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This hotel is located in Sunrise (West Fort Lauderdale), close to VF Outlet, Young At Art Museum, and Markham Park. Local attractions also include Sawgrass Mills Mall and Volunteer Park.
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Recreational amenities at La Quinta Inn & Suites Sunrise Sawgrass Mills include an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Other amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access and complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access.
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La Quinta Inn & Suites Sunrise Sawgrass Mills features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access. A complimentary breakfast is offered. This Sunrise hotel also offers multilingual staff, coffee/tea in the lobby, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Complimentary parking is available on site.
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Laundry facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Business services
- Total number of rooms - 101
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Number of floors - 3
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Multilingual staff
- Self parking
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Free breakfast
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
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- Free guest parking during stay
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- Cribs/infant beds available
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free local calls
- Complimentary toiletries
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- Iron/ironing board
- Premium TV channels
- Video-game console
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Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
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Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
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Situated in Richmond, this eco-friendly hotel is close to Aberdeen Centre, Richmond Centre Mall, and Richmond Night Market. Local attractions also include Richmond Olympic Oval and Sanduz Estate Winery.
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Recreational amenities at La Quinta Inn Vancouver Airport include an indoor pool and a fitness center. Other amenities include a roundtrip airport shuttle and an area shuttle.
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La Quinta Inn Vancouver Airport features an indoor pool and a fitness center. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a business center, limo/town car service, and audiovisual equipment. A complimentary breakfast is offered. A roundtrip airport shuttle during limited hours and an area shuttle are complimentary for guests. This eco-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, ski storage, and coffee/tea in the lobby. Concierge services and currency exchange can be provided. Onsite parking is complimentary.
La Quinta Inn Vancouver Airport is a smoke-free property.
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- Currency exchange
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- Ski storage
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- Air-conditioned public areas
- Number of floors - 5
- Smoke-free property
- Airport transportation (complimentary)
- One meeting/conference room
- Luggage storage
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Total number of rooms - 74
- Free breakfast
- Free Wi-Fi
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- Complimentary newspaper
- Free local calls
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- Pillowtop mattress
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- Rollaway/extra beds available
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- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Free Wi-Fi
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Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast.
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Position description: We are seeking two UW-L students to work in the Statistical Consulting Center during the summer of 2014. The internships will run for 10 weeks from approximately June 2 through August 8. Interns will be expected to work 40 hours per week. Under the guidance of the external Director of the Statistical Consulting Center, interns will meet with clients to provide varying types of statistical advice and analysis.
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by Emilia Tse '11
An internship on the film Cherry - large portions of which were filmed on the Kalamazoo College campus in the fall of 2008 - offered this student a similar experience to that of the successful "K" externship. There was hands-on work, job shadowing, question-and-answer opportunities, and a "film" family to join during the film crew's stay in Kalamazoo. "Porch time" - an externship's informal exchange between the extern student and the alumni host - happened for me on set during a rainy night at the house down Academy Street the film directors had rented for some location shots and film editing.
I first learned that Cherry would film in part at "K" during a Resident Assistant (RA) training lunch prior to fall quarter. I wanted to participate. And I was already registered for Instructor Dhera Strauss' documentary film class, so it seemed to be a good time to learn about and observe filmmaking. At the first informational meeting for Cherry, I met Bill Komissaroff, or "BK," the extras and intern coordinator. I was ready to help in any way possible but figured my contribution would be limited to office work. And so it began - answering phone calls and updating the crew list. But two days later, BK asked if I could be his assistant, and my responsibilities grew - round up extras, organize the featured extras selection, and schedule extras and interns.
Assisting BK enabled me to be more involved with Cherry and the film family. I had been acquainted with the producers (Paul Kurta, Sam Kitt, and Matt Fine) and the director (Jeff Fine) in the office, but once pre-production was over, we were mostly on set and chatting with each other during takes. Extras Holding was my primary location; however, I was also able to watch the crew work by participating as an extra or standing next to Jeff and looking at the monitor. Jeff even added a line in the script for me to say. During my "scene," I wore PJs and stood outside the main character's dorm building, with a fire engine and real fire fighters as a backdrop during the wee hours of the morning.
Working on the set became part of my daily routine. I was a full-time student, an RA, writing consultant in the College's student writing center, and Cherry intern. I adjusted to eating my lunch at 5 PM and dinner at midnight. Later in the shooting schedule, BK went home for a few days and I took on more responsibility for extras needed during a night shoot in downtown Kalamazoo across from Crow's Nest. While I was in charge of extras and carrying around my own walkie talkie, I also picked up on crew etiquette and lingo. The second assistant director (or second A-D) once asked me over the walkie talkie, "What's your twenty?" I responded with something like, "No, I only have eighteen extras here." There was some good chuckling among the crew; one's "twenty" is one's location.
When the shooting schedule was drawing to a close, Jeff Palmer, the College's media relations manager and the link between the film crew and "K," asked if I would be interested in observing some post-production work on Cherry. YES! By this time I had some familiarity with Final Cut Pro, the editing software we used in my documentary film class, and I had filmed my own behind-the-scenes movie about the Cherry production, with Jeff Fine's permission. Then, both Jeff Fine, the director, and Cindy Parissotto, the editor, invited me to stay with them in Los Angeles during part of the editing process. I was just ecstatic! Jeff Palmer even helped me book my flight during finals week so that I could go to LA over the winter break.
In LA, I felt even more a part of the Cherry film family. I stayed at Cindy's home. Matt Fine also flew out to LA while I was there. I was able to hang out with Cindy and the Fine brothers as they went over the director's cut of the film. We also had a screening of Cherry with producer Sam Kitt. It was an unbelievable experience to see the film for the first time. I had never been part of a project of that scale before; I witnessed film making from pre-production through post-production. Just for fun, Cindy put my name in the opening credits for that first viewing. After
"During my 'scene' I wore PJs and stood outside the main character's dorm building ..."getting more notes on adjustments to make for the film, Cindy went back to work editing. She let me look on while she worked with Final Cut Pro and even let me help select background music and provide input on the timing of a sound effect. One night, Jeff's wife Diane took me to see a play at the Taper Theatre. I really got a feel for the city and Diane, a screenwriter and producer, talked with me about getting into the film business. Touring LA with Matt and Jeff the next day was a blast. And that night Sam Kitt invited all of us to have dinner at his house along with other producers, director of photography, some of the actors, editor, and their families. It was so nice to be able to keep in touch with everyone and see how the post-production process was going.
My first trip to LA was both exciting and inspiring. I am indebted to the Cherry crew for taking me in and treating me with such warmth and friendship. Kalamazoo provided me a once- in-a-lifetime opportunity by allowing filmmakers on our campus. My experience at "K", especially in regards to this film, has encouraged me to find my passion and has helped me foster connections with professionals in my chosen field. I hope that everyone who participated in the filmmaking process, the students and even some faculty, enjoyed their time working on Cherry. I know that the Fine brothers wanted the filming to be an opportunity for students to have a hands-on experience and it certainly was. I am sure we are all looking forward to Cherry's premiere, sometime in the late fall of 2009. Thank you to all of the Cherry crew for filming on "K's" campus: and thank you to "K" College staff and faculty for bringing this opportunity to life.
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Emilia Tse took some time in LA to explore Hollywood and the Chinese Theatre.
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Pictured (l-r) in the extras holding area are: Kristaps Butler '11, Nina Young '09, Emelia Tse, and Joan Miller '09.
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Post production work took Emilia Tse to Los Angeles, where she worked with film editor Cindy Parissotto.
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Feeling Lucky? BDB's Basic Guide to Sports Betting
Types of Wagers: The first decision you need to make when deciding to bet on sports is what type of bet you want to make. If you think you can only bet on who's going to win, you'd be mistaken. There are actually a TON of different ways to bet. Here are 5 of the most popular ones:
- Straight Bet: This is your basic bet – who is going to win the game. If you place a straight bet, that means no matter what the score is, you win if the team you pick wins. For example, let's say the Patriots were to play the Jaguars. If you make a straight bet on the Patriots, and the Patriots win, you win. Easy peasy.
- Betting the Point Spread: Probably the most popular way to bet is to bet the spread. The spread is the amount of points that a team is either favored or an "underdog" by, as is set by the oddsmakers in order to generate bets on both sides. In a points spread bet, rather than just picking the team that would win, you pick based on how much you think they'll win by. The team that is favored will have a minus sign with the amount of points they are favored by, and the underdog will have a plus sign with the amount of points they are an underdog by. So taking our example from above, if the Patriots were playing the Jaguars, the Patriots would probably be the favorite, and therefore have to "give up" a certain amount of points. Let's say 7, as an example . (So the spread would be Patriots -7, Jaguars +7.) If you bet the Pats with the spread, they would then have to win by more than 7 points in order for you to win. If they won, but only by 3 points, you lose, even though they won, because you were betting that they'd win by more than 7. Therefore, if you thought the Patriots were going to win, but only by 3, and the spread was 7, you'd actually want to bet on the Jaguars with the spread. As long as the Patriots didn't win by more than 7, you'd win! (You'd also win if the Jaguars won.) NOTE: Some sports, like baseball, boxing, and horseracing, don't use spreads.
- Over/Unders (aka Totals): Betting the Over/Under, or Totals Betting, is where you place a bet on what you think the total combined score of both teams will be at the end of the game. Basically, the oddsmakers set a number, and if you think the total score will be over that number, you take the "over." If you think it'll be under that score, you take the "under." So if the over/under on the Patriots vs. Jaguars game is 41 points, and you think the Patriots are going to run up the score like they often do, you should take the over. If you think that the defenses are going to show up that day, you should take the under.
- Parlays: One of my favorite ways to bet is to Parlay. A Parlay is a combination bet, in which you make at least two or more picks and combine them into a single bet, which pays out higher than if you had bet on them individually. So, using our examples above, let's say you want to take the Patriots with the spread (Patriots -7) and the Over (41) in a parlay. To win, the Patriots would have to win by more than 7, AND the total combined score would have to be over 41 points. You can also parlay different games, and as many picks as you want – something that you can do if you're feeling really lucky this year when betting on March Madness.
- Props: Betting on Props, or Propositions, is where you bet one some occurrence (or non-occurrence) in the game, other than the outcome. These are oftentimes bet on by casual bettors, especially in big games like the Super Bowl. Some examples of prop bets include betting on whether the coin toss will be heads or tails, which team will score the first point in the game, and how many points a particular player will have. There are literally hundreds of props to bet on, and they can be bet on individually, or brought in as part of a parlay.
The Money Line: In addition to the point spread (or in the case of baseball, boxing and horseracing, in lieu of it), you will see numbers next to each team or player you are betting on, which are in the hundreds and notated with a plus or minus sign (ex. -110, +240). These are, in layman's terms, the odds of the bet if you took a straight bet on it. Like the point spread, a minus sign signifies a favorite, a plus sign signifies an underdog. In the case of a minus sign, the team is favored, so the reward for betting on them will be lower. So if the Patriots are favored and the money line is -110, that shows you that you will have to bet $110 in a straight bet to win $100. Conversely, if you are betting on the underdog with a plus sign, you will be rewarded more handsomely if they win. So if the Jaguars are the underdog with a money line of +240, you will win $240 if you bet $100 on them straight up.
Handicappers: Handicappers are people who advise others on how they should bet. They are oftentimes professional bet makers, and spend their lives studying the games and matchups and utilizing various methods in an attempt to determine who is going to win, and by how much. Handicappers can make millions – even billions – of dollars betting on sports, depending on just how good they are, and if you can get in with one, help you to make a lot of money, too.
Strategy: Every person has their own strategy in terms of betting, and of course there are many out there that purport to have found the best strategy for success in sports betting. Some rely on their gut, while others spend hours researching everything from the teams to the weather on game day. After speaking to one betting pro, the biggest piece of advice that I took was the importance of betting consistently. "You're not going to win every bet," he said. "And you don't have to. You just have to be right more than 50% of the time to come out on top, and the more consistently you bet, the better chance you have of doing that."
That being said, please don't run out and bet on every game this instant. Try your hand at a few, and work your way up. As with everything, MODERATION is key, and if you're going to gamble, please, gamble responsibly! If you're feeling ready, maybe start out by putting alittle action on March Madness, and take it from there.
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PORTLAND – On weekends, customers bound for Trader Joe's on Marginal Way often can be seen circling the grocery store's small parking lot in search of a spot.
A sign warns Trader Joe's customers against parking in West Marine's lot along Marginal Way in Portland.
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A sign posted next to West Marine at 127 Marginal Way warns drivers not to park in the lot unless they're visiting the boating supply store or other businesses at the address. Trader Joe's shoppers who park there may find their car towed or booted – the "crushed" threat was just a joke.
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Some eventually disregard the reserved-parking signs in front of the nearby West Marine boating supplies business and pull into one of the spaces that are almost always available there.
That can turn a trip to the grocery into a far more expensive endeavor: Drivers may return to their car to find it immobilized with a Denver boot, and the parking attendant demanding $30 to have it removed.
Dan Hogan, a property manager with Fore River Management, which manages the building and the lot, said the fee is an enforcement tool, not a money-maker.
"It's a lot less than the $85 minimum it would cost if the car was towed," he said.
Furious customers have complained to police, but after looking into it, the city determined that the conflict is a civil matter, not criminal, said Trish McAllister, the police department's neighborhood prosecutor.
"It's their property," she said.
Owners of many private parking lots will have cars towed if they're not authorized to be in the lot, but won't have them booted – something that's long been the domain of the city's parking enforcement division.
Warren Elsaesser, manager at West Marine, said that after Trader Joe's opened in October 2010, West Marine's customer count dropped 10 percent by the next year. In 2012, it dropped another 6 percent.
He said the declines probably can't be attributed to the down economy, because revenue actually has gone up.
"We have lost quite a few of our customers," he said, and many customers now call ahead to find out whether parking is available.
A supervisor at Trader Joe's said no one at the store was authorized to talk to the press, and the store manager did not return a call for comment.
Elsaesser said it's not West Marine that's cracking down on parking, it's Fore River Management. In fact, Elsaesser has told his employees to focus on business and not get involved in the parking issue.
Still, it's hard when people pull up right in front of the store's entrance, get out and walk across the lot to Trader Joe's, he said.
Some are a little more subtle. They park, take a quick stroll through the supply store, grab a free flier, then head to Trader Joe's.
City spokeswoman Nicole Clegg said the parking lot has 140 spaces for Trader Joe's, with nearby off-street parking along Marginal Way.
She said the city didn't want to approve a bigger lot when the store opened, partially because there are plans for a parking garage at Chestnut and Somerset streets, which would add 200 spaces.
The idea is for people to park there and walk around the neighborhood, she said. The city also wants to encourage people to walk and bike to Bayside from other parts of the city, and bigger parking lots aren't part of that vision.
Clegg had no comment on Trader Joe's customers parking at neighboring businesses, saying it's a "tenant-to-tenant issue."
Hogan said Fore River Management has been using the boot since Trader Joe's opened three years ago, but he hasn't tracked the number of offenders.
Some of the signs forbidding Trader Joe's customers from parking outside their designated spots are tongue-in-cheek, saying illegally parked cars may be towed, booted or "crushed."
West Marine once put up a joke sign saying parking cost $50. "A few people actually came in and asked who to pay," Elsaesser said.
Hogan said none of it has made much of a difference. "I actually think it will get worse," he said.
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John Patriquin/Staff Photographer West Marine manager Warren Elsaesser says customer traffic has declined since Trader Joe's opened in 2010 and its shoppers started illegally parking in his store's lot.
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Florida's unemployment rate up to 6.3 percent
Florida's unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a percentage point in March to 6.3 percent, though the state added 22,900 jobs over the previous month.
Comparing Florida's House & Senate budgets
The Florida Legislature has a lot of work to do to pass a final budget before the end of the legislative session, according to a Report from Florida TaxWatch.
Florida's share of venture capital drops in 1st quarter
Florida's slice of the nation's venture-capital pie shrank dramatically in the first quarter as deep-pockets investors steered much of their wealth elsewhere.
SpaceX makes second attempt to launch Dragon Spacecraft
Today's launch is the first time Falcon 9's first stage is equipped with four "landing legs," which are part of a test to see if the rocket can be recovered and reused.
Clearwater: From surf to success
An ideal place to live, work and play, Clearwater has positioned itself for continued economic growth.
Who Said That?
Entrepreneur Assistance
Florida Small Business:
Set yourself up for success by following experts' tips and tricks in the Small Business Toolbox; find information about starting, growing and maintaining a business in Florida; gain quick access to business-essential resources and links; and more.
Florida Career Connections
If you are unemployed, underemployed or just seeking a new career path, this new site will help you navigate a path to success.


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CloudOn enables you to create, review, edit and share Microsoft Office ® (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) documents, spreadsheets and presentations on your Android tablet or phone.
You can also connect to your Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive account(s), and send or share files with colleagues and contacts via email directly from the app.
With over 7 million downloads, CloudOn has helped business professionals create, review & edit over 60 million Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, Powerpoint presentations and log more than 8 million mobile productivity hours.
CREATE, REVIEW and EDIT docs (DOCUMENT EDITOR)
• Create, review and edit Microsoft Office Word® docs, notes, Excel® spreadsheets and PowerPoint® presentations.
• Rich document editing and creation on your mobile devices - insert charts, images, equations, Smartart, clipart, tables, shapes.
• Beautiful Office documents - format fonts, paragraphs, styles, themes and layout.
• Quickly review docs and notes - spelling and grammar, track changes, comments, annotations and rich markup.
• Analyze and visualize - view and create charts (including pivot, bar, line, area etc), add formulas, filter and build rich spreadsheets and workbooks
• Make your presentations spiffy - rich themes and colors.
• Add convenience to presenting from your mobile device - Microsoft Powerpoint presentations with animations and transitions timed to the second. Increase productivity.
• 100% compatibility with Microsoft Office files - open, edit and save Word files, Excel spreadsheets and Powerpoint presentations without worry
ACCESS and MANAGE files (FILE MANAGER)
• Seamlessly connect to and access Microsoft Office ® and Adobe Acrobat ® documents in your cloud storage provider account(s), including Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive.
• Open documents, spreadsheets and presentations from your email accounts as well as Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive.
• Organize your files - Copy, paste, delete, rename and move files across folders.
• Sit back and relax - all your files and docs are saved automatically giving you the comfort that you won't lose your data.
• View virtually any file type, including Microsoft Office ®, Adobe Acrobat ® and Images: DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF.
SHARE and SEND Office docs
• No more versions - work on the same doc with colleagues.
• Use the FileSpace to add context to your notes - view all the activity on any given doc including edits, actions, and notes.
• If you prefer just send a link to the file by email!
CLOUD PRINT docs (pro feature)
• Print Word Documents, Excel Spreadsheets and Powerpoint Presentations.
** CloudOn is free to use for all. Some features are available through CloudOn Pro @ the introductory offer of $3.99/month or $39.99/year. **
CloudOn - we bring your Office documents and notes to life.
Microsoft Office Mobile
Access documents from virtually anywhere:
• Cloud – With your phone, you can access Office documents that are stored on OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, or SharePoint.
• Recent Documents – Office Mobile is cloud-connected. The documents you've recently viewed on your computer are readily available on your phone in the recent documents panel.
• Email Attachments – You can view and edit Office documents attached to email messages.*
Office documents look stunning:
• Great-Looking Documents - Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents look great on your phone, thanks to support for charts, animations, SmartArt Graphics, and shapes.
• Optimized for phone - Word, Excel and PowerPoint have been optimized for the small screen of your phone.
• Resume Reading - When opening a Word document from OneDrive or OneDrive for Business on your phone, it automatically resumes at the place where you left off reading, even if you last viewed the document on your PC or tablet.
• Presentation Views - The Slide Navigator view in PowerPoint lets you browse slides faster, while speaker notes help you practice your presentation.
Make quick edits and share*:
• Documents Remain Intact - Formatting and content remain intact when you edit Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents on your phone.
• Create – You can create new Word and Excel documents on your phone.
• Comments - You can review comments that have been made in Word and Excel documents on your phone and add your own comments.
* Sign in with a free Microsoft account to create, edit and save documents for home use. A qualifying Office 365 subscription is required to create, edit and save documents for business use. Qualifying plans include: Office 365 Small Business Premium, Office 365 Midsize Business, Office 365 Enterprise E3 and E4 (Enterprise and Government), Office 365 Education A3 and A4, and Office 365 ProPlus.
Requires a phone running Android OS 4.0 or later.
For more information, please visit http://www.office.com/mobile.
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Word Excel MS Office Shortcuts
A safe and easy app for learning Keyboard Shortcuts. You can become quicker and more efficient and save a lot of time if you make use of the Keyboard Shortcuts that Microsoft Office provides you with. After learning these Keyboard Shortcuts you can finish tasks and work quicker with less typing and clicking.
This app contains Keyboard Shortcuts for: Excel, Word, Access, Outlook and Powerpoint
Keep your eyes open for the latest app news on our website:
Use this application as a tutor, tutorial or reference to help or aid you in using your software. For some, many lessons can be learned, this app is not only for working more efficiently but is also good for learning about features of a software product.
For example - Discover Features like:
-Managing, saving, loading, opening, closing, counting and grammar and spell checking word documents.
-Formulas, table creation and management in spreadsheets.
-Finding or searching text
-Sending emails
-Inline image or picture operations.
Please expect of this app to update from time to time.
Q: What is a Keyboard Shortcut?
A: It is a keyboard button, sequence or set of keyboard buttons that are mapped to a specific action in a Software Product. For example: By pressing Ctrl and S in "Microsoft Word" you activate the save file action. The save action can initiated quicker by using a Keyboard Shortcut - the traditional way would be to look for buttons and icons that "indicates" a save action - move the mouse on the button and then click - This is clearly a much slower process.
Enjoy and good luck!!
Office 365 Admin
IMPORTANT: You need to have an active Office 365 subscription with administrator user rights to use this app. This app does not currently support Windows Azure Active Directory Multi-Factor Authentication.
Whether you're at home, in the office or on the go, your notes travel with you. And you can share your notes and collaborate with others, across multiple devices!
Key Features:
• Sync your notebooks seamlessly across computers and devices
• Your notes look just the same on the phone including ink annotation and formatting
• Home screen widgets to help you quickly capture photo, audio and other quick notes without opening the app
• Bold, italicize, underline, highlight, increase indent, decrease indent - format your notes like you want
• Search your notes and files for anything you've captured by just typing a keyword or phrase. Sync your work notes stored on SharePoint Online sites with your phone.
Here are some more ideas on how to use OneNote:
• Capture rich notes for classwork, meetings, or research
• Add rich audio and video notes for your lectures. Take a picture of the whiteboard and never miss a lecture topic
• Keep track of your shopping list and mark items off wherever you are
• Create an itinerary and keep track of your travel plans for your next big vacation
• Take pictures of receipts and bills to remove some of the paper clutter
• Collaborate and share ideas with your team
• Research items and prices to make the best purchasing decision
• Keep and edit all of your notes – whether taken from OneNote on desktop, tablet, phone, or browser
Harness the full potential of you - with OneNote.
You can find a list of Frequently Asked Questions for OneNote on Android and their answers at http://office.microsoft.com/HA104031712.aspx?CTT=1
• Requires Android OS 4.0 or later. Compatible with Android phones only
• A free Microsoft account is required to use OneNote for Android phones
• OneNote for Android phones opens existing notebooks created in Microsoft OneNote 2010 format or later
• To sync your notes to SkyDrive Pro, sign in with your organization's Office 365 or SharePoint account*
*Now available for free for a limited time.
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Office 2013 - Study Guide Free
Learn to use Word, Excel, Powerpoint, & Access 2010!
Bonus: Windows 7 and Office fundamentals Audio lectures.
Free version.
Windows 7 - Training
Office Fundamentals - 1 Training
Word 2010 - 8 Training
Excel 2010 - 11 Training
Access 2010 - 10 Training
PowerPoint 2010 - 8 Training
More updates coming soon, by end of May.
MUST HAVE FLASH ON PHONE! If you get an flash error, close and try again, audio will be turned off automatically, slides will progress automatically.
If you are getting a BLUE QUESTION box: this means you need to install Flash plugin for chapters to work.
1) Download Flash APK from http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
2) Scroll Down and find Flash 11.1 (for your Andriod, 2x, 3x, or 4x) and download it.
3) Settings -> Security -> "Allow Unknown Sources" (You can trust Adobe Apps)
4) Once installed, run the Office 2010 app again, and refresh the chapters.
Download AD FREE APP: http://goo.gl/fTRvK
Office Assistant Pro
The powerful file manager: high-efficiently File Management in only "ONE PAGE" and easily File Transferred between local and cloud storage.
- File Management:We create a UNIQUE view management model. You choose how to sort the files (by folder or type) on the left sidebar, then all files will be listed out.
(1) Files could be viewed by icons or details.
(2) File directory or type could be changed on the left sidebar,and the corresponding files will be shown simultaneously.
(3) File directory operations is recorded by system and you can undo or redo it anytime.
(4) File management functions: File copy, move, delete, rename, searching, new folder, send by mail, compress to ZIP file, uncompress ZIP or RAR file and etc.
(5) Support file search
(6) Support text encode and optimized specifically for the Chinese,record the viewing position and quickly flip.
(7) Support read CAD files
You can complete all of your operations in "ONE PAGE"!
- Cloud storage: Support cloud storage services such as Dropbox , by which you can do all files operations on the cloud, or transfer files between local and the cloud.
- Wi-Fi Server: You can access to your device from PC or other devices through Wi-Fi by any browser, then you can download and upload files.
- Support to take picture or video by camera and save to local disk.
- Support to transfer files through USB.
- Support display documents and pictures with full screen and switch between portrait and landscape automatically.
- Support open documents from other applications,such as open attachment in email.
- Notes are displayed in sticker style, which you can move on the screen and set the color and font. All fonts of iOS are supported.
- Notes can be sent by text messages, email and copied to the clipboard.
- Handwritten notes and support saved as images or PDF files.
Reminders with contacts
- Reminders offers three view management model:
(1) Event view: Reminders are separately displayed by events.
(2) Contacts view: Reminders are separately displayed by contacts.
(3) Calendar view: Reminders are separately displayed by Calendar.
- Reminder could be set up with memo, date, repeat frequency, beeps and contacts.
Meeting Recorder
- You can add time labels during recording, and play the records back by the time labels.
- You can rename the record file, and send via email or Wi-Fi server.
- UNIQUE recording control model: You can control the recording process such as pausing, resuming, stopping, or adding time labels in File Manager, Notes, and Reminder UI interface. The purpose of this UNIQUE design is to help you perfectly handle affairs in your conference.
If you have any problems in use, please contact us in email (firstname.lastname@example.com), we will reply in 24 hours.
We are working hard to make our app better.
OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)
• Browse all your OneDrive files and files shared with you.
• Share files by sending a link in email or in another app.
• Open your OneDrive files in other apps.
• Quickly get to documents you've recently opened.
Features on Android 4.0+:
• Automatically upload photos and videos to OneDrive using Camera backup
• Improved support for working with Office Mobile for Android and OneNote, including editing Office documents
• Larger thumbnails and nicer photo views
Office Assistant HD
The powerful file manager: high-efficiently File Management in only "ONE PAGE" and easily File Transferred between local and cloud storage.
- File Management:We create a UNIQUE view management model. You choose how to sort the files (by folder or type) on the left sidebar, then all files will be listed out.
(1) Files could be viewed by icons or details.
(2) File directory or type could be changed on the left sidebar,and the corresponding files will be shown simultaneously.
(3) File directory operations is recorded by system and you can undo or redo it anytime.
(4) File management functions: File copy, move, delete, rename, searching, new folder, send by mail, compress to ZIP file, uncompress ZIP or RAR file and etc.
(5) Support file search
(6) Support text encode and optimized specifically for the Chinese,record the viewing position and quickly flip.
(7) Support read CAD files
You can complete all of your operations in "ONE PAGE"!
- Cloud storage: Support cloud storage services such as Dropbox , by which you can do all files operations on the cloud, or transfer files between local and the cloud.
- Wi-Fi Server: You can access to your device from PC or other devices through Wi-Fi by any browser, then you can download and upload files.
- Support to take picture or video by camera and save to local disk.
- Support to transfer files through USB.
- Support display documents and pictures with full screen and switch between portrait and landscape automatically.
- Support open documents from other applications,such as open attachment in email.
- Notes are displayed in sticker style, which you can move on the screen and set the color and font. All fonts of iOS are supported.
- Notes can be sent by text messages, email and copied to the clipboard.
- Handwritten notes and support saved as images or PDF files.
Reminders with contacts
- Reminders offers three view management model:
(1) Event view: Reminders are separately displayed by events.
(2) Contacts view: Reminders are separately displayed by contacts.
(3) Calendar view: Reminders are separately displayed by Calendar.
- Reminder could be set up with memo, date, repeat frequency, beeps and contacts.
Meeting Recorder
- You can add time labels during recording, and play the records back by the time labels.
- You can rename the record file, and send via email or Wi-Fi server.
- UNIQUE recording control model: You can control the recording process such as pausing, resuming, stopping, or adding time labels in File Manager, Notes, and Reminder UI interface. The purpose of this UNIQUE design is to help you perfectly handle affairs in your conference.
If you have any problems in use, please contact us in email (firstname.lastname@example.com), we will reply in 24 hours.
We are working hard to make our app better.
MS Word Shortcuts feed chat
Word Shorcuts can impressively save your of working time, dealing effectively with many small (but common repeated) actions.
New social networking features like feed and chat added and more comming soon.....
Adobe Reader
View PDF documents
• Quickly open PDF documents from email, the web, or any app that supports "Share"
• View PDF Portfolios, password-protected PDFs, annotations, and drawing markups
• Contextual text search using snippets
• Select single page or continuous scroll modes
• Easily zoom in on text or images for a closer view
• Read in dark locations with comfort using Night Mode
• Read long passages with Brightness Lock
Export PDF files to Word or Excel using the Adobe ExportPDF online service
• Convert PDF files to DOC, DOCX, XLSX or RTF formats for easy editing
• Purchase ExportPDF from within Adobe Reader
• Integrated login for ExportPDF subscribers
Create PDF files using Adobe PDF Pack online services
• Create PDF files from Word or Excel
• Convert images to PDF for easy sharing
• Purchase PDF Pack from within Adobe Reader
• Integrated login for PDF Pack and Adobe Acrobat Plus subscribers
Store and access documents in the cloud with Acrobat.com
• Share files across all of your desktop and mobile devices with Acrobat.com
• Automatically save changes back to the cloud
• Synchronize last page read across multiple devices via Acrobat.com
Navigate through PDF content
• Use bookmarks to jump directly to a section in your PDF document
• Tap on links in a PDF to open linked web pages
• Return to your previous location after going to a link or bookmark
• Go to any page by tapping the page number to enter a new page
• Quickly navigate through large documents using thumbnails
Annotate and comment on PDF documents
• Add comments anywhere in your PDF with sticky notes
• Add text with the Add Text tool
• Provide feedback using the highlight, strikethrough, and underline tools
• Easily mark up PDF content with the freehand drawing tool, and easily undo mistakes
Fill out forms
• Quickly fill out PDF forms
• Have confidence that the form is correct with field validation, calculation, and formatting
• Save, sign, and forward forms to others
Organize your documents
• Create folders to easily organize and find documents
• Copy documents to mark up or to use as templates
• Rename documents
• Easily select and delete multiple documents
Electronically sign documents
• Get documents signed with Adobe EchoSign using "Send for Signature"
• Use the Ink Signature tool to sign any document using your finger
Print and share documents
• Share PDFs with other applications using "Share"
• Email PDFs as attachments
• Print your documents with Google Cloud Print
Available languages:
English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Adobe Reader for Android is free.
By downloading, you agree to the Terms of Use at http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/#mobileproducts.
Android Office
Currently supports for reading and editing MS Word files( .doc , .docx , .rtf , .xml), MS Excel files( .xls , .xlsx), MS PowerPoint files (.pptx), Text file, office XML files and CSV files.
This is a great product that you are about to discover.
No additional license is needed, no Ads, no Hidden fees, no Up sells, ~everything you need is included~, and most of all our support team is always at your service (we reply fast).
- Word, Text Files and RTF files : Create, View and Edit any word file ( .doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt, .xml).
Export to PDF file(new), Spell Check, Search, Easy Selection, all buttons are dynamic, Decorate the selected text, Write Emails with this great editor and send them with your preferred Email account, add Pictures, in-app ready icons(like in the picture), Header/Footer, links, and many more features, real page size(option for viewing and zooming too), easy and fun to use, user friendly, Like the Word editor on your computer !
- Excel : Advanced excel editor, View, Edit and Save Excel files ( .xls, .xlsx), lets you create complex workbooks, easy and fast styling, includes presets that you create, all functions available for fast entry, spell check, all text styling and all cells styling, Zooming, easy to use, user friendly.
- PowerPoint : Unique PowerPoint editor, that lets you be very creative on the go and even at home, you might find it very useful for office presentations especially after you made it with this editor, many tools and features to let you achieve your goals, this editor is a must and it's included !
- CSV : View, Edit and Save CSV files, Sum Columns, Search and Edit, Sort descending/acceding according to any column, Save(save guard- to avoid lost of data).
Many records as you might need to load (100 records per page, many pages as your file is).
Add CSV, add one CSV file to another, letting you combine as many CSV files as you need into one file, easy to use, user friendly.
- Printing and emailing : You can print your documents, compose beautiful emails or attach your documents to an email.
- Tutorial section (NEW)- tutorial videos showing all the features available in Android Office editors, each editor has its own tutorial, button by button and task that might not be obvious at first glance.
According to your request, here are the permissions explanation :
- Internet access : used for Dropbox, Google license check and emailing.
- User Account info : used for registering Android Office (registration is not necessary to all users, only for those who failed to register in front of Google Play)
More information at our Web Site, feel free to contact our support team -
You can also watch the promo video.
Note : PDF editor is Coming next, you can now create PDF Files using the word editor.
* We are welcome your advice/suggestion, and we'll consider each and every advice carefully, our vision is to make Android Office as your favorite editor, simply because it's the best, please share your thoughts with us, let us know what can we do to improve this great editor - to make it even better, you can mail to email@example.com , your suggestions.
**We recommend on ControlMyPc to transfer files from and to your computer, from anywhere in the world.
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Please Note: This is the last month that Android Office will run for $5.99, get your copy now to get it for the lowest price, all updates are free and it's all included.
This product includes a one year license to use AlwaysOnPC for a single user.
(Note:does not support sound or full motion video yet)
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Do everything you can do on your Laptop on your Android device with this amazing app:
▶ OpenOffice Suite with Dropbox: open and edit Microsoft Office documents with features such as:
★ WORD docs (Writer) ★ POWERPOINT (Impress) ★ EXCEL Spreadsheet (Calc)
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➢ Font size shape etc ➢ Template/slide-master ➢ 'DataPilot' pivot tables
➢ Spelling, Grammar ➢ Drawing, graphics tools ➢ Sort, Filter, Group, Subtotals
➢ Revision tracking ➢ Animations & transitions ➢ Macros & Extensions
➢ Tables & columns ➢ Callouts and flowcharts ➢ 2D & 3D Charts
➢ Mail-merge, macros ➢ Table design templates ➢ Split and Freeze panes
➢ Export / CONVERT to PDF from .doc .xls .ppt PNG, JPG, TIFF & lots more!
▶ Full Google Chrome with Web Store and Chrome Extensions, or use Firefox Addons like:
➢ Evernote Web Clipper ➢ Yahoo! Toolbar ➢ Adblock plus ➢Xmarks / Lastpass ➢Zotero
➢Screenshot plus ➢Stylish ➢ Springpad ➢ Greasmonkey ➢ Web developer tools & tons more!
▶ Java-applets and Javascript support (Note: App does not support audio or streaming video yet):
Play these Java-applet games virtually on AlwaysOnPC from your Android device:
➢ Play Runescape
➢ PartyPoker / EuroPoker
➢ Pogo games
➢ Unimatic
... and tons more!
▶ Best Flash Browser for Productivity sites
[Note: App does not support audio or streaming video yet]
Can't find free Flash download for Android (or don't want to 'root')? Run Flash virtually through AlwaysOnPC App (no Flash plug-in needed!) and use sites like these:
➢ Prezi.com - Create & edit Prezi App on Android!
➢ Apple iWork Suite - edit Keynote, edit Pages files or edit Numbers spreadsheets on iCloud.com (free beta)
➢ Adobe Acrobat.com, Formscentral.com, createPDF.com
➢ Zoho & more!
▶ Flash Video, Games & entertainment
(Note: App does NOT support audio or streaming video yet)
➢ Facebook Flash Games like Zynga Poker, Farmville2, Chefville, Cityville, etc
➢ Club Penguin, Webkinz, Animal Jam, etc
➢ Jibjab.com, BlueMountain
➢ Bigpoint Darkorbit & more!
▶ Upload/download super fast via your virtual PC (with Dropbox access) to sites like:
➢ SlideShare
➢ SlideShark
➢ Webex
➢ GoToMeeting
➢ Fuze etc.
Even more apps included:
★ PDF Reader - View PDFs, fill & save forms, Markup, annotations & more!
★ InkScape drawing (.SVG, import Adobe Illustrator files)
★ Gimp - for edit, crop and retouch photos & images like GIF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF etc.
More reasons why customers love AlwaysOnPC:
➤ Super fast opening online files & email attachments:
➤ Copy and paste between Office apps, photo editor, drawing program, email & more
➤ Included storage: 2 GB of online disk space to store your files
➤ Dropbox pre-installed (Tip: use Selective Sync to keep it under 2Gb)
➤ Connections are fully encrypted for your security
Note:App does not yet support audio or full-motion video – these improvements coming soon!
Registration required for use (and confirmation of email).
Requires an active 3G or WiFi network connection to run
*Hosted virtual PC with remote access,similar to gotomypc, logmein, vnc, teamviewer, splashtop etc.
if you need help email firstname.lastname@example.com
Smart Office 2
Smart Office makes creating, editing, printing and sharing Microsoft Office and other documents on the move even easier through a contextual interface, drag and drop editing and sharing to email in original or PDF format and sharing to Dropbox or Google Docs.
PRINTING included! No need to buy a separate Printer app. You can print to thousands of wireless printers from 34 manufacturers including HP, Epson, Canon and Samsung.
NEW USER INTERFACE! The Smart Office 2 Dashboard is your new hub for mobile office activity. It allows quick access to Printing, Presenting, Explorer Views and a News Feed.
Manage files using Picsel's Visual Explorer file manager. See thumbnails of your document in the Timeline view and helpful information in Document Info View. Our benchmark viewing technology means you can view Adobe PDF, image files, plain text and other standard applications, without losing important content.
Load email attachments, edit and send back while you're out of the office or in a meeting. Smart Office can save as PDF for those important documents!
Create new documents from scratch. SmartOffice is the only office application that allows you to create documents using a FREE set of preloaded templates.
--- Features ---
★ View and edit major office documents.
★ Edit text directly in your document.
★ Export to PDF.
★ Print to thousands of wireless printers.
★ Choose fonts, colours, alignment, formatting, move images, and more.
★ Unique Document Info View.
★ Visually appealing Timeline View.
★ Send and receive email attachments.
★ Create and delete files in storage.
★ Recalculate spreadsheets and update charts with new formulae.
★ Zoom to any size from multiple-pages-on-screen, to huge.
★ Slide show presentation.
★ Cut and paste selections to the special scrap book and system clipboard.
★ Undo mistakes easily.
★ Reflow pages to fit screen or use full page layout.
★ Tablet user interface with easy dialogues.
★ Phone UI, with multi-touch or single touch gestures.
★ World's first stereo 3D document viewing.
★ High performance loading and zooming.
★ Android 1.5 and later compatibility.
★ Search for text, and follow hypertext links.
★ Navigate easily to any page with convenient gestures.
★ Dropbox file sharing to cloud storage.
★ Google Docs file sharing for some files, beta
★ Email, SD card file access.
★ Create new documents from optional templates.
★ File browsing is convenient and fast.
★ Save correctly in original format without losing data.
--- File formats ---
★ Microsoft Office: all versions since 1997:
★ Word, PowerPoint and Excel 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx (viewing and editing);
★ Adobe Acrobat PDF Viewer, PDF Reader, Save as PDF;
★ JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP images; Vector WMF and EMF diagrams; plain text (viewing);
★ Print to selected wireless printers supporting HP PCL3GUI, PCL6, PCL5, Epson ESC/P-R, Samsung SPL.
--- Languages ---
Application localised for:
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.
View documents in the following languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.
--- Connect ---
For up to date product news, sneak peaks and announcements find us on Facebook and Twitter:
You can also register for email updates and find support at: www.picselsmartoffice.com
By downloading you agree to Terms of use at www.picsel.com/legal/pso-eula
Tasks for Microsoft® Exchange
★ Which tasks get synchronised
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AUSTIN -- In a historic vote last November, Austinites decided to change the make-up of the city council, passing a proposition to create 10 districts, each with it's own representative and one at-large mayor.
As instructed in the proposition, 14 randomly selected volunteers will draw the lines with the help of city experts. The first step in selecting that commission is to randomly select three CPAs to narrow down the commission applicants.
"We're trying to get a pool of those individuals so we can randomly select three of them. Okay, once they're selected, they will then select 60 of the overall pool of commissioners," explained Austin City Auditor Kenneth Mory.
Of those 60 applicants, each city council member will have the opportunity to strike out one person. The remaining applicants will be dumped into a pool and eight will be randomly selected. Those eight will then select the other six commissioners to ensure the group is diverse.
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That means minorities and women aren't applying. According to the city auditor, 29 Austinites have applied to be on the CPA panel; none of them are minorities. Only seven were actually qualified and of those seven, there is only one woman.
As for the commission candidates, as of Feb. 6, just 98 people had applied and only 21 of them are women. The applicants include only two African-Americans, two American-Indians, one Asian, five Hispanics and one person who listed their race as other.
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The trend holds weight in the Rail City. While it takes some effort to name some male high school athletes who have suffered ACL injuries, some of the top female athletes at Sparks high schools have had their careers put on hold due to ACL injuries.
The latest victim and probably the one with the most athletic potential is Reed junior Gabby Williams. Not only was Williams an alternate for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field team this past summer at the age of 16, but she has also been highly recruited by major Div. I basketball programs. UCLA was on hand to see her suffer the knee injury at Reno High Saturday, 30 seconds into the game.
But the list certainly doesn't begin and end with Williams. You also have Jordan Rogers, now a senior basketball player for the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, who tore her ACL in her right knee during her freshman season at Reed and again leading into her senior season at Spanish Springs. She has been battling knee pain in her left knee during her college career.
Torn ACLs are most common in sports where athletes make abrupt stops and change direction, which is part of the reason why the injury has been so common with soccer players.
Reed girls soccer coach Jason Saville has seen three of his players suffer ACL injuries during his time with the Blue and Gold. Ashlie Brown, a team captain for the Raiders, tore her ACL in her senior season before going on to play for Nevada.
Kelsey Gomer, one of the team's most potent scorers and fastest runners under Saville, tore her ACL while playing club soccer during her senior year and was forced to redshirt her freshman year at Dixie State College of Utah.
Reed soccer's most recent major ACL injury came this past year as senior Haley White missed the fall campaign after suffering her third tear in four years. Ironically, one of White's ACL tears happened in the semifinals of a club soccer tournament and Gomer's occurred a game later in the finals, so Saville had to take both players back with ACL injuries.
"When you look around the league this year, you had Alex Von Schottenstein from Douglas who tore hers during the club season and was unable to play high school. You look at Josi Daggs from Carson. Carson was already loaded and obviously won regionals. Having Josi would have made them that more potent," Saville said. "There are a couple other girls at other schools that have gone down, but those are the two big ones from last year. Then you take somebody like Gabby (Williams) in other sports. The Reed girls basketball team is talented, but when a big part of what is going on goes out with an ACL, not only are you losing that production but you're also taking away psychologically from the team.
"ACL injuries are starting to become more of a factor. Not that people didn't tear them before, but it seems like the number is going up. I think that especially in sports like soccer, kids are playing year-round with little rest. Club seasons go up until a week before we're starting high school. If there is a tweak or a nag or an overuse of the knee, there is never any break to let that heal or strengthen. In my opinion, there's no other reason because the only thing different from when we coached 12 or 13 years ago is kids played year-round, but they also played other sports and the year-round didn't mean what it meant today."
Saville said year-round used to mean that you would be off when the high school season ended until the end of January or even February, and then you would play until June, so there were two extended breaks. Now, club teams hold tryouts a week after the state finals, if not before, and will run all the way through the summer.
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like these injuries will decrease until there is a change in priorities with club sports.
"Obviously I think it would be awesome to give kids a break. The reality of it is, most parents think that if their kids play club, they will get a scholarship. That's not a reality, but you can't tell a parent that," Saville said. "What we're doing on the club side as young as my U13 is we're dedicating a practice or two for ACL prevention by stretching and doing proper workouts to help prevent ACL tears. At the end of the day, we'll see if that will be enough or not.
"You just do what you can do and hope that some of these other clubs would do some ACL prevention. It would be nice if these club coaches would give the kids at least a month between seasons to rest. That's not going to happen. They're making money and the parents want (their kids to play). The reality is it's just not going to stop. You just have to roll the dice with your daughter and hope that those kids don't tear their ACL and go on to be part of the 1 percent that gets a scholarship."
However, Williams' injury wasn't the case of overuse and competing in one sport year-round. Williams simply had no place to safely land while going to the hoop as a defender fell underneath her. Williams landed wrong and twisted her knee.
That's a commonplace for ACL injuries. Around 70 percent of ACL injuries occur during non-contact situations.
On Tuesday, Williams found out that she suffered a torn ACL in her right knee and partial tear of the meniscus. Surgery is scheduled for Feb. 11 and Dr. James Pappas, formerly a team doctor for the University of Nevada, will perform the procedure.
During Tuesday night's game against Carson, Williams' father Matt, said he won't rush his daughter's recovery and plans to have her take off a full year. With hard work and proper physical therapy, most athletes can return in around eight months, but he wants to make sure she returns at the level of play she is used to competing.
After watching Reed win without her Tuesday, Williams said she is looking forward to coming back sometime next season to help her team.
"I just wanted to sub in with my brace on. It's fine. I know I'm going to get a better vision of the court seeing it from my coach's point of view. It's going to be more mental than it is physical, and I'm going to take advantage of it," Williams said. "They don't know if they can (medically) release me for October, so I don't know if I will be here for the whole season, but hopefully I will be there as soon as possible because it's tough not being able to go help them."
There is a silver lining. The injury occurred in her non-plant leg, so her high jumping shouldn't be affected. Also, college basketball programs have left their offers on the table and have been supportive of Williams, which was the main thing she was worried about.
Still, it's sad for those around her to see her be forced to the sidelines not only for the remainder of the basketball season but for track this spring as well. Matt Williams said his daughter is handling the situation better than he is, and her basketball coach also feels bad.
"I feel bad for her because she's just a great kid and works really, really hard," Reed girls basketball coach Sara Schoper-Ramirez said. "She's out for basketball and out for track. She's like my kid. It's hard. It's like I told her, have your surgery and come back next year and you'll be 10 times stronger. It's just good it's not her senior year. She has one more year to do what she wants and get us there."


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Well, here we are, almost midway through the 2010 baseball season and we are all high but it's not on goofballs. No, everyone wearing the purple and silver are high on the dominating pitching of Ubaldo Jimenez, who has improved to 13-1 on the season and is off to the best start in a season by a pitcher since Roger "'roids" Clemons went 14-0 back in 1986.
Already with a no-hitter under his belt, several complete games, an ERA of 1.15 and a record of 10-0 after a loss, Jimenez is baseball's best pitcher. With two- and four-seam fastballs that clock in at 100 mph along with a quiver of nasty junk, Jimenez has confidence and control on the mound that nobody has really seen since Clemons' historic start over 20 years ago. Jimenez has six nasty pitches: two- and four seam fastballs (with movement), splitter, slider, curveball, and changeup.
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Jimenez and the Rockies find themselves in a tough race to the top of the National League West Division this year. As of Wednesday morning, after a great 2-1 win over the Red Sox (Ubaldo will have started against the Red Sox on Wednesday night), the Rockies find themselves in fourth place in the division at 37-33 and are currently four games behind division leading San Diego. With the American League East Division aside, the Rockies find themselves in the most competitive division in baseball and the pitching Jimenez is keeping them alive. If the Rockies start to slide, have no fear, Ubaldo will be taking the mound at some point in the next week and put an end to whatever losing streak the team may be embarking on. Who knew pitching is what would keep the Rockies alive?
In the organization's short history, the Rockies, if they were to be known for anything, would be known for hitting in the Mile High City's thin air. Remember the Blake Street Bombers? Those were some fun days. Pitching at Coors Field was a nightmare. None of the great pitchers could get any movement on their junk in the thin air…and being a pitcher for the Rockies meant that winning at home would always be a struggle. Then, a few years ago, the Rockies got smart and picked up a humidor to give baseballs the same feel they would have if they were being used at sea level and in humid climates. With that, the pitching in Coors Field has changed and not only do pitchers have a chance to work their magic, they have an opportunity to be nasty.
And that is where we are at with Ubaldo. He is as nasty as any pitcher in baseball history right now and he is doing it against every hitter he faces in every park he pitches in – including Coors Field.
It's great to be able to talk about a Rockies pitcher as one of the best in history even if we are just 70 or so games into the 2010 season. Yes, there is a lot of baseball to play. And yes, Jimenez needs to keep it up to be a real "great" in baseball. But Jimenez is on track to be the Rockies first Cy Young award winner. He threw the first no hitter for the team, so why not be the first Cy Young winner? Seems like a safe bet to me.
My only hope now is that somehow or someway the Padres will slow their winning down a bit and give the Rockies a chance to get back to the top of the National League West. Maybe that will happen next Monday when the Rockies will travel to San Diego for a three game series. Baseball is as good as ever in Colorado right now.


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"What's the vision statement of Tata Motors?" T.J. asks. "And how did they come up with it?"
When I first answered this question for T.J. in 2010, the vision statement of Tata Motors Limited, India's largest automobile company, was to be "best in the manner in which we operate, best in the products we deliver, and best in our value system and ethics" - a vision statement I criticized on two grounds;
1) it's rather meaningless. Chanting "We want to be number one" would be just as inspiring; and
2) it's not a vision statement at all, but a mission statement.
What's the difference? A mission statement articulates a company's purpose. It announces to the world at large why your company exists.
A vision statement focuses on a business's future; it articulates your dreams and hopes for your business.
Think of it this way; a mission statement answers the question "Who are we?" and the vision statement answers the question "Where are we going?"
Since then, however, Tata Motors has gotten their act together and has come up with a distinct mission and vision statement that follow the rules:
Their mission statement: "to be passionate in anticipating and providing the best vehicles and experiences that excite our customers globally."
Their vision statement: to be "most admired by our customers, employees, business partners and shareholders for the experience and value they enjoy from being with us".
(By the way, obviously mission and vision statements are not the only things that Tata Motors gets right. The company had consolidated revenues of USD 34.7 billion in 2012-2013. Read more about Tata Motors here).
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- August 30, 2010 at 3:05 am(1) Mukund says:
As I understand, the meaning of the terms Vision and Mission are used interchangeably in the context of strategy.
I think, thats why the difference for Tata Motors. Am I right?
- August 30, 2010 at 1:39 pm(2) Susan Ward says:
Sort of, Mukund. Companies certainly do use the terms interchangeably. However, vision and mission statements have different purposes, and within the organization at least, would be articulated differently.
And, as vision statements are not necessarily shared with the public, Tata may well have a separate vision statement.
- August 30, 2010 at 9:52 pm(3) Hay Shah says:
I am confused. Tata Motors Vision statement that is shown here does say what they aspire to be, a dream which may or not may not be achieve – hence aspiring and hence a Vision.
Mission has to say, as you pointed out why they exist, deals with something that they produce – in their case vehicles and their statements does not say anything about automobiles hence I feel it is not a mission statement.
Kennedy's – to put a man on the moon was it a vision or mission?
- August 30, 2010 at 11:37 pm(4) Susan Ward says:
Hello Hay; this is a fabulous example of a statement that could be both as in this case, the mission and the vision are identical – but that's rare.
A vision statement is a picture of the future, where the creators of the vision statement want the company to get to or what they want it to achieve, usually in a specific time frame, such as five years from now…
And generally, they tend to be much more specific and less sanatized than mission statements. For instance, the vision statement of Tata Motors might be to take over 50 percent of the North American car market by 2015 and kick the you-know-what out of their competitors Ford and Toyota. I'm not saying it is; just that it could be. Notice how much more specific it is than the mission statement.
Also, note that mission statements don't have about or even mention the products of the company involved. For instance, the mission statement of Canadian Tire, as I point out in my mission statement definition, reads (in part): Canadian Tire is a growing network of interrelated businesses… Canadian Tire continuously strives to meet the needs of its customers for total value by offering a unique package of location, price, service and assortment.
And you don't want to be misled by thinking of vision statements as dreams. They're more targets than dreams, as to be effective, they had to be within the realm of possibility. Otherwise, the founder, the board, the stakeholders, the staff won't be able to "believe" in it…
- October 19, 2013 at 1:40 pm(5) Rahul says:
Tata Motors is more than 60 years old and is one of the top five car manufacturers in the world. They know the difference between a mission and a vision statement so stop analyzing. I guess Ratan Tata was a very smart man!!!


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