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Automotive repair and maintenance facilities have been declared an essential operation during the COVID-19 outbreak. As such, we will remain open and be here to serve you. Please know that our first concern is the safety of our employees and customers. During this time, we will take additional precautions in servicing your vehicle. These measures may include using a seat cover, steering wheel cover, and wiping down door and shift handles. We will also ensure sick employees stay home. We may close our waiting room. Please call ahead for the most current information, but know that we are here to serve you and keep your vehicle running during these difficult times. Thank you for being a Swanson's Auto Service customer
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Reviews and comments from our satisfied customers
Once again we received excellent, professional care at Swanson's. We have had our vehicles serviced at Swanson's for over 34 years. We always receive prompt friendly service. Our vehicles are always repaired correctly and at a very fair price. We always recommend Swanson's and will continue to be life long customers.
Stopped by Swanson's before a long drive back home because my low tire pressure light was on. They greeted me warmly and kindly drove my car inside on a snowy, cold night and checked it out for me.......free of charge!!! I would wholeheartedly recommend Swanson's for your auto service needs! They treated me like a friend from the moment I walked in the door until I got safely back on the road. :)
Had a freak accident, and brought my car to Swanson's. Everyone was so helpful and kept me updated on my vehicle. Spoke with Wendy and Justin, both were super friendly. The work done on my vehicle was awesome, and really happy about the honesty. Definitely be back! Thanks again.
Love this shop, I don't take my truck anywhere else. Good prices and great customer service.
They always take great care of me and everyone I?ve referred to Swanson?s!! The front counter staff are always waiting with a smile and a cheerful greeting, ready to help!
I needed some work done on my car, and I didn't quite know where to even start. I poked around Google Maps, read some reviews, and wound up at Swanson's. They diagnosed my car. They fixed my car. I am now heading into winter with a lot more confidence in my car. Solid service. Nice people. Good coffee. That's about all you can really ask for. Thank you, Swanson's Auto.
Excellent service. Courteous staff. Reasonable prices.
Not the way I expected my morning to go....I was on the way to my mom's when a tire was in my lane in highway that I could not avoid. So over it we went. My car immediately started making a noise after I hit it. I pulled over and saw there was smoke coming off something under car so took it to Swanson Auto Service in Grandville and they were the BEST! I have an aggressive dog that was in car and the lady helped me get my boys and dog in their waiting room and brought water to my dog and quarters to my boys to get candy with while we waited. They honestly made my day and then I got my wallet out to pay and they wouldn't even let me. Thank God it was nothing major. Go to Swanson Auto if you need any car help!!!!
We've been clients of Swanson's Auto for many years and we highly recommend them. They've always been kind, courteous, accurate and truthful. Competitive pricing and the highest quality of service keeps us coming back for all of our auto mechanic needs.
Been bringing my cars here for almost 15 years. Always excellent service, fair pricing and quick turn around.
Our family has used Swanson's for many years for all our vehicles and have been completely satisfied with their service. They are always upfront and honest about the work needed, and the repairs get completed correctly the first time. I recommend Swanson's to anyone who is looking for a friendly and competent repair shop for your vehicles.
The people here are great. As I was packing up our van to go home from our vacation, 2 states away, I noticed radiator fluid pouring out of the radiator. By luck my family, including 4 young kids, and I ended up at Swanson's. From the moment I explained the situation to Wendy, she and everyone there did all they could to help us out. Within 2 hours we were on the road home with a new radiator. They made a bad situation much better.
Recommended by my daughter. Very satisfied with kind, friendly service.
I had a general service question and the person who answered the phone could not have been nicer and went out of her way to offer other options to help me as well. It's not often you get treated this well. I just wanted to give credit where credit is due. Thank you!
I have been a loyal customer at Swanson's Auto Service for over 20 years. The employees are friendly and I am always greeted by name and with a smile. Repairs are done in a timely manner. They work around my schedule and always squeeze me in when I need something done right away. They recommend needed work in advance with no pressure to get repairs done right away. I feel safe knowing that they keep my car, and my kids' cars - especially my kids' cars - running safely. Even though I have moved from Grandville, I will still return to Swanson's for all my auto maintenance. Thank you Randy , Jodi and all who make my experience there great!
I have been a long time customer of Swanson's for many years. They continue to provide excellent service for all vehicles in my family. I can always trust repairs will be done proper and complete. The staff is always prompt in communication and very knowledgeable. I often recommend Swanson's to friends and coworkers.
Great People, fair prices!!
Wouldn't go anywhere else!
Great place to get your vehicle service and treated fairly and in a professional manner.
Swanson's has been servicing my cars for over 10 years. Randy and his team provide excellent mechanical and customer service.
Great experience with this place! Fixed my car and gave me a fair price.
Swanson's auto have serviced my car many years. Very good people to work with. Quality service, understanding, and reasonable cost.
My dad and I looked around West Michigan for years for a repair shop that would service his Nissan 350Z well without huge costs. Swanson's was the ONLY one. They do quality work and will work WITH you whatever your personal situation. Just today, I purchased a new car and noticed a burning-plastic smell coming from the engine. In a panic, I called the head mechanic - Steve - and explained. We set a time the very next day for me to drop by. Not only did he check it out, he drove it into the back and looked the whole car over for me just to ease my mind. You are not just another number to these folks :)
My sons car broke down while at College and had it towed to Swanson's for an estimate and repair. They were upfront, honest and great to work with, making sure I understood all of my options. Would definitely recommend them to people in the area!
We were vacationing on the westside and ran onto car troubles. Employees were very kind and helpful. They did excellent work on my vehicle and got us on our way. I would definitely take my vehicle to them again.
These guys are pros! I've been taking my car there ever since they opened. I've had major work done and have never been disappointed. I highly recommend them!
My family has been taking our three autos to Swanson's since 2008 and we have been very happy with the service we received. We always feel good about the service recommendations they make and are never concerned that we might be getting taken advantage of. If you're looking for a new team to service your vehicles, I'd recommend Swanson's.
I have been taking my family cars to Swansons for years. Their facility is always very clean and even smells nice. The staff is friendly and courteous and go out of their way to help me and my kids deal with repairs needed on our vehicles. I trust their advice and refer my friends to them.
I am from southwest Michigan and was in the GR area for business when my car broke down. Since I didn't really know any auto repair shops in the area, the tow truck driver recommended Swanson's to me. Fortunately, they were able get my car in that day and fix it. Not only was I able to drive my car home that night, they let me use a "loaner" car so that I could make my service calls in the area without having to rent a car. A great big THANK YOU to everyone at Swanson's for saving my day!
I have been using Swanson's Auto Service since I could drive, 20 years !!! Their staff is friendly, their service is great, and their prices are fair. I love that I don't need to make an appointment since they have a very easy drop off system. Very honest and reliable!!! We will never go anywhere else!!!
We have used Swansons service for many years. Our experience has always been excellent. The staff has always treated us kindly and honestly. We trust their work and have never been disappointed.
I have been a customer of yours for many years, and as always, 100% satisfied. GOOD JOB GUYS!!
I now feel safe in the car. The brakes definitely needed to be fixed. As always, the services you provided are top-rate. Thanks!
If any family can challenge a mechanic, it's ours. We own a foreign car, a domestic truck, and a domestic car. Even in the face of some serious mechanical nightmares, Swanson's has never failed to come through when we need them most on any of our vehicles. Swanson's service is always prompt, thorough, and top-rate. In our book, Swanson's Auto Service is number one!
Swanson's Auto Service is always fair with their prices and they do a great job. That's why I've been taking my car to them for at least 20 years.
Swanson's Auto Service has always provided excellent service in maintaining our vehicles for the past 30 years. They have always stood behind their service with honesty and integrity. Thanks for being there for us.
I have been a customer at Swanson's for well over ten years. During that time I have had minor and major services performed on our vehicles. If I ever had questions about recommended service and options, I was given clear and accurate advice. I have never had a negative experience or outcome. These years have brought about a very trusting relationship, I can always depend on fast, complete, honest and dependable service. Their service fees have always been fair, I never consider shopping for a better price. Randy has more than once gone out of his way to assist me, they have never let me down. I recommend them to friends without hesitation. A visit to Swanson's is like stopping by to see old friends.
Swanson's Auto Service has serviced all my cars since I moved to Grandville, 16 years ago. I know I can trust them to do what is necessary to keep the cars safe at a reasonable price. They are always honest about what needs to be done. They do little extras, like checking the tires whenever I ask. Larry and his tow truck have come to my rescue several times. I appreciate the personal service.
My wife & I have been bringing our vehicles to Swanson's for almost 10 years now. I bring my business vehicles as well as my personal vehicles to them and have had excellent auto service as well as excellent customer service.
We purchased a used Jeep that had some problems which Swanson's Auto Service repaired quickly and correctly. There was one problem that was somewhat difficult, but Swanson's figured it out and fixed it for a very reasonable price. Now our Jeep runs great! We have four cars and take them all to Swanson's. We trust them to fix our cars correctly and at a fair price. They always give us prompt, courteous and professional service. It is wonderful to be able to take our cars to a place we trust completely!
My dad used Swanson's, and I continued the tradition. I have been using them for over 20 years, and I can honestly say they have always been fantastic. I have never been disappointed. In fact if I had an issue, and needed to drop my vehicle off after hours without an appointment, Swanson's has always been able to at least look at it the next day, and most of the time have it even fixed the same day.
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text: From a very early age Neil Armstrong was fascinated with flight. He was playing with toy airplanes at 3, and by the time he was 5 or 6 Armstrong went on his first airplane ride in a Ford Tri-Motor. By 8 or 9 he said he was building model airplanes out of balsa wood. And by the time he was 15 he had saved enough money working at a drug store to begin taking flying lessons at the small airport near his home in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Armstrong's first lessons were in an Aeronca Champ, a two-seat airplane with a 65-horsepower engine. His career as a test pilot began at the age of 16, sort of. With his student pilot license in hand, he started flying small airplanes at the airport after the engines had been overhauled by the local mechanic. "That's the way I built up flight time, by doing slow time after top cylinder overhauls," Armstrong told biographer James Hansen. After those initial flying experiences, Armstrong would gain experience rapidly, first in the Navy, where he progressed through fighter jets, and then at the National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA), which would become NASA, where he flew numerous propeller-, jet- and rocket-powered aircraft. At the age of 38 in 1969 his flight experience was put to the ultimate test as he manually flew and landed the Eagle spacecraft on the surface of the moon. Armstrong flew more than 200 different types of aircraft from that simple Aeronca Champ to some of the most advanced experimental aircraft ever built. Walking on the moon was just the culmination of a long career spent as an engineer and test pilot that began at a rural Ohio airport long before he took a giant leap for mankind. Photo of Neil Armstrong in cockpit of X-15: NASAAeronca Champ The Aeronca Champ was a tandem, two-seat airplane developed to serve the expected boom in the pilot population after World War II. Similar to the famous Piper Cub, it featured a 65-horsepower engine, no radio and just a compass for navigation. The Champ would go on to train thousands of pilots and remains one of the more popular and well-liked airplanes from the 1940s. One of the airplane's direct descendants, the American Champion Super Decathlon, is still being built and is popular with aerobatic pilots today. Photo: Jason PaurGrumman F9F Panther After a brief stint studying engineering at Purdue - he would later return to finish his degree - Armstrong entered the Navy and began flying the North American SNJ, the most widely used advanced trainer of the era. He was a good student pilot in the Navy, but he did receive a handful of "below average" and "unsatisfactory" marks from instructors early in his training. He would eventually transition to the Grumman F9F fighter jet like the one pictured above flying off aircraft carriers and flew 78 missions during the Korean War. Photo: U.S. NavyNorth American F-82 Twin Mustang After completing his degree at Purdue following his service in Korea, Armstrong weighed his options including becoming an airline pilot. But an engineer at heart, he wanted instead to become a test pilot. Specifically he wanted to be a research test pilot who could use his engineering skills in addition to his piloting skills. He was hired by NACA in 1955 and first flew based at a lab in Ohio. One of his first research flights involved flying an F-82 Twin Mustang that served as a launch platform for small rockets used to analyze heat transfer at hypersonic speeds. The Mach 5 rockets would provide valuable data to early research about the rockets Armstrong would later fly into space. Photo: U.S. Air ForceBoeing P2B-1S Less than a year after starting at NACA, Armstrong was transferred to the organization's premier High-Speed Flight Station (now the Dryden Flight Research Center) located on Edwards Air Force Base in southern California's Mojave Desert. The first airplane he flew at his new post was the more popular predecessor of the F-82, the classic North American P-51 Mustang (though it was known as the F-51 at this time). Armstrong flew the airplane as a "chase" plane for other research flights. Armstrong also flew the larger, four-engine Boeing P2B-1S (big airplane pictured above), the navy version of the B-29 bomber. Armstrong flew the launch aircraft on several occasions, including on flights of the Douglas D-558 rocket-powered airplane also pictured above piloted by legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield. Photo: NASANorth American F-100 Super Saber For his first supersonic flight, Armstrong flew an F-100 like the one pictured above, investigating various wing slot and slat configurations. He also investigated supersonic compressor stall boundaries and roll coupling phenomena in the F-100. Photo: NASABell X-1B The Bell X-1B was a successor to the original X-1, the first airplane to exceed the speed of sound in flight with then Captain Chuck Yeager at the controls. Many years later, Armstrong flew the rocket-powered X-1B to speeds exceeding Mach 2, or twice the speed of sound. Photo: NASALockheed F-104 Starfighter Armstrong also made many flights in the Lockheed F-104, the first fighter capable of sustained Mach 2 flight. He flew the aircraft as a chase plane as well as making numerous "zoom" flights to high altitude as part of the X-15 program for both research and training. Photo: NASABell X-5 One of the early experimental research aircraft Armstrong flew was the Bell X-5. The X-5 was the first aircraft capable of sweeping its wings forward and back during flight. Armstrong flew the airplane as part of the research that would eventually lead to aircraft such as the Grumman F-14 Tomcat made famous in Top Gun. Photo: NASADouglas F5D The Douglas F5D was acquired by NASA after it was not chosen as a fighter jet by the Navy. Armstrong made many flights in the F5D simulating the abort procedure and potential glide characteristics of a winged spacecraft being developed by Boeing known as the X-20 Dyna-Soar. Armstrong remarked the flights were a lot of fun as they consisted of accelerating to nearly 600 miles per hour, then climbing nearly vertical to around 7,000 feet before rolling over and then making a very precise glide back to the runway. Photo: NASANASA Iron Cross Attitude Simulator Not all of Armstrong's training was in the air. Here he sits on the "Iron Cross," a device used to develop the reaction control system for the X-15. Small thrusters were place on each of the four ends of the cross and the pilot would use these to maneuver the simulator. The X-15 and other aircraft used these these reaction control systems at very high altitudes to control the attitude of the aircraft because normal flight controls were not effective due of the lack of atmosphere. Photo: NASAX-15 Simulator One of the secrets behind the success of the X-15 program was the extensive use of a ground based simulator. While far from today's multi-axis, full-motion simulators, the X-15 sim did give pilots and engineers a chance to rehearse missions and pinpoint potential problems with flights before launch. Armstrong worked extensively with the X-15 simulator as both engineer and pilot. The sim used an analog computer, though was later upgraded to a digital/analog hybrid system. With hundreds of fuses, amplifiers, potentiometers and without any surge protection, the simulator was far from a stable system. According to NASA, engineers would turn on the sim on Monday morning and it would take several hours before it was warmed up, stabilized and ready to use. Photo: NASANorth American X-15 At the same time Armstrong was making research flights in the F5D, he was also flying the North American X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft. The X-15 was the first winged vehicle to fly into (suborbital) space. Armstrong made seven flights in the X-15 reaching a top speed of more than 4,000 miles per hour and an altitude of more than 207,000 feet. But his flights weren't all about going fast or high. Here Armstrong stands next to the X-15 after his second flight in the airplane, the first that used a new "ball nose." The ball is seen below Armstrong's right hand and had sensors designed to accurately measure flight parameters including airspeed, yaw and angle of attack at hypersonic speeds. The more traditional airspeed measuring device, a pitot tube, which can be seen below the ball, did not work at the high temperatures generated at hypersonic speed. Photo: NASANASA Parasev The Parasev was part of a research project investigating the potential of using a hang-glider type wing for flying spacecraft back to earth. The "Rogallo" wing was towed behind an airplane while flown by Armstrong and other test pilots. More than 350 flights were made with the Parasev, though it was never used on a spacecraft. Photo: NASAMcDonnell Aircraft/NASA Gemini VIII Armstrong's first trip to space was as part of Gemini VIII. Above Armstrong and fellow astronaut David Scott wait to be hoisted into a helicopter after splashing down in the ocean. The mission was cut short after Armstrong successfully used the re-entry control system to stabilize the spacecraft after it began spinning out of control during the first-ever docking with another spacecraft. Photo: NASABell/NASA LLTV Like many of the Apollo astronauts, Armstrong spent a lot of time in the Lunar Lander Training Vehicle. The "flying bedstead," as it was known, was simply a jet engine pointed downward with reaction control thrusters on its perimeter to control the vehicle. Here Armstrong stands with an LLTV at the Langley Research Center in Virginia. Photo: NASABell/NASA LLRV In this NASA film, Neil Armstrong demonstrates the Lunar Lander Research Vehicle (LLRV) in front of the media (the film has no sound). The LLRV and its successor the Lunar Lander Training Vehicle. Both vehicles were difficult to fly and dangerous as they flew entirely on thrust with no lift creating surfaces. Armstrong demonstrated his quiet, understated demeanor less than a year before the Apollo 11 mission to the moon when he was forced to bail out of an LLTV moments before it crashed into the ground in a fireball. Less than an hour later he was back at his desk doing paperwork much to the surprise of fellow astronauts. Video: NASAGrumman/NASA Lunar Module Neil Armstrong's most famous flight took place on July 20, 1969, when he manually piloted the lunar module "Eagle" to the surface of the moon. Armstrong would remark later that "pilots take no particular joy in walking" when asked about making the first steps on the moon; "pilots like flying." He considered the landing of the Eagle on the moon to be his most challenging part of the mission. Photo: NASA


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Status Board Gives You a Stylish Dashboard for Your Life
Apr 29, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Status Board, an iPad app by Panic, Inc., is available in the iTunes App Store for US$9.99.
Executive dashboards are now common in business environments -- graphical interfaces that show managers key metrics about their enterprises like sales activity, inventory or financials. They tick and update in real time, and they require hooks into business data to work.
Panic, Inc., has created a simple dashboard for real people.
Status Board lets you create a snazzy widget-based iPad screen full of elements that matter to individuals. Clearly, after I stumbled upon in it in the App Store, I had to give it a spin.
How It Works
You can select six types of instant panels that you can size and position on the iPad's screen. These panels are Clock, Weather, Calendar, Mail, Twitter and Feeds. They feature bright and clean colors on a black and gray background. Very slick and 100 percent awesome.
As for the panels and data themselves, Clock and Weather are handy but basic. You can choose between an analog clock or digital, and you get what you get. Same goes for Weather. Fortunately, you can use more than one of the same type of panel, which means you can set one Weather panel to your current location and the other can be set for back home, or grandmother's house or wherever. If you have a hard time with time zone conversions, you can set up a clock for Italy.
The Calendar is particularly handy, letting you pick and choose which calendars you want to see in a particular panel. Business meetings might go in one panel, while birthdays or special events could go in another. You can also mix them all together. Unfortunately, if you tap a calendar entry item from the dashboard, nothing happens; it would be nice if you launched over to the calendar entry so you could see additional details.
The Mail panel is similarly hampered in that if you decide to see a running view of new mail, you can tap on the subject lines all day long and never launch over to the message. A big problem? Not exactly, but based on all human nature that I'm aware of surrounding iPads, if you see something of interest, you want to tap it for more.
The Mail panel, though, offers some additional goodies. You could get a running number of your unread mail count, your total message count, and you can even see a super-slick graph of incoming mail by day or even by hour. Status Board is astoundingly fast on my iPad 2 -- the moment I select a new view, the app starts creating the panel data representation in the background.
A New Twitter View
Diehard Twitter users most likely already have their favorite social network-related apps, but Status Board gives you several ways of viewing Twitter content through your panels. You can display tweets, timelines, followers, mentions, search terms or lists. Again, you can follow multiple accounts in one panel or create various Twitter views out of multiple panels.
The Feeds panel does what you would expect: Shows feeds from your favorite web sites. You can show them via a simple list, ticker or by the day. In list view, though, you get an extra feature: If you tap a headline from a Feed, you can open the article via Safari.
The Pro Panels
I messed around with the pro panels by using Panic's sample data. If you're smart, though, you can create your own custom panels.
If you provide a JSON or CSV data source, Status Board will "make it beautiful." If you want a table, you can host some HTML or CSV data and create a table. You can also design your own panels using HTML. To learn how to create these custom panels, Panic provides a PDF guide for each type: graphs, tables, and a tutorial for DIY panels.
If Status Board takes off in popularity, it's possible that more than a couple of third parties will provide data sources and tools for Status Board. Right now there are two: StatHat and HockeyApp.
Finally, Status Board lets you show off your snazzy dashboard via an HDTV with an HDMI connection or AirPlay with an Apple TV. According the App Store web page, you should be able to mirror your dashboard to an HDTV with "Basic AirPlay," but I could not see how to invoke AirPlay.
I immediately tested AirPlay by showing an episode of The Walking Dead, which worked great, but I had trouble doing the same with Status Board.
For mirroring that utilizes every glorious pixel of an HDTV, Panic offers an in-app purchase for HD Out Support for $19.99. I did not test this, but if you have a need to show off your data on an HDTV in your home, office or small business, I have to admit that this sort of functionality at this low price point is pretty amazing.
In the future, I would expect additional panels like stocks. For right now, however, the basics remain a heck of a lot of fun.
If you're the kind of person who works with information that could be turned into real-time data, Status Board could spark some powerful custom visualizations for you.


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We are less than two weeks to Kentucky Derby 2012. All of the preps have been run and now we wait for final workouts and the post position draw.
There have been a few recent changes to the field. Secret Circle came down with an injury and is out for four months.
Seven furlong specialist Trinniberg is now pointing to the Derby and changes the complexion of the early pace. Will he hurt the chances of Hansen and Bodemeister?
Daddy Long Legs will invade from Europe and El Padrino has made the field after sitting on the graded earnings bubble for the last few weeks.
Click on the names of each horse below to view their Horse Racing Nation profile page, which includes pedigree information, results, and video.
Jarrod Horak's Top Ten Kentucky Derby 2012 Contenders
1. Union Rags (Dixie Union) – The G1 Florida Derby show finisher has been on top of my list since last November. He breezed 4f in :47.40 (3/43) at Keeneland on April 20. Graded Earnings: $1,170,000
2. Gemologist (Tiznow) – Kept his perfect record intact in game G1 Wood Memorial tally. The WinStar Farm/Todd Pletcher runner likes Churchill Downs, owns fine early-pressing speed, and has a nose for the wire. He breezed 5f in 1:00.81 (7/11) at Palm Meadows on April 20. Graded Earnings: $703,855
3. Creative Cause (Giant's Causeway) – The versatile gem of consistency was last seen finishing a close-up 2nd in the G1 Santa Anita Derby (blinkers off). He worked 5f in 1:00.20 (5/35) at Hollywood Park on 4-24 . Graded Earnings: $836,000
4. Alpha (Bernardini) – Getting over an infection caused by a few small cuts in the Wood Memorial. McLaughlin will train him at Belmont Park before shipping to Louisville on April 30. Graded Earnings: $380,000
5. Bodemeister (Empire Maker) – Moved into the top five after his facile wire job in the G1 Arkansas Derby (108 BSF). The Baffert trainee is a dangerous Derby early runner under Mike Smith. Breezed 5f in 1:00.80 (3/23) at Churchill Downs on 4-24. Graded Earnings: $660,000
6. Daddy Nose Best (Scat Daddy) – Back-to-back nine furlong wins in G3 El Camino Real Derby (92 BSF) and G3 Sunland Derby (100 BSF). Late running Asmussen trainee can run on anything and breezed 6f in 1:14 (1/2) at Churchill Downs on 4-23. Graded Earnings: $545,558
7. Take Charge Indy (A. P. Indy) – Stole the Florida Derby but could only muster a 95 BSF despite everything going his way. I have always been fond of this one but he could be a pace casualty on the first Saturday in May. Breezed 5f in 1:01.66 (1/2) at Palm Meadows on 4-19. Graded Earnings: $698,400
8. I'll Have Another (Flower Alley) – Followed up his surprise G2 Robert Lewis triumph with another tally in the G1 SA Derby. The Doug O'Neill trainee looms an early-pressing threat on the first Saturday in May. Breezed 6f in 1:13.60 (5/18) at Hollywood Park on 4-19. Graded Earnings: $601,000
9. Dullahan (Even The Score) – Won his second Keeneland (Polytrack) Grade 1 from as many starts in the G1 Blue Grass. He is better this year so his conventional dirt task is not impossible. Graded Earnings: $855,000
10. Hansen (Tapit) – BC Juvenile hero relaxed nicely in sharp G3 Gotham tally but was too aggressive early in Blue Grass place finish. I have never thought of him as a ten furlong horse. Dominguez sticks with him Graded Earnings: $1,550,000
The Other Ten
11. El Padrino (Pulpit) – Finished a flat 4th in a disappointing Florida Derby performance. He moves up on wet footing and breezed 5f in 1:00.56 (5/11) at Palm Meadows on April 20. Rafael Bejarano will ride in Derby. Graded Earnings: $250,000
12. Mark Valeski (Proud Citizen) – Runner-up in G2 Risen Star and G2 Louisiana Derby. Breezed 5f in :59.60 (2/32) at Churchill Downs on April 23. Graded Earnings: $260,000
13. Went The Day Well (Proud Citizen) – Followed in Animal Kingdom's footsteps with a win in the G3 Spiral Stakes (92 BSF) for Graham Motion/Team Valor. He breezed 6f in 1:14.40 (2/3) at Keeneland on 4-21. Graded Earnings: $282,000
14. Prospective (Malibu Moon) – G2 Tampa Bay Derby hero finished 6th in G1 Blue Grass. Graded Earnings: $387,952
15. Rousing Sermon (Lucky Pulpit) – Rallied for the show in G2 Louisiana Derby. Worked 7f in 1:27.20 (1/2) at Hollywood Park on 4-21. Graded Earnings: $269,000
16. Daddy Long Legs (Scat Daddy) – G2 UAE Derby hero was 12th in last year's productive BC Juvenile. Graded Earnings: $1,294,030
17. Done Talking (Broken Vow) – Late running G3 Illinois Derby winner breezed 4f in :49.40 (24/69) at Laurel Park on April 21. Graded Earnings: $310,000
18. Liaison (Indian Charlie) – G1 CashCall Futurity winner has disappointed in three starts at Santa Anita this year. Worked 6f in 1:13 (3/19) at Hollywood Park on 4-18. Graded Earnings: $393,000
19. Sabercat (Bluegrass Cat) – Finished an improved 3rd in G1 Arkansas Derby. Breezed 5f in 1:02.80 (19/32) under the Twin Spires on 4-23. Graded Earnings: $701,429
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When life destroys your sailboat, make it into a plane?
That's what Oracle Team USA is doing with the shards of the $8 million racing catamaran AC72 that toppled in San Francisco Bay and was swept out to sea last month.
The ragtag group of sailors and crew members are building a tiny model of their wrecked sailboat to participate in Saturday's Red Bull Flugtag in San Francisco, a silly event in which 33 teams will compete to see how far they can launch eclectic flying devices into the water from a 30-foot-tall platform.
The Flugtag – German for flight day – generally draws teams of goofballs and super nerds intent on gliding over McCovey Cove for a split second longer than their rivals. The Flugtag, which is staged at venues around the world, is often shown in Red Bull television commercials.
Some teams compete to set the world record.
Most just to make a scene.
And Oracle's shrunken catamaran sailboat named the "Spirit of 17" isn't exactly designed to fly.
"We're gonna pitch-pole right off the platform," Oracle Team USA sailor Shannon Falcone predicted, describing an elaborate sailboat crash that sends the boat tiller over teakettle – exactly what wrecked the big AC72 boat in October.
"So everybody will have a replay of what happened when the big boat crashed," Falcone said with a smirk.
Falcone, who is skippering the team's effort to build the tiny flying boat, said he hoped the project would distract his teammates from the October crash that destroyed their only boat and crippled their training schedule for next year's America's Cup competition. A replacement boat won't be ready until February.
"Sitting at lunch, I saw a (video) feed of the Flugtag, and I thought maybe we could do that," said Falcone, 30. "I thought it would be a good way for us all to come together. … Everyone's in for watching me go down in flames."
So Falcone sketched out a plan on a napkin and enlisted the help of team Oracle's crack aerodynamic experts, who spend their day jobs designing the most advanced wing sails in the sport.
"You get the designers loose on wing design and crikey – all the little kid comes out in everyone," Falcone said. "I had to remind them that it was something that was going to get destroyed."
As it stands now, the 1-to-5-scale boat uses two carbon fiber paddle boards, plenty of tape and some foam to create the rough outline of the two-hulled sailboat. A 12-foot sail will shoot into the air and, just before go time, it will be rotated 90 degrees to become a horizontal wing.
Falcone said he has found most of the pieces for his contraption lying around at the Oracle team base on Pier 80 – including a few bits of AC72 carbon fiber that cleanup crews found floating in the Pacific.
"I just go out and find what I can find" in the workshop, Falcone said, as he tore wires off a carbon pole he liberated from the top of a storage container.
Jimmy Spithill, the team skipper, said if he weren't judging the Flugtag event on Saturday, he would strap his helmet on and ride out the 30-foot drop with Falcone.
"I'm jealous, I really want to fly," Spithill said as he watched Falcone scamper around the workshop. "This guy is a multihull expert."
Falcone joined late, so he can't compete in the main event. But even as a sideshow to the sideshow, Spithill said he still had high hopes.
"I've got a feeling they're going to get a good score – at least from one of the judges," Spithill said.
Red Bull Flugtag
Saturday, Nov. 10 at McCovey Cove
Viewing starts at 11 a.m.
"Flying" begins at 1 p.m.
More information: redbullflugtagusa.com
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(Pocket-lint) - Sony's camera bonanza left us Pocket-linters rushing to get our hands on one of the brand new NEX-5N cameras.
The new ultra-slim, yet highly formidable camera, boasts a lot of the specifications found on its bigger brothers, the DSLT A66 and A77, including the option to add an OLED viewfinder and mount any a-mount lens.
From the brief play we had, the main noticeable change with the NEX-5N is the jump in megapixels and the autofocus system, both of which bring with them significant improvements over the previous gen NEX-5.
Inside the NEX-5N is a 16.1-megapixel Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor, as well as a newly designed Bionz processor. This adds a seriously improved ISO response and focus speed, both of which we have now tested and can confirm perform admirably.
The NEX-5N snaps very quickly to single objects and can then track them intelligently if you so desire. With the LA-EA2 adapter slapped on the front and an a-mount lens, things get even quicker. We attempted to focus with a top of the range Sony 300mm lens and found that despite the tiny size of the NEX-5N, it did so incredibly quickly.
Build-wise, Sony has kept up its somewhat shiny approach to compact camera design. The NEX-5N does feel slightly plasticky in the hand and not quite the premium level of the more expensive Alpha cameras, it is, however, definitely in line with other competitors. The screen is particularly bright with very good viewing angles, it does also, of course, tilt should you need to compose a difficult shot. Unfortunately, we are yet to have a chance to try out the OLED finder but if it performs anything like the A65's, it's definitely worth the investment.
The camera is incredibly slim for the amount of performance it offers. The grip means it sits very well in the hand while the customisable click wheel allows you to access more in-depth camera control settings. We like the inclusion of a dedicated movie button as well as two buttons that can have individual settings assigned to them.
Movie is captured in the AVCHD 2.0 codec all the way up to 50fps Full HD (1080p). Like with the previous NEX camera, it is very very good, with smooth movement and saturated colours. Stills are also sharp and contrasty but without lengthier testing it is difficult to be sure of the niceties of the NEX-5N's imaging capabilities.
All in all, good stuff from Sony on the compact front. Until the full joys of the more powerful NEX-7 are placed in our hands, however, we can't be sure which one we would opt for. Check back with Pocket-lint later for more on the new Sony cameras.
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A Guide to the Ann Raney Thomas Coleman Papers, 1849-1892, 1958
Biographical Note
Born in Whitehaven, England, Ann Raney (1810-1897) sailed to Texas with her family in 1832 to make a new start after her father's bankruptcy. Ann finally arrived in Texas in the midst of revolution, after pirates off the coast of Cuba ransacked her ship to America. Both of Ann's parents died shortly after she arrived in Texas.
In 1833, Ann married cotton planter John Thomas, with whom she had several children. The couple lived at Caney Creek before fleeing to Louisiana in 1836 during the Runaway Scrape, a mass exodus of settler during the early stages of the Texas rebellion against Mexico. While evading Mexican spies, Ann aided the Republic of Texas in the battle of Velasco by making bullets and patches and dispatching the supplies. When Thomas died in 1847, Ann married storekeeper John Coleman to prevent the loss of her Mississippi plantation. Coleman abandoned Ann shortly after moving the family to New Orleans, leaving Ann to support herself and her daughter Victoria with housekeeping work. In the 1850s Ann lived in Powder Horn and Matagorda, Texas, finally divorcing Coleman before moving to Lavaca where she supported her daughter and grandson with her sewing. During the Civil War, Ann experienced the shelling and burning of Lavaca by the U. S. Army. Plagued by poverty, she spent the remaining years of her life moving often, including stays in Bolivar Point, Hamshire, Hallettsville, Victoria, and Cuero, working as a housekeeper or teacher. At the urging of a niece, Ann began writing about her life in 1875.
King, Richard C. "Coleman, Ann Raney." Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed November 12, 2010.
Winfrey, Dorman H. "Review: [untitled]." Arizona and the West. Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring, 1972): 73-75.
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Scope and Contents
Consisting of correspondence and reminiscences, the Ann Raney Thomas Coleman Papers, 1849-1892, 1958, document Coleman's tumultuous life. Typed transcripts of letters and reminiscences (1849-1892) concern Coleman's life in England, journey to Texas, and life in the United States, including her experiences in the Texas Revolution, the Runaway Scrape, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Additionally, the collection includes a 1958 letter from Samuel E. Asbury describing his acquisition of transcript copies from Duke University.
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This collection is open for research use.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Ann Raney Thomas Coleman Papers, 1849-1892, 1958, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Alison Beck, 1979.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center's History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.
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From my years in the mortgage industry I've learned one thing, don't trust it. BUT… if you want the town to make money somehow, they'll weasel dollars from dimes. The bad news is it will create a whole set of new problems. And then the process will be repeated for 2-3 generations.
The City of Richmond, California has been abandoned and cast adrift by all those partners who might logically be expected to support local governments facing severe challenges to the local economy and the real estate market. Into the void stepped the private firm Mortgage Resolution Partners (MRP) peddling a grand solution to solve a prolonged and severe disruption in the housing market – use of eminent domain to acquire mortgages with negative equity.
Millions of homeowners have been foreclosed upon in the last six years. California cities have borne a disproportionate share of foreclosures. City leaders in Richmond naturally want to help their residents either by using their own resources or acting in concert with other partners (federal, state, nonprofit, etc.). But everywhere the city looked for timely, serious, and long-term help, no credible partner could be found.
From the Administration came the priority to bail-out banks under TARP, as well as the minimalist Neighborhood Stabilization Program. NSP was so inadequate to the task that its impact proved to be very small indeed. Congress took its pound of flesh in the form of large budget reductions in the Community Development Block Grant program. This is one of the few remaining sources of flexible spending at the local level – spending designed to serve critical housing needs for low and moderate income families. CDBG has become the whipping boy for Members of Congress more interested in centralized control than they are in innovative problem solving.
At the state level, California eliminated the 400 local redevelopment agencies (RDA's) in 2012 following a state Supreme Court ruling. For decades, those funds had been used successfully to eliminate urban blight and support affordable housing. When he was mayor of Oakland, Governor Jerry Brown used RDA funds to restore the historic Fox Theater. Now those funds are used to help the state balance their mismanaged budget on the backs of cash-starved localities and their low- and moderate-income residents.
And finally, we come to Mortgage Resolution Partners, the white knight galloping to the city's rescue with a plan to save homes and secure the future of neighborhoods. MRP's plan however, takes the much cherished and highly valuable power of eminent domain and contorts its purpose and operation to such a degree as to be unrecognizable. Make no mistake, MRP's advocacy of this strategy will have consequences for cities generally and for Richmond in particular.
If anything was learned in the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case of Kelo v. City of New London, it is that state legislatures and Congress will look askance at local efforts to overreach on use of eminent domain. Mortgage Resolution Partners does a disservice to cities in urging them to take this approach to help borrowers at risk of foreclosure.
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A soup I created this time last year when I was living in Scotland was picked up by New Covent Garden Soup Company for their Suitable for Vegetarians theme. For those of you who don't know New Covent Garden are one of the largest companies in the U.K that creates and markets fresh soups for the supermarkets. Fro the past few years, they have been encouraging the public to submit some of their favourite recipe creations.
So may I present to you one of my soup recipes that is being featured by the New Covent Garden Soup Co. for the September month edition. It is Butternut Squash and Black Turtle Beans with Jalapeno Peppers. The soup hit the supermarket shelves early this month.
I have to say with work commitments and distractions its all gone over my head and passed me by. The only people who seem to know about it are family and friends. Everyone who knows me, looks at me and says the picture featured on the carton looks nothing like me. Hey what can I say, I can be a little bit of a poser as I did take my specs off for the photograph used on the carton packaging and show rather a lot of teeth.
I have displayed some cartons of the soup in the chiller at work both for sale and as means of promotion for the veggie cafe, but to be truthful, having my name on the carton has not brought me : any extra hits on either of my blogs; extra customers to my vegetarian cafe Hunky Dorys; or local media attention. It truly has come and gone and had I not mentioned it here, perhaps you my lovely readers would not know about it too. Anyway, it's still something to smile about on the inside, I mean how often do you see your name in print and in a positive light?!


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Could exercising regularly and not smoking help to delay dementia?
When the National Institutes of Health convened a panel of independent experts this past April on how to prevent Alzheimer's disease, the conclusions were pretty grim. The panel determined that "no evidence of even moderate scientific quality" links anything—from herbal or nutritional supplements to prescription medications to social, economic or environmental conditions—with the slightest decrease in the risk of developing Alzheimer's. Furthermore, the committee argued, there is little credible evidence that you can do anything to delay the kinds of memory problems that are often associated with aging. The researchers' conclusions made headlines around the world and struck a blow at the many purveyors of "brain boosters," "memory enhancers" and "cognitive-training software" that advertise their wares on the Web and on television. One of the panel experts later told reporters in a conference call that the group wanted to "dissuade folks from spending extraordinary amounts of money on stuff that doesn't work."
But did the panel overstate its case? Some memory and cognition researchers privately grumbled that the conclusions were too negative—particularly with respect to the potential benefits of not smoking, treating high blood pressure and engaging in physical activity. In late September the British Journal of Sports Medicine published a few of these criticisms. As a longtime science journalist, I suspected that this is the kind of instructive controversy—with top-level people taking opposing positions—that often occurs at the leading edge of research. As I spoke with various researchers, I realized that the disagreements signaled newly emerging views of how the brain ages. Investigators are exploring whether they need to look beyond the brain to the heart to understand what happens to nerve cells over the course of decades. In the process, they are uncovering new roles for the cardiovascular system, including ones that go beyond supplying the brain with plenty of oxygen-rich blood. The findings could suggest useful avenues for delaying dementia or less severe memory problems.
Dementia, of course, is a complex biological phenomenon. Although Alzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia in older adults, it is not the only cause. Other conditions can contribute to dementia as well, says Eric B. Larson, executive director of the Group Health Research Institute in Seattle. For example, physicians have long known that suffering a stroke, in which blood flow to the brain has been interrupted by a clot or a hemorrhage, can lead to dementia. But research over the past few years has documented the importance of very tiny strokes—strokes so small they can be detected only under a microscope after death—as another possible cause for dementia. Studies at autopsy of people who had dementia have detected many of these so-called microvascular infarcts either by themselves or along with the plaques and tangles more typical of Alzheimer's in the brains of people with dementia. These findings suggest that most dementias, even those caused by Alzheimer's, are triggered by multiple pathological processes and will require more than one treatment.
Proving that cardiovascular treatment is one of those approaches will take some doing. Just because microinfarcts may make dementia worse does not mean that preventing them will delay the brain's overall deterioration. Maybe severe dementia makes people more vulnerable to microinfarcts. And just because better control of high blood pressure and increased physical activity seem to decrease a person's risk of stroke, that does not necessarily mean they are less likely to suffer microinfarcts. Correlation, after all, does not necessarily imply causation. That scientific truism was the problem that kept bothering the panel of outside experts put together by the NIH. Thus, the expert panel concluded, with one exception, that "all existing evidence suggests that antihypertensive treatment results in no cognitive benefit." Data showing the benefits of boosting physical activity in folks with confirmed memory problems were "preliminary."
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Plain tobacco packaging 'fails' in Australia
Australia's introduction of plain tobacco packaging has been branded a failure, five years after its implementation. Australia introduced the first branding ban on tobacco products in the world on 1 December 2012. However, the Consumer Choice Center (CCC) said it has "failed to produce effective outcomes" and "serves as a warning to other countries looking to adopt similar measures". David Clement, North American affairs manager at the CCC, said: "Since 2012, the daily smo[Leer más]20.12.2017 read more


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Purple letters: Fraternity jumps the paintbrush with new 'sign'
A UVA fraternity's do-it-yourself facelift has left some scratching their heads and at least one official reaching for a whistle– and the white paint. The bold new design consisting of a golden façade and the Greek letters Phi and Epsilon painted in purple on the front of the Zeta Beta Tau house at 515 Rugby Road is ruffling the feathers of those who would prefer to maintain the status quo in the historically preserved and predominantly student-occupied neighborhood just north of the UVA campus.
"When artwork contains text that references the use of the building, or when the artwork itself clearly references the use of the building, then it is considered a sign rather than a mural," says Mary Joy Scala, Charlottesville's preservation and design planner. "In this case, the letters Phi Epsilon denote the chapter of the fraternity. Therefore it is a sign, and in a residential zone a sign is generally limited to 12 square feet, so it is not permitted."
Two years ago, in a well-documented case, a photography shop called Richmond Camera won approval to keep a student-painted mural on the side of its building on Meade Avenue. Scala notes that if the fraternity design had been deemed a mural it might have similarly gained approval from the Board of Architectural Review, the panel that governs exteriors in the City's historic districts.
Built in 1958 and designed by the famed UVA architect Frederick D. Nichols, the Zeta Beta Tau house has long stood out among its red-bricked and white-columned neighbors thanks to a forward-looking design that eschewed the revivalist styles of most fraternities and instead went for something a little more modern. The final result, however, seems to owe more to motels than modern art.
"It's not the most impressive fraternity house," says UVA architectural historian Richard Guy Wilson. "But it does have the curving serpentine wall in the front. It reminded me of a hotel– it's so different than any other fraternity house."
Nichols was most famous for wresting control of Rotunda renovations out of the hands of early 20th Century architect Stanford White and completing a renovation using Thomas Jefferson's own design in time for the nation's Bicentennial celebration in 1976. Placing a T.J.-inspired serpentine wall in front of Zeta Beta Tau ensured that the structure was not entirely devoid of traditional references.
According to the chapter president, Zeta Beta Tau brother Matt Butler undertook the painting project over a few days in the middle of July. It appears that no pre-approval was sought from UVA or Charlottesville's office of planning and preservation.
Chapter president Matt Caplan notes that his fraternity's history includes a series of mergers that have made the existing house the "Phi Epsilon chapter" of Zeta Beta Tau, a national fraternity whose roots at UVA date back to 1915.
"It's a point of pride that we share an identity with Phi Epsilon," says Caplan, who adds that a long string of interior renovations had been completed recently. "Now we're focusing on the exterior and trying to make the house more attractive."
Unfortunately, Scala and the city preservation office are squarely at odds with the fraternity's plans for aesthetic amelioration. Scala's message is clear and firm: the design must go.Read more on: fraternitiesurban planningUVA
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Silliness. Next they'll be telling us not to paint Beta Bridge. That house has always had its own flair, and this paint job is actually an improvement.
oh yeah, that dump is a historical building.like the apartment buildings on 17th st or JPA--very historical. A monument. And do you really compare Nichols and Standford White-Nichols an average prof arch and White, the Stern of his era?
My charlottesville is a very small place
Didn't Thomas Jefferson live there?
it looks like a Hotel you might see in California or something like that
RE: "When artwork contains text that references the use of the building, or when the artwork itself clearly references the use of the building, then it is considered a sign rather than a mural,"
1) The 'text' appears to be incomplete/partial and 2) does not 'clearly' reference the use of the building.
And it looks better than before.
Keep it.
Mallwalker is right, you dont have to be a supreme court justice top see there is is a real case for 'mural". Boys hire yourself a lawyer or get a brother lawyer: this case has legs.Or just draw a tiny picrture of TJ with an arrow- TJ is then saying the letters and that folks IS a mural. Case closed
I was been passing this fraternity house since the 70's when I first arrived in Charlottesville, and I applaud them for adding a spark of creativity and artistic flair myself. It appears to be well done, and certainly mural-like in my view--here's hoping the Preservation and Design folks can see clear to making an exception for innovation in this case.
Well played, Red.
Guessing that if they had simply followed protocol it would be anon issue.
It looks like these guys have an unfailing, true interest in their fraternity. It looks better than it used to - at least they've taken some initiative. And I agree w/ the comments above re: mural vs sign. Esp. when you look at some of the other 'art' that the city not only tolerates, but encourages as 'art in place'.
Repaint it with transparent phosphorescent paint and then use a black light to make it glow at night. Mary Jo Scala sounds like she's in bed by 8:30 so you should be all right.
I think they're really just a group of hardy men painting the letters for each other and all, regardless of those who love and who hate and the rest
I think the painted letters are ever best!
Good for them. With so many silly rules like this in Charlottesville, I sometimes feel like going to West Virginia!
Not a fan of UVa frats, but this one should be commended for improving the appearance of their house. Those letters are cool.
The city is being anal-retentive , per usual. What if someone put up some elaborate board displaying their house numbers with artistic flair? Would they call that a "sign"that is illegal?
Btw, I have moved from the city, though not to West Va, in large part because of the bozos in City Hall and the way they are running things.
Red, Hearty Man, Arthur, Adolf, and Max might be onto something. Impressive that they were able to place these letters so high.
At least it covers up the stains!!
"White, the Stern of his era" Is that bizarre statement meant as praise?
Nichols and White have nothing on Bainbridge.
In all fairness, I haven't seen Stern's work.
Checking with the architectural review board to see what elements could be added to classify as a "mural" might be appropriate: several monkeys with the heads of Stanford White and other architectural figures? Mini-views of the Rotunda? Handprints of children? Including handprints of the current residents?
I'm Chuck.
Just leave it and add two white columns down the middle and a round roof on top and you'd have "Welcome to the Hotel Monticello"-Eagles song blaring from a sliding door.
I am in awe. A massive improvement.
Looks pretty good to me.
How about some comments from the University Architect, the Historical Planner and the rest of the staff that keeps UVA locked in the 1800's.
BTW, UVA didn't make it into the Forbes' TEN TOP American Colleges for 2012. Mrs. Dragas needs to get on that issue right away. How about a few more emails from Virginia Beach? Maybe a call to Scotty Forbes could fix this outrageous omission. I know he'd love to hear from all the email writing Darden alums.
Seems to me the building falls into the category of Mid-Century design. Sort of the blending of the old and the new. Check any house in town in the trendy neighborhoods where the lady of the house is named Muffy and you will find a mixture of antiques and modern pieces. It's all the rage you know.
The City of Charlottesville is the unwilling, being led incompetent to do the impossible. We really need to spend more time and precious tax resources on critical matters such as this. I think it's time for another City Council vote about 420. And I don't mean PM!
With the mere addition of a healthy and robust beer fountain, Frank Lloyd Wright would instantly recognized such architectural prowess as being similar to his own beloved Fallingwater with a new name of Fallingbeer.
Actually, the ARB and those other leeches of public funds should utter nothing as long as the eyesore yellow building at Barracks and Emmet is left standing. Did they measure the "ZBT" frat letters on the brick wall? It looks close to 12 square feet (including spacing between letters).
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It sounds like a freedom of speech issue for John Whitehead. I pass it everyday and think it brightens up the neighborhood. Think of it as an art instillation instead of a sign. The frat house cleaned up their property as opposed to some of the nearby rundown houses. Go Bros!
Good thing the frat house cleaned up their property as opposed to some of the nearby rundown houses. We might be reading about charges of vandalism and trespassing instead.
I'm sure these guys just got to the point where they had to do something to discourage weary tourists from attempting to check in late at night. A small neon "NO VACANCY" sign should have been sufficient though and would have been small enough to conform to the ordinance.
What a marvelous First Amendment Free Speech issue. Go John Whitehead.
Maybe we could get Mittens to flip flop on this issue. He seems to have that skill down to a fine art.
Support Dogs Against Romney (Remember Shamus and the car roof ) and Kittens Against Mittens.
Purple and Gold???
Paint O&B and they go away!!
You can easily get mugged or verbally assaulted on the Mall and this an issue? Is in the frat area too,not like Prof Sabato is going be disturbed by BIG greek letters. As more than one has remarked...add white columns, maybe a cardboard copy of the ghastly new Pavillon parapet and call it "jefferson inspired".It won't look much worse than any other structure that UVa has built over the last 30 years..
ZBT's punishment for the letters must be more severe
Charlottesville city government bylaws are more important than the First Amendment of the United States! I mean, this is the home of Thomas Jefferson!! Hopefully the city pursues this case with the same vigor it did the case of the HIV infected, wheelchair-bound man that got run over in a crosswalk and the case of the city manager that didn't actually live in the city! You have to have standards and the city of Charlottesville is a champion of rational enforcement of the law!
Careful meanwhile, if the city pursues this with the same vigor it did the case of the city manager it could cost all of us taxpayers quite a bit of money in the end.
Someone is sure to suggest that the cash bonus for violating the law ought to be paid to each and every person living in the house rather than be shared among them. Next thing you know every frat on the street is going to be getting a big sign.
How much did extra Jones get paid for ignoring the law? I think I'll paint my house this afternoon.
Brilliant solution. Since your zoning violation depends on whom you are, this is the best way to settle it. Ignoring the well heeled citizen and suing the less connected or less moneyed citizen of the town when a violation occurs has gone on far too long in the city.
This is exactly the sort of thing I object to paying bureaucrats to do on 'my behalf'.
This is an improvement. Hello. Shut up. I may slap paint in all kinds of sign ways over my house in the coming days, just to hassle the bureaucrats. Seriously. I object to my tax dollars being spent on this kind of stupid harrassment. Seriously. No, really. Seriously.
City Hall: now say "thank you for the improvement". And then shut up. Seriously.
It's nice to see them fixing up that place finally. I think it looks great. Me and my girlfriend got busy in the bathroom at one party and the sink fell right out of the wall. Me and my boo boo was so embarassed! That house needed work - let them do it son!
I don't think those sinks are designed to hold the weight of the McCrary twins.
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I am wondering because as far as I know it can relate to some mental illnesses like ADHD, Depression, and Psychosis.
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Some hired bodyguards even before Taylor's murder
Greg Olsen checked his text message Tuesday morning from Devin Hester. Sean Taylor had died, it said. "I couldn't believe it," said Olsen, the Chicago Bears rookie tight end. "It's terrible." "It's a say day in the NFL," said Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye. Both Olsen and teammate Hester had played with Taylor at Miami, Fla. Taylor, 24, a safety for the Washington Redskins, was shot at his home Monday and died Tuesday morning. Olsen said his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, who also was Taylor's agent, had kept him updated on Taylor's prognosis from the hospital. Olsen was encouraged that Taylor had squeezed a doctor's hand after seven hours of surgery. "You'd be hard-pressed to find a better guy," Olsen said of Taylor, whom he played with as freshmen when Taylor was in his final season. Hester had difficulty handling Taylor's death, declining to talk to the media Wednesday at Halas Hall. "It was a really rough day for him, and yesterday as well," Chicago special teams coach Dave Toub said. "It's hitting really close to home for him." Bears head coach Lovie Smith talked to his team about the tragedy. "Of course when something like this happens, that's what we're all thinking about," he said. "It's affected all of us, so yes, as players in the spotlight, you have to keep the guys aware of their surrounding around them. "It's just tough when you lose someone, especially at that age. Yes, I talked to some of the guys who knew him personally. They lost a member of their family." With previous problems athletes have had in recent years, some Chicago Bears players are becoming more cautious all the time. Eddie Curry and Antoine Walker of the NBA having their Chicago homes broken into sped up the process. Ogunleye knows homicides vary in public awareness. "The fact he (Taylor) is a professional athlete, it's going to get blown bigger than a normal person," he said. "As athletes we do have to adapt and watch our backs, and make sure we're taking the precautions to protect ourselves and families. Because, with all the money and the fame, there's a lot of jealousy. And people look at that and are envious, and that leads to people doing crazy things. "We've got to find the fine line between protecting yourself and not doing anything illegal." Ogunleye, a New York native who went to Indiana, is more aware of his surroundings when he goes out. "I don't like to go to places that look too crazy," he said. "I'm 30 years old, so I don't frequent a lot of these crazy places, especially with these young guys. If it looks too shaky, I'm not in it if there's not a way in or out without having to go through a metal detector. "With that being said, these guys are young -- they're going to go out. But they have to be smart about it." Ogunleye said he hired a bodyguard after the Curry and Walker robberies, and said "a couple guys" on the team have done likewise. He said he "definitely" feels he's more of a target being an athlete. "When they got robbed, it made me kind of feel that I need a bodyguard," he said of Curry and Walker. "It's not because I think I'm bigger than anybody else; it's just that I don't want to be put into situations where I feel my life might be compromised. It might be smarter to have someone follow me around so if anything does happen, there's someone who can step in and defuse the situation." Special teams star Brendon Ayanbadejo is more careful because "there are a lot of people out there who don't believe in hard work, and that there's an easy way to get things they want." "Being athletes, we're easy targets. Entertainers are easy targets -- you see it from time to time in Chicago; you see it in Miami, where guys are robbed and stuck up for their jewels or money or houses. "When you go out, you kinda gotta be not so flamboyant. There's a time and place for everything." The NFL holds rookie symposiums to help players deal with security issues. "They do a good job preparing guys for everything," Olsen said. "They do a good job prepping guys on the security aspect of it, but you never imagine something like this." Ayanbadejo, now 31, has changed his attitude in recent years. "If somebody is going to rob me, they can have whatever they want," he said. "If it's on me and you want it, you can have it because I'm a father and I plan on seeing my daughter (Anaya Lee, 1) having kids one of these days. "When I was younger, I used to say I was a tough guy and wasn't going to let anyone punk me, that no one can take what's mine. Now, all these material things don't matter at all being a parent." Reed Schreck is the NFL writer for the Rockford Register Star. Contact him at 815-987-1381 or email@example.com.


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I'm supposed to get it to take an int number and print it out one character at a time(one per line) and no, I'm not allowed to turn it into a String and use getCharAt(int x). I have to do it recursively.
I found a way for a base case that will just print it if it is 0-9.
It'll work in my other cases by diving by 10 till I reach the base case, then taking that number I get in the base case and multiplying it 10 raised to the number of times I had to divide by 10 to get the base case.
For example
225 / 10 = 22;
22/ 10 = 2;
225 - 200 = 25;
25 /10 = 2;
25 - 20 = 5;
However, for cases where I something like
x = n * 10^k + c
0 <=c <= 9, That won't work and I need help figuring out what to do in those cases.
For example, I can't use the above way exactly to work with
It'll only print
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LETTER- Biblical beasts also friendly UK giants
As a Brit living in Charlottesville (for the summer), I was especially interested in the Gog & Magog essay, [August 20:"All a Gog: The real reason we invaded Iraq"], especially its focus on the biblical elements, but noticed a glaring omission.
Yes Gog & Magog appear in the bible, but they also appear in much Celtic and pagan mythology. I originate from London, which, according to legend, was founded and protected by two friendly giants, "Gog and Magog." We still carry their statues in our annual Lord Mayors Show to this day.
In Irish mythology, Magog is named as the father as the Irish race. Their appearance in the bible as enemies of the Jews could easily be a reference to ancient Britons and Celts, in which case if Bush wanted to defeat Gog and Magog he should have attacked London, although I'm very glad he didn't!
Oliver Savory
London, UK
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Here's a bizarre dichotomy to consider: corrective rape. Yes, raping a person to make them see the error of their ways. I wish I could tell you I'd made it up, but it seems it's all the rage at home, in South Africa. Now take a moment to consider and remember the following women, all victims of corrective rape, all black, all young, all lesbians, all dead:
* Noxolo Nogwaza — raped, stabbed and stoned to death in an alleyway in Kwa-Thema, near
Johannesburg, in April, simply for being a lesbian. She was also a mother. Her eyes were pushed out of her skull, used condoms littered the scene, a paving stone lay near her crushed head, and there was a beer bottle against her vagina. She was 24. Her name means peace.
* Luleka Makiwane — contracted HIV when she was raped by a cousin hellbent on trying to "prove" she was a woman, not a man. Cock does that, you know, it sorts the women from the men. Luleka ultimately succumbed to Aids.
* Nosizwe Nomsa Bizana — gang-raped by five men, and now dead from crypto meningitis, believed to have been contracted during the attack, or possibly as a complication of the trauma she suffered.
* Nokuthula Radebe — strangled with her own shoelaces and found in an abandoned building with her pants pulled down and plastic covering her face, at the age of 20.
* Eudy Simelane — gang-raped, brutally beaten and stabbed to death at the age of 31 because she was a lesbian. Eudy was a talented footballer who had played for the acclaimed South African national women's team. She worked with the handicapped and was an HIV/ Aids counsellor. Her naked body was found dumped in a ditch.
These are some of the 30-odd women known to have been murdered in my homeland in the last decade merely because of their sexual orientation. Countless more have been raped for being lesbians, a crime now dubbed "corrective rape" because the perpetrators seem to believe that a violent, demeaning shot from the old meat injection is all it will take to make lesbians see sense and realise that a penis is what they needed all along. This is precisely what happened to Millicent Gaika (pictured), a lesbian who was raped and beaten for five hours by a man she knew who said he was going to turn her into a woman.
Yes, I know: it's about as logical as suggesting a gang of gay thugs raping a straight bloke will change his sexual allegiance, but some people really are pig-ignorant, illogical and deluded, while bloated with dangerous machismo and immense hubris.
Stupidity and ego are a toxic combination. Some men think their love is all you need.
Let me get one thing straight though: on paper, South Africa is one of the most progressive places on the planet when it comes to gay rights. The country's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to stipulate that nobody may be discriminated against due to sexual orientation, or gender or race for that matter. South Africa was the first country in notoriously homophobic Africa (where 37 countries outlaw homosexuality completely) and the fifth country in the whole world to legalise same-sex marriage. There's none of that civil union lark. Lest the First World feel smug, please note that 42 Commonwealth countries still have homophobic legislation on their statute books.
Equally, South Africa was the first republic to provide non-heterosexual people with the same rights regarding adoption and military service as heterosexual folk. We're very proud of our constitution. Well, some of us are.
In the thriving cities and metropolises, being gay is pretty much accepted, while there are Gay Pride parades, and there is a thriving gay scene.
Unfortunately, the law doesn't always filter down to the boneheads on the street, to the cretins who see lesbianism as a direct affront to their manliness, an insult, a rejection of the lads, and something they must self-righteously fix with a brutal beating from their own beloved love truncheon. It's a growing problem as the poison of homophobia seeps through the dust and the shantytowns.
Yes, rape as therapy.
Countless women are raped each day because of their sexual orientation. One estimate based on calls to a Cape Town-based action group alone puts the figure at ten a week in that city's informal sprawl. Last Thursday (5 May), a mere 13-year-old girl was raped in Pretoria's Atteridgeville because she was open about fancying girls.
Yet, very obviously, rape is not a cure for anything at all, and being raped has never changed a person's mind — except, perhaps, to confirm a woman's suspicions that some men are barbaric and, in the case of gang-raped lesbians, to confirm that they were right all along.
Finally, possibly ten years too late, the South African police are setting up a task-force to tackle the issue.
What is needed, however, is a complete change of mindset, a realisation that in every civilization since the beginning of time between three and ten percent of the population were gay. It's seen in frescoes from Pompeii, in ancient Greek mythology, from Michelangelo to Marlene Dietrich, from Ottoman sultans to Oscar Wilde, from King Shaka to Billie Jean King… It's frequently seen in the animal kingdom too. It was rife and widely accepted in Africa before the missionaries came.
And why should anyone care what another adult does with their own genitalia anyway? What goes on between consenting adults is nobody else's business at all. Not that any of this is consolation to the families, friends and lovers of all the victims of corrective rape, or any salve to the jagged memory of Luleka, Nosizwe, Nokuthula, Eudy and Noxolo, whose name means peace…


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The State Park System was founded by caring, concerned and actively involved people. Such individuals continue to play a significant role for State Parks. There are many ways to get involved. Individuals or groups can volunteer, join a local cooperating association or join one of the many support organizations that help California State Parks.
The State Park System has two major programs to facilitate your involvement the Volunteers in Parks Program and the Cooperating Associations Program.
Supporting Organizations contribute time, funds and resources to California State Parks. They are not part of an official state program.
The California State Parks Foundation, is an independent non-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving our parks and promoting public awareness of the benefits of the State Park System.
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Ex says Gateway Center hostage suspect is different than she remembers
Security not too tight after 3 Gateway Center incident with Klein Thaxton
The ex-girlfriend of a young Army veteran who's accused of taking a businessman hostage in a downtown high-rise says the man she saw at 3 Gateway Center doesn't resemble the one she remembers.
"His whole demeanor, the way he was just sitting there, the way he was talking to them, it was just like, I know that wasn't Klein," Je'Nauba Lipford said. "That's not the Klein that I know."
Pittsburgh police asked the 23-year-old Lipford to record a voice message for 22-year-old Klein Thaxton as part of their negotiations during Friday's standoff.
"I just told him that I wasn't mad at him, that I don't know why he did it or why he's doing this, but whatever's the reason why you're doing it, to let him go, basically," Lipford said, adding that she's still shocked about the situation.
Police say Thaxton held Charles Breitsman at knifepoint in the 16th-floor offices of CW Breitsman Associates for more than five hours before surrendering. Breitsman was unharmed.
On Monday morning, workers came and went as if nothing had happened at the building just days prior. WTAE's Ashlie Hardway observed that anyone was able to walk inside and get on an elevator. A security guard stood near a desk, but people walked past without a problem.
A WTAE Channel 4 Action News photographer -- who was not wearing attire that would identify him -- walked inside and passed a guard at the reception/security desk. He took the elevator to the 16th floor to the Breitsman offices, where the doors were locked and employees declined to comment.
"There's no security here. You don't need a card to get in. There's just one security guard here who doesn't ask any questions," worker Michael Vesco said. He added that it concerns him "a little more now than it did last week, but I'm not concerned that much."
Deborah Conklin works on a secure floor of the building. "You don't want to have so much security that you're not free to come and go," she said. "But on the other hand, you don't want to worry about something like this happening -- just someone coming in off the street."
In a written statement, general manager Debra Donley said, "Gateway Center was designed over 50 years ago to reflect the openness of the Pittsburgh community, and our goal is to balance the safety of our tenants with their interest in enjoying this type of environment. We recognize that Friday's incident caused a lot of distress to the community. To ensure that our tenants and their guests maintain confidence in the safety of our environment, we have increased security in our buildings and will conduct a thorough review of our systems and make any necessary changes."
Thaxton -- who pleaded guilty in Veterans Court after a carjacking and police chase last year -- is being held on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault and terroristic threats. His attorneys say he is remorseful, and Lipton said she hopes he gets help.
"I'm so tired of the media stressing that he's been in trouble and this and the third," she said. "He's been needing help for almost two, three years now, obviously."
Thaxton's mother, Ronda, said she was not allowed to visit Thaxton in jail Sunday because he's in a mental health ward.


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April 4th, 2011
CoaXPress seems not only to be hot in machine vision applications, but also in the security market. By using standard 75Ω coax cable, CoaXPress enables really interesting features. Due to its high bandwidth, CoaXPress is highly suitable to transmit full HD images at 60 fps over 140 meters. Simultaneously, power is supplied over the coax cable to power the camera, making local power supplies unnecessary.
At next week's ISC West Conference in Las Vegas, visitors will get to see first-hand what a CoaXPress enabled system looks like. At the show, which targets security-related applications, chip supplier Eqcologic will be demonstrating a complete CoaXPress system, including the OPAL-2000m camera from Adimec and a CoaXPress-enabled frame grabber from BitFlow.
The OPAL cameras are the first commercially available products to support the CoaXPress standard, providing developers with a high-speed, flexible and scalable approach to implementing systems requiring long-range communications. The flagship OPAL series of cameras is Adimec's most versatile family, delivering unparalleled channel matching, linearity and dynamic range at resolutions between 1-8 megapixels at more than 120 FPS. Optimized outdoor imaging functionality, such as automatic exposure control, is available. The CoaXPress interface allows it to deliver transmission performance up to 3x faster in a single coaxial cable.
In response to the CoaXPress opportunity, BitFlow has extended its family of frame grabbers to include CoaXPress support as well. The Karbon-CXP supports camera speeds up to 6.25Gb/S, and is the latest in the Karbon family of BitFlow frame grabbers, which have been shipping worldwide since 2005. Features include: support for up to four cameras synchronized or independent, camera power up to 13W, Safe Power, automatic camera speed detection, separate I/O for each camera. The company also offers a wide range of high performance Camera Link, digital, and analog capture products.
The recently announced Eqcologic transceivers chip sets enable the asymmetric (high speed one way, low speed the other) transmission of image data from the camera and control signals and triggering information from the frame grabber. The chips also help support transmission of power from the frame grabber to the camera.
This performance/distance combination is especially critical in security and outdoor applications such as those being shown at ISC West.


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The second book of the Pentateuch is called Exodus, from the Greek word for "departure," because its central event was understood by the Septuagint's translators to be the departure of the Israelites from Egypt. Its Hebrew title, Shemoth ("Names"), is from the book's opening phrase, "These are the names…." Continuing the history of Israel from the point where the Book of Genesis leaves off, Exodus recounts the Egyptian oppression of Jacob's ever-increasing descendants and their miraculous deliverance by God through Moses, who led them across the Red Sea to Mount Sinai where they entered into a covenant with the Lord. Covenantal laws and detailed prescriptions for the tabernacle (a portable sanctuary foreshadowing the Jerusalem Temple) and its service are followed by a dramatic episode of rebellion, repentance, and divine mercy. After the broken covenant is renewed, the tabernacle is constructed, and the cloud signifying God's glorious presence descends to cover it.
These events made Israel a nation and confirmed their unique relationship with God. The "law" (Hebrew torah) given by God through Moses to the Israelites at Mount Sinai constitutes the moral, civil, and ritual legislation by which they were to become a holy people. Many elements of it were fundamental to the teaching of Jesus (Mt 5:21–30; 15:4) as well as to New Testament and Christian moral teaching (Rom 13:8–10; 1 Cor 10:1–5; 1 Pt 2:9).
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In 18509 - Nearby to Blakely.
Most people with anger control problems hate themselves for it. They often promise themselves to do better but then feel like situations get the better of them. They often feel misunderstood, under appreciated and somewhat disconnected from the relationships that matter the most to them. There are so many different causes for this. That is why the first step is to do a caring and thorough evaluation. In any treatment worth it's salt, a person first feels understood. Much of the time I find that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), together with interventions from positive psychology, can significantly help people to act with intention, which can often feel like being reborn.
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Grey Matters International and the work of Kevin J. Fleming, Ph.D approaches issues of anger management in a very humane yet fresh perspective. You see, anger is a normal emotion but it is the valence (intensity) as well as the coupling choice of what one does with this that is the problem. Telling someone to "not" do it or modifying behavior with a trite psychological plan that only breeds a compliant response is not the way to change anger. Brainwave optimization is a new cutting edge technology that allows one to rewire circuitry responsible for reactivity driving the anger. Contact Grey Matters International, Inc now at email@example.com or 877-606-6161.
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Anger is an emotion that can influence your health in a negative manner on several levels; physically, emotionally and spiritually. Getting your anger under control can require learning some basic behavior modifications. One important element that can make a great difference is to THINK before you speak or react. You are an intelligent individual and can learn to choose options to express your concerns in positive and more productive ways. Therapist Harlene Arenberg from Scranton, Pennsylvania (18505) is always ready to help you and is currently available for anger management counseling sessions.
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Adobe Acrobat DC BeginnersLoanNew
The skills and knowledge acquired in Adobe Acrobat DC are sufficient to be able to create and edit PDFs, use forms, collaborate with others and secure your documents.
Anyone who wants to learn the basics about Adobe Acrobat DC
The course assumes little or no knowledge of the software. However, it would be beneficial to have a general understanding of personal computers and the Windows operating system environment.
Starting With Acrobat DC
- Understanding Acrobat And PDFs
- Understanding Adobe Document Cloud
- Starting Adobe Acrobat In Windows 8
- Understanding Views
- Understanding The Home View
- Opening An Existing PDF File
- Understanding The Document View
- Understanding The Tools View
- Exiting Acrobat
Using Toolbars And Menus
- Using Menus
- Working With Toolbars
- Using Tools
- Understanding Custom Toolsets
- Creating A Custom Toolset
Navigating And Viewing PDFs
- Using The Navigation Pane
- Understanding Page Navigation
- Using Page Navigation Tools
- Using Navigation Panels
- Adjusting PDF Views
- Understanding The Page Magnification Tools
- Using The Zoom Tools
- Using Split-Window View
- Working With Multiple Documents
Creating PDFs
- Understanding Saving
- Creating A PDF From A Single File
- Creating A PDF Using Drag And Drop
- Creating A PDF From Clipboard Content
- Creating Multiple PDFs From Multiple Files
- Understanding Acrobat PDFMaker
- Creating A PDF From A Microsoft Office File
- Creating A PDF Using The PDF Printer Driver
- Converting A Web Page To PDF In A Browser
- Converting Web Pages To PDF In Acrobat
- Creating A PDF From A Scanner
- Enhancing A Scanned PDF
- Creating A Postscript File
- Understanding Acrobat Distiller
- Creating A PDF Using Distiller
Editing PDFs
- Editing Existing Text
- Adding New Text
- Adding An Image
- Editing Scanned PDFs
- Adding A Link
- Adding A Web Link
- Converting A URL To A Live Link
- Editing Links
- Creating Links To Another PDF
- Creating Destination Links
- Understanding Multimedia And 3D Models
Working With Pages
- Selecting And Moving Pages
- Inserting And Deleting Pages
- Extracting Content
- Replacing Pages
- Cropping Pages
- Renumbering Pages
- Adding Headers And Footers
- Adding Watermarks
- Adding Backgrounds
- Attaching Documents To A PDF
- Managing Attachments
- Creating Bookmarks In A Source Document
- Creating Bookmarks Manually
- Editing Bookmark Destinations
- Nesting Bookmarks
- Changing The Appearance Of Bookmarks
- Bookmarks Actions
'*Combining Documents
- Merging Multiple Files Into A PDF
- Creating A PDF Portfolio
- Editing A Portfolio
- Editing Files In A Portfolio
- Securing A PDF Portfolio
- Understanding PDF Forms
- Starting A Form With The Form Wizard
- The Prepare Form Toolbar
- Editing Form Fields
- Form Field Names
- Adding Text Fields
- Changing Field Properties
- Field Properties
- Numeric Fields
- Numeric Field Properties
- Calculating Fields
- Calculation Field Properties
- Adding Hidden Fields
- Adding Radio Buttons
- Adding Dropdown Lists
- Adding A Submit Button
- Creating Multiple Copies Of Fields
- Adding Reset And Cancel Buttons
- Testing Your Form
- Editing A Tested Form
- Distributing Forms By Email
- Tracking Forms
- Returning A Completed Form
- Understanding The Form Responses File
Working Collaboratively
- Understanding Comments
- The Comment Toolbar
- Adding Sticky Notes
- Using The Annotation Tools
- Adding Comments Using Drawing Tools
- Inserting Digital Identity Stamps
- Understanding The Acrobat Review Processes
- Initiating An Email Review
- Returning A Reviewed PDF
- Merging Review Comments
- Understanding The Comments Panel
- Managing Comments
- Summarising Comments
Finding And Searching
- Understanding Finding And Searching
- Finding Words
- Searching Multiple PDFs
- Performing An Advanced Search
Document Security
- Understanding Document Security
- Adding A Document Open Password
- Changing Password Protection
- Adding Permissions Passwords
- Removing Password Protection
- Creating A Self-Signed Digital ID
- Certifying A PDF
- Digitally Signing A PDF
- Exporting A Digital ID Certificate
- Verifying A Digital Signature
- Encrypting For Certain IDs Using Certificates
- Creating A User Security Policy
- Applying A Security Policy
- Sending Files As A Secure Attachment
Saving, Exporting And Printing
- Understanding Save Options
- Understanding Export Options
- Exporting To Word
- Exporting To An Image
- Exporting To HTML
- Understanding The Print Dialog Box
- Printing A Document
Getting Help
- Understanding The Help Menu
- Using Help
- Searching For Online Help
At the completion of this course you should be able to:
- start Acrobat DC and have a basic understanding of its workspace
- work with toolbars and menus
- navigate and view PDFs using various methods
- create PDFs
- edit content in a PDF
- modify and work with the pages of a PDF document
- create and manage bookmarks
- combine multiple documents into a single PDF or a portfolio
- create and work with PDF forms
- use comments and other review processes to work collaboratively on a PDF
- search one or more documents for words or phrases
- work confidently with some of the security options in Acrobat
- share a PDF by exporting it, saving it and printing it
- access and use the Help options available in Acrobat
Watsonia workbook with 136 topics. Files for the exercises are provided on a CD or can be downloaded here
Approximately 15 hours
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