some experience designing structures either on paper or with the aid of modelling software.
Last topic on my list related to our meeting yesterday, I'm almost done blabbing! Kudos to Hardip and Dylan for stepping up and taking ownership of creation/distribution of our flyers! Your involvement is definitely appreciated, and it got me thinking... My nature is that I like to do everything. The problems with that are that I do not have nearly enough time to do everything, and while I am great at many things, I'm not good at everything. If my senior design team noticed my effort in was lacking due to the MGDC they might have me drawn and quartered! Also, one of the many skills I believe a leader should have is the ability to delegate, and to help members use their talents in a manner that best benefits themselves and the organization. That said, this organization needs your help and for you to get involved. On any team I've been on lately (SDL, Senior Design) I've taken meeting minutes, kinda hard to do if it's my computer hooked up to the projector. I generally love to take minutes because it keeps me focused during the meeting, and gives me an overall feel for how the projects are going as I record the minutes and prepare the agenda for the next meeting. If anyone wants this responsibility, let me know! As we grow I think we'll discover and create more useful roles for members to fill, let me know if you have an idea of a position you'd like to fill.
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Here are some of today's phone conversations I enjoyed reading or viewing on the web, along with some brief thoughts:
Palm adding more Mojo with Ares (PC World) — We've only seen 300 or so apps for webOS so far. Palm isn't taking submissions from all developers yet, but they are trying to make it even easier to develop for webOS with Ares. This new development tool appears completely web-based, so there's no SDK to learn. From the description of a demo, it conceptually sounds like Visual Basic — drag-and-drop tools with built-in functionality to use. Hopefully, Ares pulls in more developers for webOS.
Sprint holding pat on ETF (PhoneScoop) — Verizon might be upping their early termination fees on "advanced devices" to $350 starting next week, but Sprint's staying put on theirs. Is that a competitive advantage? Probably not to most consumers, but still good to know.
Slacker now playing on Android (CNET) — Music streaming on Android gets better today now that Slacker supports Google's mobile operating system. You'll be able to use a Now Playing widget on your home screen with the Android version. Check for it in the Market… unless you buy a Droid. Verizon handset owners will find it in the Verizon channel in the Market.


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Moments after news broke of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez's death, NBCNews.com published analysis from Telemundo's Carlos Rajo who pondered: "Beyond the country's borders, question marks loom as to whether any regional leader will step into Chavez's shoes and become the region's voice of socialism and anti-Americanism?"
While the Telemundo commentator did allow that Chavez wasn't universally adored, "Love him or hate him - and plenty of people in Venezuela around the world felt one of the two emotions" he went on to regretfully add: "the firebrand President Hugo Chavez's brand of leadership will be hard to replace."
The following excerpts are from Rajo's March 5 article headlined: "Chavistas begin search for Lagin America's next 'Comandate'" published on the official NBC News website:
Love him or hate him — and plenty of people in Venezuela and around the world felt one of the two emotions — firebrand President Hugo Chavez's brand of leadership will be hard to replace.
Chavez died Tuesday at age 58, after a long battle with cancer that was shrouded in mystery and prevented him from being inaugurated for a fourth term.
Beyond the country's borders, question marks loom as to whether any regional leader will step into Chavez's shoes and become the region's voice of socialism and anti-Americanism.
Chavez, a self-declared socialist, often criticized the United States on its history of intervention in the Americas and Washington's stance on countries such as Iran.
In a 2006 address at the U.N. General Assembly, Chavez called President George W. Bush "the devil."
"The hegemonistic pretensions of the American empire are placing at risk the very existence of the human species," he said during the speech.
Such declarations gave voice to many wishing to shake-off perceived American dominance of Latin America. His habit of using Venezuela's vast oil wealth to help prop-up governments in the name of the "Bolivarian Revolution" — named after Simon Bolivar who led 19th-century movements to end Spain's colonial rule throughout Latin America — won him many friends.
Nobody in power in the Americas has Chavez's charisma or power to galvanize millions. More importantly, no other leader — even the ones that share his ideas like Ecuador's Rafael Correa, Bolivia's Evo Morales or Argentina's Cristina Kirchner — has the resources and influence of a country such as Venezuela, which has the largest proven oil reserves in the world.
So while many Chavistas are saying "Long live to the King," it is not clear how long the king's project will survive internationally.


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Cutting On-Farm Air Pollution, Improving Public Health and Saving Money
Conventional farming techniques, practiced on more than nine million acres in California's Central Valley, involve significant soil disturbance which increases dust pollution and diesel emissions.
Experts identify farming as a significant source of air pollution in the Central Valley. In some regions, crop cultivation and harvest contribute significant volumes of dust each day. Tractors that run on diesel also release emissions which can lead to ozone and smog pollution.
Central Valley residents — especially children and the elderly — suffer from a variety of respiratory problems due to pollution from farming and other sources. At least 10% of the population is afflicted with chronic breathing disorders. Fresno County, the leading farming region in the nation, has the country's highest asthma mortality rate.
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An effective and simple solution to reduce farming's impact on air quality and human health is a suite of low-impact cultivation practices called "conservation tillage."
These include leaving crop stubble (such as corn stalks) on the surface of the soil and planting a new crop right on top. Unlike conventional tillage, the remaining crop residue protects the soil from erosion and prevents wind from blowing it into the air. Conservation tillage also involves reducing the number of tractor passes farmers make to prepare fields for planting. Conservation tillage dramatically cuts dust and diesel pollution from farming compared to standard cultivation methods, and there's great potential for widespread adoption throughout the state.
Conservation tillage also greatly lowers fuel, labor and maintenance costs — all without harming crop yields. Since 2003, Central Valley farmers have saved tens of millions of dollars.
With partners, Sustainable Conservation is promoting the use of conservation tillage on dairy silage fields throughout the Central Valley to dramatically cut air pollution, benefit farmers' bottom lines and local farm economies, and help communities throughout the state breathe easier.
- On average, farmers using conservation tillage have reduced dust and diesel emissions by up to 70% and 50%, respectively
- Starting on fewer than 100 acres in 2003, we and our partners have helped California farmers make the switch to less intensive cultivation methods on more than 180,000 acres – over 280 square miles – across nine counties
- Farmers using conservation tillage save millions of dollars in fuel, labor and maintenance costs each year
Press & Accolades
AgNet West – Benefits of Strip-Till Corn Production for Dairies
Merced Sun-Star – Tour of Merced County Farms to Highlight Benefits of Conservation Farming
Strip-Till Farmer – Strip-Till Dairy Tour to Highlight Irrigation, Precision Techniques
Dairy Business Magazine – Silage Corn Production: Five Key Issues for Transition to Strip Tillage
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California Ag Solutions
California Dairy Campaign
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A Saudi court sentenced a Yemeni to seven years in prison and 500 lashes for his indirect involvement in the September death of an Algerian girl in Mecca, local papers said on Wednesday.
The 15-year-old girl was visiting the Islamic holy city for the umrah, or minor pilgrimage, when her body was found on the roof of a hotel adjacent to the one in which she was staying.
Al-Iqtissadiya daily said the Yemeni, whom it identified as Ammar, "admitted during his interrogation that he had an affair with the girl" and that they were having dinner when one of his colleagues burst in.
A fight then broke out between Ammar and his colleague, so the defendant urged the girl to "flee before her parents discover that she was in his company, but afraid, she hurled herself" from the balcony, the Arabic-language daily quoted him as saying.
It is a crime under Saudi Arabia's strict interpretation of sharia law for a man and woman to be alone in a private place unless they are related.
The case sparked an outcry in Algeria after it was initially reported that the girl had been gang-raped and then murdered.
However, autopsy has revealed that her body bore signs of injuries, but that the teenager had not been raped, according to Al-Iqtissadiya.


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