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Check here for election results from across Washtenaw County
Looking for Tuesday's election results? We've got you covered.
Ward 1 (one seat):
- Sabra Briere, D, incumbent. 1,149
Ward 2 (one seat); Read story and additional analysis
- Stephen Rapundalo, D, incumbent 1,359
- Jane Lumm, Independent, 2,079
Ward 3 (one seat); Read story
- David Parker, R, 482
- Stephen Kunselman, D, incumbent. 1,738
Ward 4: (one seat); Read story
- Eric Scheie, R, 1,013.
- Marcia Higgins, D, incumbent, 1,488.
Ward 5 (one seat); Read story
- Stuart Berry, R, 677
- Mike Anglin, D, incumbent, 2,750
Ann Arbor Board of Education Read story
Two seats:
- Albert Howard, 854
- Ahmar Iqbal, 3,473
- Patrick Leonard, 4,181
- Simone Lightfoot, incumbent, 5,261
- Lawrence A. Murphy, 4,430
- Andy Thomas, incumbent, 5,840
Ann Arbor ballot proposals
- Proposal 1: street millage renewal. (read story)
- Yes 10,345
- No 3,038
- Proposal 2: sidewalk millage.
- Yes 8,010
- No 5,314
- Proposal 3: Ann Arbor city charter amendment restructuring the number of appointed citizen trustee and elected general member trustees on the Ann Arbor city employees retirement board of trustees. (read story)
- Yes 7,977
- No 3,729
Ann Arbor Township ballot proposal
- Proposal to renew Ann Arbor Township public safety millage.
- Yes 591
- No 83
Chelsea City Council, three seats Read story
- Rod Anderson, incumbent 397
- Erin Brayton 161
- Indira Ghosh 118
- Bill Holmberg, incumbent 281
- Kent Martinez-Kratz, incumbent 300
- Harry Myers 217
- Marcia Parker 216
Lincoln Consolidated School Board, two seats Read story
- Brad Labadie, 639
- David A. McMahon, 704
- Kimberly A. Samuelson, 905
Manchester Community School Board, two seats Read story
- Christine Fegan 257
- Melanie Nau 110
- W. Lyndon Uphaus 248
Milan Area Schools Read story
One full term:
- Alan Fellhauer 460
- Janice S. Kiger 947
- Eric Peacock 912
One partial term expiring Dec. 31, 2012:
- Sean Duval 475
- Diane Hovatter 745
Milan city mayor
- Joe Chapin 277
- Kym Muckler, incumbent 571
Milan City Council, three seats
- Martha Churchill 544
- Russell Dotson 399
- Candy S. Frye-Hines 363
- Brett Moyer 444
- Mike Williams 484
Milan city library board director, two seats
- Laurence D. Biederman 537
- Millard F. Phillips 654
Milan city public library proposal
- Milan public library millage proposal Yes 536 No 306
Saline City Council, three seats Read story
- John J. Heller 635
- Glenn Law 386
- Jim Peters 775
- James Roth 925
- Linda K. TerHaar 688
Saline Area Schools Board of Education, two seats Read story
- David Friese, 1,488
- David Holden, 1,748
- Patti Tanner, 1,634
- David Zimmer, 1,663
Sharon Township treasurer
- R. Brian Simons, R, 101
Sharon Township trustee (partial term)
- Peter Psarouthakis, R, 89
Sylvan Township proposal (read story)
- Proposal for new millage increase for the township of Sylvan.
- Yes 328
- No 475
Willow Run Community Schools Board, full term Read story
- Gregory L. Myers, 519
Ypsilanti Public Schools Board of Education, two seats Read story
- Andy Fanta, 1,097
- Linda Snedacar-Horne, 1,038
- Eric P. Temple, Sr. 782
Lets Get Real
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 : 2:59 p.m.
Marcia Higgins should also be afraid, very afraid. Sorry to see Eric came so close, without a win. But, the voice should be loud for ANY City Council Member who continues to ignore the long-term future of Ann Arbor that balance history, culture and progress.
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 : 5:06 a.m.
This socialist city of A2. This city, where the council has mastered the art of manipulation when it comes to extorting money from the taxpayer, has done it again. They play the game of irresposibility so well, first the city takes care of the sidewalks, then they force the residents to pay to repair them, then they make us pay even more for them to "fix them for us". Like it is some favor. This is after our side of town paid for sidewalk repair. Now some did not want to pay, so our side of town has to pay for the people who refused. Can you say communist China. Even the thought of council agreeing to make those who have paid, pay again, makes me sick. They should all be recalled. Go back to being retired watching Judge Judy and Cops all day. This is a city that just shelled out $1,600,000 for 1 mile , that's right, 1 mile of multiwalk sidewalk om Washtenaw. Who are these people running this place? This is your Democratic government taxing the Middle Class again. A word about you non-voters. 13,000 of the 95,000 voting aged A2 residents showed up to cast a ballot for this millage. That is not representation in this US of A. Only in cities like A2 can a few people force many to do there wishes. That does not even happen in Congress, they need some type of majority. You women and minorities that walk around all proud for your accomplishmnets, where are you? I don't care how you vote, but that you do. If this is not a representative government, then hand the keys back to the British.
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 : 12:53 p.m.
Where are the Whiners today? Dems took 80% of the seats in A2, the citizens passed two tax increases. Democracy in action, now let the moaning and crying begin. And I am wondering where the communist candidates were? I thought A2 was rife with them? Oh well, I guess the Whiners got it wrong, again.
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 : 5:29 a.m.
I see no democracy in action. Congress requires a majority vote to pass legislation, not here. New city hall, where did the money come from? Multi-million dollar multiuse sidewalks. Billion dollar parking basements. The list goes on and on. This place stinks like the Rio Grande. All Dem talk, no Dem action, unless it's robbing the Middle Class again.
Robot Charles
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 : 3:43 a.m.
Looks like only 12,000 Ann Arborites voted which is about 12% of voters. The power of voting has been decimated. How hard would it be to allow for multi-day voting or internet voting?
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 : 5:20 a.m.
I agree more with Robot Charles. Where are all the A2 sign holding opinioned residents? As for Mr. Kimball, 70% of the registered voters did not show up and the other 30% are even too lazy to reigister. How about at least a majority of registed voters to pass a millage? I would say we go back to only tax payers can vote on tax issues, but then the A2 communist party would cry they can't take money from my pocket. Since when in this country can we say that someone else (non taxpayer) can tell you what you have to pay for that benefits them. Sounds corrupt. By that logic, I can tell women that abortion is murder and not legal, but you Dems want it both ways, don't you. Can tell me what to do, but not them, because they have rights...
Ed Kimball
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 : 2:10 p.m.
Your statistics are way off. First of all, more than 13,000 voters voted on the first millage proposal. Second, the total population if A2 is about 115,000, but roughly 30,000 are too young to vote, according to the Bureau of Census. Thus, there are about 85,000 people in A2 of voting age. In Michigan, about 4% of adult residents are non-citizens, and about 70% of citizens of voting age are registered, so there are probably about 57,000 registered voters in A2. That makes the turnout about 23% of registered voters -- not great but nearly twice as high as your estimate. The problem with Internet voting is that studies have shown it is too easy to commit fraud with the security currently available. Multi-day on-site voting is clearly more expensive to operate. Allowing an absentee ballot to any registered voter who wants one seems to me like a better solution.
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 : 12:54 p.m.
Ask the Ohio GOP, they closed early voting, I guess as a way to promote freedom and liberty.
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 : 3:12 a.m.
Are you serious annarbor.com? This is pathetic coverage. "Looking for the latest election results? We've got you covered. This file will be updated as results from across Washtenaw County roll in. Polls close at 8 p.m." 10:11pm, most of the contests are decided. http://electionresults.ewashtenaw.org/nov2011/cumulativereport.html ^ for actual results.
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 : 3:42 a.m.
Thanks, Ross. Maybe A2.com should hire you as an investigative reporter.
David Cahill
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 : 1:45 a.m.
With all but one Second Ward precinct reporting, unofficial returns show that Lumm has received about 2,000 votes and Rapundalo has received about 1500 votes. Film at eleven.
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 : 12:28 a.m.
It is time for a brand new look at Ann arbor City Counsel. I hope citizens of AA do the right thing, make the change. I know Jane Lumm will come through for the citizens of Ann arbor. Like ourselves we our tired of this nonsense going on. It is not too late people go out and vote, it is your duty.
Adam Jaskiewicz
Tue, Nov 8, 2011 : 11:56 p.m.
When I walked to Forsythe to vote (my first time voting there), there were no signs telling me voting was in the hallway in front of the Auditorium. I ended up going in through the office entrance, and wandering the halls for ten minutes. I think most people drive and end up parking in front of the main entrance where it's kind of obvious, but for people walking in from Newport, some better signs would be nice. Especially when the trail of candidates' signs along the sidewalk leads up onto the patio next to the Caffetorium (which in turn pointed me straight at the office entrance, which was unlocked.)
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 : 4:42 a.m.
Send your comment to the City Clerk's office, that's who sets up the polling places. firstname.lastname@example.com
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Wed, Nov 9, 2011 : 1:18 a.m.
Maybe it was like a test. You almost failed.
Adam Jaskiewicz
Wed, Nov 9, 2011 : 1:11 a.m.
Yes, I did. Finding Forsythe wasn't a problem (I went there for middle school). I didn't know where to enter the building, or where to go once I had. A big sign along the sidewalk that said "Vote in Auditorium Lobby" would have helped.
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Wed, Nov 9, 2011 : 12:51 a.m.
You didn't see the sign on Newport that said "Vote Here"?
Tex Treeder
Tue, Nov 8, 2011 : 11:40 p.m.
The polls don't close until 8 pm, but I'm betting Lumm will beat Rapundalo.


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Sabbaticals are available to teachers to:
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- Achieve state certification in a shortage area
Regular Sabbatical Leaves for Study or Restoration of Health
Eligible teachers who want to study to enhance your teaching skills or restore their health if they are ill may request a sabbatical leave. For study sabbaticals, coursework must be rigorous and related to your teaching assignment. You must submit an official transcript or final research project upon completion of a study sabbatical.
If your superintendent does not approve your proposed course of study, you must be given the right to amend it. All sabbaticals for restoration of health must be approved by the medical director. If your application is denied, you may go to medical arbitration.
All teachers are eligible for a one-year sabbatical of either type after 14 years of service. (For your first 14-year sabbatical, you can claim up to three years of regular substitute service; the rest must be regularly appointed service.) If you are a junior high or high school teacher, you can also apply for a six-month study sabbatical for the spring semester only. After seven years of regularly appointed service, all teachers are eligible for a sabbatical leave for restoration of health that lasts for up to six months.
During a medical sabbatical, teachers earn 70 percent of salary during a full-year sabbatical and 60 percent of salary during a six-month sabbatical. During a study sabbatical, whether full-year or a six-month sabbatical, teachers earn 70 percent of salary.
Before retiring or leaving service, you are required to return to your position for one year after a six-month sabbatical and for two years after a one-year sabbatical. Other rules apply, as well. UFT borough offices hold sabbatical workshops in the fall and spring to guide prospective applicants.
School secretaries, laboratory specialists and technicians hired before July 1, 1985 are eligible for study and health sabbatical leaves. However, school secretaries, laboratory specialists and technicians hired on or after July 1, 1985 are only eligible for health sabbaticals effective September 1, 2007.
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If you drive routinely on the freeways here in Orange County or in fact throughout California, you might have noticed an increase in aggressive driving. Increased congestion, running late, and anger are all contributing factors to the most aggressive driving that we've seen on the increase. The big problem is at what point does aggressive driving turn to road rage and thus become a risk factor for personal injury accidents, or in some cases, homicide.
Los Angeles is a major metropolitan center that now has the honor of "worst congestion in the US", according to the American Automobile Association. Unfortunately it is also the 4th highest city for road rage incidences. Number 5 is Burbank, California, so Californians have a lot of issues to deal with. Do you think there is any connection there?
California alone has around 45,000 automobile accidents per year and of those accidents, 35,000 result in some type of personal injury to the occupants of the car. The 5th leading cause of auto-related fatalities, right behind speeding, alcohol, drowsiness and distraction is aggressive driving. It is a major problem within our state and is only increasing over time.
Only yesterday the Los Angeles Times reported that a man was shot on the 110 freeway as the result of a road rage incident. These reports have become so frequent that sometimes we are not fazed anymore. But what drives a person to react this way? A recent study asked drivers what makes them drive more aggressively and/or gets them angry and the main reasons were : getting cut off by another driver, drivers not allowed to merge in on a freeway, close tailgating, driving too slow in the left lane and finally, obscene gestures targeted towards them. After a busy day, yes you certainly don't want to deal with this, but it's important to contain your composure and not react back.
In California the Aggressive Driving Laws are quite clear. Using your car in an aggressive way that commits a crime is considered a criminal assault and you can be penalized with a fine of up to $10,000 and up to 4 years in jail.
This issue does not affect just cars against cars either. More cases of cars vs. pedestrian and bicyclists are becoming more common as well. Just last week a doctor pleaded not guilty in a road rage case where he yelled at two cyclists before cutting them off and then hit his brakes hard. One of the riders slammed into the rear window of the car and is now recovering. The driver is being charged with reckless driving, battery with serious bodily injury and special allegations of causing great bodily injury. Don't let your anger get the best of you because these charges are quite serious and are just not worth losing your freedom over.


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A small group of wild horse advocates lined up to bid on the horses on Saturday. Most sold for less than $500, with the highest bid at $2,300, for a very striking buckskin mare and her foal.
"As was the case with the gather itself, I think that the adoption also went very well – Every horse was adopted," commented wild horse advocate Matt Dillon on his blog. "It's hard to describe in meaningful words just how successful I thought that the 2012 gather and adoption turned out. It was the reflection of a lot of very hard work from a number of dedicated individuals from the BLM, NPS and other agencies and groups during the past couple of months, and we should all be very appreciative of this."
Some attending the auction said Dillon saved the day when he provided bidders with very personalized narrative about certain horses during a second round of bidding on horses after they were not bid on in the first round.
The Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Center was among those adopting horses at the event. The center used $550 of its budget to purchase two horses for an educational display near the center. An additional $3,000 went to build the required facilities to house the horses. Donations of labor, feed and the loving hands of many volunteers made the center's goal to create a living educational display a reality.
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Liesl was noted by the BLM to be in "very poor condition due to hardships on the range" at the time she was gathered. A veterinarian at Britton Springs Corrals determined that she is for the most part blind.
PMWHC director Lori Graham responded to her immediately when she saw her at Britton Springs and made it a goal to adopt her.
"As it turns out, she is functionally blind according to the vet and now it makes sense why she got picked on by the other horses on the range and she probably never had a normal life to run and play with the other babies," said Graham. "This is going to be a great life for her here, I think the best possible life for her. She is safe now and will be well-cared for and loved."
Liesl was adopted for a mere $125 after she was picked up in the lower Sykes area of the Dryhead far away from her mother Greta who is part of the mountain herd in Garcia's band. Kaibab was adopted for a slightly higher price. Graham said she assumes Liesl was separated from her mother at a very early age while the two were wintering in the lower range.
In less than a week, Graham had the two horses eating out of her hand. Literally. Graham said she watched the condition of both horses improve during their stay at Britton Springs Corrals and expects them to flourish in their new home, as they adjust to a diet of plenty of nutrition packed food.
Already, numerous visitors have benefited from seeing the horses up close in a corral located next to the center, which serves as an educational resource for visitors to the area.
The BLM successfully adopted out all 38 adult wild horses and seven foals at the special auction held at Britton Springs Corrals near Lovell. All of the horses were gathered during a six-week bait-trap gather on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range (PMWHR), which straddles the Wyoming/Montana border.
"The success of this bait-trap gather and adoption is largely due to the great working relationships the Billings Field Office has with the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Pryor Mountain Wild Mustang Center and public," Field Manager Jim Sparks said. "The Pryor herd has a very passionate public following and the BLM appreciates that – we can't manage the herd alone."
This is the first time a bait-trap method was used exclusively to gather what the BLM had deemed "excess wild horses" from the range. The determination to gather the horses was conducted in accordance with the Environmental Assessment and Decision Record for a 2012 non-helicopter gather of wild horses within the PMWHR. The decision involved extensive public involvement and paid heed to the recommendations of wild horse advocates.
The Environmental Assessment conducted by the BLM analyzed the effects of the decision to conduct a non-helicopter gather to remove excess wild horses within the PMWHR. According to information released by the BLM, the field office received about 1,000 individual comment letters and 63 unique comments on the preliminary Environmental Assessment, and considered those when making the final decision.
"Really, this entire operation of selective removal through baiting is unprecedented for the BLM," Wild Horse Specialist Jared Bybee said. "We actually gathered and handled about 150 wild horses without injuries or incidents involving the wild horses, the public or BLM staff." The gather and adoption operation, which includes the holding, care and feeding of the removed excess wild horses, was conducted by BLM and National Park Service personnel.
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Terrorism is the commission of acts of violent destruction for political purposes. The intent is to cause intense personal fear (terror) in members of some specific population so that they will put pressure on their leaders to take actions desired by the terrorists.
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Distinguishing Characteristics
In order to qualify as terrorism, acts must have at least one of the following attributes:
- repeated attempts to kill or violently injure
- major or violent destruction of property
- the inducement of a feeling of fear (in the target population) that danger is imminent
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The word "terrorist" is often used as a label in the mainstream media to indicate that "these are people you should hate and fear", even when the acts in question do not even remotely fit the definition of "terrorism". The originator of the Liberty Dollar
People who commit genuine acts of terror against civilians -- real terrorists -- are, as often as not, doing so to discredit the movement with which they claim affiliation, for political motives, i.e. many acts of terror are false flag; a "Muslim terrorist" may in fact be working for anti-Muslim interests.
People who commit acts of violence directed at state-owned resources are also called terrorists, but these acts are often intended not to terrorize the public but to hinder the actions of an oppressive state.
- Domestic terrorism is terrorism used by citizens within their own country.
- Terrorism is an often-used tool of the weaker side in asymmetric warfare.
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- 2011-07-22 2011 Norway attacks
- 2005-07-07 7/7 (London)
- 2001-09-11 9-11 (New York City)
- 1995-04-19 Oklahoma City bombing
- 1993-02-26 1993 WTC bombing (New York City)
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- 2015-01-26 [L..T] Islamic Terrorism: The Taboo Topic "Every time Islamic terrorism is discussed, those who bring up the "Christian terrorism" of the Ku Klux Klan or anti-abortion violence simply block free speech, as if deliberately trying to scramble the main topic. They seem to be saying, "Whether the Islamic State is Islamic or not is irrelevant; there are Christian terrorists as well, so do not talk about Islamic terrorists.""
- 2015-01-14 [L..T] Are All Terrorists Muslims? It's Not Even Close "Overwhelmingly, those who have committed terrorist attacks in the United States and Europe aren't Muslims."
- 2015-01-10 [L..T] Muslims are terrorism victims, too "These terrorists (Taliban/al-Qaida/ISIS), so-called Muslims, have no religion. No religion in the world teaches you to kill innocent people, especially children and women. [...] These so-called Muslims are not only killing non-Muslims, they are also killing Muslims."
- 2011-07-18 [L..T] headline::Cousin admits role in NYC subway terror plot lead paragraph::A cousin of admitted terrorist Najibullah Zazi publicly revealed for the first time Monday that he was in on Zazi's chilling 2009 plot to attack New York City subways with suicide bombers.
- 2005-07-08 [L..T] headline::Root, Root, Root for the Bomb Team "That's right, the Times is complaining that "wealthy nations have not done enough about the root causes of terrorism"!"
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- 2008-05-16 [Talk|Index] Is the U.S. the World's Largest State Sponsor of Terrorism? § Some highlights of American terrorism, past and present. We owe it to ourselves to put a stop to this. -{{woozle.init
- 2006-09-23 [Talk|Index] Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat § "A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks." ... "It also examines how the Internet has helped spread jihadist ideology, and how cyberspace has become a haven for terrorist operatives who no longer have geographical refuges in countries like Afghanistan."
- 2002-06-01 [Talk|Index] Arm the Passengers § "For terrorists to be effectively deterred, they need to face a conterthreat they cannot scope out in advance. That's why the right solution is to arm the passengers, not just the pilots."
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- 2007-10-15 Philly 9/11 Truth confronts former Terrorism Analyst Jonathan Schanzer, embedded video with commentary. Goes into some history regarding the CIA, the ISI, the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, and some other issues. Schanzer's claim that Hamas and Al Qaeda are making money (to buy weapons) by running schools and doing charity work seems a bit bizarre, given that schools are generally nonprofits (at least in the US; does the system in the Middle East make it possible for schools and charities to be profit centers? If so, how?) and even schools where students must pay for tuition typically need regular large donations just to keep running. "Making money doing charity work" also seems counterintuitive, although possible; I think we would need to see a lot more evidence and details to accept this as a means by which terrorists are raising money. On the other hand, of course, the argument he is arguing against ("well, so they're terrorists, but they also do a lot of good, so it all balances out...") is itself rather bogus.
- 2006-11-08 Thames bomb horror by Fiona Hudson: "A British Muslim plotted to murder tens of thousands in a series of spectacular attacks using radioactive bombs and a petrol tanker, a court heard yesterday.


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It has become something of a cliché in recent years to suggest that the Football League Championship is rather more difficult to fall into than it is to get out of in an upwardly direction. There is a swathe of clubs in this division who have found this out to their cost, and amongst those currently experiencing this is a club that spent thirteen of its previous seasons living the high life in the Premier League: Bolton Wanderers. It seems reasonable to say that Boltons relegation at the end of last season was something of a surprise. Bolton had stabilised in the top division, with only occasional flirtations with the Premier League trapdoor and four consecutive top ten finishes between 2004 and 2007.
Last season, however, the wheels fell unexpectedly off the wagon and Bolton dropped back into the often unexpectedly tricky world of the Football League Championship. Whenever this happens, it is widely anticipated that the manager behind this drop will find himself without a job, but Owen Coyle found himself clinging on at The Reebok Stadium. Such faith, however, comes at a price, and the price for Coyle was the implicit understanding that the club would be required to have a strong start to life in back in the Football League. It is fair to say that this didn't happen. That his team dropped out of the League Cup in the Second Round after a defeat at the hands of Crawley Town could probably be considered an irrelevance – few clubs seem to take that competition very seriously these days – but Boltons league form couldn't. Wins against Derby County, Sheffield Wednesday and Watford seemed to indicate that Coyle was only capable of digging out results against the divisions more moderate opponents, and in the second week of October he was relieved of his duties.
The clubs choice of replacement, the former Crystal Palace manager Dougie Freedman, raised an eyebrow or two, though. Freedman had taken his team to near the top of the Championship table this season and last season he took them to the semi-finals of the League Cup (beating Manchester United in the process), but Palace only finished last season in seventeenth place in the league and starting this season very slowly, losing each of their first four competitive matches of the season before finally kicking into gear at the start of September with a run of results that has culminated with the club now sitting atop the Championship table. There is an element of gamble to the appointment of Freedman to the managers position at the club. From the managers point of view it is understood that the contract that he had at Selhurst Park was a relatively modest one, whilst Premier League parachute payments may make the job of impressing his own will upon the club somewhat easier than it might have been at Crystal Palace.
On the other hand, though, many have tried and failed to take the step up in terms of managing the expectations of a restless support-base, and at a time when many Bolton supporters may feel that the clock is ticking with regard to the need to get back into the Premier League it remains to be seen how much patience will be afforded to Freedman should positive results not begin to flow relatively quickly. There was, apparently, automatic vindication for the clubs decision when he won his first match in charge at The Reebok Stadium against then-league leaders Cardiff City at the end of October, but the three matches since then have only seen three draws, and whilst two of those – against Leicester City and Blackpool – were reasonably creditable results, last Saturdays, at home against Barnsley, was a less satisfactory result. Crystal Palace, meanwhile, drafted Ian Holloway in from Blackpool as Freedmans replacement and their result last weekend – a three-nil win against Derby County – left them two points clear of Cardiff City at the top of the table. The Championships surprise package of the season continues to deliver.
It is conventional, when considering Bolton Wanderers, to make some reference to the size of the clubs debt. It is, after all, a headline-grabbing figure at £136m and debts of that size have been enough to sink the likes of Portsmouth and Rangers in the not too distant past. In the case of Bolton, however, the clubs situation is somewhat different and it is these differences that afford the club a little more room for manoeuvre than others with similar debt levels. Firstly, it is understood that the most voracious of creditors when it comes to football clubs, HMRC, remains paid up to date, and importance of this cannot be understated. Secondly, the overwhelming majority of the clubs debt is owed to one benefactor, Eddie Davies, who has never given any indication of demanding repayment of the debts racked up in his name. Now, there is a moral argument to be made over whether any football club should be allowed to accumulate this level of indebtedness which has been addressed by UEFAs Financial Fair Play regulations, but from the perspective of the Bolton Wanderers supporter, the risk of complete financial collapse remains lower than it surely would have been had the previous two clauses been in effect.
Regulation, however, is coming to the Football League whether clubs like it or not and Bolton Wanderers will have to cut their cloth accordingly in order to avoid sanctions from the authorities. The League is adopting Financial Fair Play regulations and, whilst historical debt will not be affected by this the days of clubs spending significantly more than they earn may be coming to an end. Premier League parachute payments will feather Boltons nest for the time being, but the club does seem to have been shifting in emphasis towards compliance with FFP and, as has perhaps already been seen this season, expectations may have to be tempered during the transitional period. Indeed, we might even argue that the arrival of Dougie Freedman – who had worked under tight financial restraints and in tandem with an excellent youth academy at Crystal Palace – is a likely portent of the direction that Bolton Wanderers intend to take in the immediate future. There seems to be a degree of calculated gamble about much at the club – the relatively inexperienced manager, the debt to one man – but in terms of financial liquidity the Premier Leagues parachute payments offer a degree of security to Bolton Wanderers which allows supporters to continue to be relatively sanguine about its future.
Moreover, league positions at this stage of the season can continue to be deceptive, and this is no more true than in the Football League Championship, where even the most ambitious of clubs can find that this division can be so fiendishly difficult to get out of in an upwardly direction. A cursory glance at the league table shows Bolton in seventeenth place, but they are still just seven points from the play-off places and this means that to describe this season as one of transition for the club. Recent results may have been patchy, but there remains all to play for this season for Bolton Wanderers. Such is the nature of the Football League Championship that one third of the way through the season is no time to be calling time on their season just yet.
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A new report by Digitimes suggests that Pegatron Technology, Apple's new favorite Taiwanese OEM, will be manufacturing the iPad 3. It has already received a small volume of orders for the iPad 3, which is expected to be launched in March 2012. Pegatron will now focus on iPad production, while Foxconn will focus on iPhone production.
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Supersize us: how we're being stuffed by the food industry
TV REVIEW:REMEMBER WHEN Yorkie chocolate bars were huge? That was their big selling point in the 1980s – so big that only a manly trucker could cope with their chunkiness. Now they look if not small then just ordinary – and the Yorkie story gets to the congested heart of Jacques Peretti's take on the obesity crisis.
In this week's instalment of his insightful three-part documentary, The Men Who Made Us Fat (BBC Two, Thursday), he pointed to the way our food has been supersized by the food industry, with its ever-bigger portions, and by marketing practices such as supermarkets' multibuy deals on soft drinks and fatty snacks. Why buy one packet of crisps when 16 look like better value?
The supermarket price war in the UK has seen a 138 per cent rise in multibuys in a single year – and there's no reason to think it's any different here. The man who started it all, Peretti says, was David Wallerstein, a Chicago cinema manager who in 1972 figured that if he made popcorn portions bigger – big buckets of the stuff, basically – the extra popcorn would cost only a few cents to make but he could charge much more. It worked so well he was recruited by McDonald's, and so began what Peretti calls "a spiral of upsizing" (and he's not just talking about the portions).
Much of what we learned about food is already well known, and there were occasional slips into sensationalism – not from the contributors but from Peretti's gloomy voiceovers: "Decisions made behind closed doors transformed food into an addiction." But what was particularly interesting was his look at the official response to rising obesity levels.
Despite studies showing that portion sizes and snacking, particularly by children, are the crux of the problem, it's easier for governments to blame the individual and introduce feel-good exercise campaigns than to tackle the marketing practices of the big food and supermarket companies. "Promoting physical activity is relatively apolitical and passes the responsibility on to the individual," said Prof Terry Wilkin, who led a pioneering study into childhood weight gain that showed it's the amount of fat and sugar-laden food children are eating, not their perceived lack of exercise, that's the problem.
TRUE LOVE(BBC One, Sunday-Wednesday) must have sounded like such a great idea. Five short dramas about love, set in one place – the English seaside town of Margate – with loosely linked characters and a starry cast including David Tennant, Billie Piper, Jane Horrocks and David Morrissey, and screened during the footie extravaganza when other stations are raising the white flag with repeats and slushy movies. It should have been really good. But it was mesmerisingly terrible, not just because the actors improvised – a first for BBC drama – resulting in acting that was hopelessly unbelievable, but also because the characters, like the plots, just didn't add up.
The women were mostly wallflowers ready to stand by their horrible men – except for Billie Piper as a plain-Jane teacher (Piper, plain? Really) who ditched her married lover, realised she was a lesbian and began an affair with her 16-year-old student. They walked off happily into the sunset without social services, an irate parent or even the Daily Mail on their heels. Members of the scriptwriters' union have nothing to fear.
In Sunday night's drama Tennant, perfecting his lost-puppy look, was a happily married man tracked down by an old girlfriend (Vicky McClure) whom he hadn't seen in 17 years but who was, for no apparent reason, still deeply in love with him. And before you could wonder why didn't she even send him a postcard in all those years, and isn't she a bit of a stalker, they were holding hands on the beach, sneaking off to BBs and on a railway platform swearing their undying love in a Brief Encounter sort of way. But then, just as the credits rolled, he was in bed with his doormat missus, who silently forgave the whole scenario with a little squeeze of his hand.
The actors kept running out of things to say, and their silences were filled with soppy songs by Dionne Warwick, Eva Cassidy, Ella Fitzgerald and even – yes, it got this bad – Phil Collins, as if its director, Dominic Savage, has seen one too many Richard Curtis movies. The BBC buried it late at night in the schedules and squeezed the dramas in over four nights. It was a big enough hint that they knew it was a shambles. Margate looked nice, though.
ON TV3, THE irrepressibly cheerful designer Neville Knott is still flying the frayed and unfashionable flag for interiors shows. Even Phil Spencer's new Secrets Agentsseries, in which he gave advice to people trying to sell their houses, seems to have disappeared from Channel 4 after a short run, possibly because he got tired of saying "declutter" to depressed homeowners stuck in houses they hated and who clearly had no intention of getting the vats of magnolia he recommended to cover up their dodgy taste.
Neville's Doorstep Challenge(TV3, Tuesday) is firmly on the cheap-and-cheerful side. He and his team arrive unannounced at a house whose owner has sent the programme a photograph of a room they'd like made over. In this week's final episode it was Louise, a 26-year-old teacher, with her own new home – see: it still does happen! – in Mullingar whose living room looked, as Knott said, like something "from Shady Pines retirement home".
But, in the time between her sending a photograph of her living room and Knott's crew arriving at her door, she had replaced the hideous old sofa with a hideous new one (Knott isn't a man to hide his feelings about soft furnishings) and she insisted it had to stay no matter what. It went. Knott's talent and ebullience – "It's high fashion, bang on trend," he trilled at baby-poo-coloured paint – save this logo-laden show from becoming just another one of those annoying TV3 programmes in which it's impossible to see anything else but the sponsorship.
Not quite everything is sponsored. Knott's budget was €1,000, which in the old days of interiors programmes wouldn't have paid for a verdigris tieback but now has to cover an entire room. So this week the smart-looking sofa was second-hand and the coffee table came from Oxfam – it's come to that – and it looked great.
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See if the kitchen hard man Gordon Ramsay is quite so tough when he's in Brixton Prison, teaching some real hard men to cook, on Gordon Behind Bars(Channel 4, Tuesday).


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Catch of the day in Lake Abashiri
Winter in Hokkaido may be best known for the ski slopes. As for me, I have found my new favorite winter sport: ice fishing.
A week-long exploration of Hokkaido from JJ Yulo's Just Jonesing Food Tour brought our hungry group of travelers on to Lake Abashiri.
JJ, who has international culinary accreditation, offers food tours to taste the world. Our families have been eating together since I was a younger, chubbier adolescent in the San Francisco Bay Area. Years have passed, and we are still grazing the world to eat.
His itinerary transported us to Abashiri, which lies along the northeastern coast of Hokkaido where the lake completely freezes over from December to April. As such, the popular pastime is ice fishing for wakasagi, the local smelt.
Outfitted with clunky boots and with a quick tutorial on how to fish, we sat in cozy tents and reeled in our day's catch.
To our surprise and delight, the Japanese guides rinsed, battered, and fried our bowls of smelt to enjoy the freshest tempura experience on the frozen lake.
Hands down, this is one of my favorite food experiences!
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The founder of House of Faith Christian Centre, Ado Ekiti, Tunde Afe, has joined the governorship race in Ekiti State.
Afe, who is the General Overseer of the church said he joined the race beause of his desire to make a difference in the lives of the people.
He promised to field a Muslim deputy governorship candidate to send a signal that Nigerians were one in spirit.
Unveiling his ambition at the church's premises, the cleric stated that he would neither run on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party nor that of the All Progressives Congress as the two parties had greatly disappointed Nigerians.
He said, "I didn't receive any special direction before taking this step, because every Nigerian knew that the country is in dire need of good leadership and as a man of God who believes that things must be done properly, I have no reason to sit back while things degenerate.
"Look at what is happening in Nigeria today, I mean killings everywhere and the best way to address this is by using Ekiti as a launch pad for good governance in Nigeria.
"My church has been into role modeling for the youths and also organising leadership trainings for them to be good leaders in future. We are tapping into all these to make Ekiti great.
"All those that had ruled Ekiti did their best, but I think I can do better because I won't take whatever that doesn't belong to me as a benefit in government because I fear God.
"Let me say this, if all the governors and those occupying leadership positions take what are legitimate due to them alone as benefits, Nigeria will be far better than this and that is exactly what I am going to use my aspiration to teach."
On his decision to choose a muslim running mate, Afe added, "Since both Muslims and Christians are Nigerians with legitimate rights, nothing stops me from picking my deputy among the Muslims.


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Posting date 04-04-2017
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In anticipation of possible openings throughout the 2018-2019 academic year and summer sessions, the Honors Program maintains a pool of qualified persons interested in non-tenure-track teaching positions. Applications are accepted continuously for part-time, non-tenure-track positions and reviewed as vacancies become available. There may not be an actual vacancy at the time you apply.
These positions are represented by the Illinois State University Education Association and may have associated dues or fees.
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Skipper Ben Mee has laid down the importance of manager Sean Dyche's decision to commit his long-term future to the club.
The Burnley boss, who penned a four-and-a-half year contract at Turf Moor last month, has taken the Clarets on a voyage of discovery since succeeding Eddie Howe at the helm in 2012.
Away from the field Dyche was the visionary leader in the development of the state-of-the-art Barnfield Training Centre while on it the club are on course to complete their highest finish in 43 years.
Mee has been a part of the journey since the beginning of Dyche's reign, taking in two promotions from the Championship as well as securing Premier League survival to cap it all off.
Ahead of the trip to the Liberty Stadium, where the Clarets take on a rejuvenated Swansea City, the centre back said: "It's brilliant for everyone, with the amount of change there has been since he's arrived.
"We've taken the club to a new level since he's been here and it's fantastic to see the growth at the club since I've been here.
"He's signed a new deal with all the noise going around so it's fantastic.
"He's doing well so there's going to be interest, that's natural, but the club has done well to sign him up for a long period of time and long may that continue."
Mee added: "We've come a long way, I've grown as a player myself and we've had some exciting and enjoyable times.
"You have to try and build on everything you can and keep going. It's important to keep moving forward.
"You've got to go with the flow and see what happens, we've done that, we're riding on the crest of a wave this season."


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Can someone explain to me what D below is asking? I know how to find the answers to A, B, C and E, but have NO idea what to do for D!
Thanks so much for any help or guidance.
Given the sample data.
x: 16 21 23 30 22
A. Find the Range
my answer: 14
B. Verify that Σx = 112 and Σx2 = 2610
C. Use the results of part (b) and appropriate computation formulas to compute the sample variance s2 and sample standard deviation s.
s2: 25.3
s: 5.0
D. Use the defining formulas to compute the sample variance s2 and sample standard deviation s.
E. Suppose the given data comprise the entire population of all x values. Compute the population variance σ2 and population standard deviation σ.
σ2: 20.2
σ: 4.4
How did you calculate c) part?
I believe it's supposed to go like this:
\(DX = EX^2 - (EX)^2 = \frac{1}{5}2610 - (\frac{1}{5}112)^2=20.24\)
And for d) you would use formula:
\(\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n (X_i - X_m)^2\)
where \(X_m = \frac{1}{n}\sum X_i\)
In your case: \(\frac{1}{5} (6.4^2 + 1.4^2 + 0.6^2 + 7.6^2 + 0.4^2) = 20.24\)
So, same stuff, just using different technique.


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We recently posted an old video to our song Skeleton Closet. This is the 3rd song we wrote and we filmed this video a couple years ago. Granted, that's a bit of a long time to release the video, but we're proud to finally have it available for the world to see. So, without further ado, I present to you:
Our aim with this video was to capture a sort of live feel with the video. The audio tracks were all recorded by Alex Amaya during the video recording. We used the best take from the evening, leaving the mistakes made in the take to help give it an even more authentic sound. The video was all filmed and edited by the talented Barret Amato and the audio was mixed by Jeff Kessler.
Riding on a high after completion of our classic, An Uncertain Grace, we were all pumped to write an upbeat song. Skeleton Closet is, to date, the fastest song we've written. It came together in about a month, as I recall, starting in late June of 2010. We initially called this song "Breathe" while we were still fleshing out the ideas. We started off with the main rhythmic riff that starts the song and by July 1st had the verse somewhat figured out. Listening back through our old recordings of this song as we wrote it, by about mid-July, we had most of the song laid out.
At the end of the song, I remember distinctly making it a point to use the "organ" sound on my HOG for this song, largely because I had recently gotten it and loved that organ-y sound. I still want to get a rotary pedal of some sort to give the "organ" a more Leslie vibe.
This song also appears on our limited run EP (listen on our Facebook page) and will be re-recorded with new updates for our upcoming LP.


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The pesky buzzing and flying critters humans spend a lifetime swatting and squashing have been transformed into objects of study and veneration in a sparkling New Orleans museum that is the latest addition to the Audubon Nature Institute empire.
Dung beetles, scorpions, ants, dragonflies, earthworms, butterflies and even termites get their due in the Audubon Insectarium, which will open June 13 on the first floor of the U.S. Custom House at 423 Canal St. It is the city's first major tourist attraction to open since Katrina.
Adventurous children can let ebony-colored ox beetles scamper over their hands. Adults' ears may prick up when they hear Jay Leno, Joan Rivers and Brad Garrett providing voices for animated insects in a theater show complete with special effects that draw spectators into the action with chilly blasts of air and the simulated stomping of the Goliath beetle.
Like every other museum, the Insectarium has a snack area, the Tiny Termite Cafe, which is festooned with insect-related paraphernalia for sale, including -- believe it or not -- repellent. In a display reminiscent of the bug in amber in "Jurassic Park," there's an array of candy called Hot Licks: lollipops with real insects inside.
Food for thought
Since this museum is in a city known for distinctive food, an adjoining eatery, Bug Appetit, has its own singular culinary offerings: cooked insects, chiefly crickets, waxworms and mealworms. Among the menu items are chocolate chirp cookies and red beans and yikes. When local chefs were asked to submit bug dishes, Leah Chase came up with roasted crickets.
Crickets, which also serve as food for many of the live exhibits, are "the rice of the bug world," said Zack Lemann, the staff entomologist.
Lemann talked matter-of-factly about preparing dragonflies as delicious hors d'oeuvres -- flash-fried, sauteed and topped with Dijon butter -- and said insects can be used in everyday cooking, too.
"If you've got a recipe that calls for small chopped nuts, you can add insects," Lemann said.
Although such exotic entrees may make fussy eaters queasy, Lemann said it shouldn't offend New Orleanians who happily dismember boiled crawfish, slurp down raw oysters by the dozen and relish snails in lemon-butter sauce.
"They eat these bugs all over the world," said Ron Forman, the Audubon Nature Institute president and chief executive officer.
Getting people used to thinking such unconventional thoughts about creatures they ordinarily regard as pests is part of the goal of the insectarium, he said.
"We're teaching in an entertaining way," said Forman, who sported a red Ferragamo necktie bearing a design that was crawling with insects.
'Look of wonderment'
The $25 million museum, an Audubon goal since 1991, also features cases of about 10,000 precisely pinned insects, many of which have iridescent exoskeletons that glisten in the light.
Among the mounted specimens on view are two Queen Alexandra's birdwings, rare butterflies more than a century old that are worth $10,000 apiece, spokeswoman Melissa Lee said.
They're costly because they're rare, she said -- they're captured on one side of a mountain in New Guinea -- and their exhibit area will have a special security system.
The insectarium also has interactive exhibits, a scorpion pit and chandeliers embellished with metal Venus flytraps. There's even an "underground" segment, made to resemble a hugely enlarged trowelful of garden soil, that offers an earthworm's view of life: The floor is squishy; oversized models of bugs cling to the earthenlike walls; and visitors can peer up through a hole, where they see a bird, at ground level, looking into the hole and trolling for snacks.
In what had been the massive building's carriageway, likenesses of dragonflies as big as model airplanes glide back and forth on tracks above spectators as they view exhibits and a timeline showing that insects have been around for millions of years.
Although the dragonflies might seem disturbingly large, Lemann said they're not all that exaggerated: Ancient dragonflies had wingspans as wide as 3 feet.
If such information makes people scratch their heads in happy puzzlement, that's the point, Forman said.
"Remember that look of wonderment when we were kids and caught doodlebugs?" he said. "We've lost that."
But at the insectarium, he said, "we're taking that back."
For example, there's the fishing spider, which is part of the museum even though it's an arachnid, not an insect. Every time Lemann dunked the spider in water during a Monday tour, the spider's color changed from brown to silver.
900,000 bugs
Throughout the 23,000-square-foot space, which boasts Terminix as a major corporate sponsor, there's one overarching lesson: If we didn't have bugs, the world would be much worse off.
No one disputes that termites can destroy houses and that mosquitoes can transmit dreaded diseases such as malaria and yellow fever. But insects also can do good work. Some ants, for instance, feed on fungi; silkworms spin silk; and bees live to spread pollen and make honey.
"We're trying to change the attitudes of people (to show them) that bugs are worth protecting," Forman said.
Insects comprise nearly 90 percent of the animals on the planet. They outnumber people by 1.5 million to one, and Lemann said there are 350,000 to 375,000 species of beetles alone, accounting for one-fourth of all animal species.
More than 900,000 bugs, dead and alive, are on view, spokeswoman Sarah Burnette said. Live dung beetles skitter about in an exhibit area inside an enormous, odor-free replica of a dung ball, and termites teem in a jug in the New Orleans part of the museum. Kids who want to gross out their parents can poke their heads through a clear plastic hemisphere at the bottom of an enclosure resembling a kitchen cabinet where cockroaches run wild.
In sharp contrast to the display of disreputable denizens of the bug world is the section devoted to caterpillars and the butterflies they become. As many as 1,000 chrysalises, suspended from shelves, will be on view at any one time. When the butterflies emerge, they will be rounded up and released in an area patterned after a Japanese garden, where they fly about during lives that are generally measured in weeks.
To ensure that the delicate insects do not escape, the garden is separated from the rest of the museum by sealed double doors. Because butterflies are so diverse and beautiful, the area is expected to be popular, Lemann said.
As he spoke, an orange-winged monarch butterfly landed on the left shoulder of his white polo shirt.
"Butterflies are important ambassadors of the insect world," he said.
Besides enticing people into what the Audubon Institute is calling "the largest free-standing museum in the United States dedicated to insects," the insectarium will draw attention to a building most New Orleanians have never entered.
The massive gray U.S. Custom House occupies the block bounded by Canal, Decatur, Iberville and North Peters streets. Its cornerstone was laid in 1849 in a ceremony attended by, among others, Henry Clay. During the Civil War, it was used briefly by Confederate forces. After Union forces took control of New Orleans, the occupying forces set up headquarters in the Custom House and confined Confederate prisoners there. Because of the war and design changes, the building wasn't completed until 1881.
When visitors enter, they will see an imposing staircase and wander through halls with vaulted ceilings 21 feet high.
"It's such a beautiful building, yet it's a shame that more people haven't seen it," spokeswoman Melissa Lee said. "Now they can be a part of it."
John Pope can be reached at email@example.com or (504)$?826-3317.


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For nearly three decades, the Toyota 4Runner mid-size SUV has been a stalwart for off-roading enthusiasts seeking a SUV with rugged, go-anywhere capability. Currently in its fifth-generation, 4Runner continues as one of the few fully capable mid-size SUVs, and the redesigned 2014 4Runner receives a rugged new exterior design, and interior refinements that add comfort and convenience without sacrificing its hallmark performance capability and excellent value.
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Prius Plug-in & Avalon Hybrid Named Best Green Cars of 2013
The Toyota Prius Plug-in and Toyota Avalon Hybrid were named to the KBB.com list of 10 Best Green Cars of 2013. Kelley Blue Book editors chose the vehicles for being environmentally friendly.
New, Sportier 2014 Scion tC Debuts
Scion recently revealed the new 2014 tC sports coupe, showing off a sporty new look, upgraded interior and an enhanced driving experience for the brand's top-selling vehicle.
Vehicle Spotlight: 2009 Toyota Venza
Every month, we hand select one of the best vehicles from our pre-owned lot to showcase on our blog. This month, the lucky winner is a 2009 Toyota Venza. We are pretty sure you will love it as much as we do, but if it turns out this isn't the car for you then please visit our website at www.ToyotaofPlano.com to check out our entire new and pre-owned inventory. We are sure to have a vehicle you will love!
All-New 2014 Toyota Highlander SUV Makes World Debut
The all-new third-generation 2014 Toyota Highlander mid-size SUV made its world debut at the 2013 New York Auto Show.
An all-new exterior design conveys both refinement and strength, complementing a new interior that will raise the bar in the mid-size SUV segment. With three-row seating for up to eight, an array of standard features, a host of available in-cabin technologies, and increased cargo capacity, the new Highlander will offer a nuanced balance of style, comfort and utility. The total package is capped off with three powertrain choices: a fuel-efficient four-cylinder engine a powerful V6 with a new six-speed transmission that will produce excellent all-around capability, and a V6-powered Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain for enhanced mileage and fewer emissions.


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text: New York shoegazers The Veldt have released their new EP, The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur: The Drake Equation. The five tracks blend together ethereal indie rock tracks with vocals that drip Philly soul. With influences from Motown to Jesus and Mary Chain, the EP is strong on originality and full of lofi noise and edgy vibes. A stunning work from a band that is used to pushing boundaries. Stream and buy The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur: The Drake Equation, at the link below.