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Quote of the Day.
"This is a momentous occasion when perhaps the will of God isn''t entirely clear to many of us. So I ask you for your prayers to help the Holy Spirit be present among us, to open our hearts and our minds to what is the will of God for his people throughout the world." Cardinal Francis George of Chicago on the opening of the conclave to select a new pope.
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1. Cuts give Obama path to create leaner military.
At a time when $46 billion in mandatory budget cuts are causing anxiety at the Pentagon, administration officials see one potential benefit: there may be an opening to argue for deep reductions in programs long in President Obama's sights, and long resisted by Congress.
(New York Times)
2. Life expectancy gap complicates budget debate.
Research tying longer life expectancy to a higher income has profound implications for battles over trimming entitlement programs and raising the retirement age.
(Washington Post)
3. Rules of engagement for cyberwarfare force still hard to define.
When Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the Pentagon's Cyber Command, comes to the Hill on Tuesday, he will probably be asked to describe his plans for building a military force to defend the nation against cyberattacks.
(Washington Post)
4. Harriet Tubman park to be on Maryland land she worked as a slave.
Abolitionist Harriet Tubman''s struggle to help roughly 70 slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad was remembered on Saturday at the groundbreaking of a Maryland state park in her honor.
5. Has abnormal weather become the new normal?
Those drought-damaged evergreens outside? Regional climatologists say to expect more in the years ahead. And the surreal mounds of snow now hiding shrubs that barely survived summer''s heat? Get used to that, too.
(Kansas City Star/McClatchy)
6. Christian protesters decry Muslim mob''s arson spree.
Outraged Pakistani Christians took to the streets of Lahore on Sunday, protesting a rash of violence against their community over the weekend. Demonstrators denounced the burning of more than 100 homes of Christians on Saturday — a spree spurred by allegations that a Christian man made remarks against the Muslim prophet Mohammed.
(CNN Belief Blog)
7. Afghan president lashes out at U.S., straining Hagel visit.
The often-volatile U.S. relationship with Afghan President Hamid Karzai grew increasingly strained Sunday as Karzai accused the United States and Taliban insurgents of having a secret understanding to foment violence as a pretext to keep foreign troops in Afghanistan.
(Chicago Tribune)
8. S. Korea, U.S. begin drills as N. Korea threatens war.
Enraged over the South''s joint military drills with the United States and recent U.N. sanctions, Pyongyang has piled threat on top of threat, including vows to launch a nuclear strike on the U.S. and to scrap the nearly 60-year-old armistice that ended the Korean War.
(Associated Press)
9. Uhuru Kenyatta hails ''democracy triumph'' in Kenya election.
After being declared winner of Monday''s poll by the slimmest of margins — 50.07 percent — Mr Kenyatta said voters had upheld "respect for the rule of law," and promised to work with opponents.
10. Egyptian police go on strike.
Police officers in more than a third of Egyptian provinces have gone on strike, including in parts of Cairo and in Port Said, the troubled northern city where more than 50 people have died in the past month in clashes between police and protesters.
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Best Biotech CEO of 2012: This Year's Nominees...
Fast forward to 2012. Under Coles' leadership, Onyx is now a three-drug company. The multiple myeloma drug Kyprolis received FDA approval in July. Stivarga, a new treatment for colon cancer, was approved in September. Coles had a lot to do with both of the new drugs. Kyprolis came to Onyx through the October 2009 acquisition of Proteolix (a deal that some investors disliked when it was announced.) At one time, Bayer tried to claim 100% ownership of Stivarga but an Onyx lawsuit and tough negotiating on Coles' part helped the keep its ownership stake. Onyx is no longer the weak spouse in its marriage to Bayer.

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Just one week before Jon Fitch and Jacob Volkmann are set to debut for the World Series of Fighting against Josh Burkman and Lyle Beerbohm, respectively, the two fighters spoke to the media answering questions about their recent departures from the UFC.
Inevitably, questions for both fighters focused on the UFC's decision to let them go; Jon Fitch after a loss to Demian Maia, and Jacob Volkmann after a loss to Bobby Green.
During the questioning, Volkmann announced that he had intended to speak to Jon Fitch after the media call to speak with him about issues with the UFC. In a rather unorthodox turn, it became fighter interviewing fighter- and quite candidly. Below is their interaction:
Volkmann: I don't know if I'd call it a weight off my shoulders, it's a new thing, that's for sure. I did have a question for Fitch too, after this thing. I was wondering if Fitch wanted to get a fighters' union started for UFC to see if we could get a union started so fighters could get a little better pay, a little more leverage in their contracts.
Fitch: That's something that I've been talking about a lot lately. I wouldn't so much go after the pay necessarily, but there are some things that I would go after right away, which would be just giving fighters a voice, you know, because we don't get a say in rules, we don't a say in TRT use or marijuana use or anything that commissions decide. Everythign is left up to promoters and commissions. The fighters need a voice somewhere. Our rights need to be represented, and our feelings need to be represented somehow.
Volkmann: Well you were mentioning there was some kind of job security you were afraid of. I have a new idea about changing the contract that would ensure job security for the fighters so they don't have to worry about getting fired after every fight.
Fitch: Yeah, job safety, that would be something that would be worth talking about also.
Volkmann: Well I would change the contract where it's not four fights but you can get cut after one fight. I would make it a two-year contract minimum; a minimum of two fights per year, and a minimum pay. I would definitely change the minimum pay to be around $15,000 per fight, so that at least you get paid $30,000 per the minimum for the fighter. They can afford it, they have big pockets obviously, everyone knows they have big pockets because they're buying out Strikeforce and buying out all their competitors, trying to bully them out. It would help the competitors like the World Series to survive if the UFC actually had a focus on paying the fighters better.
Volkmann: That is the hardest part. Right now I'm going to try to contact the NFL's Players' Association, I treat some of the NFL players. I can't say who, because it's against HIPPA. But I'm going to try to get a hold of the NFL PA and see what I need to do. I have all the contact information from all the fighters in the UFC, so that's the hard part. I just need to call them all.
Fitch: Having support from other unions also, I think, would be important, because if you have union support from people who host the shows, the people who run the events, the people who sell concessions- all those people are on board, then you have a lot more power.
Volkmann: Well, yeah. I don't like when the UFC says they treat the fighters so well, and I think everyone- not everyone- the majority are fighting just to make the next fight. And they don't treat them well, there's no benefits.
Fitch: For me it was a hostile work environment. The biggest thing for me, I noticed that if you had good management, they were automatically not your friend. If your managers were doing their job, you were put in a bad corner.
It was at this point that Jim Hunter, who was mediating the call, decided to end the conversation of any 'perceived rights or wrongs by any other organization.' While the topic was dropped, it is clear that both Fitch and Volkmann feel very passionately about this issue. Volkmann said he is beginning to lay the groundwork for establishing a fighters' union, so we can expect to hear more about this after the fight, when he will presumably have time between training camps to realize his goals.
UFC President Dana White responded to Fitch's statements earlier in the call about the UFC being a hostile work environment, but has yet to issue a response to Volkmann and Fitch's discussion of unions.
The World Series of Fighting 3 card will be Friday, June 14 live at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casion. The main card will be airing on NBC Sports Network, beginning at 8pm PT, and the preliminary fights will stream online live beginning at 5:15 pm PT.Tags: Dana White, fighters union, Jacob Volkmann, Jon Fitch, mma, MMA NEWS, ufc, ufc news, world series of fighting, wsof, WSOF 3


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I'm very excited to be part of the first Beaducation AcademyRivet It and Metalworking Workshop with the lovely and talented Lisa Niven Kelly.
Get Beaducated March 16-17, 2013. Beaducation is hosting six classes over two days, taught by some of the best instructors in the business: Joe and Anat Silvera, Steven James, Lisa Niven Kelly and Me! In each class you will learn a new jewelry making technique with hands-on instruction, and you will have a beautiful finished piece to show off at the end! Space is limited in each class, so check your calendars and reserve your spot!
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Study and Provising of Network Traffic Based on Markov Model in Cloud Environment
The Cloud Computing is latest new computing paradigm where applications are provided across dynamic and geographically dispersed organization. The accurate modelling and simulation of flow of processes in cloud environment is an essential part of service level architecture. In this paper, an analytical model has been developed for identifying the pattern of inter-arrival processes and the service of processes. Empirical studies have shown that failure of processes after assignment to a suitable resource may affect the service pattern of the scheduling. Hence, the assumption that inter arrival, and service of processes are Poisson in nature does not always hold true, as it does not represent the real dynamics involved in service level cloud.


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Coal price outlook analysis for early 2009
Dr Don Barnett* discusses the price outlook for metallurgical and thermal coal.
Global coal demand in 2009 will be impacted by cutbacks in steel production and to a lesser extent by a slowdown in global electricity generation growth. The compounding impact of lower volumes and price will impact on the profitability of Australia's export coal industry.
The price outlook forecasts of six analyst groups for hard coking coal (the premium coal type) and export quality thermal coal, the lowest export quality category, have been graphed in the two figures. The analyst companies are ANZ Commodities, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs JBWere, Macquarie Research, Merrill Lynch, Wilson HTM and MINEC Pty Ltd.
Metallurgical Coal
The world financial crisis led to a reduction in steel demand in the last quarter of 2008 which resulted in cutbacks in steel production and depressed market for metallurgical coal.
Prior to the onset of the financial crisis it was generally expected metallurgical coal prices would remain very high throughout 2009 and 2010 before slowly decreasing to long-term levels generally 20 to 40 per cent higher than the pre "China Boom" levels in 2007.
By year end 2008 the near term forecasts for premium hard coking coal had basically halved to between US$125 to $200 per tonne FOB export port, but the long term expectations have increased slightly over the pre financial crisis levels to between US$120 to $150 (Figure 1).
The 2009 price of semi soft coking coal, the lowest coking coal category and the highest quality thermal coal, is now expected to be slightly less than half the 2008 price of US$240, and then to drift down to between US$90 to $100 out to at least 2015.
Thermal Coal
Despite concerns with global warming, much of Asia is turning to coal and has massive plans to invest in coal-fired power stations. Peabody states that, "globally, 200 gigawatts of coal plants are currently under construction, representing 700 million tonnes of annual coal demand expected to come on line in the next several years."
Demand for thermal coal in 2009 will be driven by industrialisation and urbanisation in China and India which will account for half of the new coal plants.
Commonwealth Securities expects, "thermal demand to hold up better than coking coal demand. The majority of Australia's thermal coal exports are some of the highest quality available in the seaborne market, with high energy content, low sulphur, moisture and impurities. These qualities will shield demand somewhat as certain power stations require high quality inputs for effective operation."
Thermal or steam coal is expected to fall from the 2008 level of US$125 per tonne FOB to between US$75 and $105 in 2009 and by 2015 to be between US$70 and $80 per tonne, approximately 50 per cent above the 2007 level (Figure 2).
Citigroup, however, forecast a price of US$70 for 2012 and a long-term price for thermal coal of US$50. With the cost increases that have occurred basically world wide in thermal coal production costs since the early part of this decade, it is not clear that at such a low price sufficient export coal could be produced to satisfy the expected consumption level.
Clearly coal companies fear a cost price squeeze in 2009 and are reviewing their cost structures to manage the compounding impact of lower volume and price.
* Don Barnett is managing director of MINEC Pty Ltd and is a recognised analyst in the Australian coal industry. Dr Barnett has been monitoring coal cash cost movements for Australian coal companies from 1995 to 2008 and his findings will be published in future editions of The Australian Journal of Mining. Contribution to this article was also made by Bede Boyle, founder of the AustCoal Consulting Alliance.
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The creative concept of DONT WALK 2017 is split into three different manifestations of progress. The first of the three being our individual psyches; what defines us as individuals and propels us forward whilst simultaneously holding us back? Our model introductory shoot looks to the individual beyond the model. Taking from the works of German philosopher, Martin Heidegger, our introductory shoot is modelled after the German 'in-der-welt-sein'. Translated as 'being in the world' this shoot explores the relationship of our models to the world.
Our understanding of the larger world is reliant on how we each relate to it. We are brought into 'being', into existence, by the way in which we engage with our surroundings; both physical and emotional. In our interactions with one another, we seek to highlight our best selves. The use of paint in this shoot is a comment on this process; highlighting certain features while recognizing our vulnerabilities.


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Mesa men win sportsmanship award
The Colorado Mesa University men's lacrosse team won an award in its inaugural season.
The Mavericks recently received the 2011 James 'Ace' Adams District 9 Sportsmanship award.
The award is presented by the U.S. Lacrosse Men's Collegiate Officials Committee to the college or university in each district whose coaches, players and fans exhibit the best sportsmanship during the season. Facilities for the officials and support for the officiating crew is part of the criteria.
"It is an honor to win this award because it is voted on by officials," CMU coach A.J. Stevens said in a press release. "It says a lot about us that we are being respectful and professional in the way we do our jobs."
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In less than five paragraphs, Stay Free Magazine's "How Hip Health Plan Breeds Superbugs" chillingly describes the nightmare plutopia in which we currently live—a world where not only are you chipperly reamed for twice the cost of your sinus medication, but are also softened up like veal for the slurping protuberances of a hyper-immune race of super bacteria.
No, the reason HIP covers less than a full supply is because it wants two co-payments out of me. At $30 each, that makes the drug $60. This not only makes the drug unduly expensive, but it encourages patients not to take their full course of antibiotics…. which, if you know anything about antibiotics, is dangerous from a public health perspective, because it can lead to drug-resistant bacteria.
Which, of course, is HIP's entire insidious plot. A pallid, gel-like population of wheezing mouth breathers ridden through the streets by antibiotic junky bacteria jonesin' for a fix. And who are these superbugs? As any reader who is familiar with the direct-to-video oeuvre of Brian Yuzna in the early 90's will be quick to realize, these are the board of directors of HIP Healthcare itself.
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The odds that Lansing Police Chief Mark Alley will be heading to Grand Rapids to become the next U.S. Marshal of the Western District have dropped from slim to nearly none.
But dont cry for Alley. Like the underdog in the championship game, he was happy to be in it.
"It was certainly an honor to be considered," Alley said. "I am confident that I represented myself in a professional manner throughout the process."
And as for the man who got the recommendation for the nomination, Alley is just as thrilled for state police Col. Pete Munoz as if he had gotten the nod himself.
"Col. Pete Munoz is a friend of mine — I couldnt be happier for him and his family," he said, adding that he thinks Munoz will do a wonderful job.
After news that Gov. Jennifer Granholm had lent her support to Col. Pete Munoz, head of the state police, Alley seemed to be the dark horse candidate for the job, at best. Now, Munoz has all but wrapped up the job, having received the recommendation of the vetting committee and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, who put together the committee. All that stands between the Munoz and the shiny silver star is the stamp of approval from President Barack Obama and a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing.
With the changeover in administrations at the federal level, most U.S. marshal and U.S. attorney holdovers from the George W. Bush years are being ousted in favor of Democrat-picked candidates. There are 94 districts in the U.S. and each has its own marshal and attorney. Even with some attorneys and marshals retaining their posts in the changeover, the Obama administration has a full plate of appointments to make, making it unlikely that the president would overrule the vetting committee and Levin.
News of Alleys application to become the U.S. marshal of the Western District was leaked in mid-April. After several media outlets caught wind of the potential career change for Alley, who has been Lansing Police Chief since 2000, the top dog released a statement to the press acknowledging his application and said he would no longer be speaking about it. He asked the media to respect the process and allow it to play out.
That process included appearing before a vetting committee pulled together by Levin. Alley had received letters of recommendation from Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero and former mayor David Hollister.
Some sources speculated that not having the backing of a statewide power, like Granholm, harmed Alleys chances. Other sources said his statement to the press put off the committee, though it was impressed by Alley's record and performance. Alley said he doesnt know why he wasnt chosen.
"I have no idea what went into their decision-making. It certainly was not relayed to me," he said.
Alley joined the Lansing Police Department in 1986 and worked his way up from sergeant to lieutenant to captain until he became chief in June 2000. Some of Alley's high points include creating the H.O.P.E. Scholarship Program and manning the city's drive to install surveillance cameras in trouble spots.
Asked if he was disappointed to be passed over for the position, Alley echoes back to that "just happy to be here" theme.
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Mark Kingwell's book, "In Pursuit of Happiness", has been on the bestseller lists now for almost two years. In it Mark explores the idea of happiness - the ways in which that idea has changed over the course of history, and how it influences all facets of life, not only our individual lives, but also economic and political thinking, psychological investigation and medical practice.
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John Portmann's book, "When Bad Things Happen to Other People",is all about Schadenfreude, a little described and intensely private but universally human emotion that explains a lot about contemporary society.
"The Secret" is all about the very short, strange marriage of Lord Byron and Annabella Millbanke.
The four years of the American Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, has managed to inspire and nurture a deep, romantic nostalgia for this period which, if anything, seems to be growing. At last count the number of books devoted to the civil war exceeds 60,000.
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Apart from a scant bit of information in the Gospels, we know next to nothing for certain about Pontius Pilate (a broken coin bears his name as do a few small coins), yet Ann Wroe has managed an incredibly compelling read. Using the form of biography, she offers the likeliest version of events from his origins to his famous role in life, before looking at how generations of thinkers, artists, playwrights and poets have portrayed Pilate.
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Time is something that, as more and more people will tell you, there simply isn't enough of. We spend our lives trying to manage our time more efficiently and effectively in order to fit everything in - in fact, time itself seems to have sped up for many of us.
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Over the last couple of months the United Nations has apologised three times for its failures in international operations that have led to the death of thousands of civilians. In January it apologised for the violence that racked East Timor after its vote for independence. This came two weeks after the UN apologised for failing to stop the 1994 massacre in Rwanda, in which 800,000 people were slaughtered. In November it said sorry for failing to stop the 1995 killings of thousands of Bosnians in Srebrenica.
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TAMPA — Tampa Bay Brewing Co., which has been making handcrafted beer and ale for 16 years, will begin selling beyond the four walls of its Ybor City pub.
After tripling its onsite capacity to 2,500 barrels a year, the family-owned microbrewery signed a distribution deal with Pepin Distributing for Hillsborough County with plans to spread quickly to adjoining counties.
"We think we'll have enough production capacity to sell around our hometown Tampa Bay area," said brewmaster David Doble, whose partners include his parents, Vicki and John Doble.
The first 78 kegs of his popular Old Elephant Foot IPA start flowing this weekend as drafts at 20 bay area restaurants and bars ranging from Datz Deli to the Pour House in Channelside. Other selections from the pub's menu of 19 beers will funnel through the lineup.
By Christmas the Dobles plan to have their brews in 16-ounce cans sold in supermarkets and liquor stores at $10 per four-pack.
The brewery also will sell 13.2-gallon plastic kegs at wholesale prices — $145, or less for smaller quantity containers — for orders called in but not delivered.
The Dobles have had plenty of local rivals making craft beer, including Cigar City Brewing, Cold Storage Brewing, Saint Somewhere, and Dunedin Brewery, which now sells kegs, but not bottles through other retailers.
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Dr. Lewis B. O'Donnell Media Summit
The 2016 Lewis B. O'Donnell Media Summit returns to Waterman Theatre at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27. This year's theme, "Digital, Social, Mobile: How Media Trends Impact Theatre, Music and Art," will unite students, faculty and alumni from the School of Communication, Media and the Arts in a timely discussion with industry professionals.
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The Saga of the Warner Brothers, Hollywood's Studio FamilyCulture Watch
For once, Groucho Marx was dead serious. In 1938, at an informal gathering of the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League, the incorrigible wisecracker hailed the happy news that a film daring to use a forbidden four-letter word was finally in the production pipeline: Confessions of a Nazi Spy, the first shot at the Third Reich from a major Hollywood studio. "Here's to Warner Brothers," said Groucho, raising his glass high, "the only studio with any guts."
In The Brothers Warner (2008), currently playing on Turner Classic Movies, the story of Hollywood's most famous bloodline moguls—level headed chieftain Harry, backstage mediator Albert, tech geek Sam, and obnoxious front man Jack—is told with wry affection and inside-dopester dishing by Harry's granddaughter, Cass Warner Sperling. Part archival documentary, part private scrapbook, the film chronicles the inner workings of a smoothly operating dream factory that was also home to a fascinating, if often dysfunctional, family—the Rothschilds of American cinema.
Like many Hollywood brand names, the Warner brothers were of Eastern European Jewish heritage: father Ben, who emigrated from Poland in 1880, was so eager to erase memories of the Old World that the real family name was jettisoned before their boat docked in the New. In 1903, noticing how enthusiastically customers plunked down coins for a nickelodeon treat, the brothers got in on the ground floor of a growth industry—first exhibition, then distribution, finally production. By dint of hustle, hard work, and chutzpah, the quartet soon secured a precarious niche in a wide open, wildcat business. Setting up shop in Hollywood under a copyright logo officially writ as "Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., " they made the studio payroll mainly on the back of one of the most talented and least temperamental stars of the silent era, Rin Tin Tin.
In 1925, the mechanically fixated Sam persuaded his skeptical siblings to invest in a new-fangled technology that bid to expand the sensory range of the motion picture medium. The result was The Jazz Singer (1927), the epochal first sound film and, not coincidentally, a story of Jewish assimilation and all-American aspiration. (The original program for the film included a Yiddish glossary to help baffled gentiles with the intertitles.) In a melancholy twist of fate, the Warner brothers did not attend the gala premiere to witness their triumphal breakthrough: Sam died the day before the film opened.
The Jazz Singer propelled the company from Poverty Row to the big time, but the house style was never as opulent or fantastical as the product conjured on rival backlots. The Warner Bros. look was lean and hungry, urban and hardscrabble, clouded by cigarette smoke and bathed in noirish lighting. The roster of contract players suited the atmospherics. Over at MGM, Clark Gable and Greta Garbo embodied the celestial glamour of the studio that boasted "more stars than there are in heaven," but at Warner Bros. the actors were more down to earth, streetwise and smart-mouthed, typified by the likes of James Cagney and Bette Davis. They didn't need to stretch too far to play taxi drivers, waitresses, truck drivers, shopgirls, bootleggers, and dime-a-dance dames who may have moonlighted at a less vertical profession.
In the mid-1930s, the studio hit its stride. A series of "great man" bio-pics such as The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) and The Life of Emile Zola (1937) lent prestige and garnered Oscars, but the trademark genres were gritty gangster films, fast-moving action-adventures, and multiple-hankie "women's weepies." Not least, in moody, hard-hitting melodramas such as I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Black Fury (1935), and Black Legion (1936), the studio pioneered a cycle of "social consciousness" films that fessed up to the fact that something called the Great Depression was lurking just outside the theater lobby.
On and off screen, another quality set Warner Bros. apart. In film content and political affinities, it was the most frankly Jewish and vehemently anti-Nazi of all the Hollywood studios. In 1933, after its Berlin manager was pummeled in a back alley by Nazi brownshirts, Warner Bros. became the first studio to sever economic ties with the lucrative German market. The brothers also pledged their allegiance by supporting the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League, hosting fundraisers, and even dunning employees for "donations" to the cause. At first allegorically, then more explicitly as war clouds darkened over Europe, the studio agitated for tolerance at home while warning of the menace abroad. Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) is the acknowledged landmark, but even more influential was Sergeant York (1941), a bio-pic of the most decorated hero of the last war that was really a call to arms for the present war.
After Pearl Harbor, the premature antifascism at Warner Bros. became official government policy. As Jack strutted around the lot in his colonel's uniform (specially tailored by the costume department), the studio did more than its bit, producing dozens of training films and propaganda shorts. Yet its signature contribution to the war effort may have been the creation of the "Warner Bros. platoon," an ensemble first mustered for service in Air Force (1943): the cooperative combat unit made up of statistically apportioned percentages of Brooklyn Jew, Boston Irishman, Iowa farm boy, etc., all working shoulder to shoulder to defeat the common enemy. "We would hate to be known only as the company that made the most successful musical film of this great war for freedom," declared Harry. Of course, the war years also bequeathed the beloved classic showcasing the genius of the system, Casablanca (1942).
In the postwar era, Warner Bros. confronted an unexpected blowback from Washington. Though made at the behest of FDR for the cause of Allied unity, the studio's Mission to Moscow (1943) was a whitewash of Soviet history and Stalin's crimes that looked less patriotic in the midst of the Cold War. Called before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Jack was understandably flummoxed to discover that he, of all people, could be suspected of fostering anti-capitalist subversion. Chastened, Warner Bros., like all the Hollywood studios, enforced a strict blacklist against any "ideological termites" that might burrow into American cinema.
In the 1950s, with television siphoning off motion picture audiences and the studio system collapsing, Warner Bros. struggled to meet the new realities. With characteristic foresight, the studio moved aggressively into television production. It also tapped into the burgeoning youth market, most notably with Rebel Without a Cause (1955).
In 1956, however, a threat greater than TV or HUAC would crack the Warner Bros. shield to pieces. Proving that blood ties were not thicker than stock options, Jack doubled crossed Harry and seized sole controlling interest of the company. Under Jack until 1967, Warner Bros. would remain a high-profile Hollywood studio, and later morph into the global entertainment conglomerate we know today. Yet it would never again be what it was in its golden age-- a family business.
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The Warner Bros. also deserve credit for generally leaving alone a brilliant group of artists--Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones, Frank Tashlin and Bob McKimson in particular--to make the greatest animated cartoons of their day.
Not that the Warners were necessarily that aware of what was going on. Their producer wangled a lunch meeting for Freleng, Jones, and McKimson after the animation unit had been running for more than 20 years. At lunch, Jones said, Harry Warner said all he knew about their animation unit was that they had Mickey Mouse. The three cartoon directors looked at one another and, thinking he was joking, finally Freleng said they would do their best to make sure he remained the most popular animated character. Jack said if they valued their jobs, they would make sure of it.
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A few years back, venture capitalist John Hammond figured out how to recreate dinosaurs from DNA fragments encased in ember. He started a company called InGen, which placed the genetically engineered dinosaurs in a theme park on an island in Costa Rica. But the Jurassic Park systems broke down shortly before it could open, the dinosaurs got free and had to be destroyed, and the island was closed to the public. In the aftermath, everyone involved moved quickly to quash the story. InGen wanted to limit its liability. The Costa Rican government wanted to preserve its reputation as a tourist paradise. And the individual scientists who had been hired as consultants on the project were bound by the nondisclosure agreement to remain silent. But as Dr. Ian Malcolm is about to find out... something has survived.


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Government spies were legally required to delete files on internet mogul Kim Dotcom, Prime Minister John Key says.
Crown lawyers have told Dotcom that information he had sought had been "aged off" the system.
He is suing the Government Communications Security Bureau after it was found to have illegally spied on him.
Dotcom said the deletion was contrary to a statement given by Key in February last year.
"This is a spy agency. We don't delete things. We archive them," Key told Parliament.
However, Key today insisted there was a difference between "raw intelligence", which was what Dotcom wanted, and files created by the spy agency.
The law required that the former be deleted (or "aged off") once it was no longer relevant. Dotcom was "quite wrong", he said.
"There aren't files missing," Key said.
"As I understand it, there is raw material that ages off the system and Section 23 of the [GCSB] act demands that ... data that is collected, that's intelligence, over time, if that is no longer relevant then it falls off the system."
Opponents of beefed-up spying powers, introduced last year, had argued that the GCSB should not hold onto to information, he said.
"The great irony is ... now people seem to be saying ... we should be holding onto data forever.
"But they are just trying to join dots that cannot be joined and confuse people. Mr Dotcom is completely and utterly wrong."
Key said he stood by his statement to Parliament.
He was answering allegations that GCSB had deleted footage of him discussing Dotcom at the agency's headquarters. The existence of any video has never been proved.
"It was fictitious and made up by the Opposition ... but if it had been there ... that's not raw intelligence and that would be archived forever," Key said.
Labour's associate security and intelligence spokesman, Grant Robertson, said aged off was a "euphemism" for deleted.
"This may have serious implications for Kim Dotcom's case.
"More than that, it calls into questions claims John Key made in Parliament ... that the GCSB does not delete files."
Dotcom is battling extradition to the US on internet piracy charges.
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Feng Shui (pronounced "fung shway") has been called the Chinese "art of placement" that balances the life energies, or chi, in a living space. This living space could be your home, office, or anywhere else you spend time. Using simple enhancements, Feng Shui increases the flow of positive chi and subdues the negative flow. According to the theory of Feng Shui, harmonizing our personal chi with the chi in the environment puts us in harmony with the natural forces of nature and, in turn, results in a healthy, happy and prosperous life.
The basic tenets of this philosophy are quite simple. If positive energy can flow through an environment, then the people residing there will benefit. When the chi circulates properly, we experience a feeling of well-being while good health and prosperity are increased in our lives. Feng Shui, or its equivalent, has been used by many cultures for many years but is believed to have been rooted back to the origins of Chinese philosophy. Despite its ancient origins, Feng Shui is still used extensively in China when a living space or office building is being built or furnished.
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Today, collaborations are more plentiful than ever in the footwear industry. The 'X' is ubiquitous, and many of the grinches out there won't hesitate to tell you how 'tired' and 'useless' the concept has become. The reality is, when done right, collaborations are the synapses connecting people and cultures, helping the sneaker world continue to develop and grow. In other words, they're as important as ever.
This year's best collaborations span the globe, coming from Europe, Asia and both coasts of the United States. Some of them feature killer colorways, while some just tell a great story. All of them generated a ton of buzz in 2013.
To choose only 10 projects was difficult, and many worthy candidates will not be mentioned here (though several more will be mentioned in the next issue of Sole Collector for the iPad. Be on the lookout for that). You might not agree with our selections, but that's what the comment section is for.
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10. WTAPS x Vans Vault Collection
A collaboration one decade in the making, Tokyo's WTAPS teamed up with their friends in Southern California to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Vans Vault. As detailed in our recent interview with Vans Vault, the three-model, six-colorway set serves as a retrospective of sorts, utilizing concepts drawn from the rich heritage of both brands – a reminder that, even in an era of new technology and constant innovation, we cannot ignore the importance of history.
9. Sneakersnstuff x Reebok Question Mid 'Crocus'
After working with Reebok on a yearlong collaboration project, Sweden's Sneakersnstuff gave us plenty of great options to choose from, including the Pump Fury 'Popsicle' (included in our 10 Best Reebok Releases list) and the Court Victory Pump 'Crayfish Party.' In the end, we chose the 'Crocus,' a uniquely Swedish concept expressed through one of Reebok's most iconic silhouettes. Inspired by the Crocus flower, one of the first flowers to bloom after the cold Swedish winter, the 'Crocus' Question Mid celebrates the coming of spring with warm shades of purple and gold covering a rich suede upper. Mycket bra, indeed.
8. atmos x Nike Air Max 1 'Animal Camo'
The legendary Tokyo retailer continued to solidify its legacy in 2013, turning in several excellent collaborations with a number of brands. The best project, however, came at the beginning of the year when atmos released the 'Animal Camo' Air Max 1. As we learned in our July interview with atmos, this particular release brought on a fevered rush of buyers unforeseen in the shop's long history of high-profile collaborations. On paper, the combination of black snakeskin and green woodland camouflage might spell disaster, but atmos manages to pull it off in a way few others can.
7. A Bathing Ape x Undefeated x adidas Consortium Collection
When Nigo officially left A Bathing Ape last spring, we knew things would never be the same. Luckily, before his departure, we were blessed with one more classic BAPE collab, this time in the form of a triple-branded, three-shoe capsule that just felt right. In traditional BAPE fashion, the collection features two very wearable colorways of the Campus 80s and Stan Smith, along with one statement item – a ZX 5000 adorned from heel to toe in eye-catching BAPE Camo.
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Edison Chen and the CLOT crew joined Nike for a second 'Kiss of Death' Air Max 1, building on the original 2006 colorway with modernized materials and an even more developed theme. The 'Kiss of Death 2' features a grey Hyperfuse upper, speckled midsole, see-through toe box and unique graphics inspired by the 12 meridians of Chinese medicine. The shoe's many details all work in harmony to create one of the year's biggest global releases.
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Sole Collector ended 2013 on a high note, releasing the 'Sonic Wave' Zoom Glove with Nike Sportswear. Dressed in a classic Seattle green and gold colorway, the shoe pays tribute to the unique retro model and the man who made it famous, Gary 'The Glove' Payton. While previous SC collaborations have been produced in limited numbers, we wanted to bring the 'Sonic Wave' Zoom Glove to a wider audience, giving collectors nationwide a chance to acquire the shoe. Earlier this month, the collaboration released at Nike.com, fourteen Nike retail doors, select Footlocker locations and several independent sneaker shops.
4. Concepts x New Balance Made in USA 998 'C-Note'
Concepts unleashed a series of excellent collaborations in 2013, headlined by the Concepts x New Balance Made in USA 998 "C-Note." Marking the arrival of the new United States $100 bill, the "C-Note" 998 features carefully selected colors and top-notch materials, made whole by its manufacturing origin at New Balance's nearby New England factory. This is American footwear done right.
3. Ronnie Fieg x ASICS Gel Lyte III 'East Coast Project'
Ronnie Fieg enjoyed a stellar year, producing a plethora of collaborations including a few instant classics with New Balance and ASICS. The Kith Set captain's best work came in the spring when he dropped the 'East Coast Project,' a collaborative event headlined by two city-themed colorways of the ASICS Gel Lyte III. Fieg and his team opened two pop-up shops in Miami just for the project, and released an accompanying apparel collection to complete the trifecta.
2. Packer Shoes x Reebok Kamikaze II 'Remember the Alamo'
Packer Shoes helped usher in the return of the Reebok Kamikaze II with its 'Remember the Alamo' collaboration, a well-executed project inspired by Shawn Kemp and the 1996 NBA All-Star Game. The distinct colorway, along with accompanying apparel items from Packer and Mitchell & Ness make this collaboration a must have for fans of the Reign Man and '90s basketball culture. When the dust settled from this release (and the collaboration's appearance in a Fabolous music video), nobody wondered anymore if Reebok was indeed back.
1. Sole Collector x Nike Zoom Revis
In the Summer of 2013, Sole Collector released two special colorways of the Nike Zoom Revis, paying homage to the history of Nike Training, Zoom Air technology and '90s footwear. Inspired by the classic Diamond Turf II and Zoom Talaria, the Sole Collector x Nike Zoom Revis duo features great colorways that, upon closer inspection, expound on their stories with specific materials and details. While the intention and overall scope of the project may be lost to rumor and legend, the products themselves will go down as two of our best.


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As if merely playing in New York didn't get them enough attention, the Nets and Knicks are under increased scrutiny in the early going this season, as both teams are off to 3-8 starts. Considering the Atlantic division leaders are the 5-7 Raptors and 5-8 Sixers, neither New York club is in significant danger yet, but the pressure on each team has certainly intensified. Here's the latest out of NYC:
- Following up on a piece he wrote yesterday about the long shadow cast by the repeater tax, Mark Deeks of ShamSports suggests (via Twitter) that it makes sense for the Nets to trade away one of their little-used bench players like Tyshawn Taylor or Tornike Shengelia in a straight salary dump.
- Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports and Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News both have new pieces up on rookie head coach Jason Kidd. Wojnarowski writes that Kidd looks overwhelmed so far, but isn't a lost cause, while Bondy questions whether Kidd's latest comments are encouraging or delusional.
- A source tells Frank Isola of the New York Daily News that there's a little friction between Kidd and top Nets assistant Lawrence Frank. "Something has changed between them," according to Isola's source.
- Isola also hears that Mike Woodson may have "some trust issues" with his staff in New York. As the Daily News scribe writes: "Every time you turn around, the Knicks hire somebody else to rebound for a player during shooting drills and give that person the title of 'workout coach.'"
- Earlier today, we passed along a few notable quotes from a rare James Dolan Q&A.
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You can get large HEPA filters (meant for use on a furnace) and then find a box fan of similar size. Most of these filters have just a cardboard frame, so it shouldn't be terribly difficult to trim (if necessary) and to attach it to the back of the box fan (maybe just poke a few holes in the cardboard and secure it to the back of fan with some twist ties). That way it'll be easier to replace the filter down the road. :-)
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A Windsor woman's six-year journey from the streets of Toronto to a small holistic arts store on Ottawa Street took many twists and turns but Tracey Rogers believes she's finally found her true calling.
Recovered addict opens holistic arts store
A Windsor woman's six-year journey from the streets of Toronto to a small holistic arts store on Ottawa Street took many twists and turns but Tracey Rogers believes she's finally found her true calling.
With a failed marriage in her rear-view mirror largely because of drug addiction and poor lifestyle choices, Rodgers found herself homeless on the streets of Toronto six years ago.
Her journey back included time in a psychiatric ward, months selling artwork in Santa Monica, Calif., nights of drinking in Venice Beach after a day spent selling T-shirts and, finally, almost two years of absorbing the teachings of the Mormon Church and working on her own self-recovery program at the Payson Centre for Spiritual Awareness near Phoenix.
"Right now, I'm in an awesome place," said Rogers, who opened White Feather Holistic Arts in the heart of Ottawa Street in early December. "I'm a perfect example of the fact that it takes a whole pile of small miracles to come back from where I was and not just one major miracle."The store sells native-inspired gifts such as dream catchers and medicine pouches. Rogers is also a certified Reiki practitioner, produces totem art which she paints in a small studio at the rear of the store and holds women's drumming circles.
"Six years ago, I couldn't even draw a stick figure," said Rogers, who has written a book of poetry and inspirational passages called Becoming the Rainbow.
But there were days when Rogers thought she'd never escape her dark past. It started when she was molested as a child and later developed an adult dependency on chemical drugs she and her ex-husband ingested most weekends when she worked for an insurance agency in London, she said.
"We were making horrendous lifestyle choices," said Rogers, who has been clean and sober for almost two years. "I knew the only way I could end that lifestyle was to walk away."
But inescapable feelings of paranoia and being hunted led her to use assumed names when she did leave. She lived briefly on the streets of Toronto before finding her way into the city's shelter system and then transitional housing.
Eventually, she made her way back to London, her hometown, where she sold all her belongings, bought a bus ticket out west, crossed the border using fake ID and found herself in California.
"I felt safe there because nobody knew who I was and I no longer felt hunted," said Rogers. "I just worked and drank."
She also spent four days in jail at one point for driving under the influence – on a bicycle, possession of marijuana and resisting arrest. That's when she decided her life had to change.
"I started meditating, I gave up alcohol, drugs and caffeine but I still needed God to show me a sign that I was on the right track," said Rogers. "I was sitting on a pier in Santa Monica and a large blue bird landed beside me and I decided that was the sign and it was a life-changing moment."
After realizing that California held too many temptations, Rogers moved to Phoenix where she spent most of the next two years studying to become a Reiki practitioner, learned native drumming and totem illustration.
She returned to Canada in May 2009 and by September she was working as a receptionist at an accounting firm in London but wanted more out of her new life.
"I moved to Windsor for a relationship and it was the best thing I ever did," said Rogers. "Windsor has such an amazing recovery support system and it was what I wanted and needed."
It took her seven months to complete plans to open the store and cover the walls with multicoloured totem art illustrations which tell life stories through native symbols.
"I love doing custom art work because I can tell a subject's life story through illustrations," said Rogers. "Doing the illustrations has been a large part of my own healing process."
Rogers realizes that there's no guarantee her business will be successful but said "before I would have been too afraid to try."
A portion of Rogers' life journey will be shown on the Life Story Project Feb. 27 at 9:30 p.m. on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
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Fashion brand French Connection is planning to use mobile marketing to support its expansion into the US. FCUK has recently launched a digital radio station and is supporting the spring/summer marketing campaign with SMS and MMS.
A recent report by the Yankee Group presents a comprehensive and detailed picture of the wireless youth market in the US. As a European I'm always glad to read such kind of research to find out the difference between the two continents. However I'm also always surprised by the results which underline the fact we are living two different wireless worlds. Let's take SMS for example. The Yankee Group says that text messaging is the most used service in the US, with 43 percent of all young adults sending/receiving at least one text message a month. In Europe this sounds almost funny, on the same kind of report you would have read: " text messaging is the most used service, with 43 percent of all young adults sending/receiving at least one text message a day if not even a hour".
eMarketer reports the results of a Reveries study conducted among over 400 marketers. 22.7% of marketers think mobile marketing is currently just fairly viable, only 13% rate it as fair five years from now. On the topic, there's also an article on iMediaConnection, while the full research's results are available here.
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I don't trust Wikipedia, per se. Wikipedia just opens up the process to review by myriads of sources, making it more likely that if some item is controversial or uncertain that controversy or uncertainty will be reflected. Ultimately, Wikipedia opens up the process of source checking; hard-to-believe facts will tend to be challenged and sourced if there is a source (or removed if not).
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The Buzz of Magazineland Now Has a Name
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Published: June 5, 2006
After months of anonymity, the new glossy business magazine from Cond?ast has an identity, Cond?ast Portfolio, with the subtitle Business Intelligence.
Joanne Lipman, the magazine's editor in chief, said she liked the name because it conveyed several meanings: a corporate portfolio of brands, a personal financial portfolio and a collection of one's best artwork.
''It worked on every level for us,'' Ms. Lipman said in an interview in her Times Square office. Better yet, she said, the title reflected the magazine's content.
''This is serious business journalism -- investigative, narrative, profiles -- a commitment to long-form journalism, and telling that story with great design and art,'' she said. ''This is not a lifestyle publication,'' she added. ''This is a business publication.''
The masking of the name created buzz around the magazine, and its unmasking is likely to generate more today, when the company's sales force heads to Madison Avenue to make presentations to advertisers.
The first issue, officially the May 2007 issue, is scheduled to go on sale April 24, with a guaranteed paid circulation of 300,000. The initial circulation will come largely from the affluent subscriber base of the company's 28 other consumer magazines, as well as from American City Business Journals, a corporate sibling, which has 41 regional publications.
A companion Web site, www.cnportfolio.com, starts today as a placeholder and will also go live April 24. The magazine's second issue is to come out in September 2007, with guaranteed circulation of 350,000, and after that it will come out monthly. The company is planning for its circulation to grow to 650,000 in five years.
While its name was one of the bigger mysteries in magazineland, another has been why Cond?ast would start a business publication at a time when stalwarts of the category -- BusinessWeek, Forbes and Fortune -- are in something of a slump.
Circulation for the big three has been relatively flat for five years, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Ad pages have been off for all three. For instance, Fortune reported a 9.6 percent drop in ad pages in the first quarter this year, compared with the first quarter of last year.
Still, advertising revenue online is picking up, and the circulations remain substantial: 986,000 for BusinessWeek, 926,000 for Forbes and 852,000 for Fortune.
''It's a big category, and it has great magazines with large circulations and extensive ad support,'' said Thomas J. Wallace, Cond?ast's editorial director, who said that he felt no trepidation about entering the market. ''Remember, you're talking to a former editor of Cond?ast Traveler, which launched in '87, and that, too, was a very large, very competitive category and we succeeded.''
Of Cond?ast's magazines, only a few -- Wired, The New Yorker, Golf Digest and Cond?ast Traveler -- attract much business advertising, and Cond?ast Portfolio is intended to fill that void. ''This is a place where business advertising can find a home,'' Mr. Wallace said.
Not only that, but adding Cond?ast Portfolio to Cond?ast's portfolio is expected to help the company attract high-end advertisers who already have established relationships with its other high-end magazines. Portfolio expects men to account for 60 percent of its readership and for the median age of all readers to be 42, making the company, now heavy on women's publications with fashion and beauty advertising, more appealing to a broader base of national advertisers.
The company, which could spend $100 million on the magazine before it becomes profitable, was so eager to get into the category that it initially considered buying Forbes, but it decided that it could start a new magazine for less.
''It's a big investment,'' said David Carey, group president and publisher of the Cond?ast Business Media Group, declining to confirm the price. ''But compared with an acquisition, it's a great value.''
Mr. Carey said the mix of advertising for the new magazine would be about half business and half consumer, and that the field was wide open for new products. ''Ignore the recent ad-page trends,'' he said. ''There have been different inflection points at different times in the magazine business, and some products emerge stronger and some do not.''
One thing that helps magazines become stronger these days is an infrastructure beyond the print magazine, and Cond?ast Portfolio aims to be a model of a full-service enterprise. Its news content will be available on its Web site, on cellphones and other available platforms, compensating for the monthly publication's lag time. And like other magazines, its essence will be extended to branding events, seminars and conferences.
(The company has even hired a ''director of consumer insights.'' She is Mary Ellen Muckerman, hired away from Target, where she was vice president of marketing.)
It is through a branding event -- when Ms. Lipman interviews Eric E. Schmidt, the chief executive of Google, on June 15 -- that Cond?ast Portfolio will start the long, slow public buildup toward its debut.
There will be no showy, over-the-top party for this introduction.
''The interest level in this is already very high,'' Mr. Carey said. ''We don't have to gin it up in an unnatural way. We don't need parades down Fifth Avenue.''


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English or common spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is often confused with silverbeet (Beta vulgaris). English spinach has oval leaves and green stems, both of which are edible. It has a delicate flavour and is best from May to October.
It is low in calories and packed with dietary fibre, and is a source of vitamin C, folate and beta-carotene.
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By Scott Fegette | Monday, July 27, 2015
Dreamweaver has always been a veritable Swiss Army knife for web pros—a huge application that covers just about every aspect of web development.
However, that breadth and power makes it hard to learn, and hard to stay up to date with all the Dreamweaver features and changes from release to release.
Fortunately, there's a lot to be excited about in this year's update to Adobe's flagship app for web designers and developers, with a noted focus on making Dreamweaver more friendly for beginners and pros alike.
Let's take a look at what's new in 2015.
By Scott Fegette | Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Having a website is now table stakes for today's working professionals (and darn near a requirement for anyone doing business in this day and age), and Dreamweaver's always been a great choice for building and maintaining websites.
However, Dreamweaver is also a professional application with tons of functionality packed inside, and can prove difficult to learn. Here's a roadmap showing you how to build a website with Dreamweaver — as well as a strong foundational skill set for building websites in general.
By Joseph Lowery | Monday, August 11, 2014
Having reached the ripe age of 15, Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2014 is a precocious teenager.
This widely popular web design program is capable of simultaneously showing off big, wowza new features while casually accepting major productivity advancements with a no-big-deal attitude.
The latest version of Dreamweaver has ample new features from both the sonic barrier-shattering and the subtle-but-essential varieties.
Let's take a tour of the new features in Dreamweaver.
By Colleen Wheeler | Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Styles is a catch-all term that refers to a set of particulars like font size, color, effects, etc. that can be saved and applied over and over again. With no need to re-set your style preferences every time, you can save your sanity, your wrists, and perhaps most importantly, your time. Variations on the styles feature exist in many different applications, from word processors, to graphic design applications, to web-page authoring programs. For this week's Featured Five, I've selected five free movies that reveal how styles can help you work more efficiently in five different creative applications.
1. Creating your first style with Microsoft Word
It's quite possible that the first time most of us encounter the concept of a style is in Microsoft Word, where it can be very handy to establish font type, color, and size styles for various repeating elements of a document. In Word 2010: Styles in Depth,Mariann Siegert covers the whole gamut of style tools that Word provides. Here's an unlocked excerpt from chapter one of the course that demonstrates how to create your first style:
2. Applying styles to objects with Adobe InDesign
InDesign, Adobe's layout program, allows you to create five different kinds of styles, depending on what kind of elements need to have repeat formatting, and you aren't just limited to creating text styles. In this excerpt from chapter five of InDesign Styles in Depth, Michael Murphy introduces object styles, which allow you to repeat the created attributes of your specially designed frames:
3. The nuances of style creation in Adobe Illustrator
Of course, InDesign isn't the only place you may be working with text elements that would benefit from style creation. In this video from chapter six of Illustrator Insider Training: Type and Text, Mordy Golding takes a look at the particulars of working with text styles in Illustrator:
4. New styles features in Adobe Photoshop CS6 beta
For those of you who have struggled with managing your text settings and effects within Photoshop, your day has finally come. In the latest latest beta version of Photoshop, character and paragraph styles have finally arrived. As with any new feature, there's a little bit of a learning curve. In this movie from Photoshop CS6 Beta Preview, Deke McClelland gives an overview of the new Photoshop text and style enhancements feature. (Note: For a limited time this course is completely unlocked, so consider checking it out as my featured five-plus bonus of the week.)
5. Creating styles for an entire website in Dreamweaver
You can efficiently establish a consistent look for every similar element in your entire web site by using Creative Style Sheets (CSS) in Dreamweaver. In this excerpt from chapter six of Dreamweaver CS5 Essential Training, James Williamson takes you on a tour of the CSS Styles panel and reveals how much time can be saved by establishing consistent styles for your site.
Feeling inspired to explore some of the uncharted learning paths on your own to-do list? Remember, 10 percent of all lynda.com content is free to try. Just click on any of the blue links on any course table of contents page in our library.
I'll be back next week with five more free selections. In the mean time, have you recently seen any free movies from lynda.com you'd like to share?
Suggested courses to watch next:
• Word 2010: Styles in Depth
• InDesign Styles in Depth• Illustrator Insider Training: Type and Text•Photoshop CS6 Beta Preview•Dreamweaver CS5 Essential Training
By Ray Villalobos | Saturday, March 31, 2012
The web can be scary, but learning new web skills doesn't have to be hard. It's like trying to eat an elephant…you have to do it one bite at a time. In this post I will share some of my learning experiences and offer some recommendations for those with a print background who are interesting in learning more about web development. I encourage you to share your print to web journey, and to ask questions, in the comments section below.
Every job listing will ask for years of experience. Whether it's two years or five-plus years, I'll let you in on a secret—the years are not as important as your portfolio. If you come from the print field, you know what I mean. Generally people get hired based on what they've accomplished, not how long they've been doing it. I know because I landed my first online job with zero years of experience in the field, and I did it by building a portfolio of work that was equivalent to years of experience. Although I hadn't worked in the industry, I had projects to show that I knew what I was doing. So, your first step in the print to web development migration is to start building websites as soon as possible.
Start by learning how to build sites with WordPress. It doesn't require any development skills and it's pretty easy. You'll need to know how to set up WordPress and how to set up a server with your own domain name. For help with this, check out Managing Hosted Websites, a course that goes through the process of setting up a domain name and installing WordPress. Once you've installed WordPress and set up your server and domain name, it's time to start building web sites. For this I recommend checking out WordPress Essential Training. Some entire businesses are based on building web sites with WordPress, so it's a great first skill that will help you gain some of that critical experience everyone is looking for. Plus, it's a marketable skill that you can use to build a portfolio of work right away.
In this clip from chapter one of the Managing Hosted Websites course, I discuss how to pick the right domain name before you choose your server, since your domain name decision will have an impact on how people arrive at your web site:
Just knowing how to install and work with WordPress is not enough, though. What people will really want to see is how well you can customize a WordPress web site. Go through WordPress: Creating and Editing Custom Themes to sharpen your WordPress customization skills, then dive into Create an Online Portfolio with WordPress (because after you've got a few sites under your belt, you'll need to show off what you've done).
Another thing I did when I got started was to focus on building from my strengths. I had a design portfolio, so I started learning software that would let me build on design skills. This was the late '90s so I began by learning a program called GoLive, a website editor much like Dreamweaver.
I already knew how to use Photoshop, so I worked with those skills and focused on designing projects for the web first in Photoshop, and then transferring those skills to Adobe Fireworks, which is better for preparing online graphics. I knew about formats like EPS, PDF, and TIFF, so I learned about the online formats like GIF, JPEG and then PNG. The point is, when you get started plan to evolve your skills instead of trying to learn too much.
So, if you're starting with a background in design, check out Designing Web Sites from Photoshop to DreamWeaver. This course will point you in the direction of a quick win and teach you how to build on your existing Photoshop knowledge. From there, move on to DreamWeaver with Dreamweaver CS5 Essential Training.
Even when I was a new designer, I knew that development skills would be very valuable, but that learning development wouldn't happen overnight. So right away I established learning development as one of my long term goals. I started with HTML since it was the easiest to learn. If you're just getting into development, I recommend you start with HTML 5 Structure, Syntax and Semantics. It's a thorough course that explains the basics of HTML. CSS wasn't as critical to learn when I got started in the '90s, but it is very today, so I would head in that direction after HTML. If you're primarily a designer, then this should be an area of focus for you. Start with CSS Fundamentals, then move on to CSS Page Layouts, and plan to go through one new CSS course per month.
In this movie clip from chapter three of the CSS Fundamentals course, James Williamson asks the question "What is CSS3?" and walks you through the answer in detail:
Once you're past the basics, your next skill should be JavaScript—this is a very hot skill. JavaScript is one of those topics that can be tougher to learn, but the better you get with JavaScript, the more sought after you'll be. Start with JavaScript Essential Training and then move on tojQuery Essential Training. (jQuery is a javascript framework that helps you build interactivity into your projects easily and handling a lot of cross-platform issues.)
Once you've got those under your belt, move on to a server-side programming language. I recommend starting with PHP and then moving on to MySQL. Once you've spent some time with JavaScript, the same programming concepts apply to PHP and MySQL, so they will be easier to pick up. As you begin looking for development work, you'll start to notice those two languages featured prominently in job descriptions. Remember, the stronger you are, the more you're worth. When you're ready, try out PHP with MySQL Essential Training.
Remember the elephant…one bite at a time. Don't get overwhelmed with all the technology. Make yourself a plan and remember to be consistent with learning. Even if you watch only one movie a day or a few movies a week, you can make a dent in that virtual elephant and build enough experience before you know it. Using myself as a case study, I know you can do it. There weren't any special skills I started with, I was a print designer just like you. If I can do it, I know you can. Just remember, even when it seems overwhelming…you can learn it!
By Crystal McCullough | Wednesday, April 14, 2010
On Monday, Adobe officially announced its Creative Suite 5 line of products, and lynda.com released 10 Adobe CS5 New Features training courses, one Essential Training course, and a Creative Techniques course. Click on any one of the following images to view the trailer for that course:
Here are the direct links to each course:
After Effects CS5 New Features
After Effects CS5 New Creative Techniques
Dreamweaver CS5 New Features
Encore CS5 New Features
Flash Professional CS5 New Features
Flash Catalyst CS5 Essential Training
Fireworks CS5 New Features
Illustrator CS5 New Features
InDesign CS5 New Features
Photoshop and Bridge CS5 for Photographers New Features
Photoshop CS5 New Features
Premiere Pro CS5 New Features
View the entire course listing on lynda.com. We'll be releasing another group of courses on April 30, and more CS5 titles in weeks to come. As always, we invite you to let us know what you think.
By Crystal McCullough | Monday, April 12, 2010
From 'Making use of updated color effects and blending modes' in the lynda.com After Effects CS5 New Features.
Today Adobe officially announced its Creative Suite 5 line of products, and lynda.com released a dozen of our Adobe CS5 New Features training courses:
After Effects CS5 New Features
After Effects CS5 New Creative Techniques
Dreamweaver CS5 New Features
Encore CS5 New Features
Flash Professional CS5 New Features
Flash Catalyst CS5 Essential Training
Fireworks CS5 New Features
Illustrator CS5 New Features
InDesign CS5 New Features
Photoshop and Bridge CS5 for Photographers New Features
Photoshop CS5 New Features
Premiere Pro CS5 New Features
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Last week, I wrote a column praising the general thrust of Stephen Harper's foreign policy, while also criticizing the over-the-top effusiveness he exhibited during his photo-op-heavy trip to Israel. "The Canadian government is now a much firmer supporter of [Benjamin] Netanyahu than Israelis themselves," I wrote. "I know of no other bilateral nation-to-nation relationship that is characterized by this spirit of effectively unqualified love. There is something odd about it, even if it is motivated by a benign moral impulse. Perhaps the best adjective I can use to describe the Conservatives' zeal for Israel — and, indeed for all things Jewish — is manic."
I received lots of responses from readers, including plenty of negative feedback. One common theme articulated by my critics is that much of the world outside Canada is infected by anti-Israel bias, and so Israel's few supporters must be full-throated if they hope to provide an effective counterbalance.
It's a fair point, and one that I thought about while reading Harriet Sherwood's long, melancholy love letter to the people of Gaza in Saturday's edition of Britain's influential Guardian newspaper. The article perfectly encapsulates why many Israelis and their friends abroad believe that the Jewish state is held to a double standard by the world community.
Ms. Sherwood has been reporting from Israel and the surrounding area since 2010. She is now returning to work in London, and her article in Saturday's edition of the Guardian, entitled "Goodbye Gaza: Our correspondent reflects on her time in the Middle East," depicts Gaza largely as the passive victim of "grinding oppression" meted out by warmongering Israelis.
Israel, she says, makes her "angry." She feels entirely safe in Hamas-controlled Gaza — except to the extent that she might be killed by an Israeli airstrike.
To give Ms. Sherwood her due, she does make some important concessions. Israel's military strikes, she concedes, are initiated "in response to rockets launched at civilian targets in Israel." Unlike Globe and Mail Mideast Bureau Chief Patrick Martin, she does not describe Hamas rocket fire as a mere symbolic gesture aimed at "protesting Israeli policy or just causing a nuisance." She also makes (brief) mention of the Islamist death cult that pervades Gaza — specifically, "Hamas officials saying the bloodshed of their own civilian population was necessary in the fight to the death with the 'Zionist entity.'" But the overall thrust of her 3,500-word essay is that the residents of Gaza, from which Israel withdrew entirely in 2005, remain blameless pawns locked away in a "prison camp" of Israel's (and, lately, Egypt's) making.
Ms. Sherwood's stories of ordinary Gazans suffering through poverty and untreated medical conditions are indeed harrowing. And yet in her entire lengthy article, she never once poses — let alone answers — the question that any ordinary visitor to Gaza should be asking: What kind of society would let its own people suffer in this inhuman way when humanitarian salvation is close at hand?
It is not out of sheer cruelty or bigotry that Israel isolates Gaza from the world, but rather a well-founded fear that opening up the territory's borders would result in a massive influx of Iranian missiles and other terrorist materiel. Hamas, which governs Gaza, is formally pledged to the extermination of the Jewish presence in the Middle East. And insofar as this remains their policy, Israel is quite correct, under international law and otherwise, to regard Gaza as a military belligerent subject to blockade.
If Palestinians in Gaza were to seek a true peace with Israel, and desist from terrorism, the moral and legal basis for Gaza's isolation would evaporate overnight. Moreover, in practical terms, Israel would be delighted to have one fewer border to defend from infiltration. Yet nothing in Ms. Sherwood's reporting suggests that Gazans are willing to trade their hatred for bread, cement and medicine. Indeed, she apparently doesn't even see fit to question them on this fantastically obvious issue in any sort of explicit way. And so her 3,500 words all sail over the real crux of the matter: Until Gazans' desire to live becomes more powerful than their desire to see Israelis die, Gaza will remain what it is: an isolated and dysfunctional UN-supported welfare statelet full of tragic stories for the likes of Ms. Sherwood to lay at Israel's feet.
"It is easier to foster resentment and hatred of Israel's democracy than it is [for Israel's enemies] to provide the same rights and freedoms to their own people," Mr. Harper told the Israeli Knesset last week. "I believe that a Palestinian state will come, and one thing that will make it come is when [supporters of] terrorism realize that the path to peace is accommodation, not violence."
Say what you want about the Canadian prime minister's Israeli road trip. On this fundamental moral truth, he got it right — while much of the rest of the world continues to get it wrong.
— Jonathan Kay is Managing Editor for Comment at the National Post, and a Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C.