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This is my first post and sorry to say but I finally decided to go back to inflatable kites.
So far, I had a chance to fly P3 10M and 13M in water. They are great in the air but on water, they have been causing multiple problems including bow tied, drinking water, tangled lines etc....
I have to admit, it probably is 90% my fault as I am new to Flysurfer kites. As a matter of fact, if the kite sits on water leading edge down, re-launch is quite straight forward.
Yesterday, I've decided to practice real-life scenario, activating 5th line, crashing the kite, letting go the bar and etc, just normal stuff that can happen during riding. In two occasions, water got into the kite. First time when it happened, there was too much water in the kite to lanuch so I had to drag it to the beach and drain it (edited). Second, someone drained the water while I was holding the kite on water.
After that point, I was thinking "what if that happens in deep water?" Do I pretty much have to abandon my kite and swim back? How did you guys deal with it when it happened to you? At the end, I was so paranoid, I couldn't even go out far. Definately no fun on that.
I wanted to be a cool guy flying foils like you guys but I guess I am not good enough yet. I hate to go back to tubes but I think that's right decision for me. I've learned a ton of stuff in this forum and I really appreciate that. - Brian


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A similar poverty-related situation is reflected in health insurance. The same C.B.P.P. report states that the number of uninsured people rose last year to a record 46.6 million people, an increase of 1.3 million. The drop in coverage since 2001 stems primarily from an erosion in employer-based insurance. The center's executive director, Robert Greenstein, observes in the report that the country has yet to make progress in reducing poverty, raising the typical family's income or stemming the rise in the ranks of the uninsured.Peace Without BordersWhen the destructiveness of war overtakes a society, peace is sometimes difficult even to imagine. That is particularly true in regions where war has long run rampant across borders, as it has done in central Africa, where Uganda, Sudan and Congo meet. Yet the civil war in the Congo officially ended in 2003 (although violence continues in the east), and the 19-year-long civil war in Uganda may finally be drawing to a close as well. Because this war has been so horrific, the scenes unfolding in the peace process have the makings of an epic reconciliation.
The first surprise was that the cruel Lord's Resistance Army, led by Joseph Kony, agreed to a cease-fire in late August, after more than a month of mediation by the government of Southern Sudan and the Sant'Egidio Community. Next the rebels accepted a truce with the Ugandan government. Now hundreds of its fighters are assembling at the two neutral camps set up for the rebels across the border in Sudan, including Vincent Otti, the L.R.A. deputy commander, with Joseph Kony, the commander, not far behind.
Kony and Otti are lobbying to have the warrants for their arrest dropped and to have the case before the International Criminal Court in the Hague, where they have been indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity, withdrawn by the Ugandan government. So uncertainties remain.
Whenever peace is achieved, it typically means bringing home soldiers and prisoners of war, but any such homecoming in Uganda promises to be especially poignant. Those to be released will include some 1,500 to 2,000 women and children still held captive. Many of those are among the 20,000 boys and girls (by U.N. estimates) whom the rebels had kidnapped from their homes as children and forced to commit murders and other atrocities.
The United Nations is already preparing to assist with family reunions. This is a peace the whole world would do well to ponder.Accentuate the PositiveAt first everyone hoped, and many believed, that the war would be fast-moving, mechanized, remote-controlled, and perhaps even rather easy. That's Paul Fussell, the cultural critic, writing not about the current war in Iraq, but about World War II in Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War, published in 1989. One of Fussell's arguments is that World War II was the first war to make use of the modern public-relations apparatus so familiar to Americans today.
The author does not impugn the colossal sacrifice of the soldiers who battled the Axis powers. Far from it: Fussell himself served in the armed forces during the war. Rather, he elucidates the ways that the U.S. government withheld negative information from the populace to accentuate the positive in order to maintain morale. Words were carefully chosen, in the manner of a Madison Avenue ad agency. A panicky rout, at the Kasserine Pass, or in the Ardennes, is better not designated as a retreat: it is a retrograde movement or disengagement.
Mr. Fussell's book is essential reading for those who wonder why our governmentwhich persists in pointing to a supposed link between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, which avoids admitting that Iraq teeters on the brink of civil war and which asks Americans to believe that we can eliminate all terrorismcontinues to sound so optimistic. It is all part of the battle. Those attentive to the maintenance of home-front morale, writes Fussell, became skilled at optimistic prose.... What is needed from our leaders today is not such prose but facts that will finally allow the American populace to understand the complicated reality of our occupation of Iraq.


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In comments and e-mails you asks us a lot of questions about Hellraid. Although it's often too early to go into details because of ongoing development process of the game, we've put together a list of frequently asked questions and got them answered. Feel free to leave any additional questions that comes into your mind in the comment section.
What is Hellraid?
We're calling Hellraid a first-person co-op slasher. We invented this genre to capture the idea behind our game which blends elements of classic hack & slash titles with a more advanced combat system based on timing and precision, RPG's, shooters and multiplayer games into one unique experience seen in very immersive, first-person perspective.
Will gamers experience Hellraid only in co-op? What is the main difference between playing solo and in co-op?
Hellraid can be experienced both in single-player and in co-operation. While playing solo you explore the world, complete quests, gather loot and develop your character. In co-operation tension rises when you struggle to achieve mission goals while competing with your friends for points granted for each kill, team-plays and automatically generated challenges throughout the game.
What does the gameplay in Hellraid look like?
In Hellraid you travel between levels using a web of magic portals. Each level can be played an unlimited number of times to complete the story campaign, side quests and to defeat forces of evil with friends while competing for experience, points, rewards and places on leaderboards. During the game players can use a variety of melee, ranged and magical weapons. Combat is expanded with a set of unique active skills for each character class which gives the team additional tactical capabilities while searching for treasure, completing objectives, avoiding deadly traps, fighting the hordes of enemies and boss battles.
Will gamers be able to develop their characters, or customize the weapons and armor?
Each of the four character classes available in Hellraid (Warrior, Mage, Paladin and Rogue) will have their own skill tree that can be developed during the game. Along with that players can customize their weapons using an advanced crafting system or change their combat capabilities and appearance with armor that can be bought in shops, traded between the players or found during the game.
Who or what is Game Master?
Game Master is a complex system inspired by pen and paper role-playing games that makes each play through of Hellraid a different, completely new experience. In co-operation mode, Game Master carefully selects competitive challenges for players and awards the best ones at the end of each level. It changes where and how you and your friends complete quests, placement, numbers and types of enemies you encounter as well as deploying treasure chests and loot.
Will Game Master work in single-player as well?
Yes, Game Master will alter the experience in single-player the same way it does in co-op but without the competitive challenges which are unique for playing with your friends.
How long is Hellraid and when it will be released?
Thanks to Game Master and the varied experiences that it provides, Hellraid will give players hundreds of hours of pure fun. The game will be released in 2013 for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.


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ATLANTA - SEPTEMBER 13: Tony Gonzalez #88 of the Atlanta Falcons against the Miami Dolphins at Georgia Dome on September 13, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
When the Atlanta Falcons season ended in the NFL Championship, many considered it a foregone conclusion that future Hall of Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez was going to call it quits. Having played a total of 16 NFL season and being the all-time leader in Touchdowns and receptions for tight end, a Super Bowl was the only thing missing from Gonzalez' resume. It appears Gonzalez thought his best shot at a championship was this season, because he made it clear that he planned to retire at its conclusion. Now Falcons GM tells Pro Football Talk, that may not be the case. "Tony has done so much for us on and off the field and I don't believe, not stating that he would be lying to anyone, but I don't believe the 95 percent," Dimitroff said. "I want to believe it's a lot closer to 50/50, to be honest with you, and we've had discussions. Obviously Mike Smith has had discussions with him. We're all in a good place. Ultimately it's up to Tony to decide if he wants to come back and potentially catch 100 balls again. I think it's one of those situations that Tony was so effective for us down the stretch and I can't imagine that his appetite wasn't sort of whet from his contributions in the playoffs." We'll have to see what Gonzalez decides ultimately. With the team being so close to a Super Bowl berth, perhaps Gonzalez wants to give it one more run.
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Facing flat funding, SUNY and CUNY activists, students, and union leaders are fighting for more money.
Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget keeps funding for the state's universities and colleges flat.
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Freddie Gibbs featured at Tomorrow Never Knows — and he really doesn't know what tomorrow may bring
Freddie Gibbs doesn't understand what's happened to rap. Unapologetically gangsta — with the criminal record to back it up — the Gary, Ind., rapper looks around at these sensitive types, fashion bombs and party boys populating contemporary hip-hop. He rants about it, he rhymes about it ("Rap is for … divas," he raps), he tweets about it. Lordy does he tweet about it. When his feed isn't spewing about the Bears, it's jabbing at other rappers he judges to be inauthentic.
"It's all just corny," Gibbs said during an interview last week from Los Angeles. "It's n—-s doing something because the next man is doing it. The way everybody be rapping now — they say a word, they use this metaphor, talking a lot of bullsh–. Dudes with hairstyles, all kinds of dumb sh– in rap … not enough originality. Boys who grew up in the suburbs, talking sh– about the streets. … I speak my mind. I'm throwing out shoes. Motherf—–s need to put 'em on and wear 'em."
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Indeed, while young rappers like Drake top the pop charts and Kanye West has once again raised the bar of what a hip-hop album can achieve, Gibbs, 28, is stubbornly old-school, a gangsta rapper fresh from the mold of Tupac and Biggie and telling tales of hard days on the streets of Gary. He dealt drugs. He took them (he used to sprinkle Oxycontin in his joints). He shot and was shot at. He robbed freight trains.
That's the past, but it's the near past. His rap career just started a few years ago, the result of boredom while dealing drugs out of a friend's recording studio in Gary.
"So I can't say I'm all the way detached from that," Gibbs said. "I'm still on probation [18 months for a gun charge]. I'm still a street dude. … I walk with God. I'm not worried about nothing. But I've lived a lifestyle that's dangerous, and still could be. I move with respect. I'm not Superman out here [in L.A.]. I watch where I'm at and go places I'm familiar with. I could still die like Tupac."
A daily awareness of something like that is why his raps ring with a rarely heard integrity, even though our conversation was littered with the usual gangsta boasts ("Be sure to print that I'm the greatest rapper of all time"). "Product, I pushed that / I just pray my baby brother don't follow my footsteps," he confesses in "Live by the Game." Gibbs shows up on a new online track, "Field N—-Blues," with Mikkey Halsted (including superb piano and production by No I.D.), rapping, "Mama was the mail lady, Daddy was the Po's / secretly they both despised the life that I had chose." On "The Ghetto," from last summer's mixtape "Str8 Killa No Filla," Gibbs tries to distinguish the place from the people.
"The ghetto ain't all negative," Gibbs said. "Just because you're from the ghetto doesn't mean you're a dope dealer or a crackhead. There's a lot of good people in Gary, people from the ghetto who went on to be doctors and lawyers. I want to be a success story from Gary, not just a statistic. This whole project is my quest to redeem myself and do better. It's all an open book."
Naked and honest, maybe, but not lucrative. Gibbs had a shot at traditional commercial success, getting signed to Interscope Records in 2005. But by then, gangstas were passe. Interscope didn't know what to do with him, and Gibbs refused to follow trends. One of his recent singles, "National Anthem (F— the World)," states his stand:
Never change my style up for any of them, I'm strictly thuggin'
Lotta n—-s made a name off banging and hustling but really wasn't
I built my name with no features or some expensive budget
Come from mine, cause I co-sign, can't coincide with the sh–I'm bustin'
Interscope dropped him without so much as a single, but tracks like that and dozens of others have been hot links online for two years. The way Gibbs has put his music out there for fans to discover is one of the reasons he's booked as part of this week's Tomorrow Never Knows, a festival of largely forward-thinking musicians booked through the weekend in three Chicago venues. Gibbs has yet to release a full-length album. In two years, he's thrown out five mixtapes, one EP (last year's crackling "Str8 Killa") and single after single online.
He is, however, at work on a full-length debut, "Baby-Faced Killa," promised later this year (though yet another mixtape, "A Cold Day in Hell," is coming in February). After starting a career on batches and singles, what's he got to say over a whole album?
"This album will be a soundtrack of a day in my life, myself and others from my city," Gibbs said. That "city" is still Gary, even though Gibbs is now based in L.A. "A day in my life is about heartbreak and violence. There's drugs, but there's good times and joy. There's probably some stuff I shouldn't be rapping about, really" — he laughs — "but, hey, no apologies."
And what if it doesn't happen? What if he doesn't make a million bucks and start hanging with Kanye in Hawaii? How does he pay his rent without dealing again? I ask this, and Gibbs stops boasting for the first time, ever so briefly. He goes quiet, pensive. He has no idea.
"Well," he says after a brief hesitation, "that's the million-dollar question." Another pause. "I'll figure whatever else I'm good at. If music don't work out — and I don't see that happening 'cause I'm the dopest and freshest — I don't know." Another pause, longer. "That's a great f—ing question. I don't know. I just pray every day I'm going in the right direction. I ain't in nobody's jailhouse or nobody's cemetery. That's gotta be good enough."


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Parents of 5th graders spend the fall calling parent coordinators and checking school websites to find out about middle school tours and open houses. Some who aren't quick enough find themselves closed out of daytime tours at popular schools.
Now the Department of Education has compiled a list of school open house and tour dates for many districts. It doesn't include every school -- and some of the schools require you to call and make an appointment anyway. Still the list is a helpful start for busy parents. Find the list of dates and schools here [PDF].
Some districts hold Principal Forums for parents, invitiing principals to give a brief show and tell about their schools. District 15 in Brooklyn is holding a forum on Monday, Oct. 28 at Sunset Park High School; District 3 on Manhattan's Upper West Side is holding one on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at PS/IS 76.
Middle school fairs conclude this week on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 16-17, from 5:30 - 7:30 pm. Check our calendar for details and districts.
Upcoming deadline: Sign for OLSAT testing in Queens' District 24 and for the Mark Twain School for the Gifted & Talented test and audition by Wednesday, Oct. 16. See the DOE's middle school admissions timeline here.
High School Hustle: Get ready to compromise
When I look back on the full-time job of finding a New York City public high school for my kids, I'm reminded of looking for my first apartment.
Anyone else remember coming to New York City with big dreams and a tiny paycheck? And being shown moldy, tiny apartments, up endless flights of stairs, in neighborhoods no one wanted to visit?
Remember fantasizing about fireplaces, decks and duplexes? Maybe the dreams weren't even that big. In those early days, I would have happily settled for views of anything other than brick walls, proximity to a subway, and maybe a small washing machine.
Sorry to say that the real estate comparison is valid when you are searching out high schools in Gotham. Your fantasy apartment is out of reach; the perfect high school does not exist.
Applying to middle school? Here's how.
Middle school admissions season kicks into high gear this week for parents of 5th graders. You can meet school representatives at evening district fairs held between Oct. 8-17. Middle school directories for 2013-2014 are online and hard copies are being distributed by elementary schools. Clara Hemphill of Insideschools will be giving a free talk about middle school options on Thursday at New York University.
Now is the time to sign up for school tours and open houses! Check school websites, or call the school to find out about them. In some popular schools, especially in Manhattan where there is active school choice, many tours are already fully booked. If you're shut out, try contacting the parent coordinator to see if additional tours will be added.
In addition to fairs, some districts hold informational nights where principals talk about their schools. Check with your district's family advocate to see if one is scheduled. (You can find their names and contact information on our district pages.)
Ask Judy: How do I build up my zoned school?
I am the parent of a child in pre-kindergarten and am newly elected to a PTA board in Brooklyn. Our zoned school is a lower performing and not highly sought after school in a district that is overcrowded because of what the other schools offer. I was hoping to work on improving parent involvement, increasing retention at the school and raising funds for enrichment programs at this school. Today we were told that because of decreased enrollment we are losing a teacher. For now I am focusing on the short term crisis of how to either gain 33 students or raise $125,000 in a few weeks. In the long run we need a parent coordinator (ours has been out since 1/2013), and ideas of how parents could work with the administration to make this a school where parents want to send their children. I would really appreciate any guidance on how to proceed!
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Dear Pre-K parent,
You have three tasks -- maybe a dozen, but three to start with. You need to build up the school's reputation among parents of young children. You need to raise money. And you need to engage the administration in forging a new perspective. As you noted, these are long term projects -- you won't see results right away but in their pursuit, you will build up a strong stakeholder constituency. In fact, a strong constituency engaging parents, teacher and administrators, as well as the wider community is key to any kind of school improvement effort. See also what I wrote about ways to attract students to a zoned school in a previous column.
For more immediate results try posting a notice on neighborhood parent listservs to let parents know that seats are still available in your school. You can also post notices on supermarket bulletin boards and in local storefronts. I don't know if 33 kids will show up, but it's a start.
When "school choice" means "no choice"
As I planned to relocate to New York City to begin a fellowship at Columbia University this fall, a housing specialist advised me to move into School District 3 because it had "better options" for my 12-year-old daughter.
By the time I established residency — a prerequisite for enrolling in the city's public schools — the "better options" in District 3 had been filled to the hilt.
On our third visit to the makeshift enrollment center in the auditorium of the High School of Fashion Industries on 24th Street (the first time we were turned away because we lacked a lease; the second time there was a "transmission error" as my daughter's records were being faxed over) we secured a referral to Community Action School.
But after an interview with the school's assistant principal, my daughter — who earned almost entirely A's and B's at her last school — was rejected in favor of another student for what was purportedly the last remaining seat.
Report looks at why kids aren't college-ready
High school graduation rates are higher than ever before but college completion remains frustratingly elusive for New York City's public high school graduates.
Barely half of students who enroll in CUNY schools graduate with a Bachelor's degree in six years; fewer than one in five of the students who enrolled in city community colleges in 2009 earned a two-year Associate's degree by 2012. Many city high school grads begin college at a disadvantage: not even a third of New York City's class of 2012 earned high enough test scores to avoid remedial courses at CUNY, which has been nicknamed the "13th grade."
A new report from the Center for New York City Affairs (Insideschools' parent organization), Creating College Ready Communities: Preparing NYC's Precarious New Generation of College Students, explores why so many New York City high school grads struggle to earn college degrees. It gives recommendations on how the city's Department of Education and schools could improve college preparation in K-12 enabling students to have a better chance of success. The report follows four years of research by the Center in 14 low-income city schools which were working to improve their college numbers.
Insideschools event: Applying to high school
Confused about high school admissions? Have questions you need answered about particular schools, or how to fill out the 12-school application?
Insideschools.org can help! We are offering a free workshop for parents on Oct. 9: High School Hustle: How to apply.
Leading the discussion will be Clara Hemphill, founding editor of Insideschools and author of New York City's Best Public High Schools. Joining her are other experts on high school admissions, including Jacquie Wayans, Insideschools assignment editor and Bronx parent of three public school students.
We'll present Insidestats, a new way to judge high schools, explain what to look for in a high school, talk about the various types of high schools and provide plenty of time for Q&A.
The event is sponsored by the Center for NYC Affairs at the New School. It will take place at the Theresa Lang Community & Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 2nd floor, 55 West 13th Street, from 6-8 pm on Wednesday, Oct. 9. It is free, but you must RSVP to EventBrite.
See you there! (Let us know in comments below what questions you'd like to see answered.)
Tips for acing this weekend's high school fair
This weekend, Sept. 28 and 29, is the Department of Education's gigantic citywide high school fair from 10 am to 3 pm at Brooklyn Technical High School. Prepare for a hectic day, where you will meet teachers, students and administrators and find out about their schools.
You can attend information sessions several times during the day, led by staff from the Education Department's enrollment office. This will be helpful especially if you're a newbie to the process (and it will give you a place to sit down and take a breather.)
Here's the schedule provided by the DOE:
- High School Admissions at 11 am and 2 pm on both Saturday and Sunday
- Auditioning for High School Arts Schools and Programs at 12:30 pm on Saturday and Sunday
Most schools will have a table staffed by students, teachers, parent cordinators, guidance counselors and, sometimes the principal. Each borough has a dedicated space between the 2nd and 7th floors. The nine specialized high schools are set up in the first floor gymnasium.
Before you go, make sure to make a list of your "must see" schools. Read the reviews on Insideschools and watch the slideshows and videos. Look at our new "Insidestats" section. It'll give you a thumbnail description on a school's safety and vibe, how well it prepares kids for college, the graduation rate and much more.
Here are some questions you might want to ask school representatives:
- How much homework is typical? Is homework assigned over school vacations?
- Are students allowed outside the building for lunch?
- Does the school offer four years of math and four years of science? (Important for college prep)
- Are Advanced Placement classes offered? What subjects? What are the requirement to take an AP class?
- Besides passing required Regents exams, are there are requirements for graduation? Some schools require you to present a portfolio of your work, or perform community service.
- If the school has a graduating class, which colleges did graduates attend? What percentage of grads went to college? (Check out our Insidestats for that info as well)
- How does the administration handle discipline?
- Are there metal detectors?
- How does the school help students who are struggling?
- How does it challenge the strongest students?
- What are my chances for admission if I don't meet the specific requirements?
- Is there a uniform?
- What are the after school activities? What teams do they have? (Note that this can change from year to year and the directory might not be accurate!)
Here are a few more pointers for the day of the fair:
- Rather than carry around a hefty, heavy directory, consider ripping out the pages of schools that most interest you beforehand.
- Bring a notebook and pen to write down your impressions and any notes
- Collect fliers, or write down, the dates and times of school info sessions and tours
- If there's a sign-in sheet for a school that interests you -- sign in! That gives you a leg-up in admissions for some schools
- Dress for summer. It gets hot and steamy inside the huge building and there is no place to stash a jacket.
- Wear comfortable shoes and bring water. You'll be climbing up and down stairs. There will be food and drink for sale, but still, nice to have your own supply.
- Don't drive! Brooklyn Tech is close to virtually all subway lines and many bus routes. Traffic in the surrounding residential streets can be horrendous, so do yourself a favor and take public transportation.
Insideschools will be at the fair. Stop by our first floor table too.
Before you go, be sure to watch our video: Making the most of the high school fair
If you don't make the big fair this weekend, there will be fairs in every borough on Oct. 19 and 20. Insideschools is hosting our own Applying to High School event on Oct. 9. Watch for details.
Wiggle-room for late birthday kids?
There's good news for parents who don't want to send their kids to kindergarten before their 5th birthday. The Department of Education is proposing a change in enrollment allowing for more flexibility in the placement of five and six year-olds. In the past, the DOE has been rigid in its rule that a child's birth year determine his grade placement.
The change to the city's enrollment regulation gives district superintendents the final say in deciding whether a child who turns six during the calendar year must enter 1st grade or whether kindergarten - or a different grade - is more appropriate. Parents will have to provide medical, or other documentation, making the case for placement in a different grade.
College Counselor: Can I campus-hop?
Q: I am a sophomore in high school, but I am already looking at colleges and think I want to transfer between several campuses. I was wondering if that is even possible – to attend not just one or two, but even three colleges without adding any extra years. If so, would I be able to transfer between any school I like, or would a certain school's transfer program limit my choices?
A: Not only are you thinking ahead, you are thinking TOO far ahead! Generally, I tell sophomores that it really is too early to start planning for college (other than being open-minded and making academics their #1 priority). But your question about transferring is something that concerns many students.


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TV Info
Episode PremiereNovember 25, 2012
Show Period2010 - 2013
Production CompanyBlown Deadline Production
Cast and Crew
DirectorAnthony Hemingway
ScreenwriterDavid Simon, Eric Overmyer
Main Cast
- Wendell Pierce as Antoine Batiste
- Steve Zahn as Davis McAlary
- Clarke Peters as Albert Lambreaux
- Khandi Alexander as Ladonna Batiste-Williams
- Melissa Leo as Toni Bernette
- Kim Dickens as Janette Desautel
- Rob Brown
- Lucia Micarelli
- Michiel Huisman
- John Goodman as Creighton Bernette
- Jon Seda as Nelson Hidalgo
- David Morse as Terry Colson
- India Ennenga
- Anthony Anderson as Derek Watson
Davis (Steve Zahn) and Cheeky Blakk go "full ghetto" on Davis' goodbye to the musician's life. Tim Feeny (Sam Robards) reveals himself and his intentions to Janette when he finds out that she's throwing an unauthorized benefit for Gigi's. Delmond parts ways with the powers that be. Toni sees hope that Joey Abreu's killer may be prosecuted.


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Ben Askren on Bellator 86 title defense against Karl Amassou: 'the fans are going to be disappointed again' - MMAmania.com
Askren's next opponent, Karl Amoussou, who "Funky" faces at Bellator 86 on Jan. 24, 2013, has repeatedly called Askren "boring" and attacked the fighting style of the Duke Roufus trained athlete.
For Askren, the opinion of the fans and his opponents matters not, he simply chalks up all the hate to the fact people may not like him, or they want to see him lose. Which is fine, because Askren has no problem with continuing to rack up wins using his wrestling and "disappoint" those who dislike him each and every time he steps in the cage to compete.
"...People want to see me lose for whatever reason -- my attitude, my style, whatever it is," Askren said on Friday's Bellator 86 pre-fight media conference call. "You know when I get on top and I get on top fast and frequently, they know the bottom guy has zero chance to escape and zero chance to submit me, so, you know, it's a rather boring fight for them because what they want to see is they want to see me lose, but they know it's not going to happen in their hearts so, you know, they got to sit there disappointed for 25 minutes because they don't get to see what they want.
"And you know, come next Thursday, the fans are going to be disappointed again because there's no way that belt's leaving my waist."
Whether you choose to never watch him compete again or tune in every time with the hopes he receives a beating, Askren is who he is, and he's proud of his ability to dominate with wrestling.
Regardless of if you love him or hate him, Askren remains firm in his stance that his style is never going to chance, so you better get used to it.
"You know I'm never going to change my style. I am who I am and I'm not afraid to be that guy," he said. "I've had a lot of time since my last fight and I have made serious improvement to a lot of areas, but nevertheless I'll never be as good at everything else as I am at wrestling, so that's always going to be my base,
"I'm not shy to admit that and I'm actually proud that I grew up a wrestler and that's my background."


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Welcome to the last stop on the tour inside my home: the master suite of course.
My bedside lamps are where the entire color palette began and they remain one of my favorite parts of the room. I once read that every girl should own a matching set of something. Well, these lamps are my something.
My other favorite is the starburst mirror that resides above my headboard. After months of watching and waiting I got a great deal on it!
Curtains are at the top of my Wish List. I'm dying to find some plain linen ones in goldenrod, but they're proving to be the death of me. So now I'm also beginning to consider either a light gray or teal colored set.
I'm all about white bedding. I've covered my down comforter with duvets in the past and it just doesn't feel the same to me. I believe in a white down comforter always and white sheets when possible. These are 500 thread count Egyptian cotton and have spoiled me like no other. If you've never experienced a set I suggest you do so in the very near future – your life will never be the same!
I don't ever use the top of my dresser and mirror to put on makeup or anything, so it remains fairly uncluttered. The latched box was a gift from a dear friend.
My two dressers have been with me since I was 11. That's forever. I'm definitely searching out some newer, more modern looking pieces. But my grandparents bought these for me and they're really quality work, so they're not headed for Goodwill any time soon.
Just like I inherited my dad's secretary desk, I also have my mom's cedar chest. My grandmother bought it for her and my dad when they got married. I've considered painting it, but can't stand the thought of marring such pretty wood.
This is built-in is the focal point of the walk-in closet off of my bedroom. I use its shelves to display hats, clutches, jewelry box and perfumes. The sight of them never fails to make me smile. There are also shelve above the racks on either side where I stash larger purses and shoeboxes.
This is a painting I whipped up a few weeks ago to fill some space on a wall. Silver paint against dark slate gray always looks amazing.
The paint in the master bath is exactly two shades darker than the bedroom walls. I love the oyster shell hue in the bedroom, but wanted to change it up slightly. I'm all about the white in here as well. White seersucker shower curtain, white towels, white rug. The space isn't all that large, but the use of light colors has definitely helped open it up.
The jewelry I wear most often gets slung across this stand that resembles a tree branch. I also like to keep a few little bowls on the counter for hair clips, lip glosses and my glasses.
I'm actually really impressed with all the storage in the bathroom. I'm a product whore, making lots of space a MUST! To the right of the towel rack is the second walk-in closet. It's safe to say I've never had so much storage in my life!
The only two things that I'd like to do with the bath at the moment are installing a permanent shower rod and replacing the cabinet fixtures with glass knobs. This past weekend we replaced the faucet and it makes such a difference! (Pictures to come)
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BEAUTIFUL! i love that you keep your perfumes in your closet. i've always wanted to do that. but i haven't had a nice big closet like that in a long time!
07-06-09 » 10:22 pm »
me either before this! i love seeing all the half-used bottles displayed and having them right where i get dressed helps me remember to spritz some on, too!
07-07-09 » 2:03 pm »
Gorgeous! I don't keep a bureau in my bedroom anymore, but this makes me miss having such
07-07-09 » 2:06 pm »
I love your space and the all-white theme. As for curtains, I'd check Restoration Hardware. I bought some great linen panels at their outlet for much less than the store price and they are great. Or, if you're handy with a sewing machine you could make your own, linen dyes especially well. Goldenrod would look great.
07-07-09 » 3:29 pm »
thanks for the advice, love-e!
07-07-09 » 3:59 pm »
amber {daisy chain}
looks great! love that starburst mirror, what a nice spot to rest.
07-07-09 » 4:52 pm »
Love those lamps! If you are interested in sewing curtains yourself you should check out Grayline Linen. They have tons of bright colors. http://www.graylinelinen.com/
07-07-09 » 6:23 pm »
ooh, thanks for the link! headed there now.
07-07-09 » 6:26 pm »
please tell me where you got your mirror – I love it!!
07-09-09 » 12:54 pm »
i bought the mirror about two years ago at Pier 1.
07-09-09 » 1:20 pm »
The lamps are beautiful. I'm looking for similar lamps at the moment but may look into making my own from glass bottles. Perhaps easier said than done!
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BOONE, N.C. – Ryan Ningard scored three goals as Young Harris College defeated Lees-McRae College 7-3 in a non-conference men's lacrosse match Sunday (March 30) afternoon at Watauga High School.
The Mountain Lions improved to 4-8 while the Bobcats remained winless in nine matches. Young Harris returns home for the final time when they host Reinhardt University in a 7 p.m. match Wednesday (April 2) at the YHC Soccer and Lacrosse Field.
Young Harris dominated Lees-McRae as they outshot the Bobcats 59-22 and won 11 of the 14 faceoffs.
Lees-McRae got back-to-back goals from Schuylor Dickerson and Louis Parks in a 43-second span as the Bobcats took a 2-0 lead with 5:15 remaining in the first quarter. Zachary Laird scored the first of six unanswered goals by the Mountain Lions with 4:14 left in the quarter. Eric Fancher tied the match at 2 with 10:38 remaining in the first half.
Ningard, who leads the Mountain Lions with 29 goals in 2014, gave Young Harris the lead for good with 8:20 left in the half with his strike off an Adam Staniewicz assist. Ningard would score the next two YHC goals before Staniewicz added a man-up goal off a Joe Appolonia assist to give the Mountain Lions a 6-2 lead with 1:32 remaining in the third quarter.
Lees-McRae broke its scoreless streak of 45 minutes, 40 seconds when Kyle Judge scored with 4:35 remaining in the match. Connor Pittman scored the final YHC goal with three seconds left.
Zac Barrett recorded 11 faceoff wins for the Mountain Lions while Zachary Laird scooped up four ground balls. Kerry Ostrowski, Andrew Kim, Ryan Pickowitz, Mason McBroom and Staniewicz tallied three ground balls apiece for Young Harris.
Bobby Parker (two) and Adam Schneider (three) combined for five stops in goal for the Mountain Lions.


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I was a writer first. Creating new worlds after bedtime, my handwritten words lit by torchlight beneath my blanket. Pouring my young heart into my diary on the long, bumpy bus ride to school. Writing was my outlet and an escape for all I felt. I was a little girl who had felt more deeply than little girls should, with an imagination as big as the universe.
Mine were always the stories read by the teacher to the class. Soon the children asked if I could write stories to be read to them every week and I did with great joy. As I read aloud I could feel their bright, hungry eyes on me, tasting my words. My favourite teacher gave me a box of chocolates to eat while I wrote stories and told me sincerely that she couldn't wait to buy my first book. In that moment I knew I was born to tell stories.
Then I picked up a camera. In the beginning my little sister was my muse. We ran in the tall grasses in our Mother's backyard, chasing the sun until it slipped past the fence. When I photographed her she came alive, hair sunlit gold and sky eyes. With her I captured tiny moments of purity that could have slipped away forever. I was the decider of which moments to let live and which to let die. I was thirteen and I'd found out how to stop time.
My passion for photography quickly grew to obsession. I saw life through a viewfinder. In those days I was using my Mother's point-and-shoot but it didn't matter what I used. When I was shooting everything was perfect in the world. The camera gifted me fearlessness and meaning. I could see the way light fell, the softness of someone daydreaming, the way sunlight changed colours through the day, the length of a shadow.
I was channelling stories into my images. I'd fight with my brother and retreat to my bedroom with my camera, trying to capture the hurt and anger I felt. I'd fall in love and spend the afternoon exploring the streets, finding hidden beauty through the lens and basking in the glow of being alive. I lived in a still world teeming with wonder.
I began sharing moments I found beautiful online and others found beauty in them too. There I fell in the deepest of love with a photographer writer boy named M who lived on the other side of the country. The love encompassed me absolutely. It had a power like nothing else I'd experienced.
For my birthday I unwrapped my very own camera and I wept. As I held it in my hands potential ran like electricity up my arms. I knew my single Mother would have saved most of the year to buy me that camera and I wanted more than anything to make her proud.
With a 'real' camera around my neck I became serious. My passion was like an instinct, it burst out from my chest like it had a life of its own. I scouted kids from school and the street to photograph. I skipped school to shoot and teach myself all I could about photography from the internet. I entered my first photography competition and won. Every night I slept with my camera by my side.
I kept writing, sometimes I even thought of myself as more of a writer than a photographer at heart, but photography had become my identity. Most of my short stories were morbid, shadowed by a history of abuse and broken families, but there was always spirit and strength in them. I'd swap stories with the boy I'd fallen in love with and I'd read the stories he wrote me until I knew every word. My feelings for this boy I had never met were total madness, but this is the way I had always lived. Pouring my entire self into my obsessions so that the rest of the world fell away in silence.
After a while I was hardly attending highschool any more. In the online world people understood my work, but at school nobody cared. I lived in two different worlds. I failed my photography class. I told the school career councillor that I wanted to quit school and travel the world as a fashion photographer and she laughed at my naivety. She left me with a list of university courses and I left in quiet, determined confidence. The unbreakable belief in myself that has brought so many of my dreams to reality.
One night my lovesickness for M became unbearable. After years of longing I borrowed my Mother's credit card and booked a flight leaving the next day to finally meet the real him; not pixels but flesh and blood. That first week I loved like love was all I was. I felt bliss root deep into my bones. I was lucid, high on our love. I flew home, left school, packed my things into a suitcase and flew back to live with him. We became inseparable.
After a few weeks without a home (relying on the kindness and couches of strangers) we rented a tiny apartment in the city. Here we photographed and wrote together and lay in bed all the morning tangled up in each other. We didn't have a lot of money but we always laughed that if love was a currency we'd be rich. We fought as fiercely as we loved. Lightness and darkness were tangible and we were artists who appreciated it all.
I won a prestigious photography award, bought new photography gear with my winnings and was signed to an agency. We were flown to New York City and I shot a campaign for Diesel. I was this giggly sixteen year old with a team of twenty at my command wondering if this was all just a crazy dream. My photos were on billboards in Time's Square and the ads I shot ran in most of the fashion magazines. The fashion industry sucked me in, I lost my mind and found it again on the way out.
I always wrote in a journal so beginning a blog didn't feel so strange. I shared my photographs and my thoughts in my space, in a kind of disbelief (that I still feel) that anyone would ever actually read it. At its peak I got over one million hits a month and people sometimes recognised me on the street, but to me it never felt like a big deal. I wouldn't let it.
When we moved out of our Melbourne apartment we lived all over the world for a while, sometimes together and sometimes apart. I was an adventurer, collecting experiences and feelings like colours to paint with. The funds from our online store kept us fed and moving. I stayed mostly with other artists I'd connected to online. At times my life was a movie. When I was travelling free like this I felt alive.
Then I yearned for a real home and we found the perfect place in the clouds overlooking a lush forested valley in the Blue Mountains. It was cold up there so M lit the fireplace often and I made hot coconut pumpkin soup and we huddled bareskin under the covers. We daydreamed longingly about having a baby, a little us. We were still being flown all over to shoot and I will never forget just how good it felt to come back home to that fairytale home in the mountains.
M sowed seeds in our garden and they sprouted and grew along with the baby inside me. I was nineteen with a ripening belly and a swollen heart. I gave birth to my sweet Alba in a warm pool in our home while the morning fog rolled by outside and she was and is more perfect than I could have ever dreamed. My moonflower unfurled to the light.
As a Mama I stopped daydreaming about making it big and instead I daydreamed of ways I could make the world a better place, to use my power to promote goodness. As M discovered permaculture, I discovered plant-based diets and we blossomed under the influence of our new passions.
When we said goodbye to our mountain home we moved to a place on the coast with friends. We lived and laughed and learned and travelled some more. We moved inland again with my auntie and her three girls. M growing gardens wherever we went, me singing in the kitchen while I cooked homegrown foods to nourish us. Quietly feeding the creative fire in our souls.
Alba grew from a wide-eyed baby to a cheeky, bright toddler, the light of our lives. Often found munching on leaves from the garden, thanking our chickens for their eggs, giggling with my little cousins and drawing. She has visited four continents and counting, at home all over the planet.
Then M and I split as lovers and our hearts broke but somehow when the dust settled everything fell into place. We packed our things into suitcases and for now we live life on the road again. Right now we're in Indonesia, still a family but finding our own feet. Giving back to a world that has given us a life of colour and never-ending growth.


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2015 Camry
Toyota Camry 2015 will be a blend of technolgy and economical practicability. Latest specifications and styles will ensure a cost efficient family vehicle with a proven sales track record. 2015 Camry.
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Gideon Drysdale says on: July 3, 2013 at 11:21 pm
wow! can't wait to own one, lol very nice and stylish.
Adriana says on: July 26, 2013 at 1:18 pm
Excited for this 2015 Camry, I so am buying me one it looks mean and stylish. LOVE IT!!!!!
Al Khan says on: August 19, 2013 at 2:12 pm
Camry needs a Turbo charged Engine to get higher Torque and economic mileage. Changing face of it and with nice body would not be too good unless more powerful Engine Choices are available at reasonable price.
John says on: January 26, 2014 at 9:16 am
Camry, although a reliable value has, the past few years, been a "mom and pop" sedan. New models like the Fusion, Kia Optima, Honda Accord, etc. have stepped out in front with styling as well as fuel efficiency.
Competition in the now crowded mid-size sedan arena has become fierce.
Reliability, too, has improved on many makes.
Hopefully the 2015 model will overcome the bland exterior and interior issues as well as improved MPG on the standard 4 cly. as well as Hybrid.
slicka says on: March 30, 2014 at 9:51 am
could not wait to see the new 2015 camry .. are they kiddin .. looks like a big bubble .. where is the sleek smart look I was waiting for …
Ralph G. says on: April 23, 2014 at 11:02 pm
I will look into this, very stylish, and appealing to the eye, but the only problem will probably be the price. All the other car companies are offering great deals as the economy is very shaky for the so called middle class. If the price is right, and the operation of this vehicle gets a good report, MAYBE?


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European workers can kiss their retirements goodbye unless they take more risk to keep nest-eggs growing in a world where playing safe can cost you more ever more dearly.
Four years of near-zero official interest rates and successive market panics have driven the returns from low-risk German, British or U.S. government bonds on which pension funds traditionally rely to record lows. That may yet rescue the global economy by supporting borrowing and growth, but it is very bad news for several generations of workers already set to retire later, and for longer, than their predecessors.
Without returns that outstrip inflation – still running at around 2 percent in much of Europe – they face the real value of their savings declining rather than ratcheting up over the next few years. Yet there has been little public discussion of the problem in the rush to try and head off a deepening crisis of poor growth and/or rising public debt in Europe and the United States.
"For governments in Northern Europe and North America, it's about gaining time, avoiding any painful adjustments, keeping interest rates artificially low and hoping things will improve," Nicolas Firzli, Co-Chair of the World Pensions Forum (WPF) said.
Nigel Green, CEO of independent financial advisor DeVere Group, estimates a pre-crisis UK pension pot worth 10,000 pounds a year is now worth 20 percent less, hit by a triple-whammy of money-printing, low interest rates and poor market returns. Many of his clients have been forced to delay retirement as a result, typically extending their working lives by five years.
"People are only just starting to understand how profound an impact these policies are having when it's too late. When they see the figures, they quickly realize they don't have the funds to finish work," Green said. "They are working longer if they have the choice. But some can't, and not everyone wants to employ someone who is older."
In the past, fund managers could move up the yield curve, buying, for example, other AAA-rated euro zone bonds instead of German Bunds to get an extra percentage point or two of return. But the loss of top credit ratings has meant their rules forbid them from investing heavily in many of those countries. That leaves savers with a stark choice: Raise the stakes to retire on time, or stay safe and work longer.
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While the NMRA has been going strong for 10 years now, they're still wet behind the ears when it comes to the annual Columbus Ford Expo, now in its 30th year. While the NMRA picked up the event a few years back and made a few changes, the Columbus venue is still a watershed event for all manner of Ford fans. From heads-up drag racing to the positively ginormous auto show, Columbus should be considered a can't miss event. With the rainout that occurred in Atco, New Jersey, the month prior, racers, car show attendees, and spectators alike were frothing at the mouth for some hot Ford action before the winter weather rolled in and the car show and racing season closed for the year.
Columbus, being centrally located within half of the U.S. population, the fourth largest city in the Midwest, and the fourth most populated capital, hosted a huge turnout of spectators and full stands all weekend, not to mention a vast car count in the show field. From classics of the '40s and '50s right up to Ford's latest offerings, such as the Shelby GT500, the Harley-Davidson F-series, and more, there was plenty of eye candy all over the expo grounds. If you attend next year, be sure to have plenty of memory for your digital camera and a boatload of batteries.


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SHANGHAI — Red Bull products were pulled off the shelves of many supermarkets in China in reaction to concerns that the energy drink might contain additives that have not been approved by the State Food and Drug Administration, ChinaDaily.com.cn reported.
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Every now and then, we all have our shitty days- and I was kind of in that sort of mood Friday.
Ever since after the Holiday Hot Mess party in December, I have been having some issues with my left eye whenever I wear contacts. It just gets extremely irritated and ANGRY red and itchy when I take them out and can stay like that for a day. SO after I wore my lenses on Thursday, it got irritated, and was like pretty much red all Friday.
I actually do have allergies, and one of the first things that get affected by the allergens are my eyes. So I have been taking allergy pills and allergy eye drops, which provides some relief, but it's almost like I'm constantly using them to get rid of it. Another thing that leads me to believe it's not allergy related is that when it does get better, there is still this small pink line on the top of the white under the lid and it DOESN'T GO AWAY! (maybe a scratch from improperly sized circle lenses?? XD(FUUUUUUU))
My mom was saying maybe it was the lens solution, but I have been using the same solution brand that our eye doctor recommended since May when I first got them. And if it was the solution, it would be effecting both eyes, not just one.
I actually went to the doctor's on Dec. 24th to get it checked out, and she diagnosed it as allergies, but I failed to mention the contacts part. Then when I went again a week later for my ear infection, I told the doctor about the previous appointment, and about the contacts, and she also diagnosed it as allergies. And with the eye drops I had gotten from the first trip, the stupid pink line still is there!
LUCKILY... Saturday morning it was okay, a little off colored, but otherwise a lot less disturbing looking.
So, we (Anya, Midori, Jessy and I) went to Little Tokyo last night for the Grand Opening of Q pop- that store I posted a picture of from the last Little Tokyo trip. When we went that time, we knew it was going to be so crowded because the store isn't that big.
I started getting ready around 4, and I think I changed outfits like 4 times before I was finally satisfied with what I finally wore. We left around 5:30 from my place so we could get there early. We got there maybe at 6- went to the bakery, then to Weller court cause it was damn windy/ chilly, went into a cafe that was there- super warm- get out- huge ass tour of Japanese girls who all look like gals- go to Q pop- told it's open at 7, right now it's just for "VIP". Go into Kinokuniya, and take photos. 83
Yep- I believe the Midori will be making the Juon face from now on when we take pictures there. LMAO
I lightened this so you can see what's going on. When we were in the cafe- like I said, it was soo warm, and when we were siting down, I said 'I bet my hair is going to fall...' I'm pretty sure it did, cause it didn't look like that hot mess when I left. XD
My poor vest though- wear multiple layers under it and it looks angry and stuffed/snug.
Finally at 7 Q opened to the masses- it was so damn crowded- as expected. XD
(From Jessy)
I remind myself of a blowfish- puffing myself up to look big. XD
Then we met up with heartsnspiders and her boyfriend and went to dinner.
Jessy and Midori -I just took one dinner picture. X]
All in all- lots of fun- got some good inspiration seeing lots of people all dressed up, and lots of walking back and forth. XD
I ended up buying a pair of Algonquins shorts.
-Front- Ignore that piece of yellow string, I don't know where the hell it came from as no one has been using yellow string lately....
-Back- It's a skirt butt-flap! 8D
-Ruffles- (Damn string)
-Shorts- Minus the flap. As you can see, the zippers in the front are half of how you attach the flap, the other half is the buttons along the waist area.
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-Back- pockets on each cheek. ;]
Back (I'd like to see someone take a flattering behind picture- it's harder than it seems. ROFL)
Something like a mullet.... 'Business in the front, party in the back'. LMAO I don't know how shorts could be more business-y than a skirt, though. XD
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Columbus, the third largest city in Georgia, among other things supports the large nearby Fort Benning army base. The base occupies the better part of the county and dominates the economy and the local mindset. The area was once a textile producer but has modernized and diversified into financial services, and is in fact headquarters for AFLAC (insurance) and Synovus, a regional banking conglomerate. Even with the transition, the employment picture is fairly bleak.
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The Pro-Series upper controls also use a spherical bearing on the rearend housing to prevent binding. The upper control arms control side-to-side movement of the rear end, so the spherical bearing provides stability in straight-line performance but won't bind up on the street when the housing is moving up and down. A downside to the solid bushings is that the ride is rougher.
For those who don't want the solid mounts, there are control arms that have urethane bushings, which are much tougher and better than rubber, but not as harsh as the solid mounts. UPR does offer more street-friendly and less racy control arms with urethane bushings. For those who demand uncompromised drag-racing performance, there is the XD Pro-Series lineup that feature chrome-moly Heim joints, grade 8 bolts, and tool-steel sleeves.
One item we didn't install--but will in the future--is a UPR antiroll bar, which will be welded between the frame rails and has two arms that attach to the rearend housing. "The antiroll bar limits all body roll. If you watch cars at the track, a lot of the time they are twisting. Installing our antiroll bar eliminates the body twist by keeping the rear parallel to the body, which will lower reaction time and also help the car hook better," added Martorella.
He went on to inform us that in a typical 11-second car, the 60-foot times are consistently reduced by 0.06-0.07 of a second with the UPR antiroll bar. The reason we didn't install the antiroll bar was due to our cheap exhaust system that blocked the mounting of it. Most exhaust systems clear the UPR bar; ours was old, nearly 10 years ago. Martorella suggested the removal of the antisway-bar links when driving on the street. The links will break under the stress of street driving. It's meant for track use only. Our goal is to install the system down the road, when the tailpipes are replaced with a set of turndowns.
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In drag racing, setting the shocks up loosely (setting of 1) will allow the body to move quickly and help plant the tires. The loose setting works great when traction is poor as the tire will need to be planted harder. The downside to the loose setting is tire shake and/or wheelhop. As the tires plant and distort under load, it hooks and thrusts the car forward. But as the torque of the engine takes over, the tires want to eventually unwind and return to their natural state. If the body/chassis is moving too quickly, the tires will react accordingly and cause shake or hop. To counter this, the shocks can be stiffened to slow the body movement and lessen the hit to the tires. On tracks that offer excellent traction, it's good to stiffen the rear shocks to help ease the hit. At the track, we recommend starting at a shock setting of 2 for a serious street/strip ride. Move up a few clicks for slower rides, and a setting of 5 is ideal for the street. Those settings are, of course, starting points and can be adjusted up or down to properly suit your combination.


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HUMAN TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE IN FLORIDA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY--Andrew Stelzer
ANCHOR INTRO: Researchers at Florida State have released a report detailing the growth of the human trafficking industry in Florida and around the world. Andrew Stelzer has more
The Florida State study was largely based on interviews with 12 Mexican women and girls who were smuggled into the united states between 1996 and 1997; the women were brought to South Florida where they were forced to work as prostitutes to pay off their smuggling fees, and were freed after an FBI raid on the brothels. Florida was identified as the state with the third highest number of human trafficking victims, behind New York and California. Terry Koonan works at the center for Human Rights at Florida State, he helped write the report.
ACT ââ¬ÅTrafficking is happening in our own backyardsââ¬Â¦Ã¢â¬Â¦exploitation continuesââ¬?
The study identified 3 primary types of human trafficking: forced labor, sex trafficking, and domestic servitude. Although there are no official numbers, itââ¬â¢s estimated that between 20 and 50 thousand people are trafficked into the United States every year. In 2000 congress passed the Trafficking Victims protection Act, or TVPA, which grants certain rights to victims, but in order to qualify as victims, they must agree to help law enforcement prosecute their captors. Koonan says the TVPA has helped, and he
thinks Florida should pass a similar state law.
ACT ââ¬ËThe mere factââ¬Â¦.really really crucial stepââ¬?
The millions of workers who enter countries such as the United States illegally by their own choice were not included in this study. There is a major difference between these workers and victims of human traffickingââ¬âvictims of trafficking are not free to walk away. But because human trafficking victims sometimes earn moneyââ¬âoften more than they would in their home countries, a debate arises similar to discussions of sweatshop laborersââ¬âif the workers are making more, is it really all that bad?
ACT ââ¬ÅThere, that larger sort of objectionââ¬Â¦Ã¢â¬Â¦occurring in the United Statesââ¬?
Koonan says that President Bushes proposed immigration reforms may make the problem even worse
ACT ââ¬ÅThereââ¬â¢s a potential downsideââ¬Â¦Ã¢â¬Â¦an increase in human traffickingââ¬?
Some of the recommendations of the report include better education of law enforcement officials and social service workers about the human trafficking victims rights, and advertising campaigns that target Spanish, Russian, and Haitian-Creole media outlets and places where victims may be able to see information about their rights, such as gas station bathrooms. There also may be a victims rights law introduced in this years Florida legislature.
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