A step-by-step guide to quickly & easily mastering Apple Script, the popular scripting language built right into Mac OS X & supported by most major applications. It helps to learn how to write scripts to automate actions, create powerful custom programs, & automatically generate documents, spreadsheets, & e-mail messages. ...

Developers will advance their Apple Script skills easily with this guide Part of the Developer Reference series, this book is packed with professional secrets for designing & building automated solutions with Apple Script, the powerful, system-level scripting language built into every Mac. ...

In the aftermath of World War Three, the perfect city, Olympus, is constructed & ruled over by Biodroids (half-human, half-robot), but certain members of the populace are not content & plan to destroy Gaia, the central computer. Two Biodroid officers are therefore assigned to prevent the terrorists destroying the new utopia. ...

World War III is over, & nomad soldier Duenan Knute & her cyborg partner Briareos struggle to survive in the abandoned cities & demilitarized zones of post-war wastel&, the " Badside." Matters appear on the upswing, however, when they are found & brought to Olympus, an urban utopia & centerpiece for the reconstruction of civilization. ...

A malfunctioning bioroid (enhanced artificial human) has been on a bloody rampage through the ruined streets of Manhattan. Now it's up to Deunan & Briareos to stop the man-eating machine before it reaches Olympus. However, within the utopian walls of Olympus plots begin to unfurl & more challenges attack our heroes. ...

You can't have a perfect society without perfect people, & the only perfect people are the ones you can manufacture. The governing body of Olympus, is about to bring paradise crashing down around their ears as they seek to regulate the minds & bodies of the human race or replace them with cyborg substitutes. ...

Containing a collection of sketches, studies & schematics, this is a companion book for fans of the cyberpunk saga, Appleseed. It explores the people, places, organizations &, of course, the technology that makes the universe of Appleseed, the sci-fi hotspot that it is. ...

Producer John Woo's updating of the Japanese anime series. In the year 2133, the Third World War has devastated mankind, & has led to the creation of a utopian society in the hi-tech city of Olympus. Deunen is a female warrior from the scorched wastlelands who meets her long lost boyfriend, Briareos, who has been transformed into a half-machine cyborg. The pair's partnership is tested when Jude Tereus, a 'battle bioroid' joins their ESWAT team. Even more worrying is the fact that Tereus was constructed using Briareos's DNA, causing him to have feelings for Deunen. As Olympus gets ready to hold a global trade summit, the city is hit by a wave of terrorist cyborg attacks. With an increasing number of cyborgs rebelling, Deunen finds herself having to partner Tereus as the terrorist campaign intensifies. ...

Producer John Woo's updating of the Japanese anime series. In the year 2133, the Third World War has devastated mankind, & has led to the creation of a utopian society in the hi-tech city of Olympus. Deunen is a female warrior from the scorched wastlelands who meets her long lost boyfriend, Briareos, who has been transformed into a half-machine cyborg. The pair's partnership is tested when Jude Tereus, a 'battle bioroid' joins their ESWAT team. Even more worrying is the fact that Tereus was constructed using Briareos's DNA, causing him to have feelings for Deunen. As Olympus gets ready to hold a global trade summit, the city is hit by a wave of terrorist cyborg attacks. With an increasing number of cyborgs rebelling, Deunen finds herself having to partner Tereus as the terrorist campaign intensifies. ...

Intends to prepare students of CLS programs for certification exams & provide cross training skills to established clinical lab scientists who find themselves called on to work in other areas of the lab. This book offers an overview of medicine & the medical laboratory's relationship. ...