Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE)
today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Acrobat® Connect(TM) Pro amid
positive early response from customers for the product's powerful online
meeting and rapid training capabilities.
Organizations and schools of all sizes are using Acrobat Connect Pro to
engage with employees, customers, partners, and students more effectively.
Customers including the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA),
FoodSHIELD, Grundfos, Holland & Knight, Penn State, Philips Healthcare,
Reuters, Toshiba America Business Solutions (TABS), and the Graduate
School, USDA leverage the Adobe software to support a range of
collaboration and eLearning activities.
Quotes:
"We have implemented Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro to better engage sales and
distribution channels outside the corporate network," said Douglas Dell,
global director, Learning Services, Philips Healthcare. "Because Acrobat
Connect Pro content is delivered via the ubiquitous Adobe Flash® Player,
our eLearning programs are easily available to authorized users on most any
digital device. Equally important, the content and meetings can be
delivered securely and reliably inside medical organizations' firewalls."
"Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro enables instructors to create high-impact
training sessions that increase engagement and knowledge retention," said
Eric Hoffman, managing partner, EJH & Associates and technical lead at
FoodSHIELD, a central portal where people in all 50 states work
collectively to safeguard the national food supply through secure,
integrated resources. "Intuitive class management capabilities and seamless
video, audio, and multimedia integration rival the traditional classroom
experience, while keeping the focus on the content, not the technology."
"Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro offers the same advantages as instructor-led
classes, enabling us to engage with our audience anywhere at anytime," said
Ole Kristensen, senior eLearning consultant at Grundfos, the world's
largest manufacturer of circulation pumps. "We can get their feedback and
engage with them in meaningful discussions using the enhanced interactive
features in Acrobat Connect Pro."
"The latest version of Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro has even more interactive
features to increase engagement and overall satisfaction," said Paul Fell,
manager of eLearning and Holland & Knight, one of the 20 largest law firms
in the U.S. "Participants in real-time, online meetings can interact more
fully in sessions by using intuitive controls in the interface to raise
their hands, respond to questions, and communicate immediate feedback
during talks."
The Mariner 10 image of Mercury's southwest quadrant
reveals the amount of destruction brought upon the planet by comets and
meteors. Since Mercury has no atmosphere, every object coming its way is
able to score a direct hit. This image was taken from the spacecraft where it made
it's closest pass to the planet at a distance of about 120,000 miles. The
largest craters are about 60 miles in diameter
The Mariner 10 spacecraft was launched in 1974. The spacecraft took
images of Venus in February 1974 on the way to three encounters with
Mercury in March and September 1974 and March 1975. The spacecraft took
more than 7,000 images of Mercury, Venus, the Earth and the Moon during
its mission. The Mariner 10 Mission was managed by the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory for NASA's Office of Space Science in Washington, D.C.
Here's the link to current photos, 33 years after the Mariner mission ended. JPL Photojournal
If you ever visit this site, I have an ecards section
(link is Send E-cards down left side of home page).
You can have a look at the Endeavour Mission Photos. I will be releasing photos over next three days.
Have a look. Beautiful high resolution photos from last mission. Email them to friends if you like.
I've heard of being talented, but even after you've passed on. Really weird
Vinyl records endured cassettes, CDs and the technological revolution. Now, thanks to UK-based startup And Vinyly, albums can share those survival skills with the masses, helping people outlast death. Well, sort of. For a fee, the company will press the ashes of deceased vinyl lovers into LPs. Seriously.
Of the service’s inception, DJ/founder Jason Leach told Exclaim! online music website,
“I saw some guy who put his ashes in fireworks for his family to set off and I thought it was brilliant."
” With that in mind, the musician sought out a similarly novel finale, resolving to have his remains pressed into a record. "
From there, a semi-serious website followed, eventually evolving into an actual business. “I wasn’t sure that something would come of it… now it’s making me work,” admits Leach.
Eternity at 33.3 revolutions per minute doesn’t come cheap, with the basic package priced at £2,000 (approximately $3,237 Canadian). That scores flat-lined audiophiles up to 30 24-minute discs, basic artwork and the ability to incorporate songs, a vocal recording or simple ash-induced crackles and pops.
Available extras include cover portraiture from National Gallery-certified painter James Hague, bespoke music from in-house label Death to Vinyl and full-service funerals (aka “FUNerals”). For the latter, musos should budget about £10, 000.
Still working out bureaucratic and practical details, Leach has yet to press actual human ashes into an album, though he insists it is easily done. “You just sprinkle however much you want on the vinyl before [it’s] stamped,” he says.
With a slew of interest, he plans to have the venture fully up and running in a matter of months, so expect to hear dead people relatively soon.
Industry: New vinyl record sales up 89% in 2008!! (Source: ABC News Video) 2009: CD sales down 13% while vinyl sales up over 33%. I'm sure death is not a downward sloped curve.
I have to admit vinyl records do sell well, especially in Europe from what I understand, but this beats the cake ingredients literally.
Good luck to whom ever Leach has tried to pitch this to. Obviously funeral home owners and directors around the globe, probably convention shows, fairs I suppose.
Really have a go with those folks on the Dragon's Den show on CBC.
Having a bit of a problem myself with past relatives long gone as it is. Wonder why the cooking has been below par as of late? It did say
I wouldn't doubt it everybody loves music whatever background or situation they're in. You might not be in any condition to dance to some music, but it certainly can help stimulate your mind or motivate you.
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For a fee, the company will press the ashes of deceased vinyl lovers into LPs. Seriously.