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Traditional Pool Cues
While many new cue designs feature new and different styles, nothing beats the classic beauty of traditional points and veneers. You won't find any modern or contemporary cue designs here, just designs steeped in the history and tradition that has made billiards one of the world's most popular games.
Balabushka GBT Pool Cue
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This cue is unique as it does not have a wrap on it like all other Balabushka cues. It features purple, teal, mahogany and maple veneers with rosewood points. The handle is made of rosewood along with the but sleeve and features a maple ring with mother of pearl diamond inlays.
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Joss JOS50 Pool Cue
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Everything about the design of the JOS50 pool cue is so uniquely Joss from a design perspective. You have some beautiful wood selections, perfect inlaid points and just the right amount of inlaid pearl diamonds to top it off.
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Joss JOS48 Pool Cue
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When it comes to pool cue designs, you can always count on Joss to roll out cues that look traditional yet unique. The JOS48 goes a step further than other Joss models in this price range both with materials and design. The forearm features beautiful curly maple throughout, choosing to forego the traditional points in favor of allowing the wood's elegance to speak for itself.
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Joss JOS47 Pool Cue
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When it comes to fusing design, playability and value, Joss is really at the top of their game. With the JOS47, you get beautiful curly maple throughout the forearm accented with traditional black maple points. Instead of going with a traditional linen wrap, the JOS47 features a purple heart wood handle with thick black maple rings.
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Joss JOS46 Pool Cue
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If you like a cue design that's all about the basics, the JOS46 is an excellent option. With a curly maple forearm accented by traditional black maple inlaid points, this pool cue focuses on the basics rather than adding a bunch of extra inlays. The sleeve and handle are constructed with Sucupira, a rich Brazilian hardwood.
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Meucci MEAC04 Pool Cue
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Meucci MEAC04 White Birdseye Maple Lacquered Wrap Pool Cue
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Schon CX88 Pool Cue
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The word Schon means "beautiful" in German, and after browsing their selection of cues it's pretty clear to see why they chose that name for their company. For over 30 years, Schon has been producing some of the finest craftsman-made cues in the world that are defined by their quality exotic woods and inlays.
This cue, the CX88, is a real showstopper. It has Birdseye maple forearm with a very unique set of long, slender ebony diamonds with a white micarta inlay. Every Schon cue comes with a 13mm shaft with a proprietary leather tip and a 5/16 x 14 piloted joint.
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Schon CX90 Pool Cue
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"Jeder Schon cue ist wunderschön und einzigartig, und die CX90 ist keine Ausnahme." That's German for "Every Schon cue is gorgeous and unique, and the CX90 is no exception." I can't actually speak German, so you don't need to get nitpicky; I just threw it into one of those translation programs and that's what it spit back out.
CX90 is made with Birdseye Maple with five Cocobolo points and Micarta diamond inlay with Maple and Ebony Veneers. Black and White Irish Linen wrap completes the cue.
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Schon CX89 Pool Cue
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Each Schon cue is handmade in Wisconsin using high quality exotic wood and inlay materials to create uniquely beautiful, traditionally designed cues. But Schon cues are more than just a pretty face. Each cue is perfectly balanced and constructed to give you a firm hit due to the stainless steel collar and short, pro-tapered shaft.
The CX89 is one of Schon's simpler designs. It features an ebony sleeve that leads up to six ebony points, each topped with a delicate white Micarta tear drop inlay. It's subtle, traditional, and perfectly crafted.
In business since 1981, Schon employs a small in-house staff of full-time craftsmen who give great attention to quality. And because the cues are produced in smaller quantities, designer Evan Clarke is able to personally finish and test each cue, ensuring it stands up to the German meaning behind the name Schon…beautiful.
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Players G21T1 Pool Cue
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This Players pool cue stick features a spear like design of points on the forearm and the same spears within oval windows on the sleeve. There is a double pressed black and white Irish linen wrap to help control your shot. The points on this cue are pointed in both direction, but the stick itself points only toward quality in craftsmanship.
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I'd like to do this cosplay as this is my favourite female trainer design from Pokemon. Officially started 21/06/2012 when I bought threads and other haberdashery for this cosplay. The easiest part was buying the wristband, socks, and skirt. The hardest part was getting the VS Seeker to attach to the bag (which fell off and lost at Expo). My favourite parts are the wig, hat, and shoes. My least favourite part is the socks as they don't exactly match the colour of the shirt. This was a comfortable cosplay to wear except when I went outside as it was bitterly cold! To improve this cosplay I would like to ability to create a more precise skirt to the reference. --HAT-- The white hat was bought from eBay seller shopulousdirect. I measured and cut out two pieces of red fabric. Then I pinned and sewed them in place attaching the curved shape first and the stripe on top. --BROWN WIG-- The wig was bought from eBay seller happytrades2012. --SHIRT-- The blue shirt was bought from Amazon.co.uk, and I painted on the navy blue design in fabric paint using masking tape as an aid. --RED SKIRT-- The red skirt was bought from eBay seller exciteclothing. --BLACK WRISTBANDS-- The wristbands were bought from eBay seller ishopjat. --BLUE SOCKS-- The socks were bought from eBay seller omg-fashion. --SHOES-- The white shoes were bought from eBay seller fashionaddict811, and I painted on the red and grey with 3 layers of acrylic paint each using masking tape as a guide. --YELLOW BAG-- I'm using my yellow Angry Birds bag as a base, and I made the pattern with shapes of foam sheet which will be stuck on with double-sided sticky tape, which also comes off easily from the bag material. The VS Seeker is moulded from Fimo basic clay, then painted a few layers of white and pink, and the details drawn on with black marker. The VS Seeker is attached to the bag strap with a glued on clip. --POKEBALLS-- The Pokeballs were already my own. --JIGGLYPUFF PLUSH-- The Jigglypuff plush was already my own. |
Looking really cool, what day u doing it cus we are a massive water Pokemon group on the Saturday -^^- Photo are needed!! ;)
Sweet, I'm planning on wearing this on the Saturday too! :D
Epic, u do know this means I am totally gonna steal u 4 photos at some point?!? :P
Haha, yeah I'm totally fine for that! XD
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Shirt | High | Complete |
Long Brown Wig | High | Complete |
Red Skirt | High | Complete |
Hat | High | Complete |
Black Wristbands | Medium | Complete |
Blue Socks | Medium | Complete |
Pokeballs | Medium | Complete |
Yellow Bag | Medium | Complete |
Shoes | Medium | Complete |
Jigglypuff Plush | Low | Complete |
Bag (VS Seeker) Finished (Posted 20th October 2012) I finished painting the last layers of white and pink. Then I added the details on with black marker. It was tricky figuring out how to temporarily attach it to the bag strap as double-sided sticky tape and velcro didn't work since it peeled off the paint from the back. Instead I used a small clip and glued it onto the back. |
Bag Progress (VS Seeker) (Posted 15th October 2012) I've painted the base white a couple layers, and now I've started the pink. Will need one or two more layers before I can finish it. |
Bag Started (Posted 14th October 2012) Instead of having to buy a whole new bag for this cosplay, I decided to use the yellow Angry Birds bag I already have. The white and orange shapes were cut out of foam sheets and will be stuck on with double-sided sticky-tape as it also comes off easily. The VS Seeker has been made out of Fimo Basic clay and will be painted when it's dried. |
Skirt Bought (Posted 4th October 2012) I tried making one but I couldn't work out how to make it big enough to fit me properly. So far I'm only good at making fully-pleated skirts. I decided to buy one and I got one from eBay seller exciteclothing. |
Shoes Finished (Posted 27th September 2012) The white shoes were bought from eBay seller fashionaddict811. I then used masking tape as a guide to paint on the red and the grey using 3 layers of acrylic paint for each colour. |
Shirt Finished (Posted 7th September 2012) The front dried over night, and I painted the design on the back to finish. |
Shirt Started (Posted 6th September 2012) I bought the blue shirt from Amazon.co.uk. I'm using masking tape to aid in painting the design on with fabric paint. The front should be dry by tomorrow when I think I can also finish painting the back too. |
Wig Bought (Posted 5th September 2012) Bought from eBay seller happytrades2012, and got this a while ago but thought that I'd need to do some modifying on it. But I like the length and it makes a good effect for the fanned-out fringe how it is. I'll just need to make sure it gets a nice combing before wearing. |
Hat Started (Posted 4th September 2012) The white hat was bought off eBay seller shopulousdirect. I measured and cut out two different shapes from red fabric and have sewn while hemming them on. The curved shape is sewn on but the stripe is just pinned on at the moment. |
Bought Items Acquired (Posted 7th August 2012) I have all the items of this cosplay that won't need modifying:- The wristbands bought from eBay seller ishopjat. The socks bought from eBay seller omg-fashion. They are over-the-knee socks but are brought down to make the loose effect. The Pokeballs and Jigglypuff plush are props I already owned. |


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K SO,U WANNA KNOW A BIT BOUT ME OF COURSE ,£njoy . -da names DEMII -15 yrs of age true dedicated directioner. -oh so i love all members of onedirection (LOUIS IS MINE (BACK OFF) -EDsheeran,demi lavato,reece mastin,taylaor swift,Aaron johnson If u are reading this right now ( yes i can see u staring at the screen, ur mouth falling half open) i have 3 rules 1) CLOSE UR MOUTH SHUT 2)VOTE 4 MY STORIES 3) NOW WE GO THAT CLEARED WE CAN START------- Ok.....(thinking) so as u can see i LOVE ONE DIRECTION and also louis tomlinson ❤❤❤❤love u with him with all my BUTT I would say heart but my butt is BIgGeR , ed sheeran,delta goodgrem,demi lavato (i think i already said that but of well) shrugs*.--' Rd1 [x] Rd2 [x] Rd3 READY,STEADY,GO:$ 1.)everyone wants happiness,nobody wants pain but u cant have a rainbow without a little rain. 2.)never regret anything because at one stage it was all you wanted 3)life isnt about finding yourself,its about creating yourself. There u go which one will it be:(this is the last round favourite chapter will be dedicated to that person).
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Sylvia Chapman
In the 1850 Utah census her name is Sylvia Kellogg.
Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)Age at departure: 15
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Arab royalty and clans descend on Pakistan to hunt the Houbara Bustard.
The case of the Houbara Bustard in Pakistan is rather curious. A migratory bird, Pakistanis are not allowed to hunt them. However, members of the various ruling Arab clans can. They are issued permits every year to hunt for the bird — that is on the vulnerable list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature — and also allowed use of a military airbase in the Shamsi desert of Balochsitan to jet in and jet out without having to transit through the other airports of the country.
Yes, the very Shamsi airbase from where the Americans were thrown out late last year. In 1992, the federal government leased the out-of-use Bhandari airstrip to UAE for game hunting; primarily catch the Houbara Bustard for the fabled aphrodisiac qualities of its meat though this has never been scientifically proven. The UAE turned it into a jet capable airstrip and renamed it Shamsi which was in turn leased out to the U.S. with the tacit approval of the Musharraf regime for launching attacks inside Afghanistan.
This season, 25 permits have been issued and nearly half of them have gone to deep pockets from UAE. According to those in the know of what goes on in the remote desert areas where the Houbara Bustard can be found, the list includes the rulers of Qatar and UAE. Valid for 10 days, each permit holder is allowed to hunt only 100 birds through falconry.
Every permit holder is allocated a certain area frequented by the Houbara Bustard. The terrain stretches across Sindh, South Punjab and Balochistan. And, the irony is that some of the areas in Balochistan remain inaccessible for the average Pakistani due to the security situation but the Arab sheikhs manage to access them with their huge entourages; a case in point being Turbat where the Petroleum Minister from Qatar was robbed but the matter hush-hushed.
Egypt's graffiti warriors
Hosni Mobarak may be gone, but the generals are still there and the uprising is not over yet.
Egypt's cyber-warriors and graffiti artists continue to work feverishly to keep alive the flame of the revolution, which their formidable rivals hope to extinguish using brute force, blind terror and a ceaseless propaganda barrage.
Yet, the country's gifted young activists are not giving up — using street art and the Internet to beat back their rather unimaginative and leaden footed tormentors. Their latest riposte to the authorities trying to stifle dissent has hit cyberspace in the form of a graffiti image of young Anas — a 14-year-old who died during a recent bloodbath at a football stadium at Port Said. The portrait of Anas has a caption that reads: "Either we bring them justice, or we die like them" This stencil was posted online, allowing supporters to print it and spray paint the image on their bodies.
The carnage at the football stadium, which left 74 people dead, was apparently the result of a clash between supporters of two rival football clubs. But suspicions are rife in Egypt that the country's security forces had either masterminded or abetted the riot, whose victims were mostly supporters of the Al Ahly club, known for their raucous anti-establishment protestations at Tahrir Square.
One of the artists who has portrayed the horrific violence at Port Said as a major episode during the course of Egypt's unfinished revolution is Mohamed Fahmy, known by his pseudonym Ganzeer. Mr. Fahmy is one among the several Graffiti artists whose creative outbursts, long suppressed during the bygone era of the Hosni Mubarak presidency, saw in the walls, buildings, bridges and sidewalks, a canvas to paint denunciations of the generals who have replaced the former autocrat.
Unsurprisingly, Egypt's military rulers, who have become enduring targets of the graffiti artists, have taken umbrage to their derisive pronouncements. As a result, street art denouncing the military has a short life span before it is defaced, on orders of the authorities, with black spray paint. But the battle for anti-establishment artistic expression in public spaces has remained uninterrupted, with new images surfacing as soon as spray guns of the officialdom silence the ones before.
Bike it, Boat it
Commuting can get interesting in an archipelago of 1,200 islands.
How do you commute in a country like The Maldives, an archipelago of about 1200 islands, where the biggest island is only a few square kilometres?
"Take your transport along in a boat or whatever," is the answer one expatriate professional came up with. The locals looked in surprise at the question — well, they have not thought about it at all. It's their way of life.
Many ferries out of Male, the Maldivian capital, have provisions to park bikes. One of the most popular routes is the Male Island to Hulhumale route. Hulhumale is an artificial island, about half an hour from Male by a passenger ferry. The island is much bigger than Male, and those who find it difficult to afford Male, stay in Hulhumale, where housing rents are considerably lower. And, many of them take the ride-on, ride-off route to work. It costs seven Ruffiya for the bike to be taken across one-way, but no one is complaining!
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Tech News for Everyone?Monday, December 29, 2008 by Dave Winer. Matt Cutts started a thread on FriendFeed about TechMeme. He's noticed something that almost everyone who is a regular clicker on TechMeme has noticed. There's really not much tech news there these days. It tends to find the fights between bloggers it favors and focuses on them to the exclusion of news a news junkie like myself would find more useful and interesting. Whether it's an "algorithm" deciding or humans (who they now admit play a role) doesn't matter. Whether it was always intended to be this way doesn't matter. What matters to me is that there's news out there that I'm not getting. And as a self-described "media hacker" and news junkie, I want to do something about it. 1. And as a list-maker, I want to make a list. 2. If you are unhappy with TechMeme and are looking for a way to express it, you can always opt-out by making a simple addition to your robots.txt file. If other people are willing to do this, I am willing to go along. It's one way to remove all doubt about whether your items will show up there, once you've made this change, they won't -- as long as the block remains in the robots.txt file. It would be a way to get people complaining about TM to put up or shut up. "If you're so unhappy, why don't you opt-out?" 3. Technically it would be easy to set up a news oriented "river" site that pushed stories out that are bona fide tech news. It would require a team of at most 100 bloggers to watch their aggregators a few hours a week and forward stories to the river. The hard part isn't the software, of course, it's first finding enough people to work, and then arguing with the people who say it's too "elite" -- somehow finding a balance seems like the hard thing to do. Having it be wide-open is a guarantee of it being spam-filled. Just read one of the many rants about tech PR people to get an idea of how quickly that approach would get out of control. |
Dave Winer, 53, pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in Berkeley, California. "The protoblogger." - NY Times.
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| RIAA losing millions in their lawsuits Some figures have come to light regarding the RIAA's expenditures versus their winnings in the various lawsuits they started against file sharers. Over a three year period, from 2006 through 2008, they spent approximately $64 million and recovered......$1.36 million. The story is here: http://recordingindustryvspeople.blo...s-lawyers.html So there may be some truth in their statement that file sharers are driving them to bankruptcy, just in round about fashion.
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| If this $64 million was divided up amongst the artists the RIAA represents, I'm sure that many (if not the majority) of these artists would have received more from this share than in all the money they got paid from their music sales. |
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| According to the RIAA, "global music piracy causes $12.5 billion of economic losses every year". So, that would be 3*$12.5 = $37.5 billion or $37,500 million over three years. And the RIAA recovered $1.36 million, that's what I call doing a 'good' job
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| The real tragedy here is the musicians, who are sold the belief that the RIAA looks out for their interest by making the industry more 'secure and profitable' by doing what they are doing, meanwhile they are miserably failing by not only losing money but not stopping the piracy losses they are supposed to stop. Obviously the artists are ultimately paying out of their profits for the "services" of the RIAA, but the RIAA is inept and misguided at doing the job they are commissioned to do. |
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| It's pretty sad what the RIAA does to new artists now. The RIAA used to only take their cut from Album sales, which is why big artists made the bulk of their money of merch and touring. For newer bands they have to cut them in on that as well. The price for being a member of the RIAA seems to be really steep. I often wonder how in the world artists can think they're better off with the RIAA. From my point of view they seem to be an unneccesary middle man between the bands and their fans, with the sole purpose of extorting money from them. |
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| Ahhh so the truth is revealed, the RIAA didn't stop their mass lawsuits because they were worried about their image, reputation or their customers, they stopped it because it wasn't profitable! It's all about the money to these goons. Quote:
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| One word: Ridiculous. |
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| Oh good. since the John-Doe lawsuits are over, its time to startup Limewire again. |
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| With all of the shady behavior the RIAA has exhibited over the years (suing children, suing dead people, etc), they deserve no pity. In fact, I'm sure most people would celebrate the RIAA losing money. |
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| Re: RIAA losing millions in their lawsuits Surely those numbers aren't right . . . if so, no wonder they're ticked. |
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In the market for new headphones and these two came to my attention. I listen to a large variety of music including including nearly everything but most pop and country. I like the punchy bass the 215s have for rap and perhaps rock but I really like the idea of hearing everything in my music, which is why I am enticed by the hf5. I was just wondering what the overall perceptions and thoughts about theae headphones are and if the hf5 are worth it over the shures, despite the lacking bass. Would rap and other bass heavy genres suffer as a result??
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FOXBORO — The Patriots held C.J. Spiller to just 33 yards on eight carries on Sept. 30 in Western New York, a big reason why the Patriots were able to hold the Bills scoreless during a 38-0 run that helped them cruise to a 52-28 win.
Before those two games, Spiller had games of 169 and 123 yards against the Jets and Chiefs before getting injured in Week 3 against the Browns. He is averaging over seven yards a carry and has 24 catches out of the backfield at nearly 10 yards a clip.
He is the perfect complement to Fred Jackson [1] and Tashard Choice [2]. And the Patriots know that sweeping the season series starts with repeating their Week 4 effort when they held the Bills under 100 yards rushing and allowed a manageable 3.6 yards per carry.
"Obviously, they're a two-headed monster, really a three-headed monster," Jerod Mayo [3] said this week. "Choice provides a spark off the bench as well. Anytime a guy is averaging seven yards a carry, you know they can always take it to the house so it'll take a group effort. The front seven has to do an excellent job staying on blocks and hopefully making plays.
"His role has increased. He's doing a lot more things for them. He catching a lot more screens, he's breaking a lot more runs. I don't think he was averaging seven yards a carry when we played them the first time."
While the Patriots have been criticized non-stop for their inability to stop the pass, they're allowing just 88 yards a game on the ground, tied for seventh in the NFL.
"Yeah, it is [satisfying] but you're only as good as your last performance so we have to go out here and play well," Mayo said.
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19,538 viewsJalan Ipoh is packed with great restaurants—some hard to find. We are here to dish out some of these hidden-gem dining experiences at this lovely neighbourhood. One of them is this no name restaurant located towards the end of Taman Bamboo with no address nor postal code (scroll down for map). According to the lady owner who runs this place, the restaurant has been nicknamed by its regulars … [Read more...]
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27,711 viewsLocated inside a shop lot behind Viva Residency; Tommy Le Baker is a hidden gem of a great taste experience. Having live in France for over a decade, Tommy returned home and started his own pastry venture here. I was there on a rainy evening and chatted with Tommy about the place. Desserts are taken very seriously in French culture, Tommy said. He also deters mass-producing desserts with … [Read more...]
Delicious Siong Tong Lala & Hokkien Mihun @ Kedai Makanan Ming Hoe, Jalan Ipoh
20,576 viewsCheap eats are fewer and farther in between these days, but we have found a few that will keep you and your wallet stuffed full. Kedai Makanan Ming Hoe, which we affectionately refer as "Jalan Ipoh hokkien mee", is one of it. This unassuming looking restaurant is usually crowded until closing time. Many has complained of long waiting time, so get there as early as 6pm or as late as 10pm. We've … [Read more...]
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Ban Lee Bakuteh @ Jalan Ipoh, KL
10,311 viewsBan Lee is one of the few old school bakuteh establishments in KL that still uses charcoal fire to heat up the claypot. It is also one of our favourite haunt for bakuteh because it is open throughout the day, albeit run by different bosses (I think). Afternoon Session: The bakuteh here is of the dark broth variation and is full of herbal aroma and flavor. There is also this bitter after … [Read more...]
Restoran Makanan Laut Lau Heong @ Bandar Baru Sentul
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Florida courts cannot refuse to enforce non-compete agreements on the grounds that they are overbroad. Where legitimate business interests exist in supporting enforcement, courts are required to modify the agreements to make them reasonable (e.g., reducing a 50 mile geographic restriction to 25 miles). Georgia's new law permits modification, but solely at the court's discretion.
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August 4, 2014 | As the fighting in Gaza escalated over the past few weeks, Congress said and did little, except consider a bi-partisan bill just before recess to replenish aid to Israel's missile defense program. At a time when nearly everything is grounds for noisy partisan rancor, this unusual silence and cooperation indicates general accord on Capitol Hill…
Most Likely to Exceed: Who's Poised to Double Down Post-McCutcheon
January 15, 2014 | In anticipation of the Supreme Court's ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the Center for Responsive Politics and the Sunlight Foundation have teamed up to look at the deep-pocketed donors who could give even more if the justices strike down another limit on the amount of money in U.S. politics.
Back-to-College Special: Academic Contributions Aren't Just Cerebral
August 29, 2013 | President Obama might hope that his new education initiative doesn't rile too many in academia: By reputation, college professors and staff members are solid Democrats, and a deeper look at their campaign contributions by the Center for Responsive Politics mostly backs that up -- though certain types of schools tend to skew more left than others.
Deep in Hock: 10 Most Indebted Campaign Committees
July 24, 2013 | Candidates will do most anything to win elections -- including, in some cases, putting their campaign committees deep in debt.
Major GOP Donor Passes Away
April 15, 2013 | Republican megadonor Bob Perry died in his sleep over the weekend. We remember his campaign finance record.
Capital Eye Opener, March 4: Obama Nominee Edition
March 4, 2013 | The president announces new nominees -- several of whom have given political contributions over the years. Only one, though, gave for Obama's re-election as well as his initial bid.
Fred Eychaner's Big Election Bets Pay Off
November 13, 2012 | Don't play poker against Fred Eychaner: The candidates he bet on had a win rate of 86 percent, and the super PACs he gave to were successful at least 50 percent of the time.
Congressional Candidates Draw One-Campaign Super PACs
October 30, 2012 | Candidate-specific super PACs, once exclusively associated with presidential hopefuls, have moved down-ticket and are now supporting candidates in congressional races this election. Super PACs devoted solely to supporting a congressional candidate spent $28 million in the 2012 election with about $22 million going toward helping conservative candidates, according to a Center for Responsive Politics analysis of campaign data.
Hot Race in the Illinois 11th: Judy Biggert vs. Bill Foster
October 19, 2012 | The House race in Illinois' 11th District has it all; tight poll numbers, a fundraising deadlock and plenty of outside spending by prominent groups.
Super PAC Supporting Pro-Gay Marriage Republicans Makes First Expenditure
September 28, 2012 | A super PAC set up to back pro-gay marriage Republicans appears finally to be joining the fray, releasing an attack ad targeting a challenger to Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.). American Unity PAC, which had $1.8 million in the bank as of the end of August, drops a $500,000 ad buy on Biggert's Democratic challenger, Bill Foster.
Restore Our Future Hauls in $20.7 Million From Top Conservative Donors
July 20, 2012 | Large checks from some of the biggest names in conservative campaign finance -- and some of the fanciest zip codes in the country -- fueled Restore Our Future's $20.7 million haul in the month of June, even aside from Sheldon Adelson.
House Races: First Quarter Revelations
April 25, 2012 | By spring of each election year, most prospective House candidates have decided whether to jump into the frying pan, and the fundraising race is well under way. The first quarter FEC reports give some clues about how competitive the races are likely to be.
Super PACs Cast Long Shadow Over 2012 Race
March 21, 2012 | New fundraising reports filed this week show a handful of super PACs continue to cast a long shadow over over a volatile 2012 presidential contest, raising and spending millions of dollars on behalf of preferred candidates, and in some cases, propping them up entirely.
Some GOP Candidates Leaned Heavily on Super PACs as Early Voting Got Underway
February 21, 2012 | The GOP presidential candidates and the super PACs supporting them accelerated their fundraising -- and especially their spending -- in January as the first primary and caucus voters went to the polls. But Mitt Romney -- heretofore the best-funded of the Republican hopefuls -- may face hurdles going forward as more than half his donors have hit the legal maximum they can give to him for the primary season.
Obama's Contribution Disclosure Order, Issa Fights for Transparency and More in Capital Eye Opener: April 21
April 21, 2011 | Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money in politics.
Republican National Committee's Haul, Target's Contributions and More in Capital Eye Opener: February 22
February 22, 2011 | Your daily dose of news and tidbits from the world of money and politics.
Bad News for Incumbents, Self-Financing Candidates in Most Expensive Midterm Election in U.S. History
November 4, 2010 | The priciest midterm election in U.S. history saw a Republican tide sweep numerous Democrats out of office, as voters anxious about the state of the economy ousted more House incumbents from office than any time since 1948. While several money-in-politics axioms held true, money was not a panacea for embattled politicians.
Campaign Fund-raising Blitz, Financial Sector Bailouts and More in Capital Eye Opener: Oct. 1
October 1, 2010 | Forget Christmas, candidates know this is the season for giving. With just a month until the midterm elections, campaign cash collecting has shifted into high gear. Politico reported that members or candidates for the House and Senate will be having 400 fundraisers in a mere 14 days.
Potentially Vulnerable Lawmakers Get Boosts from Party Programs
May 5, 2010 | Both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee have programs to help fund and support vulnerable incumbents. The DCCC runs the "Frontline Program" and the NRCC the "Patriot Program," and the increased financial support facilitated by these programs may be a determining factor in these candidates' success at the polls. So far this cycle, the average House Democrat participating in such a program took in took in nearly $600,000 more than the average non-assisted House member, and the average NRCC-assisted Republican collected about $200,000 above the non-assisted House average.
Jet Setting Politicians, Bundling Lobbyists and More in Capital Eye Opener: April 27
April 27, 2010 | Retiring Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), the chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology, is taking heat for racking up travel expenses on the taxpayer's dime, according to Roll Call. Gordon announced he was retiring in December, but has since visited or plans to visit Denmark, Italy, France, Switzerland and China -- all on official business and paid for by taxpayers.
Barack Obama's Ex-Lobbyist Appointees, Apple's iLobby and More in Capital Eye Opener: March 29
March 29, 2010 | Despite Barack Obama's pledge to limit special influence participation in his administration -- he's sought to prohibit lobbyists from serving on federal advisory panels, for example -- a half-dozen of these new appointees have strong union or special interest ties, or are themselves former registered lobbyists.
Historic Health Care Legislation Passes, 'Granny D' Tributes and More in Capital Eye Opener: March 22
March 22, 2010 | A U.S. House divided as it could be passed sweeping health reform legislation Sunday night, all but ensuring after more than a year of debate that it will become law.
Blue Dogs and New Democrats Find Friends on Wall Street
November 17, 2009 | Like the health care reform debate, financial regulation legislation has divided members of the same party, opening a rift between liberal and moderate Democrats. But unlike the health care reform debate, where the moderate Blue Dog Democrats have been rabid in their opposition to a public insurance option, a different group has emerged to voice moderates' concerns over financial regulation -- but both are magnets for cash from the financial sector.
Congressional Opponents of Consumer Financial Protection Bill Got Big Money from Wall Street Interests
October 26, 2009 | On Thursday, the House Financial Services Committee approved H.R. 3126, which would create a new executive branch agency to oversee consumer financial protections, on a 39-29 vote. CRP has found that $527,500 is the average amount a committee member who voted "no" received from financial groups' PACs and employees between January 2007 and June. The average amount a member who voted "yes" received was $438,900.
Potentially Vulnerable House Democrats Flex Fund-raising Muscle During First Three Quarters
October 21, 2009 | Democratic incumbents in the U.S. House of Representatives that their party views as potentially vulnerable raised an average of $842,400 since January, while Republican incumbents in the House viewed as potentially threatened raised an average of $597,300, the Center for Responsive Politics has found. Furthermore, these Democratic lawmakers ended the third quarter with an average of $646,000 in cash on hand, while these Republican congressmen ended the quarter with an average of $434,300.
Insurers On Alert Have Given $4 Million to Committees Grilling Them
September 15, 2009 | A number of lawmakers have requested that insurers disclose their financial records, including details on executive pay and entertainment expenditures. Members of three of the committees to receive this information have also collected millions from these companies for their campaigns.
Tracking Your Representatives' Health Care Cash
June 25, 2009 | Here's a cool tool that brings together data from various parts of OpenSecrets.org to show how much money each current lawmaker has raised from various health-related industries and the health sector overall since 1989 (including President Obama's haul).
Wall Street's Greenbacks Fill Democrats' Coffers
June 10, 2009 | Although the economy didn't show many signs of improvement in the first few months of 2009, Democrats were benefiting more from Wall Street than they had in any previous cycle, pulling in 58 percent of all contributions that the finance, insurance and real estate sector gave between January and March.
Capital Eye Report: Credit Rating Agencies Under Fire Drop More Dollars on Political Influence
May 14, 2009 | As Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) eye new rules and regulations to ameliorate the financial turmoil, credit rating agencies are coming under increased scrutiny and are reaching out to K Street for a helping hand.
Keeping Tabs on Wall Street, Stimulus Efforts and the Bailout
February 25, 2009 | Since August 2008, when the economic crisis started making headlines and companies began asking lawmakers for some financial help in the form of billions of dollars, CRP has been taking a look at the political influence of companies and industries looking for a government lifeline. This archive contains what we've produced as we follow the money behind the Wall Street shakeout and the government's attempts to jump-start the economy.
Embattled Lobbying Firm PMA Targeted Members of Defense Committees
February 12, 2009 | The close ties between Rep. John Murtha and a Washington lobbying firm raided by the FBI have put the powerful Pennsylvania Democrat under greater scrutiny. The lobbyists at PMA Group have been Murtha's fifth most generous campaign donor over time, but he is just one of 284 members of the 111th Congress who have collected money from the firm, which specializes in securing federal earmarks for its clients. In total, PMA Group's employees and its political action committee have given current members of Congress $3.4 million since 1989.
Congressmen Hear from TARP Recipients Who Funded Their Campaigns
February 10, 2009 | The eight CEOs testifying Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee about how their companies are using billions of dollars in bailout funds may find that the hot seat is merely lukewarm. Nearly every member of the committee received contributions associated with these financial institutions during the 2008 election cycle, for a total of $1.8 million.
Blagojevich Fundraiser Added to Obama, Biden, Jackson War Chests
January 26, 2009 | Although it's unclear to what extent businessman Raghuveer Nayak was involved in Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged scheme to sell President Obama's Senate seat, what is clear is Nayak's commitment to funding the campaigns of the governor, the new president, the new vice president and others in Congress and the administration.
One in Four Candidates Finished Race in Debt
December 22, 2008 | Why, when all but a few tight races have been determined, are candidates still asking for money? Campaign debt. Despite the astronomical sums of money citizens contributed this election cycle, many candidates ended their bids for office in the red. In fact, 665 out of 2,339 candidates in the 2008 election cycle ended their campaigns in a deficit, or 28 percent. The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics found that '08 candidates have a combined debt of $144 million. However, of that figure, $125 million is self-financed debt, or money that aspiring lawmakers owe to themselves.
Money Wins Presidency and 9 of 10 Congressional Races in Priciest U.S. Election Ever
November 5, 2008 | The historic election of 2008 re-confirmed one truism about American democracy: Money wins elections. From the top of the ticket, where Barack Obama declined public financing for the first time since the system's creation and went on to amass a nearly two-to-one monetary advantage over John McCain, to congressional races throughout the nation, the candidate with the most money going into Election Day emerged victorious in nearly every contest.
Races to Watch VIII: Top Self-Funders
October 6, 2008 | On its own, fundraising is a serious challenge; add the obstacle of navigating complicated campaign finance laws and it's enough to deter many from the political arena. However, individuals with deep pockets can finance their own campaigns, and unlike contributions raised from other people, there is no limit to how much personal money candidates can give themselves. Capital Eye takes a look at the top self-funders seeking congressional office this election cycle.
Races to Watch I: Challengers Outraising Incumbents
September 24, 2008 | With few exceptions, incumbents will out-raise their challengers--so far this election cycle, incumbents for Congress have raised nine times more than their challengers, on average, and there is not a single Senate race where the challenger has raised more money than the sitting senator. Although challengers aren't winning the money race on the Senate side, the Center for Responsive Politics has identified 14 House races where the challenger surpassed the incumbent in fundraising after the most recent reporting period, through June.
Money and Votes Aligned in Congress's Last Debate Over Bank Regulation
September 23, 2008 | The last time Congress seriously debated how to regulate the financial industry, the result was legislation that allowed the nation's largest banks to get even larger and take risks that had been prohibited since the Great Depression. A look back at that debate, which was over the 1999 Financial Services Modernization Act, reveals that campaign contributions may have influenced the votes of politicians who, a decade later, are now grappling with the implosion of the giant banks they helped to foster.
Update: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Invest in Lawmakers
September 11, 2008 | When the federal government announced two months ago that it would be seizing mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, CRP looked at how much money members of Congress had collected since 1989 from the companies. On Sunday the government proceeded with the takeover and we've returned to our data to bring you the updates, this time providing a list of all 354 lawmakers who have gotten money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (in July we posted the top 25).
A Candidate in Motion
March 13, 2008 | Newton's first law of motion (that an object in motion tends to stay in motion) is true in physics and also seems to apply to physicists running for Congress. Over the weekend, physicist and businessman Bill Foster, a Democrat, was unstoppable in Illinois's 14th Congressional District. Foster beat Republican Jim Oberweis in former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert's district, winning a seat that Republicans had held for decades.
Congress Has Wealth to Weather Economic Downturn
March 13, 2008 | As Americans worry about their own finances, their elected representatives in Washington—with a collective net worth of $3.6 billion—are mostly in good shape to withstand a recession.
New Web Tools Track Congressional Finances and Travel
October 10, 2006 | Easy-to-search databases add to free offerings of award-winning OpenSecrets.org ____________________ The non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics has added two new features to its award-winning money-in-politics Web site, OpenSecrets.org. One database details more than $2.4 billion in assets reported by members of Congress, the president and other top federal officials, making their personal financial disclosures fully…
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On the starboard side of Rusalka, there is a cargo container on the main deck with a tape player wedged under one of its doors. You can see the container from the chopper, but you will need to land before you can get the item. You may want to destroy the two enemy choppers first, then explore for this one.
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When Mason and Hudson enter the ship's interior, you will pass through a locker room (with wet-suits) and then arrive in a control room of sorts. Investigate the control room and check out the table with the tea kettle/water boiler and stack of drawers. A tape player is secreted under this particular table. If you enter the diving bay, you went too far.
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At the undewater base, there is a small room right before the large room (with a map of the U.S.A.) and the signal switch you need to activate (this switch ends the game). In the small room just before, stand at the entrance opposite of the clock on the wall. The tape player is underneath the control panel to your front and right.
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The American Civil Liberties Union: Uncomfortable Truths About The Origins
Roderick T. Beaman | September 16 2004
Probably like most other libertarians, I have come to this philosophy from the Right end of the political spectrum. Over the years, I have been very critical and, I must admit hostile, to The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). That said, our movement must welcome all to our cause. We have been receiving interest also, for quite a while, from the Left end of the spectrum.
Many libertarians have found reason to work with ACLU on certain issues and there is no doubt that there is firm common ground on which we stand. In those matters, we can join them. I have been having some exchanges with members of two libertarian e-groups and decided to do some more intense study of ACLU. I wish I could say that this mollified my feelings but it made it worse. What I found out about its origins horrified me. It was the political goal of many of the founders of ACLU to destroy this country and everything it stood for.
ACLU was founded on January 19, 1920. It grew out of a predecessor group, The National Civil Liberties Bureau which in turn had grown out of the American Union Against Militarism, and a soiree that was held in New York City and attended by just about every radical from the thriving New York scene of the time. The founders numbered over 60 but the bulk of the work was assumed by the following core:
Roger Nash Baldwin - the founding, long time, director of ACLU. Born to wealth, at the time of the founding, he was deeply involved in the communist movement. As late as 1935, he gave a speech stating that his political vision was communist. During the 1940s, Baldwin would participate in the purging of communists from ACLU, against a lot of opposition, and, in the 1950s, endorsed the work of Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
Norman Thomas - a Presbyterian minister and radical socialist who advocated the total abolition of capitalism. He was also a eugenicist who warned against the excessive reproduction of undesirables. Thomas was a six time Socialist Party presidential candidate. Also a committed pacifist, he joined Charles Lindbergh's American First Committee to keep us out of World War II. Then as now, politics made very strange bedfellows. He joined Baldwin in the 1940s purge of communists from ACLU.
John Haynes Holmes - a Unitarian minister, a pacifist, socialist and also a founder of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
L. Hollingsworth Wood - a Quaker, pacifist and a co-founder of the Urban League.. I could find nothing that indicated his politics.
John Nevin Sayre - an ordained Episcopal minister, Sayre was a pacifist and believed that Jesus Christ was also. I could discern no other political agenda. Sayre was likely the most sincere of ACLU's founders.
The following is a random selection of others who were among the founders:
Crystal Eastman - pacifist, socialist and feminist. She had been active as a supporter of the radical International Workers of the World (I.W.W.), a radical group with very strong ties to communism. She would have been in the core group but for an illness at the time of ACLU's inception.
Helen Keller - a communist. This astonished me. Libertarians have long maintained that you can't believe what you learn from government sponsored schools and Hollywood. Never was that better illustrated than in the case of Helen Keller. 'The Miracle Worker' told us that she was a great teacher and struggled after being left blind and deaf from a childhood fever. For that, she must be admired.
But during the early 1920s, she wrote and spoke flatteringly about the two competing and emerging German variations of socialism, the national socialism of Adolf Hitler and international revolutionary socialism, or communism.
Radicalized at Radcliffe, she addressed others, as she was often addressed, as 'Comrade'. Ironically, under the eugenics of German National Socialism, Keller would likely have been judged as flawed and exterminated for having been so vulnerable to have been left damaged by her illness.
Elizabeth Flynn Gurley - a communist, she later became chairman of CPUSA.
Felix Frankfurter - a social reformer, became interested in ACLU when pacifists and socialists were being harassed by the government. Frankfurter would later be appointed to the Supreme Court by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was known for judicial restraint and deference to the legislative and executive branches, which may have endeared him to FDR who had already steamrollered congress into obeisance. Later, this attitude would irritate liberals who looked to the courts for the furtherance of their causes.
John Dewey - radical socialist educator who believed that the function of the educational system was to train future agents for the goals of the state. His educational theories dominate our system today.
Clarence Darrow - lionized by Hollywood in 'Inherit The Wind' and the Left for defending teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution. I could find nothing about his politics other than that he was a social reformer. He was an agnostic.
Jane Addams - social activist, feminist, and pacifist. She was also a founder of the NAACP.
Upton Sinclair - socialist and author of many novels. He began his career by writing ethnic jokes and mini-novels. 'The Jungle' , a full novel, was an expose of disgusting conditions in the Chicago meat packing industry. It led to the Pure Food and Drug Act which established the FDA. Not even his supporters maintain that he produced anything of literary value. His stories were long on sensationalism and short on character and plot.
A. J. Muste - at the time, a communist who was committed to revolutionary politics. He later later became a Christian pacifist after a trip to the Soviet Union and a meeting with Leon Trotsky. Many associates maintained though that he never completely abandoned his attachment to Marxism.
Harry F. Ward - a lifetime communist, he authored "Soviet Democracy" and "Soviet Spirit," two pro-Communist books.
Albert DeSilver - radical socialist attorney who had worked with the I.W.W. He willed his entire fortune to ACLU.
This is the cast of characters; in a steering committee of five, one communist, two socialists and three pacifists. In a random selection of eleven additional members, four communists, five radical socialists, two pacifists, two feminists and two social reformers. It's not difficult to discern an ideologic tilt to the organization.
And it got worse afterwards. By the 1940s, so many ACLU members were communists and members of other radical and communist organizations that Roger Baldwin grew alarmed at the attention that American security agencies were focusing on it. Aided by others, such as Norman Thomas, he led a purge of communists from the top leadership.
It was indeed unfortunate that pacifists had to make common cause with communists and others at the time because their movement was forever tainted by it. Many communists agitated for pacifism to facilitate communist insurgencies across the world. For them it was a means to the end of accomplishing their Nirvana, the total subjugation of humanity to the communist jackboot.
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CHAD and Sudan have been fighting across their 600km (370-mile) border for six long years. Yet in the past month relations between the two countries have suddenly started to improve. The Chadian president, Idriss Déby, paid a surprise visit to Khartoum last week to be embraced by his Sudanese opposite number, Omar al-Bashir, sealing a truce between the two countries.
Whether this leads to lasting peace is another matter. This is at least their fourth pact since 2004. The previous one, made in Qatar last year, fell apart after just two days. Yet there are reasons to think that this time might be different.
Unlike previous efforts, the latest agreement is the result of domestic logic, not outside pressure. Both presidents could do with a peace deal for their own survival. Mr Bashir faces a south anxious for independence, an election in April and conflict in the western region of Darfur that borders on Chad. He is also wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes. Making peace with Chad might improve his standing with the West and with his own people.
Mr Déby also faces elections, and is under pressure from America and France, his main foreign backers, to ensure that voting at least looks fair and peaceful. Money matters too. With lower oil prices, Chad can ill afford the war against its Sudanese-backed rebels.
Chad has, in its turn, backed rebel groups in Darfur as proxy fighters against Mr Bashir's government. So peace between Sudan and Chad should help resolve the seven-year-old conflict in Darfur. Despite a recent spike in violence in the region, negotiations continue in Doha between the rebel factions and the Sudanese government.


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This is for Florida mom's who don't vax. When claiming the religious exemption for school.. I'm curious to know, what exactly did you have to go through to get this? I know you have to go up to the health department, but what else did you have to do? was it simply a matter of signing a paper.. or more a matter of writing a paper stating your religious reasoning for the exemption? Thank you
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All you had to do was fill out a form with your name, etc., and then they call you back and the nurse (I think it was a nurse anyway) has you sign a blue religious exemption form and then she signed and stamped it. She did not ask any questions and in FL it is illegal for them to ask any questions about religion. I cannot attach a copy of the form here for some reason. I will try to send it to you via PM.
"The DH 681 is issued ONLY by county health departments and ONLY for a child who is not immunized because of his/her family's religious tenets or practices. If a parent requests such an exemption, the county health department staff must use the current DH 681 Form, which has been signed by the parent affirming the written statement on the form that a religious conflict exists. This form must be issued upon request. No other information should be solicited from the parent or guardian.
B. Completion of DH 681:
The following information must be completed on the DH 681:
1. The child's complete name, date of birth, and parent or guardian's name.
The child's Social Security number (SS#) is optional. The Florida SHOTS ID should be included, if known.
2. Parent's (or guardian's) signature and date of signature.
3. County health department stamp, signature of the county health department director/administrator or their authorized designee, and date the form is issued."
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