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For the second straight year, Bubba Watson is the highest ranked player in the Travelers Championship field.
In 2011, Watson was the defending champion and ranked 12th. One year later, he is the reigning Masters champion and is now ranked fifth. And he will be joined by some other heavy-hitters in what is a deep field set for the 2012 Travelers. The field was finalized Friday.
Seven players ranked in the world's top 18 will descend on Cromwell next week for the tournament to be held June 21-24 at TPC River Highlands. Travelers tournament director Nathan Grube admitted this is the deepest field in his eight years at the helm.
"It's pretty deep. It's better than last year's field statistically," Grube said.
Right behind Watson in the rankings are Matt Kuchar (No. 6), the reigning Players Championship winner, and Hunter Mahan (No. 8), who won the Houston Open in April and won his first tour event at the Travelers in 2007.
Players ranked 14 through 16 are also committed: Webb Simpson, Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen. Schwartzel won the 2011 Masters while Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open champion, lost in a sudden-death playoff to Watson at The Masters. Zach Johnson is ranked 18th.
All told, eight of the top 21 in the PGA Tour's FedExCup standings will be playing, as will 10 former major champions, including Vijay Singh and Lucas Glover.
"You look at the last few years, from the European golfers who come for first time to guys who keep continuing to come back, we are very, very pleased with what guys are saying about our tournament and the fields we are getting," Grube said.
Neal Lancaster was the only notable addition on Friday. Among the withdrawals were Carl Pettersson, Ben Curtis and Scott Verplank, who lost in a playoff to Watson at the 2010 Travelers.
Defending champion Fredrik Jacobson is also in the field.
Patrick Cantlay, the world's top-ranked amateur, received one of the Travelers' eight sponsors exemptions. Cantlay was the second-round leader last year at the Travelers after shooting a 10-under-par 60.
Others receiving exemptions this year were: former champions Brad Faxon (2005) and Notah Begay III (2000), Ryo Ishikawa from Japan, Kelly Kraft, last year's U.S. Amateur champion, reigning British Amateur champion Bryden Macpherson, Daniel Miernicki and Patrick Rodgers, two more of the world's top amateur golfers.
Kraft and Macpherson turned pro after the Masters in April. Grube said Miernicki, who played for Oregon, will turn pro this week.
Grube said between 40-50 players will be on the charter, sponsored by Travelers, departing the U.S. Open in San Francisco on Monday. He also said ticket sales for the Travelers are up 15 percent over last year.
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Unless you've dedicated a lot of time to breaking the law, most of what you know about the cops comes from movies and TV, and those may or may not be just the facts, ma'am. All month, Ken Jennings will be exploring the "thin blue line" between police fact and police fiction. If you actually thought this stuff was true—well, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the comments section.
Police Myth #3: When You're Arrested, You Get One Phone Call.
Police arrests in movies and TV shows are always followed by a phone call—for dramatic purposes, I assume. We need to see the ne'er-do-well tearily confessing his downfall to a parent or spouse or co-conspirator. (Or lawyer, I guess, but that seems to happen less often in the movies than it does in real life.) This cliché has become so deeply engrained in the popular imagination that arrestees—in movies and in real life as well—now know to ask for "my phone call," as if they are entitled to exactly one.
In fact, that's not really true. There's no constitutional guarantee to a call, and phoning isn't mentioned in the Miranda rights at all. Arrestees have the right to an attorney, sure, but the matter of where and when and how they get to contact one is left to individual jurisdictions. No court has ever found a "one phone call at booking" rule in the penumbra of the Constitution.
That said, in the years since the Miranda v. Arizona ruling in 1966, many state legislatures have codified arrest procedures for law enforcement officers. In California, for example, an arrested person gets "three (3) completed telephone calls" no later than three hours after arrest, except when physically impossible. And you're guaranteed two more if you have child care issues. So much for "one phone call"—in California, you can go through half your speed-dial list!
In Texas, it's two completed calls after booking (but no less than four hours after arrest). In Tennessee you get one completed call before booking. Some states may still have no such code, however (I can't find any guidelines for Kansas, for example, and I read an account from a police officer there who tells suspects that they have no right to a call at all—that a written notification is legally sufficient for their right to contact an attorney.) Of course, in most cases, officers will be reasonable about accommodating requests to use the phone. But, depending on your state, that may be a courtesy and not a legal obligation. It's certainly not your right as a citizen.
Quick Quiz: What lab assistant received the very first phone call ever, from Alexander Graham Bell on March 10, 1876?
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Two Hudson Valley Community College football players have signed a National Letter of Intent to continue their education and play football at a four-year university next year.
John Howell IV (Columbia, SC/Lower Richland High School), the leading tackler on the 2003 Hudson Valley team, will enroll at New Mexico State University. Meanwhile, fullback Atiba Taylor (Spring Valley/Ramapo High School) has agreed to attend Northern Michigan University.
"Our football program has had a tremendous year," Hudson Valley head coach Bob Jojo said. "Atiba and John were very instrumental in helping us get to a bowl game and I wish them continued success at their new schools. They are just the first of several of our student-athletes that will likely be rewarded with scholarships for their hard work."
Taylor and Howell were able to sign during the mid-year junior college transfer period because they already have received their degrees from Hudson Valley. The regular signing period for football begins on February 4, 2004.
A two-year starter at linebacker for the Vikings, Howell earned First Team All-Northeast Football Conference honors in 2003 after making 63 tackles and two sacks. He was second on the team with 48 tackles and added three sacks in 2002.
Howell came to Hudson Valley after serving four years in the United States Army.
"John's a mature kid with a military background," New Mexico State head coach Tony Samuel said. "Couple that with his ability on the field and those are major pluses. We are thinking he can step in and play Sam linebacker and give us some immediate help."
Taylor started all 10 games at fullback for Hudson valley in 2003. Used primarily as a blocker, Taylor also carried the ball 29 times for 167 yards and caught seven passes for 179 yards.
"Atiba gives us a dimension in our offense that we have been seeking, a big physical running back who can pound people and can also be effective as a receiver out of the backfield," Northern Michigan head coach Doug Sams said. "He shows the ability to do all the things that a running back is required to do-run, catch, and block. We have been doing it by committee because we were in a situation where our running backs could not do all three. He will be a person that we can have touch the ball 30-40 times per game."
New Mexico State, a member of the Sun Belt Conference, finished the 2003 season with a 3-9 record. The Aggies have accepted an invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference in 2005.
Northern Michigan plays in one of the top Division II conferences in the country that includes two-time defending Division II national champion Grand Valley State University. The Wildcats, who play in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, finished the year with a 3-8 record.
Hudson Valley, located in Troy, New York, finished the 2003 season ranked 15th in the final National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) poll with an 8-2 record. The Vikings earned an invitation to The Graphic Edge Bowl in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Hudson Valley's football program was established in 1969. At the time, Hudson Valley was one of only two junior colleges in New York to field a varsity football team. Since then, nearly 300 Hudson Valley football players have earned scholarships to four-year schools and 15 have gone on to play professionally. The Vikings competed in the Coca-Cola Bowl in 1980. In 1996, Hudson Valley posted an 8-0 record, part of a dominant stretch that included 14 straight victories.


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The president of the Houston school district trustees e-mailed with the district's procurement director about a business run by one of her best friends, records show -- five months before the school board voted to approve $8 million in contracts including the friend's company.
The revelation is the second time in three days that news accounts have said a Houston Independent School District trustee communicated with HISD administrators about the district doing business with a friend or acquaintance.
HISD trustees president Paula Harris had previously told Texas Watchdog that she had never discussed with HISD officials her friend Nicole West doing business with the district, and had said she knew only two people involved in the district's procurement work -- and then-procurement chief Stephen Pottinger wasn't one of the people she named.
But e-mails released by the school district show Pottinger had e-mailed Harris about Westco, a firm owned and run by Harris' close friend Nicole West, in mid-November.
"As we discussed, we have scheduled meetings with the following Suppliers," Pottinger wrote to Harris on Nov. 15, following that phrase with "Wednesday, November 17, 2010: 9 AM – 10 AM WESTCO," and a note about a subsequent meeting with another firm, The Woodlands-based Sparks Construction Services.
"Please feel free to join us if your schedule will permit," Pottinger invited Harris. "If not, I will be happy to recap both meetings for you in an email."
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Harris later wrote back to thank Pottinger but said she would not be available for the meeting, though records released by the school district do not include any summary by Pottinger of what was discussed with Westco at the Nov. 17 meeting.
Harris this morning told Texas Watchdog she had never spoken to or e-mailed with Pottinger. She said she had only spoken to HISD Chief Financial Officer Melinda Garrett about speaking with the companies.
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"I talked to Melinda Garrett about the contract. That contract (Westco) and other contracts were on the original agenda, but there was a line crossed through them.
"Companies were calling me, asking me, 'What does that mean?' I called Melinda to find out."
Harris said that she only asked Garrett to meet with those companies who had their names crossed out on the agenda.
"I've never met Mr. Pottinger," Harris said. "I wouldn't know him if he walked in front of me."
Harris said that she never spoke with or e-mailed Pottinger. "He e-mailed me," Harris said. She spoke only to Garrett about meeting with the companies.
Two months after that meeting, the school board voted to add both Westco and Sparks Construction to the list of minor suppliers -- those providing services worth less than $25,000 a pop -- for a construction project. Their addition came recommended by HISD staff, a school board meeting agenda shows.
Pottinger, who was fired by the school district last month, did not return two phone messages left at his home Wednesday.
In April, Harris and HISD trustees unanimously approved Westco as one of four companies to share in a $5 million contract for painting at schools. A month later, in May, Harris and the trustees approved Westco to share with three other firms in a $3 million contract to put up fences at HISD schools.
Westco already had a business relationship with the school system at the time of the November meeting. Harris was among the HISD trustees who voted unanimously in 2009 to approve a $10 million contract with nine firms -- Westco and seven others -- to install indoor and outdoor security cameras, fire alarms and intercoms at school buildings, meeting minutes show.
Harris was also among the trustees who voted last August to renew that $10 million contract with Westco and seven other firms, minutes show.
The total value of the four contracts was $28 million, but each contract was split between multiple firms, and West's firm would likely share in only a fraction of that amount.
All four of the contracts were competitively bid, and the school board members merely voted up or down to accept the recommendations that were passed on by HISD's administrative staff, who were tasked with vetting the companies.
Harris' votes on the contract were entirely legal under state and local law and violated no local school district policies.
Aside from the contracts Harris voted to approve, records show that West, Westco and three other West-owned firms have done roughly $125,000 in business with the Houston schools since Harris was elected to the school board in 2007 that did not require the school trustees' approval, records show, because of the relatively small amount of money involved in the individual projects.
Those payments include $19,200 to West's private investigations firm to track down truants, $2,300 for Westco to restore and clean drapes for an elementary school auditorium, and $5,400 for another West firm to tutor elementary school students in reading.
Harris, in her first term on the school board, is among the four HISD trustees up for re-election later this year -- along with Manuel Rodriguez, former Houston City Councilwoman Carol Mims Galloway and Juliet Stipeche. Qualifying for those races is set to begin later this month, though no strong candidates have emerged to challenge Harris, who became school board president in January.
Questions regarding school board members' influence in the district's business affairs were raised earlier this week when Texas Watchdog and the Houston Chronicle reported that Harris' fellow trustee Larry Marshall had set the stage for the district to begin negotiating a no-bid consulting contract worth up to $640,000 with a doctor with whom Marshall had gone on an all-expenses-paid trip to Costa Rica.
Texas Watchdog asked Harris in a phone interview in June whether she used her "influence in (her) position as a trustee to help Nicole West or any of her companies get business with the district." Harris said she did not.
"No, not only not Nicole West but not any of the companies or employees" connected to HISD, she said.
Harris said she had "some good friends working for the district" as employees, and that while she had sometimes voted for raises for some of them, she did not wield influence in who the district hired and fired, saying that was left to human resources protocols. "The same with (corporations), companies with the bidding practices, they have to do" requests for proposals, "they have to go through (scoring) matrixes, they have to go through a lot of hoops … but our trustees don't hire or pick contractors or vote on ... or rate them. Those are all recommendations that come from the administration."
Later in the same interview, Harris said she only knew two people in involved in procurement in the district: "Besides Leo (Bobadilla) and Issa (Dadoush), I don't know the people in Procurement," she said. Bobadilla is HISD's chief operating officer; Dadoush is head of construction and facility services. She also said, "I can say that I don't get involved or go over to (HISD's) Procurement (department) or over to the business side."
Westco Ventures LLC is owned and run by West, a Pearland businesswoman, and her husband, Anthony West. Harris has said she is a good, longtime friend of Nicole West and has said she is a godparent of the Wests' children.
Another firm in the Houston area goes by the name of Westco, an unrelated firm called Westco Grounds Maintainence, which has previously worked for other Houston-area local governments including Harris County and Houston's local transit agency, Metro. However, HISD has its own grounds maintenance employees -- they are part of the office Dadoush oversees -- and information about HISD on the state comptroller's website says HISD does its own grounds maintenance. But Westco Grounds Maintenance does not appear in a list of HISD vendors from June 2009 to the present that the district released to Texas Watchdog last week, and neither firm appears in a list of HISD contractors from the same period. HISD's online check register also had no listings today for any other firm named Westco other than Westco Ventures.
A Westco Grounds Maintenance official named Becky confirmed by phone this morning that her company has not done and does not do business with HISD. She also confirmed that no one at her company met with HISD officials in November, or ever.
Wilson Sparks, an official with the other firm mentioned in Pottinger's e-mail to Harris, Sparks Construction, declined this morning to discuss the issue.
"I don't know Ms. Harris," he said by phone. "My meeting with HISD is confidential. They're a customer of mine. I don't comment on such things. That's between me and HISD."
City of Houston records show Westco listed Harris and an HISD maintenance supervisor as references when it applied to gain certified status as a minority- and woman-owned business in 2008. Scribbled in the margins of one of the reference pages was the name and phone number of Willie Burroughs, who is currently HISD's senior manager of support services.
Harris' employer, the giant oilfield services firm Schlumberger, paid Westco Ventures nearly $20,000 to put on a summer camp for kids in 2006. Records submitted by Westco to the city of Houston show the invoice for the payment of $19,635 was faxed to "Schlumberger (Attn: Paula Harris)."
A petroleum engineer by training, Harris is Schlumberger's community affairs director.
Pottinger was fired by HISD last month after it was alleged that he allowed expensive supplies to pile up in the district's warehouse, and that he played inappropriate practical jokes on a subordinate, including signing up the employee on Russian online dating sites without the employee's knowledge.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was updated at 1:50 p.m. Thursday to include Paula Harris' comments.
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THIS parliamentary year will be remembered for its cynical, street-fighting partisanship.
Tony Abbott and his leadership group were convinced the Gillard government would not withstand the rigours of minority rule, that they could ensure this year would bring another election and that the member for Warringah would, about now, be ensconced in The Lodge.
And so the word ''No'' came to be as synonymous with Abbott's leadership as the red speedos, the fishmonger's blade or the hard hat.
The Gillard government has limped to the line with a big victory in its carbon tax and another of sorts in the likely legislation of its heavily bastardised minerals resources rent tax.
Julia Gillard has demonstrated she is as tough as Abbott is intransigent - virtues their supporters pray will ultimately prove the redemption of each. We'll know by this time next year.
The sudden resignation of Harry Jenkins as speaker - amid serpentine back-room dealings that delivered the job to the Liberal Party's Peter Slipper, a man best described as ''notorious'' or even ''infamous'' - has given the government another precious number.
Yes, it will sideline the ''me, me, me'' independent Andrew Wilkie and neutralise his threat to bring down the government over pre-commitment poker-machine legislation. But Parliament's integrity will be no better for it, at the end of a year when the language of politics has been thoughtlessly, tastelessly dominated by metaphorical Judases, assassinations and bodies, knifings, burials, oaths taken in blood and the walking dead.
Those who are nauseated by politics are now even more so.
Bring on the holidays and the Stemetil.
And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse … it got better. Thankfully.
Amid all the rancour of that final sitting week, Labor's Michael Danby introduced to the House of Representatives a motion that highlighted the best in public debate.
He called on Parliament to recognise each July 11 as Srebrenica Remembrance Day, as a reminder of the evil that led to the genocide of more than 8000 Muslim men and boys at the hands of the rebel Serb forces of Ratko Mladic in Bosnia in 1995.
It was, Danby said, ''what the Russians would call an act of pamyat - memory''.
''It is very important to never forget the legacy of these horrors; not from the point of view of torturing ourselves but to educate future generations that, if people are to act out of racial prejudice and kill masses of others, this will happen again and again.'' Danby recounted a description by a Muslim woman, Zumra Shekhomerovic. It is too long to detail here but I urge you to track it down on the internet because rarely will you find more moving - or deeply disturbing - words spoken in our Parliament.
The Serb soldiers separated her from her husband.
She said: ''I never saw him again and I don't know what happened to him. I regret so much that I did not say 'Don't take him', that I didn't scream or shout for help. Maybe it would be easier to live now. I just left silently … while my tears were flowing like a river.''
The Liberal MP for Casey, Tony Smith, seconded the motion with an eloquent speech, evoking the Anglo-Irish philosopher Edmund Burke: ''The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.'' Dutch United Nations soldiers, of course, had to stand by, due largely to bureaucratic intransigence, and observe the Srebrenica crime.
Smith said: ''Beyond the writing of yet another chapter in the long, bloody saga of man's inhumanity to man, the Srebrenica massacre demonstrates two great verities: one ageless and the other current to our present age. The eternal truth arises from the fact that, in international affairs, as in physics, a power vacuum will always be filled. The only question is by whom: the benign or the malign? It is an ugly world - a world where wickedness regards weakness with contempt; a world where foulness will exploit feebleness to do a devil's dance on the graves of the innocent.''
A host of other MPs - including Slipper and the NSW Labor MP Ed Husic - gave similarly thoughtful speeches.
Too rarely do our politicians appeal to the angels among us. And it's probably fair to say that when they do, their efforts are largely overlooked.
It's a pity, because such speeches might go a little way to restore faith in an institution so critical - like it or not - to our lives.
Let angels soar.


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#1 Sat 24 Feb 07 3:04pm
Hey all!!
I'm just curious about tapas food...It's from Spain, isn't it? I'd really love to learn to make tapas food...Anyway, is it like finger food or more than that? And does any of you have the recipes for tapas food??
Muchas gracias!!
Best regards
#2 Sat 24 Feb 07 4:41pm
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Re: Tapas...
So, what exactly are "tapas" and where did the name come from?
Tapas are - essentially - snacks, and the word literally means "cover". The name originates from the card which used to be placed on top of your drink to protect it from the flies (this can be a hot country!).
At some point in time, it became popular to place a little snack on top of this card. At first, it would just have been something simple like a few nuts and olives, or a fresh slice of crusty Spanish bread plus topping.
In those, not-so-far-gone days, the tapas were free! That is not always the case these days - although you´ll still discover some speciality tapas bars where the appetizers are included in the price of the drink.
Nowadays, you can enjoy a tremendous variety of (paid) tapas, with some bars really going-to-town on them, offering highly original, magnificently presented snacks.
Even a fairly humble bar will present you with the opportunity to reliish a slice of tortilla (Spanish omelette), boquerones (fresh, marinated anchovies preserved in olive oil and garlic), calamares (squid), champiñones al ajillo (garlic mushrooms), jamón serrano, Manchego cheese ...
#3 Sat 24 Feb 07 4:44pm
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Re: Tapas...
alioli potatoes (patatas alioli)
Ingrediants - for 4 people
250 gr potatoes - in chunks and boiled until just tender
1 egg
100 ml extra virgin olive oil
3 cloves garlic - peeled and crushed with salt
1 tablespoon freshly-chopped parsley
Freshly-ground black pepper
1 dessertspoon chopped chives
1. Drain the boiled potatoes and set aside to cool.
2. Place the egg, oil, garlic, parsley and pepper into a blender.
3. Whiz until smooth.
4. Stir the cold, boiled potato chunks into the mixture.
5. Cover, and chill in the fridge.
6. Sprinkle with snipped chives and serve.
#4 Sat 24 Feb 07 10:23pm
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Re: Tapas...
Here are some more tapas recipe:-
#5 Sun 25 Feb 07 1:16pm
Re: Tapas...
Thanks a lot,young mum and GeoffP for the information!
I heard that food in each regions in Spain is quite different, does this mean that tapas will be different too or it has these same recipes?
Can you find tapas in restaurants or just in bars?
#6 Sun 25 Feb 07 5:32pm
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Re: Tapas...
Hi Sandra. Tapas does vary from region to region, I live in Spain in a small village north of Alicante in the region of Valencia.You can get tapas any time of the day in bars and restaurants.One of my favourites is Patas a la pobre which means poor mans potato.
1.Peel and cut potates into bite size chunks and deep fry.
2.Take a green or red pepper clean this out and cut into large squares
fry off in some olive oil.
3. when both are ready put into a pan , take one beaten egg and add
to the potato and pepper and cook till the egg is ready.
Allas de pollo.
These are just deep fried chicken wings.
Gambas a la gabadina.( Prawns with coats)
Peeled prawns in batter deep fried.
Have a go at these and see what you think but there are so many you'll have to come to Spain to taste some more.
#7 Mon 26 Feb 07 12:43pm
Re: Tapas...
Thanks, billybear! Those recipes sound really great. I'll give it a try. Hopefully I can go to Spain to taste the real tapas.
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Hidden Creek Farm's Street Sounds left the starting gate as the 1-5 favorite, quickly spurted to the lead from her outside post, and raced on cruise the rest of the way to score an easy victory in the $60,000 Hilltop Stakes for 3-year-old fillies contested over firm turf Saturday at Pimlico.
Michael Matz trains the Canadian-bred bay daughter of Street Cry, who was winning her third straight added money race. She captured the Selima Stakes on the turf at Laurel Park and the Beaumont (gr. II) at Keeneland in her previous two outings.
Ramon Dominguez, who has won three of four starts aboard Street Sounds, was at the controls as she sped under the finish line in 1:36.66 over the one-mile distance. Ethan's Car chased the leader throughout and finished a clear second, 5 1/4 lengths behind the winner. Cabbage Key ran third.
"That was very easy," said Dominguez, who earned his 3,000th career victory earlier this week. "I was very pleased with the way she did it. She took me to the lead, and I felt like she was going pretty quick early on but at the same time she was very relaxed. I was very happy with her."
Street Sounds paid $2.40, $2.10, and $2.10. Ethan's Car returned $4 and $2.40. Cabbage Key was $2.20 to show. The exacta returned $9.80 and the trifecta came back $19.60.
Bold Assurance and Paying Off scratched, reducing the field to six.
(Chart, Equibase)
Street Sounds Spurts Clear in Hilltop Stakes
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NAACP Announces Strong Support For Comprehensive Federal Voter Empowerment ActMay 30, 2012
Legislation to Expand Access to Voting Processes and Protect Voters from Suppression, Deception, and Other Forms of Disenfranchisement
(Washington, DC) — Today, the NAACP announced its strong support for H.R. 5799, the Voter Empowerment Act. Introduced by Congressman John Lewis (GA) and co-sponsored by 125 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the new legislation expands and protects voters' access to the polls and increases accountability and integrity among election officials and poll workers. The Voter Empowerment Act focuses on guaranteeing early voting, allowing same-day registration, outlawing "voter caging," counting provisional ballots, and penalizing voter intimidation.
"Voter suppression measures launched in several states potentially disenfranchise over five million eligible voters," said Hilary O. Shelton, the Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau and the Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy. "Although the NAACP and other organizations are increasing efforts to mobilize and inform voters of voting and registration laws, the new legislation provides an opportunity for Congress to ensure that the right to vote for all Americans is protected fairly and uniformly throughout the country"
The law also expands eligibility to allow all former offenders who have paid their debt to society and been released from prison, including those who are may still be on probation or parole, to register and vote in federal elections. Currently, 49 states have felony disenfranchisement laws, prohibiting an additional 5.3 million Americans from voting. Iowa, Florida, Virginia, and Kentucky permanently disenfranchise all people with felony convictions, unless the government restores individual rights. In those four states, alone, nearly 32 percent of the population affected by voter disenfranchisement is African-American.
"Felony disenfranchisement laws disproportionately affect people of color and suppress the minority vote," said Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP. "Restoring the rights of former offenders is crucial to preserving democracy to all individuals who have served their time under the law."
Last December, the NAACP released the report "Defending Democracy" which detailed the various attacks on voting rights and urged the adoption of federal legislation to expand voting rights for all citizens. The report can be viewed at http://www.naacp.org/pages/defending-democracy
Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.


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Denise Richards was on Sirius XM Radio Show on Tuesday night, July 26 to promote new memoir 'The Real Girl Next Door'. She revealed about Lesbian relationship, while talking to Howard Stern. When asked about reasons, the Wild Things actress said, "I was just curious. We were curious."
Talking about her lesbian partner, Denise Richards said, "I just met her through friends and work and stuff." When asked about the mystery celeb's identity, the 40-year-old actress teasingly said, "You would know who she is. She was a girly-girl. She's beautiful."
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You get a mix of natural (cruelty-free) and synthetic bristles. The kit comes with a medium angled shading brush, a small angled brush (good for brows), a large shader brush, a pencil brush (good for precision), a tapered blending brush (I use this one for my all-over pinky-gold sparkely color from Urban Decay), an eyeliner brush (try dipping it in water and then using with your favorite eyeshadow for a pseudo-liquid liner look) and an eye shading brush.
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THIS SEASON: Sophomore Michael Halaska is a talented medley and breaststroke swimmer who continues to provide depth for the Trojans and vie for dual-meet spots in both events.
2009: Halaska competed in the medley and breast events for the Trojans as a 2009 freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL: Halaska, a prep All-American at Tehachapi (Calif.) High, won 2008 CIF Central Coast titles in the 200y IM and the 100y breast, the latter for the second year in a row ... He was named the Tehachapi News Kern County Swimmer of the Year for the second year in a row and was All-Area first team for the third year in a row ... Graduated fifth in his senior class and maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout high school.
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would hide her from the searching eyes above, and as she lay wearily beneath it, her last thoughts were of
wonderment of the stranger, then she fell asleep.
An hour later she awoke with a start, not because she felt refreshed, which she certainly didn't, but because
there was something in the back of her mind telling her it was time to get up and move on.
In half an hour the sun would rise over the far horizon, but for now it was still semi-dark with the moons
shedding a little light on the surrounding environment. She looked at the stranger who was sitting twenty paces
from her. "I wish they would have given you a voice and the ability to talk," she whispered as if she didn't want
the patrollers or the toral to hear her.
She bent down and scooped up a handful of water, watching the moonlight shimmer off the surface of the
small pond. She lifted the water to her lips. In all directions the beams glimmered away. "I guess I'll have to
decide what to do next," she sighed wishing she had someone to talk to.
The stranger sat on the rock near the pond staring at her and said nothing.
"I didn't think you would object," she continued, "In that case, I think we had better begin our journey up the
mountain. When we get far enough from the toral to be safe, we'll find a place to hide then we'll get some more
sleep before we travel on. Near the end of the day we should be able to find one of the villages of the mountain
people, and from them we'll get directions to Everette's village."
She took him by the hand, and they began their way up the gradual incline. Climbing, at first, was easy, but
as they progressed, the incline became steeper and the climbing became more difficult. Viella and the stranger,
at times, had to look for a way around large boulders, which seemed to sit vicariously on the side of the
mountain waiting for a small quake to send them hurtling down the slides and onto the plains. The light of the
moons was nearly gone making it more difficult to climb. The smaller moon had already set behind the Eastern
horizon and the larger one was disappearing behind the taller peaks.
It wasn't long, however, until the sun sent its dim rays across the tops of the mountains, lighting the way for
the weary traveler. After awhile they stopped, and she slept for a couple of hours under a lone tree which had
sprouted from the jagged landscape, then she rose, and they continued the climb.
Viella looked up the mountain and stopped for a moment. "We have a long way to go," she said. She didn't
expect an answer. "The mountain people live as far from the plains as possible."
She brushed her hair out of her face and wiped her forehead. She was beginning to feel the strain of the past
fourteen hours. As a city girl whose exercise time had always been limited, she was climbing a mountain where
the air was becoming thinner and colder with every step. And, at the very least, she was on her way to a rugged
life with the mountain people. She would probably never see her family again.
I hope my part will contribute something to the cause, she thought. Then she tried to figure out what her
contribution had been. Nothing, since the underground would never got the firearms, which her and her brother
were supposed to hide in a secret chamber. Her perilous journey of the night had been all for naught.
She shook her head in disgust, then took the android, at least she believed he was an android, by the hand
and they began to climb. (It confused her that he had drunk water at the pond).
They climbed for several hours until they came over a small rise and onto a rocky plateau. Viella stopped.
In front of them, not more than a hundred yards, was a small wooden shack. Smoke spiraled into the sky from a
tin-pipe chimney.
What is this? she wondered in mild surprise. She hadn't expected to find any mountain people this far down
the mountain. She was told, and in a proud way, by several of her mountain people friends that they lived in the
high valleys where life was hard, but good. There they panned for precious metals and mined for magnetic
drive crystals.
Then who could this be?
She felt hesitant about approaching the shack in which someone, maybe a patroller, could be waiting to
apprehend them and send them back to the city and a sentence of death. Indeed, they had come too far to be
caught now.
To the left and a short distance behind the shack was a small hill. Half of it had been excavated in strip
mining. She could tell it had been a long, slow process. The older trailings were becoming part of the ground
again, and there were green plants growing over it.
"A miner," she said, knowing the stranger wouldn't answer. "He must be one of the mountain people." This
gave her added courage. "Let's talk to him."
They made their way slowly, cautiously toward the broken down shack. As they approached, they
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First Benghazi and now she apparently can't handle her finances?
Is Hillary Clinton really qualified to be President let alone a financial planner?
In 2016 we will have just gone through 8 years of a While House resident who was totally inept, self-serving, out of touch with the plight of average Americans, narcissistic, incompetent on matters both domestic and foreign and who had a serial problem with the telling of the truth!
Do we really need another Clinton in the White House?
Video: Would you donate to help dead broke Hillary?
(And watch 'Hilarious video about gun safety' here)
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"Stop right there Cob!†he yelled as he shot up towards them, "I am sick of this nonsense!â€
he said as he moved and grabbed the gorilla"s foot from Cob"s hand, dragging it away.
"What are you doing?†Ob wondered aloud, almost crying.
"Shut up Ob!†he replied as he dumped the dead primate into the bushes, and walked back
into the clearing.
"You know how hard it is to catch that meat!†Cob asked him seriously.
"Do I look like I care?†he asked him as he approached,
"You!†Cob said miserably while pointing at him,
"What?†the Wildman replied seriously, dismissing his "threat," "I am going to teach you
clowns how to make real food!†he said as he angrily walked past between them.
"But we like the stew?†Ob said sadly,
"Whatever! We are cooking, my way!â€
"I cannot believe this?†Ob complained,
"Gorilla stew is nice?†Bob admired,
"Shut up and grab that spoon!†the Wildman instructed while going for the skinned deer.
The other trolls watched as he dragged it next to the pot, which they had already put on top of the
"First thing you do is remove the skin!†the Wildman started.
"But it"s got no skin?†Cob asked genuinely,
"We just removed it!†he shouted it at him,
"But you said first thing-â€
"After you just captured it---before you cut it up and cook it damn you!†he interrupted him
with the answer, before proceeding, "and you do not start by cooking the legs!†he shouted it to
"It makes the best stew?†Cob replied with open hands,
"Best stew my buttocks! Next thing you do is cut off the head and the legs!†he stressed.
"The legs?†Bob wondered,
"We are not throwing em! We are going to roast em, later!†he informed him as he
proceeded to separate the head and the legs from the carcass.
"Okay,†he resumed after completion, "now we remove the insides.â€
"Ob says they add flavor?†Cob informed him.
"Fuck Ob!†the Wildman replied, after which he proceeded to remove the intestines,
"You"re spoiling the flavor, I"m telling you,†Ob commented as he watched.
"I tried to warn him?†Cob added,
"Shut up and watch,†the Wildman said while cutting out the intestines and throwing them
aside, "now, you cut the meat up into pieces,â€
"But it has no sweet parts left?†Bob observed,
"Say that after it"s cooked, grab the knives and help me, come on?†he instructed.
"Whatever,†Cob said as he got down and helped him cut it up into big pieces, which they
threw into the hot pot as the others watched.


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Lindsay Lohan Furious With 'SNL'! See Her 10 Biggest Feuds
Lindsay Lohan feels betrayed by SNL for this weekend's skit that poked fun at her bad behavior. Why does Lindsay always seem to make enemies?
Teen Queen Miley Cyrus hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend, and in her opening monologue she poked fun at fellow Disney wild child Lindsay Lohan. According to TMZ, Lindsay felt betrayed by the show's producer Lorne Michaels and fired off an email saying that she was disappointed by his decision to allow Miley to make fun of her.
Sources close to Lindsay say that she sees Lorne as a "mentor and father figure" and is really upset that he would use her recent legal troubles as comedic material. Lindsay always plays the victim card, starting frenemy wars all over Hollywood. If she keeps burning bridges, it will really be Lindsay against the world. We think she should be a little less sensitive and take SNL's jibes as flattery, at least people are still talking about her! And isn't she usually the first one to make light of her legal troubles? Check out Lindsay Lohan's top 10 feuds!
- Kamofie & Co.:Lindsay is suing the jewelry store for selling the surveillance tape to the Associated Press for an estimated forty-thousand dollars. Lindsay is angry that they're selling her image without her permission, and believes its proof that they only accused her of theft because they are trying to make money.
- Etrade: Lindsay sued Etrade bank for their 2010 Super Bowl commercial because a baby referenced a "milkaholic Lindsay." The details of the $100 million dollar suit were never released, but rumor has it Lindsay ended up making money in the settlement.
- Michael Lohan: Lindsay and her father Michael have a very turbulent relationship. She says Michael rides her coat tails and exploits her for all the money she is worth. They have had fight after fight, and at one point Lindsay even wanted a restraining order. Michael always claims he is sending her to rehab but the pair talk on and off and have a very strained relationship. Just recently Lindsay says she is embarrassed of her dad going on celebrity rehab.
- Glee: Lindsay was at the Betty Ford clinic when a Glee episode aired featuring Gwyneth Paltrow as a quirky Spanish substitute teacher that made fun of Lindsay Lohan and her frequent trips to rehab. Lindsay was highly offended and the cast made an effort to apologize.
- Hilary Duff: Back in 2002, Aaron Carter supposedly left Hilary Duff, who he had been dating for two years, to hook up with Lindsay. Then he left Lindsay to get back together with Hilary. This high school-esque boy drama sparked a feud between the two Disney princesses, but years later they let bygones be bygones and are friendly with each other.
- Brandon Davis: The oil heir went on a drunken rampage about Lohan when he was walking around town with Paris Hilton. He made extremely rude and vulgar insults about her, called her poor, and said her father was hotter than she would ever be.
- Samantha Ronson: Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan have had a rocky relationship since they began dating in 2008. They had very public break-ups and make-ups, Samantha even accused Lindsay of stalking her at one point. At the couple's lowest point, Ronson's family filed for a restraining order against Lindsay. Now there are rumors that the girls might be back together.
- Michelle Peck: Lindsay Lohan got her second DUI when her assistant Tarin Graham quit, and Lindsay chased her mother, Michelle Peck, as she was driving home. Peck called the police and when they pulled Lindsay over she had a blood alcohol level of 0.12 and had cocaine in her system as well as in her pants. She was also driving on a suspended license.
- Dawn Holland: Dawn Holland was an employee at the Betty Ford Clinic that accused Lindsay Lohan of physically and verbally abusing her. Lindsay accused Dawn of lying about the injuries to make money. The clinic fired Holland for leaking information to the press and she ended up dropping the charges shortly after, because many think that Lindsay paid her off.
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- What is a Medicaid spend down?
- Medicaid, also known as Title XIX, or MO HealthNet in Missouri, is a medical assistance program for low-income people who are elderly (65 years and older), permanently and totally disabled, blind or who meet some other category of eligibility. Some people have so little income that they automatically qualify for Medicaid. However, seniors and people with disabilities, whose incomes exceed the income limit, may qualify for Medicaid if they have "incurred" medical bills that equal or are greater than their "excess" income. The process of subtracting those medical bills from the individual's income is called "spend down."
- For example, a person over 65 is determined eligible for MO HealthNet benefits, but her monthly income exceeds the income limit for MO HealthNet non-spend down by $50. If she incurs medical bills of $50 in a month, the rest of her medical bills will be covered by MO HealthNet until the end of the month. The spend down in this case is the $50 of medical bills she incurs.
- Who can get spend down?
- Not everyone. A person must be permanently and totally disabled, blind or at least 65 years of age, have assets of no more than $1000 if single, or $2000 if married, and have income which exceeds the Medicaid limit in order to qualify for MO HealthNet spend down.
- Eligible people living in their own home, apartment, senior housing, congregate housing, etc. are eligible to be placed on a spend-down if they have income over the Medicaid limit. Individuals who are ineligible for vendor or HCB level of care due to a transfer of assets may be eligible for spend down. Individuals with income exceeding HCB income limit, currently $1,220.00, may be eligible for spend down.
- How does spend down work?
- When you have incurred medical bills greater than your excess income, you will receive MO HealthNet coverage from the date you have incurred medical bills equal to or exceeding your spend down amount to the end of the month.. You are responsible for the bills up to the excess amount; MO HealthNet will only pay those bills over the excess amount.
- Title XIX also permits a State to have a program whereby an individual "pays in" his or her spend down requirement to the State (almost in the nature of a premium). This option, set forth in Section 1903(f)(2) of the Act, permits an individual to pay his or her spend down amount — i.e., the difference between their income and the medical assistance income level — to the State. If the State chooses to establish a pay-in program, as Missouri has, individuals may have a choice between the pay-in option and incurring expenses that will qualify them for MO HealthNet coverage for the month.
- What types of medical expenses count toward spend down?
- The bills must be ones which the participants owe for medical services or items for themselves or their spouse if their spouse's income is counted in the spend down determination, which no other insurance or program is going to pay, for necessary medical services that are recognized under State law and are not subject to payment by a third party, unless the third party is a public program of a State or political subdivision of a State such as Department of Mental Health or Department of Health and Senior Services. Only expenses included in Section 208.152, RSMo can be used to meet spend down. In this section, personal care services are allowed at the state rate; this applies to all charges for personal care services including home health agencies.
- To "incur" an expense means to be personally responsible to pay for the expense.
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Handbook clarifies that the only medical expenses that may be allowed to meet a participant's monthly spend down are those charges for which the participant is personally responsible. If a participant has a monthly spend down of $300, he/she must personally be responsible for $300 in medical expenses each month before his/her spend down is met.
- Third Party Payments for Spend-down
- Can third parties (specifically, providers) pay the spend-down amount to the State? The answer is no. The rules governing incurred expenses state that expenses must be "incurred by the individual or financially responsible relatives, and are not subject to payment by a third party" (unless the third party is a program of the State or one of its subdivisions).
- The problem with having a provider pay the spend-down amount is that, from CMS's perspective, the Medicaid applicant's income remains above the medical assistance level, because he or she has not incurred or paid expenditures that bring his or her income down to the Medicaid level. CMS therefore considers individuals whose spend-down has been paid by a third party not to be Medicaid eligible because he or she may not meet the spend-down requirement. Note that this is not a problem if the spend-down payment is made by a financially responsible relative on the individual's behalf or if it's made by a program of the State or one of its subdivisions. In either of those cases, the payment is treated the same as if it had been made by the individual.
- In the above situation, Medicaid could not reimburse the provider for the incurred expense, as that is the responsibility of the individual. Medicaid rules provide that "[e]xpenses used to meet spend- down liability are not reimbursable under Medicaid." 42 C.F.R. 435.831(h)(5). Therefore, "[t]o the extent necessary to prevent the transfer of an individual's spend-down liability to the Medicaid program, States must reduce the amount of provider charges that would otherwise be reimbursable under Medicaid." Id.
- Documentation required for spend down.
- MO HealthNet Eligibility Specialists must obtain documentation of incurred medical expenses. This documentation will be reviewed to determine the accuracy of the invoice or billing statement.
- How much is spend down amount?
- The amount of spend down is the extra income that is over the limit to receive Medicaid automatically. The Family Support Division figures out this amount for each person, taking into account the person's income and living arrangements. In 2012, the Net Income limit for Elderly and Disabled is 85% of the federal poverty level (Individual – $772, Couple – $1042). The Net Income limit for Blind is 100% of the federal poverty level (Individual- $931, Couple-$1261.00). The federal poverty level is adjusted annually.
- How often does a MO HealthNet participant have to meet spend down?
- The participant will have to meet the spend down every month unless his/her income and living arrangements have changed so much that he/she qualifies for MO HealthNet without a spend down. To receive MO HealthNet coverage in any month, the participant has to meet the spend down first.
- How do you know if you qualify for spend down?
- If you have been denied full coverage under the MO HealthNet for Aged, Blind and Disabled program, the notice MO HealthNet must send you will tell you if you qualify for spend down and, if so, the amount of your monthly spend down.
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Sounds crazy but.....
I did the electronic filing in Punta Gorda, FL (about 25 minutes from me) and I got mine in the mail today! I did app last Friday, with electronic prints and everything else.
I didn't believe me when they said 2 weeks, but they said this is a new system & that there were putting a rush on these because they wanted to try their new system out!
I'm amazed it actually came that quick, my friends took sent his in February and got it in July (129 days)


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There are many reasons for not sleeping well which may include distress, physical discomfort or physical illness.
Sleep needs vary. A baby starts life needing 16 hours or so of sleep each day, and the time we need for sleep decreases as we get older, so that adults, and particularly older adults may only need 4-6 hours a night.
People's needs vary, but most people feel they need 7-8 hours, whilst others feel they need more.
We might have difficulty getting off to sleep, wake up frequently during the night, or wake early in the morning and not be able to get back to sleep. These all result in our feeling that we haven't slept enough - we feel tired, tense and are likely to worry about not sleeping. This worry can then make it even harder for us to sleep well.
If you have trouble sleeping, there are some things you can do to help yourself get a good restful night. These include making changes in:
Making changes to our environment so that our bedrooms become a restful place for sleeping. Remove excess light (particularly blue light), make sure the temperature is right, and check the bed and pillow are comfortable. If you cannot reduce the noise, then consider ear-plugs designed for sleep use. Remove TV and device screens from your bedroom, and read from a conventional book rather than an e-book on a back-lit screen.
Change your Thinking
Worrying about not sleeping will keep you awake! Rather than put your focus of attention on the worrying thoughts, notice that they are just thoughts, then put your attention somewhere restful, use imagery, mindful breathing, or your relaxation technique.
Tell yourself that worrying about it will not help, and that you probably are getting enough, just less than you think you need. Our needs change as we get older.
If you're worrying about a particular problem, write it down, and tell yourself you can sort it in the morning.
Distract yourself by thinking about a random sequence of objects for a few seconds each. E.g. a table, a tree, a saucepan, a flower, a cow, a cloud etc. Or you could think about a few items beginning with the letter "B", then move on through the alphabet.
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Trust In Me
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Status: Finished
Genre: Mystery and Crime
Chapter2 (v.1) - Brianna
I get out a cotton cloth and put it aside, along with a bottle of alcohol. No, its not what youthink. I'm not an alcoholic. Don't jump to conclusions.
I get the cotton cloth and part it in two. I open the bottle of alcohol and place the tap away from the bottle. I lay the cotton cloth on top of the opening of the bottle and turn the bottle upside down. Alcohol seeps through the cotton and thats when I stop. I look at the cut on my arm and sigh. Its deep but not that deep like the others.
I breath slowly and shut my eyes. I've gotten used to the pain but I still get nervous about the stinging feeling I'm about to feel. Quickly I put the cloth on the cut and start rubbing. I clench my eyes shut and hiss in pain.
Be calm.
I sigh in relief and walk out of my room and throw the cotton in the trash. I come back and sit down criss cross applesauce. Without realizing that I hit the bottle when I sat down every single drop of alcohol poured into my cut.
Tears fell rapidly and ran down my cheeks. I sobbed and curled myself into a miserable ball. Miserable thats what I am. Thats what you call me but you take it back as soon as you cause me pain. You don't want to lose me I know that. And for knowing that and letting myself slip into someone else's arms I end up with the worst consequences ever. I've convinced myself that I really do love you and that its just a phase of what I'm going through.
Me cheating on you, but for the better. Every time I'm with him I'm healed, but when I'm with you my wounds open once again. You don't know I prefer him than you. You start thinking I'm with someone else other than you, but I lie and you bellieve me but at the same time you don't.
I let you take advantage of me and I let myself drift off with you when you force me. I can't defend myself. Helpless as always. My name is Brianna and I am forced to love my boyfriend David. I loathe him, but if he finds out one of us or the people I love will end up dead.
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Digital Media Lab is a unique digital-center open at the Higher Institute for ITIS. The laboratory works with giants of digital business such as Unity, DigiPen and Mail.Ru Group.
Digital Media lab developers work on projects for the development of computer games on the platforms Unity and Unreal Engine, as well as the writing of narrative and game design.
Also we work on Augmented reality (AR) projects (AR is a live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data.
At the laboratory we teach the theory of sound and its treatment, the creation of graphic arts as classical methods and using digital technology. Also students here learn the basics of 3D-animation, modeling, rendering and effects on Maya Autodesk and Blender platforms, as well as work with Nuke technology.
Major Fields of research:
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A Girls' Guide to Friendship Troubles
The subtitle for this one is "dealing with fights, being left out & the whole popularity thing." Well, what makes someone your best friend and what do you do with the friends who aren't so friendly all the time? This book kicks off the discussion with a True Friend quiz and you know how much these girls enjoy the quizzes! The questions will offer great opportunities to talk about what it really means to be a friend, how you treat others and how you want and deserve to be treated yourself. It also explores the different kinds of friends you may run across. Do you have a friend who is On and Off? Do you have a friend who can't keep a secret? How about bullies? What's the best way to handle them? Great resource for 8-12 year old girls who are navigating the sometimes complex world of friendship and girls. 87 pages Ages 8-12


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Hey guys,
I just got a 2007 wrx limited and its completely stock. Is there anywhere i can get some cheap but good quality upgrades without emptying my wallet? thanks!
ps. what should i start with?
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Hey guys,
I just got a 2007 wrx limited and its completely stock. Is there anywhere i can get some cheap but good quality upgrades without emptying my wallet? thanks!
ps. what should i start with?
Depending on the weather you see in winter either look into good summers that will at least not get murderous if the temperature drops, or summers and winters on different sets of wheels. All seasons are a compromise.
Other than that make sure the car is completely up to date on all maintenance. Follow the book.
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry. Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, 1929
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I agree with SD, make sure all the maintenance is up to date.
We get winter in the Seattle area 3-5 months a year, for these months you will need all season or snow tires.
Does it currently have Bridgestone RE-92 tires?
What is your budget?
Do you want to make it go faster?
Do you want to make it turn better?
What are your goals with this car?
I have all seasons on right now and they are pretty new.
I just want to make it look sweet for now and wouldnt mind some more power!
and im still in highschool so i dont have a huge budget.
I just want a wrx thats different than everyone elses nbut still turns heads
probably under 2k. i can probably save up that much pretty quick.
Is it a 4eat? Those are super fast n' delicious. Rippin' drifts making the *****es superstitious. Makin' you bus proof yo, spittin dolla' bills out of the exhaust hole yo. Makin' panties drip cause they so gangsterrrrrrrrrr.
No but seriously...congrats on the purchase.
And there is no such thing as cheap AND quality. Those two things just don't meld together. Kind of like whiskey and milk.
Blobeye Syndicate #55
Head over to World One's website and look at the Suspension and Exterior sections for making the car "look sweet".
For the "Look Sweet" part I recommend
Epic Springs + alignment.
Front Lip Spoiler.. this is just one style, there are quite a few styles out there.
For "More Power" look in to getting the ECU retuned. Send an email to WorldOne and ask about Stage 1 retune on a 07 WRX.
And check out Dyno Services at Pre Racing in Portland
Also read the stickies (FAQ's) in this the Tuning portion of the forum.
BOV Thread - in short keep the stock BPV.
And finally read the links in my signature.
Welcome to ClubWRX!
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okay thanks ill check all that out. would a BOV be beneficial for my stock turbo? and or a turbo control of any kind? Im new to turbos and boost so idk what i can do with my stock turbo
Read the first pos in the BOV thread.
"Turbo Timers" are not necessary because the turbo is water cooled.
Read the "Unabomber's Manifesto" in my signature, there is information there about the most commonly asked about mods.
okay thanks for all the help. i just thought id ask because i like the way they sound.
what about gauges. i think 3 going u the pillar would look good. what 3 should i get? i want a boost gauge but idk what else


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British scientists have developed a safer and more versatilealternative to chrome electroplating, the coating found on vintage carbumpers, steel camshafts, and fixtures such as door furniture and lightfittings.
Chrome electroplating protects from corrosion and adds anaesthetically pleasing sheen, but chromium comes with serious healthrisks and chromium compounds have been shown to cause cancer.
Speaking at an Institute of Physics conference in Chester, UK,Professor Robert Akid warns that workers are being exposed to chromiumcompounds that are potentially cancer-causing and says that a saferalternative is much needed. He told the conference, Novel Applicationsof Surface Modification, organized by the Applied Physics andTechnology Division of the Institute of Physics, that he and hiscolleagues are developing an alternative that will not only be saferbut cuts down on costs by reducing the numerous processing stagesassociated with conventional electroplating.
Professor Akid, who is Head of the Structural Materials &Integrity Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University, is developinga so-called "sol-gel technology" which is a colloid with nanoparticlesin a solvent that can form a gel. A metal object is sprayed with ordipped into the sol-gel system and it quickly forms a gel-like layer onthe object's surface. The solvent is then removed by evaporation andthe coating cured, or hardened. Akid says that the sol-gel approach canbe used to coat a wider range of metals than electroplating methods.
Professor Akid said: "These inorganic-organic hybrid coatingshave the potential to become an effective method of producing analternative low-cost anti-corrosion or functional coating. Thetechnology can be formulated and cured to give highly corrosionresistant, ceramic-based coatings. The method uses a range of curetemperatures and coatings are cured rapidly. The chemistry of theformulations has also been developed to provide sol-gel solutions thathave a good shelf life."
There are technical issues yet to be addressed by the Sheffiedteam, however. For instance, a pre-requisite for such anticorrosioncoatings on metals, such as aluminium and other metal surfaces,including zinc, stainless steel, and magnesium, is that they should besufficiently thick, to give adequate lifetime and hard enough to beprotected from scratching and abrasion.
Until now, sol-gel derived layers can be formed only up to twoor three hundred nanometers in thickness with a single-dip. Akidexplains that double dipping to produce multiple coatings is possiblebut this has the potential drawback of a reduction in coatingproperties.
Akid said: "The new type of protective coatings not only havehigh corrosion resistance and don't easily release their constituentions into the environment, but are also non-toxic." Akid and hiscolleagues have used sol-gel mixtures that produce aluminium oxide andsilicon oxide coatings with a chemical component that allows them tobind to the metal component's surface.
The team's preliminary corrosion tests, including so-calledpotentiodynamic polarisation in which an electric current is used toinduce corrosion showed that the coating possesses excellent corrosionresistance properties compared with uncoated samples and otherpre-treatments. The researchers have also carried out mechanical testsand have shown with a simple scratch and bend tests that the coatingsexhibit very good adhesion to the substrate.
As a further test of the durability of the coating, theresearchers also immersed coated components in an exfoliation solutionconsisting of nitric acid and chloride with very high acidity, pH1.This simulates the kind of corrosion that aluminium alloy aerospacecomponents might experience, albeit an accelerated test. Akid explainedthat their test results compared well with similar tests on bare andchromic acid anodised samples. The sol-gel hybrid coating showed littleattack even after almost 200 hours immersion. The chromic acid anodisedcomponents were pitted after this time and so failed the test, whilethe bare simple was extremely corroded. The team used scanning electronmicroscopy (SEM) to identify the nature of the attack, general orlocalised corrosion.
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British hiker dies on Palm Springs trail
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A man from the United Kingdom collapsed and died Saturday during a hike near the Palm Springs Art Museum, the coroner's office reported.
The 55-year-old man has not been identified.
The Riverside County Coroner's Office says he fell Saturday while hiking 300 yards up the Palm Springs Museum Trail west of the museum.
The victim was found at just after 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Temperatures reached well into the 100s on Saturday.
No word if heat was a factor.