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1. Remove the two 15mm bolts that secure the upper panhard bar/brace to the body on the left side, just forward of the muffler. Pull the bar down to gain clearance for muffler removal.

2. Loosen the 13mm bolts on the clamped connections between the mufflers and the over-axle pipes. The bolts need to be backed out to the end of the threads in order to open the clamp enough to allow the flared ball connection of the inlet pipe to be removed.

3. There are three hangers on each muffler, two in the front and one in the rear. Separate the rear hanger rods from the rubber mount first, and slide the mufflers forward and out of the front mounts. A silicone spray lubricant will help the hangers to slip out.

4. Use a 15mm socket to loosen the nuts on the clamped connections at the rear of the factory Hpipe and remove the intermediate pipes. Slip the pipes off and remove from the vehicle.

5. Use a 13mm ratcheting box end wrench to loosen the clamps on each side of the H-pipe where it connects to the back of the catalytic converters. The bolts need to be backed out almost all the way to allow the joint to separate. Remove the H-pipe from under the car. The factory H-pipe clamps will be used to install the new system however they are fastened to the original pipes with a small tab and will need to be removed. This can be accomplished by wiggling the clamp back and forth to break the tab, or using a die grinder with cut off wheel.

6. Use a 13mm socket to remove the bolts securing the double muffler mounts from the frame on the left and right side.

1. Place the two factory band clamps that were removed in step 4, onto the inlets of the new Scavenger X-pipe assembly. Then place the assembly up into position and onto the back of the cats and support the rear with a stand of some sort. It’s important that the connections line up closely. If they don’t, check the center to center spread of the inlet pipes of the X-pipe - It should be 22-1/4”.

Use a little muscle to adjust the spread if necessary. Snug the clamps up and then wiggle the pipe up and down a bit to help seat the connection before final tightening.

2. Place a 3” clamp onto the slip fit end of the new intermediate pipes and then install the pipes up over the axle and onto the back of the X-pipe. When you install the clamps, make sure that they are oriented so that the nuts are offset to the outside.

3. Push the upper panhard bar back up into position and re-attach with the original bolts.

4. Place a 3” clamp onto the inlet pipes of the mufflers. Slide the hanger mounts removed in step 7 onto the new mufflers. Place the mufflers up into position and onto the over-axle pipes, and connect the rear hanger mounts to support. Secure the double hanger mounts back into position on the frame using the factory bolts.

5. Adjust the position of all muffler, pipes and tips to provide a satisfactory fit. This is a tight fitting system, so take your time and be patient, tightening and adjusting a little bit at a time. Be sure to maintain at adequate clearance around all parts of the system to avoid rattles or damage to heat sensitive components. Once you’re happy with the fit tighten all connections down very securely.

6. For a cleaner appearance and more secure installation, we highly recommend welding all slipfit connections.

NOTE: If you experience an exhaust leak at the X-pipe/Cat connection, take a hammer and tap on the clamped ball flare connections while the engine is running. Doing this will help the ball flare to seat properly.

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This guide applies to Mustang years: 2011, 2012 and Submodels: Boss 302, GT


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The Man Behind the Curtain

Physics is not always the seamless subject that it pretends to be

Tony Rothman

“I want to get down to the basics. I want to learn the fundamentals. I want to understand the laws that govern the behavior of the universe.” Thousands of admissions officers and physics department chairs have smiled over such words set down by aspiring physicists in their college-application essays, and that is hardly surprising, for every future physicist writes that essay, articulating the sentiments of all of us who choose physics as a career: to touch the fundamentals, to learn how the universe operates.

2011-05MacroRothmanFA.jpgClick to Enlarge ImageIt is also the view the field holds of itself and the way physics is taught: Physics is the most fundamental of the natural sciences; it explains Nature at its deepest level; the edifice it strives to construct is all-encompassing, free of internal contradictions, conceptually compelling and—above all—beautiful. The range of phenomena physics has explained is more than impressive; it underlies the whole of modern civilization. Nevertheless, as a physicist travels along his (in this case) career, the hairline cracks in the edifice become more apparent, as does the dirt swept under the rug, the fudges and the wholesale swindles, with the disconcerting result that the totality occasionally appears more like Bruegel’s Tower of Babel as dreamt by a modern slumlord, a ramshackle structure of compartmentalized models soldered together into a skewed heap of explanations as the whole jury-rigged monstrosity tumbles skyward.

Of course many grand issues remain unresolved at the frontiers of physics: What is the origin of inertia? Are there extra dimensions? Can a Theory of Everything exist? But even at the undergraduate level, far back from the front lines, deep holes exist; yet the subject is presented as one of completeness while the holes—let us say abysses—are planked over in order to camouflage the danger. It seems to me that such an approach is both intellectually dishonest and fails to stimulate the habits of inquiry and skepticism that science is meant to engender.

In the first week or two of any freshman physics course, students are exposed to the force of friction. They learn that friction impedes the motion of objects and that it is caused by the microscope interaction of the two surfaces sliding past one another. It all seems quite plausible, even obvious, yet regardless of any high falutin’ modeling, with molecular mountain ranges resisting each other’s passage or running-shoe soles binding to tracks, friction produces heat and hence an increase in entropy. It thus distinguishes past from future. The increase in entropy—the second law of thermodynamics—is the only law of Nature that makes this fundamental distinction. Newton’s laws, those of electrodynamics, relativity … all are reversible: None care whether the universal clock runs forward or backward. If Newton’s laws are at the bottom of everything, then one should be able to derive the second law of thermodynamics from Newtonian mechanics, but this has never been satisfactorily accomplished and the incompatibility of the irreversible second law with the other fundamental theories remains perhaps the greatest paradox in all physics. It is blatantly dropped into the first days of a freshman course and the textbook authors bat not an eyelash.

To a physicist, moreover, the material world is divided into billiard balls and springs. An ideal spring oscillates forever, but anyone who has ever watched a real-world spring knows that forever usually lasts just a few seconds. We account for this mathematically by inserting a frictional term into the spring equation and the fix accords well with observations. But the insertion is completely ad hoc, adjustable by hand, and to claim that such a fudge somehow explains the behavior of springs is simple vanity.

Not Exactly

Perhaps our complacency is due to the fact that we have written down a plausible equation. Physicists have long believed that mathematics is the Rosetta Stone for unlocking the secrets of Nature and since a famous 1960 essay by Eugene Wigner entitled “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences,” the conviction has become an article of faith. It seems to me, though, that the “God is a mathematician” viewpoint is one of selective perception. The great swindle of introductory physics is that every problem has an exact answer. Not only that, students are expected to find it. Such an approach inculcates our charges with an expectation that is, in fact, exactly contrary to the true state of the world. Vanishingly few problems in physics have exact solutions and a physicist’s career is one of finding approximations and hopefully not being too embarrassed by them.

In a freshman course we introduce the simple pendulum—nothing more than a mass on the end of a string that oscillates back and forth. Initially Newton’s laws lead to an equation that is too hard to solve and so we admonish students to simplify it by assuming that the pendulum is executing small oscillations. Then the exercise becomes easy. Well, not only is the original problem too difficult for freshman, it has no exact solution, at least not in terms of “elementary functions” like sines and cosines. Advanced texts tell you that an exact solution does exist, but the use of the term exact for such animals is debatable. In any case, replace the string by a spring and the problem can easily be made impossible to everyone’s satisfaction. One must distinguish the world from the description afforded by mathematics. As Einstein famously put it, contra Wigner, “As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.”

The maxim might be taken to heart a few weeks later in a freshman course when instructors introduce their students to Newton’s law of gravity. The famous law works exquisitely well, of course, but a singular strangeness goes unremarked. According to the equation, if two objects become infinitely close to one another, the force of attraction between them becomes infinite. Infinite forces don’t appear in Nature—at least we hope they don’t—and we dismiss this pathology with the observation that real objects have a finite size and their centers never get so close to each other that we need to worry. But the first equation in any freshman electricity and magnetism course is “Coulomb’s law,” which governs the attraction or repulsion of electrical charges and is identical in form to Newton’s law. Now, in modern physics we often tell students that electrons and protons are point particles. In that case, you really do need to worry about infinite forces and it is exactly this difficulty that led to modern field theories, such as quantum electrodynamics. Well Newton himself said, “Hypotheses non fingo”: “Look guys, the equation works, usually.”

Electricity and magnetism courses certainly hold their share of mysteries. The highlight of any beginning course on this subject, at least for the instructor, is Maxwell’s equations, the equations that unified electricity and magnetism into electromagnetism. Soon after postulating them, we demonstrate to our students that light consists of traveling electric and magnetic fields, oscillating at right angles to one another. We next assert that light exerts a pressure on matter; it is this radiation pressure that provides for the detonation of hydrogen bombs and the possibility of solar sails. A common explanation of light pressure in undergraduate texts is that the electric field of the light wave causes electrons to accelerate in one direction, then the magnetic field pushes them forward. Not only is this explanation completely wrong, despite its appearance in fifth editions of books, but to correct it requires introducing a famous ad hoc suggestion known as the Abraham-Lorentz model, which does reproduce the phenomenon. To put the Abraham-Lorentz model on a firm footing, on the other hand, led to the development of quantum electrodynamics. Quantum electrodynamics itself is, however, famously riddled with infinities, and to abolish them requires the further ad hoc procedure of renormalization, which was so distasteful to Paul Dirac that he ceased doing physics altogether. Although the theory of renormalization has advanced since those days, many physicists would echo Richard Feynman, one of the technique’s inventors, who called it “hocus-pocus.” Thus it is not entirely clear whether physics has ever provided an adequate underpinning to the wisdom so blithely dispensed in first-year texts.

Where the Action Is Not

One of the great moments in the lives of young physicists is their first encounter with “Lagrangian mechanics.” God parts the firmament to reveal Truth. Lagrangian mechanics finds its roots in ancient Greece and in the 17th century suggestion of Pierre de Fermat that light travels between two points in the shortest possible time. Fermat’s principle of least time allows one to derive the famous law of refraction, Snell’s law and, apparently, explains the behavior of some dogs in retrieving bones. The idea that Nature minimizes certain quantities eventually led to the “principle of least action,” which states that you take a quantity known as the action, minimize it and—Presto!—Newton’s equations for the system miraculously emerge! (For classical systems the action is basically the system’s kinetic minus potential energy, a quantity known as the Lagrangian, multiplied by the time.) The realization that Newton’s laws themselves follow from the principle of least action is genuinely awe inspiring and the young physicist is immediately convinced that, logically if not historically, the action precedes Newton. Moreover, if you recollect (with pain) how difficult it was to even write down Newton’s equations in freshman physics for those infuriating systems of ropes and pulleys, it becomes surprisingly easy in the Lagrangian formalism, as the technique is known.

But the great swindle of freshman physics is indeed the conceit that problems have exact solutions. A standard question during my sophomore year was to write down the equations for a double pendulum, which is merely one pendulum swinging from the tip of another. With the Lagrangian formalism, the task is a simple one. What went unsaid, or was perhaps unknown at the time, is that the double pendulum is a chaotic system, and so to solve the equations is strictly impossible. What then did we really learn from the exercise?

Nevertheless, in terms of its avowed purpose of deriving equations, the Lagrangian formalism works extraordinarily well for “standard systems” where the damned pulleys are connected by ideal, unstretchable ropes. Unfortunately, once the ropes are allowed to stretch with time, for example, the Lagrangian technique becomes anything but straightforward and the fixes needed to apply it to a given problem become so elaborate that virtually every textbook author either makes a misstatement or avoids those scenarios altogether. Indeed, the general situation is so delicate that one is often unsure whether one has obtained the correct result.

This is not a moot point. Einstein did not consider his theory of gravitation—general relativity—complete until he could derive his field equations from an action, a feat that the mathematician David Hilbert accomplished five days before Einstein himself. General relativity allows for many model cosmologies, most not resembling the real universe, but in any case today it is known that when deriving the field equations for certain of them from an action one gets an incorrect result. A fair amount of esoteric research has gone into understanding why the failure occurs and how to patch it up but, as far as I am aware, all fixes require assuming the correct answer to begin with—the Einstein equations. Modern physicists take the primacy of Lagrangian mechanics seriously: contemporary practitioners, be they cosmologists or string theorists, invariably begin by postulating an action for their pet theory, then derive the equations, but if one does not have a set of previously accepted field equations, how is one certain that one has obtained the correct answer, especially in this day when theory is so far removed from experiment?

It would be surprising if the strange world of subatomic and quantum physics did not lead the field in mysteries, conceptual ambiguities and paradoxes, and it does not disappoint. The standard model of particle physics, for instance (the one containing all the quarks and gluons), has no fewer than 19 adjustable parameters, about 60 years after Enrico Fermi exclaimed, “With four parameters I can fit an elephant!” Suffice to say, “beauty” is a term not frequently applied to the standard model.

One doesn’t have to go so far in quantum theory to be confused. The concept of electron “spin” is basic to any quantum mechanics course, but what exactly is spinning is never made clear. Wolfgang Pauli, one of the concept’s originators, initially rejected the idea because if the electron was to have a finite radius, as indicated by certain experiments, then the surface would be spinning faster than the speed of light. On the other hand, if one regards the electron as a point particle, as we often do, then it is truly challenging to conceive of a spinning top whose radius is zero, not to mention the aggravation of infinite forces.

Unfortunately, quantum texts habitually ignore the difficulties that infect the heart of the field. The most fundamental of these is the notorious “measurement problem.” The equation that governs the behavior of any quantum system, Schrödinger’s equation, is as deterministic as Newton’s own, but as many people know, quantum mechanics predicts only the probability of an experiment’s outcome. How a deterministic system, in which the result is preordained, abruptly becomes a probabilistic one at the instant of measurement, is the great unresolved mystery of quantum theory, and yet virtually none of the dozens of available quantum textbooks even mention it. One well-known graduate text completes the irony by including a section titled “measurements” without addressing the issue.

Probable Cause

2011-05MacroRothmanFB.jpgClick to Enlarge ImageQuantum text authors, perhaps because of the perversity of their subject, are particularly adept at sweeping conceptual difficulties under the rug. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the celebrated “two-slit” experiment, which is universally invoked to illustrate the wave-particle duality of light and which brings you face to face with the bedrock inscrutability of Nature. The experiment is simple: Shine a light beam through a pair of narrow slits in a screen and observe the results. For our purposes, the great paradoxes illustrated by the two-slit experiment, that light can act like a wave or a particle but not both at the same time, are not central. What is central is that explanations of the experiment’s results invoke both classical lights waves, on the one hand, and photons—quantum light particles—on the other.

Also central is that in analyzing this experiment textbook authors essentially throw up their hands and surrender. Recollecting that light is an electromagnetic wave, authors invariably begin by talking about the intensity of the incident light, which is a measure of the strength of the electric and magnetic fields. Then in a complete non sequitur, they shift the conversation to photons, as if the quantum-mechanical beastlets have electric and magnetic fields like classical light waves. They don’t. In fact, an accurate description of the famous experiment requires a more subtle quantum-mechanical entity known as a coherent state, which is the closest thing to a classical light wave.

What’s more, by resorting to a classical optics analogy of the experiment, authors are forgoing any explanation whatsoever. “Explanation” in physics generally means to find a causal mechanism for something to happen, a mechanism involving forces, but textbook optics affords no such explanation of slit experiments. Rather than describing how the light interacts with the slits, thus explaining why it behaves as it does, we merely demand that the light wave meet certain conditions at the slit edge and forget about the actual forces involved. The results agree well with observation, but the most widely used of such methods not only avoids the guts of the problem but is mathematically inconsistent. Not to mention that the measurement problem remains in full force.

Such examples abound throughout physics. Rather than pretending that they don’t exist, physics educators would do well to acknowledge when they invoke the Wizard working the levers from behind the curtain. Even towards the end of the twentieth century, physics was regarded as received Truth, a revelation of the face of God. Some physicists may still believe that, but I prefer to think of physics as a collection of models, models that map the territory, but are never the territory itself. That may smack of defeatism to many, but ultimate answers are not to be grasped by mortals. Physicists have indeed gone further than other scientists in describing the natural world; they should not confuse description with understanding.

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Samir Saracevic (Bosnian Muslim) and Stjepan Divkovic (Bosnian Croat) were detained without charge in February 1996 by the Bosnian Serb authorities of Republika Srpska in contravention of the Republika Srpska's law, international standards, and the terms of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Amnesty International believes that the two men are being held solely because of their nationalities and thus considers them to be prisoners of conscience.

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If you are a gigantic music fan, you've probably already listened to and absorbed Jimi Hendrix' music to the point where you might think you never ever need to hear it again.  I know the feeling-- when I was in high school Jimi was one of the primary artists I listened to, over and over and over again to the point of oblivion.

So to you, the jaded, I say, hold up!  Just when you think you've seen and heard everything (and maybe you have, but this was new to me...), here comes the fairly recent reissue of the 1973 documentary Jimi Hendrix, which was directed by Joe Boyd, John Head III and Gary Weis.  I read about it in Joe Boyd's White Bicycles, and finally got my hands on a copy of the movie.

Producer extraordinaire Boyd was heartbroken by the bumps that came along with putting together this film.  One thing he was dead on about, and what really makes this film compelling above all others about Hendrix, is that the interviews were conducted only 3 years after Hendrix' death, and both his contradictory and brilliant presence and the awe he inspired in his fellow musicians is extremely palpable.  Heck, you can see it written all over Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend's still-freaked-out faces!

And then there are the girlfriends, so many of them.  The one that stands out is Fayne Pridgon, who hejimi hendrix soundtrack cover met in Harlem and dated throughout the sixties.  She's quite the feisty gal, and her stories about Hendrix are hilarious-- her manner of speaking is unnervingly similar to Jimi's.  Her mother had a heavy love/hate relationship with Hendrix, which Fayne details in alternatively sad and silly tales.  She remembers wide-eyed Jimi bringing home a Dylan record and flipping out that she tried to leave the room to go to the bathroom during one of the songs, nearly missing the best part!  She also tells a great story about being on the subway with Jimi and their cats, who got loose.

Roadies and managers are also interviewed, folks I had never seen in other documentaries.  Their memories are fresh:  a roadie recalls having to stand behind the amps and hold them up while Jimi humped and flailed away on the front of the Marshall stack; a manager remembers landing in London in 1970 to a pack of paparazzi and moving aside, only to have his arm firmly grabbed by still-shy Jimi, who didn't want to be left alone with the press.

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This past Saturday was that special holiday -- Record Store Day.  Amoebites at both the San Francisco and Hollywood stores turned in full reports, so read on to check them out!  SF is up first, then Hollywood:

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omentous occasion of Record Store Day here at the San Francisco Amoeba, we had DJs all day, super stuffed swag bags to give to customers, extra special day-only limited edition 10" and 7" from artists like Steve Malkmus and Vampire Weekend, and we also had Mr. Alternative Tentacles, Jello Biafra, sitting at our Information Counter.

The day started off with a bang, with customers flocking to the limited vinyl-only product that artists had created just for Record Store Day.  We quickly sold out of the Steve Malkmus and the Jicks, Built To Spill, Death Cab For Cutie and REM limited edition 7"s.  Other popular items included the Vampire Weekend, Breeders and Teenagers 7"s.

At 1pm the DJ sets kicked off with  DJ Vinnie Esparza, who brought the party jams.  Balloons and even more crowds soon followed.

The most exciting part of the day though, was when Jello Biafra stopped by to man our Info Counter.  The visit quickly turned into a hero-worshipping signing line, and Jello was kind enough to stick around to accomodate each and every fan who came to see him, signing their records and taking photos with them.  Apparently he recommended a lot of Prog rock, like Magma! He also recommended Triclops to a lot of people.  Triclops is playing an instore here at Amoeba SF on April 25-- this Friday! Superfan and Record Store Day DJ V. Vale even scored a mini interview with Jello!  To see his review of his experience and the day, go here.  For larger versions of the pictures you see here plus more, go here.

Triclops! Out of Africa

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Including members from The Fleshies, Lower Forty-Eight, BottIes & Skulls and Victim's Family, Triclops! has released its first full-length album on Alternative Tentacles, entitled Out of Africa.  I thought there might be some implicit comment on Isaak Dinesen's classic novel, but after listening I can't be quite sure.  If the reference is there, it's layered in the pound for pound sonic boom and San Francisco punk infusion that makes up their compositional prog/metal-ish sound.  Described as "Jane's Addiction jamming with Primus," it is a sound you must hear to believe.

You can hear Triclops! tonight at their free instore at Amoeba San Francisco!  Click here for details.

Anyway, back to the record: at first listen you might not notice the intricacies of sound; spanning from volatile to formal to dynamic explorations, Triclops! offer you a cross section of ever-sprawling musical genres such as Experimental, Metal, Punk and modern Prog.  When it's all said and done, Triclops! make you feel like a party to whatever is happening on the Dali meets Disney cover painting by Lee Harvey Roswell

Today's Holidays -- and appropriate DVDs to celebrate/honor them with

Posted by Eric Brightwell, April 25, 2008 08:41am | Post a Comment

ANZAC Day - Australia, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga and Samoa

Armed Forces Day - North Korea

Children's Day - Iceland

Flag Day - The Faroe Islands, Swaziland

Red Hat Society Day - Red Hatters

Freedom Day - Portugal

Robigalia - Rome

Liberation of Nazism - Italy

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A quick glance at this week's Hip-Hop Top Five charts (all below) from the Berkeley, San Francisco, & Hollywood Amoeba Music locations (thanks respectively to Tunde, Luis, & Marques Newson) further proves what I've been feeling all along this year: that hip-hop is in one of the most exciting and healthiest states that it's been in for a minute. To my ears, nearly every new hip-hop full-length release dropping these days is quality shit. Sure, there's a few lemons here and there, but mostly new 2008 hip-hop is more likely to be on hit than sound like shit.

Another glance at these new rap charts also reveals that hip-hop has arrived at perhaps its most richly diverse stage in its 30 plus years.  It's as if in 2008 hip-hop has all grown up, multiplied, and gone forth and conquered the world (of music) with a wide range of sounds all qualifying as hip-hop today.  From the stripped down, style of Minneapolis' Atmosphere, to the bouncy hip-hop of the Bay Area's Lyrics Born (pictured above) with its funk foundation, to the trippy sounding Danger Mouse-produced new Gnarls Barkley, to the straight-up hard turntable hip-hop beats and cuts of DJ Quest, to the twisted soulful, ten-track, mostly instrumental,  grooves of the new one from the late J-Dilla -- a hell of a lot of musical territory is being covered under the hip-hop umbrella of '08.

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The Cabana Scene In Las Vegas

Ready to check out the cabana scene in Las Vegas? (Photo: somchaij/Shutterstock)
Ready to check out the cabana scene in Las Vegas? (Photo: somchaij/Shutterstock)

Sure, you can just grab a chaise longue at the main hotel pool, but if you're craving your own private space with staff dedicated to making sure your cocktail and food needs are met, splurge and book a cabana at any one of these hotels. We put in the research and soaked up some sun, enjoyed some nibbles and a few cocktails and here are just three of our favourites.

The Cosmopolitan

The Cabana Scene in Las Vegas: The Cosmopolitan

Best for: A stylish, low-key crowd.
The vibe: Decked out with palm trees by the cabanas and sleek, modern furnishing, you almost feel like you're in Hollywood rather than Vegas. It's quiet here and the chilled-out crowd is definitely more intent on relaxing than posing.
Must-have: The fish tacos. And the quesadillas, not to mention the juicy sliders; all the food was top-notch here, tastier than any of the other poolside bites we sampled.

Hard Rock Las Vegas Rehab

The Cabana Scene in Las Vegas: Hard Rock Las Vegas Rehab

Best for: A non-stop party.
The vibe: Going strong in its tenth year, the original daytime beach party, Rehab packs the pool with people intent on having a good time. The music varies depending on the DJ--it might be house, hip hop or EDM.
Must-have: Grab a plastic Rehab cup so you can easily bring your cocktail--try the mojito--into the pool (and take it home as a souvenir to keep the party going).

The Bellagio Hotel's Cypress Pool

The Cabana Scene in Las Vegas: The Bellagio Hotel's Cypress Pool

Best for: A mature scene.
The vibe: From the plush, white terry cloth-covered cushioned loungers to the quiet surroundings, there's an air of refined luxury as soon as you enter the Cypress Pool area. Get a cabana here if you're looking to catch up on your novel, or to recover from your one too many mojitos from the night before. Too hot even underneath the cabana's mist spray? Take one of the inflatable beds and float in the pool to cool off.
Must-have: The Kiwichi, a refreshing kiwi-fruit take on a pina colada.

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Utility maximization is the guiding notion underlying consumer choices analyzed with consumer demand theory and utility analysis. It makes sense to think that people are generally motivated to do what is best for them, to purchase the most satisfying goods, to make the decisions that do more good than harm, to improve their overall living standards and well-being, that is, to maximize their utility.

Working through the logical consequences of this assumption, when combined with other principles of consumer behavior especially the law of diminishing marginal utility, makes it possible to gain insight into such things market demand and the law of demand.

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The utility maximization goal is based on the seemingly obvious presumption that people prefer more to less. This presumption is tied to the unlimited wants and needs aspect of scarcity. In other words, because people have unlimited wants and needs, satisfying those wants and needs is a desirable thing to do. Someone like Duncan Thurly would rather have a full belly than an empty one. He would rather live in a cozy, climate-controlled house than in a cardboard box under a bridge.

Of course, if wants and needs are unlimited, can anyone actually maximize utility? That is, can Duncan ever achieve the absolute pinnacle of satisfaction? Can he actually maximize utility. In terms of the scarcity problem, probably not. He might be able to boost utility a little higher by satisfying another unfulfilled want or need. But he is unlikely to maximize utility totally and completely. This is one reason why it is reasonable to think of utility maximization as a process of seeking what is ultimately unreachable.

However, in the analysis of consumer demand theory, utility maximization has a more pragmatic interpretation--obtaining the highest possible satisfaction from consuming a given good or undertaking a specific activity. While Duncan might not be able to maximize his OVERALL utility, he can maximize the utility obtained from eating Hot Momma Fudge Bananarama Ice Cream Sundaes. It is this pragmatic interpretation of utility maximization that pervades the study of economics.

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The accompanying table can be used to illustrate utility maximization. The numbers indicate the total utility obtained by Edgar Millbottom while riding the Monster Loop Death Plunge roller coaster at the Shady Valley Amusement Park. The right-hand column is the accumulated satisfaction Edgar receives from riding the Monster Loop Death Plunge roller coaster 8 times during his day at the amusement park.

The numbers indicate that Edgar receives the greatest total utility, 36 utils, by riding the Monster Loop Death Plunge roller coaster 6 times. Click the [Utility Max] button to highlight this quantity. Taking 5 trips around the Monster Loop Death Plunge roller coaster track generates only 35 utils. Likewise, 7 rides generate only 35 utils. Maximum utility comes from 6 rides and only 6 rides. Anything else comes in less.

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Utility maximization can be visually identified with a total utility curve, such as the one presented in this exhibit. In this case the maximum level of utility obtained by Edgar riding the Monster Loop Death Plunge roller coaster is relatively obvious. The total utility curve reaches its highest point for 6 roller coaster rides. the curve increases up to the sixth ride, then declines for subsequent rides. Click the [Utility Peak] button to highlight this quantity.

Real World Constraints

In the real world, the goal of utility maximization often encounters obstacles that prevent obtaining the highest overall level of utility. In many circumstances, consumers are unable to reach the peak of the total utility curve. Under these circumstances, consumers face a constrained utility maximization.

The constraints could be physical or legal. For example, Edgar might not be able to ride the Monster Loop Death Plunge roller coaster 6 times because a bolt of lightning struck the track destroying a large section or perhaps the Shady Valley Amusement Park obtained a court order preventing Edgar for entering the park.

However, the constraints facing most consumers most of the time are economic--that is, they have limited income and cannot afford to buy as much of a good as they want. If Edgar is charged $1 per ride and has only $5 of cash, then he is not able to achieve the utility maximizing 6 rides.

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July 8, 2014

WASHINGTON – In response to the Office of Special Counsel’s recent recommendations for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson today announced VA will restructure the Department’s Office of Medical Inspector (OMI) to better serve Veterans.

“At VA, we depend on VA employees and leaders to put the needs of Veterans first and honor VA’s core values of Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence,” said Gibson. “Given recent revelations by the Office of Special Counsel, it is clear that we need to restructure the Office of Medical Inspector to create a strong internal audit function which will ensure issues of care quality and patient safety remain at the forefront.”

On June 23, 2014, the Office of Special Counsel sent a letter to President Obama regarding VA whistleblowers. Following the letter, Acting Secretary Gibson directed an immediate review and subsequent briefing of OMI’s operation, process, and structure. As a result of the briefing, the Acting Secretary determined a clear need to revise the policies, procedures, and personnel structure by which OMI operates, and has directed a restructuring of the organization.

As long-term restructuring moves forward, the Acting Secretary has directed that immediately, VA will appoint an interim Director of OMI from outside the current office to assist with transition, and VA will suspend OMI’s hotline and refer all hotline calls to Office of Inspector General (OIG).

With the June 30 retirement of the individual who has served as the Medical Inspector of the Veterans Health Administration for more than a decade, this restructuring will occur with the input of the team of individuals that the Secretary has brought to VA to assist in addressing systemic issues and rebuilding Veteran trust.

On June 13, 2014, Acting Secretary Gibson sent a message to all VA employees regarding the importance of whistleblower protection and has met with employees at VA Medical Centers across the country to reemphasize that message.

“As I told our workforce, intimidation or retaliation – not just against whistleblowers, but against any employee who raises a hand to identify a problem, make a suggestion, or report what may be a violation in law, policy, or our core values – is absolutely unacceptable. I will not tolerate it in our organization.”

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  1. The cancer in the VA has always been the infection of socialist liberals. From the top down including a high % of volunteers. It is bad enough too many veterans are liberals. Socialism infected the entire past century in every nation. Kill the cancer and restore America!

  2. Everyone must work together to restore and reintegrate the Health in Healthcare. Veterans could be lost to a generation of Sickcare if we do not work together as One Unit in faith, skill, and superior surgeons who are also dynamic healers. Love to All Veterans and their precious families and children.

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If you've followed our Mac coverage over the past year you know I've been telling everyone to wait until Apple brought Arrandale into its MacBook Pro lineup. The time has finally come and this week Apple updated its entire MacBook Pro lineup.

While the 13-inch models still sport Core 2 Duo CPUs, the 15 and 17-inch models now ship with your choice of Core i5-M or Core i7-M processors. In a somewhat unexpected twist, all of the new models ship with discrete graphics courtesy of NVIDIA's GeForce GT 330M.

Intel gets to sell Apple some chipsets again and NVIDIA gets its GPUs in the new systems (possibly making even more money than before). But do you all benefit? Read on to find out!

Update: We've added benchmarks of the Core i7 model as well on Page 3!

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  • yodasz - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - link

    I wonder if the SSD performance and compatibility issues have been addressed in this revision? Does anybody have an update on that? Reply
  • Anand Lal Shimpi - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - link

    3Gbps works out of the box (confirmed on Corsair's Force 100GB drive). The system seems to work fine with the SandForce controller, but the same is true for the previous gen. I haven't tried Indilinx yet. Intel also appears to work fine.

    Take care,
  • solipsism - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - link

    That is the most important information from this release. Sadly, you are likely the only one to report on it.

    How does the use of SATA II over SATA III affect the performance of SSDs?
  • Anand Lal Shimpi - Friday, April 16, 2010 - link

    The only SSD that can benefit from 6Gbps SATA is the Crucial/Micron RealSSD C300, which I've briefly talked about here:

    The problem today is some 6Gbps SATA controllers are actually slower than Intel's 3Gbps SATA controller:

    Realistically I don't expect 6Gbps SATA to be that important to SSD performance until next year.

    Take care,
  • Pat69 - Friday, April 16, 2010 - link

    Do you know which kind of SSD Apple is providing through the 3 options (128, 256, 512)? Are these SSD good ones? Reply
  • Anand Lal Shimpi - Friday, April 16, 2010 - link

    Apple doesn't like confirming this kind of stuff, but I'm guessing they are supplied by Toshiba and/or Samsung. If so, the drives are ok but not particularly great. I'd save the upgrade cost and do it yourself aftermarket.

    Take care,
  • kirkrw - Friday, April 16, 2010 - link

    I take it then that your recommendation would be to that same $500 that Apple wants for their 256G SSD and put it toward a 160G x25-M gen 2? Reply
  • bradpowers - Monday, April 19, 2010 - link

    Could we get benchmarks on the MBP with the Corsair F100? I'm very interested in that combination. Reply
  • stimudent - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - link

    Still measuring in inches and feet... Reply
  • Squuiid - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - link

    Aynbody know what model the 256GB SSD is? Reply

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A number of you responded in the comments to the article very upset that we included the EVGA card. Even going as far to accuse us of caving to NVIDIA's pressure and demands. Ryan and I both felt it was necessary to address this front and center rather than keep the discussion in the comments.

Let's start with the obvious. NVIDIA is more aggressive than AMD with trying to get review sites to use certain games and even make certain GPU comparisons. When NVIDIA pushes, we push back. You don't ever see that here on AnandTech simply because I don't believe this is the place for it. Both sides (correction, all companies) have done nasty things in the past but you come here to read about products, not behind the scenes politics so we've mostly left it out of our reviews.

NVIDIA called asking for us to include overclocked GTX 460s in the 6800 series article. I responded by saying that our first priority is to get the standard clocked cards tested and that if NVIDIA wanted to change the specs of the GTX 460 and guarantee no lower clocked versions would be sold, we would gladly only test the factory overclocked parts. NVIDIA of course didn't change the 460's clocks and we ended the conversation at that. We gave NVIDIA no impression that we would include the card despite their insistence. The decision to include the EVGA GeForce GTX 460 FTW was made on our own entirely.

We don't like including factory overclocked parts in our reviews for reasons we've already mentioned in the article itself. This wasn't a one off made for the purpose of reviewing only, it's available from online vendors and a valid option from a price comparison. Furthermore it presented us with an interesting circumstance where the overclock was large enough to make a significant impact - the 26% overclock pushed the card to a performance level that by all rights could have (and should have) been a new product entirely.

From my standpoint, having more information never hurts. This simply provides another data point for you to use. We put hefty disclaimers in the article when talking about the EVGA card, but I don't see not including a publicly available product in a review as a bad thing. It's not something we typically do, but in this case the race was close enough that we wanted to cover all of our bases. At the end of the day I believe our conclusion did just that:

At $179 buy the 6850. At $239 buy the 6870 for best performance/power. If you want the best overall performance, buy the GTX 470. However, as long as they are available the EVGA GeForce GTX 460 FTW is a good alternative. You get the same warranty you would on a standard GTX 460, but you do sacrifice power consumption for the performance advantage over the 6870.

We were honestly afraid that if we didn't include at least a representative of the factory overclocked GTX 460s that we would get accused of being too favorable to AMD. As always, this is your site - you ultimately end up deciding how we do things around here. So I'm asking all of you to chime in with your thoughts - how would you like to handle these types of situations in the future? Do we never make exceptions even in the case of a great number of factory overclocked cards being available on the market? Do we keep the overclocked comparison to a single page in the review? Or does it not matter?

And if you're worried about this being tied to financial gain: I'll point out that we are one of the only sites to have a clear separation of advertising and editorial (AnandTech, Inc. doesn't employ a single ad sales person, and our 3rd party sales team has no stake in AT and vice versa). The one guarantee that I offer all of our writers here at AnandTech is you never have to worry about where your paycheck is coming from, just make sure you do the best job possible and that your conclusions are defensible.

If we've disappointed you in our decision to include the EVGA FTW in last night's review, I sincerely apologize. At the end of the day we have to maintain your trust and keep you all happy, no one else. We believed it was the right thing to do but if the overwhelming majority of you feel otherwise, please let us know. You have the ability to shape how we do things in the future so please let us know.

Whether you thought it was an issue or not, we'd love to hear from you. I do appreciate you reading the site and I want to make it better for you in the future.

Take care,

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  • Chubrock - Friday, October 22, 2010 - link

    I think it would be nice to have all requests made by both sides made available to us the readers on a per review basis.

    And make it known to the companies that their requests will be made available to us.

    We deserve all this information to allow us to see how these companies are conducting themselves and what sort of spin they want to attempt to place on the review we receive, whether you acquiesce or not.

    What else is there we don't know about this review in the frame of requests made by AMD or Nvidia ? We already have heard some rumblings about a game called Hawx 2 and a benchmark of said game nvidia has been pushing.

    Can some light be shed on these other still hidden topics we have not been given a clear picture of ?
  • Granseth - Saturday, October 23, 2010 - link

    I agree with you, that it would be nice to know what kind of issues the different companies pushes.

    I also didn't mind an overclocked nVidia card in the test, since GTX460 is a special card where this kind of OC isn't uncommon.

    And I hope there will be a follow up review, because the review seemed rushed. I am curious why crossfire seemed to be a bit better than the 5-series cards.

    And lastly I would really like to see a subjective/biased section to the review. A sort of section that you do what you can to find out where a card shines, and where it sucks. Like find out that its great with one game engine, high or low resolution, with/without heavy AA and so on. That way it's easier to see if I'm going to be especially happy or unhappy if I get the card.
  • faxon - Saturday, October 23, 2010 - link

    i would make my own reply but this basically sums up exactly my feelings on the issue as well. Reply
  • GullLars - Saturday, October 23, 2010 - link

    Also, while i in general dislike overclocked parts compared to stock parts (which are not also represented in overclocked specs) when the article is not specifically about overclocking, you argued the case for including the card well and included sufficient notifications to not set me off. The only hostile oppinions i have is towards nVidia for not making the card 465 instead of 460 OC when it's close to, and in some cases beat 470.
    It's sort of like including i7 920 OC@4Ghz (and stock) when reviewing Phenom x6 1090T at stock.
  • fingerbob69 - Saturday, October 23, 2010 - link

    It's not that the evga card was oc'd that is the issue. Plenty of other sites include them and while some keep results from such cards to a separate graph/page, others don't. I would suggest most reading a gpu review are savvy enough to know what they're looking at and draw conclusions accordingly.

    Where I have a problem with the evga card is that it is the one specifically requested by nVidia. [And why not, it's the one currently available with the near heaviest oc so why wouldn't nVdia want this one included?]

    In short nVdia wanted to cherry pick the oc'd card you were to use and you let them. And we can get all Machiavellian over the fact that nVdia sent these cards out so no doubt each sample was again cherry picked.
  • B3an - Saturday, October 23, 2010 - link

    The EVGA is available to buy, so regardless if they're "cherry picked" of not, why does it matter? If you buy one, it's going to perform exactly the same as another EVGA 460 FTW. It's not like it was a stock speed card that has been cherry picked so that it reaches extremely high OC's to give the false impression all 460's will overclock so well. Reply
  • mczak - Saturday, October 23, 2010 - link

    If you buy one, I think though you are very very likely to end up with a much higher power draw than this card had. The result of this specific card is EXTREMELY good for a 460FTW - I've seen results where this approaches GTX470 power draw (at load), apparently because this specific sample had very very low voltage while others did not. Now if that was just luck or not I can't tell but I think it would paint a bit of a different picture if power draw at load were ~50W higher.
    Other than that, including a OC card looks fine by me as long as the reference one is mentioned. Personally though I think a card with about a 800Mhz clock (and a bit less memory clock too) would have made more sense, as that is much closer to what common OC cards are clocked at.
  • Leo V - Monday, October 25, 2010 - link

    I was on the fence, until reading above post. If the reviewed GTX 460 FTW sample's power draw is not typical, this makes a strong case against including it in the review. The article itself discloses the sample came direct from NVIDIA, who had every reason to pick one that makes them look good.

    I applaud the full disclosure provided, but I'd be disappointed if I ended up buying an OC'ed 460 only to discover its power consumption is above what is quoted.
  • mindless1 - Saturday, October 30, 2010 - link

    Even if you buy two of the same card off the same shelf at the same store there is still the possibility you get two cards with different power consumption merely because they may not use high precision resistors in the voltage feedback loop so one or the other inherently runs at slightly higher stock voltage.

    I propose a fairly easy way to detect this, you only need to measure GPU voltage (memory voltage to a lesser extent) to see if it's a tweaked card or within expected deviations for power consumption, assuming all else about the layout and component specs remains the same.
  • Quizzical - Saturday, October 23, 2010 - link

    How available to buy is it, again?

    Out of stock at New Egg.

    Out of stock at Tiger Direct.

    Out of stock at Amazon--and $261 even if it were in stock.

    Oh hey, I found one in "low stock"--for $291. Not such a competitor to the Radeon HD 6870 at that price, now is it?

    It's probably mostly a fake card (i.e., extremely limited quantities). New Egg has 43 GTX 460s listed. Eight of them are clocked at 800-815 MHz. EVGA is the only company that has one clocked above 815 MHz, and they clock it at a whopping 850 MHz. If so many GPUs could clock that high, don't you think Zotac, Palit, Gigabyte, Galaxy, or MSI (all of which have a GTX 460 clocked at 800 MHz or higher) would have one clocked above 815 MHz?

    And this is the day after Nvidia's big PR stunt. If availability is this short now on a card that launched three months ago, do you think it's going to improve in the future? Not at that price, it won't.

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Luxury Activity Holidays in the French Pyrenees

Welcome to l'Ancienne Poste Avajan

Located in the tranquil village of Avajan and the stunning Louron Valley of the Pyrenees, you will find our lovingly restored old village post lodge. The perfect base from which to relax and unwind from the hustle and bustle of modern life and enjoy the vast array of outdoor activities immediately available in the surrounding peaks and valleys.

The Pyrenees - an unspoilt wilderness

The Pyrenees is an unspoilt wilderness of mountains, rivers, lakes, waterfalls with some of the most stunning scenery that France has to offer - the perfect location for winter and summer outdoor adventures, or simply just relaxing.

Tailor Made Holidays

Our concept at l’Ancienne Poste is very simple; we organise tailor made holidays to suit you and your needs so you can do as much or as little as you like whilst staying in our beautifully restored, luxurious lodge.

As well as our organised activity holiday itinerary, we can offer you the option of half board accommodation catering for groups with specialist pursuits in mind - ranging from serious cycling or hiking, right through to corporate team building events and artists' retreats, where the lodge is simply used as your base.

Relax and Enjoy your Pyrenean Adventure

All your requirements will be taken care of by James Dealtry, your British host and French-qualified mountain guide and ski instructor, who will organise every last detail of your entire stay leaving you to just simply relax and enjoy your Pyrenean adventure.

Don't just take our Word for it, see what everyone else is saying...

“ We specialise in the personal touch and it's this that sets us apart from other operators.”

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&Beyond Phinda Zuka Lodge is a home away from home. It is an intimate safari retreat situated amongst densely wooded hills studded with aloes overlooking a private (and very popular) waterhole.

African hospitality means treating each guest as though your house were his own. At the sole-use &Beyond Phinda Zuka Lodge we have taken this concept a step further, giving you your own private holiday home in Africa! With four bush cottages and a team of welcoming staff completely at your disposal, feel free to create your own African experience.

Everything you need is right within reach - your personal game ranger and game drive vehicle, an interactive kitchen with a dedicated chef, a butler to see to your daily needs, a comfortable library with Internet access and TV for the children, a sitting room with a fireplace for evening chats, your own swimming pool and even a private watering hole for your own exclusive wildlife encounters. With no set timetable or routine, savour the wonders of the bush at your own pace and leisure.

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  • Private 4x4 safari vehicle, butler, chef, and ranger and tracker team, with the lodge's own watering hole thrown in for good measure
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  • Specialist Safaris – birding, photographic, rhino capture and research, tracking, walking, family and private safaris
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  • Best time to travelAll year round; best game viewing from March to end of September.
  • Recommended for ChildrenChildren are welcome. See our Family Travel page.
  • Guest SafetyThe lodge is not fenced off and we request guests be extremely vigilant at all times.
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In the soccer game, Germany is the Dutch arch-rival. So, as you can see, our dutch crew decorated the room in a very neutral way. Dutch flags, dutch lions and a lot of orange.... So Cord and Judith made sure Germany had some fans too :)

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Date: December 23, 2013
Phone: 269-471-3348

by Stephen Payne

Of the 201 institutions formally ranked in U.S. News & World Report as top national universities (there are 276 listed overall, but 75 are either unranked or do not have published rankings), Andrews is listed at #181 this year, an improvement over the 2013 rankings.

Andrews is the only Seventh-day Adventist institution included in this classification and U.S. News list.

According to U.S. News, schools in the National Universities category are ranked by the Carnegie Classifications, a category that also includes Columbia University and Stanford University. The ranking indicates that Andrews and other national universities in this category offer a full range of undergraduate majors, plus master’s and PhD programs. These universities also are committed to producing groundbreaking research.

Andrews University made a few other U.S. News & World Report college ranking lists. With a diversity index of .74 (the closer a school’s number is to 1.0, the more diverse it is), the University is tied second nationally in Campus Ethnic Diversity among national universities, a ranking shared with Stanford University, University of Houston and St. John’s University in New York.

With 14 percent of our student body composed of international students, Andrews is once again tied for 9th (with Brandeis University in Massachusetts) in Most International Students.

The physical therapy and social work programs at Andrews made the top 150 of U.S. News’ “Best Grad Schools 2014” list. Andrews’ graduate programs in counseling psychology and nursing, along with the University’s School of Education, were also included in the overall rankings. In the U.S. News’ “Best Online Programs 2014” ranking, the University’s online MBA and graduate education programs were both listed among the top online programs (ranking #69 and #109 respectively among nearly 150 ranked programs in each area).

Andrews was also listed within other “best of” lists in U.S. News’ annual rankings for national universities, including “A+ Colleges for B Students,” “Economic Diversity,” “Freshman Retention Rates,” “Highest Level of Need-Based Aid Awarded” (ranking #58 out of 250 national universities listed), and “Highest 6-Year Graduation Rates.” also ranked Andrews University #543 (an improvement over 2013 rankings) in “America’s Top Colleges,” a compilation of the 650 best educational institutions (out of more than 6,000) across the country. Forbes gives an overall rating and smaller subcategory ratings; once again, Andrews University also made the lists “Best Private Colleges,” “Best Research Universities” and “Best in the Midwest.”

Like many universities nationwide this fall, Andrews University has seen a decrease in its 2013–2014 enrollment, with 3,516 undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral students enrolled on our main campus. This represents an overall decrease of 35 students, or one percent fewer than last year. Even with that decrease, over the past decade, enrollment on the University’s Berrien Springs campus has increased by more than 500 students, or 17 percent.

“The trend in our enrollment this fall reflects a national trend in undergraduate higher education, especially with decreases in freshmen student populations across the United States,” says Randy Graves, vice president for enrollment management. “We’re challenged to continue to find ways to contain our costs, as well as find effective ways to help assure our students graduate in a timely way and, as a result, reduce their overall level of student debt. We’re working together as a campus this fall to understand how we can tighten our focus on serving our current students as well as those who will attend Andrews in the future.”

Elsewhere on the Berrien Springs campus, the graduate programs enrolled 386 new graduate students this fall, the highest number in five years, and an increase of 29 new students over last fall’s enrollment in this category.

Three years ago, Andrews University assumed ownership of Griggs University & Griggs International Academy, previously operated by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

The newly created School of Distance Education oversees the operations of these Griggs programs, and also coordinates affiliate and extension education sites for the University throughout the United States and around the world. Altogether, 3,049 students pursue Andrews University degrees at affiliate or extension sites worldwide (this number includes 994 Griggs University students).

Griggs International Academy teaches 1,562 students worldwide. These include students at both elementary and high school levels doing home schooling or studying full-time at Griggs International Academy sites globally, along with Job Corps, a program that offers high school diplomas and job skill training to at-risk students throughout the United States.

Click below for the complete college rankings lists for U.S. News and Forbes.

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Android Apps for your Inner Child   by kcooper11

kcooper11 says: I primarily use my phone for grown up things. Keeping my schedule in order, managing my digital presence and job related tasks are taken care of by my G1 on the go. Sometimes though I just like to have a little fun. These apps always make me laugh when i feel like goofing off.
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Aww, man, I "probably shouldn't be friends" with kcooper11? Darn!

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Not until you develop a sense of humor.

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You will probably enjoy LavaBox: there is definitely an inner-child quality to it.

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Private Roscoe Vaughan: 21 years of age in 1918, army soldier, very healthy, fit but some fat on body. Aches and fever first symptoms before admission to sick tent. Died one week later due to inability to get enough air. Post-mortem examination revealed 1.25 cups of fluid in his lungs. Lung tissue showed numerous blood seepages, some larger than a dime. Air sacs were completely full of fluid.

Private James Downs: 30 years of age in 1918, fit and ready for deployment. Entered sick tent with 104 degree fever, flushed face and delirium. The day after admission, temperature remained, skin began turning dark from lack of oxygen. Upon fourth day of medical stay, death occurs. Post-mortem examination reveals bloody froth exuding from both lungs.

While both deaths were not well understood at their time of death, both had lung tissue trimmed, soaked in formeldahyde and encased in wax. It was within these tissues that Dr. Taubenberger first found the 1918 Influenza virus.

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Key Personnel

Judith Mackin

Suzanne Hill, Artist - Advisor
Gordon Jennings, Artist - Advisor
Fred Ross, Artist - Advisor
Lise Hansen, Artist - Advisor
Samuel Palmer Artist - Advisor

Paul Macauley, Gallery Operator

There are approximately 12 - 17 people who are available as needed.

Mailing Address
Printing Plus Building
52 Canterbury Street, 3rd floor
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2L 2C5

Phone: 506 693-2281

If you have any comments of questions, please e-mail us at:

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday 10-6
Sundays and Mondays by appointment only

Admission is Free - Everyone Welcome

Wheelchair Accessible - please call ahead

Brief History

Date Established -

Principal events / Main Accomplishments:

The Space - A Non-Commercial Gallery was founded and opened in June, 1997. The Space was founded and established by four partners. Judith Mackin, one of the original partners, continues to follow through as the Gallery's Director and Part Time Curator. Many artists and volunteers work together watching and maintaining the upkeep of the Gallery.

There are approximately 120 artists who have exhibited their work within the gallery since it's opening in June ,1997. We have hosted over 50 exhibitions, including performance art, paintings, sculpture, installation, poetry readings, book launches, musicals, children's exhibits, theatres and plays.

In June 1998, and again in 1999 the Arts Branch of the Province of New Brunswick, granted the Space funding for a full time employee/gallery attendant for a 26 week employment program. More recently, the gallery has been funded through the Canada Council for the Arts for a Maritime Poetry Tour, presenting Barbara Nickel and Governor General Award Winner, Stephanie Bolster.
The Guest Book reflects approximately 4000 visitors to our gallery since its inception.

Geographic Location

The Space is located in the City of Saint John, New Brunswick, at 52 Canterbury Street, part of a designated Heritage Preservation district (Trinity Royal). In this area, there are three (3) "commercial" art galleries, two dealing with fine art, the other dealing with fine art and fine craft. The Space provides a non-commercial venue to the community.
It is a warehouse space on the third floor of an old brick building that once housed a Printing Press Company. It has a freight elevator that provides access to the disabled and also for the transportation of Artist's Work coming into the Gallery.

A large number of the 120 artists who have exhibited their work since 1997 are from Saint John. Other artists have travelled from Moncton, Fredericton, Miramichi, Halifax, Toronto, Newfoundland, Ontario, Ottawa, Vancouver and as far away as Wisconsin. Upcoming Exhibits for the Year 2000 include artist from Texas and Toronto, with a proposed exchange from Vancouver.

As previously mentioned in the brief history paragraph, the Artists Community Served is wide ranging. Not only are the visual artists well represented, but we also provide a venue for other media - poets, authors, playwrights, performance artists, music (both classical and experimental) and live performances with CBC Radio.

Community and Audience Served:

The Space is open to the general public. There is no admission price and everyone is welcome. We are open on a daily basis from Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10 - 6. The Space distributes invitations within the Uptown area of the City at libraries, coffee shops, galleries, stores, restaurants, tourist information booths, etc. The Space also has a postal mailing list that sends out information to our faithful supporters . We also have an electronic mail (email) list which circulates across the Country to a wide Variety of people and places, including Universities, Publishing Companies, Art Magazines, other galleries, the Cultural Affairs Officer, Schools, etc.

Within the General Community, the Space encourages tours and visits from local schools of all levels, youth organizations such as Girl Guides, Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs, Community Health Centres, and other organizations of this nature.

It is interesting to note that we often attract patrons who would not otherwise visit an arts centre or venue such as a commercial gallery or a museum.

The Space is a non-commercial Gallery committed to representing local, regional and national contemporary artists: The Gallery accepts all artist initiatives - video, film, sound, painting, sculpture, installation, performance, theatre, book readings, launches, work shops, etc.

Main Objectives

For the Artist(s):

  • To allow work to be shown that is not commercially viable
  • To allow work to be shown that is exploratory in nature
  • To present work that is challenging and thought provoking
  • To present work that questions and confronts social and political agendas
  • To provide a standard of acceptance that requires a level of excellence
  • To select based on quality rather than expected 'norms'
  • To suggest provocative group themes
  • To encourage exploratory curation
  • To develop creative partnerships between various artists based on content

For the Public:

  • To be inclusive rather than exclusive; everyone is welcome.
  • To ensure a variety of presentations (programming) conscientious and selective distribution of publicity material specific to interest groups
  • To ensure the gallery attendant is knowledgeable and willing to talk with visitors
  • A non-institutional environment
  • No admission fees, if fee is required for performances, etc. It is always stated in print or verbally that if unable to pay, all are still welcome. No one is ever turned away.

For the Arts Community:

  • To encourage partnerships and exchanges
  • To actively collaborate with other regional galleries, curators and artists.
  • To share and participate in public events
  • To provide input into arts related developments and initiatives

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