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Ok so they both played their second game in four days and the Dolphins played a decent game, but Dallas wanted it more. Moore didn't handle the snap, can ya blame him he was shell shocked, the O-line didn't play like they played the last three weeks, so blame the QB rite. The real blame should be on the coaches for calling such a conservative game, but I guess you can't blame them when the receivers don't make the catches. I've seen Reggie Bush play in New Orleans and he was rarely used to run inside the guards, he's more of an outside runner so why not play him to his best ability, and whatever happened to the halfback option, seen him make some good plays running that one. Why not use Hilliard more for the inside runs, since they got rid of Polite.
Good Luck who ever takes over as head coach next year!
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Moore – game ball? Are you kidding me? If he could handle the snap from center Dallas would not have got their first touchdown. He is a career backup and will never be anything but a backup!
The Dolphins had their three-game win streak snapped on this Turkey Day in Dallas, but there were still some standout performances. Keep reading to see who our analysts gave their game balls to...

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A landmark convention in Canada featuring some of the most revered speakers and thinkers from across the globe.
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An opportunity to study traditional Islamic sciences, in contemporary context, with some of the leading scholars of our time.
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The House bill (HB 89) has widespread bipartisan support and amends the state's "stand your ground" law, granting criminal and civil immunity for warning shots.
The bill does not explicitly list warning shots; instead, it cites "threatened" use of force scenarios that lawmakers made clear would include discharging a firearm to scare off a potential attacker.
The state House Judiciary Committee advanced the bill with only two members voting "no." It has broad bipartisan support, including 41 cosponsors.
The legislation will head to the House floor when the 2014 session begins next month. A companion bill in the Senate (SB 448) still has two committee stops before heading to the floor.
The bill would provide criminal and civil immunity in scenarios involving the threatened use of force when such force is justified, said bill sponsor State Rep. Neil Combee,
Warning shots gained a higher profile in the Marissa Alexander case last year. The
State Rep. Kionne McGhee, D-Miami, acknowledged the bill would protect others in Alexander's situation and said he supported self-defense and warning shots, but still strongly voiced opposition.
"This language is very vague. This language opens up a door that leads us down a slippery slope," he said. "There may not be any return from this one."
It's unclear whether the bill would allow residents to shoot into a home or moving car when they feel threatened, McGhee said.
"This is only creating more of an issue, more of a divide," he said.
Other lawmakers disagreed.
State Rep. Matt Gaetz,
"I don't see the lack of clarity," he said.
The legislation centers around
The panel heard testimony that rogue state attorneys are misusing the gun law.
Eric Friday, representing the gun rights group Florida Carry Inc., said sheriffs and prosecutors aren't recognizing immunity for self-defense. He said they instead use the state law to pressure suspects into plea bargains by threat of excessive jail time.
"This bill is an important step to reining in some of this conduct," he said.
Friday said defensively displaying a firearm while under attack should not result in prosecution.
NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer called the measure "critically important."
"This bill is designed to stop abuse by prosecutors who are violating the intent of 10-20-life," she said.
Hammer said the goal of the 10-20-life gun law was to put criminals who use firearms behind bars for a mandatory minimum sentence. She said the NRA supported the original legislation and helped pass it in 1999.
She said the goal was to stop judges from slapping criminals on the wrist for gun crimes and streamline the judicial process, but it had a hole. Shooting an attacker allows self-defense protection, but only threatening — for example, firing a warning shot — allows for prosecution under 10-20-life.
"Self-defense is not a crime; it is a Constitutional right, and some prosecutors are trampling those rights," Hammer said.
"Some dirt bag attacked you and now you're being attacked by a prosecutor; that's not right," she said.


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The 345/30ZR-19 Michelin Pilot Sports on the rear of J.R. Granatelli's '04 Z06 are massive-so wide that Lingenfelter mini-tubs were needed to tuck them inside the body. And yet, with the right amount of throttle, those tires become little more than clouds of white smoke and two strips of semi-molten rubber on the pavement. Well, or the wrong amount of throttle, depending on who's springing for the $400-plus Michelins.
This Z06 has some major power mods wrapped around its LS6: a Granatelli Motor Sports (GMS) twin-turbo kit featuring two Turbonetics 76mm ball-bearing turbochargers. With the hair dryers pushing 12 pounds of boost, the engine put 972 hp and 1,057 lb-ft of torque through Granatelli's chassis dynamometer on the day we photographed the car.
That pull was made burning nothing more exotic than premium pump fuel, and the engine was fitted with a full exhaust system, including cats. The exhaust is actually an area of the car J.R. still wants to improve. He figures if he could go from 211/42- to 3-inch pipes behind the headers, he could pick up another 100 horses.
Like the car, or the Michelins, needs another 100 horses.
But overkill is exactly what this car is all about. "I built it for two reasons," he explains. "I did it to get a rise out of my dad [J.R. is a scion of the famous Granatelli family, with authentic Indy 500 memorabilia in his office lobby], and to prove our company's potential to our customers." So consider the Z06 as the ultimate demonstrator model for GMS's twin-turbo kit and mass airflow sensors.
All those ponies aren't coming out of a stock LS6; if that were the case, the turbo kit's output would be closer to 550 hp and a like amount of peak torque from six pounds of boost. Instead, the stock block was bored to 4.25 inches (with Darton sleeves in the holes) and stroked to 3.76, resulting in a displacement of 427 cubes. Knowing the turbos would stress the engine's bottom end, J.R. built it with a Lunati forged crank and Ross forged pistons swinging on Lunati rods.
Houston's Motorsport Technologies performed a Stage 5 port job on the stock heads and dropped the compression ratio down to 8.8:1 to accommodate the rush of air from the turbos. We'd like to share the Cam Motion camshaft specs with you, but J.R. is keeping those a closely guarded secret. We can tell you that the car idles almost like a stocker, with just a hint of a lope, but that there must be some serious lift and duration going on to shove 1,000 horses' worth of air into the chambers.
Speaking of which, the compressed charge from each turbo routes through a massive TTI intercooler (with dedicated fans to keep a chill in the air), then up through a modified GMS LS2 mass air sensor and into a FAST intake manifold.
Getting enough fuel to burn with all that air was a challenge. J.R. modified the car's stock fuel lines to feed a 5-gallon fuel cell located inside the driver-side front fender. From there he created a fuel-injection subsystem with a return line, so that the fuel-pressure regulator had a means to reference boost pressure and increase fuel pressure as needed. "When you're making big boost, the [stock] returnless system offers no way to boost-reference the regulator," he explained. Two Bosch 930 high-pressure pumps are tasked with sending the increased amounts of fuel to ACCEL 55-lb/hr injectors.
The standard GMS twin-turbo kit comes with a mapping tool to tune the engine's computers. For this application, J.R. leaned on mapping software from EFI Live to optimize the air, fuel, and spark.
J.R. figures that this engine, in naturally aspirated trim, would produce around 480 hp. "The turbos basically double the psi over atmospheric pressure, and double the horsepower and torque." The addition of an adjustable wastegate and an in-dash boost controller means the car can be set anywhere from "cruise" to "kill" at the turn of a knob.


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We receive a lot of mail here at Team VETTE Command Central, and we read every piece of it. Much of that mail comes bearing questions. Some we can answer, some we have to pass the buck on. But then Paul Wolkenburg of Katy, Texas (among others) asked us "Will the '02 Z06 wheel and tire package fit the '02 Vette convertible body without modification to the inner walls?" In fact, the question of whether or not Z06 wheels will work on a '97-02 C5 coupe or convertible is one that we've been seeing regularly-regularly enough that we decided to go get some answers.
We enlisted Mike Sweeney at Corvette Wheel Specialist in Fountain Valley, California, to help with this project. CWS lined up our guinea pig-a gorgeous Magnetic Red '99 convertible-and Yokohama kicked in with a set of their super-sticky AVS Sport radials in Z06 sizes. We also ordered up a foursome of their new AVS Sport runflats, which come in stock C5 sizes (245/45ZR17 front, 275/40ZR18 rear), to mount on aftermarket Z06-style and standard C5 wheels.
Sweeney brought in his friend Bob Pendleton to handle the multiple wheel changes, and we got to work. The short answer to the question we've been asked, as you'll see in the photos, is that the Z06 wheels and rubber do indeed fit on a C5. Since this is primarily a story about wheel fitments, we'll make a few final comments and get to it. (You can read more about the tires in the accompanying sidebar.) We're dealing with OEM wheel sizes, as well as factory-style repros. There are, of course, a multitude of other wheels and fitments; you should deal with a knowledgeable, reputable dealer or manufacturer if you're looking to venture off the beaten path (i.e., wider-than-stock, as in Z06 or "standard" tires and wheels, or larger diameter, like 19- or 20-inchers-or larger.) All of the wheels featured here are trouble-free, direct bolt-ons. And there's nothing wrong with that; you'll still get the look you want, with the tires you need.
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Since it doesn't make much sense to mount wheels without tires, we got on the horn to Yokohama and ordered some Corvette-sized rubber for this project. The guys sent us a set of AVS Sports for the OE Z06 fitment: 295/35ZR18 rear and 275/40ZR17 front. The fronts are actually a bit wider than the OEM-size 265s, but fit fine. Yokohama claims that the AVS Sport provides "unbroken rubber-to-road" contact which increases grip. Granted, our testing was of the seat-of-the-pants variety, but Sweeney and I both came away inpressed. The AVS Sports are quieter (especially compared to the factory-installed Eagle EMT runflats), the grip is excellent, and the "feel" is just as good.
If you're thinking about making this switch, Sweeney had a few words of wisdom. First of all, you can run your stock pressure sensors, with OEM or repro wheels, and people shouldn't be afraid to use them. The sensors probably wouldn't be damaged in a mere flat, CWS warns, but there is a 10 percent chance that they'll be ruined in a more serious blowout. One other thing to remember: if they're not ruined during a flat, running leak-sealing "goo" through the valve stems will end their useful life. Sweeney also had what I found to be an interesting take on the issue of runflats versus non-runflats: "I mostly drive from home to work, and don't really drive anywhere that's out-of-the-way. I have an Auto Club card and a cell phone, and I'm not worried about putting my car on a flatbed. I'd ditch the runflats and enjoy the ride quality of non-runflats."


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No one is being killed by the 5v on the USB bus. The problem is the counterfeit chargers are often poorly designed and can fail in a way that shorts the USB cable to the AC power.
There was an excellent teardown & analysis of a cheap charger last year that pointed out serious safety issues.


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This package doesn't include lunch and one dinner. Whale Watching tours are available as well for those that want to experience nature at it's best.
Retreat: Skye Lifestyle Yoga Retreat
Date: Thursday, 09 August - Sunday, 12 August 2012
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As yoga is performed on an empty stomach, each day will start with a moderate power yoga class in pristine wilderness, followed by a healthy breakfast to kick start the day.
Your days on Fraser can be spent taking advantage of the resort's eco activities and facilities, having a leisurely massage, taking a whale watching cruise or relaxing before the afternoon's yoga and early evening meditation sessions.


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I pay 75 a month for 2 classes a week (all I can make right now), or 100 a month for 3 classes a week (or you can do $120 for unlimited). Great school. East Coast.
Best thing you can do is find a smaller, privately owned school with a good instructor.
$175-200 is a rip off unless you're going to a very high caliber school or there is something else special about it. I was in a combined Muay Thai/BJJ school (1 business with two separate owners doing separate things. Not like a hybrid shit school) for 6 years (only left because I moved too far away), and I got a deal to train in both schools for $150 (originally $120, but inflation is a bitch). Both were very good instructors. Pretty much training every day, any time. And I live in NJ. One of the most expensive areas in the country.
So for anywhere between $150-200, you better be getting something special.
Can't hurt to find some reviews on the schools you're looking at.


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|2008 Hagafen Estate Bottled Napa Valley Syrah
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CHIPLEY — The History Channel show "American Pickers" may be coming to Northwest Florida in search of antiques.
Jack Wilkinson, a producer for the show, said Tuesday that the program is coming to Florida to look for "interesting characters with interesting items and lots of them."
"Our favorite picks feature multiple buildings crammed with lots of cool stuff," Wilkinson said in a e-mail. "We love for our hosts to really work for what they find, digging through piles and coming up with treasure."
Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, hosts of the History Channel show, search the back roads, junkyards, and filled-to-the-brim barns in America for "rusty gold," according to a description of the program provided by the History Channel.
The show airs on Mondays at 8 p.m. CST on the History Channel.
"Part sleuths, part antiques experts, and part cultural historians — Mike and Frank's adventures bring them to small towns across the country in search of weird and wonderful Americana. Each treasure hunt leads them to fascinating, quirky characters — everyday people with stories that open a window onto American life."
As professional "pickers," these childhood buddies comb through memorabilia and artifacts, hoping to find treasures among the trash. Sometimes they make a few bucks; and sometimes they walk away with little more than the history of an item.
Meanwhile, back in Iowa, Danielle Colby holds down the fort at Antique Archaeology. She spends her time getting leads, talking to sellers and doing research via trade publications and websites.
"We're caretakers of treasures and the stories behind them," according to Wolfe. "Traveling along with the duo, viewers will meet an assortment of American originals and watch as a patchwork of history unfolds — one treasure at a time," according to the news release.
"We're also looking for movie and music memorabilia, sports memorabilia, items from Florida history, and basically any other oddball, one-of-a-kind, or interesting historical item you can think of," Wilkinson said.
"I should clarify that we're only looking for people with large collections, not folks with just a few items, and we don't go to shops, antiques malls, auctions, or flea markets," Wilkinson said. "We're also not currently looking for any fine furniture, agricultural or farming items/equipment, depression glass, appliances, or pottery."
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When my father died eight years ago, my brother and I faced the task of making sense of what he'd left behind.
He was a complicated, fearful and private man, which made the task more intense.
Some of what we found — his World War II memorabilia, our childhood art projects and old photos and letters — felt like we had gotten something back. But in poking through the home where we were raised, we lost something, too.
That's because our father left too much behind, and we found things I wish he hadn't kept.
I didn't need to see photos of girls he dated before our mom and the letters they sent him during the war.
And while the map of all the geisha houses in Tokyo was intriguing in a mildly historical way, it also fell into the category of too much information to have about a parent.
Most painful perhaps was finding correspondence he'd exchanged with another woman during his marriage to our mother.
I knew that she existed, although I couldn't grasp the parameters of their relationship. Even our mother wasn't sure where it ended and where it began.
But this woman sent a condolence card to our father for our mother's funeral, one that he kept.
And that led me to wonder if she was there, in the background, on one of the saddest days of my life.
In the end, we were able to keep only a fraction of what we found in our childhood home. I left the bad memories there and toted the good ones back to Florida.
The passing years have given the entire experience a new perspective.
The further you get into adulthood, the less it matters what your parents did or didn't do for you.
And the longer you are a parent yourself, the more you realize that your legacy for your children is the impact of the time you spent with them.
Still, I am aware of all that I don't want to leave behind.
When I'm gone, no one will care who I dated or what they looked like.
My wild days are best left undocumented, as sweet as the memories may seem right now. The things I did in college need to stay in college.
The journals I kept through my 20s are also best left unread.
It's hard to throw things away, but keeping them can be worse.
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Washington College of Law (WCL) created the Public Interest/Public Service Scholars (PIPS) Program in 2001 to provide financial and programmatic support to students with a clearly demonstrated commitment to public service, strong academic credentials, and an express desire to pursue a public interest or public service career upon graduation. Working closely with the Assistant Director of the Office of Public Interest, PIPS Scholars receive individualized academic and career counseling, faculty and other public interest mentoring, as well as additional support to ensure their experience at WCL equips them to pursue rewarding and meaningful careers in non-profit organizations, the government, or private public interest law firms.
WCL is proud to provide these three-year, full-tuition scholarships as part of its commitment to human dignity, community empowerment and global justice by investing in the next wave of public interest leadership. The scholarships are provided to allow scholars to concentrate on public interest commitments while in law school and to have a stronger financial position from which to engage in public interest careers upon graduation.
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The Starkville Academy Lady Volunteers broke the huddle to open the second half with one word.
For the 34th time this season, that's exactly what the Lady Vols did Friday night.
Starkville Academy was locked into a close battle for a half, but ended up outscoring the Jackson Academy Lady Raiders 35-17 in the second half to take a 53-31 victory at home on senior night.
It may not have been the start that the Lady Vols were looking for, but the way they finished was impressive in improving to 34-0.
Starkville Academy began the night by honoring its three seniors Tiffany Huddleston, Maggie Proffitt and Anna Lea Little.
With that to consider and knowing they were facing a good opponent in Jackson Academy were factors for the Lady Vols in the eyes of coach Glenn Schmidt.
"The emotion of the night effected us a little bit," Schmidt said. "JA plays good defense and we really have to work for our shots. We really didn't get cranked up early running the floor because they stopped us, but JA probably plays as good a defense as anyone we play against all year. We only scored 51 on them in their home gym and we get 53 here so that tells you they consistently play good defense."
Starkville Academy trailed briefly 6-5 in the first quarter, but a basket by Proffitt off an assist by Huddleston enabled the Lady Vols to take a 7-6 lead after the initial quarter.
A score by Nora Kathryn Carroll and a 3-point field goal by Little helped SA extend its advantage to 12-6 before the Lady Raiders could score again.
The Lady Vols had an 18-14 at halftime, but came out and outscored their visitors 15-5 in the third quarter to go up 33-19 after three frames.
"We seemed to get into a rhythm in the second half and I was pleased that we didn't lose it," Schmidt said. "That's the first time that things haven't gone well for us offensively early and we maintained our composure and fought through it. We went into halftime with just enough lead."
Carroll led SA in scoring with 16 points and hit four 3-pointers. She scored five of the seven points in the first quarter.
"I love the seniors and I wanted to give them a good last home game," Carroll said. "We just wanted to go out there and give everything we had."
As far as the difference between the first half and the second, Carroll said the emphasis at halftime was stepping up the pressure defense, not worry about JA's defense and just play their game.
Schmidt was pleased to see Carroll respond for her senior teammates.
"Nora had a huge offensive night for us," Schmidt said. "She came out and said, 'it may not be senior night (for me), but if they are going to guard those two seniors, somebody has got to do this,' and took it upon herself. These kids had been together for a long time and played a lot of sports together."
Sallie Kate Richardson followed Carroll in the scoring column with 12 points, while Huddleston also scored in double digits with 10 points. Proffitt chipped in nine points and Little had six points on a pair of 3-pointers.
"Our three seniors didn't have offensively the night they normally have," Schmidt said. "Maggie had three assists, two steals and three points and was one point away from double figures (in points). The assists and steals gets us going. Tiffany did score a little bit, but she had seven assists to go with 10 points. Anna Lea Little is just steady on defense. I look up and she'd be switched on somebody else's man and helping.
"Anna Lea and Maggie are very good offensive players, but they bring so much other than scoring. You could see a little emotion in Tiffany. She has a sister playing. Her parents went to school here. Her dad played here and his picture is hanging up over there (on the gym wall) and you could see all of the emotion building in her as the game started and she fought through all of that too."
The seniors completed a run of winning 37-straight games on the home floor.
"That's 37 games in a row on this court in two and a half years," Schmidt said. "The last loss was Dec. 11, 2010. What our kids have done here is a great tribute to them. Our fans have followed us and picked up on the enthusiasm the girls have for basketball. When a senior can say we went 37-0, that's something they will take with them forever."
The next action for the Lady Vols will be in next week's Class AAA-Division 2 Tournament at Hillcrest Christian.
Carroll said the approach will be the same as it has been all season as the postseason begins.
"We're just taking one game at a time," Carroll said. "We have to stay focused on each game."
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FORT WALTON BEACH — All the top positions in Okaloosa County Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson's organizational structure are finally filled.
The final selections came Wednesday, more than three months after Jackson took office and a little more than a month after the School Board approved the initial appointments.
See the full list of Wednesday's appointments »
Read about the first round of appointments »
In addition to a handful of specialists, the board unanimously approved a new assistant superintendent, directors of elementary, middle and secondary education and a director of MIS and instructional technology.
Deputy Superintendent Kaye McKinley made the recommendations one by one to the four School Board members present at the 2 p.m. meeting. Board member Cathy Thigpen was absent along with Jackson, who was out of town at a statewide superintendent's meeting.
The board members approved all 11 positions without comment.
According to new Assistant Superintendent Nick Kootsouradis everyone is more than ready to step up into their new positions.
"I'm excited," he said. "I'm not anxious at all."
In his new role, Kootsouradis will assume most of the responsibilities of former Deputy Superintendent Rodney Nobles.
Kootsouradis said he worked with Nobles for about a week to learn the ins and outs of overseeing district operations.
Before accepting the position, Kootsouradis was a teacher, assistant principal and coordinator for the Choice program in Crestview. He most recently was a history teacher at Shoal River Middle School.
Elliott Point Elementary School Principal Janet Stein was selected as director of elementary education and Shalimar Elementary School Principal Shelia Lightbourne is the new director of middle school education.
Steve Horton, who previously was a calculus teacher at Niceville High School and worked in an administrative position at the front office two periods a day, is the new director of secondary education.
Shortly after finishing the 11 appointments for the senior staff, McKinley offered the names of people to fill the positions left vacant by the two elementary school principals.
A divided board opted to go forward with Jackson's recommendation to have Janet Norris take over as the principal at Elliott Point. Norris used to be the principal at Bluewater Elementary School, but most recently was an assistant principal at Meigs Middle School.
Vice-chairwoman Cindy Frakes voted against placing Norris in the position, but declined to comment after the meeting on why.
Jon Williams, an assistant principal at Pryor Middle School was temporarily assigned to fill in at Shalimar Elementary.
The district will begin interviews for the Shalimar position in the near future, McKinley said. Officials couldn't leave the top slot vacant until then, so they tapped Williams to take over for the time being.
He could not be appointed to the position because he has never been a principal like Norris, McKinley said later.
The board also unanimously approved moving Ed Coleman into the Norris' vacated assistant principal position.
His previous position was eliminated in the new organizational chart.
Wednesday's vote completes the staff changes for the 2012-13 and will save the district $32,252 this year, according to Chief Financial Officer Rita Scallan.
The total cost for moving personnel and equipment and renovating office space was not yet available, but Scallan said she expected it to be between $40,000 and $50,000.
All the office changes were funded through an unexpected influx of money in the capital budget because of a "market opportunity" with the district's debt service.
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It didn't take long for gearheads to figure out that GM's Gen III truck engines are a great bang-for-your-buck buy for transplantation into a classic muscle car. There are differences, of course, but these powerplants are essentially iron Corvette motors, waiting for a few well-chosen upgrades to turn them into slick street machine motivators. That's pretty much what we did here—found a truck motor that's destined to reside in the engine bay of a '66 Chevelle, and outfitted it with a new COMP Cams camshaft and a set of RHS' new Pro Action cylinder heads with Clean Cast Technology, which is designed to create "as cast" ports that flow like those in ported heads. The results were impressive—and impressively inexpensive, to the tune of a measly $1,470 clams for a fully assembled pair of lungs. Yes, you read that correctly. Now read on.
The foundation for this project was a 6.0L LQ9 powerplant. This variation of the Gen III family was found in '02-06 Cadillac Escalades, '03-07 Chevrolet Silverado SS models, '04-05 Silverado and GMC Sierra "Vortec HO Editions", and '06-07 Silverado and Sierra Vortec Max optioned vehicles. The LQ9 achieves its factory-listed 345 hp and 380 lb-ft of torque by incorporating flat-top pistons to create a 10:1 compression ratio, compared to the 9.4:1-compression LQ4's 300-325 hp and 360-370 lb-ft of torque. Most importantly, these things can be had cheap. We found one on eBay, complete with harnesses, computers, and a warranty for $2,500. Locally, we've found them for half that. You can start a muscle car project with a complete, running engine for as little as $1,200, which is hard to beat.
Our first modification was to scrap the factory intake manifold and fuel-injection system for a simpler and proven carbureted setup, featuring an Edelbrock LS1 Performer RPM intake manifold, MSD 6LS timing module, and a Holley Ultra Street Avenger 770-cfm vacuum secondary carburetor. This is a quick install that we've covered before; it works and it's where we started our day's testing at Westech Performance. The initial results were what you'd expect from a factory truck motor: lots of torque (400-plus lb-ft all the way to 5,400 rpm), not much in the horsepower department (416 peak ponies at 5,700 rpm, where the stocker is done revving). It's made to haul loads of whatever at uninspired speeds, not for street/strip warrior duty.
The second modification is certainly the most important: a cam swap, which gave this engine a total personality transplant. "The Gen X engines seem to respond to cam changes so favorably that even the smallest cam can make a big difference," Westech's Steve Brulé says. "The heads are so efficient; they're just waiting for a cam change." Our testing certainly proved that point, but we were still surprised when we found the stock cam specs on LS1Tech.com; can you say broomstick cam? A switch was in order, though restraint was needed. The LQ9 has flat-top pistons, so attention must be paid to lift and duration when choosing a cam so proper piston-to-valve clearance is maintained. That being said, the cam of choice turned out to be a COMP XR281HR, a piece from the company's XFI RPM Hi-Lift line. Though COMP does make bigger cams that will fit this application, these 'sticks are still aggressive for an LS application. Which in this case is a good thing. The transformed truck motor recorded a sharp increase in horsepower, as you'd probably expect. It also makes its 495 hp up at 6,300 hp—right around the place a Corvette engine touches its best. Perhaps less expected, however, is the much fatter torque curve, which peaks at a lower rpm (460 lb-ft at 5,100 rpm), and spreads its grunt over a much broader range. It's a testament to how critical cam choice is, and also to how good the factory heads are. We could have quit here and had a very powerful and cool street/strip powerplant. On the other hand, there was no way we were leaving any ponies on the table.


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One of Three in California The artificial cervical disc procedure is currently available at only a dozen FDAapproved sites throughout the United States. Eisenhower Medical Center is one of only three facilities in California selected to participate in the trial. The study, approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February, will compare artificial disc replacement with the traditional surgical procedure that involves removing the affected disc and fusing the cervical bones.
The Study Cervical disc degeneration occurs through the natural aging process or injury and can result in compressed nerves causing symptoms such as neck, shoulder or arm pain, and neurological deficits.
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Relieves Pain, Preserves Motion Anticipated clinical results are that the artificial disc will provide faster recovery time, relieve pain in the neck or arm, provide greater range of motion, and prevent "wear and tear" and degeneration of adjacent areas of the cervical spine. "We have been performing lumbar disc replacement for some time," explains Dr. Khachatryan. "It is exciting to be able to offer a similar procedure for the neck which not only relieves pain, but retains motion and flexibility, and has a faster recovery time than fusion surgery."


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A NEW report claims shopping habits in Ulverston prove the town does not need another supermarket.
The South Lakeland Retail Study Update 2012 report, says 57.7 per cent of people shop in Ulverston – a figure described as "reasonably healthy for a centre of its scale".
Robinsons, which has applied to turn its Brewery Street site into a foodstore, had claimed 70 per cent of Ulverston's food shopping spend is being lost to Barrow and other towns. And Sainsbury's, which hopes to build a supermarket on the Bee Hive site off the A590, has said many people leave Ulverston for their weekly food shop.
Campaigners say the new South Lakeland District Council-commissioned report, produced by Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners, destroys the case for bringing either store to Ulverston.
Councillor Colin Pickthall, chairman of campaign group Keep Ulverston Special, said: "Robinsons claimed retention was less than 30 per cent and over 70 per cent went to Barrow.
"Sainsbury's has also been claiming that most shopping is done in Barrow.
"We always knew that was untrue and now we have the evidence to prove these claims were exaggerated."
Sainsbury's wants to build a 20,000 square feet store, and Robinsons a store of some 29,000 square feet over two floors.
But the retail report says the convenience capacity for Ulverston in 2012 is around 11,437 square feet and around 14,827 square feet by 2025. It also claims Ulverston people shop in Barrow because of their work patterns.
Cllr Pickthall said: "This would be utter madness. The evidence clearly shows Ulverston does not need one big supermarket, let alone two.
"Large superstores could only be sustained by wiping out all the food and convenience stores in Ulverston."
Robinsons, which declined to comment, had indicated plans to would withdraw and re-submit its planning application after coming under fire from heritage organisations, but is yet to do so.
Jo Hawley, Sainsbury's regional development executive, said: "SLDC's figures suggest more than 40 per cent of money spent by Ulverston residents on food is done outside of the town – a significant amount of money lost every week.
"Some of these people may well work in Barrow, but this is not the case for everyone.
"It was very clear from our recent public exhibition that many people would like more choice and competition and would welcome the opportunity to do their main food shopping in Ulverston, rather than travelling to other towns."
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Sadly the sheeple only care about how cheap they can shop and not about the whole picture. Only recently it was on the news about the supermarkets squeezing the dairy farmers whilst making a huge mark up on milk and thats just one item. Yes you may be able to buy cheap but something has to give for the supermarkets to get there huge profits.There are 3 types of people in this world...sheep, sheep dogs and wolves, sadly the sheeple will always fall pray to the wolves.
Sorry Pat but you are dreaming....Sainbury's, and indeed any other chain grocers store IS there to reap as much money away from the very shops and stores in the town to which you refer. Thinking otherwise would just be naive
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Part II: Natural Disasters and Public Emergencies Tornado
Facts About Tornadoes
- They may strike quickly with little or no warning
- Tornadoes typically develop near the trailing edge of a thunderstorm
- They may appear transparent until dust and debris are picked up or clouds form inside the funnel
- Typical tornadoes move in the general direction from Southwest to Northeast, but they have been known to move in any direction
Tornado Watch
The National Weather Service issues a tornado watch when weather conditions indicate that a tornado is possible. When a tornado watch is issued, persons in the watch area should:
- Monitor local commercial media for tornado emergency information, updates, and instructions
- Look for approaching storms
- Look and listen for the following danger signs:
- Dark, often greenish sky
- Large hail
- A large, dark, low-lying cloud - particularly if rotating
- A loud, rumbling roar similar to a freight train
If you see an approaching storm, or any of the danger signs, be prepared to take shelter immediately
Tornado Warning
The National weather Service issues a tornado warning when a tornado has been sighted or indicated by weather radar. The Champion Township tornado sirens are activated when a tornado is sighted nearby. When a tornado warning is issued, or the siren sounds, persons should:
- Seek shelter immediately
If indoors:
- Go to a pre-designated safe room, basement, storm cellar, or the lowest building level. If there is no basement, go to the center of an interior room on the lowest level (closet, interior hallway)
- Stay away from corners, windows, doors, and outside walls
- Put as many walls (and levels above) as possible between you and the outside
- Get under a sturdy table and cover you neck and head with your arms
- Do not open doors or windows
If in a vehicle:
- Get out immediately and go to the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If there is no nearby building still get out – remaining inside a vehicle during a tornado is extremely dangerous
- Outrunning a tornado is advisable if in a rural and uncongested location – never try to outrun a tornado from an urban or congested location
If outside with no available shelter:
- Lie flat in a ditch or depression covering the head with hands and arms – beware of potential flooding
- Do not get under a bridge or overpass – it is safer in a low, flat location
- Watch out for flying debris in the funnel – any object as small as a piece of straw can become fatal when traveling at several hundred miles per hour
Additional information on tornadoes is available on the following website: The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration at http://www.noaa.gov/


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|Since when do I care if a few programs get derezzed?!
|General Tesler
|Biographical information
|Physical description
|Circuitry Color
|Tall, broad-shouldered program wearing a short cape
|Other information
|Keeping control over Argon City
Enforcing Clu's will
|Identity Disc
|Speed Boat
Command Ship
|Clu 2
Black Guards
|Out of universe information
|Lance Henriksen (voice)
|TRON: Uprising
General Tesler is the main antagonist of TRON: Uprising voiced by Lance Henriksen. He is one of Clu's generals and is extremely ambitious. Tesler rules over Argon City from his command ship.
Beck's BeginningEdit
Tesler, one of Clu's generals, was tasked with taking over a section of the Grid. This he successfully did, swiftly conquering Argon City with his army. He ran into complications, however, when a renegade program disguised as Tron destroyed the new statue of Clu in Argon Square. Assured by Clu that the real Tron was dead, Tesler began to round up programs for the Games in a gambit to make the renegade program reveal himself. When the renegade overturned a Light Rail full of prisoners and freed them, Tesler decided to take him out personally, destroying the Black Guard who had helped him and telling him, "You can't save them all!" As they dueled, the renegade cut off Tesler's arms and caused him to fall from the building where they were fighting into a Light Rail beam, from which he was eventually rescued by Paige.
The Renegade, Part 1 & 2Edit
Tesler announced the beginning of a deadly game of Disc Wars at the Coliseum, unaware that the renegade that he so hated was fighting in the tournament, having been captured for breaking curfew. Though without his disguise, Beck, along with fellow conscript Cutler, brought himself to Tesler's attention by defeating the first wave of enemies and then escaping. They were recaptured and brought back by Paige, but defeated their second round of opponents as well. Tesler remarked that they were "too good" and Pavel, his second-in-command, suggested that the two fight each other to the death, thus eliminating the threat of programs beating the games. However, Cutler forfeited to allow Beck to live. Tesler, incensed, considered derezzing them both, but Paige convinced him to let the winner go free as promised. So Tesler sent Beck off and had Pavel move Cutler to Argon Square to be derezzed.
To Tesler's disgust, the renegade rescued Cutler from deresolution. When the two comandeered a Light Boat to escape, Tesler gave pursuit in a boat of his own. He very nearly succeeded this time, but his Light Boat was disabled by a third boat -- piloted, unbeknownst to Tesler, by the real Tron.
When Tesler went to inspect his new energy drilling operation, he found that Paige had ordered the drill be shut down. Angered by this decision, Tesler ordered it turned back on and replaced Paige with Pavel to oversee the drilling. Before leaving, he told Paige she had been sloppy lately. He later made a public announcement that the renegade had tried to sap all the energy, and promised to find him and bring him to justice. He congratulated Paige on her idea for blaming the energy plot on the renegade.
Overruling Pavel, who had left Paige on a derezzing island to die, Tesler piloted a Light Copter out to the island and rescued Paige by means of a grappling hook. As they returned to Argon City, he told Pavel never to underestimate her.
Back in Argon, Paige regretfully confessed to having worked with the renegade, who had also been trapped on the island, to survive as it began to derezz around them. Tesler replied that all in all, she had done well by retrieving the data cube which the renegade had stolen. Paige mentioned that while on the island, she had thought about the time she first met Tesler in her home city; he had seen her desire for revenge upon the ISOs, Quorra and Ada, who had destroyed her friends and their medical clinic, and recruited her into his army. The memory reminded Tesler of how he himself had been the one to order the clinic's destruction, blaming it on the ISOs. Smiling at his success in hiding this fact from Paige, he coolly stated that he would never betray her, since he knew what she was capable of.
Price of PowerEdit
The RewardEdit
Scars, Part 1 & 2Edit
State of MindEdit
Welcome HomeEdit
Personality and traitsEdit
Tesler is arrogant, ambitious, extremely dangerous, and filled with uncontrollable rage and pure hatred. He has been known to summarily derez soldiers who bring him unwelcome news; when faced with actual traitors or rebels, he frequently toys with their hopes first, or sentences them to the games, watching with evil satisfaction as they struggle for their lives.
He is a silver-tongued tyrant, ruling Argon through force and fear while simultaneously blaming any chaos on the Renegade and convincing citizens that his cruel, arbitrary directives are for their own good. His skills at deception and rationalization are highlighted in his retention of Paige, whose values are very different from his own, as a valuable ally who believes wholeheartedly that he would never betray her.
Weakness in general is anathema to Tesler. He hates defeat, uncertainty, loss of face, lack of knowledge - anything that could put him at a disadvantage in any way - and tolerates the same in his troops as little as he tolerates them in himself. He also detests and fears his superiors due to their power and authority over him, and attempts to show his administration in its best light whenever they visit.
His hatred for the Renegade is complete; he denies any possibility that the rogue program is actually Tron or even Flynn himeself, and constantly plots to flush him out and destroy him. The Renegade's successes and his own failures to defeat him are a constant thorn in his side, to the point that a triumphant Renegade gloats over him in his nightmares - a weakness and fear to which he would never admit. For his own satisfaction, Tesler demands a worthy adversary in the Renegade; anything less would be an insult to the Occupation and more personally, himself.
Tesler, however, does appear to possess some more positive traits, such as giving his lieutenants second chances (something rarely, if at all, extended to lower-ranking troops) and listening to their ideas and suggestions. He personally flew out to rescue Paige when she was stranded and expressed happiness when she was found alive despite her likely being unable to hear him, hinting he may at the very least appreciate her as a soldier. Tesler also appeared furious and betrayed when Paige was accused of consipering against him. Tesler also released the prisoners when the Renegade asked as the General promised to do when he surrendered, despite the Renegade not having surrendered yet, saying that he is program of his word. Tesler also congrulates and rewards those who prove themselves to him like Pavel who "proved" Paige innoccent and bringing in the prototype weapon upgrade, rewarding him the district of Purgos-although this may have been to get him out of the way given the crime-ridden nature of Purgos (and Pavel's own disappointment), for Pavel at one point suggested to Paige betraying Tesler to save themselves in light of the Renegade remaining at large.
Tesler also is disgusted with cowardice; when Hopper, accused of being the renegade, begged for mercy, Tesler called him a coward, said he expected a far more worthy adversary and expressed disappointment that he was "no Tron". He also doesn't take kindly to being called a coward himself; when the Renegade taunted him for mainly giving orders from the safety of his ship, Tesler was quick to point out that, unlike the Renegade, he didn't fight in disguise, going as far to say, "I'm not the one playing dress up, hiding behind the memory of a dead Program".
Powers and abilitiesEdit
Tesler prefers hand-to-hand fighting over using his identity disc, though he has been known to cast his disc on occasion. His fighting style is relentless and linear, focusing on crushing the programs in his path, often advancing slowly while pinning victims with his gauntlets in order to prolong their fear and suffering. When he believes himself to have an advantage, he also taunts his opponents verbally, attempting to impress them with their helplessness and the futility of resistance.
When Tesler ignites the prosthetics on his hands and forearms, he has the ability to block disc attacks or to generate a powerful electric charge which can break down and derez programs during prolonged contact. The augmented arms also pack a considerable punch, and Tesler can launch them up to sixty feet from his body to grapple or strike, the limbs even turning corners when an opponent dodges.
In Grounded, Tesler allowed Pavel to augment his right arm with a massive cannon upgrade. When the upgrade is active, spikes protrude from his boots to anchor him against the cannon's hefty backlash.
- General Tesler is most likely named for Larry Tesler, a computer scientist working in the field of human-computer interaction, who worked on the Compel and Pascal programming languages and has launched a campaign for modeless software.
- A deleted scene, presumably from the season finale, shows Tesler kneeling before Clu and acknowledging responsibility for the renegade's continued existence. As a punishment, with Clu's permission, Dyson cut Tesler's forearms off again.