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our mission
Trail mavens empowers women to be the fire-starters, the tent-pitchers, and the map-readers, creating opportunities for adventure, leadership, and starry-night campfire conversation in the great outdoors.
We bring the topo maps, firewood, and pinot noir. You bring your desire to teach, learn, and meet other dynamic women. We make sure you get outside your comfort zone. You walk away with finely-tuned skills, confidence, confidantes, and stories for days.
"I leave feeling like I pressed a reset button: connected to nature and my urban community, confident in new abilities like setting up tents and using camp stoves, and still smelling a bit of campfire."
- Jenna V.
our founder
I was born and raised in two capital cities: first Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and then Washington, D.C. My single mom - decidedly a city girl - raised me, and since she called the shots when it came to family leisure time, we went camping only once when I was a kid. The closest I got to nature was looking kind of like a bug because of the bowl haircuts my mom gave my brother and me.
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Years later, I abandoned city life for decidedly greener, tree-filled pastures at Stanford. The improv class I took there was ultimately my most influential undergraduate experience, as it completely reshaped my life philosophy. I learned the principles of accepting failure with grace, saying yes to adventure, putting the needs of my partner above my own, and trusting that my partner would do the same for me. On my improv team, I met the women who I would call my best friends for the next decade (and beyond). Finally, I learned I loved the off-the-cuff nature of teaching, and that I was pretty good at it.
I went into my first serious adult relationship at 20 knowing virtually nothing about the outdoors, but brought an improvisor's spirit to my first car camping trip in Yosemite, and was completely hooked. A year later, I was on my first multi-day backpacking trip (coincidentally my first backpacking trip of any kind) through Peru's Cordillera Blanca. The beauty, the emotional intimacy created with my backpacking partner, and the physical boundaries I pushed were intoxicating. I was also intrigued by the fact that my body refused to poop for over 127 hours. Take that, Aron Ralston.
Every subsequent relationship I pursued was with someone who could be described as a mountain man. I picked up skills from each one of them, and delighted in occasionally knowing more than them. I felt empowered in my knowledge and my comfort with discomfort.
As I edged into my late twenties and early thirties, my friendships with other women became paramount in my life. For years I'd been close to lots of guys, and suddenly I found I preferred the support, insights, and questions my female friends provided to the easy banter of my bromies. Two of my best friends and I started a monthly get-together where we'd cook, coach each other, drink wine, and generally nourish each others' spirits...and never spend time outdoors, a realization I made while boiling oats over an open flame on a trail in western Bolivia in April 2013. I realized I had no idea what, if anything, they knew about the outdoors, because it wasn't part of our ordinary dialogue.
I decided on the trail that day that I'd start a business devoted to getting women outdoors. There would be no men in sight; women would be the teachers and the students. They'd walk away with new friends, new knowledge, and a new appreciation for their own unexplored capacities.
Oh, and my body finally learned it's OK to poop outdoors.
"This is the best investment of time and money I made all year. I left our weekend with eight new friends, a feeling of empowerment and the courage/goal to push myself even further in the future."
- Adrienne H.
Our Team
"The trip was a wonderful combination of learning and enjoying the outdoors. And I learned that s'mores taste better over a campfire you started yourself!"
- Anna C.
"Being a part of the Trail Mavens trip was the first time in quite a while I felt like myself again. Being out in nature was reinvigorating, and I loved being able to connect with great women and share hilarious, intimate, and inspirational stories."
- Saree S.
Our partners
"The setting was gorgeous and awe inspiring and the women on my trip were incredible, badass women. I ended the trip with new friends and feeling like I had found a new part of myself that loves backpacking and can't way to get outside again."
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The cabinet meet also resolved to recommend Aurangabad for the Centre's Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) and its inclusion in Unesco's World Heritage City Programme. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the cabinet put its stamp on the city as the place for setting up the irrigation commissionerate and the state-of-the-art transport hub.
The CM said only 12 cities in the country have covered under the HRIDAY scheme so far. "We will be sending a formal proposal to the Centre shortly. With this, Aurangabad will not only have the tag of Smart City, but it will also be covered under HRIDAY," Fadnavis said.
Elaborating upon other plans to improve Aurangabad airport, he said, "The runway of the Aurangabad airport would be widened to make it on a par with international standards. After the Airport Authority of India refused to bear the expenditure required for the widening the runway, the government has decided to pay for the same."
Nanded airport will also get a makeover and is going to be considered for government plans to improve the regional air connectivity. The state cabinet has allocated Rs 250 crore for development of both airports.
Aurangabad will also get a new administrative building for 25 government offices and linguistic centre dedicated to social reformer and ruler Sayajirao Gaikwad. As Aurangabad is considered as Shiv Sena bastion, the cabinet meet announced Rs 10 crore for setting up a Balasaheb Thackeray memorial on seven-acre land.
The state government on Tuesday allotted a big chunk of land in Mitmita for developing a safari park on the out skirts of the city. Considering the last-minute changes in the proposal, the cabinet decided to provide 84 hectares free of cost to the civic body instead of the 40 hectares proposed originally.
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation was demanding 80-85 hectares, but the revenue department had prepared a proposal for allotting only 40 hectares. While the proposal was placed before the cabinet on Tuesday, guardian minister Ramdas Kadam took steps to modify it and press for 84 hectares.
Accordingly, a high-powered committee comprising divisional commissioner Umakant Dangat, municipal commissioner Om Prakash Bakoria and others revised the proposal. The civic body is planning to develop the park so that it can shift the city zoo to the new location. Recently, the revenue department had asked the civic body to pay Rs 2.91 crore to acquire the land.

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Thursday, October 20, 2011
31 Days: Letting Go of Obligations
Last night I fell into bed at 9:10. I was asleep by 9:11, I'm sure of it. And by somewhere around midnight, I was having the familiar dream that my right eyetooth was crumbling in my mouth.
I knew I had a post to write, but I just couldn't bear the thought. My nights have been lightening-fast this week, and they had finally taken their toll.
I have been, at times in my life, very bound to obligations. I pile and pile and pile stuff onto my plate and then the day comes when I fling that puppy like a frisbee and I just don't give a rip. So I'm not exactly the picture of "healthy balance".
The question I'm asking myself right now is, who am I really obligated to? Merriam Webster tells me that "obligation" means "a promise, a debt of gratitude". Well, the answers are obvious, yet I still need to tick down the list in my mind.
I'm obligated to God, to be faithful in His sight, to listen and hear, to allow Him to fill me so that I can serve when I'm tired and to go the heck to bed when my body is at its breaking point. This particular obligation means many things. It sometimes means different things on different days, but it always means faithfulness to that which I know is The Biggest Thing.
I'm obligated to my husband and my children. They get my time, my love, my effort and my willingness to stop and play even though playing isn't usually my first inclination.
I'm even obligated to those two almost-adult children who I have adopted into my heart over the past year. I'm obligated to love them even when they break my heart, and even when they do it the very same week.
There are obligations I have signed up for and there are obligations that defaulted to me. I am obligated today to find some Fall-themed napkins for Calvin's party tomorrow. I am obligated to buckle down and work on my book for a few hours later this morning, even if I'm not feeling particularly wise or witty. I'm obligated to press on with the potty training that I started earlier this week.
I'm not obligated to keep a magazine-worthy home or put a gorgeous meal on the table every evening. I'm not obligated to wear make-up every day. I am obligated to live a life of service, but I'm not obligated to say yes to every little thing that comes my way.
If you had hope that this post would hold the key to yanking off the hat of over-obligation and throwing it in the fire, then you may walk away disappointed, because I don't have good answers. I'm still searching for them myself.
It's important to follow through, to keep your word; but it's equally important to really know when enough is enough. It's critical to sometimes give yourself some grace, especially when you look behind you and still see the tail of a tornado whirring in your wake.
And so, it's back to square one, back to the One who began it all and put everything - even that tornado - in motion. My great hope right now is that in abiding there, the questions begin to answer themselves.
*For the rest of the Letting Go series, click here.
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Your mechanism of writing really soothes my soul.ReplyDelete
Oh, that the questions would answer themselves . . . instead of leaving me confused and second guessing every decision.ReplyDelete
I have the same plate piling then throw it away issue, my friend. I think keeping God as the center to the compass is the key and giving the day to Him is essential. I found this quote somewhere (I can't remember where...) " This is your day Lord, not mine. Whatever you want me to do, I will do. Whatever you don't, I won't."ReplyDelete
I always finding myself saying yes to too many things when all I really want to do is crawl under my covers and hide. It is a tough thing to say no or I'm sorry, I would love to, but I can't.ReplyDelete
I can really relate to this post. I've found out how important it is to prioritize and employ the age old acronym of J.O.Y - Jesus, Others, Yourself.ReplyDelete
Thanks for this :)
I think we all do this... the hope would be that it is for the right reasons, and not not because we "think" we should or we aren't capable of saying "no". Or part of that "Good Girl" stuff ;) (which I'm reading right now, thank you for the recommendation!)ReplyDelete
Hang in there with the potty training!
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Good question for women.ReplyDelete
WOW. God is really pouring it on right now. I just read Emily, and now this!ReplyDelete
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I agree with Danielle; you soothe my soul. Thank you.ReplyDelete
- Lorraine R.October 20, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Sooo good Shannan!!!! How do we end up so over-obligated?? I love how you ran down the list of things that you are and are not obligated to. I think that list will be very helpful to those that read it!! Abiding in the One who put all things in to motion is a very good and safe place to be, one may say that we are "obligated" to be there <3ReplyDelete
FPFG, definitely a soul soother and word weaver.ReplyDelete
As I strive daily to realize God's priorities/obligations for my life and let go of the "I should/guilt-producing-should do's" I feel free-er, free-er to follow His leading.
"The heart of a man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps", Psalm 37:5
I hear you. I flung my frisbee this morning, in a desperate attempt for a quiet morning at home. You know, sometimes obligations conflict and it's a real mess. A mess like my house. Right now. This instant.ReplyDelete
I need a cookie. Is there a way you can explain cookies and how they relate to obligations, because I feel like there's a connection but my brain of very little size is having a hard time finding it.
Very refreshing point of view!ReplyDelete
I am so blessed when I come on and read what you share each day...thanks so much for being vunerable and genuine with all of us out here in blogland...the things that you have written have challenged and strengthed my faith and more often then not, have left me with a smile on my face=)ReplyDelete
so thanks...and I am praying for you and your family as you guys step out in faith in this totally new, scary chapter of your lives!!
-Adriane @ fruitfulhomejournal.blogspot.com
I think you're also obligated to yourself- to taking care of you so you can be your best self and help others.ReplyDelete
"Put the oxygen mask on yourself FIRST and then help others."
I'm with Tina, who commented right above me.ReplyDelete
If we don't take care of ourselves, whatever that looks like for each person, then we are no good to anyone else around us.
I'm glad you went to bed early and fell asleep quickly.
I've been known to over-obligate myself..it's a serious prison....sucks the life and joy right out of you.
I usually do it for acceptance and approval.
I have this "responsible" craziness in my head that tells me I'm responsible for everyone else around me.
It's been 20 years of telling myself that those thoughts are wrong thoughts....I suppose it might be the "thorn in my side." I may be dealing with layer after layer til Jesus returns.
Whatever it takes to turn my eyes to Him, right?
YEah I was way behind over here... but I just got myself all caught up and have to say some combined things for all the posts I just read... 1) you make me laugh like crazy. 2) You make me think like crazy. 3) Your dishwasher is stylin'. 4) Ruby is hysterical.ReplyDelete
I to struggle with not being able to say NO..when i start to lose my joy in serving the Lord and helping others i know something is not right and its time to slow down..its a true sign that something is wrong and we need to seek the Lords will and ask him what he would have us to do..not what we want to do and to stop worrying about what people think. If God is not in it its not worth it anyway.ReplyDelete
- HeatherOctober 20, 2011 at 9:11 PM
I loved your description of filling to plate of obligation so high and then reaching a point where you fling it like a frisbee and just don't give a rip! What a great image! As one of those infamous good girls, I feel like I should say yes to too many thanks. It is exhausting. Now all I can think about is flinging that frisbee : ) Thanks for your beautiful posts.ReplyDelete
yes, yes. just getting back to him.ReplyDelete
my, how i am ever learning this.
- AnonymousOctober 21, 2011 at 1:21 AM
I completely relate. I was just telling someone today that I had a stack of frisbees on my desk.ReplyDelete
Thank you for reminding me I am not alone with struggling to find balance and with over extending myself at times with obligations. Thanks for the reminder that God and family are the real priorities.ReplyDelete
YES. I needed this post today. Enjoy your blog always.ReplyDelete


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Last week, we spotted a travel bug which wanted to get to Swindon. Thinking that we could help it on its way, we retrieved it only to find that the best laid plans can go awry, and we now needed to pop it into a cache as soon as possible so that someone else could help out.
Not having much time this week, we located a promising-looking cache on the Basingstoke Canal not far from our home. Isn't it strange, that when you want to find a decent sized cache, all the ones you first look at are for micros and won't take a TB !! Megan's Place looked to be ideal as the description stated: The cache is a clip top small green box which contains a log book and children's item's, it can be reached by a short walk from the Basingstoke Canal Visitor Centre or Frimley Lodge Park.
We knew exactly where Basingstoke Canal Visitor Centre was so why, oh why, did we take all the wrong roads to find it. In our defense, there are quite a few small roads in the area with a little humped-back bridge over which lay the little lane leading to the Canal Centre. After going down a number of these roads, we eventually found the correct one and parked as near as we could to the tow path. Please don't ask why we didn't check the map on my iPhone !!! Earlier this year, we had parked in the very same spot and turned left on to the towpath and cycled for quite a few miles, collecting caches as we went along, but we hadn't as yet turned right. Megan's Place was the first cache along the towpath to the right and it was a lovely day for a walk.
We spotted quite a few canal boats supposedly moored for the winter as they were well-wrapped up with tarpaulins over many of them. The one above reminded me of a fantastic week's holiday my ex-husband and I were given by our two sons for our silver wedding anniversary way back in 1995. We went on the River Wey at that time and took our two golden retrievers with us who thoroughly enjoyed the trip once they got used to the boat (unfortunately though, Goldies love the water and so we lived with wet-dog smell for most of the week).
As it was only a few hundred metres along the towpath we quickly came to Megan's Place which turned out to be a seat crafted of railway sleepers; a place to remember Megan who was sadly born asleep in 2009.
We hadn't read all of the description of this cache before we started, and it wasn't until we arrived at the seat did we realize why the cache was there. It really was a lovely tranquil place with fresh flowers in the tree and hanging hearts and it was quite moving to be sitting there, made all the more so when I realized that Megan would have been six now, and my own grand-daughter had just turned six a couple of days previously.
We sat a while before turning our attention to finding the cache. Our GPS took us behind the seat a few metres but we could find nothing. Eventually we spotted the likely hiding place, quite a distance away, and hidden under some rather obvious sticks, was a nice little clip-top box into which our Travel Bug fitted nicely. We camouflaged the box a little better and made a hasty retreat as suddenly we were surrounded by children (half-term holidays!!)
We soon found our way back to the Canal Centre where we bumped into a rather scary figure 😱💀
As it was such a beautiful sunny afternoon, we decided to refresh ourselves with just one
Cornetto, Magnum Ice cream whilst deciding that we really must visit here again, with our bikes, and continue along the towpath after Megan's Place to collect the caches available. The towpath is a super place to bring our bikes; no traffic to worry about – apart from pesky pedestrians, and the odd dog or two 🚲🚲
This stroll took place on 27th October 2015 taking our total finds up to 458, and our BodRobbinn Charger has now travelled 8766 miles.


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The other day, I got (another*) specimen of the card below that was on my want list for 2003 Topps. I've had quite a time building this set. Let's just say Topps learned its lesson about UV coatings on this one. It started with a box of Series 1 that was so stuck together, most of the cards came out with "snow" on them. I sent it back to the dealer, who was very gracious and sent another. The second one wasn't as bad, but still had some frosty ones.
I also noticed that some of the "special" cards in the set seemed to have two different colors. The regular player cards are mostly a deep shade of dark blue, with some slight variation. But the League Leaders, post-season, and All-Stars seemed to come in both dark blue and this other shade of turquoise. I've started to keep both versions in my set.
I suspect that this may be a "factory set" thing, or something like a parallel set. Haven't seen any documentation about it though.
Then, I get a third variety with this card #339. It's a shade smack in the middle of the other two.
|Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over...?
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Jody Holtzman, Chair and Senior Vice President, Thought Leadership, AARP
The conspicuous absence of female thought leaders on this panel was notable. Statistically, women are still living longer than men and thus, historically, have more to lose if they suffer ill health or have failed to save sufficiently. Female contribution to and their ability to participate in the creation of new longevity opportunities are equally vital.
- the growing disconnect between lifespan and health span will directly affect wealth span and have far reaching implications with respect to consumer behaviour
- seek to improve healthiness, earlier
- the new longevity will reveal opportunities for new markets
- we must raise expectations positively with respect to our mature years
- it is necessity to embrace encore careers
- this will require insight and innovation in both the public and private sphere
- the new longevity brings a time of great change will require great restraint and great responsibility
- we have a serious under savings problem that is only getting worse; need to shift reliance on Social Security
- onus is on the individual to take personal responsibility for actions, lifestyle choices
- boomers need to be willing to accept change across every dimension of life and make this the new normal
- we must be more proactive about planning/integrating our additional 20-30 years and not just tack it on as a later life bonus.
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Diamonds recovered from peridotite of Purang ophiolite in Yarlung-Zangbo suture of Tibet: A proposal for a new type of diamond occurrence
Abstract: After the discovery of diamonds and other unusual minerals in peridotites and chromitites of the Luobusa ophiolite, Tibet, it became important to determine if this was an isolated occurrence or if the same minerals occur in other ophiolites of the Yarlung-Zangbo suture zone. Here, we report the discovery of a similar collection of minerals in mantle peridotites of the Purang ophiolite, which lies in the westernmost part of the Yarlung-Zangbo suture, more than 1000km from the Luobusa massif. The Purang ophiolite consists mainly of harzburgite, lherzolite and dunite, probably of MOR type, which were modified in a SSZ environment. Many grains of diamond and some unusual minerals, such as moissanite, were recovered by standard mineral separation techniques from a 657kg sample of harzburgite. The presence of native Cr, Fe and Zn, together with the moissanite, indicates a strongly reducing environment. This discovery confirms that the Luobusa massif is not unique in the Yarlung-Zangbo suture. Based on the presence of similar minerals in the Ray-Iz ophiolite of the Polar Urals, and reports of diamonds in Alpine-type mantle peridotites, we suggest that diamonds and highly reduced minerals may be common in ophiolitic peridotites. These occurrences indicate a completely new environment for diamond formation, which can be regarded as ophiolite-type diamond, distinct from the other two well known types, i.e. kimberlitic diamonds and ultrahigh pressure metamorphic diamonds.
Yang JS, Xu XZ, Li Y, Li JY, Ba DZ, Rong H and Zhang ZM. 2011. Diamonds recovered from peridotite of the Purang ophiolite in the Yarlung-Zangbo suture of Tibet: A proposal for a new type of diamond occurrence. Acta Petrologica Sinica, 27(11): 3171-3178 (in Chinese with English abstract) [pdf]


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Portugal has never been on my radar of places to visit simply because I didn't know much about the country. But when my dear friends Grace and Paul announced that their wedding would take place in Portugal, Andrew and I were stoked! It's not everyday you get to attend a destination wedding so it was a total honor to be a part of their big day. Everything about their wedding day was absolutely stunning and magical. The venue, decor, and location looked like it fell straight out of a fairytale/romance novel. Don't get it twisted though. I'm not talking about the paperback covers of Fabio on it but the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale. It felt as if the bride and groom were the lead characters and all the guests were reading their love story unfold. We truly had a blast celebrating with so many of our good friends on this monumental day and couldn't be happier for the beautiful couple. Is it a coincidence that Portugal was named the #1 destination the same year Grace and Paul got married? No, I think not. Grace and Paul brought all the good vibes. Congratulations lovebirds and thank you once again for sharing this day with us. We love you!
Be prepared for a leg workout. I was huffing and puffing everywhere because of the steep hills and endless stairs. Bring good walking shoes that have good traction. In Lisbon, the streets are tiled so it can be slippery at times. A water bottle wouldn't hurt either.
It's a mini San Francisco. No really! Lisbon is the sister city of San Francisco and has a suspension bridge that resembles the Golden Gate Bridge called 25 de Abril Bridge. The city has cable cars and those damn steep hills!
Take notice of all the beautiful tiling on the sidewalks and buildings. Spectacular!
The locals are pretty friendly.
At night in Lisbon, there will be a number of people who may approach you for drugs because all use of drugs have been decriminalised.
Everyone pretty much speaks English there which was a big plus.
In Lisbon, there are a bunch of tuk tuks.
It's one of the cheapest European cities to visit. Oh hey!
Avoid getting a rental car if you go to Lisbon and Sintra to save yourself the headache of parking. There's public transportation and Ubers rides are pretty affordable.
There's a lot to see in Sintra but you can knock it out in a day if you start early.
Sintra is so beautiful and at times I felt like I was in one of those romance/fairytale novels. It turns out it's well-known for inspiring Han Christian Anderson fairytale. Makes total sense!
PARK AND NATIONAL PALACE OF PENA | CASTELO DOS MOUROS | QUINTA DA REGALEIRA : This place was crazy with a cool underground passageway! Go see the well, palace, and the green waterfall! | CABO DE ROCA : A cape which forms the westernmost extent of mainland Portugal and continental Europe | AZENHAS DO MAR (Must see cityscape! I recommend going during sunset when the tides are high so the pool is filled | CAFE SAUDADE | TORRE DE BELEM | JERONIMOS MONESTARY | PASTÉIS DE BELÉM : When in Portugal you must eat egg tarts at this famous bakery. Don't worry about seating because this place is surprisingly huge and can seat several hundred | TIMEOUT MARKET : Definitely recommend this place! Most of the places we've tried were delicious! | TAQUERIA PISTOLA Y CORAZON : Not enough time | THE MILL | CHIADO | SANTA JUSTA ELEVATOR | ROSSIO SQUARE (Pedro IV Square) | CAFÉ DAGARAGEM : Hours were weird so we couldn't make it | MIRADOURO DA SENHORA DO MONTE : Cool cityscape of Lisbon. Warning there are a lot of steps to see the view! | ESTAMINE ART FOOD DRINK : This is an adorable two seater restaurant where the chefs are married and cook right in front of you. Due to the limited space you must make a reservation in advance | CASTLE OF SAINT GEORGE : Skipped | SE DE LISBOA CATHEDRAL : Skipped | PRACO DO COMERCIO : Didn't get a chance to see this but we did see it from our Uber ride! haha | BAIRRO DO AVILLEZ : Not enough time


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The indisputable winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition (2016), Lukáš Vondráček joins us in Portland for two Eastern Europe-inspired programs featuring composers who were from or influenced by that region: Smetana, Novák, Suk, Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, and Scriabin.
He has worked with esteemed conductors including Paavo Järvi, Gianandrea Noseda, Marin Alsop, and Christoph Eschenbach and highly regarded orchestras such as The Philadelphia Orchestra and St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Recital appearances have taken him to London's Wigmore Hall, New York's Carnegie Hall, Zurich's Tonhalle, Vienna's Konzerthaus, and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw.
"…I was amazed by Lukas Vondracek's playing…He deserves a lot of attention…"
-Vladimir Ashkenazy
NOTE: All programs subject to change
- Memories, Op. 6
- Love Song, Op. 7
- Four Czech Dances, JB 1:114 from Book II
- Transcendental Etude No. 9 in A-flat Major, S. 139 Ricordanza
- Carnaval, Op. 9
Schumann: Träumerei (Dreaming) from Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), No. 7 (Encore)
- Sonata in B-flat Major, No. 21, D. 960
- Sonata in C Major, Op. 1, No. 1
- Fantasie, Op. 28
Brahms: Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2 (Encore)
The indisputable winner of the International Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition 2016, Lukáš Vondráček made his first public appearance at the age of four. His debut as a fifteen-year-old in 2002 with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy was followed by a major US tour in 2003. His natural and assured musicality and remarkable technical ability have long marked him out as a gifted and mature musician. He has worked with conductors including Paavo Järvi, Gianandrea Noseda, Marin Alsop, Christoph Eschenbach, Pietari Inkinen, Vasily Petrenko, Jakub Hrůša, Anu Tali, Xian Zhang, Krzysztof Urbański, Stéphane Denève and Alexander Lazarev.
Highlights of the 2016 / 2017 season include concerts with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and a return to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. He will tour Brazil, India and appear in recitals in Hong Kong, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Prague's Rudolfinum and Klavier-Festival Ruhr.
Recent recitals have taken Lukáš to London's Wigmore Hall, New York's Carnegie Hall, Zurich's Tonhalle, Vienna's Konzerthaus, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Casa da Música in Porto, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Washington Performing Arts Society, Boston Celebrity Series as well as Festival La Roque d'Anthéron, Gilmore Festival and the renowned Piano aux Jacobins series in Toulouse among others.
He works regularly with ensembles such as the London and Royal Liverpool philharmonic orchestras, the Philharmonia and Gulbenkian orchestras, Wiener Symphoniker, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Washington's National and Cincinnati Symphony orchestras. Recent highlights include a tour of Spain with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi and a highly successful tour of Australia including appearances with the West Australian and Sydney symphony orchestras.
International awards include first prizes at the Hilton Head and San Marino International Piano Competitions and Unisa International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa, as well as the Raymond E. Buck Jury Discretionary Award at the 2009 International Van Cliburn Piano Competition.
Following studies at the Academy of Music in Katowice and the Vienna Conservatoire, Lukáš Vondráček obtained an Artist Diploma from Boston's New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Hung-Kuan Chen, graduating with Honors in 2012.
His first commercial recording, a solo album for Octavia Records, was released in 2004 followed by another recital disc in 2012. His most recent CD, a recording of works by Brahms was released in autumn 2013 on the ORF label.


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By Jeff Walsh
It is hard to minimize the impact that the brutal death of Matthew Shepard had on the gay community in 1998. Even this site was flooded with a constant stream of poetry and other submissions in the days after his death, totally unsolicited, so much that we had to add a separate page to that month's website as a special tribute to Matthew.
A few months later, I interviewed Alex Trout, one of Matthew's best friends in Laramie, and that following June, got to hang out with Alex for a night of drinking and cruising in the Castro, as he and Matthew's other friend, Walt Boulden, were honored as grand marshals in the San Francisco gay pride parade.
I'd really never given any further thought to Matthew Shepard since then, except for when his name came up in 2009 when federal hate crimes statute finally added LGBT protections with the Matthew Shepard Act. The most common touch point I've had to this 15-year-old case is that I often see my friend Garrin Benfield perform live in NYC, and his sets often include "What You're Hiding," which has a chorus that ends, "Matthew, you lived your final hours, with the butt of a gun smashing in your brain."
The case seemed simple and the justice swift. Matthew was the frail, baby-faced guy out in cowboy country of Laramie, Wyoming, who made a sexual advance on two guys, and they killed him for it. The lack of complexity was what made the case so perfect, and how everyone could easily put themselves in Matthew's shoes, and imagine that simple gesture turning tragic.
In The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard, journalist Stephen Jimenez reveals how little of the narrative we've all come to know is accurate, as he spent more than a decade slowly peeling away protected layers until the real picture emerged.
This book came to my attention because I adore Andrew Sullivan, and am a subscriber of his website, The Dish. Sullivan's site has been running videos featuring Jimenez unpacking some of the mysteries and revelations of this case, and I was floored to have something so assuredly resolved be completely upended. I was also intrigued because in the mid 90s, I worked at a daily newspaper where my daily job was covering criminal trials. I've spend hours watching entire murder and rape trials unspool, and am always fascinated watching people online jump to wild conclusions based on scant information, but be completely assured that they have locked in on the crucial bit of information.
So, as I became fascinated by the existence of such a narrative-changing book, it was interesting watching the online world pick it apart based on Sullivan's videos. On one of many sites online masquerading as journalism, where people just puff their chest and vomit their opinion everywhere, an entire thread arose because Jimenez mentioned what started him down this process: an anonymous letter he found by accident in the previously-sealed court records.
The letter said the anti-gay nature of the crime was completely wrong, because Aaron had been a male hustler who was no stranger to sex with men. This, of course, set the comments flying about how irresponsible it was to write a book based on an anonymous letter.
But, having been a journalist for years, this didn't seem strange to me at all. Anonymous tips were a normal part of the job. They aren't sources, they are things to investigate, and sometimes prove to be true. Mystery is often a part of journalism. I know I personally received criminal files that were sealed in some cases, after they would miraculously find themselves in completely unrelated county offices with my name on them, if either side of a case wanted that information to find its way into the public realm. And, let me be clear, if the proof of Jimenez's theory were merely an anonymous letter, I'd agree with the online trolls that he was a bloviating hack who found a perfect case to inflate his notoriety.
I took a different path when faced with my gut reaction of "How could this be true?" I read the book. (I know, it's very old school of me.)
The important thing to note here is that, when you remove the gay element from the story, the rest remains factual: Shepard got into a car with Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson; they took him out past a housing development to a remote area to rob him; he was tied to a fence, pistol-whipped, and left for dead; he was found 18 hours later by someone who thought Shepard was a scarecrow initially, until they got closer; Shepard died at a hospital shortly thereafter.
That narrative, minus Shepard coming on to them, remains true throughout the book.
The other online speculation that made me interested to read this book was people saying that Jimenez had to be making things up, since the prosecution already told the whole story. Now, this also set me off, since I know the prosecution's job isn't to paint a complete picture. Nuance is the enemy of prosecution. Their job is typically to show evidence linking the defendant to the criminal charges they brought against that defendant. That's it.
Entire pre-trial motions, on both sides, seek to limit the scope of what can be brought up at trial. The prosecution because it wants to tightly shape a narrative, and the defense to keep their client's past run-ins with the law and other negative things out of testimony.
So, no one's job at trial is about painting a complete picture. Often, the media is where you find more of a complete picture of a victim, or a crime, but in the case of Matthew Shepard, the press not only didn't have much to go on, they often embellished and added details about the crime (from bad sources, one imagines/hopes) that proved untrue.
Matthew was never strung up on the fence like he was being crucified. His hands were tied behind his back. He was also not burned with a cigarette, as some articles offered. Instead, the press ran full steam with the story of this being a hate crime, to the point where then-President Bill Clinton was even publicly commenting on the case.
I apologize again for the tangential nature of this book review, but just to remove any seeming bias here, I will point out that I oppose the notion of hate crimes. I don't really like the idea of the government putting someone in jail longer because they think that, not only was that person killing someone, they were also thinking bad thoughts while they did it?! It is silly to think a murder case where the death penalty was involved also has to question whether the killer was thinking bad things at the time of the murder. And hate crimes only exist once an actual crime is committed.
And, to be clear, despite being the media martyr, poster boy, and public face of hate crimes, there was no hate crime angle pursued in Shepard's case. The media was the only party trying McKinney and Henderson for hate crimes, not the state of Wyoming.
So, what did happen that night? And why?
Jimenez does a masterful job of unspooling this haunted narrative like a puzzle, giving you seemingly disparate pieces that take a while to form a larger picture, but the slow build only heightens the tragedy once the complete picture begins to reveal itself.
The most interesting element of the book to me is that Jimenez is pursuing a story that no one wants him to tell.
Part of the slow reveal of the truth as the book unspools is that no one can benefit from it. McKinney and Henderson are serving life sentences with no chance of parole. The prosecution did their job by getting Shepard's killers locked up. The defense purposefully stayed away from a drug angle that seems to paint the real picture.
No one seems to give him a complete information dump about the case, only guarded responses with an occasional clue that lead Jimenez to more information, and another clue. He really had to work to unearth this story.
Even the Matthew Shepard Foundation has decried this book with the following statement: "Attempts now to rewrite the story of this hate crime appear to be based on untrustworthy sources, factual errors, rumors and innuendo rather than the actual evidence gathered by law enforcement and presented in a court of law. We do not respond to innuendo, rumor or conspiracy theories. Instead we recommit ourselves to honoring Matthew's memory, and refuse to be intimidated by those who seek to tarnish it."
It is disconcerting to think that Matthew's memory can be tarnished by the truth, and that sustaining potential lies would honor it.
The truth seems to be that Shepard was involved with crystal meth, as both a user and dealer. McKinney was also a meth user and dealer, and had been on a multi-day meth bender leading up to Shepard's murder. Shepard and McKinney were not strangers, and both had seemingly exchanged sex for both drugs and money in the past, including both of them having sex together for both business and pleasure.
The book alleges that Shepard's murder did start as a robbery, because he had been transporting meth into Laramie, and the night of his murder he was supposed to have made his regular run and either had the meth on him or money. But Shepard didn't make the run that night.
McKinney's robbery went off the rails when Shepard only had around $20 on him, but the violent nature of his murder might owe a lot more to McKinney's mental state due to days and days on meth, and the delusional state it put him in. None of which absolves him, of course.
Both McKinney and Shepard were seemingly small fish in the Laramie drug scene, and both may have been messing with forces bigger than they might have been aware. To that end, a lot of sources in the book are pseudonyms, and many are still fearful of opening up this can of worms.
Henderson comes off as another victim of McKinney in the book, serving life in prison for a crime in which he barely participated, and judging from the gun-barrel scar on his upper lip (similar to ones on Matthew), may have tried to stop the beating, short of being McKinney's second victim that night.
Anyone interested in the Matthew Shepard case needs to read this book, and not just the distilled takeaways in Jimenez's videos or reviews like this one.
While I always felt horrified for Shepard, his family, and by his senseless murder, I think his martyr status was so easy to buy into because it was all we were told. It also kept him out of reach. At the beginning of this review, I said that nuance is the enemy of the prosecution, but it is also messy baggage for martyrs.
I no longer think of Matthew as the perfect, All-American kid who had to lose his life because he made a sexual advance to the wrong people.
But if that isn't who he was, why should I want to preserve that lie?
After reading Jimenez's book, Shepard is still a tragic figure. But now I know more about his life, and that he was loved, that he was a good friend, that he was interesting and curious, that he had dreams and goals that conflicted with how he lived his life, that he was troubled, that he was imperfect, and that he still aspired to be better than his life and situations in a future that never happened.
After 15 years of knowing Matthew as a martyr, his pointless death isn't any less sad or tragic knowing him merely as a flawed human.
The real irony, of course, is that if he had been murdered in a field in Wyoming because of a drug dispute, it would be unlikely that any of us would have ever heard of him, and his attackers would probably be out on parole by now.
I'm just not sure what to do with that thought.
This didn't fit in the main review above, but I've often spoken out against what I felt was the bad art and pompous posturing of The Laramie Project in the past, where a bunch of New York actors went to Laramie to find the truth, unlike the journalists who were only there for a mere "story." All of their interviews to tell the "real story" are woven into a play that is performed often (for some reason). One of the witnesses in the book says he told one of the Laramie Project participants about the drug angle, and how it impacted the case, and they did nothing with it. Sounds like everyone was mostly interested in a consistent narrative.
I was also upset, but not surprised, that HRC and GLAAD fought to protect the hate crimes narrative of Shepard's murder. If the truth conflicts with their goals, the truth needs to win.
"You don't know you're beautiful." - Harry Styles
it's meth country.
Adrian - If i blow your mind, would you promise not to think in my mouth?
Is that some reference I don't know?!
"You don't know you're beautiful." - Harry Styles


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The Obama campaign on Tuesday walked back comments made by actor Robert De Niro Monday night at a Tribeca fundraiser headlined by first lady Michelle Obama.
"We believe the joke was inappropriate," said Olivia Alair, a campaign spokeswoman for the first lady, in a statement.
While introducing the first lady to the crowd of 85 high-profile guests, De Niro questioned whether America was ready for another white first lady.
"Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?" De Niro asked the crowd.
The crowd collectively answered "no!"
CNN reports that at a campaign stop Tuesday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called on Obama to apologize for the comments.
"What De Niro said last night was inexcusable and the president should apologize for him. It was at an Obama fundraiser, it is exactly wrong, it divides the country," he said. (SEE ALSO: Callista Gingrich is the most disliked potential first lady, poll finds)
"If people on the left want to talk about talk show hosts, then everybody in the country should hold the president accountable when someone at his event says something that is utterly and terrible unacceptable as what Robert De Niro said," Gingrich added.


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What's Cooking: Sweet on citrus
As spoiled as we Californians are with our Mediterranean climate, there are days, even weeks, when the fog or clouds close in and life just seems gray.
Thank goodness for local citrus fruit, whether it's from the clementine tree in the backyard, the Meyer lemon in the patio pot or the piles of navel oranges at the farmers market. The bright colors and aromas of tart goodness have the ability to shake us out of our fog-brained lethargy.
Here are some sweet interpretations of citrus for winter enjoyment.
Girasole's orange cake with mascarpone
Total time: 1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling time
Serves 8 to 10
Recipe adapted by the Los Angeles Times from Girasole Restaurant in Los Angeles.
2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
14 tablespoons (1¾ sticks) softened butter
3 egg yolks
Juice and finely grated zest of 1 orange
2 heaping tablespoons orange marmalade
1 tablespoon vanilla
Whipped mascarpone (half mascarpone, half heavy cream whipped together), for garnish
Candied orange peel, for garnish
Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease and flour a 9-inch Bundt pan.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, or in a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Add the softened butter to the dry ingredients and mix, using the paddle attachment of the stand mixer or a hand mixer, until the butter is fully incorporated with the dry ingredients. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, beat together the egg yolks, orange juice and zest, marmalade and vanilla. With the mixer running, slowly beat in half of the egg mixture until incorporated, then beat in the second half.
Spoon the batter into the prepared Bundt pan and bake until the cake is puffed and lightly browned, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50 minutes to an hour. Rotate the cake halfway through baking for even coloring. Cool on a rack.
Per serving (based on 10): 338 calories; 18 g fat (11 g sat.); 3 g protein; 42 g carb.; 98 mg chol.; 1 g fiber; 24 g sugar; 86 mg sodium.
Clementine cake with cheesecake cream
Serves 12
The recipe is adapted by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel from the BBC's food blog, bbcgoodfood.com.
12 seedless clementines (divided)
2 1/4 cups superfine sugar (divided)
1 1/4 cups water
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature, plus extra for greasing
Zest and juice of 1 lemon (divided)
3 eggs
1 package (10 ounces, 2 ½ cups packed) blanched ground almonds
1/4 cup farina (Cream of Wheat)
1 small tub (7 ounces) Greek yogurt
Cheesecake Cream (see recipe)
Thinly slice 5 clementines, rind on, horizontally, discarding ends.
In a small pan, combine 1 ¼ cups sugar with the water and bring to a simmer. Add clementine slices, cover and cook until slices are tender, about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, grease a 10-inch springform pan and line with parchment.
Use a slotted spoon to lift out clementine slices from syrup. Arrange slices neatly over bottom of springform pan, overlapping where necessary. Zest remaining 7 clementines. Divide zest in two and reserve half for cheesecake cream. Squeeze juice from 4 of the zested clementines.
Stir clementine juice into syrup in pan. Boil gently uncovered, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes or to desired thickness – up to 30 minutes if you prefer a thicker sauce. Set aside to cool.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Beat remaining 1 cup sugar with the 1/2 cup butter, lemon zest and half of the clementine zest until pale. (Reserve lemon juice for cheesecake cream.) Beat in eggs one at a time.
Peel 3 remaining zested clementines and separate into segments. Place segments in food processor and process until pulpy. Stir pulp into butter-sugar mixture, along with ground almonds, farina and yogurt. Mix until smooth.
Spoon batter carefully over candied clementine slices in springform pan. Bake in preheated oven until a skewer inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool cake in pan on rack. As cake bakes, make cheesecake cream.
Invert fully cooled cake onto serving platter. Peel off parchment. Serve wedges of cake topped with cheesecake cream and a little syrup.
Cheesecake cream
1 small tub (8 ounces) mascarpone cheese
1 small tub (7 ounces) Greek yogurt
1/2 cup superfine sugar
Reserved lemon juice (from cake recipe)
Reserved clementine zest (from cake recipe)
Combine all ingredients until well blended. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Old-fashioned orange cake
Total time: 1 hour
Serves 12
This recipe came to the Los Angeles Times from Marian Wilke, who notes that the original recipe called for processing the orange and raisins in a meat grinder; that gives you an idea of the size of the chunks that are necessary. It should be baked in a metal pan rather than glass, which tends to burn the cake.
1 orange
1 cup raisins
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk, divided
2 cups cake flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup powdered sugar
Heat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 13-by-9-inch metal baking pan.
Scrub the rind of the orange well. Remove both ends of the orange and cut it into large chunks. Set aside.
Place the raisins in a food processor and pulse 6 or 7 times until coarsely chopped. Add the orange chunks and pulse 5 or 6 times to reduce them to evenly sized small pieces. Empty into a small bowl and set aside. Pulse the granulated sugar and shortening together in the food processor 4 or 5 times to combine, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
Add the eggs, one at a time, and process in between, scraping down sides. The mixture should be smooth, light and fluffy. Add 3/4 cup buttermilk and process to combine. The mixture will be very liquid and may look slightly separated.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon and add to the processor. Pulse just to combine into a smooth batter. Add all but 2 tablespoons of the orange-raisin mixture and pulse once or twice. Add the walnuts and pulse once; do not overprocess. Pour the batter into the pan. Bake until the sides have begun to brown and pull away from the pan, 35 to 40 minutes. The cake should still be moist in the center.
Whisk together the remaining 2 tablespoons of buttermilk and the powdered sugar until smooth. Whisk in the reserved 2 tablespoons of the orange-raisin mixture and spread it over the hot cake. Serve at room temperature.
Per serving: 389 calories; 146 mg sodium; 35 mg chol.; 16 g fat (3 g sat.); 58 grams carb.; 5 g protein; 2 g fiber.


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2016 Annual Aerospace Report (PDF)
Under direction of state law, the Workforce Board in conjunction with the State Board for Community & Technical Colleges evaluates aerospace and advanced materials manufacturing training programs.
Previous reports have indicated that the worker experience gap is pervasive and that demand is concentrated in key occupations, including:
Increased overtime work and recruiting were common strategies in addressing shortages.
Washington accounts for nearly 20 percent (or in one five) of the nation's aerospace jobs, up from 14 percent in 2004.
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February 4, 2014
5 Ways to Sweeten Your Makeup for Valentine's Day
Every year at the end of January, the drab tones of winter give way to bright pinks and reds as grocery stores, gift shops, and designer clothing boutiques prepare for the most romantic night of the year. Valentine's Day is a great time to begin moving toward Spring color trends, and this year, the makeup fashion of Spring is undeniably elegant and romantic. If you want to sweeten your look for a night out on the town this year, try one of these fashion-forward makeup trends.
Receive a complimentary make-up with any service at Phagans. All you need to do is book ahead for a service and let us know you want make-up, too. Call Clackamas at 833-840-9039.
Pantone's Color of the Year
Pantone, the perennial Nostradamus of the color world, specializes in color predictions. For 2014, Pantone's color of the year is radiant orchid – a perfect blend of purple and pink, with just a touch of dimension. This shade perfectly conveys romance, so if you want to channel a budding ingenue, take Pantone's color advice. Radiant orchid looks surprisingly good on just about everyone, and serves as an ideal accent color for the eyes. For an understated look, try a flash of orchid eyeshadow. If you want to go bolder, go all-out with orchid eyeshadow and liner and a deeper purple in the crease.
You're not limited to Pantone's recommendation for radiant orchid. This season pastels of every hue, from sea foam green to periwinkle blue, are all over the runways and on the lids of virtually every celebrity. Pick your favorite color and coordinate it with your Valentine's day frock for an eye-catching look. For even more drama, abandon the brown and black liners and line your eyes in shimmery pastel. If you want to really make your eyes pop, use white eyeliner, which extends the whites of the eyes and makes your peepers look larger.
The Return of Bright Lips
Red lips have been the siren song of romantic vixens since time immemorial. This year, the red lips of autumn take a turn toward bolder, brighter, distinctly juicy colors. Tangerine, bright orange and rich coral were all over the Spring fashion runways. If you opt for this look, keep your eyes muted and natural and let your lips do the talking.
Bold Eyes
The eyes really do have it this season. Makeup trends are slowly moving away from muted color palettes and natural looks in favor of high drama and even some artistry. For Valentine's Day, just about anything goes when it comes to your eye makeup. For a subtle, smoky look, try lining the water line, then sweeping a dark brown or black eyeshadow under your lashes. The key here is understated, undone elegance so don't worry about getting the line perfectly straight.
Want a more dramatic look that will get your honey to stop and stare? Cat eyes continue to be big, but with a twist: the understated winged eyeliner has slowly given way to full-scale eye drawings. The savviest fashionistas are now drawing broad, wide wings that extend out from the eyes and up to the crease. To get the look right, try a chubby eyeliner pencil and go for high drama rather than worrying about making a straight line.
Bold Brows
Brows have been getting bigger and thicker for several seasons, now, and this season they move toward full-scale drama. Trend-savvy women are no longer content with natural brows. Instead, try a thick, dramatic arch. If you're not blessed with naturally lush brows, you can still take part in this trend. Simply use a brow brush and brow powder to accentuate what nature gave you. Darker brows create mystery and intrigue, and are a must-have this season.
As always, the best way to avoid looking like a fashion victim is to pick one trend rather than trying to combine them all on a single face. Experiment with your makeup a few days before V-Day to find what works. You may just find a new signature look.


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SAP BusinessObjects
Accès facile et en libre-service à des informations facilitant la prise de décisions avec la plateforme de business intelligence.4.2/5 (140 avis)
Good for reporting, but a bit clunky at times
Not very difficult to set up universes (both .unv and .unx) and develop reports, schedule them, etc. So from a functionality standpoint, this tool is good.
1. It doesn't always behave the way it is expected. For example, I could not modify a report to point to a different table within the same universe (one table points to production schema data and another to test schema data).
2. When modifying a report to say, add a section, the alignment gets messed up and it takes some ninja mouse skills to get the section to appear where you want. Should not be that difficult to accomplish a simple task like this.
3. Sometimes the errors that pop up have a very cryptic message and troubleshooting where the problem is occurring is almost impossible. For example, the query that the system generates runs fine and produces results in a tool like Toad or SQL Developer, but the report does not execute due to some error (ORA-01830: Date format picture ends before conversion). It would be helpful to get some context around the error to help with troubleshooting.
4. Developers don't have the ability to look at basic information about the universe that the report is pointing to (e.g. location in CMS) which makes it hard to know whether the report is pointing to the development version of the universe or the production version.
BOBJ is a good option for complex data analysis
Pros : Complete product from Giant Vendor and has a great Echo system, Good for Complex/Huge Data Analysis models, Mass Publishing is a great advantage with this Product as i don't see this much of handy with any other Front end products, Robust model, With Design Studio and Lumira it has gain more strength in the BI Market, Great product to integrate with any kind business model,
Increasing number of tools in the suit confusing customers to choose what for what, Bit Expensive compare to other Reporting products, Recovery is not simple as we think in Failure cases, It requires huge amount of Hardware resources to build a medium/Large landscape, not simple as an end user product for all type of Developments...
Complete product from Giant Vendor and has a great Echo system, Good for Complex/Huge Data Analysis models, Mass Publishing is a great advantage with this Product as i dont see this much of handy with any other Front end products, Robust model, With Design Studio and Lumira it could be a great product to integrate with any kind business model
Increasing number of tools in the suit confusing customers to choose what for what, Bit Expensive compare to other Reporting products, Recovery is not simple as we think in Failure cases, It requires huge amount of Hardware resources to build a medium/Large landscape, not simple as an end user product for all type of Developments...
SAP BO administrator
Every single client love our SAP BO results overall its a great software for your Business.
In windows platform its the dream come true, easy to use and too many SAP note supports online, also unlikely failures on your platform and server, Lumira and Web intelligence both awesome tools on reporting, Dataservices its one of the one of the most complete ETL (Extration, Transformation and Loading) on the market with many many opcions its tricky to use but once you understand it its simplify and optimice your Dba activities.
In Linux its a complete hell in my experience, even with Redhat the Node and server fail almost every week too many eviroment issue even an 2 years Linux administrator as myself ( i know its not so much but anyway) i had plenty of issue and problems to install it, the support and SAP not in this platform its almost 0, seems none try to install BO on linux just myself.
Great tool for report automization, analysis and calculation
It's a very powerful tool to download data, however, requires some trainings for users.
It's intergrated in Microsoft Excel, so I can use all function of Excel on the data download by SAP Business Object.
Normally we have to go to the web version of the reporting tool and download report one by one, but with SAP business Object (Analysis Office), we can insert the data source one time, format it, do calculation with it (using all other Excel function). The next time when you need to update the data. Just simply refresh data source in your formatted file. All data are refreshed while your calculation/format are still there.
You can even write Excel VBA to load data with Analysis Office. It saves you a lot of time to download all reports based on different filter criterion.
First, it takes time to load if the data is too bid
Second, there is a limit (55 000 lines) on Excel. You can, of course, change the limit, but not everybody knows how to do it (or allowed to do it)
Thirdly, the prompts are not so well-designed and user-friendly. I normally have to scroll down a lot to find the filter. (imagine you have 10 different sheet, scrolling down will take long time).
Fourthly, VBA and Analysis Office are quite complicated to use and the trouble-shooting is quite annoying.
Makes it easy to build complex queries without knowing SQL, I love it!
I use BusinessObjects every single day, multiple times a day. We are transitioning to start having all reporting come from BO as once the reports are setup and scheduled its "set it and forget it" in many cases. We put a lot of focus on automation and reducing the amount of time spent building custom reports and one-off analyses. So we have built numerous reports to support our sales team, operations teams, vendors, and c-suite that are all easily refreshed and filtered by the users on their own. And our analytics and reporting teams now have time to work on larger scope projects rather than being bogged down by requests.
I love most everything about BusinessObjects. It's a great way for our employees to self-service in many cases as previously they had no way to get access to larger data sets unless they put in a request with analytics. But now our Directors have access to data and reports at their fingertips with minimal training (they don't need an in-depth understanding of databases or SQL queries to use the software).
A con that is worth mentioning is that exporting large data sets can be a bit slow. But the ease of use and other benefits definitely outweigh that.
SAB BO Administration
Check every the status of all the services.
Publish and schedule a report
Create a report with Crystal Report
Create triggers
Possibility to schedule a report with different parameter and send it by mail to different user.
You can send a report in many format (xlsx, Pdf, etc)
Triggers features when you schedule a report
Administration is not easy, many services to check every day.
Consume a lot of Memory and CPU.
In case of crash, the reinstallation is very difficult and too long.
Sap business object overall review
Sap business object is very ease to use for end user.there are someR very useful and user friendly tools which can be operate or handle by end user like web intelligence , explorer, lumira etc.
In other end, there are other functionality and tools like dashboard,design studio , information design tool.
Sap business object is platform independent and robust.
Having great features of drill down,dynamic receipent ,enterprise reciepent.
Sap business object is very ease to use for end user.there are someR very useful and user friendly tools which can be operate or handle by end user like web intelligence , explorer, lumira etc.
In other end, there are other functionality and tools like dashboard,design studio , information design tool.
Sap business object is platform independent and robust.
Having great features of drill down,dynamic receipent ,enterprise recipient.
Sap business object , for create the universe need knowldge of database and query and fundametals.
Unbeatable End to End Enterprize Business Intelligence solution
I have been working on SAP BO for past 10 years across different domanins like banking, manufacture and health care and built hundreds of application on BO. This is my primary skill set.
1. It is a massive BI tool which can support thousands of reports within the company
2. The security implementation is much far advanced
3. The different tools of the package WebI, Crystal, analytical tools serves/covers all needs
4. Lot of intelligence applied building this software and latest versions 4.2 is much advanced and feature rich
5. It also has ETL tool BODS providing end to end solution
6. It connects to all most all RDBS databases
1. Platform administration is too challenging
2. software version and patch takes lot of time
3. Too many features sometime confuses the developer and users (till there is scope for user friendly)
4. New release are too late and other side competitor like Tableau are moving very fast
5. Lumira still lacks lot than equivalent competitor tools
Great Front End reporting tool which enhances the business decisions more effectively on the fly
I have been using the tool from past 9+ years for the development of reports to our clients and the improvements to the overall BO product suite over a period of time are absolutely fantastic and you will have a wide range of products in the suite which will cater all your business requirements irrespective of the domain you are in
It is highly recommendable to the business who wants a better results,growth and improvements in the areas where they are lagging because the kind of visualizations and stunning dashboards that Business objects provides will give business head a clear cut idea on their improvement areas so that they can concentrate more on improvements and decision makings
I have had an experience from various clients in different sectors like Finance,Telecom,Oil and Gas, Fleet and so on where they always gave a positive and really a five star rating about the product feasibility and various options SAP Business Objects provides
As a developer and Technical specialist working on SAP BO I had a wonderful experience with the customer support from SAP and also whenever we raise an OSS Message or case about the product functionality the kind of response we got is really great and helped us a lot to solve the customer issues at the earliest
It is ultimately a great product which sustained nearly a decade after SAP acquired now due to its tremendous capabilities and improvements in reporting and universe modelling and various versions of product releasing as and when required based on customers feedback
Overall I would highly recommend SAP BO to any client be it small , medium and large due to its robust sizing guide lines this will be the best product and also this is one of the world's best reporting tool till date, no wonder after the introduction of SAP Design studio this will become the number one in the space of reporting
Also I would like to mention about some of the important reporting tools in the product like WebIntelligence, SAP BO Exlorer, SAP Lumira which will definitely add an advantage to the organizations growth in providing the most thoughtful decisions on the fly to the clients
Stunning,Astonishing,Intelligent and Beautiful Dashboards and Visualizations will only be possible with SAP Business Objects!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of the best tools from SAP BusinessObjects BI is a suite of front-end applications that allow business users to view, sort and analyze business intelligence data for all integration and reporting management within the diversified organizations.
Best features include Dashboards -- Allows us to create interactive dashboards that contain charts and graphs for visualizing data and reports.
Web Intelligence -- Provides a self-service environment for creating ad-hoc queries and analysis of data both online and offline.
Integration with an outlook for easy extraction and transformation of reports into excel.
Good usage fro Business Explorer (BEx) Suite (BEx Analyzer, BEx Web reporting).
Highly formatted layout (print focused) Parameterized / dynamic layout Self Service / Freeform Layout Hierarchical awareness Dashboarding & visualization Interoperability.
Fast, robust and compatible with third party integrations.
Scheduling Event: This event is used to run reports or any BI objects sequentially one after the other.
Development seems bit deep dig process which takes a long time for customizations
Greatest business investment
I've used multiple sections of SAP and throughly enjoyed how each section works so smoothly with the others. It has the added bonus for companies that are global being able to link all business as well.
Once it's been implemented for the entire company it integrates every aspect smoothly. The ability to link every part of the business is invaluable. From HR to logistics to production, managing warehouse inventory cost saving are realized.
Implementation can be tricky if the people setting it up dont take the time to learn the business from one end to the other. It takes a team working in unison to develop a fully functional system. I've seem great things from SAP and I've seen a company sinking from a poor implementation.
Great tool for big data analysis, visualization, and automation.
It frees up time
Every day I learn something new about the software and I'm always blown away but the capabilities. I dont know that I can pick out one thing I like most although a big one is how it allows me to take reports that to refresh previously would take quite a fair length of time but now that I have built the same reports in Business Objects I have automated most, if not all, of them. And many are even emailed to me at a time which I've scheduled so now that the reports are built, all I do is nothing. Just wait for them to be sent to my email inbox.
I wish there was an easy way to have my scheduled reports send to SharePoint (if there is a way please let me know);
powerful and customizable analytics
Establishing a culture of self service analytics within the organization with initial training and support as and when required.
SAP business objects is an easy to learn and use analytical tool especially in the context of self service analytics by end users. One is able to re-use the same query and also share the query with other users as well and modify the query at any given time for customization purposes. It is also fast.
As with any new tool, there is an initial learning curve to get ramped up - however there is fairly good documentation available for this purpose. In addition, need good network bandwidth especially when there are multiple users trying to run queries at the same time
Used as Central Management Console
We use SAP Business Objects in conjunction with Crystal Reports to provide web based links for our employees to run on their own within the constraints of the parameters. I like that it is easy to navigate and sort by file name. The organization of information is clear and straightforward and it is easy to customize how you want to see things.
I wish there were options to add certain columns to your view. For example if I want to sort by name or last update, I can, no problem. But if i want to get any details on frequency or last time a user ran a report, i have to either go into the settings or run a report.
Great tool, reliable architecture and very useful
In space, the area that I address is the customer service through this fantastic tool we can keep a real-time control of the requests for services from our customers, assigning numbers of events that link the whole process with the areas involved, from that the service request is made until it ends with the invoicing process of it.
The scope advantages and the ability to link the data available in our organization by SAP BusinessObjects has allowed us to optimize the administrative and operational processes in a way that allows us to access the correct information.
I do not have negative opinions of the tool, within the organization has been very useful the use of it.
Satisfied but I can still see a lot of rooms for improvement of the products.
SAP BusinessObjects is a wide collection of softwares that businesses can use to handle different functions such as reporting, business analytics, forecasting, etc.
Based on my experience, the softwares are easy to use with interactive graphical user interface. Also, with its point and click functionality, new users can easily familiarize with the system. In addition, the ability to customize the system for more advanced users is absolutely commendable. Few systems are flexible enough like SAP BusinessObjects. The integration of SQL Database Management makes it easier for more advanced users to customize the system according to the company's needs and demands.
Since the software is mostly Window-based, computers using other programming language might have some difficulty in using the system. The wide variety of functionality also makes it a little bit confusing with new users especially those with no knowledge of SQL syntax.
SAP Business Objects Helping Us Gain Visibility and Transparency
In my opinion, not all SAP BO offerings are equal, but several are very useful. The offerings we have chosen to utilize will, without doubt, help us to transform our business.
The offerings I find most useful for helping our field personnel and leadership get a better understanding of their environment are Lumira, Crystal Reports, Information Design Tool and HANA Studio. The Implementation of HANA is critical for reaching the next level of performance as well.
SAP has very good customer service and the free education and learning resources are very useful.
As with any new product there are bugs and errors. I have been frustrated at times with the newer software and sometimes even the more mature software can be frustrating.
Advanced business analytics
I create dashboard to present sales information. It's great to be able to do it with "blank paper" and add visual elements connected to externa data. It's easy to build what-if analysis ad-hoc during business meetings.
I use SAP solutions to create dashboards and visual reports.
What I like in SAP BO, that we can create powerful and innovative presentations - from 0 to our vision.
I use many of all great options like:
- maps
- charts
- gauges
- sliders.
Except that, it's possible to add external data and visual elements like shetchnotes and files from other formats.
What is very important, reports are interactive, so we can create what-if analysis in easy way, with our vision in out minds. Dashboards can be connnected to external data sources like Excel or databases.
It would be great to be able to work more without specific informatics knowledge. It would be great to see more options to share final work with others.
I use Business Objects to write production reports and analysis
Its best feature, in my opinion, is the ease of building reports through its drag and drop interface. We have several data universes which we use to generate the reports. Business Objects makes it quite easy to manipulate the data fields and build professional looking reports.
My least favorite thing about this product would have to be the lack of download capability in more current versions of Excel. Currently, Business Objects only downloads in Excel 2007 format, which can sometimes complicate pulling millions of rows of data into one spreadsheet. Office 2010 and 2013 are capable of handling millions of rows of data, but B.O. cannot deliver it into those new formats.
Great for Data and Reports
Apart from the Support Service, the Application has been very helpful for our Data Extraction and reports. No problems with the application so far.
SAP Business objects is great for storage, creation, and reports sharing. It allows us to use real time business data and prepare reports from real time data for making business major decisions.
Reports creation could be difficult for the beginners, since there is a long learning curve to master all it´s functionalities. But once you´re there, you realized how powerful this tool is.
SAP support service is not the best in my opinion. Long response times, and sometimes they don´t offer effective solutions to our problems.
Efficient Reporting
Business Objects is one of the most efficient reporting software out there. It is fast, and its UI design makes use of any knowledge use the tool. It has its own server and file management tool which make using this software more productive.
To report using business objects, you have to have universes those are needed to be developed by your designers. There is a lack of functionality where the user can directly query off from SQL tables. The updates and patches those are rolled out by SAP are very slow.
Lots of layers
I've used this platform for years and am proficient at it and because of this I'm a fan.
SAP in our business of distribution and logistics is very complex and can gather a mass of data. It excels at drilling down to fine detail and tracking of inventory and sales down to number of turns and we use all of this data to drive our business. For this it is a great platform.
Because of it's many layers and it's complexity it creates an environment where it can be cumbersome to create orders and quotes.
Powerful Suite for all your BI needs
The best part of SAP Business Objects is it's powerful suite of tools. You can run Analysis for Office for many end users and they are able to self serve whatever they need. You can build out powerful storyboards with Lumira. You can also create standardized formatted reporting with Crystal Reports. That doesn't even touch on Design Studio, which can also be a powerful tool.
Some of the programs are still not quite as bug free as you would expect from a vendor like SAP. I feel like we still have too many freezes, crashes, and unexplained behavior. However, I will say that SAP is very quick to respond and they are a great vendor to work with.
Powerful reporting tool with quarks
You can accomplish a lot with this tool. The use of universes connecting the tables is powerful. I also love the ability to set up email instances of reports - it's always helpful when a software can do a routine task for you.
There have been some weird quarks in BO 4.0. Changes that we've made to a report will work one day and not the next. It's not very friendly for someone who wants to do ad hoc analytical reporting.
Simple, fast, and powerful software that has been an amazing asset for my team
The main benefit is a great UX interface that makes building queries easy, repeatable, and amazingly quick. The ability to run queries in the background as well as scheduled daily/weekly queries is a major selling point as well. You can act as your own data analyst for a small business without having to manually update your reports.
Much faster than manual queries and data pulls from our internal software
The ability to build off of a saved query expedites all future queries
Features including reoccurring queries and running queries in the background so it does not interfere with your current work
There is a learning curve to understand how to use the queries, so there is some training involved
Some of the "result objects" do not pull data but that may be our data sources, not the program itself


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uses center frequency ω and quality factor q.
uses a filter kernel of length n.
applies a smoothing window wfun to the filter kernel.
Details and Options
- BandstopFilter is used to attenuate mid-range frequencies in a signal while leaving the low and high frequencies unchanged. The range of frequencies that are attenuated is dependent on the values of the cutoff frequencies ω1 and ω2, with ω2>ω1. Bandstop filters are commonly found in audio amplifiers for acoustic instruments, hearing aids and public address systems.
- The data can be any of the following:
list arbitrary-rank numerical array tseries temporal data such as TimeSeries and TemporalData image arbitrary Image or Image3D object audio an Audio or Sound object
- When applied to images and multidimensional arrays, filtering is applied successively to each dimension starting at level 1. BandstopFilter[data,{{ω11,ω21},…}] uses the frequency {ω1i,ω2i} for the i dimension.
- The frequency values ωi should be between 0 and .
- BandstopFilter[data,{ω1,ω2}] uses a filter kernel length and smoothing window suitable for the cutoff frequencies {ω1,ω2} and the input data.
- Typical smoothing windows wfun include:
BlackmanWindow smoothing with a Blackman window DirichletWindow no smoothing HammingWindow smoothing with a Hamming window {v1,v2,…} use a window with values vi f create a window by sampling f between and
- The following options can be given:
Padding "Fixed" the padding value to use SampleRate Automatic sample rate assumed for the input
- By default, SampleRate->1 is assumed for images as well as data. For sampled sound objects with sample rate r, SampleRate->r is used.
- With SampleRate->r, the cutoff frequency ωc should be between 0 and r×.
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Do YOU Believe in the Power of 100/0
Have you ever felt bullied….misunderstood or unappreciated…either at work or in your personal life? I have felt that way multiple times throughout my career as I have come to realize that corporate America is not a meritocracy. To realize that unqualified…. overwhelmed…insecure…people can rise to leadership positions is something that happens and we have to find a way to move forward even in the face of what we feel we cannot accept.
In recent years I have adopted the following two mantras that have helped me to move forward through whatever challenge I have faced….
1) No one's coming…no one cares…..so….I'm coming….I care!
2) Courage is not acting fearlessly…it is acting despite being fearful
A Story.....
We also face these situations in our personal lives…especially in today's world of social media with cyber bullying where people can hide behind a device. In an instant…nameless…countless others can jump into a conversation they have no part of …no understanding of….and send something viral. This happened to us a few years ago with a problem our daughter was having at school. I won't go into all the details, but suffice to say that she was being picked on by some other girls. This gave me one of those rare moments as a parent to use some of my "Mom wisdom" with her as she absolutely refused to get out of bed one Tuesday morning. She was what can best be described as, shredded. It was that heaving, sobbing cry. As I sat on the edge of her bed I said "It takes courage to show up every day. There will be many times in your life where you don't think you can face what's in front of you, but you always have to forge forward – it only gives those who are against us more power. Momma runs into that sometimes at work so it is something that happens to all of us." My daughter, in between her tears famously said…….
"but Mom, you work with professional people who have a lot of experience and the kids in High School are all a bunch of SAVAGES!"
That moment gave me great cause to pause because what I really wanted to say in response was.…"My sweet girl…those kids just get older and end up in the workplace ….so I know ALL about it! "
The Way Forward...
I really wish there was an easy answer for when we face these challenges in our lives and our careers. All we can really do is look in the mirror…hold ourselves accountable…hold others accountable for their actions…lead by example…and work to be the change we want to see in the world. I watched a short video by Dr John Izzo 100% Responsibility 0% Excuses who talks about how a bank became one of the best places in America to work and how successful it was. "The power of the bank is the power of Love….tough love" and 100/0. I had 100/0 on the door of my office for a long time – it was always a simple yet powerful reminder for me. Take the time to watch it…it's worth it!
My commitment to myself is that I will always….
- Push for what I believe to be right
- Strive to leave things in better shape than I found them
- Take great pride that we will NOT always get credit for the good deeds we do…and that regardless of others knowing it…doing good is always worth it…even if we are the only ones that know
- Find ways show up and care (not only for me but for those around me)
- Motivate myself (and others) to find a way forward – the answers are always within us even if we don't initially see the way forward – don't wait for someone else to do it for you.
"Changing your attitude can change your life. Changing your life can changes the lives of others"
Leadership Questions of the Week for YOU: When our people lack the courage to face the hard road ahead, how can we break down barriers to give them the way forward…and how do we give it to ourselves? How often in the last week did our actions speak louder than words and have an effect on those around us (positive or negative)? Can you think of a moment recently where you changed your attitude and it changed someone else? What if we all focused and talked about 100/0 – how would that help us be more successful?
Thanks for reading and remember....YOU make a difference!
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What's the Word on AutoCAD?
Isaac Harper
AEC Industry Expert at CADsoft Consulting
Model with a View…
August 15th, 2014 by Isaac Harper
Sounds like comment you would find in real estate. That's because people find that to be important or at the least a nice feature to have. Well, what if I said I was talking about your AutoCAD drawing area? The saying would still apply! CAD users love having the maximum amount of area to work. Unfortunately, difficulties happen with widely spread out projects or when you need to see close ups of different areas, or views in the drawing. Well, while AutoCAD have always had the capability to split the screen for quite some time now using Viewports, it didn't offer much control in Model space. For example; if you were to divide the screen up, all of the Viewports are equal size. I remember in the older versions of AutoCAD (…back when they had an R in the name. lol) you could make model viewports inside model viewports (up to 32 of them if I recall correctly?) and then you could join some of them together to create different size and configuration on your screen. But unfortunately that was no longer the case. Then you could only do preset configurations viewports with a maximum of 4 viewports. And you were still not able to resize or join them together like before… UNTIL NOW!
AutoCAD 2015 has not only given back some of the control of Model Space Viewport, but has made it even easier to Create, Join and Re-size them. Here is how it works…
In the Viewport Configuration List you can either select one of the preset view configurations from the list or you can choose Configure… at the bottom of the menu to go to the Viewports dialog where you can choose from several options such as 2D or 3D, Viewing direction or Visual Style to apply to each separate viewport being created.
Once you have create your Model space Viewports you can now modify those existing viewport edges to re-size, create new viewports or join the existing ones together.
Here is how it works:
RE-SIZING: To re-size a viewport in Model space simply hold your cursor over the inner edges of one of the existing viewports until you see the double arrow (<->) then click with your left mouse button and drag it to the new desired location. If you pass your cursor over the intersection it will display the 4-way arrow you can re-size vertically and horizontally at the same time.
NEW: Creating New Viewports from existing viewports in the same manner as re-sizing them; but hold down the Ctrl key while executing the function. Also there is a Super Duper, Teeny Tiny, Itty Bitty, plus sign in the top and bottom of the viewport edge itself that would allow you to create the new viewport without having to hold down the control key.
Each Viewport edge will then make another viewport from that edge, and so on.
JOIN: The existing viewports can be joined together just by doing the re-size into the edge of another existing viewport. Just before the two viewports merge it will display a highlight around the 2 viewports. Note: You cannot join one viewport with other multiple viewports of different size, meaning it must be able to make a perfect rectangle. It will display a DO NOT symbol (A.K.A Ghostbuster symbol) on the screen alerting you that you will not be able to join them in that matter. To get around this join the 2 that match in size first the join the other on into that one.
In the first example image I am dragging the horizontal edge of viewport that is between the 2 smaller viewport to the top horizontal edge. When I get close I will see it highlight all the way around both viewport to indicate they will be joined into one and what the new boundary edges of the viewport.
In the second example image I am trying to drag the right-side vertical edge over to the left side vertical edges of the 2 smaller viewports. Notice I get the DO NOT symbol because AutoCAD can't complete this merge as I am doing it.
(TIP: I would need to join the smaller ones together first, then join the bigger one to the side into that.)
This concludes how the new Model space viewport control works in AutoCAD 2015… Enjoy the View!
Tags: AutoCAD 2015, AutoCAD LT, Modelspace, New Features, User Interface, Viewports


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