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What is ATLAS?
ATLAS (Apple Technical Learning Administration System) is AppleCare Service Training's website for online training and other learning resources. Use ATLAS to prepare for the certifications required to service Apple products.
How do I access ATLAS?
To access ATLAS, you need to have an active Global Service Exchange (GSX) account or buy AppleCare Technician Training.
- GSX accounts are limited to technicians working at Apple-authorized service facilities. If you just received a GSX account, allow 24 hours and then go to the ATLAS website.
- Apple Authorized Resellers and the Apple Online Store sell AppleCare Technician Training in many parts of the world. Please visit AppleCare Enterprise Support Registration to register your membership. After you register, allow 24 hours and then go to the ATLAS website.
Why don't I see any courses?
If you registered and don't see courses in ATLAS, your registration is probably still being processed. Allow 24 hours from when you registered, and then try again.
Why can't I launch a course?
If you can see courses listed, but you receive an error when you attempt to launch them, please validate your account setup. For GSX users, contact the person responsible for administering your GSX account. For AppleCare Technician Training members, contact email@example.com to review the activation of your membership.
How do I find the courses I need?
If you're studying for a particular certification exam, click the Courses menu in ATLAS and select Elective Courses. Click the appropriate subject area in the middle column for the certification track:
- Service Fundamentals for the Apple Service Fundamentals Exam (SVC-19A)
- ACMT for the ACMT 2019 Mac Service Certification Exam (MAC-19A)
- ACiT for the ACiT 2019 iOS Service Certification Exam (iOS-19A)
You can also search for courses by product name. Use the search field at the top-right corner of the ATLAS screen.
Why am I not seeing any required courses?
You'll usually find ATLAS courses under Elective Courses. If you're told that there's a specific Required Course in ATLAS, you can search for that course individually.
How are the courses organized?
ATLAS courses are divided into chapters and pages. Chapters are designated by the circles that are in the light gray progress bar at the top of the screen, and pages are found within each chapter. When you complete a chapter, its circle turns green. Use the arrows on the left and right side of the page to navigate the course.
Why can't I complete a course?
You need to complete all the pages in each course chapter in one session. If you leave a chapter before you view all of its pages and complete all of its interactions, you need to start the chapter again. Also, a chapter isn't complete until all of its exercises or quizzes are finished.
When a course is complete, all the circles that are in the light gray progress bar at the top of the screen are green. If the circles are green but you receive an error, refresh the web page in your browser. If a chapter is yellow, it's incomplete.
Why can't I complete a quiz?
Each course quiz notifies you when you're done. In most cases, you must answer all quiz questions correctly to complete the quiz. If you don't see a completion notice, check that all questions have been answered. If necessary, refresh the quiz page and retake the quiz.
Where can I send comments or questions about ATLAS courses?
Each course has a feedback link for reporting issues with the course's content. Send more general ATLAS feedback or questions to email@example.com.


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Cameron University Career Services presents the 16th Annual Red River Career Expo, an event which provides an opportunity for all students, military personnel and residents of southwest Oklahoma to meet with national, regional and local employers. A wide-range of career fields, including health care, telecommunications, marketing, engineering, information technology, sales, and more, will be represented. The Red River Career Expo takes place on Thursday, February 21, from 12:30-4 p.m. at the Aggie Rec Center. The event is open to the public at no charge.
"The Red River Career Expo provides a great opportunity for community members as well as Cameron students to investigate potential job opportunities," says Wendy Locke, Career Services Employer Relations Coordinator. "More than 70 local and regional businesses and federal contractors will be on site – all of whom are looking for quality employees. In addition, representatives from numerous universities will be on hand to provide information on post-baccalaureate degree programs."
Job seekers, who will have the opportunity to network, hand out resumes, and gather valuable information on different careers, are advised to dress to impress. In addition, members of Cameron's Career Services staff are available to provide resume assistance and tips on getting the most out of a career fair.
For a list of companies who have registered for this year's event, go to www.cameron.edu/redrivercareerexpo.
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The stuff we buy
READING KATE BINGAMAN-BURT'S Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today? is like flipping through her private sketchpad. The illustrations chronicle three years of daily purchases, from iced coffee to parking tickets to her wedding ring. The book, in its second printing by Princeton Architectural Press, has garnered attention from Time magazine, The New York Times, CoolHunting.com, and other media.
The assistant art professor's interest in consumption began more than a decade ago at her first job out of college, designing labels for a food and gift manufacturer and spending time at trade shows. "I was surrounded by companies selling all of these seemingly unnecessary items, and I became really interested in why people buy what they buy," she says.
Her daily drawings began in 2007 as an exercise in sketching (she continues to offer the originals for sale on her website). It was her unique drawing style that caught the eye of the arts and crafts industry, and in 2007 she was contracted to illustrate the book Handmade Nation, also published by Princeton Architectural. That is when editorial staff saw a sample of her daily drawings and other work and proposed the book, which has been on Amazon.com's art/photo/culture best seller list since its release.
By "documenting the mundane and putting a story behind the common, mass produced items" Bingaman-Burt hopes to inspire readers to see their own consumption habits a little more clearly.
Success from both sides of the camera
WHEN DEIRDRE LORENZ first visited the Greek island of Santorini for a friend's wedding, she was amazed by the rugged, volcanic landscape. "This is a place people should see," she thought, "and if they can't make it here, they should see it on the screen."
Lorenz was able to make that happen—she's a New York-based actress and model who has appeared in films (Two Weeks Notice, El Cantante, and The Emperor's Club) on television's Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and on the cover of New York Magazine. After five years of fund raising and shooting, she is now the producer and star of her own first feature-length film, Santorini Blue.
The film asks the question, Lorenz says, "Can love be rekindled?" Matthew Panepinto, the film's director and Lorenz's longtime creative partner, plays the male lead. He tries to win back his estranged wife, played by Lorenz, on the island where she has gone to get over his infidelity. The movie features several of Lorenz's Law and Order co-stars, including Ice-T and Richard Belzer.
The PSU alumna says her business education came in handy in her role as producer. "In filmmaking, you have to budget everything. If you can't run a business, you can't get anything accomplished." For her work in front of the camera, she was nominated for Best Actress at the Hoboken International Film Festival, and Santorini Blue won the audience award for Best of the Festival. In September, the film will be shown at the prestigious Toronto Independent Film Festival, and in October it comes to the Eugene International Film Festival.
That's not the only trip to Oregon Lorenz has planned. She'll appear in a film to be shot in her home state soon. She plans to keep taking opportunities as they come, whether developing her own projects or acting in others' films. "I just feel so lucky to be in the business," Lorenz says, "whether it's my good story or someone else's good story, that's what I like—a good story."
Come to campus
Enjoy the newly remodeled Lincoln Hall at a performance of The House of Blue Leaves Friday, November 12, through Saturday, November 20. The savagely funny play examines the pursuit of fame with humorous lines set against tragic circumstances. Tickets are $12 for adults and may be purchased at the PSU Box Office, 503-725-3307.
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A recursive algorithm was a programming code block which called itself over and over again, eventually terminating when an end condition was met.
One specific type was the "recursive search algorithm" which was used to reconstruct damaged memory. (VOY: "Warhead")
In 2154, T'Pol and Hoshi Sato attempted to reconstruct the memory from the data recorder of a destroyed Rigelian freighter using a recursive algorithm. (ENT: "Affliction")
Most Cardassian encryption codes are based on a recursive encryption algorithm. However, a transmission received by Deep Space 9 in 2373 used a completely different coding system. (DS9: "In Purgatory's Shadow")
In 2375, Harry Kim used a recursive algorithm to stabilize the holomatrix of the holographic Doctor Crell Moset. (VOY: "Nothing Human")
That same year, Lieutenant Torres ran a recursive search algorithm to retrieve a gap in the memory index of a Druoda series 5 long-range tactical armor unit that had taken over The Doctor. She found that the armor unit had been launched accidentally, and was deliberately ordered to crash on an uninhabited planet by its people. The missile however did not believe the orders were genuine. (VOY: "Warhead")
In 2378, Harry Kim employed a recursive algorithm to determine that an image of the R'Kaal Supreme Archon Loth was in fact a hologram. (VOY: "Renaissance Man")


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ARCI Minister Murray McCully has announced today that David Caygill has been appointed Chairman of the Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation.
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"The Government is determined to address the tough question of managing the costs of past and future ACC claims," ARCI Minister Murray McCully and Associate Minister Deborah Morris said today.
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The Government is adamant that the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) must preserve New Zealand's foreign investment laws whilst providing certainty for overseas traders and invest
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How to connect to WordPress using sFTP on CentOS
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Here is one approach to connect to a self-hosted WordPress install using SFTP.
Install the FTP client
This example uses Filezilla, a popular FTP client for Linux-based operating systems such as CentOS.
Download the appropriate tar file for Filezilla using a wget command similar to the following:
Extract the individual files from the above tar file with this command:
Remove any existing files from the /opt/filezilla folders:
Move the FileZilla3 files that you previously extracted to the /opt/filezilla folder:
Create a symbolic link between the /bin/filezilla folders:
Start Filezilla with the filezilla command.
Connect to the WordPress account with Filezilla
Click the icon under the File menu item to display the site manager. Click on the New Site button to create a new connection and label it something like SFTP Site. Enter the IP address or the URL for your WordPress host, which is localhost for this example. Enter the host's port number for SFTP connections, which is 22 by default. Select SFTP as the protocol and then select a normal logon type for most WordPress hosts. Enter your user name (testuser for this example) and its password for the host.
Click on the Advanced tab. Enter the name of your WordPress directory on the host, which is /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-admin for this example.
Click the Connect button, and wait for Filezilla to connect to your WordPress host.
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Mets legend and current SNY announcer Keith Hernandez dispensed with his mustache of 25 years today in a charity stunt outside Citi Field today, emerging as a young- if freakish-looking man unsure in his certainty of having made the right decision.
The Schick-sponsored shaving aired live on SNY's web page, and was accompanied by painful pre-shave tributes to Hernandez's mustache during which the former first baseman's facial hair was referred to as "iconic" no fewer than a dozen times. If that wasn't cringeworthy enough, the barber hired to carry out the act looked more Sweeney Todd than Floyd Lawson. Either the barber wasn't a pro, or he was inexperienced using the shitty Schick razor that earned mention on the broadcast nearly as often as the mustache itself. Either way, the jagged stabbing at Hernandez's face was painful to watch—at least for fellow hirsute folks.
In the end, Schick donated $10,000 to Hernandez's adult day care facility, which is wonderful and generous. Hernandez himself, though, seemed awfully unsure about the whole thing and sounded afterward as if he planned to regrow the thing in the offseason.
[Keith Hernandez Shaves His Mustache For Charity]
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slowed down sped up to ridiculous speeds and matched with indie music. This video features "Sad Moustache Men" by Butterglory. See previous episodes here.


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"The actions taken by the women who have supported our military in so many different capacities throughout the existence of our nation have made the future for female soldiers much easier to face," said retired Captain Laura Zimmerman. "I ask that we forgive them for remembering them as women for this one day. But I know they will, because they are soldiers."
Honorees at this year's parade included Leo J. Wasil, who flew 35 combat missions as a radio operator, gunner and mechanic in WWII, Korean War veteran Anthony Simone, and Jane Crowley, who joined the US Marine Corps' Women's Service in 1943.
On the sidelines of the parade were several veterans and military family members, including Annemarie Michitsch, mother to a 30-year-old son named Christian who is a sergeant and paratrooper in the Army.
"When he first went in it was really tough," she said. "It was the toughest thing I had ever been through in my life. Then after basic training and he went to Afghanistan, every day you wonder if he's going to come back."
Michitsch said that while her son is far away at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, she felt it was important to attend the parade and show support for service veterans.
"I want to support every veteran who has been in the Army because they deserve it," Michitsch said.
Following the parade, Maspeth Federal Savings Bank co-hosted a free BBQ featuring a well-received patriotic performance by the USO Girls with backup music provided by Joe Fuoco.


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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 by Rowan Horncastle
The most epic hypercar meet in the world
This is nothing more than pure hypercar porn, so we will keep it short. It is not very often that Gran Turismo gets out done by reality but they have managed it at a hypercar meet in Shanghai. Play a little game and see if you can name all the cars.


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At the Open: Stocks Drop as Debt Deal Delayed; Whirlpool Plunges
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No one likes being played for a fool, and that's how the market feels today. After talk of compromise and reconciliation boosted markets last week, Democrats and Republicans were unable to come to terms on deal to raise the debt ceiling and reopen the parts of the government that have been closed.
The S&P 500 has dropped 0.5% to $1,694.25 at 10:27 a.m., while the Dow Jones Industrials have fallen 0.5% to 15,157.41.
Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid brings us up to date:
Just when you thought it was safe to assume progress on the budget impasse, the weekend has proved to be frustratingly slow in terms of positive developments. Markets are responding accordingly with S&P 500 futures...erasing most of Friday's gains as last week's hope that we would see a early-week deal has evaporated. Weekend negotiations on Capitol Hill shifted to the Senate after talks between John Boehner, House Republicans and the White House collapsed late last week. In their place, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have been spearheading the weekend dialogue.
Across the rest of today and the week ahead, markets will remain at the behest of developments in Washington as we get closer to the "soft" deadline of October 17th.
Nomura's Lewis Alexander finds reason for optimism:
...in important ways we did move closer to a solution last week. Speaker Boehner indicated that the Republicans in the House would, under the right circumstances, pass a clean increase in the debt limit. And, most importantly, negotiations are finally underway. The fact that discussions have moved to the Senate is positive...
Success is not certain, but we still think that it is very likely that we will get a resolution of the current standoff before the debt limit becomes binding. We continue to believe that the votes are there to increase the debt limit, and neither side is prepared to press the issue to the breaking point. With talks underway a breakthrough could come at anytime. Like 2011, however, it appears that we may go right up to the deadline.
Soceiete Generale's Patrick Legland and Daniel Fermon consider the economic impact of the government shutdown:
Since 1 October, each week of the shutdown has shaved about 0.1%-0.25% from GDP growth according to our Economists. The final impact on growth will depend on how long the shutdown lasts. Several consumer and business indicators are already reflecting a rapid decline in confidence as uncertainty has been compounded by the debt ceiling gridlock.
Deutsche Bank's David Bianco, in a report released Friday, notes that there are more than two options for the stock market:
Some investors believe the current impasse has only binary implications for the stock market, such that either one believes in a material chance of default or no chance. We disagree with this logic given near and longer-term incremental influences. The S&P now trades in normal PE territory and we expect normal mid-cycle EPS growth in 2014, thus it is important that the shutdown end very soon and fiscal uncertainties don't dent the global upturn. We do not think the S&P falls 5%+ (1600) or jumps 5%+ (1775) near term, but within this range is very uncertain and dependent on deal details and 3Q results.
Just because the market isn't moving 5% one way or the other in the short-term, doesn't mean individual stocks won't. Whirlpool (WHR), for instance, has plunged 6.9% to $130.75, a move that Briefing.com attributes to a Cleveland Research report saying sales have slowed in the past 30 days. Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC), meanwhile, has gained 7.9% after a bullish Barron's story.
Fair Isaac (FICO) has plunged 4.1% to $54.99 after the provider of the FICO score lowered its earnings guidance, citing delays in the sale of licenses.
Texas Roadhouse (TXRH) has gained 2.4% to $26.42 after it was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Miller Tabak.
Superior Energy (SPN) has fallen 3.2% to $25.04 after the oil-services provider said it would earn 39 cents to 41 cents a share, below forecasts for 49 cents.


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The Prado National Museum in Madrid
Photo courtesy of the Prado National Museum in Madrid
If you are 15 - 25 years old and you are planning on coming to Madrid, we have a very interesting suggestion for you: visiting the National Prado Museum exclusively and free of charge in order to see some of its temporary exhibitions. The most famous museum in Spain has a programme called "Young Prado".
What does the service involve? The museum stays open until later than usual - from 8.30 to 10.30 pm - the last Friday of every month, for people in this age group to enjoy art in a different way. People with a BA in Art History will explain the contents of the exhibition and will answer any questions you may have. This guided tour is only in Spanish, so it will help you practise the language, too. Or you can also follow the same route but at your own pace.
This successful initiative has already been carried out with great exhibitions on the masters of art such as Rembrandt or Turner. A great idea that adds to other proposals in the Prado such as the workshops for children, conferences, courses and educational documentaries and routes based on the exhibitions.
Come and take part in this activity and boast of your knowledge of art afterwards. And remember, admission is free so don't miss it! Things to remember: the "Young Prado" programme is not a permanent activity, it only takes place with some temporary exhibitions. Visit the Museum's official website beforehand.


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Today in our 10 Designers & 10 Collections series, we are taking a walk on the wild side with our good friend, Anna Maria Horner. We've created three incredible throw pillows in Anna's Field Study collection. Anna is always ahead of the curve when it comes to producing collections in a fun variety of substrates. Field Study is available now in quilting cotton, laminate, velveteen and voile, and will be coming soon in a linen. For our pillows, we chose amazing animal print velveteens paired with lush quilting cottons. Each pillow is framed with a gorgeous brush fringe. By using the same fringe on each along with one matching print (the animal print velveteen) in multiple colorways, all three pillows coordinate beautifully, yet all three are different.
If you're a regular S4H visitor, you know we've done projects in a number of Anna Maria's fabric collections. They're always gorgeous and have such a great depth of color and design. Field Study is no exception. It's like wrapping yourself in a botanical garden of delights. With such an amazing variety of colors, motifs and substrates, you have an unending supply of combination options. Experiment! Prints and substrates you might not traditionally put together, may look smashing side by side! For our pillow set, it was super fun to flip them from one side to the other, turning a couple one way with the third another. For more information on this, take a look at the article we did during our Romantic Bedroom Retreat Series with FreeSpirit & Rowan: How To Mix and Match Designer Fabric Collections.
Anna's Field Study debuted in August of 2012 in the quilting cotton and cotton laminate. The voile hit in November and the velveteen in December. The linen should be out in April of this year. We found a good selection at Sew4Home Marketplace Vendor, Fabric.com.
Our thanks to the great folks at FreeSpirit and Rowan Fabrics for sponsoring these four weeks of Resolution Inspiration from ten of their amazing designers. What's Anna's resolution? I love it so much, it's going on my own list:
"My resolution is to try to take care of myself as well as I do everyone else!"
Check out the Westminster Fibers Retail Locator for shopping options near you; we will be continuing to add shops throughout this first week of the series, so if you don't see your fave right away, check back in a day or two. Remember, not all shops take delivery and/or display fabrics on the same schedule, so actual in-stock dates may vary. Also, you can always ask your favorite local independent fabric retailer to special order fabric for you.
Sewing Tools You Need
- Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome DC2013)
- Walking foot (optional, but very helpful for sewing the thick brush trim)
Fabric and Other Supplies
Ingredients shown below are for ONE 16" x 16" pillow, but the more you make, the more you get to mix and match. Yardage shown allows for fussy cutting and is shown as a range because the exact size needed depends on the size of your fabric's motif and repeat. The Field Study motifs are big and bold; we wanted enough fabric to precisely place our designs and so opted for ¾ yard; ½ yard is enough for more petite prints.
NOTE: If you are new to fussy cutting, check out our tutorial.
- ½ - ¾ yard of 54" wide cotton velveteen for Side A
- ½ - ¾ yard of 44-45" wide quilting weight cotton for Side B
We used cotton velveteen and quilting cotton from the Field Study Collection by Anna Maria Horner for FreeSpirit Fabrics; our three pillows used the following fabric combinations:
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- Pillow 1
Side A: Field Study Spotted in the Crowd Velveteen in Amelie
Side B: Field Study Raindrops Poppies in Bronze
- Pillow 2
Side A: Field Study Spotted in the Crowd Velveteen in Espin
Side B: Field Study Specimen in Raspberry
- Pillow 3
Side A: Field Study Spotted in the Crowd Velveteen in Victory
Side B: Field Study Sinister Swarm in Leaf
- 2 yards of 1¾" - 2" dense brush fringe; we used Baroque 1¾" brush fringe in Rose Bouquet from J&O Fabrics
NOTE: if you make more than one pillow, consider keeping the fringe the same for each. This ties all the pillows together into a coordinated set.
- One 16" x 16" pillow insert; we used a Soft Touch® pillow insert from Fairfield
- All purpose thread to match fabric
- See-through ruler
- Fabric pen or pencil
- Iron and ironing board
- Scissors or rotary cutter and mat
- Seam gauge
- Seam ripper
- Straight pins
- Hand sewing needle
Getting Started
- From the fabric for Side A (Field Study Spotted in the Crowd cotton velveteens in our samples), fussy cut ONE 16¼" x 16¼" square.
- From the fabric for Side B (various Field Study quilting cottons in our samples), fussy cut ONE 16¼" x 16¼" square.
NOTE: As mentioned above, take your time to create a really beautifully positioned motif for each side.
- Trim the fringe to a 67" length (16¼" x 4 + 2" extra to "futz" with; you'll trim the excess as needed after all is pinned in place). Wrap the ends of the fringe with a tiny piece of tape to hold the fringe threads in place. The bottom edge of the fringe is sewn in place to hold the ends of the strands together. Do not remove this stitching yet; it's easier to work with the fringe as a more solid unit during construction.
At Your Sewing Machine & Ironing Board
- Place the side to which you'll attach the fringe right side up on work surface. We chose the velveteen side because it is a heavier substrate and this increased stability works well with the heavy fringe.
- Starting at the middle of one side, align the top edge of the fringe with the raw edge of the fabric. Pin in place around all four sides.
- At the corners, curve the trim rather than attempting a 90˚ turn.
- This type of fringe requires just a tiny overlap; it is dense enough to disguise this type of simple finish.
- Bring the ends together enough so there is no gap in the fringe, but don't create a thick overlap "bump." Trim away the excess fringe as needed.
- Machine baste the fringe in place, staying within the ½" seam allowance. We used our Walking foot for this step.
Stitch front to back
- Place the fringed side right side up on your work surface. Smooth out the fringe to make sure none of the threads will be in the way of the final seam.
- Place the plain side right sides together with the fringed side, sandwiching the fringe between the layers.
- Align all the raw edges and pin in place all around, leaving a 6-8" opening along one side for turning.
- Stitch together through all layers around all four sides, using a ½" seam allowance. Go slowly and make sure your layers stay flat.
- We are still using our Walking foot to keep the layers from shifting.
- Follow the basting seam to curve around the corners.
- Trim away the excess fabric at the corners to create a smooth curve.
- Turn right side out through the opening.
- Gently round out the corners from the inside using a long, blunt-end tool, such as a knitting needle or chopstick.
- Gently pull out the fringe all around. If needed, pick out any stray basting stitches with your seam ripper. Remove the thread(s) holding the bottom of the fringe together.
- Insert your pillow form through the opening and fluff it out into the corners.
- Fold in the raw edges of the opening so they are flush with the sewn seam. Pin in place.
- Thread the hand sewing needle and slip stitch the opening closed.
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Saint John's currently diverts 43% of its solid waste from the landfill and is committed to increasing recycling and reducing waste on campus. (See the pie chart below.)
In 2007, SJU adopted a commingled recycling system. Now, all common recyclables can be put into a single container. This streamlined system eliminates the need to sort most things. Studies have shown people to be more likely to recycle when they don't have to separate items.
Why Recycle?
Reducing, reusing and recycling have both environmental and economic benefits.
- Protects natural resources : Recycling reduces virgin resource consumption and also diverts materials from entering the landfill which can leak leachate (environmentally harmful liquid) into underground water supplies.
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So here's my attempt at reviewing this. I also hope to find some sort of closure for my disappointment and maybe if I write it all down, then perhaps I'll finally be able to move on and leave this piece of cinematic history behind me (bit of dramatising is in order lol).
Where to start?
The opening sequence
predicted so much goodness. Beautiful scenery shots of Iceland, thunderous waterfalls, a low vibration from an epic ship floating in the air. No words. The setting was great.
Then this beefed up character appears. Xerxes on steroids if you will.
They looked kind of cool, but in the end, was it not just a human on steroids? Fair enough, it drinks some goo and dissolves into the water.
And this is supposed to be how life (or even more preposterous, only human life) was formed on Earth? Let's leave that in the middle, within the realm of sci-fi it's acceptable to question 300 years of Darwinism, but personally I think this was a first uninspired choice.
Then there's some 3D masturbation, sure it put a smile on my face but honestly, in the back of my head I already knew I wasn't going to like this.
In what feels like 5 minutes later, after a pretty cool scene involving David spending his days on the ship (bit of an obvious wink to 'a Space Odyssey' if you ask me), we are ready to arrive on
The premise for going there, a bunch of ancient drawings pointing at a Planet with a life supporting moon, seemed plausible at first. In hindsight, this is of course utterly ridiculous. Why would Aliens leave us a map with their top-secret chemical weapons lab, a lab they are apparently using to come and destroy us. X marks the spot. Then we are simply told only two characters know the details of this mission....wow? Ok...let's let that one slide as well. I mean, they have to build character at some point right, what better way than a speech?
After a weak attempt at character building, we are now on the planet where everything starts to become painful to watch. Characters make the most weird decisions: Biologist stroking dangerous looking space-cobra's, geologists with no interest in rocks, getting lost even with radio communication and probes. Deciding to sleep in the same place they ran away from because it is too scary. An archaeologist is suddenly a medical expert, examining an Alien head and performing an abortion in some weird Male-only machine that has a grappling hook like some carnival machine. The characters act completely random, ignoring all protocols. They perform actions so that something cool can happen, but all logic has forsaken the movie by now. One drip of goo makes an alien snake, the other makes a contortionist zombie. It's all too random.
Mind you, in Alien(s) too, some characters made weird decisions, but at least they were presented in a way that actually might seem plausible, or there was so much tension and mystery that you just didn't have the time to question it all, not this time though.
All sorts of slightly horrible things happen (but no gore though) to the people around them, but much like the viewer, they don't seem to care much. Even when loved ones are dieying, nobody gives a flying fuck about anything. Perhaps they were all on sedatives? How can Noomy and David still act like nothing has happened? He killed his boyfriend and impregnated here with a ridiculously sized creature (that could never fit inside her cute tiny body). I won't even begin to list all the obvious plot-holes, movie mistakes and inconsistencies, you can find some on the regular board in the Prometheus topic.
Then there's old Guy Pierce, seriously? Why? I can't understand it.
Also, the scene were David 'toys' with a flute and synthesizer and a fart cushion to control the Alien space ship...honestly? Ok I guess that's down to personal taste.
Then there is the cliché ending, entirely set up for a sequel to roll on. They could have redeemed themselves here. A beautiful scenery, one person alive and an android...they could really have let them die beautiful and let David be the star at the end as well, because it is the only character that's worthwhile, without even being original (he's just another psycho android in the end). I very much like Noomi and I would like to cuddle her much like everyone here, but her lead role and performance here are thin.
And what about the score: it is of a docile epic nature. I found it completely unfitting for a thriller. In the opening scene it sort of worked, but during the rest of the movie, the music adds nothing to the concept, if anything it detracts from it by killinh what little tension build-up there is.
But the best thing is, I am willing to forget all of the above mistakes and call it an average summer blockbuster to be seen with a bag of popcorn in hand, another hollywood cash-in. But no, they had to fuck with Alien(s). And I suppose this is a very personal part of the review, but it lies at the essence of why this movie ruined sci-fi for me.
This is not a stand-alone film, there's too many references to Alien(s) for that, even besides the Space Jockey, facehuggers and the proto-xenomorph at the end. There's scenes based on Aliens (the car driving over the contortionist zombie for example), there's text liens copied from Aliens. So the contamination had already begun. But the worst part of all of this:
By turning the xenomorphs into some random science project developed by humans, yes in the end the Space Jockey's are just that, humans, they have completely destroyed any sort of scariness, fear, profound terror that I had connected with their species when watching the first three movies.
In Alien(s), they were presented as something completely Alien, who's motives we couldn't understand: who killed, period. And who didn't live like most of the parasites on Earth, simply killing their hosts in a terrifying way. It truly instilled that fear of the unknown: something incomprehensible and truly ALIEN.
Now they might as well be German Shepard's bred by the Nazi's to kill jews or something. And the Space Jockey's think act and react exactly like humans, they have the same emotions and same shortcomings, hell with 100% matching DNA, they are humans. That epic figure sitting in his mysterious chair, that seemed untouchable, yet still got killed by the Alien bursting out of his chest, he too has been completely humanised: there is no more Alien factor in this. This entire movie could have been played out on Earth in a different contemporary context involving a science project gone wrong.
And they have tried to justify their plot-selection by adding the "Prometheus" myth to the story. It's just a disguise. The religious subplot isn't worked out at all, it just adds to the confusion and is really a thin vale to keep people from thinking too much about the hideous script. They've added some references for fanboys to drool over: the birth of Christ, who is God, what is Creation...I call bullshit, but I'm not a very religious person I suppose.
And finally, take into account the various trailers, trailers of trailers and the entire marketing machine surrounding it. Oh boy, I'm ashamed in their stead.
Maybe it's because Scott has grown old? Maybe he simply has dried out? Or did the writers influence him too much? Or was money an issue? Seeing as Fox is behind it, it could be. At any rate, declare the franchise dead: heralded as the movie that would save Sci-fi in the new decade, it is perhaps the final nail on its coffin.
Hope you all enjoyed it more than I did,
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Cowl play
Handknitted cowl donated by
Dennice Mankarious. See more of her magnificent cowls at fringe.etsy.com. Vintage renaissance hat and edwardian pumps from eBay.
The U.P will be attending Pratt Institute's Sustainable Fashion Exhibit this evening at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery. Featured designers and artists include SANS, and Andrea Zittel, who did her version of uniforms years ago.
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scary. tagged this B&W.
back for the craic...
Posted 3715 days ago.
fouch tagged this Gorgeous
Gorgeous cowl. Makes me want to pick up my knitting needles again!
Posted 3715 days ago.
ammakke tagged this Elegant
Wow!!! Love that Cowl, It transforms the black dress into an elegant evening wear..have a great evening at the fashion Ehibit, U.P.
Posted 3715 days ago.
Carolyn Elliott tagged this Hot
Dramatic and exciting. I love the fact that the dress itself stars with its pleat showing to advantage.
Posted 3715 days ago.
absolutely love it. the two-tone cowl is awesome!
Posted 3715 days ago.
Janice tagged this Cute
A coworker finished a scarf I had started (and given up on) and turned it into a beautiful cowl for me last winter. Now I am so looking forward to wearing it again. Thank you for this one!
Posted 3715 days ago.
U.P. Fan tagged this Cute
Very stylish!
Posted 3715 days ago.
wannabe fashionista tagged this facetious fabulous
The Cowl is amazing, love the split, love the hat and the gloves and the smirk, the cheeky spirit is back! not keen on the tights may be with a different footwear
Posted 3715 days ago.
Mariah tagged this Just perfect . . .
One of my fav outfits ever. Simple. Elegant. Classy.
Posted 3715 days ago.
cherie tagged this oui oui mademoiselle
tres chic!
Posted 3715 days ago.
seb tagged this :)
Fun, cute, chic; i love it!
Posted 3715 days ago.
Mara tagged this Hot
LOVE. This outfit is absolutely perfect.
Posted 3715 days ago.
simple, beautiful~~~
Posted 3715 days ago.
Kay tagged this Adorable :)
You look fabulous. That hat is so Madeline :) Also, the sleek, white tights with your pumps work fabulously with the coziness of the cowl. Adorable adorable adorable.
Posted 3715 days ago.
The cowl makes me think of Cruella de Vil. Only because of the two-tone though, I still love it!
Posted 3715 days ago.
Crazy about these cowls...check out Etsy and salivate over the Lemon Meringue scarf...wow.
Posted 3715 days ago.
Linda tagged this Cute
Very nice, you look like you're from Paris with the little beret on! :-D
Posted 3715 days ago.
I loved this outfit, the cowl and the hat are my favourite accesories. I say Cute. Best regards. Como seducir a una mujer
Posted 3715 days ago.
holly tagged this playful
love this crazy mix!
Posted 3715 days ago.
kataay tagged this beautiful!
wonderful! one of my favourites <3
Posted 3715 days ago.
kc tagged this Channeling Cruella
Mahvelous, dahling. Simply mahhhvelous.
Posted 3715 days ago.
Sarah tagged this Cute
I like :) For some reason, I reminds me of a knitted version of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffanys.
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Alison czajkowskyj tagged this Cute
Could you look more chic...I think this is such a wonderful playful idea :)
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Anonymous tagged this cowl-abunga
looking very regal there!!
Posted 3715 days ago.
jolly M tagged this stylish
Cowl play - Cool play.... Absolutely gorgeous...
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Anonymous tagged this Cute
Love the lot, but just realised your face is not lit enough...can we have some more light please?
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Kaye tagged this Hot
Too cute!
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Steph tagged this Fab!
Hint of 40's eara, maybe. My favourite so far! Looks super chic and really comfortable. Effortless and classy. Love!
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Irene tagged this cute and classy
That's a gorgeous cowl. I want one now. :)Love the nice simple transformation to evening wear. Maybe with different tights or shoes?
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Laura Daly tagged this Wrapped in Wow
love the two tone cowl and that is a sweet hat! Of course, I am in complete agreement with the gloves. Welcome back and...courage! I am recovering from swine flu or I would be at Pratt tonight. Have a great time.
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Linda fromSA tagged this Lovely
Absolutely exqusite. Hope we will see more of fringe.etsy-designs - been to the website...what a wonderful world of scarves! Truy remarkable!
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Bellabelissima tagged this Hot
I love it!
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céleste tagged this Hot
I loove the tights and the renassance hat !!
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IvyGail tagged this Cute
Congrats on hitting the $30,000 mark. Very adorable outfit (on you) but I don't think I could rock this one.
Posted 3714 days ago.
Dakota tagged this Cute
I envy your shoes. You can never go wrong with white tights!
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Dee tagged this Cute
Cute! Maybe a darker leg would really set it off. Something closer to the color of the cowl.
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I loved the french feeling of it *-*
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Why are you never smileing with your teeth showing?
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Anonymous tagged this G R E A T ! ! !
@Linnéa, look at the 3rd picture of 1st Nov. There she's showing her teeth - and she's got lovely ones. I often wondered as you did why she doesn't show them. Today's look is just fantastic. I truly adore it.
Posted 3714 days ago.
Love it! One of your best.
Posted 3714 days ago.
@ Linea showing teeth is just not done in photos, take a look ppl been photographed in magazines and stuff
Posted 3714 days ago.
The head-on photo is the first I've seen in which your camera remote is fully visible - it's usually kind of hidden. Neat photo.
Posted 3714 days ago.
Ln tagged this Hot
You made be buy a cowl from the etsy shop ! This look is gorgeous !
Posted 3713 days ago.
Dani tagged this Hot
This is gorgeous. very lady like :)
Posted 3713 days ago.
love the cowl and long gloves, but please loose the nurse's hose.
Posted 3713 days ago.
Tatiana Melo tagged this Wonderful
I think this is the best look you've ever had, it's amazing * - * !!!
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Julie tagged this gorgeous !
Love the outfit ! And love, love, love the cowl, kudos to your friend !
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Aliza tagged this Fantabulous!
This outfit reminds me of Cruela DeVille for some reason, but I really like it, especially the cowl.
Posted 3702 days ago.
DIYcouture tagged this Hot
Black and white simple school book rules look so beautiful
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Sharin tagged this Cute
Great cowl!
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becsta tagged this yummy
the cowk looks good enough to eat... :)
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proof of the conjecture on a concept called "Ricci flow," which is time-dependent deformation of a space which expands areas which are curved "negatively" (ie, two particles traveling in the same direction diverge) and contracts area which are curved "positively" (ie, two particles traveling in the same direction converge).
Ricci flow a of the conjecturea manifold , the flow "" the . to .
The effect of the Ricci flow has much in common mathematically with the diffusion of heat in a surface, a concept called [[entropy]].
The effect of the Ricci flow has much in common mathematically with the diffusion of heat in a surface, a concept called [[entropy]].
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The Poincare conjecture is a major theorem in algebraic topology first proposed in 1904 by Henri Poincaré and not proved until 2006 by Gregori Perelman.
Layman Statement of the Conjecture
An ordinary sphere (such as the surface of orange) is "simply connected" because a stretchable loop on it can be reduced to a single point without tearing it. A doughnut is an example of an object that is not simply connected.
The Poincare conjecture is this: the set of points at an equal radius from the center in four-dimensional space (known as a "three-dimensional sphere") is the only finite, bounded, simply connected object that locally looks like three-dimensional space and has the property that all loops and spheres within it can be shrunk to points.
Put another way, the conjecture states that if strings, surfaces, and other geometric objects "loop around" a three dimensional space in the same way they loop around what mathematicians call a "three sphere" (see below), then the space in question is a three sphere itself.
The Three Sphere
Mathematicians call the ordinary circle the "one sphere," which is written . The defining quality of a circle is that it is the set of all points in plane which are the same distant from a specific point. Any deformation of this circle is a - an object does not need to be a perfect circle to be called a one sphere by topologists, any closed loop which does not intersect itself is an example of .
The surface of an ordinary sphere, like the Earth, is called a two sphere, or . The defining quality of a sphere is that it is the set of all points in a Euclidean (ie, normal) three dimensional space which are the same distance from a set point. Note that the interior of a sphere is not , and that like , a deflated beach ball stretched into some strange shape is still , so long as it does not self-intersect.
The three sphere, or , refers to the set of all points in a four dimensional Euclidean space which are the same distance from a single point. Any deformation of that object is a .
Strings, Surfaces, and Looping Around
- For more information please see: Fundamental group and Homotopy group
By strings and surfaces, we mean the possible ways of embedding and into other spaces.
For the embedding of strings () into two-dimensional spaces, it is easiest to imagine holding strings on these surfaces. For example, it is clear that any string we tie around a sphere, a basketball, for example, can be contracted until it is very small, even a point. While we can drape a string on a doughnut so that it can be shrunk to a point, there are ways we can loop strings around a doughnut so that they cannot - through the hole in the center, for example. Thus, we can distinguish between a sphere and a doughnut by noting that we can tie strings around them in different ways.
The natural question arises, if we CANNOT tie strings around two objects in different ways, are they the same object? This is, in essence, the Poincare conjecture, with the understanding that in addition to loops of string, we also discuss "tying" spheres around a space.
Formal Statement of the Conjecture
For those readers who have taken undergraduate topology, the statement of the Poincare conjecture is much shorter:
- Let be a -dimensional manifold. Suppose that for every , . Does it follow that is homeomorphic to ?
There is a more general form, which replaces with :
- Let be an -dimensional manifold. Suppose that for every , . Does it follow that is homeomorphic to ?
Homeomorphism v. Diffeomorphism
For those readers who have some experience with topology, there may be a question of whether a diffeomorphism always exists. While the existence of a homeomorphism between manifolds demonstrates the existence of a diffeomorphism between them if they are of dimension , and it turns out that a diffeomorphism exists for and , but for most it is possible to construct objects which are homeomorphic and not diffeomorphic - such objects are called "exotic ." The only open case is the four dimensional one.
Proof of the Conjecture
The original statement of the conjecture went unproved until Gregori Perelman, a relatively unknown Russian mathematician, completed the proof which had eluded a century of expert mathematicians by demonstrating that no "cigar singularities" form in the Ricci flow on manifolds satisfying the conditions of the conjecture.
Easy Cases
While the original statement of the conjecture, also called the case, went unproved for a century, other versions were easily proved.
was proved even before the problem was stated by the easy classification of two-manifolds. Any senior-year college student who is majoring in mathematics should be able to prove the case.
was proved by Steve Smale in 1961 with his h-cobordism theorem, for which he won a Fields Medal.
was proved in 1981 by M. Freedman with his theorem on Casson handles, for which he shared a Fields medal with A Casson, who had pioneered study in this area. Freedman's theorem was essentially a strengthening of the results of Smale's cobordism theorem, obtained at the expense of weakening the premises.
Unfortunately, the so-called "Whitney trick" which allowed the cobordism theorems of the late 20th century to produce such breakthroughs in topology is not possible in three dimensions, leaving Poincare's original formulation of the conjecture open.
Perelman's Proof
The proof of the conjecture relies on a concept called "Ricci flow," which is time-dependent deformation of a space which expands areas which are curved "negatively" (ie, two particles traveling in the same direction diverge) and contracts area which are curved "positively" (ie, two particles traveling in the same direction converge).
Two very important insights were necessary to turn the idea of Ricci flow into a proof of the Poincare conjecture. First, and this is the lesser of the insights, it was realized that no matter how complicated a manifold might be, the simple knowledge that a region of a three manifold could be bounded by a loop (or sphere) that could be shrunk to a point allows us to know for CERTAIN that Ricci flow on that region will either make it look like a patch of a three sphere after some finite "run time" for the flow, or "pinch" it beyond recognition (a singularity). This insight is due to Hamilton.
The second of these insights, which is the result of Perelman, is whenever the flow pinched the manifold, one could perform surgery on the manifold which would remove the pinch but leave the structure of the manifold unchanged otherwise.
It has been long understood that Ricci flow on a 3-manifold which satisfies the conditions of the conjecture will result in a three sphere, unless the flow "pinches" the manifold. Perelman was able to show that these "pinches," or singularities, cannot happen.
The effect of the Ricci flow has much in common mathematically with the diffusion of heat in a surface, a concept called entropy. For example, look at the heat diffusion equation . This equation is precisely an expression for the change in the metric of a manifold over time in Ricci flow if we take , where j is any number less than the dimension of the manifold and no summation is implied on that index, and g is a metric symmetric on the main diagonal (any relevant manifold can have a coordinate system which create such a metric).
Noticing this (and other similarities between the effect of Ricci flow on a manifolds metric and the effect of time on heat dispersion, Perelman formulated the concept of "Perelman entropy."


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- Barely 19 percent of the U.S. population bought the estimated 16 million new cars and trucks sold in this country last year.
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If you approach this car with Walter Mitty racetrack performance fantasies, you are looking at the wrong automobile. The 1.6-liter in-line four-cylinder engine in the Versa Note 1.6 S gets a maximum 109 horsepower and 107 pound-feet of torque - not exactly the stuff of throttle-jockey yore.
The little car's interior is several steps above mediocre. Hard plastics abound and the cloth seats are, well, cloth - washable, cleanable cloth. Spill, stain, clean, let dry overnight. Drive the next day.
Let none of this mislead you into thinking that the Versa Note 1.6 S is "cheap" in all of the derisive meaning of that word. The subcompact car is well made. Fit and finish are excellent - all the plastic interior pieces fit well. And there are certain options - onboard navigation, electronic keyless entry, high-definition backup camera, sound system with radio data and speed-sensitive volume control - that make the Versa Note 1.6 S feel a tad upper-class.
Credit a growing awareness among global automobile manufacturers that most of the people in the 99 percent earnings group have 1 percent tastes. The trick is to satisfy those askew longings without busting manufacturing or marketing budgets.
Nissan seems to have done a good job of performing that magic with the Versa Note 1.6 S. It is a small economy car that does not make you feel bad about driving economy. It is reasonably attractive and, with front and rear head air bags as standard equipment, reasonably safe.
The Versa Note 1.6 S is not the sexiest ride in the world. But it understands the value of commitment. It will take you home when you're laid off, help you get to the unemployment benefits office, and bring you back to work when that time comes. In the interim, you should be able to make monthly payments - even if you live in Tampa.
Nuts and Bolts
Bottom line: The 2014 Nissan Versa Note 1.6 S is a very good economy car. Compare with the Chevrolet Spark and Sonic, Toyota Yaris and Corolla, Ford Fiesta, Mazda 3 hatchback, Hyundai Accent, and Kia Rio hatchback.
Ride, acceleration, and handling: It gets decent marks in all three for drivers willing to obey posted speed limits and those who are not the least bit concerned about 0-to-60-mph acceleration times.
Head-turning quotient: Convent-friendly - that is, it reminds me of certain Holy Ghost nuns who taught me in elementary school. I was always happy to see them, but I easily forgot that they were there.
Body style/layout: The Nissan Versa 1.6 S is the hatchback version of the Nissan Versa subcompact sedan, which was revised last year. The Versa Note is a subcompact, front-wheel-drive four-door hatchback offered in three trim levels - base S, mid-grade S Plus and top-of-the-line SV.
Engine/transmission: The car comes standard with a 1.6-liter, 16-valve in-line four-cylinder gasoline engine with variable valve timing (109 horsepower, 107 pound-feet of torque) linked to a five-speed manual transmission. A continuously variable automatic transmission is available.
Capacities: There are seats for five people. Cargo capacity with rear seats raised is 21.4 cubic feet. With rear seats lowered, cargo capacity is 38.3 cubic feet. The fuel tank holds 10.8 gallons of gasoline (regular grade is recommended).
Real-world mileage: Real-world mileage matched or exceeded, depending on driving conditions and load, the Environmental Protection Agency's rating of 27 miles per gallon in the city and 36 on the highway.
Safety: Standard equipment includes ventilated front disc brakes and rear drum brakes; four-wheel anti-lock brake protection; emergency braking assistance; electronic brake-force distribution; traction control; stability control; and front and rear head air bags.
Price: The base price of the 2014 Nissan Versa Note 1.6 S is $13,990, with a dealer's invoice price of $13,500. Price as tested is $16,095, including $1,295 in options (interior "mood illumination" package, vehicle tracking and recovery system, compass and home link system) and a $810 factory-to-dealer destination charge. Dealer's price as tested is $15,484.