text: After the Election December 8, 2012 03:55 PM Tweet Washington was bracing for a shake-up that didn't happen as President Barack Obama outdistanced Republican challenger Mitt Romney by capturing 332 of the 538 electoral votes. Romney's momentum had been on the rise since the first presidential debate, but it wasn't enough to propel him into the White House. Several factors contributed to Obama's victory: Swing states: Obama won all seven of the major battleground states. Key groups: Obama won the votes of large percentages (doubledigit spreads) of African Americans and women. (He lost among white men by a large margin, as expected.) Nineteen percent of the electorate was age 18 to 29; Obama won that group by 24 points. Latino voters: Latinos comprised 10% of the electorate. Obama won 69% of their votes while Romney won 29%. In Florida, Latinos accounted for nearly one out of five voters, and Obama won their votes by a margin of 21 points. No meteoric shifts. Democrats had 23 Senate seats to defend against 10 for Republicans. When the dust settled, the Republicans had lost two seats. In North Dakota and Montana, two states Republicans expected to capture, Democrats won. In the House, the Republican majority stayed intact. Democrats picked up seats to raise their count, but Republicans still hold an edge of at least 234 to 199 (two races have yet to be decided at press time). How will this shape events in Washington? Early signs were not very positive. The markets cringed when Obama staked out a firm position before the start of negotiations between lawmakers on the "fiscal cliff"—the combination of expiring tax cuts from 2001 and 2003, other tax provisions, and sequesters and across-the-board cuts that is set to take effect in January 2013. However, the initial meeting came off without the acrimony that was expected. Both sides emerged saying that "progress had been made," though neither side said exactly what that meant. Still, pressure remains on lawmakers to find a way to avert what would be a more than $550 billion hit to the fragile economy. To put that amount in perspective, it equates to about 3.3% of the total U.S. economy. A new farm bill could figure into the mix. House Ag Committee Chair Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) commented after the election that the $35 billion in savings in the version of the bill his lawmaker panel passed had "gotten attention" and could become a way to pay for some of the costs of a fiscal cliff package. Familiar faces. For the House and Senate Ag Committees, the election will not bring significant change. Three new members will be seated on the Senate Ag Committee, as Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) retired and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) was defeated in his state's primary. But the rest of the panel stayed intact, including its Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), who was also victorious. A potential battle for the top Republican post on the panel is shaping up. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has reached the term limit for how long he can serve as the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and is mulling a challenge of Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) for the top GOP spot on the Ag Committee. If Cochran were to gain that post, it could have an impact on whether the farm bill is thrust back into committee in 2013. In the House Ag Committee, no major changes took place, with Lucas and ranking member Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) both breezing to victory. Only three sitting members of the panel were defeated in their bid for another term in office. That should mean an easier time if the farm bill is sent back to the committee level. But as the process of winning House approval of a new farm bill gets under way, Lucas has some 20 new members to work with that have not served in the House or been through a farm bill process before. A sure bet. In short, the political landscape is not significantly changed. The political gridlock leading up to the elections has left a long laundry list of items still on Washington's must-do list. Both parties now have to show that their postelection pledges of bipartisanship were not just a sound bite but a way of doing business. One key outcome is likely: comprehensive immigration reform sometime in the next 18 months. Why? The Republicans realize they can't win national and some statewide elections without garnering a larger share of the growing Hispanic vote. Back to news


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TNA's Destination X pay-per-view had what appeared to be a stacked card. With the returns of Samoa Joe and AJ Styles, topped with a tag team bout between Beer Money Inc. and Team 3D, as well as an Ultimate X match, Destination X almost guaranteed to deliver. However, several anti-climatic and even predictable finishes, along with a few lackluster matches turned this PPV from an easy winner to a total disappointment.
Leading up the the main event, not too many matches or segments stood out. The big hype of the PPV itself was the showdown between Kurt Angle and Sting for the TNA Heavyweight Championship. As an added dynamic, Jeff Jarrett and Mick Foley announced their roles in the match on last Thursday's Impact, as Guest Referee and Guest Enforcer.
With all the craziness surrounding the match, along with the new additions, it became pretty clear that the match could go one of two ways. It could either be really entertaining with several twists and turns, or it could turn into a cluster of sorts, which it eventually did.
The match started out hot and heavy, with both competitors fighting to the floor and through the Impact Zone. As the fight moved back into the ring, the two continued to exchange blows, with Sting missing a Stinger Splash and Angle countering with an Angle Slam for a two count. Angle followed with a nice top rope Moonsault, but it still wasn't enough to secure the victory.
Sting mustered up enough energy to fight back and landed a Scorpion Deathdrop, but this time Angle kicked out. At this point, Jeff Jarrett was taken out of the match inadvertently by a Kurt Angle clothesline. That's right, Jarrett was laid out by a clothesline. As Mick Foley slid in the ring to check on Jarrett, Sting locked in the Scorpion Deathlock and Angle tapped, but there was no referee to see it.
Sting released the hold and went to check on Jarrett, giving Angle enough time to gather his bearings and hit another Angle Slam, however, Foley was only able to count the two. Enraged, Angle argued with Foley and kicked him below the belt. Angle then went out of the ring and grabbed a steel chair, which he attempted to use. Foley grabbed the chair and went to hit Angle, but connected with Sting, before getting Angle Slammed.
Angle made the cover on Sting, but only got a two count. Angle proceeded to get into an argument with Jarrett, leading to Angle spitting in his face. Angle then punched Jarrett, who punched him back into a revived Sting, who caught Angle with the Scorpion Deathdrop for the pinfall victory. After the match, Angle and Jarrett argued on the ramp, while Sting and Mick Foley exchanged words in the ring.
TNA Destination X 2009 PPV Results
The show began with a video package hyping the PPV and the Kurt Angle vs. Sting match.
Mike Tenay then welcomed us to the PPV, while Don West sat by and added comments here and there. The two bickered a bit, as the Knockouts made their way into the Impact Zone for the opening contest.
Match One - TNA Knockouts Six Woman Tag Team Match - Madison Rayne and The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky) vs. Taylor Wilde, Roxxi and The Governor
This was a decent match. Madison Rayne and The Beautiful People kept Roxxi on their side of the ring for a good portion of the match, until she got to her corner and tagged in Taylor Wilde. Wilde took over and cleaned house on Rayne and The Beautiful People, hitting Rayne with a nice German Suplex for the win.
Winners Via Pinfall at 6:00 min - Taylor Wilde, Roxxi and The Governor
Match Rating - 5/10
In the office, Lauren spoke to Jeff Jarrett, who was wearing a referee's shirt and Mick Foley, who promised to call the action right down the middle and make sure that nobody from the Main Event Mafia interfered in the match. During this segment a Brutus Magnus graphic came across the screen, a bit early for his entrance.
Brutus Magnus then made his way into the Impact Zone and announced that his open challenges would continue. David Penzer introduced a Navy officer, who announced that Eric Young accepted Magnus' challenge.
Match Two - Brutus Magnus vs. Eric Young
Back and forth match here. Eric Young seemed to have things going his way, as both competitors fought to the top rope, however, Magnus was able to lift Young up and hit him with a spinning TKO off the ropes to get the win.
Winner Via Pinfall at 5:00 min - Brutus Magnus
Sheik Abdul Bashir came out next and complained about not being on PPV. Jim Cornette walked to the ring and said the reason Bashir wasn't on PPV was because of his mouth. Cornette told Bashir that nobody liked him and that he should just leave. Cornette invited the Navy officer back to the ring and he sang God Bless America as Bashir headed out of the Impact Zone.
In the Main Event Mafia locker room, Kurt Angle whined about his match with Sting. Booker T told Angle that he needed to handle his own business, because he had a match with AJ Styles. Scott Steiner echoed the same sentiments, pointing out that he had to take care of Samoa Joe. Kevin Nash told Angle that the stuff with Sting was his own fault. Angle told Nash that they would see whose side Sting was on at the end of the night.
Matt Morgan made his way to the ring next, as Mike Tenay and Don West argued over Jim Cornette's decision to throw Sheik Abdul Bashir out of the Impact Zone.
Match Three - 10,000 Thumbtacks Match - Matt Morgan vs. Abyss
Throughout the match, Abyss and Matt Morgan teased going into the thumbtacks and even shards of glass. The two tables filled with thumbtacks were moved over to the side of the entrance ramp. The fight eventually made its way to the top of the ramp, with Morgan nearly being tossed off. He hit Abyss with a low blow, followed by a running bicycle kick, which sent "The Monster" off and through the tables.
Winner Via Putting His Opponent Through The Thumbtacks at 9:00 min - Matt Morgan
Match Rating - 6/10
Backstage, Booker T and Sharmell complained to Jim Cornette about the TNA Legends Championship being on the line in his match with AJ Styles. Cornette showed them the contract that Booker agreed to on Impact, which sent the duo huffing and puffing away.
A package was shown to hype the Finals of the One Night with ODB Contest.
In the ring, Jeremy Borash introduced ODB, who was accompanied by TNA senior official Rudy Charles. Borash introduced the three finalists, Cody Deaner, Shark Boy and Bernie Weber. They all were given the opportunity to tell ODB what they would do with her for one night. After that, they went into a dance off, as ODB gave her final inspections and whispered her decision to Borash. JB announced that the winner of the contest was Cody Deaner. Deaner celebrated with ODB, as Shark Boy and Bernie Weber complained about the results.
Lauren spoke to Beer Money Inc, who said that they didn't care about what Team 3D has done, nor did they care about which one of them they sent packing from TNA. They said that tonight they were going to write TNA history.
A package was shown for the Awesome Kong vs. Sojournor Bolt TNA Knockouts Championship match.
Match Four - TNA Knockouts Championship Match - Awesome Kong w/ Riesha Saeed (C) vs. Sojournor Bolt
Sojournor Bolt and Awesome Kong went back and forth, with Riesha Saeed trying to get involved, only to get knocked down by Bolt. Bolt attempted a huricanrana, but was countered and hit with a Kong Bomb. Nothing really jumped out here.
Winner Via Pinfall and STILL TNA Knockouts Champion at 4:00 min - Awesome Kong
Match Rating - 4/10
A package was shown to hype the Scott Steiner vs. Samoa Joe match.
Match Five - Scott Steiner vs. Samoa Joe
Samoa Joe jumped right into this fight and busted Scott Steiner open right away. Joe used Steiner's pipe against him and tossed referee, Andrew Thomas out of the ring. Referee Rudy Charles came out to stop Joe, but got clocked with a punch, as the bell rang for a disqualification.
Winner Via Disqualification at 2:00 min - Scott Steiner
Match Rating - 1/10 (It was really a segment more than a match.)
As Scott Steiner was announced the winner via disqualification, Samoa Joe dove out of the ring and continued the attack on him, fighting through the Impact Zone and biting his head. The two fought all the way outside the Impact Zone, as Mike Tenay and Don West pitched it to Lauren with AJ Styles.
Lauren spoke to AJ Styles, who promised to bring the fight to Booker T and win the TNA Legends Championship.
Match Six - TNA Legends Championship Match - Booker T w/ Sharmell (C) vs. AJ Styles
This was a good match. AJ Styles and Booker T went at it both in the ring and on the floor. They countered each other's moves and went into several near falls. Styles was able to get the better of Booker and plant him with a Styles Clash to get the pin and win the TNA Legends Championship. Definitely a turning point in the PPV, but not enough to save it all together.
Winner Via Pinfall and NEW TNA Legends Champion at 10:00 min - AJ Styles
Match Rating - 7/10
After the match, Sharmell helped Booker T out of the ring, as AJ Styles celebrated throughout the Impact Zone.
Mike Tenay pitched it to Lauren, who was with a muddy Samoa Joe. Joe was carrying his knife and it had blood on it. Apparently Joe took care of Scott Steiner and left him somewhere. Okay.
Match Seven - TNA Tag Team Championship Match - Beer Money Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode)(C) vs. Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon)
This was another entertaining match. James Storm and Robert Roode had a couple of miscommunications during the match, that led to a few arguments and shoving match. Team 3D had things going their way and were about to hit Roode with the 3D, when Storm rolled in with a steel chair and used it to get disqualified. Jim Cornette came out and said the match would not end that way and said it had to be restarted with No DQ rules. Team 3D went right back on the attack, but Storm and Roode ran over to the announce table, and were handed the belts by Don West, before running off. Bad finish to a good match.
Winners Via Count Out at 13:00 min - Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) - STILL TNA Tag Team Champions - Beer Money Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode)
After the match, Team 3D yelled at Don West for handing Beer Money Inc. the TNA Tag Team titles. West defended himself as Mike Tenay looked on angrily.
A package was shown on the TNA X Division Championship Ultimate X Match.
Match Eight - TNA X Division Championship Ultimate X Match - Alex Shelley (C) vs. Chris Sabin vs. Consequences Creed vs. Jay Lethal vs. Suicide
Winner Via Grabbing the TNA X Division Championship and NEW TNA X Division Champion at 14:00 min - Suicide
Jeremy Borash spoke to Sting, who said he was ready to defend the TNA Heavyweight Championship against Kurt Angle.
A package was shown for the Kurt Angle vs. Sting TNA Heavyweight Championship match.
Jeremy Borash made the in-ring introductions for the Main Event.
Match Nine - TNA Heavyweight Championship Match - Sting (C) vs. Kurt Angle - Guest Referee - Jeff Jarrett - Guest Enforcer - Mick Foley
Winner Via Pinfall and STILL TNA Heavyweight Champion at 14:00 min - Sting
Overall PPV Rating - 5/10
Chris and Bryan Sokol are from Long Island, NY and enjoy tag team reporting for SLAM! Wrestling.

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Tulino expects repairs to take place today and re-open Wednesday with normal office hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Many of the reasons people go to the office can be accomplished at www.irs.gov, he said.
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Scott's Sports Spot
Originally published in Island Ad-Vantages, January 16, 2014
DISHS Boys get only win in busy week
by Jack Scott
The girls basketball team lost to undefeated Searsport 56-38. Despite committing many turnovers in the first half, we led 24-22 at the half. We played good defense and shot well to have the lead. Unfortunately, Searsport scored 8 quick points to open the third quarter. We came back to trail 32-29, but over 10 turnovers and good Searsport shooting put us behind 39-32 after three quarters.
After that we couldn't catch a break in the fourth quarter. We had fewer turnovers but just couldn't convert, and Searsport made their foul shots to extend their lead. This was a good effort against a strong team, and if we could have kept our cool under their pressure, we could have made this a very close game. Unofficially, I counted over 35 turnovers, and we can't afford to give the ball away that many times, especially against a good team. Holli Boyce led us with 14 points, Morgan Shepard had 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Allyson Eaton had 9 points and 9 rebounds.
The girls lost a tough game to an undefeated Machias team 51-48. We were plagued by foul trouble, some of which were questionable, and Machias was in the double bonus at the beginning of both the second and fourth quarters. This not only led to 21 points overall for Machias, but limited time for several of our players.
Allyson Eaton sat out half the first quarter because of fouls, but carried us by scoring 9 of our 11 points in the second quarter as we trailed 26-18 at the half. She had limited time in the second half as she picked up her fourth foul halfway through the third quarter and fouled out with six minutes left in the fourth.
Things looked grim as Ashley Haskell strained her knee in the second half and had to sit as well. At that point, Holli Boyce took over and scored 14 of her points in the fourth. We came alive with the players we had on the floor and trailed 47-46 with a couple minutes left. We had some good looks but a couple turnovers added to our woes, and we couldn't pull it out. Holli Boyce led us with 22 points, Allyson Eaton 14, Morgan Shepard and Mallory Gommo each with 6.
The girls lost their momentum and lost to Bangor Christian 46-33. We started out well and got off to a 9-4 lead before falling back to lead 10-9 after one quarter. It was all downhill after that as we trailed from then on. After playing so well against a couple good teams, it was disappointing to have a breakdown against a team with no wins. We didn't have the physical and mental effort we needed. Allyson Eaton led us with 13 points, Morgan Shepard 5, and Whitney Brown and Holli Boyce each with 4.
Boys basketball
The boys basketball team beat a scrappy Searsport team 65-52. We started strong and led 17-8, but Searsport rallied and ended the first quarter with 8 points to trim our lead to 17-16. We made the last 6 points of the second quarter to lead 30-27 at the half.
We turned it on in the third quarter, causing many turnovers and shooting much better to extend our lead to 49-32. However, Searsport gained momentum when our offense sputtered a bit with poor foul shooting while Searsport dropped in a couple threes.
Stuart Bray fouled out with two minutes left, and we had a tenuous 58-50 lead. Good defense and slightly better foul shooting helped us preserve the win and extend the lead for the victory. Lucas Oliver had a big game with 26 points and 10 rebounds, Jared Gove had 20 points, Krisford Melanio had 9 points and 7 rebounds, and Stuart Bray had 7 points and 15 rebounds.
The boys lost to a tall Machias team 53-45. It was a tale of two halves. The first half we played solid defense and kept control of the game to lead 21-14 at the half. After we scored the first basket of the third quarter, Machias aggressively trapped the ball and we fell all apart. They outscored us 17-0 for the rest of the quarter to lead 31-23 with 10 of those points off turnovers. We came back at them in the fourth, but Machias was good at the foul line and made 16 of 22 foul shots to preserve their lead.
Our shots wouldn't drop, and the third quarter trapping seemed to totally get us out of our offensive rhythm. It was too bad we let this game get out of hand. Jared Gove led us with 17 points with 5 3-pointers, Lucas Oliver 11 points, Krisford Melanio 8, Stuart Bray 7, and Pat Duddy 5.
The boys lost to Bangor Christian 57-35. We trailed only 12-10 after one quarter, but our deficit got steadily worse through the rest of the game. We didn't play with the focus we needed and got away from team play overall, allowing BC to control us. Stuart Bray led us with 19 points and 10 rebounds, Jared Gove had 6 points and Lucas Oliver 5. Definitely not our best effort against a team that doesn't have a great record but plays a tough schedule.
The girls are 1-7 and need to decide which team we want to be. We can't wait any longer to give anything but our best effort to get in a position to make the playoffs. We have shown some very good play, but we don't maintain it and can't afford to play down to opponents. We have to play together as we have shown we can and do it for four quarters. Because of where we are in the standings, we are at a now-or-never point in the season.
The boys are 5-5 and near the bottom of the playoff picture. We need to get back to where we were in the beginning of the season. After an impressive team win against Sumner early in the season, we haven't been able to sustain that momentum. We have all the pieces of a solid team, but we need to get back to playing as a team with the focus and effort we have shown for all four quarters. With a tough group of games coming up quickly, we will show if we can prove all the predictions wrong or not.


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Can You Guess Whose Sibling This Is?
OMG! This little guy is our youngest celebrity sibling to date, and definitely one of the cutest! Can you guess which famous crooner calls this towheaded tot his little brother?
While they may not be full-blooded brothers -- they share the same father, but have different mothers -- this little cutie pie's big bro (who is still a youngster himself) is almost like a second dad to him. He might be one of the busiest entertainers on the planet, with millions upon millions of screaming girls to sing to night after night, but he always makes time for his little brother (and his sister, too). And when the famous crooner in question can't spend time with him in private, he just brings his little bro along with him to award shows!
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Host Family Program
The Homestay Program at Concord University provides an opportunity for American families to learn about other countries and cultures by having an international student stay in their home during university breaks. In turn, the international student benefits by being able to practice English conversation and learn about American culture first hand in the comfortable, friendly environment of an American home.
Have you ever....
Then you should consider becoming a friend to an international student. A "friend" can be an individual, a couple, or a family, anyone who would like to know a student from another land and help him or her to understand our American way of life, our language, our customs, and our community.
What kinds of people make good international friends?
* Single people, couples, people with children, retired people... neither your marital status nor your age is a factor.
* People who want to share their lives with others...you don't need to fit a "mold" of any kind... if you want to share your life with someone from another culture, you'll make a good friend to an international student.
* People who have an interest in expanding their horizons...perhaps you are a world traveler or perhaps you have never been outside West Virginia...experience is less important than interest. You'll make a good friend to an international student if you want to be one!
How will I benefit?
You will gain a new level of understanding about yourself and our own country. The process of trying to explain an American holiday or our concepts of freedom or child rearing can help to clarify your own beliefs. Children learn first hand about the peoples and countries they study in school. Best of all, being a friend to international students gives you a window on the world through the medium of friendship -- friendship, which can lead to letters, travel and new horizons.
Can I choose the nationality of the student you assign to me?
On your application you may indicate a preference for a particular country if you wish. We always do our best to meet specified preferences. Our most well represented geographical areas are Asia, Europe and Africa.
What kind of food should I serve?
Almost anything is appropriate because the students are open-minded enough to try new dishes and want to learn about American food. However, it is wise to ask the student before hand if there are any foods that he or she can't eat for health or religious reasons.
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* Be yourself! The students are interested in learning about how Americans live, so do what you always do.
* Involve children or grandchildren, if you have them; it is often easier for the visitor to relax first with them because of their openness and enthusiasm.
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International students come from a variety of religious backgrounds. Many are not Christian. While discussing and sharing information about each other's religious beliefs and practices can be interesting and informative, it is important to respect the student's beliefs. One should not befriend international students for the purpose of changing their religious beliefs.
What about money or financial problems?
As a condition of their admission, all international students at Concord University show full funding for the expenses of their studies and maintenance costs. When unexpected financial problems do arise, the staff of the International Student Office is prepared and trained to assist students in resolving their concerns. You are not expected to provide financial support of any kind.
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2009 Dodge Ram 1500 - Project Black SheepPosted in Project Vehicles on May 1, 2009
Our first 4-Wheel & Off-Road show truck in the history of the magazine (or at least in recent history) is just about finished. We've been building Project Black Sheep, an '09 Dodge 1500 Ram over the past three issues, and with this installment, we're wrapping it up. But let's not forget that a show truck from this magazine is still more go than show. In fact, this truck will quickly make it into the dirt, sand, and mud just as soon as we sneak it out of the show circuit it's destined to run.
In the past issues we told you how great the Dodge rode with its coil-sprung rear suspension and powerful Hemi engine during the purchase and drive of the truck home from Detroit. Then last month we upgraded the suspension with new Edelbrock shocks, coils, and air bumpstops. We upgraded the rear suspension links to chromoly units from Spidertrax with Currie Johnny Joints. The new suspension will lift the truck to clear 37-inch Mickey Thompson Tires on Pro Comp Extreme Alloy wheels. To add even more to the great ride, we upgraded the interior with leather seat covers from Mopar and Katzkin.
This month we add some tube work, a few more Mopar amenities, and a super-slick paintjob by KC Customs in Santa Rosa, California. The truck may seem finished, but in reality we already have some other upgrades in the works. But that is stuff for better off-road performance, which you will see in a future issue. If you want to check out the truck in real life, it will be on display at the Moab Easter Safari, the Tierra del Sol Desert Safari, and other events we'll list on our website.
1. We removed the front bumper of the Black Sheep to help make room for the bigger tires and improve the approach angle, but this left it looking pretty funny. We also needed a place for some big off-road lights and a good front skidplate. Randy Ellis Design in Phoenix has been building awesome 4x4s for years, and we recruited them to help us outfit the front of our truck with a desert/utility-style front bumper. First we headed to Industrial Metal Supply for some DOM tubing, and then we started building with steel plates coming up off the framerails. The headlights needed substantial protection so we added tubing that wrapped around the corners of the truck but still allowed plenty of approach angle in front of the tires. This truck isn't designed as a rockcrawler, but it will see trails, and you never know what type of obstacle might pop up in front of it.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) is the default Web Browser included with Microsoft Windows.
MSIE 4 to 9
MSIE 4 to 9 uses the Internet Explorer History File Format (or MSIE Cache File format). The Cache Files commonly named index.dat are used to store both cache and historical information.
To do: confirm if these files are in the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Database File (EDB) format
Security Zones
0 - My Computer 1 - Local Intranet Zone 2 - Trusted Sites Zone 3 - Internet Zone 4 - Restricted Sites Zone 5 - Custom
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External Links
- Internet Explorer Cache
- Internet Explorer security zones registry entries for advanced users, by Microsoft
- Troubleshooting Automatic Detection, by Microsoft
- Windows Virtual PC VHDs for testing websites with different Internet Explorer versions, by Microsoft
- Internet Explorer RecoveryStore (aka Travelog) as evidence of Internet Browsing activity, by Yogesh Khatri, September 29, 2011
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Diplomacy is a warm gun? It's not quite what the Beatles sang about, but it seems to be what one Jordanian lawmaker was relying on to settle the score with his opponent on a live talk show last week. No shots were fired, but Mohammed Shawabka could be charged with attempted murder. He pulled out a silver pistol during a talk-show debate Thursday evening and pointed it in the direction of his opponent, political activist Mansour Seif-Eddine Murad.
The clash was sparked when Shawabka, a member of Jordan's parliament, accused Murad of being a "spy" for Syrian president Bashar Assad. Shawabka took rather unkindly to Murad's retort that he was an agent working for Israel's Mossad security organization and a thief who "bought votes." The heated rhetoric led Shawabka to bend down and remove his shoe, proceeding to hurl it at Murad. Murad deflected the shoe by flipping over his desk, and that's when Shawabka stood up, unholstered his gun and began to brandish it as he and Murad bobbed and weaved around the studio. The show's host Mohammed Habashna successfully broke up the scuffle, shoving the gun-wielding Shawabka off-stage.
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Middle Eastern TV audiences are no strangers to volatile talk show guests – according to the Associated Press, Arabic-language stations routinely have on debaters with diametrically opposed views in an attempt to stir up controversy. This isn't the first time it's backfired, either: last year on a Lebanese chat show, two rival politicians hurled curses, glasses of water, and – very nearly – a chair, before charging at each other. Thankfully, the show's host broke up the fight before the opponents came to blows.


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'American Horror Story: Coven' Sarah Paulson Talks Lighter Tone, Female Empowerment
Like the previous seasons of 'American Horror Story,' details about FX's upcoming third season of the scarefest 'American Horror Story: Coven' will remain a hot commodity until series creator Ryan Murphy and the network deem it so. Even so, we know that the new season will feature a less overtly dark tone than its predecessor 'Asylum,' so what does series star Sarah Paulson have to say of their witchy new world?
"The most extraordinary thing about Ryan Murphy is his love for telling a woman's story and he has assembled an extraordinary group of actresses for the story we are going to tell next year," said Paulson to ETOnline of the upcoming season, set to bow on FX this October. "What I can say is that I think this season is going to have a bit of a more of a hybrid tone -- some of the lightness and humor from the first season as well as some of the bigger themes of female empowerment."
In particular, Paulson previewed that 'Coven' would continue Ryan Murphy's prevalent themes of disenfranchisement among outcasts, specifically in a more modern context. We do know that the third season will be set in the modern day across several cities (primarily New Orleans), and will occasionally dip back into the past as the story requires.
'American Horror Story: Coven' will also welcome newcomers Emma Roberts, Angela Bassett, Patti LuPone, Gabourey Sidibe and Kathy Bates, along with returning franchise regulars Jessica Lange, Lily Rabe, Taissa Farmiga, Frances Conroy, Evan Peters and (obviously) Sarah Paulson. Prior series stars Zachary Quinto and Dylan McDermott have not been confirmed to return, and may sit the third round out if scheduling falls through.
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So lately things haven't been going well in my relationship. Things were going great for a while. Guess it's that whole "honeymoon" theory. We're now a little over 5 months into the relationship and just the other day we almost broke up because I was dumping him. There was a bunch of drama and it wasn't handled well and then after a few hours we ended up deciding to stay together and work things out.
I kind of feel like I've dug myself in a hole. Thing is, I don't know if I want out or not and I think he feels the same. It's not really a good way to look at things and I want to take a positive outlook on things and look forward to making each other happy but it's hard when there is such negativity.
I know that he has been very commited the whole time we've been together. He's never given me a reason to believe otherwise. I trust him that he wouldn't cheat. It's just what he said last night weird's me out a bit.
He told me how I'm still young (since I'm almost 22 and he's almost 30)... he thinks there is a big difference with us because of ages but in reality we're probably on the exact same maturaty level as each other. We have different areas that we are smarter and wise in ofcourse, but he always assumes that I'm so young and haven't had enough experience.. blah blah blah. I'm sorry but age doesn't determine everything. I'm A LOT wiser and more mature then any 21 year old I know.
Anywho, he was saying how I was young and how I haven't dated many guys and that I should keep my options open incase a guy comes along in the future. That I need to explore and stuff like that. I asked him why he would say that if we're in a relationship and that it sounded to me like he wasn't really planning on our relationship lasting. He says he doesn't think that and that he wants the relationship to work but he wanted to see how I felt and stuff. Incase things don't work out he's got a friend that he can live with too. I know that if things weren't to work out he should know if he has a place to stay since the apartment is in my name and he's friends and family aren't very welcoming and helpful but that's not all his family's fault... partly his own fault. So I guess I can see why it's okay to know that he has a place to go but it seems like he is overthinking negative options of the relationship.
Either he's insecure about how I feel or about himself or he's looking for an easy way out and just sticking in the relationship til I grow so unhappy that I find someone else and that he figures he's doing me some sort of favor.... or something else. I have no clue.
I wanted to post here to get perspective from other men but women are welcome to put in there 2 cents too. What does it mean when a man in a commited relationship tells you to keep your option open?... as well as expressing that he has no desire to look outside the relationship and that if things weren't to work out.. after me... he'd stay single.
I'm really kind of confused right now. If we're in a relationship I want us to work together and not think about the negatives because that just sets things up for failur.
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STAND YOUR GROUND: Another nut in Florida is trying to invoke the Stand Your Ground law after he shot another man in St. Petersburg. Randall White got upset at the long wait time for his order at a Little Caesars store at 3463 Fourth Street N, and another man in the line, Michael Jock, admonished him for his verbal outburst.
The police said a shoving match ensued and when Randall White raised his fist, Michael Jock pulled out a .38 Taurus Ultralight Special Revolver and fired one round, hitting him in the lower torso. The gun discharged again as the two men tussled, again hitting White in the same area, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
When the police arrived at the scene, Jock told officers the shooting was justified under "stand your ground," police spokesman Mike Puetz told the newspaper. Police did not believe that such force was necessary and arrested Michael Jock on a charge of aggravated batter with a weapon and shooting within a building. He was released on $20,000 bail.
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River of no return
Seattle's Duwamish has been straightened, dredged and heavily polluted. Can a Superfund cleanup bring it back to life?
On the kind of sunny August day that rain-soaked Seattle lives for, Michael Jeffers pulls his white Ford Ranger into a dirt lot surrounding a cinderblock cube of a building in the city's Mount Baker neighborhood. The anonymous garage is nominally a car wash, with a hose and some sponges but no electricity. Standing water drips from oil drums clustered in the back alongside car batteries under ragged tarps. "This could be interesting," Jeffers says wryly as he climbs from his truck. "There have been problems with drugs here in the past."
Jeffers isn't the kind of cop who looks for drugs, though. The lean, gray-haired 53-year-old, who wears a smile like it's part of his uniform, is a stormwater inspector trying to help Seattle get a handle on the stuff that gets swept into storm drains by the region's famously heavy and frequent rain. All those little spills add up to big pollution problems in the Duwamish River, four miles away.
Today, he's already spoken to Russian mechanics and a "bad-credit-no-credit-no-problem" car dealer. Here, he finds a Vietnamese man, who explains in broken English that he does oil changes and takes used sludge to an auto-parts store for disposal. Satisfied, Jeffers gives the man an urban hydrology pamphlet, which he only glances at briefly. Just as Jeffers completes a circuit of the property, the owner, a tall man named David, arrives on a green Huffy bicycle decorated with a dreamcatcher. "There was an inspector here just last week!" he exclaims before Jeffers can say hello. "We ain't using no chemicals!"
Jeffers explains calmly that if hydrocarbons and other chemicals washed from vehicles run directly into the storm drain, they end up in the river, and David could be fined. Same with those oil drums and batteries. In reality, fines are rare, Jeffers later tells me, because the city would rather help businesses comply: "It's just a matter of pushing them in the right direction." Jeffers recommends that David build a dirt berm to direct runoff into a sewer, feeding it into a wastewater plant for treatment. David begins to relax: "It's just right now, we're barely getting business," he confides. "Times are tough."
The men shake hands, and Jeffers returns to his pickup. "The message we try to get across is, 'We're spending all this money cleaning up the (river),' " he says. " 'We don't want to pollute it again.' "
Seattle is proud of its green reputation. The city recycles more trash than it puts in the landfill and is within sight of two national parks. Yet the Duwamish, a once-vibrant river that historically hosted at least 17 fishing villages belonging to the eponymous Duwamish Tribe, along with the city's first white immigrants, is one of Washington state's most polluted rivers.
The Duwamish helped Seattle become the Pacific Northwest's economic powerhouse, its fertile soils and harbor access the first seeds from which the city's prosperity grew. But that prosperity has nearly killed the river. For more than a century, heavy industry has pumped it full of carcinogens and metals. Subdivisions and low-rises sprawl over its former meanders; its immediate watershed is now a 32-square-mile expanse of paved urbanization, its tributary streams replaced with storm drains that swallow whatever garbage and chemicals the rain washes from industry lots, businesses like David's, and sidewalks and roadways. It's hidden so well among the scrapyards and shipping terminals that many residents don't even know it exists. On maps, it's marked simply as a "waterway" – nothing more than a transit corridor where barges glide from factories to the Pacific Ocean.
These days, the Duwamish's fish are too toxic for human consumption. Yellow warning signs line its shores; even playing on its few beaches carries a health risk. Yet fishing continues. The industrial buildup that poisoned the river also made the land around it cheap to live on, attracting immigrants from fishing cultures who either don't understand the pollution or ignore it. Some are simply so poor they're willing to risk cancer for a square meal.
In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency added the last five miles of the Duwamish River to its list of Superfund sites and began planning to clean up the sediment that lines the river's bottom like a poisonous quilt. Limited dredging has already started, but the main 10-year, $305 million push will begin after the EPA releases its final cleanup order later this year.
The EPA hopes to improve conditions for wildlife, scrub the river's few beaches, and ultimately make its fish, crabs and clams safe enough to eat again. And the agency's plans – to remove enough toxic mud to fill 29 Olympic-size pools and seal a swath of river bottom 18 football fields long under sand and rock – will indeed keep much of the contamination out of the food chain. But in the end, the Duwamish may stand not as a shining example of how to right environmental wrongs, but of how difficult, even impossible, it is to do so when their root causes have as much to do with how we've engineered our everyday lives as with industrial fallout. And the cleanup area's discrete boundaries exclude a major ongoing source of pollution, one that will prove extraordinarily difficult to control: The thriving, bustling city itself.


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The Mets made a round of roster cuts this morning, with outfielder Fernando Martinez and infielder Ruben Tejada among them. Also sent to the minor league camp were Josh Stinson, Tobi Stoner, Manny Alvarez, Armando Rodriguez, Zach Lutz, Jordanny Valdespin, Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Kai Gronauer.
The Mets have been consistent with Tejada all along, saying they want him in Triple-A for the at-bats and to play shortstop. No real surprises.
The demotion of Martinez, once the franchise's brightest position player prospect, makes me wonder if it will ever happen for him. That Lucas Duda is being given a chance to make the team and not Martinez tells you his stock has fallen.
Remember when the Mets had outfield prospects Martinez, Lastings Milledge and Carlos Gomez? Speed to burn. Milledge flamed out, Gomez was traded and the Mets hung onto Martinez because he had the highest ceiling.
No more.
When given the chance he hasn't produced, but the biggest knock on Martinez has been his inability to stay healthy. Believe me, that goes on the scouting report as much has his ability to hit a curveball.
Yes, I understand the argument Martinez needs the minor league at-bats more than sitting on a major league bench, but that the Mets would sign reserves Scott Hairston and Willie Harris – whose upside has already been reached – rather than give Martinez a chance to earn a roster spot speaks of what they think of him. And, with Carlos Beltran down, that is even more magnified.
The Mets would not part with Martinez in any trade discussions in the past, but I can see that changing now. I can see them listening intently.
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RENO, NV - Think back to that day.
Your first bike. Shiny and new. Your first shaky attempts, likely with your dad helping you stay upright. It wasn't long before you were staying up, confidence growing, enjoying accomplishment and a new freedom.
Until today, it's an experience a number of kids gathered in a warehouse in east Reno haven't had.
Their disabilities, Down Syndrome, autism, physical limitations, have kept from learning.
"Many kids with disabilities take a lot longer to learn how to ride a bike," says Diana Rovetti, President of the Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada. "A lot of parents give up, don't continue teaching their kids, don't have the right tools."
This week those right tools have been in use in a Bike Camp called iCan Bike.
The special bikes they're learning on are furnished by the non-profit organization iCan Shine brought to Reno by Rovetti's network and the Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities.
The roller replacing the rear wheel and the family members and volunteers assisting provide the balance while confidence builds.
Paul Rimaldi is watching his son, fifteen year old Peter, roll around the course.
"What I'm hoping here is that we build his confidence. This is really more about him learning that he can accomplish something, push through and feel good about it."
The goal is to graduate to a conventional bike. When that happens it can be an emotional moment for all concerned.
"We have kids actually in tears," says Rovetti. "We have a lot of moms and dads in tears. They can't believe it. Some dads have show up here. The wanted to come and see because they couldn't believe that it was happening for their child. They didn't think that would ever be a possibility."
Waiting for Peter Rimaldi is a shiny new bike and as he gains confidence and balance. It's time to try it out. No roller. No training wheels, just a boy and his bike.
Rimaldi is looking ahead
"Once he gets on his bike and suddenly realizes he has new freedom I'll be having to run after him because he'll just go and take off as he likes to do anyway. Now he's got wheels.
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Now, Add to Contacts, a different and in many ways a better app, is available from the developer of "I'm a WP7!" meaning you expect quality from the design and implementation. Very Metro-influenced, the app is fast and has great options including the ability to save photos where available.
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text: Show Hide image Culture 19 April 2013 Soul deep: Liam Hayes and Plush The musician talks to Yo Zushi about writing songs for Roman Coppola and the cost of remaining "autonomous". Sign-up One of the charms of Palace Music's 1995 album "Viva Last Blues" is the vague, under-rehearsed piano work of Liam Hayes (AKA Liam Hayes and Plush), a songwriter in his own right who has since gone on to release a series of albums combining the melodic sensibilities of Burt Bacharach with the slinky R&B of Allen Toussaint or Boz Scaggs. I asked him about his latest project, as well as his life in music so far. Where's home at the moment? It's not Chicago. Your most recent release is the soundtrack to Roman Coppola's new movie A Glimpse into the Mind of Charlie Swan III, which stars Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray. This isn't your first film work – you appeared in Stephen Frears's adaptation of Nick Hornby's High Fidelity in 2000. Is cinema a natural fit for your music? I love movie music, especially when it sounds good on its own apart from what's happening dramatically. I've had my music described as widescreen and it just so happens that I have a flair for the dramatic, so my answer is yes. How did you get involved in the Charlie Swan project? Jason Schwartzman introduced Roman to my music and he became a fan. It unfolded from there. I once read that you were "living an alternative lifestyle with a guru in San Francisco" during the 1990s. Is this true? It might have been fun had it actually been true. From here, it all seems like a dream or, more accurately, someone's creative writing project. I think that was in the Melody Maker; it went out of business and so did the 1990s. I don't remember in what order. How has your life changed since then? What I value hasn't changed. In 1995, NME chose your debut single ("Three Quarter Blind Eyes/Found a Little Baby") as its record of the week and said it was "almost implausibly lovely". Mojo magazine called it "damn near perfect". Did you expect such a big reaction? And did the attention make following it up any harder? I didn't expect any of that. The actual response and subsequent commercial interest presented me with some interesting dilemmas. I'm continually creating and by the time that single came out, I was already on to something else. Rather than trying to "follow it up", I followed my musical as opposed to commercial instincts and recorded More You Becomes You. Since that first single, you've put out three albums and now the film soundtrack – which averages at roughly one release every five years. Is taking your time part of your working process? No! No, it certainly isn't. My desire to remain autonomous has meant self-financing my recordings over the years. Doing that is always a long-drawn-out process, because what it doesn't cost in money it costs in time. As a result, I don't have a lot of records but what I do have is mine. By the way, in addition to the soundtrack, I have two new soon-to-be-released albums finished, which actually makes it a new album every three years. Though you've worked with people like Tom Tom MMLXXXIV, who did arrangements for Minnie Riperton and Earth, Wind and Fire, your music doesn't sound old or retrogressive – even when you make direct references to, say, the Bee Gees. What is it that prevents it from becoming an exercise in pastiche? For me, it's an ongoing process of discovery – while searching, you bring your past with you, so it's not a static thing. I don't deny my influences but I like to take them along with me to where I'm at in the moment. That's what brings it into the present. Which bands or musicians do you admire? Here's three of many: Tommy James and the Shondells, Klaatu, the Box Tops. What's next? [The albums] Korp Sole Roller and Slirrup, coming to your turntable soon. "Take a Chance" from Liam Hayes and Plush's 2009 album "Bright Penny": The soundtrack to "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III" is available now (Night Fever Music, $9.99). The entire album can be streamed here on Rolling Stone. Yo Zushi's most recent album of songs, "Notes for 'Holy Larceny'", was released by Pointy Records (£9.99). His song "Something New", taken from the forthcoming album "Smalltime", is on YouTube here. Yo Zushi is a contributing writer for the New Statesman. His latest album, It Never Entered My Mind, is out now on Eidola Records and is on Spotify here. Subscribe from just £1 per issue SUBSCRIBE More


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omentie is a Quenya word meaning "meeting (of pathways)".[1]
[edit] Etymology
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[edit] Examples
- ↑ In the first edition of The Lord of the Rings, and in an early letter, Tolkien used the form omentielmo (amended to omentielvo in the second edition).
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 13
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", p. 367
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Three is Company"


text: Before reading this - please take a moment to change your password on androidforums.com. This can be done while logged in through your UserCP, or using the "forgot your password?" page if logged out. I have some unfortunate news to pass along. Yesterday I was informed by our sever/developer team that the server hosting androidforums.com was compromised and the website's database was accessed. While the breach is most likely harmless there are important and potential pitfalls, and we want to provide as much helpful information to our users as possible (without getting too technical). The trust of our users is extremely important and several staff members worked through the afternoon, evening, night, and morning to ensure we're doing everything possible to regain complete security. Here are the facts: - The exploit used has been identified and resolved. The server has been further hardened and extra "just in case" actions have been taken.. and will continue to be taken. - All code that resides in the database and the file system has been thoroughly reviewed for malicious edits and uploads. - No other sites in our network appear to have been accessed (we're triple checking). - The user table of AndroidForum's database was (at a minimum) accessed. While we can't prove or disprove whether or not the data was downloaded (due to the way the data was transferred), it's completely possible.. and we've taken action assuming this is the case. - Information in the user database includes: Unique ids, usernames, emails, hashed (encoded) and salted passwords, registration IP addresses, usergroup memberships, infraction levels, last time online, last post date, post count... as well as far less critical things like number of PMs, visitor messages, last online dates, and some vbulletin options set in your UserCP. - Immediately following the incident, all ~100 staff were notified of a pending password change - and all passwords to were changed to random strings. Almost all are back in with new passwords. Because gaining access to a staff member account could pose the biggest threat, we first moved to secure these accounts. What Probably Happened This was, in our current opinion, most likely an e-mail harvesting attempt. A spammer could theoretically attempt to bulk e-mail all AF users with the user database. Luckily, GMail and similar e-mail services offer a "spam" button that helps it to collectively identify and automatically filter potential spam. It's also absolutely possible that nothing of consequence happened. There is some chance they did not get enough of the database to matter, did this for fun to see if they could, or will not move forward with any plans after finding out we're actively investigating. This is a serious offense and you can best bet we are doing just that. What Could Happen? We take matters like these incredibly seriously and want to make sure you're warned of ALL the possibilities, regardless of how slim the chances. You can never be too safe, so we're asking you to consider the possibilities and protect accordingly. - This could be someone who is upset with us who hopes to use the information against staff - With username, email, and IP information, a skilled hacker could pretend to be other users. - They could blackmail us and threaten to publish the information publicly. - Knowing your IP one can get a general idea of where you are located in the world, though most your IPs are dynamic and will change before too long anyway. - With a username and hashed password one could open a session with accounts on other sites that use the same credentials - if they gain file level access to that site first. These were salted passwords which adds to the complexity, but nonetheless we recommend playing it safe. What should you do? Although we're confident the threat is neutralized it is still highly recommended that you change your password here and on other sites where you use the same username/password. This can be done while logged in through your UserCP, or using the "forgot your password?" page if logged out. You can also contact me via PM or Contact Form and we will help you if you need. No website wants to make an announcement like this. I assure you we, as the Neverstill Team, could not apologize profusely enough. Websites come under attack all time time - and sometimes the bad guys make it in. Unfortunately for us, yesterday was our time. We have been attacked before but never breached, and please know we are going to continue to do everything in our power to ensure it doesn't happen again. If you have any questions please let us know - we will do our best to answer them. I will leave this thread open for discussion as long as it remains productive. -Phases, Rob, and the Neverstill Team UPDATE: I forgot to mention. 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Have you ever tried to hide a Corvette where people are least likely to find it? That's what many Vette lovers have done over the years, when it comes to garaging their pride(s) and joy(s). But, when it comes to building a Corvette, especially a Vette Rod, how about hiding one Corvette inside the other? That's what Doyle Thomas did, and the result is the '66 "Z066" that you see here. Inspiration came from a familiar source. (HINT: You're holding a copy of it.) "We saw an article a few years back in Corvette Fever, about how Philadelphia Motorsports had done a C3," Doyle recalls. "We were really impressed by what we saw in the article, and we thought we'd take it a step further and do it with a C2. It's very impressive."
To start a project like this one, you need a donor car for the engine, powertrain and electronics, as well as a recipient that the new stuff all goes into. Doyle says they started with a 2003 Z06 that they weren't sure how many miles were on it. "It was an insurance/theft recovery, where someone had bumped the right-front tire, and that had knocked the wires out of the computer," he says from his Longview, Texas home. "When I bought it off of eBay, it was listed on there that the car would not crank or do anything, so nobody knew anything about the car. We could tell that it was low mileage, because the seats and carpets still looked good in it." It turned out that the Z06 had only 300 miles on it!
What came off the damaged Z06? Everything but the body and frame. "We used as much as possible," he says. We used every piece of wire, and we had to lengthen the fuel pump wire. We used the window regulator motors from the Z06, so the windows go up and down quickly. We used the intermittent windshield wiper motors, and the headlight motors-when you turn the headlights on, the lights pop up as they come on." Also donated by the Z06, along with its LS6 V8 and six-speed transmission: Traction control, air conditioning-the works!
You also need a recipient-in this case a '66 Sting Ray convertible that had been stored in a warehouse in Illinois with just 48,000 miles on it. "It was totally original, and it had never been apart," Doyle says. "It still had the little paper stickers on the springs, the correct shocks, even the correct hubcaps on the car." He sold the '66s complete chassis to someone in Florida who was going to restore their '66.
Meanwhile, Philadelphia Motorsports welded up a round-tube chassis to fit under the Sting Ray's body. Once it was ready, Doyle says the swap was pretty straight-forward. "Being their first C2, there were a few minor adjustments that we had to work around, but there was nothing major. The exhaust was a minor issue on the chassis-we lengthened the side exhausts by about 3 1/2 inches to fit the body."
Once it was all together, thanks to the engineering and fabrication skills of Tom and Tommy Ames at Automotive Specialties in Longview, the result was a spectacular Vette Rod, one that is far from being a trailer queen. "We've put 8,000 miles on this car since it was finished late last summer," says Doyle. "We had a really good trip-we went up to Yellowstone, then over to the Bonneville Salt Flats, then over to Washington State and Oregon where we came down the coast into California and all the way to L.A., then we came back I-10 all the way back into Texas."
Before long, there'll be another "hidden Z06" in Doyle's garage. "We're in the process of doing a C3 on the same concept-all Z06 components," he says. "It's a '69 triple-black Stingray roadster. We have all the Z06 parts in place, we have the '69 in place, and all we're waiting for now is Philadelphia Motorsports to finish up the chassis."
Did this car inspire you to consider planning a Vette Rod of your own? Even if it won't be as elaborate as Doyle's "Z066," he has this advice: "Do it soon, as sooner is better than later. Once it's complete, and you drive it, you're going to love it. You're going to want to drive it all the time."
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Owner: Doyle Thomas, Longview, Texas
Modified production '66 Sting Ray convertible
Modifications: C5 firewall, C5 door latches/handles, Philadelphia Motorsports conversion floorpan and rear quarter-panel flares
Bodywork: Automotive Specialties, Longview, Texas
Paint: DuPont Chroma custom silver basecoat/clearcoat; Paint preparation and applied by Automotive Specialties, Longview, Texas
Frame: Philadelphia Motorsports custom tube frame, powder-coated silver to match body
Suspension: (Front) 2003 C5 Z06 with Koni coilovers (Rear) 2003 C5 Z06 with Koni coilovers
Steering: Modified 2003 C5 Z06, power-assisted
Brakes: 2003 C5 Z06, front and rear
Wheels: 2003 C5 Z06 wheels, front and rear
Tires: Goodyear Eagle F1, 265/40R17 front, 295/35R18 rear
Overhead valve V8, GM Powertrain LS6
Originally built: GM Powertrain, Wixom, Michigan
Modifications: Custom air filter/ducting, custom ECM programming by Speed Scene Wiring, San Antonio, Texas, engine components polished by MPR/Bill Fell, Pritchett, Texas
Displacement: 346 cubic inches (5.7L)
Compression ratio: 10.5:1
Cylinder heads: Production 2003 Z06, cast aluminum
Ignition: OEM Delphi coil-on-plug
Induction: OEM 2003 Z06 electronic fuel injection
Camshaft: Production 2003 Z06
Exhaust: Camaro LS1 ceramic-coated manifolds with Stainless Works custom 2 1/2-inch side pipes
Horsepower: 405 @ 6,000 rpm (Advertised)
Torque: 400 ft./lbs. @ 4,800 rpm (Advertised)
2003 C5 Corvette six-speed transaxle
Shifter: Hurst shifter (in modified C5 console)
Modified production 2003 C5 Corvette interior fitted to '66 body
Modified by: Automotive Specialties, Longview, Texas and Paul Adkins Interiors, Cullman, Alabama
Modifications: Everything-2003 C5 interior was "tailored" to fit into original '66 body
Seats: Modified 2003 Corvette sport seats with Torch Red leather upholstery by Paul Adkins Interiors, Cullman, Alabama
Carpets: Torch Red cut-pile
Instrumentation: OEM 2003 C5 Z06 (0-200 mph speedometer, 0-7,000 rpm tachometer with 6,500 rpm redline, plus fuel level, oil pressure, ammeter and coolant temperature gauges).
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After Sandy Hook, package of laws emerging
NEWTOWN -- After hours of public hearings and briefing, some obvious legislative reactions to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings are emerging.
Advanced mental health outreach, identifying potentially violent young men who usually are the assailants in mass shootings, is expected to become part of the legislative package.
Universal background checks, researching criminal and possible mental issues that could disqualify even those involved in private gun sales, is likely to be another.
Leading lawmakers were reluctant this morning to talk about what concrete proposals will be presented as the General Assembly's response to the school massacre in Newtown. But after midnight, following the nearly six-hour legislative hearing in Newtown High School, legislators said that some themes keep coming up.
Expanding the 1993 list of banned automatic weapons to now include semi-automatic, assault-style weapons like the Bushmaster that Adam Lanza used to kill 20 first-graders and six adults, is likely. Prohibiting ammunition clips and magazines that hold more than 10 rounds is another.
Another piece of legislation that would require private insurers to cover the costs of mental health treatment could also become part of an overall bill.
Sen. Eric Coleman, D-Bloomfield, co-chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said that between the legislative task force and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's advisory council, there should be no shortage of ideas.
"There's a lot of stuff in progress right now," said Coleman, who walked out of the hearing at Newtown High School with Rep. Gerald M. Fox III, D-Stamford, the Judiciary Committee's other co-chairman. "I think there were some good recommendations that came out tonight. I know where I'd personally like to go, but one of the challenges of a bipartisan group is that compromises have to be made."
Fox and Coleman said universal background checks, which could cover the 40 percent of gun sales that are currently unmonitored, are sensible.
"It seems that there is a consensus that the sale of guns, in whatever format it is, whether it's a private sale or a sale at a gun shop, should require a background check," Fox said. "We'll see how we proceed. Everyone wants to move swiftly."
Fox and Sen. Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, whose district includes Newtown, said that further testimony is likely from gun manufacturers and State Police because lawmakers have detailed questions that were not answered during a subcommittee hearing on Monday.
McKinney said that after four public hearings scheduled to fast-track legislation by next month that more information -- and further hearings -- may be needed.
"We want to act," McKinney said as the auditorium was emptying at 12:30 a.m., after about 80 people spoke to the Bipartisan Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety. Those in favor of tighter gun control laws outnumbered gun advocates by about 10 to 1.
Subcommittee hearings on school safety, gun control and mental health were held on Friday of last week, Monday and Tuesday, respectively.
McKinney said that over the next couple of weeks, subcommittees will be winnowing out potential legislation and agreeing on a package.
"I think it's too early to tell what that final product is going to look like, but tonight was an important night," McKinney said.
"I got to have my colleagues from around the state to see just how deep the hurt is for the people of Newtown and how horrific the tragedy was," he said. "I think they heard tonight from people from town with very different views on how to solve the problem. They all treated each other with respect and encouraged us to work together respectfully even though there are disagreements."
McKinney said that he saw most of Tuesday's testimony in the state Capitol on mental health issues.
"One thing that's emerging is the need to identify at an early age, and the lack of services, especially for people between the ages of 18 and 24 and the need for those services, especially among young men," McKinney said.
"It's shocking to learn that if you have private commercial insurance, you have no coverage for mental health services, and that's something that we definitely have to look at changing," he said. "I thought we did have mental health parity in the state until I learned from a lot of the experts on Tuesday that there is no coverage for people. Clearly, identification at an early age, destigmatizing the issue of mental health and then services for people between the ages of 18 and 25 are some of the emerging issues I think we're going to have to look at addressing."
McKinney said that with an estimated billion-dollar deficit in the budget that starts July 1, the state is going to have to shuffle some priorities. Over the weekend, he said he plans to review New York state's new law that requires mental health clinicians to report to police the identities of patients who might be considered at risk of harming themselves or others.
Senate President Pro Tempore Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, said that lawmakers still plan to have a single major bill by the end of February.
"We think this is a pretty extraordinary effort by a task force, having three comprehensive hearings in Hartford and then this extraordinary hearing here in Newtown," Williams said. "I can't recall when we've done anything like that, working toward one bill."
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I'm slightly new to simulations and need to have a basic understanding about the monte-carlo runs.
All I know is after a specified number of monte runs, we get a mean and a sigma value and depending upon the sigma level(n), we get a value of [mean - n*sigma]
Now, what I want to understand is, is my device good, if I'm getting a negative value of the expression above because in that case sigma would be minimum. If any of you has any related doc,please forward.
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Dominion, a Virginia-based energy company, said Monday it plans to sell three power stations, including Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, as part of its strategy to divest coal-fired power plants.
Dominion said it will sell Brayton and two other power plants to Energy Capital Partners, a private equity firm with offices in New Jersey and California, to generate a combined $650 million in after-tax proceeds. Dominion would not disclose the sale price of Brayton alone.
"Brayton Point has been a great asset for us, and we believe it will be a great asset for the new owners," said Dominion spokesman Jim Norvelle. "But we're selling it because it doesn't fit in what we want to do going forward."
Last year, Dominion said it was leaving the merchant coal-fired generation business. Last summer, Dominion sold another Massachusetts plant, the coal- and oil-fired Salem Harbor Power Station in Salem, to Footprint Power LLC of New Jersey.
In the last few years, Salem Harbor's age, and tightening clean air regulations, made running the power station less and less economical, according to Dominion. It was scheduled to close in 2014. Footprint said it plans to convert the plant to cleaner burning natural gas.
Dominion has owned the 1,528-megawatt Brayton power station since 2005. Norvelle said Brayton Point meets state and federal clean air rules. "We invested more than a billion dollars in environmental controls at that station to make sure we could continue to operate," said Norvelle.
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