COVINGTON ODDS & SODS

Covington - The new Intel chip

Covington House - Vancouver

Covington Bay - Online Soap

Covington Cross - TV Series

Covington Plantation - Golf Course

Covington Connection - Xena Princess Warrior

Covington & Burling - Lawyers

How to Dump Your Wife - Lee Covington book

Covingtons in the U.S. Civil War

The Shipwreck of Port Hunter - caused by the tug Covington

The Syms Covington Journal - Voyage on The Beagle

Herbert Covington Bonner - member of US House of Representatives

Felicity TV series - the Ben Covington crush

Episode of Highlander TV series - Earl of Covington

Grace "Candi" Covington - Mystery Books

Lord & Lady Covington - "Madeline" books

Article in PC Week Oct 1997

Intel zeros in on power by Richard Barry

PC Week can exclusively reveal Intel's Pentium II plans leading up to the millennium, The chip manufacturer is re-engineering the P11 processor to create a faster; cheaper chip, code-named Covington, which will be released some time in 1998 and manufactured on a 0.25 micron process. 

Covington will be the second generation P11 processor and represents a major change in the cornpany's approach to the sub-$1,000 (£595) market, which it terms "segment zero". Previously Intel largely ignored this market.

An industry source said: "The plan is to introduce a powerful Pentium II at a much lower entry without affecting performance." The source added: "Intel is touting two technologies at segment zero. Covington will be its answer to AMD's K6+ 3D and the IDT Winchip+, which both have L2 cache built into the chips."

Intel is also working on a Pentium II that uses an enhanced MMX (MMX2) instruction set on a 0.25 micron process, code named Katmai and scheduled for release in early 1999. Katmai will also be aimed at the consumer market and is likely to have 30 graphics capabilities built in.

A much more powerful processor; code named Willamette, is due by Q4 1999. Little is known about Willamette except that it has a large cache and will perform below the 64-bit Merced chip.

Before the planned processors appear, Intel will debut its 0.25 micron process with the long awaited Deschutes processor which will be formally announced on January 26 as a 333MHz desktop processor with a 512Kb cache.

The mobile version of the chip, which will benefit from the 0.25 micron process cooler, faster performance, will be announced in mid-1998.

The industry source also confirmed that by the summer of 1998, Intel will be releasing 350MHz and 450MHz Pentium II processors on a slot 2 configuration with up to 2Mb of level 2 cache running at the same speed as the processor. Slot II will be primarily focused at the high-end workstation market where it will support up to four processors.

Intel refused to comment on unannounced products.

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THE COVINGTON HOUSE - VANCOUVER

This log cabin once served as a schoolhouse. It was built in 1848 by Richard and Anne Covington, two of the area's first teachers. The cabin, originally located in Orchards, was moved to Vancouver in the 1920's.

Purportedly was the first schoolhouse north of the Columbia River. Open Tuesday and Thursday 10-4 during July and August. Free admission.

"The Covington House" – by Grace, age 10

The Covington House was built out of logs. It was first made in 1846. In the year 1926, it was moved to Leverich Park. When it was moved, they took it apart log by log. Each log was numbered and put back together at Leverich Park. It is now open to the public as a museum. For several years the Covington House was not wanted. Some days it was even used as a shelter for farm animals during that time.

The Covingtons came from London, England. Mr.Covington was an employee at the Hudsons Bay Company at Fort Vancouver. In the year 1832, Dr.McLoughlin hired John Ball as the first teacher at the Covington House. The first piano and violin in town were owned by the Covingtons. Mr.Covington was very talented. He worked in a patent office and farmed. He was very good at drawing plans for lots of things like buildings.

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COVINGTON BAY - The Online Soap Opera (http://www.covingtonbay.com)

Love.  Lust.  Mystery. Intrigue.  Danger.  Desire.

Experience the powerful emotions of the men and women
who live and love in a very special small town...

Covington Bay sometimes contains scenes and subject matter for mature audiences.
Please be advised.

Covington Bay Condominiums- a building of high rent condos.  Melody Sorensen lives in one.

Covington Bay Fashions- an exclusive fashion boutique where the townswomen can be found looking for the latest designs.

Covington Bay Health Club- where the townspeople sweat and strain their muscles.

Covington Bay Journal-  one of the local papers in Covington Bay, the other being the Covington Bay Times.  Lawton Fairchild is the owner and publisher of the newspaper.   Drake Williamson is the editor-in-chief.  A.J. Lassiter is one of the top reporters at the paper.

Covington Bay Koffee Klatch-  a popular coffee house in town.  Best known for their scones.

Covington Bay Medical Center-  the premiere hospital in town.   Dr. Glenn Dailey is Chief of Staff of the medical facility.  Dr. Gloria Lassiter-Dailey is Chief of Neurosurgery.  Dr. Zachary Dailey is head of the Alec Stone Memorial AIDS Wing.  Dr. Grant Rios works at the hospital as an AIDS researcher.  Dr. Laura Dailey-Harrison is a pediatrician. Simon Harrison is a financial officer for the hospital.  Dr. Darian Jackson is an ER doctor.  Dr. Christopher Sloan and Dr. Christina Sloan work in the field of heart medicine.  Dr. Carrie Bennett is an obstetrician.  Melody Sorensen is a surgical nurse.  Natalie Lassiter, Dana Cooper and Melissa Stone are nurses.  The hospital has an adjacent teaching facility in conjunction with Covington Bay University:  Covington Bay School of Medicine.

Covington Bay Police Department (Homicide Division)-  Walter Stone is head of the Homicide Department.  Eric Lassiter, Angela Sorensen and Jake Collier are all detectives for this division.

Covington Bay University-  the town's college.  It has: Covington Bay School of Law, Covington Bay School of Medicine, Covington Bay School of Journalism and Media.  Many of the town's residents are graduates of this respected, elite private university.

Covington Bay Times- local newspaper owned by Quentin Greyhawk. The Times is tabloid paper with a conservative slant. Jack Rios is a columnist for the paper and Patricia Tamakai-Lassiter is a reporter.

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COVINGTON CROSS - The TV Series

Covington Cross
	aired from: Aug 1992 to: Oct 1992	13 eps, 6 unaired	ABC	60 min	stereo	________________

regulars:
Nigel Terry as Sir Thomas Grey Cherie Lunghi as Lady Elizabeth Jonathan Firth as Richard Grey Glenn Quinn as Cedric Grey Tim Killick as Armus Grey (not in pilot) Ione Skye as Eleanor Grey James Faulkner as Sir John Mullens Paul Brooke as Friar

A fanciful drama about life in medieval England for Sir Thomas, a widower, and his four children. Richard and Armus are stalwart young knights, but the other two children only wish they were. Cedric is in training to be a cleric as his late mother wished. Eleanor finds it difficult because of her sex, although she is as good on a horse and with a crossbow as any man. (Another son, William, left for the Crusades after the pilot episode and was barely mentioned again.)

Sir Thomas has developed a relationship with Lady Elizabeth, who lives in her own castle nearby. Their other neighbor, Baron John Mullens, is continually plotting to ruin Sir Thomas and take his land.

The series was filmed on location at Allington Castle and Penshurst Place in Kent.

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Covington Plantation...Structurally
the Best Course I Have Ever Designed

By Desmond Muirhead
Golf Course Architect

The Olympic Games is the greatest show on earth. Every four years I take three weeks off to be a spectator at this panorama of international goodwill. I spend two years looking forward to them and two years looking back. I have met some of my best friends at the Olympics.

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THE COVINGTON CONNECTION IN "XENA - PRINCESS WARRIOR" TV SERIES

Gabrielle's Family Tree

Gabrielle

Who Gabrielle met after the death of her husband Perdicus is unknown. What is known is that she had at least one child. (Some fan-fiction stories have Gabrielle's family raise her child by Perdicus.) Since Xena and Gabrielle are devoted to each other, she may have remarried after Xena's death. On the other hand given Gabrielle's bad luck with men, she could have raised the child with Xena.

When Gabrielle left her home, Xena became her immediate family. Later when she returned to Poteidaia, Gabrielle became close to Meleager, the Mighty. When he thought he was going to be executed, Meleager willed his belongings to his 'daughter' Gabrielle [THE EXECUTION (episode 41)].

Cufa

Covington is an English surname that means homestead of Cufa's people. Cufa is a Northern European name, either of Saxon or Danish origin. Since she was also an Amazon Queen, Gabrielle may have returned to her adopted Amazon tribe to live with Ephiny, her step-sister. Her grandchildren were probably attracted to Norse men, since women in Norse societies routinely used weapons.

Covington - England:

During the Saxon and Danish migrations, Cufa settled in England. Parish records show that Covington was a common name in Huntingshire, England. A Covington came to the United States as a member of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia. Afterwards, one of Pocahontas descendants married another Covington.

United States:

Covington is a common surname in the American South. Marriage records show that many Covingtons migrated to the mountains of Virginia, and by 1800 to Kentucky. Gabrielle's descendants were adventurous people who sought to see what was beyond the next mountain.

 Peter Covington

A large concentration of Covingtons have lived in Allegheny County, Virginia since the early 1700s. The county seat, Covington, was named in 1818 for Peter Covington, a long time resident. Since Gabrielle had married Perdicus, Peter could have been an English corruption of Perdicus. Some of Gabrielle's people became mountaineers, from the Alleghenies, noted for their storytelling.

Harry Covington

Was called a grave robber, a thief, and a mercenary, plundering graves for profit. He grew up in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War, when Union and Confederate armies occupied western Virginia. Several skirmishes and one major battle were fought in Allegheny County. Many men from the county served in the both armies, but few survived to come home. Young Harry probably grew up without a father. As a child, he certainly heard the story of the Xena scrolls countless times from his surviving kinsfolk. Since there was nothing to keep Harry in Virginia, he left the mountains to find the scrolls.

Janice Covington

Became a Doctor of Archaeology to follow her father in searching for the scrolls. Many women of her time were married off instead of being educated by their fathers. Perhaps it was because her mother ran off and she became close to her father. Unquestionably, her father saw to it that she was able to translate the scrolls. Being from the mountains herself, Janice knew how to use a rifle, the weapon of the mountains. Like Gabrielle with her staff, Janice learned how to defend herself with a whip.

After her father's death, Janice searched relentlessly for the scrolls to vindicate him. Attacking Janice for constantly defending her father's sordid reputation, Mel Pappas pointedly told her, "You're living down your Daddy's reputation!" Since the tradition of the Xena scrolls was so strong in her family, Janice believed that she was a descendent of Xena. Her personal belief was so strong that she thought that the blonde Callisto was her Xena. When Ares taunted her that she was really from that irritating, blonde Gabrielle, Janice no longer felt heroic [THE XENA SCROLLS (Episode 34)].

 Janice Covington II

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COVINGTON & BURLING - LAW FIRM, WASHINGTON D.C.

Covington's Gamble

In D.C., Covington & Burling is a player, but will that translate to big business in Silicon Valley?



Mike Mckee - The Recorder/Cal Law, November 9, 1999


James Snipes knows what he's up against in San Francisco.

On the East Coast, his 80-year-old, Washington, D.C.-based law firm boasts major name recognition and commands instant respect. It's a big player in regulatory and government circles, represents the National Football League, and has strong ties to the White House.

But in the Bay Area, Covington & Burling doesn't carry quite the same cachet, particularly in the Silicon Valley, where the firm -- which opened a Financial District office in June -- hopes to make a big splash in the intellectual property pool.

"Sometimes you are met with a blank stare, and that's especially true with companies that are just starting up," admits Snipes, the upbeat, 46-year-old managing partner of Covington's S.F. branch. "We have a lot of people out there who know nothing about our practice."

And that's got to change if Covington -- which had never before opened a domestic office outside its Washington headquarters -- intends to fit into the Bay Area's pressure-cooker, high-tech market.

It's not that Covington doesn't have IP credentials. It represents Microsoft Corp. on some fronts and does work for a few Valley firms already. It also has an IP team numbering about 30 lawyers in San Francisco, Washington, London and Brussels, Belgium. And it just merged with a 60-lawyer New York firm with East Coast IP recognition.

It's just that to West Coasters Covington -- as with most D.C. firms -- is synonymous with regulatory law. For example, Washington partner Peter Barton Hutt is a former chief counsel for the Food and Drug Administration, and just days ago partner Richard Meserve was sworn in as chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

In fact, Robert Taylor, managing partner in the Menlo Park office of Washington's Howrey & Simon, says he didn't even know Covington had an IP practice. And David Slone, managing partner of the Palo Alto branch of Townsend and Townsend and Crew -- a well-known patent firm -- says Covington never comes to mind in West Coast IP circles.

"If you asked 10 venture capitalists if they've heard of them, I couldn't tell you if they have or not," Slone says. "If you asked 10 patent lawyers if they'd heard of them, I'd say most have not. They'd say: 'Isn't that a New York firm?'"

That pretty much sums up 400-lawyer Covington's slightly prickly predicament: how to show it can compete in the rough-and-tumble Silicon Valley IP wars without sacrificing the core values and traditions that established it as one of the nation's premier white-shoe firms. After all, many brand-name firms have arrived in the Valley with a reputation of being one of the big dogs only to slink away later with their tails between their legs.

"Irell & Manella was in Palo Alto. They're a fabulous firm in L.A., and they didn't make it," notes Martha Africa, a principal with the consulting firm Major, Hagen & Africa. "Brown & Bain, from Phoenix, sank into the sunset." She says Covington is up against its reputation of not being a tech firm. "The best thing they could do," she says, "is talk about who their clients are locally and their reasons for being here."

Snipes, who transferred to the Bay Area from the London office, doesn't disagree, but says a lot of people's perceptions about Covington are dated. "Some folks still think of us the way we were 30 years ago -- as a regulatory firm, only as an East Coast firm, a firm that represents only Fortune 500 companies," he says. "So what we need to do is show them that we can do for them what local firms can do, that we can plug some holes for them -- to do the regulatory and international [work] as well.

"Being the new kids on the block," he adds, "we need to give them compelling reasons to come to us."

CLIENT PRESSURE

Covington & Burling opened its S.F. office with seven lawyers, five from its D.C. headquarters and two from its London branch. The office is up to nine lawyers now -- four partners and five associates -- and Snipes believes it will top out at 20 to 25 lawyers within a few years.

Sitting in his 19th-floor office at 601 California St. with its view of Coit Tower and the Transamerica Pyramid, Snipes explains that Covington was pressured by high-tech clients to establish a West Coast presence. "Covington was one of the largest firms in the U.S. that didn't have a domestic branch office," he notes, "and the Bay Area was the clear choice for us."

That's because the firm -- ranked by The American Lawyer magazine as 70th nationally in annual revenue at $152 million and $485,000 in profits per partner -- wanted to raise its high-tech profile. The firm's Washington headquarters already services high-tech clients right across the Potomac River in Northern Virginia's Dulles Corridor, but wanted a broader geographic scope.

"Obviously, the Dulles Corridor is important, but Silicon Valley is the center of things," says partner Sonya Winner, Covington's chief litigation lawyer in S.F. "And it really goes beyond Silicon Valley. We have a lot of West Coast clients and are obviously looking to get more. And going 20 miles to Dulles is very different than going a couple thousand miles out here." Snipes adds that it's "hard to stay on top of what's going on without being out here."

The firm's West Coast move is part of a larger expansion this year. Just last month, Covington merged with New York's Howard, Smith & Levin, a 60-lawyer firm that specializes in corporate mergers and acquisitions. "That firm also had a strong high-tech focus, and they've done a lot of work with start-ups in Silicon Alley in New York," Snipes points out. "It gives us real depth and expertise in public M&A and sophisticated finance work. And that's an expertise we think will be very valuable to companies in the Valley."

The S.F. office will emphasize work in telecommunications, information technology and biotech, Snipes says. Besides Microsoft -- for whom Covington is doing work on a software piracy case and representing its interests on the Secured Digital Music Initiative, an effort by several companies to develop a method for digitally downloading music in a secure format -- Covington represents Caliper Technologies Corp., a Mountain View-based microchip company; Electronic Arts, a Redwood City entertainment software company; and San Jose's Adobe Systems Inc.

Snipes says the game plan for the Bay Area is still to sell Covington as an all-purpose firm that has not only tech resources, but also expertise in many fields.

"There's a lot of appeal for one-stop shopping on regulatory and corporate and commercial work," he says. "It's always more efficient and cost-effective if you can get that all under one roof."

It also helps, he says, to have offices in a couple of Europe's capital cities, especially if, for example, a biotech start-up in Silicon Valley wants to conduct a deal with a European pharmaceutical company. "What are the commercial and regulatory obstacles you face in getting a drug approved and marketed in Europe?" Snipes says. "Frankly, these days a lot of key commercial transactions are cross-border."

Ironically, though, Covington's S.F. office was the center of attention last week for two strikingly non-tech matters.

The firm filed suit on behalf of Bank of America, challenging San Francisco voters' initiative preventing banks from charging non-customers fees for using automated teller machines. It also sued for the NFL, accusing several Northern California bars of illegally televising blacked-out Oakland Raiders games.

"Both of those are pre-existing clients, and both of those clients took advantage of our physical presence here," says S.F. partner Winner. "Obviously, when we have an office here, we don't have to have local counsel, and for cases like those, that's the biggest issue."

DEFYING THE NORM

What's most surprising to local lawyers is the fact that Covington isn't taking the classic approaches to establish itself as a Valley power: The firm doesn't plan to hire any big-name lateral partners for instant credibility and it opted for an S.F. office rather than acquiring space in Silicon Valley hot spots like Palo Alto or Menlo Park.

"It's never been our style to go out and hire bodies. Our basic model is that we will grow and promote from within," Snipes says. "With time we could change our view, but our experience so far is that we've had great success on the basis of our firm's reputation."

Lynn Pasahow, a biotech and patent litigation partner in McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen's Palo Alto office, and Guy Chambers, an S.F.-based Townsend partner, say it's almost essential for a new firm to hire a well-established local lawyer with a good practice in place.

"Certainly, that's the recipe a number of these other firms have used," Chambers says. Pasahow points out that that was the approach used by Washington's Howrey & Simon, New York's Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Los Angeles-based Latham & Watkins and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, a D.C.-based IP boutique that's been in Palo Alto slightly more than two years, followed the same pattern by hiring Ian Ballon, a leading expert on Internet law, from Brown & Bain.

"That has helped us a lot," says Palo Alto managing partner C. Larry O'Rourke. "It's very important to try to integrate into the legal community here. It's quite different than the East Coast."

But it's easier to talk about grabbing a big name than doing it. "It's harder to attract good lawyers than it is clients," says Howrey's Taylor. "There's a tremendous growth in the demand for legal services, but the problem is that all the law firms are clamoring for a small universe of people."

Anna Marie Armstrong, a legal search consultant for Major, Hagen, seconds that idea.

"It's getting harder to get those really big rainmaker partners to come over," says Armstrong, who has done some work for Covington. "Either [Covington is] going to maintain that traditional character -- there are still people who want the stability of that -- or they can try to sort of mold themselves somewhat differently out here."

Even so, local experts say Covington may regret not having opened an office in Silicon Valley proper.

"If their business plan is to represent Valley firms, it's critical to have an office in the Valley," says Pasahow of McCutchen. "The Valley thinks of itself, as it should, as a special place that has invented a way of doing business.! It's part of being a community, of being part of the networks, of showing your participation in the community by having an office here."

Snipes says Covington considered a San Francisco office "a sensible first step." It was good for recruiting lawyers, he says, and was based partly on the belief that Silicon Valley is inching northward.

"If we need to establish a presence [in the Valley] later, it could be done," he adds. "But my hunch is that we'll establish a presence in Asia before we do more here."

LAID-BACK WEST

There are some predictions that Covington might encounter a bit of culture shock, or at the very least a culture clash. Silicon Valley legal life can be quite casual, and some East Coast lawyers find it difficult to let go of their more formal standards.

"They come with their pinstripe suits and red ties, particularly to a place like Apple [Computer Inc.], and they may find they won't get a friendly welcome," says Townsend's Chambers. "There's a different approach toward business [in Silicon Valley] that's less regimented."

Slone of Townsend says that any law firm wanting to do business in Silicon Valley must realize they will have to conform to the local culture. "In the old days, the West Coast was the minor leagues, and everyone had an inferiority complex," he says. "And now, as far as technology goes, we're at the center of the universe. The notion is that whatever the culture will be, the culture here will prevail."

Finnegan, Henderson's O'Rourke says his firm made some adjustments to life in Palo Alto as soon as he arrived.

"The very first was [going] casual 100 percent of the time. In D.C., we have casual Fridays," he says. "Very seldom do we have clients that have a suit and tie on [in Palo Alto]. They are younger, and other than that I guess the atmosphere is fairly informal, generally, in California."

Snipes admits that Covington wondered whether its core values -- training, ethics and quality of service -- could be translated to the West Coast. "The sense was that some firms had faced problems when a different culture arose in a branch office," he says. But in the long run, firm leaders realized they had to take a chance because it was "in [clients'] interests and our interests to be here."

Actually, casualness appears to be the norm in the S.F. office. Snipes was tieless during a recent visit and other partners were dressed very casually, one even in shorts.

The firm, however, has decided that it's not in its best interests to follow another uniquely Silicon Valley law practice -- taking equity in clients. Even within the Valley, the concept is controversial.

"The real problem is the ethical conflict," Snipes says. "Can we be sure that if we hold equity in a client that we would be completely dispassionate in the work we do and the advice we give?"

For example, he says, would the firm find it an added incentive to push through a deal if the lawyers knew the stock would jump? "The question," Snipes says, "is whether one can square it with one's duty to the client." Covington isn't alone in its stance. Neither Finnegan, Henderson nor Townsend have made it po

"There's technically potential conflicts," Slone says, "but at first blush, you say you are throwing your lot in with the client, so how can you be in conflict? We are moving kind of cautiously in that realm, but there seems to be a widespread enough desire to get something like that off the ground that we are beyond asking whether we shall do it, [it's] just how will we do it?"

Some firms also use the practice as a recruiting tool in order to sway young lawyers who might be thinking about going in house for a potentially lucrative start-up.

Overall, it seems that Covington has a lot to overcome -- establishing itself as an IP player without hiring a local big gun and without setting up shop in Silicon Valley. And also trying to appeal to junior lawyers who might see a big-firm practice as stagnating.

Snipes isn't worried.

"I make the pitch that we are a start-up too. Here we need all hands on board and there is plenty of responsibility and not layers and layers of staffing on everything," he says. "What we offer here is a big-firm practice in a small-office setting."

In addition, time is on his side.

"We're starting with a very supportive parent," Snipes says. "There is no fixed time to turn a certain profit, and that's taken the edge off."

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HOW TO DUMP YOUR WIFE by LEE COVINGTON

This divorce book for men is full of practical advice about money, kids, lawyers, and the whole twisted legal system. Be prepared!

Wild and without apologies, this politically incorrect book was written by a woman who lives with a man who lost everything in his divorce. He was cleaned out, folks. Sucked dry. And the poor wife, boo hoo, lives like a queen. You can learn from his mistakes and find out important things about money, kids, and lawyers that the usual writers (shrinks & lawyers) will never tell you. It's funny, but true. Don't get divorced without it.

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"It's like spinning a roulette wheel. You get a judge assigned to your case. A lawyer with a robe on. You get yourself a lawyer. Don't get your brother-in-law! Don't pick your best friend who has known you since you were five. Forget it. Get someone you never met before because in a few months you're going to hate his or her guts..."

p. 86, from Chapter 9, Lawyers and Other Scoundrels

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"As we all know, every dumped wife in America calls the IRS. Scorned women are on the phone to them every hour of every day. Needless to say, they don't go after every guy who files for divorce. They only go after guys who cheat on their taxes..."

p. 67, from Chapter 7, Prepare to Unload

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Who is Lee Covington?
Lee Covington (an obvious pen name) once believed, as most people do, that men ruled the world and, to some degree, that might be true (in wrestling matches or venture capital firms). But when her true love was trying to get divorced from his second wife, Lee realized the truth. Feminists (all women are poor victims) control divorce courts, family courts, and most state legislatures. Of course, the feminists have their loyal conservative allies (some of whom are male) who also believe that all women are helpless victims and cannot be expected to take any responsibility. Feminists and conservatives agree that divorce is always the man's fault and the man must pay. And beyond paying for everything, he must be punished.

Are you one of the enlightened ones (like us) or are you part of the problem? Tell us about it, Janet.

Lee Covington does radio interviews all the time, but she rarely appears at book signings or on TV. The P.C. world doesn't go for her message. But millions of people who have been ruined by greedy ex-wives can relate. Don't get cocky. It could happen to you.

Only $16.95

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The Shipwreck of Port Hunter - caused by the tug Covington

Date Sunk: November 2, 1918.
Cause: collision.
Location: Nantucket Sound, Hedge Fence Shoal.
Coordinates: latitude 41° - 29' - 43" N; longitude 70° - 33' - 15" W.
Loran: 14097.7 and 43930.7.

     Chartered by the Furness, Withy Company of Boston and with a general cargo that included war supplies and ammunition for the American Mission fighting in France, Port Hunter's first stop was New York City to join a convoy. Although armed with a deck gun on its stern, the freighter stood little chance in the Atlantic crossing, where Germany's U-boats were an ever present danger if left unprotected by a screen of warships.
     The early morning hours of November 2nd found Port Hunter approaching the western entrance to Nantucket Sound, between Martha's Vineyard and Falmouth where the passage narrows and is divided by Hedge Fence Shoal. At about the same time, the tug Covington was entering the Sound from the opposite direction, towing Consolidated Company barges No.'s 10 and 24. At 1:48AM, shortly after Port Hunter cleared the westerly tip of the shoals, Covington collided with the freighter. The tug struck Port Hunter about 50 feet aft on the port bow, opening a gash 15 feet high and 7 feet wide. The force of the impact threw 20 men from their bunks. Water poured through the freighter's torn hull plates, flooding the forward compartment almost immediately. The ship's pumps could do little to stem the deluge and as the steering compartment filled, Port Hunter began to settle by the bow.
      The freighter would have gone down in deep water if not for the quick action of Covington's skipper, who maneuvered his tug to push Port Hunter onto the western slope of Hedge Fence Shoal. Boats rushed to the scene and rescued the freighter's crew. Within two hours of the collision Port Hunter sank with only a section of the bow and foredeck above water.

Dive Site Conditions

Depth in feet: maximum 85, minimum 25.
Visibility in feet: average 20.

      Except for the bridge and engine room sections, the Port Hunter is largely intact, listing to port on the fine, white sandy slope of Hedge Fence Shoal. Depths vary depending on the amount of sand build up. Only 20 feet of water covers her bow. Less than 100 feet aft on the port bow the "V" notch made when Covington dealt the fatal blow is visible in the freighter's hull plates. Drifting sand has engulfed most of its mid-section, which was blown apart by salvers looking for a rumored contraband gold cache. Fortunately for divers, strong tidal currents keep the stern section free from sand. Covered by 50 feet of water, a deck gun can be found on Port Hunter's stern. At a depth of 85 feet the vessels rudder and propeller shaft can still be seen, salvers removed the propeller. Due to strong tidal currents it is advised to explore this wreck only at slack water.

Historical Background

Constructed: in 1906 at Newcastle, United Kingdom by Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ld.
Construction details: 2 steel decks, steel shelter deck; water ballasted, cellular construction of double Bottom, aft; 6 cemented bulkheads; flat keel.
Crew: Master: Captain William Stafford (1917).
Owners: Commonwealth & Dominion Line, Ld.
Home or Hailing Port: London, England.
Former Name(s) and date(s):
Official number: 123689. Country: United Kingdom.
Other Comments: engines and boilers constructed by Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ld., Newcastle.

Salvage

     Contemporary accounts of the freighter's loss report that the Government waited 3 months before awarding salvage rights. Red tape and carelessness were blamed for the delay. However, the "Waterfront News" column of the Boston Globe reported daily progress of salvage operations, which were hampered by rough seas. Many local fishermen illegally removed material from the forward holds, which at the time were only a few feet underwater. Quahog rakes and grapnels were used to "fish" out small objects, including leather jackets, olive drab shirts, woolen underwear and other Army garments. The Government put a halt to this practice and confiscated much of the material.
     It wasn't until February 12, 1919, that a New Bedford firm began official salvage operations. Within 5 months, 200 men and a number of support vessels had removed most of Port Hunter's cargo. After auction the Government realized a $4 million loss from the original $5 million in clothing.
     Of the heavier objects comprising the ships cargo, little is said. In 1936 a Vineyard diver reported seeing 800 sets of freight car wheels and 1400 tons of steel billets still aboard the freighter. Another report states there were only 200 tons of billets. In 1949 divers salvaged the propeller.
     In 1958 James Green of Boston acquired rights to the wreck. The following year a group of divers removed items from the ship, which were put on display at the Dukes County Historical Society in Edgartown.
     In 1961 a syndicate of investors was formed to recover $200,000 - $300,000 worth of scrap metal still aboard the wreck. One of the investors was Boston tax attorney John S. Bottomly, who expected a 5 to 1 return on his initial investment. However, before a diver could be put in the water, funds ran out. Bottomly decided to go it alone after the other investors dropped out and in the spring of 1962 began work. Bottomly's plan was to use a suction dredge to move sand, which had engulfed sections of the hull. Scrap metal would then be removed using a large electromagnet. It was about this time that Bottomly heard a rumor that 400 pounds of gold had been welded to the inside deck plating of the engine room. The freighter's first mate revealed in a death bed confession that the contraband cargo was being smuggled to France where a huge profit was expected. In their search for the gold Bottomly's team blew the engine room apart only to find copper condensers and the engine's solid brass pistons. Adverse weather conditions limited salvage work to little more than 3 hours/day. Many times, sand removed one day was replaced the next and at $2000/day the costs soon mounted.
     Although hundreds of tons of metal were eventually removed, as of 1964 no profit from the salvage had been realized. Due to the collapse of the scrap metal market, Bottomly had only recovered $3000 from what had thus far been sold. With expenses more than 15 times greater than his return, it was not economical to recommence operations.

Sources:
Fishable Wrecks and Rockpiles; Coleman & Soares, 1989
Lloyds Registry of Shipping; 1918-19
The Fisherman, magazine; February 18, 1988
West Wind Explorer, newsletter; Peter Reagan, November, 1998
Wrecks Below; Luther, 1958
Yankee Magazine; September 1963, January 1964

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HERBERT COVINGTON BONNER

Abstract

Herbert Covington Bonner, of Washington, N.C., was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1940 until his death in 1965. He was chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, 1955-1965, and chairman, 1951-1955, of the Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee ("watchdog committee") of the Expenditures in the Executive Departments Committee, which made changes designed to eliminate waste in the handling of war surplus material and in military supply procurement. The papers consist of Bonner's office files, dating from November 1940, when he succeeded Lindsay C. Warren as representative from the First North Carolina District, which included, at one time or another, 14 counties of the northeastern corner of the state. In addition to the main chronological series, there are subject- and format-based series. The Rivers and Harbors series, 1940-1965, concerns federally-funded projects, such as channel and harbor improvements, erosion problems, dredging, etc., and the operation of the Dismal Swamp Canal. The Hoover Commission series, January-October 1950, concerns the proposed reorganization of the government that came out of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. The Bombing Ranges series, 1959-1965, concerns objections to having a weapons range or ranges in northeastern North Carolina. The Political series, 1959-1965, concerns the mechanics of Democratic Party organization and election campaigns. The Community Public Works Programs series, 1962-1965, concerns local public works projects that received federal funds. The National Seashore Park series, 1937-1965, concerns the establishment of a national park that spanned Bodie, Hatteras, and Ocracoke islands, N.C. Also included are private bills, with related papers attached; scrapbooks, 1940-1965; speeches, 1940-1964; photographs, and photocopies of presidential memorabilia, some relating to the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.

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• - US magazine calls it "The College Years Of My So-Called Life" which I agree. I find the story reminiscent of "My So-Called Life." I love this innocent, honest, real coming of age TV show! Another one that I haven't missed an episode. Yay!
  
  "It's funny...sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can pretty much change your life forever." - Felicity Porter

A STORY OF CHOICES

    Have you ever had a crush? Well, Felicity Porter's crush has changed her life forever.

    After four years of silent adoration, Felicity musters the courage to approach fellow high school senior Ben Covington, the popular boy she has admired from afar. She asks Ben to sign her yearbook -- a bold move for a timid girl. "Give me a minute," he replies...then writes a message that will alter Felicity's destiny.

    The embers of Felicity's crush are fanned to life by Ben's words. Much to her parents' dismay, Felicity decides to pass on her longtime plans to study medicine at Stanford. Instead, she follows Ben to the University of New York, forgoing a sure thing for an unpredictable and financially unstable education. Dumping everything to pursue a crush across the country to a strange city, school and future doesn't sound like a rational decision. Could she be crazy? Has Felicity made a "colossal mistake"?

    Maybe. Then again, maybe not.

    This new WB show comes from the creative team of writer-producer J.J. Abrams ("Forever Young," "Regarding Henry") and producers Matt Reeves ("The Pallbearer") and Imagine Television.

    Felicity (Keri Russell), Ben (Scott Speedman) and their new college friends (Scott Foley, Amy Jo Johnson) begin an adventure into adulthood and independence on shaky ground. Felicity soon learns that heartache and confusion can lead to new beginnings and a more promising future. While she’s chasing the boy of her dreams, she stumbles upon a Felicity she never knew. Is this the person she wants to be? The choice, of course, is hers.

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EPISODE FROM HIGHLANDER TV SERIES

1728* * Duncan is travelling by Coach from London, 25 miles from Dover (between Sittingbourne and Faversham), when he and his fellow passengers, Charles Guilford, Earl of Covington, and the Earl's mother, are attacked by the Immortal Highwayman, Walter Reinhart. Duncan claims that he's just a merchant. He lets Reinhart live rather than take his head in front of mortal witnesses. [NB: He used a Common accent with the nobles he was traveling with and his Scots accent when he spoke to Reinhart.] ("Revenge is Sweet").

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The following author have featured Covingtons in her Mystery Books.

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LORD & LADY COVINGTON

Starring:

Miss Clavel: Frances McDormand
Lord Covington: Nigel Hawthorne
Madeline: Hatty Jones
Leopold the Tutor: Ben Daniels
Lady Covington: Stephane Audran

Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer. Written by Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett. Based on the book ``Madeline'' by Ludwig Bemelmans.

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