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DETROIT (AP) — Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is donating $200 million to the University of Michigan, his alma mater announced Wednesday, making it the biggest single gift in the school's history but raising questions about Ross' insistence on taxpayer funding to make improvements to his NFL team's stadium.
Ross' donation is among the largest ever given to a U.S. college or university. It will be split evenly between the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the university's athletics department, which will rename its campus the Stephen M. Ross Athletic Campus, the school said in a statement. It brings the total amount Ross has given the school to more than $313 million.
Although the donation is a huge boon to his alma mater, it will make it more difficult for Ross to seek taxpayer help for the $350 million improvements he wants to make to the Dolphins' stadium, said Andrew Zimbalist, a sports economist at Smith College in Northampton, Mass.
"It strikes me as peculiar timing that Mr. Ross decided to have this made known as this time," Zimbalist said. "If I were in Miami, then I would have additional questions about why he needed public funding for his stadium."
House Speaker Will Weatherford, who killed Ross' plan by not putting it up for a vote, declined to comment on the Michigan donation. But Miami documentary filmmaker Billy Corben, a critic of Ross' stadium plan, tweeted: "Props on @MiamiDolphins owner's generous donation. He can do whatever he wants with his money. He can't do whatever he wants with ours."
Ross has said an upgrade of the 26-year-old stadium is needed if Miami is to host future Super Bowls and college championship games. He says the Dolphins are already heavily in debt and one of the NFL's most leveraged teams, making upgrades impossible without taxpayer help.
Last spring, Ross sought up to $289 million from an increase in the Miami-Dade County hotel tax and up to $90 million in state sales tax rebates, but the Florida Legislature turned down his plan.
In a statement, Ross said the donation and stadium issue are different subjects.
"I think it is important to be committed to both," Ross said. "As I've often said, I've promised to pay a large portion of the stadium upgrade costs, but the community who would substantially benefit also needs to be involved. I also think it's extremely important to be a good citizen from a philanthropic standpoint, and to set an example for others to do the same. Both commitments are important to me and both have the potential to leave a lasting legacy that will benefit so many people."
A New York real estate developer, Ross has a net worth estimated at more than $4 billion. He graduated from Michigan in 1962, and completed his purchase of the Dolphins and their stadium in early 2009.
The athletics campus in Ann Arbor is expected to be named the Stephen M. Ross Athletic Campus.
"Stephen Ross' vision has always been about the ability of facilities to transform the human experience," Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman said in the statement. "He understands the power of well-conceived spaces, and his generosity will benefit generations of Michigan students, faculty and coaches."
According to lists from The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Ross' gift is the third biggest to a higher education facility in 2013. Earlier this year, it was announced that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg would donate $350 million to Johns Hopkins University, and in July the A. Eugene Brockman Charitable Trust gave a $250 million donation to Centre College in Kentucky.
Ross' $200 million donation is among the 30 single largest donations to a U.S. college or university, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
In Michigan, specific projects will be announced in the coming months, the school said. In addition, scholarships will be available to Ross students.
The Ross School of Business proposes to create new spaces for students to study, collaborate and connect with each other, faculty and potential employers. Classrooms will include advanced technology to support in-person and virtual collaboration.
With the additional funding, University of Michigan Athletics plans to improve its campus to help athletes succeed on the playing field and in the classroom, improve its facilities and build sites to be a destination for local, state, national and international competitions.
"I think it means a whole lot to the university as a whole when you look at $100 million for academics and $100 million for athletics," Michigan coach Brady Hoke told reporters Wednesday.
Hoke said he spoke Wednesday with Ross.
"I'll be honest with you. The only thing he wanted to talk about was Jordan Kovacs being on his team," Hoke said.
Kovacs, a former Wolverines defensive back, earned a spot on the Dolphins' practice squad earlier this week as an undrafted free agent.
Associated Press writer Gary Fineout in Tallahassee, Fla., and AP Sports writers Larry Lage in Ann Arbor and Steven Wine in Miami contributed to this report.
Online: http://www.umich.edu
AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL


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StitchWorks is bringing together the non-profit design office GA Collaborative, Tiny Showcase Print Shop & Gallery along with 14 emerging visual artists together to create a series of fabric and print designs inspired by the work of the Rwandan women's Association Dushyigikirane. Tiny Showcase has printed and released the fabric series over the last three months and are currently on display at their gallery. The StitchWorks project raises funds for housing and community buildings in Masoro, Rwanda, home to the association. Proceeds from the sale of each 12" x 12" print (available for purchase on their website) will be used to build housing prototypes and provide design and construction education for the Masoro association and community.
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The StitchWorks project is organized by GA Collaborative, a 501(c)3 non-profit comprised of designers and educators. Since 2008, GA Collaborative has been working with the Association Dushyigikirane to design and construct 50+ houses for their impoverished and predominantly single-parent families. After the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a collective of women, many of whom widowed from the conflict formed the Association with the mission to support and empower women. With over 600 members today, Dushyigikirane provides a social and economic framework for their community through job creation and technical skills and education.
Today, Dushyigikirane is working towards their most essential goal of providing basic shelter for its members. For GA Collaborative, achieving this goal begins with the construction of housing prototypes. The process provides the opportunity to research efficient construction methods and to create precedents to teach basic techniques in design and construction to the Masoro community. The StitchWorks project is one way for the arts and design community to contribute to the FUND-A-HOUSE fundraising project.
Tiny Showcase has released fabric prints from the following artists:
Roxanne V Bartlett, CA
Hisham Bharoocha, NY
Mat Brinkman, CO
Melissa Brown, NY
Brian Chippendale, RI
Jim Drain, FL
Leif Goldberg, VA
Jung Hong, RI
Marie Lorenz, NY
Ara Peterson, RI
Erin Rosenthal, VA
Yutaka Sho, NY
Tao Urban, CA
Andrew Jeffrey Wright, NY

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We wanted to take a moment to share some positive guest reviews for the Blair House Inn. August was one of our best months ever. Our BBQ Cooking School sold out and was a big success. Lots of anniversaries, honeymoons, and romantic getaways before the school year starts. Labor Day celebrations in Wimberley and the surrounding Texas hill country brought in tons of people. Everyone wanted to get one more weekend of fun before all work and no play. Blair House Inn is committed to providing the absolute best for our guests. We take pride in our efforts and are proud to share our guest reviews with everyone to show the impact we have on our guests. Please take a look at some guest reviews and think about how much fun you could be having with us at Blair House Inn.
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We are not a big fan of B&B's however the Blair House is in a class of its own. What we disliked about our experience at other inn's was just the opposite at the Blair House. The property and rooms are maintained as though they are brand new. Service is superb. The inn keepers engage with their guests professionally and are not overbearing knowing when it is time to rest a conversation . If your looking for a quiet getaway with someone special, the Blair House is an excellent choice. Larry_Sylvia2013, Magnolia
My wife and I just returned from a few days at the Blair House Inn, celebrating our 24th anniversary. This place is truly a slice of paradise. Beautiful B&B, beautiful grounds, a pool overlooking the hill country, incredible staff, and the gourmet breakfast, wow… It's awesome! There are many things to do, or you can relax and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. We will return to the Blair House Inn! I would highly recommend this place! — Jimmy J., San Antonio
This place is wonderful! Beautiful, peaceful & excellent service. The rooms are nicely decorated and the beds are very comfortable. Nice relaxing pool for just unwinding and the wine & dessert in the afternoon is a nice treat. We are planning to come back for our anniversary. Crosa3, Houston
My wife and I enjoyed our second stay at Wimberley's Blair House early August to help celebrate my wife's birthday. Our first visit was about twenty years earlier, but Blair House has only gotten better – more rooms and services (like massages).
The location is great for exploring Wimberley's and the surrounding Hill Country area. Rooms, beds and shared areas are great and the food is outstanding! The site is terrific with beautiful grounds complete with hummingbirds and country setting. Lawrence J., Rowlett
My wife enjoyed our 50th Anniversary at Blair House and we totally enjoyed ourselves. I can safely say without any reservations that Blair House rates among the top two in inns for us. We have stayed at Blair House in the past and really enjoyed it; and plan to revisit maybe in the Dec '13 to Jan '14 time-frame when the weather is a little crisp and then we can enjoy their winter hospitality. The chef at Blair House is superior. The meals are prepared with a great deal of TLC; and, the owners and their staff are just fine folks; Texas folks you know! Jim D., Montgomery
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WHAT: ARM announces that Sun Microsystems, a member of the ARM Connected Community, has licensed its Java and graphics acceleration as a part of Sun's recent acquisition of the assets of SavaJE Technologies. The planned acquisition further expands Sun's partnership with ARM and will enable the company to use ARM® technology to deliver vertical solutions targeted for high-performance multimedia and converged devices.
Under the agreement, ARM has transferred its Java and graphics licenses from SavaJE to Sun, which will include the ARM Swerve Client software, and ARM Jazelle® Java Technology Enabling Kit (JTEK™).
This new collaboration will strengthen Sun's solutions for the emerging generation of converged devices, enabling Sun to take advantage of a Jazelle JTEK technology-enabled JVM and Swerve 3D engine to deliver a high performance, proven and scaleable solution for the home and mobile markets.
For additional information regarding ARM's embedded graphics solutions and Jazelle technology visit: http://www.arm.com/products/esd/multimediagraphics_home.html
WHEN: Tuesday – Friday, May 8 – 11, 2007
WHERE: JavaOne 2007 – Moscone Center, San Francisco, Calif., USA
WHO: ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines, graphics processors, digital libraries, embedded memories, peripherals, software and development tools, as well as analog functions and high-speed connectivity products. Combined with the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
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We had some written problems. Here is the first, tell me what you think. The forumla for the 'gaps' is just taken from the book, so don't ask me about it :O)
I thought I answered the question well, but I want to impress my math teacher to let him know I'm still interested and to help keep him motivated. So if there's anything cool I should add please tell me.
1. Discuss the relationships/differences between screen coordinates and xy plane coordinates. Are they the same? Different? Why? Include a definition of a pixel and why we should care.
Your typical graphing calculator displays many of the points on the xy plane and is useful for many purposes. However, not all points on the xy plane can be displayed. For example, when you enlarge your viewing window gaps between pixels appear, and are represented by the formula:
(Xmax Xmin) / (Columns 1)
(Ymax Ymin) / (Rows 1)
Computers are limited by the data types that they use. For example, it is impossible to accurately represent a point on the xy plane where one of the numbers is irrational. This is because on your typical graphing calculator you have a mantissa with about 9 decimal places accuracy (on a personal computer it is typically between 5 and 7). Another problem is the fact that pixels are of a finite size. A pixel (which stands for picture element) is the smallest component of a graphics display, and thus is the smallest section that can be lit up. In reality, numbers go on forever and can be infinitely small, large, or precise. If you had an infinite level of accuracy (which you dont) you could take a single pixel and graph ten trillion numbers within it.
Computers also have built in data types that can hold a finite number of values (in powers of two). For example, on your typical 32 bit system (a PC) the highest value of an (unsigned) integer (4 bytes ~ 32 bits) is 2^31 or 2147483648 (the 0 power is the first bit). If you try to add 1 to that number, it will overflow and actually start back at 0. This can pose a problem on your graphing computer (whether it be a TI 83 or a personal computer) because you can never represent a point that goes beyond these limitations unless new hardware or special software is introduced.


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The director of education for the Royal Society of London, Michael Reiss, resigned from his position on September 16, 2008, in the wake of a controversy occasioned by his recent remarks on creationism.
Writing in the September 2008 issue of the United Church Observer, Drew Halfnight discusses the public understanding of evolution in Canada.
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A man checks his phone as he walks past a mural in downtown Madrid. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Afghan refugees and Pakistani school children displaced by fighting between the Taliban and the army sing with their teacher during the morning assembly Thusrday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Forensic experts, members of the International Commission on Missing Persons and Bosnian workers search for human remains Thursday at a mass grave in the village of Tomasica, near the Prijedor, northwest of Sarajevo. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The South Portico of the White House is ready for trick-or-treaters on Halloween. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A boy hops from a cluster of crypts to another after they were cleaned fpr All Saints' Day at a public cemetery Thursday at Paranaque city, south of Manila, Philippines. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Indians buy lanterns from roadside stalls Thursday ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A boy visits homes for treats on Halloween in Hong Kong on Thursday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Activists jump on a police van Thursday in Rome after clashes broke out when police blocked marchers from reaching a meeting on housing policies. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Others have posted on this very topic, but I rebuild my home/dev VM lab this past weekend, and it went so well I thought I'd share the steps I went through, in case it helps someone else to get started. I got my start doing this a while back with a very helpful post by Jonathan Kehayias on Virtualbox, but I have evolved my home lab since.
As I see it, today you have two choices for this sort of work
There are advantages and disadvantages to each, obviously. Using the cloud you can have zero footprint on your own hardware, and not worry too much about disks and so on. On the other hand, you are tied to an internet connection, which can cramp your style when doing presentations.
The cloud frees you from a lot of setup tasks. Setup can be, depending on your perspective, dull work you need to plow through or a learning experience. I personally still like going through the process because I learn so much each time. Building servers and performing installation is still part of my job, at least for the foreseeable future. With the cloud you typically click through a selection from a catalog and your VM comes pre-built.
Just for the experience, I did both in the past few days.
Azure is quite straightforward. Here's a screenshot showing an RDP session to my remote Azure VM, which came with SQL Server 2014 CTP preinstalled:
This is a VM with SQL Server installed – not the Azure PaaS SQL Server offering – so I have the whole OS to fool with here. Creating this was super simple. I have the advantage of an MSDN subscription, which provides credits on Azure for dev/test work. I activated that, and then just followed the instructions on the web site to provision a VM from a catalog image of a Windows 2012 / SQL 2014 CTP virtual machine. Literally click New > Virtual Machine > From Gallery and choose from the catalog.
You end up with the machine, RDP access, and also a nice portal dashboard with stats about the VM:
A few things commend this approach:
It's still feasible, of course, to install VMs locally, and these days it doesn't cost much. I do this with 16 GB RAM in my laptop and a modest USB 3 external disk enclosure with a Crucial SSD inside. This setup works well for demo and learning VMs. I did have to purchase a USB 3 express card, my laptop lacking built-in USB 3, and the only downside is that the express card itself has proven dodgy*. It does not like fancy stunts like "Sleep" or "Restart" or "Eject" and so on. But I blame the card, not the solution architecture.
Hosting the VMs takes some hypervisor. In my case I have tried several but settled on Windows 8's built-in Hyper-V. It's free with the OS, all the basics work, and it has good PowerShell support, which I appreciate.
The main challenges with Hyper-V I experienced:
For this generation of my home lab I followed this basic outline:
For the setup I wanted, I need a domain controller and three or four SQL Servers. SSDs are fast, but capacity is expensive, so I found I could save a lot of space by using Hyper-V's differencing disks. This basically allows you to make a "parent" hard drive image file, and then derive multiple virtual hard drives from it, storing only the differences. Other hypervisors also have this feature. By using this technique I am able to store four servers' hard disks in about 28 GB of space on disk. The trick is the install order, and what will maximize the shared disk space.
Four VMs' hard drives with Differencing:
I got good results with these steps:
Make a parent virtual hard drive for the OS
Make a domain controller
Make a parent virtual hard drive for SQL Servers
Make the actual SQL Servers
This was fun and educational for me, and now I have a fresh lab for talks I am giving this fall. You can, I hope, see the appeal of Azure, though. Even though I made only one Azure VM, it took a few clicks and most of the installation pain is just not there. Making the same four VMs as on my local lab, I can tell, would be fairly simple.
Update 20 Sept 2013: I found the Express card problem (Huzzah!). It was the defaults for PCI power saving in my laptop BIOS.
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I was able to share my Wifi on my Win2k8 R2 server with Hyper-V role guests, using RRAS. You have to go into Features (i think) and explicitly enable a wireless service that is disabled on Windows Server. 2012 may be different, of course.
Thanks for the walk throughs, especially for Azure. That's something I haven't done yet. I also use my Hyper-V on my laptop. I was able to use WiFi on my virtual machines by bridging my WiFi adapter with a virtual one.
I guess I ought to try that wireless thing again. When I got Win8 I tried to bridge a virt switch to wifi but got nowhere. Probably B.U.F. (Biological Unit Failure)
I'll try to remember to check tonight, but I set up Win8 Hyper-V and shared my WiFi with no problems. The only thing I had to do "odd" was to put two NICs in each VM, one attached to the virtual switch on the cabled NIC and one to the WiFi NIC.
Can you share the full hardware specs for your laptop and any recommendations? I'm in the market looking to get a new laptop for this purpose.
Hi Dustin - my laptop still works but it's aging at this point, so the specs (Lenovo x220 tablet / Intel Core i7-2640M + 16 Gb RAM) might not be that relevant today. I would start with these questions:
1. Do you need the lab to be portable or would it work at home? Do you take the lab to do presentations? See also http://www.newegg.com/Barebone-Mini-Computers/Category/ID-3
2. If you want it to be portable does the storage need to be all internal or can you save some money and size/weight, as I did, by storing the VM HDs on an external SSD? It works because I use the VMs only intermittently and I don't always carry that extra disk around. If you need the lab constantly then a machine with more SSD capacity internally would be better.
3. There are big, powerful, heavy laptops out there that are as powerful as a small server, and then there are very capable small ones. The trade-off is capability and display size vs. light weight and portability. For me, smaller - within reason - was better for travel and work.
4. Does touch matter at all to you? I like it but it's not a priority for everyone. What about display size? If touch doesn't matter a MacBook Pro is a very good choice - wonderful hardware.
Then check out some folks who know more than I do about portable hardware - Allan Hirt @sqlha, Glenn Berry and other SQLSkills folks, etc.
I think at minimum 16 GB RAM and SSD would be worthwhile - memory and drive speed seem to be the most important factors for VMs.
Wow thanks for the quick response!
1. Yes needs to be portable and yes I do presentations at the local users group.
2.I think an external SSD would work great, don't always need the VMs.
3. Size/weight doesn't bother me to much, I don't travel to much.
4.Touch does not matter.


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College Football: UNH, William & Mary both need a winBy ALLEN LESSELS
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 01. 2013 10:49PM
DURHAM — The last time the University of New Hampshire football team won at William & Mary, running back Jerry Azumah carried the football 35 times for 235 yards, a number that broke a record and made him the all-time leading rusher in the FCS at that point.
It was October 1998. Sean McDonnell was the offensive coordinator then and became the head coach the next spring when Bill Bowes resigned after 27 years as the boss.
Azumah, who closed out with 6,193 career rushing yards and went on to play defensive back for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League, was within a few weeks of closing out his illustrious run at the school.
The Wildcats whooped it up after helping Azumah to the national record.
"That locker room was pretty cool," McDonnell said this week. "There haven't been many wins against them. But you remember that one. The kids were excited. That's what makes this profession special some times. We weren't having a great season, but Jerry was having a great season and it was great to see the kids enjoying that."
The Wildcats hope to be whooping it up in a locker room at Zable Stadium again late this afternoon.
UNH is 4-3 overall and 3-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association and ranked No. 16 in the country. William & Mary is 5-3 and 2-2. Both need a win to keep their playoff hopes on a fast track.
The Wildcats are looking for their fourth straight win.
After starting the season 1-3, they put up a season-high 574 yards of offense in a 59-19 win over Rhode Island and used a 99-yard drive early in the fourth period and a last-minute march to upend Villanova, 29-28.
Last week, sophomore quarterback Sean Goldrich teamed with senior wide receiver Justin Mello for three passing touchdowns in a 31-13 win over Stony Brook.
"They look to be as explosive as ever," said William & Mary coach Jimmye Laycock. "Their offense is always a challenge to try to defend because of the multiple things they do, play-wise. It's the misdirection. They move it all around and really make you defend the whole field. They certainly know how to win. The way they came back and got the win against Villanova, that was impressive."
UNH puts its second-in-the-league scoring average of 35.4 points a game up against William & Mary's top scoring defense that has allowed 14 points a contest.
The Wildcats are third in total offense at 460 yards a game and the Tribe allows a league-low 302.9 yards.
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Dartmouth hopes to make a move in the Ivy League when it plays at Harvard tonight at 5. Both teams are 2-1 in the league and they're tied for third behind Princeton and Penn, which is 3-0.
The Big Green are 3-3 overall and Harvard is 5-1.
The Crimson have won the last nine games in the series. Dartmouth's last win was a 30-16 decision at Harvard Stadium in 2003.
Harvard lost to Princeton, 51-48 in three overtimes, last Saturday.
Dartmouth is coming off a 56-0 win over Columbia at home. Sophomore linebacker Will McNamara returned a pair of interceptions for touchdowns for the Big Green.
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Plymouth State, 1-6 overall and 0-5 in the MASCAC, will try to snap a five-game losing streak in its final home game of the season against Worcester State today at 1 p.m. on Currier Field. The Lancers are 3-4 and 1-4 and have lost three straight.
Rob Giles, Plymouth State's junior kicker out of Derry and Pinkerton Academy, was named Special Teams' Player of the Week in the MASCAC. He kicked field goals of 39, 31 and 38 yards to account for all the Panther points in last week's 41-9 loss to Framingham State.


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There have been a number of medical reformers who saw the folly of attacking the apparent disease process, or more often the symptoms of it, rather than seeking and eliminating causes. Among these were the celebrated Dutch physician Hermann Boerhaave (1669-1738), and the great English doctor and teacher, Thomas Sydenham. They stressed the vital importance, in the Hippocratic tradition, of placing the study of the patient at the heart of medicine rather than emphasizing the disease process.
Andrew Taylor Still
In a different age and out of a very different culture there emerged a man who wrestled with the same problems and who came to a practical solution. Andrew Taylor Still was born in 1828 in Jonesburgh, Virginia. His father Rev Abram Still, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was both preacher and doctor to his flock. This was not an unusual combination at this time in frontier America. When Andrew was six the family moved to Tennesee, where he attended elementary school. Three years later the family moved again to Northern Missouri, Abram Still having been appointed as Methodist missionary in the area. There Andrew attended a typical frontier school.
During this period Andrew displayed a great interest in the natural environment. With his father's aid he studied and observed nature. He found great beauty and order in the world, marred only by the constant presence of disease and death. He was horrified by the havoc caused by the common diseases of the day, such as smallpox, cholera and meningitis. He was sensitive to the inadequacies of current medical methods in dealing with these diseases.
Andrew Taylor Still M.D. (1828-1917), Founder of Osteopathy
When Andrew was sixteen the family moved again, this time to Kansas where his father had been appointed missionary to the Shawnee Indians. At the age of eighteen Andrew Still married. In 1857 he was elected to the Kansas legislature where he promoted the anti-slavery cause. His wife died in 1859 leaving him with three young children, and he remarried in 1860. His medical training began when he was able to help and learn from his father, and other practicing doctors of medicine. At this time medical schools were few in the U.S.A. and the preceptor method of training was usual. Before the civil war he attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Kansas City, but before completing the course he enlisted in the army. During the civil war he served as a surgeon and rose to the rank of major.
Following the war he continued to study the nature of health and disease. He found current theory and practice inadequate and in his autobiography he states: 'I was in the practice of medicine and had been for several years. I treated my patients as other doctors did. Some of them got well, and some of them died. Others, both young and old, got sick and got well again without the assistance of the medical doctor'. He studied the human body in detail, its structure and the relationship between structure and function. He became convinced that only through an understanding of this relationship could an understanding be achieved of the malfunctions of the body, i.e. disease.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bette Midler marked her return to Broadway after more than 30 years on Wednesday, and critics lined up to heap praise on her turn in the one-character play "I'll Eat You Last: A Conversation with Sue Mengers" in which she portrays the legendary Hollywood agent.
The late Mengers was famous as a brash, foul-mouthed, witty and fearsome force of nature whose clients included Barbra Streisand, Faye Dunaway and Gene Hackman to name but a few and critics noted the comfortable fit between the show's star and its subject. They also cited Midler's confident possession of the stage and seduction of the audience and most were impressed with the play itself as well.
The New York Times called "I'll Eat You Last" "a delectable soufflé of a solo show," lauding the "buoyant, witty writing," the "focused direction" and most of all, Midler, who it said "gives the most lusciously entertaining performance of the Broadway season."
Entertainment Weekly said "Midler manages a fabulous feat: She marshals all her own famously divine Bette-ness to bring to life a kindred spirit."
It too gave the play high marks, saying it "flows gracefully, flitting from ribaldry to Hollywood wisdom, then over to fabulously naughty stories, then around back to a kind of tender, tickled admiration for the lady in the living room."
Mengers, who died in 2011, retired in 1990 and settled into hosting salon-style dinner parties for Hollywood's A-list.
Midler has not acted on Broadway since her pre-fame days when she was a replacement in the 1960s' "Fiddler on the Roof," but has done several concert shows, most recently in 1980.
The raves continued from The Hollywood Reporter, which called the show "80 irresistible minutes of primo tinseltown dish from a certified master chef," adding that Tony-winning playwright John Logan "has done a magical job of transforming biographical data into sparkling liquid conversation."
"Midler's consummate ability to deliver brassy chutzpah, fierceness and silky comic seduction at the same time is harnessed to perfection, allowing just a judicious whisper of vulnerability," it said.
A somewhat dissenting note came from New York magazine, which said the show was "an event without quite being a play," and Midler "isn't delivering an impersonation or even exactly acting a role; she's running the Mengers prototype through her own sensibility and seeing what comes out," adding "But that's good enough, because the two Miss M's have enough in common.
According to the Daily News, "It goes down like a bucket of hot-buttered popcorn, with about that much nutritional value," but it found Midler "delicious" and well worth the price of admission.
The Times also hit on the show's dependence on Midler: "Tangy and funny as much of Mr. Logan's writing is, the play would hardly transmit the contact high it does without" Midler.
The New York Post agreed but didn't care. "This isn't much of a departure from the outsize stage persona Midler created for herself over the decades, but so what?" it said. "'I'll Eat You Last' is wickedly entertaining precisely because performer and material are so perfectly matched."
USA Today gave kudos to Midler's acting chops, saying that with the performance, the star "reminds us what a strong dramatic actress she can be."
(Reporting by Chris Michaud; Editing by Bill Trott)


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A year after the introductory post to my "All tied up" series I am actually releasing my next post. In the intervening year terms have, if anything, become even more interwoven with many of us often going to the now de facto 'geospatial technologies' to explain the wealth of technologies and data that we pull out of the toolbox and database for any given project. The term that has most been hidden by this (in my opinion, with no easy way to back it up) is Remote Sensing. By Remote Sensing I refer to what Lillesand and Keifer define as "The science and art of obtaining information…acquired by a device that is not in contact with the object…".
This is a very broad definition and it captures all of the ways in which remotely sensed information is captured, but here I will narrow it down to those raster-based data (and occasionally point cloud data) that are captured from a distance. We can easily include photogrammetry (planes, balloons, etc) and satellite remote sensing capturing everything from panchromatic to hyperspectral images.
While we are on 'what it is' I will include what may get lumped in occasionally. Remote sensing is not all sensor data from remote locations. While the term is not incorrectly used, it is not always the same since some of these sensors are in direct contact with what they are measuring (stream gauges, temperature sensors, etc). So in a Venn diagram there is a large overlap between sensors located remotely and remote sensing instruments, but they are not completely overlapping sets. Kind of an aside, but I wanted to make a Venn diagram.
Getting back to remote sensing, there are two ways to look at the term. One is that it isn't so much tied up, but largely absent in the industry today. In many areas, imagery has become the term of choice and, of course, the backdrop in our web maps, cartographic products, etc. In these projects and products we talk about imagery, but its source has become an almost unimportant aspect of some work. The other way we look at remote sensing is definitely one that is tied up in GIS. Many, many moons ago you had raster software and vector software and much of that raster geospatial software was driven by remote sensing activities, but that has changed (I think we can agree, for the better) in the GIS space as vector and raster has come together. As discussions with some of the leading remote sensing software vendors on the podcast have shown they are inline with, or even making tools available directly within, GIS software packages. We have lost the divide between GIS and Remote Sensing which having to switch between applications gave us. The separation continues to fade in terms of the software arena.
What does standout in terms of Remote Sensing, not tangled up if you will, is the hardware used to capture imagery (from satellite to helicopter to kite to drone…) and the data itself. This content continues to push our industry forward as we can collect both broad swath information that pushes science forward (e.g. moderate resolution data) and we continue to create sensors with ever-finer resolution and higher accuracy and precision (e.g. lidar). These data, as mentioned, are seen now more than ever with web maps and virtual globes, but it is the analytical potential that they offer, whether resulting in time series, human/environment processes, or finding archaeological sites, that are the strength of our investment in remote sensing platforms and data.
We will cut the strings there, as raster analysis is another set of terms that have been tied together as well. But keep in mind as you are doing your research or projects that your imagery is the result of over a century of research in capturing and manipulating images from a distance. While we have begun to take the technologies for granted in some cases, remote sensing remains an integral part of many areas of the industry.


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1. Location Richmond, Va
2. Favorite Current Redskin Clinton Portis
3. Favorite Former Redskin joe theismann
4. Other teams in the NFL you root for? eh, titans
5. Other sports you enjoy? What other sporting teams do you root for? Baseball/Nats and Basketball/Wizards
6. Anything else you care to share? Not really


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Trade balance
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Trade Balance, also known as net exports, measures the difference between the value of goods a country exports and the value of the goods it imports. A positive trade balance indicates the country has a trade surplus and a negative trade balance means the country has a trade deficit. A country's trade balance is an essential value when calculating gross domestic product and is also useful when measuring to degree to which a country relies on imported goods.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rhee Bros Inc is recalling eight-ounce packages of Assi brand Korean rice cakes because they contain undeclared egg, the Hanover, Maryland, company said on Wednesday.
The rice cakes were distributed nationwide in Asian food retail stores. The product is wrapped with plastic wrap on a tray, Rhee Bros said in a statement on the Food and Drug Administration website.
People who have allergies to eggs run the risk of allergic reaction if they consume these products.
No illnesses have been reported because of the egg, the statement said.
The recall was launched after New York state food inspectors discovered that the product was distributed in packaging that did not reveal the presence of egg.
(Reporting By Ian Simpson; Editing by Greg McCune)


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Professor of History, Chair of History Department
Adams Hall - 305
Focuses on conquest, colonialism, and its legacies in sub-Saharan Africa; the violent process of colonial pacification, examined from European and African perspectives; the different ways of consolidating colonial rule and African resistance to colonial rule, from Maji Maji to Mau Mau; and African nationalism and independence, as experienced by Africa's nationalist leaders, from Kwame Nkrumah to Jomo Kenyatta, and their critics. Concludes with the limits of independence, mass disenchantment, the rise of the predatory post-colonial state, genocide in the Great Lakes, and the wars of Central Africa. Note: This course is part of the following field(s) of study: Africa and Colonial Worlds.
Seminar. Examines how gender, age, religion, and race have informed ideologies of violence by considering various historical incarnations of the African warrior across modern history, including the military slave, the mercenary, the revolutionary, the warlord, the religious warrior, and the child soldier. Analyzes the nature of warfare in modern African history and how fighters, followers, African civilians, and the international community have imagined the "work of war" in Africa. Readings include scholarly analyses of warfare, warriors, and warrior ideals alongside memoirs and fictional representations. Note: This course is part of the following field(s) of study: Africa.
David M. Gordon, Professor, received his B.A.(Hons) from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and his Ph.D. from Princeton University. He has taught at a variety of universities in South Africa and in the USA, and maintains ties with southern and central African scholarly networks.
His research and publications focus on the history of southern and central Africa over the last two centuries. They reflect interests that include the influence of Atlantic and Indian Ocean trading networks, British, Portuguese, and Belgian colonialism, changing property regimes, environmental cultures, the historical imagination, and spiritual agency. His most recent book, a history of how spiritual beliefs have influenced human agency, is entitled Invisible Agents: Spirits in a Central African History (Ohio University Press, 2012). He has also edited a collection with Shepard Krech entitled Indigenous Knowledge and the Environment in Africa and North America (Ohio University Press, 2012). His first book, a history of changing tenure rules and forms of wealth from the pre-colonial to the post-colonial periods in the borderlands of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nachituti's Gift: Economy, Society and Environment in Central Africa, was published by the University of Wisconsin Press, and was a finalist for the Herskovits award for the best book in all disciplines of African Studies. He has published articles in numerous scholarly journals, including the Journal for African History, Journal of Southern African Studies, William and Mary Quarterly, and Comparative Studies in Society and History.
At Bowdoin College, Professor Gordon shares his enthusiasm for African history in courses that include Africa and the Atlantic World, South Africa after Apartheid. Warlords and Child Soldiers in African History, Globalization and its Critics, and Conquest, Colonialism, and Independence: African History since 1880.
[Monograph] Invisible Agents: Spirits in a Central African History. Ohio University Press. New African Histories Series. November, 2012.
[Edited Collection] (with Shepard Krech) Eds. Indigenous Knowledge and the Environment in Africa and North America. Ohio University Press. Series in Ecology and History, 2012.
[Monograph] Nachituti's Gift: Economy, Society, and Environment in Central Africa. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. Awards: Finalist and Honorable Mention, Melville J. Herskovits Award, Best Book in African Studies, 2006.
Examples of recent refereed journal articles and book chapters include:
"Wearing Cloth, Wielding Guns: Consumption, Trade, and Politics in the South Central African Interior during the Nineteenth Century." In A History of Consumption in Central Africa. Edited by Jan-Bart Gewald et. al. Under Contract with Brill Press.
"Zambia: An Annotated Bibliography." Oxford University Press, Oxford Online Bibliographies. [40 pages, approx. 160 annotated entries of the most significant scholarship]
"The Abolition of the Slave Trade and the Transformation of the South-Central African Interior," William and Mary Quarterly. Special Edition on Global Consequences of 1807 Abolition. LXVI.4 (October 2009), 915-938.
"Community of Suffering: Narratives of War and Exile in the Zambian Lumpa Church." In Recasting the Past. Eds., D. Peterson and G. Macola. Athens: Ohio Univ. Press, 2009, 191-209..
"Rebellion or Massacre: The UNIP-Lumpa Conflict Revisited." In One Zambia, Many Histories: Towards a History of Post-Colonial Zambia. Eds., J.-B. Gewald et al. Leid: Brill, 2008, 45-76.
"History on the Luapula Retold: Landscape, Memory, and Identity in the Kazembe Kingdom," Journal of African History 47, 1 (2006), 21-42.
"The Cultural Politics of a Traditional Ceremony: Mutomboko and the Performance of History on the Luapula," Comparative Studies in Society and History 46, 1 (2004), 63-83.
"Owners of the Land and Lunda Lords: Colonial Chiefs in the Borderlands of Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo," International Journal of African Historical Studies 34, 2 (2001), 315-337.
Book reviews appearing in the following journals: American Historical Review, Journal of African History, Journal of Southern African Studies, International Journal of African Historical Studies, Isis, History: Reviews of New Books, Australasian Review of African Studies, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Canadian Journal of African Studies, African Studies Review, H-AFRICA.
Other Publications
These include Four Encyclopedia Entries and One Technical Report (FAO).
Panel Organizer "The Politics of Vision in African History." Presentation: "The Historiography of Invisible Worlds: How Africanists See Spirits." African Studies Association, Nov. 2012.
"National Histories from Sub-National Perspectives." Roundtable on "National Histories or Histories of Nationalism," African History Today," Paris, 15-16 June, 2012.
Panel Organizer "Christianity and Liberation" Presentation. "Conflicting Visions of Christian Liberation in Post-Colonial Zambia." African Studies Association, Washington D.C., 17-20 Nov., 2011.
"Humanism and Conflicting Christian Citizenships in Post-Colonial Southern Africa." Presented at the South African Historical Society Conference, Durban, 27-29 June, 2011.
"Illegitimate Trade and the Political Economy of Warlordism in the South Central African Interior during the Nineteenth Century." Presented at Central African Research Themes IV, Zambia, 2010.
"The Transformation of the Atlantic World and the Rise of Warlordism in the South Central African Interior." Presented at Colloquium on "The Impact of the Atlantic World on the Old World of Africa and Europe" Nantes, France, June 6-9, 2010.
"Spirits and Alternative Sovereignties in Central Africa." Presented at North Eastern Workshop on Southern Africa, Burlington, Vermont, April 9-11, 2010.
Workshop Organizer, "Culture and Power in Central Africa." Paper Presentation "Spirits of the Crocodile". Rice University, Humanities Research Center, 22 March, 2009.
Panel Organizer, "The Political Imagination in African History." Presentation, "The Pentecostal Political Imagination and the Downfall of Kenneth Kaunda." American Historical Association, New York, 2-5 January, 2009.


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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The parents of an Italian tourist who went missing while hiking one of Chile's most active volcanoes arrived in the South American country on Monday to join the search for him and two companions.
Luca Ogliengo's parents have rented a helicopter to assist rescuers.
Teams led by special police have been sweeping the area around the Villarica volcano in Chile's central valley since Thursday morning but have found no trace of Ogliengo, Dmitry Sivenkov of Russia and Gillhem Bellon of France.
The hikers haven't been heard from since Wednesday night, when one of them called his girlfriend, telling her it was getting dark and that they would sleep overnight at the volcano and descend the next day.
Authorities say they were unprepared to sleep on the volcano and that a cold front that night that brought snow, which may have covered their footprints.
The search began early Thursday after the snowy weather cleared out and rescuers continue to search the area on Tuesday afternoon.


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MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) – Keegan Bradley called his Ryder Cup debut "the best day of my life.'' Barely 24 hours later, somehow it got even better.
After stealing the show Friday with back-to-back wins, Bradley again partnered with Phil Mickelson to make beating the Europeans look easy. This time, the Americans punished Englishmen Lee Westwood and Luke Donald 7 and 6, tying the record for the biggest margin of victory in an alternate-shot match.
The only thing wider at Medinah Country Club was the grin on Bradley's mug. No U.S. rookie has gone 3-0 at the Ryder Cup since Loren Roberts in 1995. The last European to turn the trick was Sergio Garcia in 1999, who halved his fourth match and then lost in singles. That may explain why U.S. captain Davis Love III decided not to tempt fate by giving Bradley and Mickelson the afternoon session off.
"Phil was giving me a pep talk early in the round, saying we need to come out hot against these two great players,'' Bradley said. "We were lucky enough to do that.''
Lucky? Bradley, a right-hander, and Mickelson, a lefty, meshed so well in the alternate-shot format, they looked like mirror images of the same golfer. They went 1 up on No. 1 with a birdie, made five more after that and didn't lose a single hole. Both have putted well, and Bradley's length of the tee plays right into Mickelson's strengths – his approach play and an uncanny ability to clean up missed shots with his short game.
But in addition to their complementary styles, what has made them unbeatable is how Bradley, 26, and Mickelson, 42, deploy their energy and experience to the benefit of both. Mickelson even compared their partnership to the great Spanish duo of the late Seve Ballesteros and current European captain Jose Maria Olazabal, the most successful pairing in Ryder Cup history.
"To partake in his great play and experience the Ryder Cup together,'' Mickelson said, "has been awesome. … It brought our best golf out.''
Bradley, who won the PGA Championship in 2011, said his sky-high confidence was a direct result of playing alongside Mickelson. Bradley doubted he'd be pumping his fist after nearly every big putt, or shamelessly daring the galleries to get even louder if this were an individual competition, as opposed to team play.
"I would never do that in a stroke-play event. I mean I do – in my career, I've had big moments where I've showed my emotions. But here, I always know Phil is going to be there, whether I missed the green or hit it in the woods … It's just very relaxing to know I have a Hall of Fame partner that knows how to get it up and in from anywhere on the course.''
Bradley acknowledged that their caddies have reminded both him and Mickelson to tone down the occasional celebration on the course, if only to conserve energy. That might also explain why, after walking back and forth to root on teammates in the remaining morning matches, they commandeered a golf cart to do their cheerleading.
"I can barely contain myself,'' Bradley said.
He wasn't kidding.
The two golfers followed the final morning match – Americans Jim Furyk and Brandt Snedeker vs. Europe's Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell – all the way to the 18th hole. Halfway down the fairway, Mickelson and wife Amy got off to walk the rest of the way. Just before the cart roared toward the final green, Bradley clambered onto the back step and clinging to the railing with one hand, he used the other to pump his fist and whip up the crowd in the grandstand.
Back down the fairway, his captain watched the scene with what must have been mixed emotions. After giving Bradley the rest of the day to take it easy, Love could not have been thrilled to see his team's biggest star risk getting injured on a cheerleading expedition.


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Wealthy landowners and locals wade into the ditch
Does a trout know who owns the body of water it lives in? This is not a Buddhist riddle. All a trout, elk or black-footed ferret cares about is whether the water or land can sustain it. Some of us have forgotten that unadorned fact. Motivated by laudable concerns over social change, some Westerners have moved into class warfare instead of asking a simpler and more basic question: "How is the land being treated?" A good place to answer that question is Mitchell Slough in Montana's rapidly growing Bitterroot Valley.
Mitchell Slough is a 100-year-old ditch that diverts water from the Bitterroot River and moves it to downstream ranches. Over the years, the ditch became a low-quality "naturalized" stream fed by some springs. When I first saw it in the early 1970s, it was 40 feet wide and 10 inches deep, with its bed encased in mud. Few willows provided cover, so most of the trout that ventured up the channel were nailed by osprey and eaten.
Years later, singer Huey Lewis, businessman Ken Siebel and other denizens of the "super-rich" — a Western code word implying "evil-doers" — bought ranches along Mitchell Slough. They donated conservation easements and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in an effort to restore aquatic habitat. They hired Dave Odell, a fishing guide and stream restorer, who'd helped secure in-stream flow for a dying Bitterroot River, to do the work. Odell got the mud out of the channel, created meanders, cabled logs and planted riparian vegetation along the banks. He also built nesting islands for geese and created spawning beds for trout.
Afterward, the ranchers closed the restored ditch-stream, arousing the ire of a group called the Bitterroot River Protective Association. To gain public access, it promptly sued Lewis, Siebel and two dozen mostly unknown neighbors along Mitchell Slough. The group lost, but is now appealing the case to the Montana Supreme Court.
What do they claim? Despite more than 90 miles of the Bitterroot River and scores of tributary streams being open to fishing, despite an excellent system of state river-access sites, and despite the ecological need for lightly used habitat, the Montanans suing apparently believe that their innate right to trespass and fish has been gravely injured. Their ideology appears to be: "If I can't use it, what good is it?"
Members of the Bitterroot River Protective Association cared little for Mitchell Slough before it was restored, and now its members want to fish there to make a blunt point with newcomers: "This is our valley, not yours." As a result, the group has tarred good people like Lewis and Siebel with the broad brush of elitism. They're helped by having a charismatic leader in Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, D, who has vowed to protect river access for average Montanans. This adds little of substance to the debate, however, since it turns out that Mitchell Slough is too small for floating.
I have come to believe that what matters most in the changing West is not land ownership, but land stewardship. Critics tend to focus on the bank account of the owner, not the on-the-ground benefit. But if public access wins at Mitchell Slough, what landowner would ever restore a ditch or spring creek again? Is that the outcome we want?
The message of Mitchell Slough runs deep. I have worked with easements for more than 30 years and now chair the New Mexico Land Conservancy. We have put over 50,000 acres of ranches, farms and open space under easement in just four years; some of the donors are wealthy, some are not. In any case, wildlife doesn't know the difference.
For the West to mature as a society, we need to get over the fact that rich people are moving here. It turns out that many of them care about the land just as much as we do. It matters little that a rich person rather than a working-class person saved a stretch of Mitchell Slough, or that George W. Bush expanded the income tax deductions for conservation easement donations instead of Bill Clinton. What matters is our shared stewardship of this achingly beautiful landscape. The blame game will never conserve private lands in the West. This is the time for clear thinking and a new way forward.
Jack Wright heads the geography department at New Mexico State University and lives in Mesilla, New Mexico.
Note: the opinions expressed in this column are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of High Country News, its board or staff. If you'd like to share an opinion piece of your own, please write Betsy Marston at [email protected].


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DETROIT (AP) — The Toyota RAV4 is getting a makeover that could help it retake the crossover crown.
The RAV4 was the first crossover when it went on sale in 1995, and it became a hit with families who wanted the roominess of an SUV with the tighter handling of a car. But as dozens of imitators entered the market offering more power, styling or technology for the price, the pioneering RAV4 was gradually overtaken.
The current version is now the fourth best-selling crossover in the U.S., behind the more recently redesigned Honda CR-V, Ford Escape and Chevrolet Equinox. The RAV4 was last redesigned in 2006.
Now, Toyota hopes its revamped 2013 RAV4 can reclaim the top sales spot. The crossover has a sharper, more muscular look than the boxier outgoing model. It also has a redesigned interior and better fuel economy. It debuts Wednesday at the Los Angeles Auto Show and will go on sale early next year.
Here are some more details about the fourth-generation RAV4.
UNDER THE HOOD: Toyota will carry over the 2.5-liter, four-cylinder engine from the current RAV4. It gets 176 horsepower, down from 179 in the current model because Toyota had to meet more stringent emissions standards. It will be paired with a new six-speed transmission, which replaces the four-speed on the current model. The new transmission helps it achieve an estimated 24 miles per gallon in the city and 31 on the highway, up from 22 and 28. Toyota will no longer offer a V6 engine.
INSIDE: The main difference here is that Toyota will no longer offer an optional third-row seat, which had expanded the RAV4's capacity to seven. But second-row passengers will have more leg room thanks to thinner front seats. The cargo area is also longer and deeper than the previous model. When the second row is folded down, the RAV4 boasts 73.4 cubic feet of cargo space, which is more than the CR-V or Escape. A backup camera is now standard on every trim level, as it is on the CR-V.
OUTSIDE: The design is more sculpted and dramatic than the current RAV4, with a sloping hood and more prominent front and rear fenders. Toyota is introducing a roof-hinged liftgate on the new RAV4, a break from its previous side-hinged rear doors. The company says the new liftgate will make the vehicle easier to load from a curb. The new RAV4 will also be the first Toyota to have a system that automatically shifts from front wheel drive to all wheel drive when the vehicle is accelerating or when it detects wheel slippage.
PRICE: Not yet released, but expect it to be in the $22,500 to $23,000 range in this hotly contested and crowded segment of the market.
CHEERS: It's a long overdue makeover for a major player in the market and will most certainly increase sales. Toyota has sold more than 1.7 million RAV4s over the last 17 years.
JEERS: The CR-V and Escape still offer more horsepower and gee-whiz features, like the automatic liftgate on the Escape that opens with a wave of a driver's foot. The Chevrolet Equinox gets better highway fuel economy. The RAV4 will still have a tough time competing.


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NH city breaks Boston's record
Keene pumpkin fest breaks world record
NH city breaks Boston's record
The Keene pumpkin festival broke a world record Saturday night for the most carved, lit jack-o'-lanterns in one place.
Organizers said 30,581 pumpkins were lit at the same time, breaking a record set by Boston in 2006.
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Thousands of people and organizations turned out for the annual tradition, carving all kinds of ghoulish creations. Visitors came from across New Hampshire and New England.
"This is our first year coming," said John Barlow. "We came from southern Connecticut and we're carving to get into the Guinness Book of World Records."
A competing contest in a Chicago suburb was also attempted to break the record on Saturday, but organizers did not return phone messages.


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Evidence that someone is listening and not just hearing.
Crack open your thesaurus and you will find that "hearing" is listed as a synonym for "listening." I respectively dispute such a link.
I would define "hearing" as perceiving a sound through one's ears, although I guess some car stereos have the bass so cranked up that the sound can actually be felt.
In contrast, I would propose that "listening" entails not only taking in a sound, but then interpreting it to some degree or another.
For example, an individual may hear birds singing. But only when they listen can they discern the difference between a sparrow, robin or cardinal.
When it comes to interacting with other people, a majority of folks are far better at hearing than listening.
If someone is giving you instructions, but you only hear what they're saying because you're fixated on how bad their breath is, how yellow their teeth are or on how long their nose hair is, chances are when it comes time to perform the task you will be in trouble.
It doesn't matter your line of work, if you only hear people instead of listen to them, you could be putting your employment status at risk. If your employed in a sandwich shop and are told by a customer to put pickles on their sandwich, but you instead load it up with jalapenos, that customer may not be the only one with "heartburn" at the end of the day. If a medical professional doesn't listen to his or her patient's symptoms, chances are they will wind up with a "royal pain," too.
After a day of listening to people, sometimes when I get home at night I can be guilty of slipping into the hearing mode. That likely explains why sometimes I have no clue where my wife, Nancy, or our daughter, Anna, area taking off to in the car, when in fact they told me earlier, but I wasn't focused on what they were saying.
While they might tell you otherwise, I like to believe that the instances when I'm hearing my wife and daughter are far fewer than when I'm listening to them.
It's always fun to shock Nancy or Anna by spouting off some random fact they had shared hours if not days earlier.
"See, I was paying attention," I'm fond of crowing.
Of course, I'm not the only one who listens in the Henley household, as Nancy recently illustrated to me.
Truly listening to someone is particularly challenging when the person you are trying to focus on is talking about a subject in which you have little if any interest. For my bride, that topic would be sports.
During the summer she knows to root for the team with the birds on the bat on its uniform, but you will not find her hyperventilating over the condition of St. Louis shortstop Rafael Furcal's right elbow.
During football season, her interest in sports is not very acute. While I fuss and fume Rams and Chiefs games on Sunday afternoons, Nancy is more inclined to catch a nap in the recliner.
Consequently, I was more than a bit surprised recently when one day over lunch Nancy shared she had been engaging male customers at work in discussions about the Super Bowl.
"Seriously?" I asked. "All right, tell me who is playing in the Super Bowl."
"The 49ers and Ravens," she replied without hesitation, no doubt suppressing the urge to stick her tongue out at me. "See, I listen."
Because I feared having a bowl of tomato soup dumped on my head, I resisted the temptation to probe deeper into her football data banks by asking about Ray Lewis' supposed connection to deer antler extract.
Indeed my wife has been listening.
Who knew?
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the 900th column by the Courier-Post's award-winning columnist Danny Henley.)


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Kern Carter's first book has hit the shelves.
The 2012 St. Bonaventure University alumnus, who graduated with a degree in English, is the author of "Thoughts of a Fractured Soul" (FriesenPress, 2014).
The book tells a story of family and failed potential told through the reflective voice of the main character, Corey Thomas, a.k.a. Ace. Through a series of non-linear digressions, some brief and some extended, Corey catalogues the crucial moments of his life as he remembers.
As these insights are pieced together, readers are presented with a tale that digs deep into societal behaviors and reflects the contemporary structure of the modern family.
"Each day that I am fortunate enough to open my eyes, I observe, challenge, push, react, all in hopes of becoming a better writer. I hesitate to label myself as an author because anyone that publishes a book can claim that title. I am a writer; someone that lives with words and is in constant analysis of the world around me," said Carter, a native of Toronto who played guard for the Bonnies for two years (2003-2005) before injuries derailed his playing career.
The book is available in print or e-book formats at http://www.friesenpress.com/bookstore; www.amazon.com; www.barnesandnoble.com; and http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books (search for Kern Carter).
"My gift is to communicate stories through the written word," Carter said, " … to create worlds within those pages that readers can see, touch, sense, and feel as they are guided through tales that reflect genuine life situations and perspectives."
Carter counts Dr. Rick Simpson, longtime English professor at St. Bonaventure, as a significant influence on him.
"How can I put into words my gratitude to him for reading 181 pages of my first draft at the end of a semester, and for including comments on almost every page," Carter said.
"Remembering that copy, I think of how excruciating that must have been for him. But he went even further and sat me down in his office to tell me that he believed in me. He was my first critic and helped me move passed my fear of making my work public."
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This is the PlayStation 4, folks, flexing its muscles. The game you're seeing is called Resogun. It's an arcade shooter coming out on launch day (November 15) for the PS4. It's not just meant to be a game. It's meant to be a showpiece. The game comes from the Finnish studio Housemarque which previously made Super Stardust HD, a launch day arcade shooter for the PlayStation 3.
Here's what Super Stardust HD squeezed out of the PS3, for comparison:
The games are similar. Both are arcade shooters. Both rack up a points multiplier as you kill more enemies. Both arm you with bombs and a speed boost that makes you invincible while you dash out of trouble. The main gameplay difference is that Resogun also challenges you to rescue little green people, 10 per level, before you reach a boss. You've got a variety of ships, each with a distinct upgradeable shooting pattern.
We'll be reviewing Resogun closer to launch, but for now just look what the PS4 can do.
Tip: Keep an eye out for the sequences in the video where you can see enemies or even your bullets looping around to the back of the level. Terrific!
Tip 2: As you watch, bump up the resolution in the YouTube player to at least 720p. YouTube still denigrates the video quality compared to the original footage, but it still looks pretty good.


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When looking for a new car, most motorists want a model which is fun yet practical, and, with the price of fuel rising ever higher, one that's fuel-efficient to boot. City cars fit the bill perfectly, and as well as being cheap to run, cars like this can get really cheap car insurance quotes too. Ideal for students, young professionals or anyone who only wants to drive short distances, city cars can make motoring affordable, but which are the best ones currently on show in car showrooms across Europe?
1. Fiat Panda – the rebooted model of this Italian classic has proved to be phenomenally popular with motorists and with good reason. Its engine makes it go like a hatchback, it has plenty of space for passengers and in the boot, plus its looks help to make this model endearing. Great fuel economy also comes as standard with all models
2. Toyota Aygo – despite its size, four fully-grown adults can comfortable fit inside the Aygo. Aside from being spacious, it also looks great and the fuel economy is so high that it's possible to drive 400 miles on a single tank of gas.
3. Peugeot 107 – like the Panda, this French model is perfect for people wanting to buy their first car for a number of reasons. Despite being cheap to buy, it comes equipped with a CD player, power steering and ABS brakes, looks great and has plenty of room. However, what makes the 107 stand out is fuel economy of 62.7mpg and CO2 emissions of just103g/km.
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Telcoms Store SMS Text Message Details – Not HIPAA Compliant
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As an extension to my previous post called "Texting is Not HIPAA Secure" I wanted to point out some data that Wired posted about Telcom's SMS message retention policies.
The information was found in a Department of Justice document and I believe is a good illustration for why PHI should not be sent through traditional SMS text messaging. Here's the chart that wired created showing the major Telcom providers record retention policies:
The top 2 sections are the most important when it comes to secure text messaging. Last I checked, the telcom servers weren't HIPAA secure. Not to mention, I can't say I've seen a Telcom provider sign a business associate agreement with a healthcare provider. Neither of things are likely to ever happen.
The challenge is that text message is so valuable in healthcare. It's such a simple and flexible way to communicate between doctors, nurses, staff, HIM, etc etc etc. This is why I predict over the next year we're going to see a huge uptick in adoption of secure text messaging by third parties. The technology is there. We just need wider spread adoption of it in healthcare.


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Arteta: Sanchez signing highlights Arsenal's ambition
Mikel Arteta believes Alexis Sanchez's arrival at Arsenal is a statement of intent from the Premier League title hopefuls.
After prising German star Mesut Ozil away from Real Madrid last season, Arsenal pulled off another transfer coup by completing the signing of Barcelona forward Sanchez on a five-year deal.
Sanchez won six trophies during his three-year spell in Spain and arrives at the Emirates on the back of yet another fourth-placed finish for Arsenal in the Premier League.
Arsenal scored 68 goals in 38 league matches last campaign - their lowest tally since the 2008-09 season - but Arteta says the Chile international will add pace to the club's attack and ease the load on leading striker Oliver Giroud as the club aim to win their first Premier League title since 2004.
"He's the type of player we were looking for," the 32-year-old told Arsenal's official website.
"At some stage [last season] we didn't have that pace up front with the injuries we had, but this year we will. We will be a threat in behind teams and he'll give us another option.
"He's a character, too. He's a fighter and very ambitious. I think he's the type of player that the Arsenal fans will really like.
"It is a very good statement to show where we are going. I think we are going in the right direction, the club is ambitious, the directors are ambitious and we are going to fight for big aims."
Fellow Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey also expressed his excitement following Sanchez's move to London.
"He's a fantastic talent. He's proven it at Barcelona, and at the World Cup he was Chile's main player. I'm sure he'll settle right into this squad and show his quality," Ramsey told Sky Sports News.
"It's a great signing for us and he'll certainly add quality to the team and bring his own style. We're all looking forward to working with him."


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Thanks for the summary of the theory, which I'm sure is sound. I think the best L/D would give the best angle upwind ?
I also find it hard to explain several practical competition results, such as why C class catamaran have proven fastest with solid wing sails - despite their weight. Also why double surface hang glidiers wiped out single surface in competition , see
I suspect response to varying angles of attack is as important as coefficent of lift and L/D. Actually our current 'flexy' sails seem more tuned for wind range than max lift coeffiecnt ? Could a wing sail be so user friendly ?
I agree downwind looks like an area where experimentation might still produce new concepts. Back on the phantom 380 thread I posted
"No arguing that drag will increase with slots, which is why I've only really imagined them in the downwind dash scenario. There we are operating at as high as angle of attack as we can , proabaly well past most efficient. I wonder whether by running deeper, if a little slower, with slots (ie closer to the spin equipped boats) it would be possible to make more VMG. For general aviation take landing drag is probably pretty irrelevant to the designer. However if the goal is different then the placement and sizing of the slots would differ to meet the changed target. The only windtunnel work I know of in this area has been done for paragliders, and is shown on
According to independant tests (in the table 2/3 the way down) they got virtually 20% decrease in stall speed (ie high angle of attack) for 2% increase in drag at minimum angle of attack (equivalent to upwind). Certainly those things sell well enough. I've spoken to owners and they say the only disadvantage is a narrow 'poor performance window' at medium angle of attack - might be a problem for a sail on beam reach, but not up/downwind. Just makes me wonder - but we don't see so much experimentation nowdays with rigs, that all seems to be on the kites."
|27th April 2009, 05:18 PM
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I think the reason that C Class cats use wing masts but other boats don't has been explained by top aerodynamicist Mark Drela, whose foil designs hold things like the human-powered flight and boat records.
Mark notes that with a board or boat, the issue is not the l/D of the rig in isolation BUT THE LIFT DRAG OF THE RIG AND PLATFORM (ie the rig and the hull or hulls). Looked at it that way, everything comes together.
A glider consists of a huge wingspan with a tiny bit of parasitic drag caused by the fuselage, so going for the lowest-drag wing is vital. In contrast, a boat or board consists of a smaller (proportionately) "wingspan" and a massive amount of parasitic drag caused by the hulls. No matter how efficient the L/D of the rig, the L/D of the whole boat is dominated by the huge drag of the hull. Therefore a lot of the time, it's more important to maximise the lift of the rig, even at the expense of maximising the drag of the rig, because the rig drag is a small fraction of the total drag of the entire boat or board.
For example, a C Class cat is an inherently low-drag beast for its size and sail power. Therefore the low drag of the wing sail is very important (and it helps that the boat is so big that it rarely crashes and blows the wing!). So wings work in Cs.
At the other extreme is a cruising yacht; it's got an inherently high-drag hull and therefore maximising lift is vital, and since rig drag is a small amount of overall drag, an inferior L/D in the rig is no problem if L increases.
In boards, we go from longboards in light winds (high drag compared to windspeed) to speed boards in strong winds (low drag compared to windspeed) and the fastest sails follow the same rules; increase lift when your hull drag is high even at the expense of higher aero drag, and vice versa in other conditions.
I'm no expert in this, just passing on theory that matches practice 100%.
|28th April 2009, 06:11 AM
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On a yacht, where rig size is limited (either by exterior dimensions or via the handicap measurement) what you say is correct. C class cats, for example, have very specific limits.
On a windsurfer, however, you can use whatever rig you want, so it would follow that the best possible L/D would produce the best result. IMO, the 'gray area' of wing viability is the boundary conditions. Windsurfers have slightly more than 1:1 speed to wind speed ratio (for comparison, Yellow Pages just went over 50 kts in less than 25 kts of wind which is in excess of 2:1). So to go 50 knots on a windsurfer, you are looking at nearly 50 knots of wind speed. The impact on the water surface, gust dynamics etc is extreme, and so far it has seemed that the advantages that result from the ability of a properly designed conventional rig to 'autotune' outweigh the disadvantage of the intrinsically lower L/D.
My 2 cents, for what they are worth!
|28th April 2009, 09:46 PM
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Good poin!
By the way, even very open-minded boat classes with no rig limits have found that wing masts, double luff sails etc are often less efficient than just making a taller, lighter, simpler rig that cuts down on induced drag by its longer span.
There's pics of double-surface windsurfer sails in use (slowly) at speed trials as early as about '82. They still seem to have an attraction because people believe that gliders are the best model for sails, and while I'm no aero expert in any way it's interesting to see that guys like Drela seems to believe that "normal" sails are better in many ways, particularly (as you pointed out) their adjustability; I can recall a post to a glider forum where he seemed very impressed by the way teh America's Cup rigs worked.
Tom Speer (a Boeing aerodynamicist who posts on Boat Design Forum) has noted when writing about solid wing sails that "the notion that because aircraft wings are very efficient and have thick sections, while sails have thin sections and generally lower lift/drag ratios, and therefore a thick sectioned sail will aerodynamically superior to a sail rig with a thin section simply because it is thick, is a mistaken idea. Airplanes have thick sections because they are structurally stronger and because they have to operate efficiently at low lift coefficients in cruise. This is generally not the case for most sailing craft, except for very high-speed craft like landyachts and iceboats."
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The size of the largest financial institutions has made it difficult for the U.S. Justice Department to bring criminal charges when there's wrongdoing, Attorney General Eric Holder said.
Criminal charges against a bank -- something that could threaten its existence -- may also endanger the national or global economies in the case of the largest ones, because of their size and interconnectedness. That has "made it difficult for us to prosecute" some of those institutions, Holder said today at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
"That is a function of the fact that some of these institutions have become too large," Holder told lawmakers. "It has an inhibiting impact on our ability to bring resolutions that I think would be more appropriate."
U.S. lawmakers, including Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, have raised concerns that the largest institutions haven't been held accountable for their actions that played a role in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
While Holder didn't single out any specific institutions, he said bank size was something Congress would "need to consider."
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Holder's comments on bank size "add a new twist to this debate" about whether action should be taken to downsize the largest financial institutions, Brian Gardner, senior vice president for Washington research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc., said in a note to clients today.
"This will further stoke the debate over breaking up the large banks and will generate negative headlines for the largest US banks," Gardner wrote.
Holder's remarks came in response to questions from Senator Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican who has criticized the Justice Department's lack of prosecutions against banks.
Grassley and Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, sent the Justice Department a letter on Jan. 29 asking whether the federal government avoids prosecuting banks that they described as "too-big-to-jail." The two senators specifically cited the $1.9 billion settlement between the government and HSBC Holdings Plc. to resolve allegations that included money laundering for criminal organizations.
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Distance from Jordan, MN to Lester Prairie, MN
Driving distance between Jordan, MN and Lester Prairie, MN is 39.92 miles (or 64.25 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
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In Christian's second season, Coker won six games, winning five of them in South Atlantic Conference play.
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Christian came to Coker after serving as the assistant women's basketball coach and recruiting coordinator at Davis & Elkins College. Prior to her time at Davis & Elkins, Christian served as the head coach of the Carolina Quest AAU team, as well as assistant girls coach at Saint Stephen's High School and head coach at the North Ridge Basketball Academy.
Before joining the coaching ranks, Christian had a standout playing career at fellow South Atlantic Conference school Lenoir-Rhyne. While at L-R, she helped guide the Bears to the 2014 SAC Championship and the 2014 NCAA Division II Southeast Region Championship. Christian was also a stellar women's lacrosse player at Lenoir-Rhyne. She was a second team all-conference selection and was a SAC All-Tournament team selection.
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Official Pre-Sale Announcement:
The first DIY LED Express LLC Pre-Sale will run from January 2nd through January 31st. Delivery of product is expected to be around early to mid May.
Our website has been updated with almost all the pre-sales pricing. Again we have seen some substantial decreases in the cost of some of our most popular items! All 12mm pixel strings and power supplies have seen significant price drops! Also be sure to watch for quantity discounts on ALL pixel products and a lot of other products. The more you buy the better price you will receive!
We have also made one minor change to our pixel strings. All PixaBulb, PixaString, 12mm pixels and icicle strings will come with connectors already attached! This means a whole lot less work for everyone! Also included with each string will be a matching female pigtail to attach to the output of your controllers! This will help you save a lot of time building and setting up your display!
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When the pre-sale closes we place our orders with the manufacturers. The products are then manufactured to our specifications. Once complete the items are loaded into a shipping container and shipped via ocean freighter to the US. Once the shipment arrives in the US (Usually about 25 days after the shipment is sealed) it is then loaded onto a train and then delivered to us.
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