Duncan, founder and principal of The ABCs of Accessibility inc.and inventor of the Visualizer, with a background as a Registered Nurse andinterior designer, came up with the idea for the planning tool after years ofstruggling to demonstrate wheelchair maneuverability to her design clients.The resulting tool proved invaluable, and other design professionals showedgreat interest in it. Today, hundreds of design students use the Visualizer todevelop a feel for how to plan for future client needs.The ABCs of Accessibility inc. has created a short animated videodemonstrating the Visualizer's use and benefits; the video can be viewed at http:// The company also offers self-inking quarter-inchand eighth-inch Visualizer stamps as companion design tools to the VisualizerSet. The stamps can be used on plans to indicate where potential change isneeded to provide better accessibility."When I first saw the Visualizer Set I thought it was cool but I couldn'tpossibly need one because I draw in AutoCAD and can see whether or not spaceis adequate. 
I got my hands on a Visualizer Set and was shocked at how tightmy spaces actually were. The Visualizer Set is something every architect,interior designer and builder needs to have." SG, Interior DesignerTo learn more, visit The ABCs of Accessibility inc. at http:// photos, please visit: http:// M. DuncanThe ABCs of Accessibility http:// release was issued through eReleases(TM).For more information,visit http:// ABCs of Accessibility inc.Susan M. Duncan of The ABCs of Accessibility inc., 1-541-385-7762,.

The 2000s are drawing to a close and it has been the first full decade of MMA, the birth of a sport before our very eyes. In honor of this amazing decade I intend to give out a bevy of Awards for the Best of the Decade. I'm not running through the millions of video on YouTube for some regional flying arm bar or spinning backfist. The Winner: Anderson Silva vs Rich Franklin I We start with the biggest beating of the decade, the fight that we all wanted to look away from, but couldn't and then thought "Is John McCain really right about this sport" Then another shot landed and you cheered anyway. I think part of what made this so brutal is that nobody expected the beating that was handed out, least of all Rich Franklin who finally got his wife to attend a fight. She was treated to the coming out party of Anderson Silva to the American MMA fanbase, as he just beat the tar out of Franklin. How many of us found ourselves shouting at the TV for the ref to stop the fight only a few knees into the beating.
PierreThe best part about MMA is the upsets, more so than in almost any other sport anything can happen and this decade is full of examples St. Pierre was coming off the biggest win of his career, a submission victory over Matt Hughes to claim the Welterweight title. Matt Serra, on the other hand, had just returned to the UFC with his TUF Finale victory over Chris Lytle and no longer wished to fight at lightweight. The debate going into the fight was not if GSP would win, but rather in what round would he win. But then just three minutes into the first round a hook from Serra sent GSP stumbling away.
