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A few years into what would become the nearly quarter century-long life-cycle of the “Fox” body Mustang, a fresh engine option revived the moribund pony-car class. It was known as the 302 when it was last seen in the late Seventies, but Ford was giving metric displacements to its motors by 1982 and the Mustang GT was fitted with new 5.0 badges on its front fenders and rear deck.

With an actual displacement of 4,942 cc, Ford was a bit optimistic in its rounding, but no matter. Over the next 14 years, the 5.0-liter V8 grew from a two- to a four-barrel carburetor and later added fuel injection to produce progressively more power and torque. The evolution of the 5.0 made it a legend in the realm of affordable performance and after a 15-year hiatus, during which Ford’s 4.6-liter modular V8 served as the heart of the Mustang, the 5.0 is back and looks better than ever. Make the jump for deep dive into at the 2011 Ford Mustang GT’s all new powerplant.

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	10 signs your new car won’t be electric, and 5 signs that it will Which list makes more sense to you?		Fool’s Outlook: Tesla IPO’s bumpy road Money maker or bad idea?
	Some 3rd-gen Prius owners complaining about brakes; here’s what might be happening We’ve got just enough information to speculate.	Other news: USPS has been delivering Christmas cheer with electric vehicles for a long time Panasonic to build home use lithium ion battery in 2011 Electric Holidays: UK man tows 50′ Christmas tree with G-Wiz

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The workshops, which target people dissatisfied with their current job or looking to re-enter the work force, are 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7 and Monday, Jan. 11 in Room A 242 in Building A.

Attendees will complete an assessment matching their interests to career areas and educational opportunities; information on specific industries, employment trends and other resources also will be provided.

“With the down economy, it’s easy to get discouraged,” says Kathleen Canfield, director of Harper’s Career Center. “We’re here to help identify what might really work, and to help point you to new career possibilities you never before considered.”

It wasn’t long ago that the US government had never even sold $100 billion worth of debt in a single week.

Now, in the final week of the year (and a shortened, holiday one at that), the Treasury is set to auction off a record-tying $118 billion.

WSJ: With foreign buyers holding about half of the Treasury market, their continued appetite for government securities is essential in order to continue funding mounting budget shortfalls in the U.S. at historically low interest rates. The auctions will be the last offerings of Treasury debt for 2009, adding to a record net supply of $1.48 trillion for the year. They start Monday with $44 billion in two-year notes, followed by $42 billon in five-year notes Tuesday and $32 billion in seven-year notes Wednesday, all matching the amounts offered a month earlier.

Thinner trading conditions during the winter holiday season pose a risk for such large sales. But many market participants said the selloff of short-term notes last week has made them attractive again. The two-year note’s yield, which moves inversely to its price, traded at 0.96% Thursday. It has risen nearly 0.3 percentage point this month, while the yields on the five- and seven-year notes have increased by more than 0.5 point over the same period. U.S. markets were closed Friday for the Christmas holiday.

More power to the Treasury if it can continue to raise such large sums and relatively low rates. But eventually this debt will have to be rolled over, and if the predictions of Morgan Stanley and other comes true — sharply higher rates in the short term — then watch out!

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• Morgan Stanley: Interest Rates Set To Soar 40% As Bond Vigilantes Make Geithner And Obama Pay For Their Mess
• HSBC Chairman: Taxpayers Will Be Saddled With Banker Debts And Rising Unemployment For Years
• Yield Curve Is The Steepest It’s Been Since 1980 Amid Flight To Safety And Long-Term Debt Fears

Get ready for a wild ride on the long end of the curve, as the bond vigilantes go to work making Barack Obama and Tim Geithner pay for the bailout.

Bloomberg: Yields on benchmark 10-year notes will climb about 40 percent to 5.5 percent, the biggest annual increase since 1999, according to David Greenlaw, chief fixed-income economist at Morgan Stanley in New York. The surge will push interest rates on 30-year fixed mortgages to 7.5 percent to 8 percent, almost the highest in a decade, Greenlaw said.

Investors are demanding higher returns on government debt, boosting rates this month by the most since January, on concern President Barack Obama’s attempt to revive economic growth with record spending will keep the deficit at $1 trillion. Rising borrowing costs risk jeopardizing a recovery from a plunge in the residential mortgage market that led to the worst global recession in six decades.

“When you take these kinds of aggressive policy actions to prevent a depression, you have to clean up after yourself,” Greenlaw said in a telephone interview. “Market signals will ultimately spur some policy action but I’m not naive enough to think it will be a very pleasant environment.”

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• Here’s 10 Reasons There Won’t Be A Rate Hike And The Yield Curve Will Flatten
• Yield Curve Is The Steepest It’s Been Since 1980 Amid Flight To Safety And Long-Term Debt Fears
• Why T-Bill Yields Just Returned To Crisis Levels

BEIJING — China announced new regulations to increase the use of renewable energy such as wind and hydropower by forcing electricity-grid operators to prioritize their use, in a bid by the world’s top greenhouse-gas emitter to reduce its reliance on …

Alien Breed is a game that some remember with great enthusiasm, while others respond with blank stares when the title is brought up. A hit on the Amiga, the top-down title was a little bit Gauntlet, a little bit Doom, and a little bit Aliens. The update is out now on the Xbox Live Arcade for 800 points ($10), and it’s coming to both the PC and the PlayStation Network in 2010.

Without having played the original—I received a gentle mocking for that shortcoming by Team 17 itself at an early GDC where I was able to play an early version of the game—this is one I’m going to have to judge on its own merits.

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What kind of Christmas present is this? The Consumerist is reporting that AT&T has stopped selling the iPhone in the New York metropolitan area, at least via the company’s website, due to high data congestion (or possibly due to online fraud). Stephen in Brooklyn says he made the discovery while shopping on AT&T’s website for an iPhone today:

I was on the AT&T Wireless website trying to get an iPhone. However, when I put in my zip code 11231, the site says the iPhone is unavailable. This seemed a little odd so I started punching in other famous zip codes: 90210, 60609 (spiegel catalog), 02134 (zoom, an old children’s show).
For theses cities, LA, Chicago, Boston, iPhone is available. Then I looked up some other zip codes: Dallas, Miami, St. Louis, Philadelphia, San Francisco. All those cities are ok. Then I started putting in more NYC zip codes: midtown, Staten Island, the Bronx…no iPhone available.

This is weird…AT&T has cut off New York City.

Laura Northrup at the Consumerist contacted AT&T Customer Service to check if the lack of iPhone availability in New York City was a website glitch or a planned disruption. The online rep she chatted with confirmed that the phone was indeed not being sold to New Yorkers via the website, although it remains available via the Apple store website and via both Apple and AT&T physical stores. Mashable, BoyGeniusReport, and Gizmodo have also verified with AT&T Customer Support that the iPhone is indeed not available through website order in New York City.

This is sure to piss off thousands of potential customers in NYC. Let’s just hope AT&T Media Relations releases a statement clarifying when the ban will be lifted and if it will happen in any other cities. In the meantime, just think of this as more fuel for the fire as to why Verizon should have the iPhone; and of course, NYC iPhone shoppers can continue to pick up iPhones at the Apple Stores or at the AT&T outlets in the city.

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Are you involved with a partner who has trouble keeping a lid on his or her jealousy? Dr. Nina W. Brown, author of Coping with Your Partner’s Jealousy, explains why jealousy is so damaging to a relationship and how to deal with a jealous partner.
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2009 is coming to a close, which means it’s time to reflect on the events that shaped the last twelve months. And there’s nothing like a whirlwind animated musical to put everything into perspective. Cue JibJab, which has just released their annual Year In Review: a two minute video romp that recaps the last year in all its glory. The video is packed will everything from momentous events like the induction of our first black President to moments of unparalleled stupidity (Balloon Boy). Even Three Wolf Moon made the cut.

This is the fifth year that JibJab has produced their Year In Review, and we’re told it will be seeing airtime on a number of national television networks tomorrow. For those wondering how the video was made, the company has put together a thorough blog post detailing its production.

Aside from the video, CEO Gregg Spiridellis tells us that JibJab is having a very strong holiday season. The entertainment portal, which offers customizable Flash videos, greeting cards, and a variety of other content, drew 33 million unique visitors in the last month according to Quantcast. Spiridellis adds that the site has served 90 million video views this quarter alone (which was likely helped in part by its always popular ElfYourself feature).

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Chatsworth, CA – November 30, 2009 – Dytran Instruments is pleased to announce the release of two new series of high shock accelerometers. The 3200BM and 3200BT series of quartz shock accelerometers are designed to measure mechanical shock events of up to 100,000g’s amplitude.

These rugged miniature instruments feature compression design quartz seismic elements for very high natural frequency and ruggedness. On-board miniature IC amplifiers convert the very high impedance voltage signals from the quartz crystals to a much lower impedance level which allows these instruments to drive long cables with negligible signal loss.

The 3200BM and 3200BT series are offered in six different variations each, between 2,500g to 70,000g range. They feature a 10-32 axial connector, are electrically isolated from the sensor base and weigh just 6 grams.

This series is now produced in three basic variations, based on the type of mounting stud. The 3200B series has an integral ¼-28 mounting stud, while the new units released to this family have an integral 10-32 mounting stud (3200BT series) and a metric M6 x 1.0 integral stud (3200BM series). All other specifications are similar between all models.

To learn more about the 3200B series, please contact us at [email protected].

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Established in 1980, Dytran Instruments, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of piezoelectric and DC accelerometers, force and pressure transducers, and associated electronics. Dytran products are used extensively in aerospace, test and measurement and industrial applications. Additionally, Dytran products are widely utilized for on-board measurements in a variety of aerospace, commercial, and military applications.

Dytran maintains a world-class manufacturing facility in Chatsworth (Los Angeles) California. This vertically integrated facility includes engineering, administrative, manufacturing, and automated machining capabilities. Dytran products are available worldwide via a network of distributors and representatives.

If you’re a big fan of Koei’s ever expanding Dynasty Warriors game series, then be on the look out for Hokuto Musou, an upcoming game adapatation of the post-apocalyptic manga series “Fist of the North Star” for

The findings from one small study suggest that red yeast rice supplements may be a cholesterol-lowering alternative for people who’ve suffered one of the most common statin side effects — muscle pain.

The news isn’t entirely new. Other studies have also suggested that red yeast rice can lower cholesterol. Yet, people with heart disease shouldn’t stop their statin medications and start the supplement without talking with their doctors.

There’s more medical studies to support the use of statins, and some supplements can be dangerous if not used appropriately.

Red yeast rice is available over the counter. It’s produced by fermenting red yeast over rice, and the supplement contains monacolins, statin-like compounds.

Researchers, who reported study results in American Journal of Cardiology, found that most people in the study who discontinued statins because of muscle pain were able to use red yeast rice or Pravachol (pravastatin), a cholesterol drug, for several weeks without muscle pain.

Just one of 21 patients taking red yeast rice for the study stopped due to muscle pain, and only two of 22 patients on pravastatin stopped.

For study participants taking red yeast rice, LDL levels fell by an average of 30%. Those who took pravastatin experienced a 27% drop in LDL. Lifestyle changes were also implemented to help lower cholesterol.

A recent CNN article on the red yeast rice study, warns that red yeast rice bought over the counter can contain widely varying potency among different manufacturers, and some brands of the supplements have even been found to contain a potentially toxic substance.

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