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To: mit-talk-mtg@charon.mit.edu Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 08:04:41 -0800 From: "Match" <Match@kyulbsd.us> Reply-To: <bounce-65731829@kyulbsd.us> ------=Part.528.1527.1393776281 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Dating News: 1 in 5 Relationships Start Online - Meet Singles Today! http://www.kyulbsd.us/l/lt23PD4418BTYLWP107WPEHG/216GSNVAR995B1973KLUIUO10V65731829USQ1541076216 Unsub- http://www.kyulbsd.us/l/lc8VJ4418VWDUKC107NISTR/216BCKOAM995H1973DWSXFQ10O65731829ENH1541076216 ncies' own estimates.Heritage found the costliest regulations between 2009 and Jan. 20, 2013, came out of the Environmental Protection Agency, with their rules imposing nearly $40 billion in costs. Next in line was the Department of Transportation, followed by the Department of Energy.The Department of Health and Human Services was in the middle of the pack, though with regulations from the federal health care overhaul still in the pipeline, costs associated with that agency could rise in the years to come.The costliest rule was issued by both the EPA and Department of Transportation, imposing new fuel economy standards on U.S. automobiles. It's estimated to cost $10.8 billion annually, potentially adding $1,800 to the price of a new car as manufacturers spend more money to comply.Costing nearly as much was an EPA rule requiring utilities and other fossil fuel plants to limit emissions -- though part of that rule is still under review.Though environmental rules were the costliest, Heritage found that the highest number of regulations in 2012 were actually in the financial field as a result of the "Dodd-Frank" financial industry overhaul passed by Congress.The Obama administration acknowledges that EPA rules are the costliest of any agency. But the administration claims those rules also come with the biggest benefits -- benefits that far outweigh the costs.A report put out earlier this year by the White House Office of Management and Bud Is there a "monster" living in Lough Foyle, Ireland.YouTube.com videoFor lovers of the paranormal who've grown weary of waiting for the Loch Ness monster to reappear, here's a new "monster" to feast your eyes upon.Three college students were filming a short movie as a class project at Lough Foyle, a large tidal estuary in County Donegal, Ireland, when something very odd moved through the water in front of them, UPI reports."Looks like we have our own Loch Ness monster!" Conall Melarkey, a student at North West Regional College in Derry, Ireland, wrote in his posting of the video clip to YouTube. [Loch Ness, Chupacabra & More: Our 10 Favorite Monsters]"I have absolutely no idea what it is, but it looked amazing!" Melarkey wrote.The shaky, 59-second video shows a dark object of indeterminate size moving slowly along the surface of Lough Foyle before diving or sinking slowly beneath the waves.Some observers have speculated that the object could be a large fish, a whale, a dolphin or some other marine animal (Lough Foyle is open to the North Atlantic).Besides the infamous Loch Ness monster of Scotland, reports of large, lake-dwelling creatures have come from other parts of the world, including the mysterious "Devil of Lake Labynkyr" in Siberia.Nessie achieved international fame when, in 1934, a now-famous photograph was published showing a large animal with a serpentine head and neck. The photo, taken by a London surgeon named Kenneth Wilso ------=Part.528.1527.1393776281 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html> <strong><center><a href="http://www.kyulbsd.us/l/lt19SR4418JYOTBE107EVAVX/216CIMEVV995H1973UPHDGV10H65731829TGE1541076216"><H3>Dating News: 1 in 5 Relationships Start Online - Meet Singles Today!</a></H3></strong> <td colspan='2' align='center' valign='middle' class='preview-mid'><br><center><a href="http://www.kyulbsd.us/l/lt19GY4418XPANJE107TQAUO/216XYXNEV995J1973NQBVTJ10R65731829BGX1541076216"><img src="http://www.kyulbsd.us/im/I4418MA107GC/216CVNGQG995HNVH1973OTW10U65731829R1541076216/img010721643.jpg" border=0 alt=""></a></center> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><br><a href="http://www.kyulbsd.us/l/lc3JJ4418IMFFWW107IDXQR/216XXVATL995J1973KSQAOA10R65731829KAM1541076216"><font color="#666666">Update Preferences</font></a><br><br> Match.com | P.O. Box 25472 | Dallas, TX 75225 </font></td></td></tr></table> <br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <br /> <center>This email was intended for mit-talk-mtg@charon.mit.edu <br /> <a href="http://www.kyulbsd.us/unsCJV4418MVBRU107BBXB/216RRBPPD995KCMWUF1973XLGRV10GEAR65731829DMNGF1541076216" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.kyulbsd.us/im/J4418HG107JI/216AEJQTN995BVCA1973SIA10E65731829O1541076216/img210721643.jpg"></a> </center> </body> </p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p> </br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br> </br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></center> <p style="font-size:xx-small;">In this 2007 file photo the Massive Ordnance Penetrator conventional bomb is off-loaded at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.The Boeing Company/DTRAThe Pentagon's biggest bunker-busting bomb has been upgraded with one task in mind: taking out suspected Iranian nuclear facilities built deep under the mountains of the Islamic Republic's northern region.At 30,000 pounds, the Massive Ordnance Penetrator packs brute force and advanced features meant to enable it to destroy Iran's most fortified nuclear site.The bomb is nearly a third bigger than the MOAB, or so-called "Mother of all Bombs," the 22,000-pound previous generation of bunker busters first built in 2003 but never used outside of tests. Officials are confident the newest bunker-buster can dismantle even the deepest and most fortified nuclear facility.- Senior U.S. official"Hopefully we never have to use it," a senior U.S. official familiar with the development of the new version told The Wall Street Journal. "But if we had to, it would work."The Pentagon redesigned the bomb with more advanced features intended to enable it to penetrate even deeper, giving it the ability to destroy Iran's most heavily fortified and defended nuclear site. U.S. officials see development of the weapon as critical to convincing Israel that the U.S. has the ability to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb if diplomacy fails, and also that Israel's military can't do that on its own.American officials have ut when that turbo really kicks in after a second or two its like getting hit in the rear by a herd of American bison.They might be angry that their hides were used to upholster the seats and ceilings of the otherwise pure metal interior. The reservation-sourced is leather courtesy of another southern California design house, Parabellum Collection, better known for its luxury handbags and accessories.All of the knobs and controls in the cabin have been rebuilt in a period correct style using machined-tooled alloys, while tinted acrylic sun visors and a refinished modern gauge cluster are the most obvious nods to the trucks 21st century underpinnings. Lap-only seatbelts all around are definitely not.That said, the dash-top ashtray has been replaced by a pop up display complete with a car computer, navigation and the controls for a JL Audio system, which can also be adjusted using the old-time radio interface below.Dont even bother using it. One thing thats very old-school is how much noise the truck makes on the move. Between the epic, bellowing engine and exhaust sounds and the wind noise, its pretty clear sound insulation was not a high priority on the build sheet.The wide tires and gigantic original steering wheel conspire to make things a little vague at speed for an uninitiated city slicker like me, which is not exactly a confidence builder in a behemoth that pretty much fills up an entire lane. Comfort levels are very contemporar </p> </html> ------=Part.528.1527.1393776281--
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