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Chris Brown had been nervous.
He'd felt it eight months ago when he first decided to step into a taekwondo class, and he felt it again as he took his place on a red mat inside Grand Wayne Center.
His dobak cinched together by his green belt, Brown proceeded to whip a pair of nun-chucks around his body while thrusting out a few kicks and other moves for a squadron of judges seated before him.
The American Taekwondo Association's regional tournament decidedly belonged to children Saturday.
But amid the gobs of kids and teens practicing kick and punch routines or toting around ominous-looking practice weapons, there was a smattering of the Chris Browns of the world.
They are adults who for whatever reason – family, exercise, direction – have signed up to learn the ancient Korean martial art that has long been popular in this country.
I needed to lose weight, said Brown, who had begun taking classes eight months ago. I spent 20 years sitting on my ... doing nothing.
This year, the Wall Street Journal reported that instructors at many of the roughly 30,000 commercial martial-arts schools in the U.S. increasingly are now tailoring programs to older students.
The same article noted that AARP is reporting a rise in taekwondo classes at community recreation centers, YMCAs and wellness facilities, showing that the sport isn't just for young kids anymore.
My son talked me into this, said Debby Nash, who began taking classes two years ago and came to Saturday's tournament from Michigan.
I had to get a heart stent, and he just told me it's time for me to exercise, Nash said.
Nash's 33-year-old son, Matt Ticconi, has been practicing the martial art since he was 15 and now runs several classes in Michigan.
He even created a low-impact class for adults who may be older, suffering from injuries or who may be looking to get back into the martial art after a lengthy absence, she said.
Today, I feel pretty good, said Nash, a blue belt who was preparing to show off several routines in different forms and with different weapons.
For Angela Ford, the attraction to the martial art stemmed from constantly taking her three foster children and son to a gym where they were taking classes.
She noticed the martial art produced a change in behavior for her children, and then she decided to sign up herself.
It's fun, but it's challenging in that I have to set up goals and keep moving toward them, Ford said. I never did sports, and this is making me more goal-oriented.
The classes have also helped Ford mentally, and she said she even needed to use some of what she learned for self-defense in a recent situation where someone grabbed her arm.
Brown, Nash and Ford each admitted to being nervous when they first signed up, and all three said that nervousness never really goes away.
Nash, who takes classes in Suttons Bay in Michigan, said the number of adults taking classes seems to be growing, while Brown said many times he is the only person above drinking age in a class.
But, like Nash and Ford, Brown had an extra incentive in taking the class.
His daughter, Jessica, was off to the side of the mat as he performed his routine Saturday, and she was there to give him high-fives afterward, though he was disappointed with his performance.
She had signed up for taekwondo classes long before her father, and she was integral in getting him to follow her into the gym, overcome his nervousness and to finally get into shape.
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2013: 7-9
That's seven wins in three of the last four seasons for the Rams, who've had a different receiving leader in each of the last six seasons, none of them reaching 1,000 yards. They finally let of consistent running back Steven Jackson who played eight frustratingly bad seasons for St. Louis. They still haven't made the playoffs since the Marshall Faulk days in 2004. At least coach Jeff Fisher has kept them at respectability, but at the same time they haven't been contending for anything either. Fisher connection TE Jared Cook (671 rec yards, 5 TDs) had a solid first season for the Rams, but their receiving core overall left much to be desired. West Virginia standout WRs Tavon Austin (40 rec, 418 yards) and Stedman Bailey were electrifying at time last year but didn't get the playing time they need. These guys combined for over 2,900 receiving yards and 27 TDs two years ago for the Mountaineers with Geno Smith throwing the ball; surely Sam Bradford can get them going to some lesser degree. Realistically the Rams have nothing to lose by trying to throw them out there, especially with a year of experience under their belts. At least the Rams are keeping it fresh in the running game, playing the hot hand between Zac Stacy, Daryl Richardson, and Benny Cunningham. Those three speedsters were all younger than 24 last year and Stacy emerged as the starter as the year went on. Bradford is a good enough quarterback but needs to stay healthy; he's missed significant time in two of the last three years. New backup QB Shaun Hill isn't going to lead this team to the playoffs.
Chris Williams and Shelley Smith, two of the better members of the offensive line, signed away in free agency, explaining #2 overall pick OT Greg Robinson from Auburn. They also got Pittsburgh DT Aaron Donald and signed Alex Carrington from Buffalo to force more pressure on the quarterback defensively, something they didn't do well last year. Their defense was decidedly middle of the pack, but the pass defense was bad partly because of that. LOLB Alec Ogletree, their top pick last year, had a great season aside MLB James Laurinaitis; linebackers are a strength of the Rams. They also drafted Auburn RB Tre Mason to throw in the mix and Florida State safety LaMarcus Joyner. They didn't just have great picks, the Rams made the most of their selections, as any struggling team should. And this is one particular franchise that's been dormant for some years now. A fed up fan base has driven franchise value down. Tickets are cheap, and fans are waiting for a better product on the field. But 2014 should be the year they finally get back above the .500 mark. An explosive offense should be on the field this year to go with an improved defense--there are few reasons why the Rams can't be better this fall. Both Super Bowl teams from last year visit the Edward Jones Dome this year. Get your Rams tickets from Gold Coast Tickets today!
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For starters, Rosie Huntington Whiteley was showing them how it's done in her signature leggy style. The ravishing model gave the standard Coachella uniform wear a twist by wearing a pair of denim cut-offs with a billowing white blouse. But these aren't any old shorts — THESE are covered in floral embellishments and come from Christopher Kane's collaboration with J Brand for the designer's Spring Summer 2012 collection. Fash-tastic! Rosie expertly added a statement gold cuff, heeled ankle boots (not unlike Diane Kruger and Kate Bosworth's, in fact) plus the obligatory sunnies. Talk about a masterclass in festie dressing.
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With the outlook for the local economy as bright as it's ever been, the Top 50 rides a wave of optimism.
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Lafayette's economy has been on the upswing for the past three years, with the Top 50 consistently outperforming the previous year. This year is no exception, as the list is but five companies shy of perfection in achieving across-the-board increases — and three of those five companies' revenues were flat.
The outlook for deepwater drilling is the talk of the town — with many industry officials saying the region is poised for a 10-year run based on current contracts — and indicators like retail sales and home sales are continuing to break records. Retail sales through May are up 4.25 percent over 2012, and new residential sales are up 35 percent compared with the first half of last year. The Lafayette Economic Development Authority's analyses reveal that economic indicators are performing well compared to the first quarter of 2012.
For Lafayette in particular, health care and oil and gas are the big economic drivers. Roughly one-fourth of the Top 50 companies' revenues are tied directly to oil and gas, and many others benefit indirectly from the activity this sector generates. But health care is where most of the jobs are. Since 2003, when the Louisiana Workforce Commission began reporting health care employment as a separate category, the Lafayette metro area's health care employment has exceeded employment in mining. LEDA points out that when the MSA was changed in 2005 (to just Lafayette and St. Martin parishes), health care overtook retail and government as the single largest employing industry — ranging from 12.16 percent to 14.08 percent of the total workforce.
Schumacher Group and Acadian Cos. are bellwether health care standouts on the Top 50 list, each growing their revenues by 15 and 14 percent, respectively. Along with jewelry manufacturer Stuller Inc., which experienced a slight uptick in revenues, Schumacher and Acadian are companies to watch, as Frank's International's planned initial public offering will create a vacancy in the No. 1 slot.
While there are only two companies whose revenues declined, it's important to keep in mind that an entity's year-over-year revenues don't necessarily indicate success and/or profitability, as smaller jobs can be more profitable than larger ones. That means there is often more to the story when collected revenues drop off. For example, there isn't a contractor in town busier than The Lemoine Co. — among its local projects are Park Place Surgical Hospital and Camellia Tower V, both in Lafayette, and Freeport-McMoRan Oil and Gas (formerly Plains Exploration & Production or PXP) in Broussard. Yet the general contractor, which also does a significant portion of its business out of town, experienced a 19 percent drop in revenue from 2011 to 2012.
The other company reporting a decline in revenues, 14 percent, is C&C Technologies. That decrease is attributable to the surveying and mapping entity's decision to cut back on work it was doing in Brazil to increase its profitability. "We have been losing money in Brazil for several years and finally made the decision that it is too harsh of a business environment," says C&C Vice President and General Manager Jeffrey Sides. "We had four long-term contracts working three vessels with the national oil company Petrobras. When two of those contracts ended, we demobilized two vessels back to the Gulf of Mexico and terminated those vessel charters. We currently have two contracts with Petrobras and have downsized our office in Brazil," he continues. "It was a conscious business decision, and while decreasing our revenues, increased our profits and outlook for the future."
This year several companies make their debut on the Top 50 list — all earning their spots on major revenue increases: Machine Tools, No. 42, rose 35 percent; Blue Victory Holdings, No. 43, climbed an astonishing 142 percent; and Stella Maris, a Lafayette-based oil and gas engineering and manufacturing company, jumped a whopping 164 percent. Earlier this year, Stella Maris, No. 44, announced that it is expanding its corporate headquarters at 930 W. Pont Des Mouton Road, with completion of the project expected in February. A manufacturer of products like hydraulic power units, chemical injection skids and customized equipment, Stella Maris will not only more than double the size of its existing 22,000-square-foot facility by an additional 23,000 square feet, but also its workforce.
Ryan Dugas, the company's director of operations, says once the project is complete, its workforce will grow from 67 to just under 100 employees.
Read more about newcomers Machine Tools and Blue Victory Holdings, along with five other companies that have a positive outlook for their future, on the following pages.
That optimism, along with new leadership at the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce in the form of a seasoned economic development professional, is a powerful signal of an even better, stronger Top 50 in the years to come.
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The last two years have brought incredible growth for Apex Freight Services, and after revenues rose 46 percent in 2011, and another 13.7 percent last year, the relatively new Lafayette company — this month marks only its seventh year in business — has landed a spot, for the second year in a row, on ABiz's Top 50 list.
Apex's business, according to its founder and CEO Tracy Pellerin, requires a two-fold explanation. Here's how he tells it:
"We're a non-asset-based logistics company. For one, we offer standard brokerage services. So say a customer has a load they need to have moved from point A to point B; we contract with [the] carrier, and we have it moved. The second aspect is we provide complete management of a customer's supply chain."
In 2011, the company went on the fast-track with the buyout of another freight services company, Coble Enterprises, resulting in $18.97 million in revenues for the year. That 46 percent revenue increase resulted in Apex's first-ever appearance on the Top 50 list.
The rise in revenues hasn't stopped, and while they didn't climb as drastically as in 2011, 2012 also brought growth, as revenues increased 13.7 percent to finish the year at $21.57 million.
"While I'd say our first revenue boost in 2011 was a combination of organic growth and the acquisition of [Coble Enterprises], this year's jump was all organic," Pellerin tells ABiz. "We've worked hard and acquired some very large accounts, and we've had tremendous growth in our existing accounts, and we're now servicing customers all over the U.S. and Canada."
One of 2012's biggest developments, and reasons for the continued growth, says Pellerin, was Apex's landing of the transportation management contract for the McIlhenny Company.
Apex's growth won't slow anytime soon either, as Pellerin points to several "in-the-works" deals, including the pending acquisition of a Colorado-based company that specializes in refrigerated transportation services. With that deal set to be sealed in July, Pellerin says he expects another revenue increase to the tune of about 26 percent.
"We should close on that acquisition by the 26th," notes Pellerin, though he wouldn't identify the Colorado company. "I can't say anything until the 27th, the day after the deal is all done. I can tell you this though, once we buy them out, we'll be closing that office and bringing all the business back here."
Two more acquisitions also are in the works, adds Pellerin, saying the only details he can currently divulge are that those deals involve buyouts of companies in Illinois and Atlanta.
"With these three acquisitions, it'll almost triple our business to the point that next year at this time, we'll be at a run rate of $6 million dollars a month in gross revenue, which will be in addition to our continued organic growth rate of 15 percent a year," Pellerin says. "By the end of next year, we'll basically be providing a global suite of logistic services."
Unlike the thousands of mom-and-pop businesses across the country that met the business end of big box stores, Lafayette-headquartered Doug Ashy Building Materials has not only survived but thrived even as mega chains like Home Depot and Lowe's have steadily saturated the market.
Founded in 1960 by its namesake and now employing some 300 people, Doug Ashy rang up $91 million in revenue in 2012.
How do they do it? "Mainly customer service, and just working closely with our contractors and providing a very competitive price," says Steven Ashy, the third-generation vice president of business development and grandson of the company founder.
Doug Ashy is able to maintain competitive prices with the big boys through its membership in LMC, the largest building material buying group in the country, which serves smaller, privately owned companies and helps them compete by pooling their buying power. "We will beat the prices on just about everything that Lowe's and Home Depot will offer," Ashy guarantees.
With six certified interior designers on staff and a custom kitchen-design team, Doug Ashy works closely with contractors in Acadiana's bustling residential construction sector, which has rebounded from a short Great Recession-induced slump with gusto.
"There's a lot of young families coming in the market from the oilfield and different industries that are bringing a lot of new buyers. It's definitely increased sales," Ashy adds, noting that with the surge of young families comes environmental awareness — many home purchasers want their investments to be as ecologically friendly as possible: "They're switching to more energy efficient items and things like that — 'green' items I guess you could say."
The VP says his company's bread and butter these days is the construction of mid-priced homes in the $200,000 to $300,000 range, and he's noticed a common denominator in both new construction and remodeling: the Great Outdoors. "All the homes now have an outdoor fire place and big patios; outdoor living areas have become very popular," Ashy says. "A lot of people are adding that on, and most new spec houses have an outdoor living area with a fireplace."
When next year's Top 50 project rolls around, there will be a new level of excitement to the list, as there will be an opening in the No. 1 spot. Frank's International, this year's solid winner, will move over to the publicly held companies list. And it's likely to top that list as well.
"I hope we're blessed that way," Keith Mosing, chairman, president and CEO of Frank's International, tells ABiz. "All the forecasts are quite high for oil companies."
If all goes as planned, the tubular fabrication and installation services company, which had just north of $1 billion in revenues last year — an increase of 35 percent over the $739 million it generated in 2011 — will offer its shares to the general public for the first time in early August. The company's stock will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FI." (Frank's was No. 1 on the list last year with $850 million in revenues. In preparation for the initial public offering in 2012, however, it split some entities from Frank's and is now reporting the numbers that correspond with its public information.) Securities and Exchange Commission filings show that Frank's earned $351 million in 2012, more than double its $171 million in profits a year earlier.
The Mosing family members will retain 85 percent ownership in the company, and $600 million is expected to be raised in the IPO, which will be priced the night before the offering. That means the service company founded in 1938 by Frank Mosing, Keith's grandfather, is now worth approximately $4 billion on the public market. "Things really are not going to be affected other than we will have the growth potential with regards to capital," Mosing says.
One of the big beneficiaries in the IPO will be Lafayette, where all of Frank's domestic operations remain headquartered. Proceeds from the offering will be used to pay down $464 million in debt (as of Dec. 31), and any remaining funds will go toward expansion, Mosing says. "We're hoping to be able to grow the company and do more M&A, more research and development to develop new products and equipment for the industry. We're planning on expanding our manufacturing and expanding the amount of investment we put back in the industry in Lafayette, so that's mainly what it's going to be for," he adds. "Everything in Lafayette is going to be expanded. Tens of millions of dollars are being spent on the Lafayette facilities as we speak. We're going to be bigger, better, stronger and able to serve our customers better."
At its Lafayette campus on Verot School Road, Frank's already has two major construction projects in the works — an approximately $20 million operations facility on undeveloped land on Beau Pre Road that has already gone out for bid and another five-story, 200,000-square-foot office building behind its current main facility on Verot. "What we're doing is we're trying to get off Verot School Road," Mosing says of the new operations facility. "So the operations building is going to be on Beau Pre. This is raw land on Beau Pre that we've owned for a couple of years."
Those expansions come on the heels of a big construction project in 2012, which added an 18,000-square-foot facility across from its corporate headquarters on Verot to triple its repair and inspection operations.
Frank's is among the largest global providers of highly engineered tubular services to the oil and gas industry, offering its services to exploration and production companies working offshore and onshore. The company's niche is complex and technically demanding wells.
The fourth generation is just beginning to make its mark on the company, which now operates in 60 countries.
Computer numerical control. CNC. It means nothing to most of us — just your typical tech term — but we couldn't live without it. CNC machine tools are the machines that make machines, and metal parts like bolts, drill bits and screws, and molds, dies and casts. They make the parts that other machines are made out of — machines that make other things.
"Machine tools are the basis of industry; there's pretty much no better way to put it," says Pat Kane Jr., founder and CEO of Machine Tools Inc.
With 30 employees and 2012 revenue topping $31 million, Machine Tools Inc. is a familiar partner in Gulf Coast oil and gas exploration, with customers like Halliburton and Frank's International and other industry heavyweights as well as mom-and-pop machine shops. The Hayden family in Baton Rouge, who own and operate Red Jacket Firearms and star in the popular Discovery Channel reality series Sons of Guns, manufacture their firearms on machines from Machine Tools Inc. But it's oil that lubricates the company's bottom line.
"Seventy-five percent of our business is done from I-10 south in oil and gas," says the elder Kane.
Founded in 1989, Machine Tools Inc. specializes in sales, service and training, mainly for a line of heavy-duty machine tools manufactured in California by the Haas company. MTI's territory is all of Louisiana and Mississippi. In addition to five full-time salesmen and four application engineers who train customers to use the machines (and also do sales), the company boasts eight full-time service technicians certified to work on these very complex machines. That, says company Vice President/Chief Financial Officer Patrick Kane III — Pat Kane's son — gives Machine Tools a competitive edge: "We are set apart in our service department," he says. "We're the only ones who have those fully trained service technicians riding around in brand new vans with computers, iPads and spare-part inventories to be able to get to a customer and fix a machine quickly. We're pretty much the only one in this area that has that."
If you're still having trouble wrapping your brain around what exactly a machine tool is, Kane Jr. can help. "There's nothing more than twice removed from a machine tool," he explains. "A rubber ducky is once-removed because the mold that that ducky was made with was made on one of our machines. Something that is twice removed would be the sheet metal on the front of your refrigerator; it is rolled in a machine that is made on our machines."
Hope that squares things.
Savoie's Foods has been pumping traditional Cajun products like smoked sausage, boudin, roux and dressing mix into local grocery stores across the region since its founding in 1955. Last year, the company pulled in $18 million in revenues, an accomplishment that Savoie's Executive Vice President Freddie LaFleur attributes to the company's long-standing relationship with its customers.
"We have a real steady client base," says LaFleur. "They've used the products for years, and I feel like the customers who use our products are very loyal to them."
Savoie's hasn't seen many drastic changes in its product line since the passing of the company's founder and president Eula Savoie in 2010. However, the company made one major leap forward when it implemented a complete redesign of its website SavoiesFoods.com, which went live in April.
"We're developing a relationship with the online community right now," says LaFleur. "We're seeing good interest in it, no real big sales yet, but we are seeing an increased traffic flow for the website, so I think that's encouraging for us."
LaFleur's son, Matt, was put in charge of the project and acts as the company's webmaster.
"The former website that we had, which was around since before I graduated high school, was very basic, very primitive," says Matt. "What I was really vocal about being here was reaching out to people in the younger generation — people around my age where we're very social media-present and very Internet-present, so I wanted to reflect that in our website presence in the company."
In addition to a full graphic redesign, the new site's biggest feature is the ability to buy Savoie's products directly from the website and, with the help of the online distributor Cajun Grocer, have them shipped anywhere across the country.
"We do get good feedback [from online customers], and we get suggestions and ideas from them in ways that they use the products that maybe we wouldn't," says LaFleur.
Customers can also log onto the website to find which of their local grocery stores and supermarkets carry Savoie's products. Another new feature is the recipes page, where customers can send in their favorite recipes using Savoie's products.
"We have an ongoing promotion where we pick the Chef of the Month based on their recipes, and that person receives a Savoie's Chef of the Month Apron," says Matt. "We give out an apron as on old fashioned way to get people interested in cooking again who are still in the 'microwave generation.'"
Matt says he has more plans for the new site in the works, including a "Cajun Nostalgia" campaign he hopes to launch in August that lets Savoie's customers take a digital walk down Memory Lane.
"I'm encouraged about having a presence online," he adds. "And I hope to grow from that."
You might not know Seenu Kasturi's name — yet — but you are familiar with his brands. KFC, Taco Bell, Hardee's, Long John Silver's. And you'll likely know more of them soon.
Kasturi is at the helm of Blue Victory Holdings, a boutique private equity firm founded in 2009 that focuses primarily on developing and managing branded assets and real estate.
Kasturi's company has ownership in locations of co-branded KFC, Taco Bell and Long John Silver's restaurants and franchises its own brand, Dick's Wings and Grill, in Florida. With operations in four states and almost 700 employees, it also has the rights to develop Hardee's stores in every parish that touches Lafayette. Lafayette's first Hardee's location just opened on Kaliste Saloom Road, and the old KFC near Dulles Drive is being converted into the city's second Hardee's.
The young company's growth is nothing short of spectacular. In 2010, it had $1.5 million in revenues, and in the past year — from 2011 to 2012 — revenues increased a staggering 142 percent, from $12 million to $29 million, earning Blue Victory its first spot on the Top 50 list. With that growth has come a sharper focus. "Over the last several months, we have divested some apartment holdings and reduced our investment in that category of real estate to focus on single tenant properties," Kasturi says. "Our plan is to continue to expand Hardee's in the Lafayette region by opening up to five or six more locations. We are negotiating other sites." Between locations it owns, is the franchisor for or is operating with affiliated entities, Blue Victory has more than 60 restaurants in Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.
And while he would not disclose what brands he's pursuing, Kasturi hints that the portfolio is growing. "We have reached an agreement to acquire two yogurt chains based in Florida with a combined 40-plus stores and hope to close those deals in the coming months. We also have a definitive agreement to acquire a 50-percent equity stake in an awarded-winning wings chain in Salt Lake City, Utah, that has 13 locations and growing."
Here's where Kasturi's story gets more interesting. About this time you're thinking he's just a guy feeding his wife and three kids (and paying that Sacred Heart tuition) from the profits of his quick-service restaurants. But there's more to Kasturi's story; two years ago he started Global Offshore Resources, an offshore staffing company. Kasturi says the startup barely broke even in the beginning but is now a multi-million-dollar company that is solidly profitable.
"Our business model of having operating partners enables us to go anywhere and produce results," says Kasturi, a certified financial planner and former SEC-registered broker and investment adviser. "We are return on investment and return on equity type investors and are always scouring for opportunities where we can leverage expertise or hire the expertise needed to grow in any industry. So far, our success has been limited to energy staffing, real estate and food service industries, but that is not to say that it will be that way forever. We want to diversify by industry, geography and ownership structure [public versus private] to create the best value for the companies that we are a part of, along with creating value for our investors and shareholders."
A native of India who has lived in Lafayette more than three decades (his mom moved here in 1978 and earned a Ph.D. and doctorate in English from UL Lafayette), Kasturi has an experienced management group running Blue Victory. "I want to make it absolutely clear that we cannot do that without having the right group of people working together as a team," he says. Among its leadership are industry veterans like Rick Akam, ex-president of Hooters America; John Meyer, who has more than two decades of leadership roles at Yum! Brands; Yannick Bastien, former senior financial adviser at American Express Financial Advisors who has helmed Global Offshore Resources since its inception; Owen Thompson, who has decades of restaurant industry experience with Sonic and Krystal; and Paul Driscoll, Howard Killgo and Mack Moore — all three of whom also worked at Yum!.
The man who started his career in the food biz delivering pizzas for Sorrentos in Lafayette in the early 1980s, and eventually worked his way up to general manager, announced last year that he was buying a 45.3 percent stake in Jacksonville, Fla.-based American Restaurant Concepts Inc., parent company of Dick's Wings. At the time Kasturi hoped to eventually fold Blue Victory's assets into the publicly traded company, but his existing franchise agreements forced a restructuring of the transaction.
"We had to alter the manner in which we completed the deal, since acquiring more than a 10-percent interest in a publicly traded company that serves chicken created conflicts of interest with our existing franchise agreements," Kasturi says. "The deal did close, and I am considered a control person for ARC and file all required SEC filings just like a company executive would. I also own just under 10 percent directly since that is the threshold that the franchise agreements allow."
After months of remodeling and construction, Service Chevrolet has completed the move from its former location on Cameron Street to a state-of-the-art facility on Ambassador Caffery Parkway. The new facility, run by dealer Jesse Luquette Jr., stretches across a 56-acre lot with a wide open showroom, 20 sales offices and a new customer waiting lounge featuring a workstation complete with free Wi-Fi.
"It's just very updated from what we've had before," says Lorraine Luquette, marketing director for Service Chevrolet Cadillac. "We hold about 315 spots just in our front lot for inventory. It's very wide open — all the sales offices are visible to the showroom, and there's a lot of glass so everybody's able to see you."
The facility also features a new Cadillac dealership, which Service Chevrolet quietly purchased from Courtesy Automotive owner Don Hargroder last year. The acquisition was never publicized, and the purchase price was not disclosed.
"It's all in the showroom here, so we are now officially Service Chevrolet Cadillac," says Lorraine. "We share the dealership; we hold both lines in the dealership."
According to Luquette, Service Chevrolet Cadillac is in the process of building a separate Cadillac dealership on the rest of the property right next to the new facility, but for now Cadillac is being temporarily housed at the same facility.
"Now that we're on Ambassador there's a lot more traffic in front of us than there was on Cameron Street," says Lorraine. She expects the used car inventory to be completely relocated to the new site by the end of the summer. "So we'll have everything in one building," she says.
The company experienced a healthy uptick in revenues from 2011 to 2012, increasing 23 percent to $129 million. The addition of Cadillac along with several new Chevrolet models, including the fully redesigned 2014 Chevy Silverado and 2014 Chevy Impala, could boost those revenues even higher this year.
"As far as Chevrolet, the Silverado has been our No. 1 seller just because we are in the truck land of America right now," says Lorraine. "It has better fuel economy, and it has a lot more power and torque so a lot of the men are loving that. And what a lot of the men are liking on it is that it's very quiet."
As for Chevrolet's smaller cars, Luquette says the Chevy Cruze is one of the better sellers, offering 26 mpg in the city and 36 on the highway.
"As far as Cadillac, the SRX is our top seller for sure, which is a crossover SUV," she notes. "And then car-wise, the ATS is a brand new Cadillac that came out this year; that's really a good seller for us. As far as technology, it's the top of the line. There's really nothing that's missing in there."
Black Friday shopping begins; Pope visiting Turkey; oil prices decline and more national and international news for Friday, November 28, 2014.
Friday's Blogs from the Bog!
The fight to clean up Lafayette Parish could get some added ammunition with two ordinances up for votes Tuesday by the City-Parish Council targeting litter-bugs.
By striking a deal to lessen the blow of health insurance changes on state workers, school employees and retirees, Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration lowered the volume of criticism but gave itself and local school boards a new budget headache.
With the airport tax coming up for a parishwide vote in about a week, the Broussard City Council and its mayor have come out in support of the proposal.
Protesters rallied peacefully in several Louisiana cities in the wake of the Missouri grand jury decision not to indict a police officer in the fatal shooting of Michal Brown.
The U.S. rep billed LSU for work allegedly performed on the same days Congress voted on major legislation and held important committee hearings on energy and the ACA.
Abysmally low participation by the public has prompted the council to scuttle the 2014 survey with plans to simplify it and try again next year.
The village now says the ordinance will likely be overturned and authorities will more vigorously enforce existing leash laws.
Bill Cassidy cast an early ballot Tuesday, seeking to draw renewed attention to a race that has fallen off newspaper front pages and away from people's minds as they plan holiday meals and shopping schedules.
Battered all night by Baltimore's relentless pass rush, Drew Brees could feel his protection collapsing and Terrell Suggs getting ahold of him as he urgently unloaded a pass to the right flat toward tight end Jimmy Graham.
After a convincing defeat at the polls on Nov. 4, Earl "Nickey" Picard has decided to let bygones be bygones with his former right-hand man Brian Pope, announcing his support for his former employee's runoff bid to become Lafayette's next city marshal.
Saturday the athletic department did everything possible to ensure the 2014 Ragin' Cajun seniors remembered fondly their last home game. Rain and lightning never arrived but turbulence did in the form of the Appalachian State Mountaineers.
Even stranger than the Republican Party's decision to hold a "unity rally" earlier this month for Congressman Bill Cassidy in a Baton Rouge bar, Huey's Bar, was the fact that the establishment was named after Louisiana's most famous Democrat.
Bar Code is not a gay bar.
After failing to pass a medical marijuana bill last year, state Sen. Fred Mills, R-Parks, is telling supporters he will return in 2015 with legislation that focuses on different applications like oils and pills.
Voters, obviously, are not yet tuned into the 2015 ballot, despite the intriguing races it will host.
By now, the story of how longtime LSU coach Dale Brown discovered Shaquille O'Neal has been told many times: Brown happened upon a massive 13-year-old at an army base in Germany, stayed in touch with him and eventually became like a second father.
Fate simply wasn't ready to give the New Orleans Saints a break from longtime nemesis Steve Smith.
Lafayette Police have had a busy day.
Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration will use $130 million in patchwork financing from a tax amnesty program, insurance settlement, uninsured motorist penalties and other excess funds to close most of the state's midyear budget deficit.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said she disagrees with President Barack Obama's actions on immigration, hoping the latest controversy doesn't worsen her campaign difficulties.
Gay-rights advocates challenging Louisiana's same-sex marriage ban announced Thursday that they have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review their case before it is heard by a federal appeals court.
Thinking himself the "son of God," the man charged with the 2013 killing of an officer of the Chitimacha Tribal Police will not stand trial following a ruling Thursday on his mental competency.
Either Saints coach Sean Payton doesn't want to tip Baltimore off as to who'll start in New Orleans' secondary on Monday night, or he really doesn't know yet.
NOV 28 Columnist James Gill writes about an irritant for AG Buddy Caldwell in this post. Caldwell's upset about a "technicality" that turns out to be the US Constitution, Gill says.
NOV 28 Bill Cassidy says the story about his possible double-dipping from taxpayers is a "non-issue," the ABC News politics blog reports here. The story, broken by bloggers Lamar White Jr. and Jason Brad Berry earlier this week, is probably an issue for some taxpayers.
NOV 28 Blogger Tom Aswell writes about the next step for the 6th Congressional race. Former Gov. and ex-con Edwin Edwards plans to take some shots at opponent Garret Graves by pointing out that Graves is buddies with Bobby Jindal.
NOV 28 Gov. Bobby Jindal has much to be thankful for this week, the Picayune reports here. Specifically, he moved up in the latest GOP presidential poll - to 2 percent. Whoopie!
NOV 28 Blogger Ian McGibboney responds to a troll-like poster who had a problem with his most recent post about the Saints. Since people are rioting in Ferguson, Ian shouldn't talk about football, this individual opined. It's possible to care about more than one thing, Ian counters.
NOV 28 Yet again, we're hearing about budget cuts that are necessary because of a big budget hole, this editorial in the American Press says. This raises some questions, the paper says, such as: Why does this keep happening? And how can this be so when we're being told our economy is doing great?
NOV 28 Blogger Jason Brad Berry, arguably the only guy in Louisiana who is truly paying attention to the BP claims process, has a little something to say about a Picayune story on the audit reports. He wants to know if the reporter has ESP, or just wrote her story based on a press release. He also has links to the documents she wrote about - so you can judge for yourself.
NOV 28 The publishers of the Forward Now blog post this disclaimer about their social media accounts. They don't monitor who "likes" their articles, the publishers say, and they aren't trying to manipulate Facebook likes. Say what?
NOV 26 Jim Brown, like many of us Louisiana voters, seems fed up with out of town know-it-alls trying to tell us what to do. Bill Cassidy can't make it through the day without flying someone in to "tell us political retards" how to vote, he says.
NOV 26 Zach Kopplin, who we came to know and love when he was a Louisiana high school student lobbying for the continued inclusion of science stuff in science class, pens this post in The Atlantic about a "textbook" available for social studies instruction in Texas that discusses how Moses contributed to the Constitution. (Oy! Texas rednecks love Jews. Who knew?)
NOV 26 Blogger Tom Aswell is writing about the behavior of the two finalists in the 6th Congressional District race: Edwin Edwards and Garret Graves. Edwards has come out swinging, but Graves' campaign seems bent on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, Tom says.


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Although many eyes were on Kylie as she paid a visit to Jean Paul Gaultier's couture show yesterday, the sharp lines and softly sculptured shapes of the collection were truly inspired. Here are the five things we loved at JPG...
1) The lace, prints and embroideries that looked like they had been inspired by 1970s string art kits.
2) The 'don't mess with me' shoulders (a strong recurring theme at all the couture shows).
3) The seamed stockings.
4) Inès de la Fressange working the runway looking as fantastic as all the 20-something models even though she is 30 years older than most of them.
5) All the variations on the tuxedo. In JPG's collections, the spirit of YSL's sexy and sophisticated 'Le Smoking' lives on. Best of all was the one-shouldered full-length tuxedo dress worn by Inès.
Check back for the beauty update from the show, and read our reports from the other collections here: Givenchy, Lacroix, Chanel, Christian Dior, Giorgio Armani Prive and Alexis Mabille


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The accomplished local musicians listed below perform during Harmony for Healing at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton at least once a month. They have a great love for music and enjoy sharing that love with patients, their families, visitors and Tanner employees. Thanks to the availability of these musicians and others, performances are scheduled at least three times a week and average 13 a month. View photos of recent performances.
Download the current schedule now.
In 2008, Tanner Health System's Harmony for Healing music therapy program was developed out of a desire to help team members, patients and their loved ones cope with the stressful times that often accompany a hospital stay.
Music therapy is an established healthcare technique that uses music to address the physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs of individuals of all ages. Research has shown that music therapy can help promote wellness, manage stress, alleviate pain and promote physical rehabilitation.
The music therapy program is funded through gifts to Tanner Medical Foundation. Proceeds are used to continue Harmony for Healing performances with the goal of hiring a full-time music therapist.
If you would like more information about Tanner's Harmony for Healing music therapy program, please contact Jillian Walker at 770.836.9202.
Jan Adams is the accompanist for the Carrollton Community Chorus, a position she has held for 30 years, as well as the staff accompanist at the University of West Georgia, a position she has held for 15 years. A Nationally Certified Teacher of Piano, she has taught piano lessons in Carrollton for 35 years.
Cheryl Childers studied music at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. She has played piano for church services since she was a teenager. She is currently the pianist at Carrollton First United Methodist Church, a position she has held for 24 years. Her favorite music genres are classical and hymns.
Dale Hendrick began playing the piano when she was 10 years old. She earned a minor in music from the University of West Georgia. Currently, she is the pianist at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Carrollton. She performs a program of sacred music, including hymn arrangements.
Joe Lipham, DDS, studied music for 10 years under the late Mary Lou Munn, a music professor at the former West Georgia College. He holds a bachelor's and doctorate from Emory University, and his performance selections are derived primarily from the Romantic and Contemporary Periods.
Terry Lowry has served as the conductor and music director for the Carroll Symphony Orchestra since 2002, and is the volunteer music director for Tanner Health System's Harmony for Healing music therapy program. Lowry's schedule includes more than 100 performances worldwide each year. For more information, visit www.MusicalOverture.com or the Harmony for Healing Media Room.
Harry Nelson, a Carroll County native, has played classical guitar for over 20 years. He began studying classical guitar in 1993 at the University of West Georgia and later studied under John Sutherland at the University of Georgia for four years. Since 2008, Nelson has worked as the program coordinator for the University of West Georgia's Department of Music. He teaches guitar locally and performs for special occasions around the west Georgia area.
Betty Tumlin began taking piano lessons at age 12 from various teachers, including Janice Warren and Patty Pritchard. Tumlin is currently the pianist at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Villa Rica, a position she has held for 50 years. She is retired from the Bank of Villa Rica where she was employed for 35 years. Her program always contains special arrangements of hymns, her favorite genre.
Jan Watts, a resident of Carroll County for 35 years, held the position of pianist at First Baptist Church of Villa Rica, Ga. – a position she held for more than three decades. She has played music in church since she was 12 years old. She holds degrees in mathematics and secondary education and is a retired high school math teacher.


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START Leader 2014
Applications were Due February 4, 2014- the application is now closed. If you have applied, you will be contacted after February 6th with the status of your application.
New Student Programs & Family Outreach is seeking to employ qualified, currently enrolled undergraduate students who are enthusiastic, hard-working and committed to assisting prospective and/or incoming students and their families through OSU's START program. START is the summer advising and registration program for incoming students and their families. START leaders will take away new skills and experiences that will open doors and aid them in future careers and opportunities.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment in a high profile position.
- Excel as a team player while maintaining a high energy level, enthusiasm and stamina when working long days.
- Possess familiarity with OSU resources and services.
- Ability to facilitate small and large group discussions and activities.
- Possess high level of maturity and an ability to use independent judgment.
- Desire to make a difference in the lives of new students and their families.
- Exhibit leadership, initiative, dependability, discipline and self-confidence.
- Be ready to take leadership and communication skills to the next level.
- Current undergraduate student, planning to continue Fall term 2014.
- Must be an undergraduate degree-seeking student in good academic standing at time of application and throughout employment.
- Must be in good standing with the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards at time of application and throughout employment.
- Committed to attending all START programs and trainings.
- Valid US driver's license
Interview Prep Workshops
Career Services is offering a workshop on 2 different occasions to assist you prepping for student leadership position interviews. This workshop is open for students applying both for the START Leader and RA position. Sign up is not required. This is not a requirement of application and attendance will not be counted as part of your application process.
- Thursday, February 6, 2014 | 4:00pm-5:30pm | Location: Weniger 149
- Wednesday, February 12, 2014| 4:00pm- 5:30pm | Location: Weniger 149
Position Terms and Conditions
Printable Position Description
Length of Position
Candidates are considered START staff members effective the date of selection through the last START session. START sessions run June through August. Additionally there will be opportunities to work outside of START sessions that will be offered but not required. All dates and times are given to the best of our knowledge and may change depending on finalization of the University calendar and START planning.
Required Training
All START leaders are expected to attend the following training dates:
- START Leader Training Class - Spring Quarter 2014 on Tuesdays from 4pm-6pm (2 credits). CRN will be given in hire letter.
- START Leader Retreat on April 11-12, 2014 details will be given at a later date.
- Summer Training will be June 17-18, 2014
- Attend and actively participate in all START programs - dates below (no exceptions)
- Work at least 3 hours in the START follow-up phone call campaign
- Assist with the implementation of first-year and transfer student advising and registration programs
- Demonstrate team leadership, responsibility and effective communication skills
- Facilitate small and large group meetings and presentations
- Demonstrate sensitivity to diverse populations
- Provide excellent customer service to new students and family members by communicating accurate information
- Assist new students in developing peer relationships, academic effectiveness, and personal adjustment to OSU through small and large group discussions, individual advisement and positive interactions
Each START leader will be paid $9.10 per hour. This will result in approximately $2000.00 paid for all required START sessions & training. START leader pay will begin with summer training on June 17, 2014. START leaders are not paid for time in class or the retreat. There will be opportunity to work additional hours to earn extra pay.
START 2014 Dates
START Leaders are required to be present for all dates.
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|July 21-22
|August 27
|June 26-27
|July 11
|July 23
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|July 14-15
|July 24-25
|July 1
|July 17-18
|August 25-26
Summer Classes
While you may take summer classes and work with START simultaneously, you are required to be at ALL START training and START sessions regardless of your class schedule.
Summer Housing
You will be required to spend at least one night in the residence hall during one of the START sessions; you will sign up for this one night during class. Summer housing is not provided by New Student Programs & Family Outreach throughout the summer or training. You must secure your own summer housing.
For questions contact New Student Programs at email@example.com.
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The office of New Student Programs & Family Outreach does not discriminate against any qualified individual based on age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran's status in regards to job application procedures, the hiring, advancement, or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, or other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. If you require a job application in an alternative format or another accommodation based on a documented disability please contact New Student Programs & Family Outreach at 541-737-7627.


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"The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind"
Playwright John Millington Synge about the Aran Islands
It's not until you stand on the edge of one of Ireland's Aran islands that you really feel you're on the edge of the world. Ireland's islands offer something special: a get-away-from-it all atmosphere, a feeling of being somewhere unlike anywhere else in the world.
From the incredible wind- and wave-battered coastlines to the genuine friendliness of the locals, each offers a different character and a clear, unspoiled beauty that seems to have a lasting effect on visitors.
The Aran Islands sit off the west coast, surrounded by wild Atlantic. They have a romantic aura with stone walls, prehistoric forts, wind-battered coastlines and pristine beaches. They're also famous for the chunky Aran jumpers designed to battle the tumultuous winter weather.
The craggy Skelligs rise pinnacle-like out of the Atlantic waters off County Kerry and are a Unesco World Heritage site. As well as being a centre of wildlife; monks lived here in small beehive-shaped stone huts from the Early Christian Period, and you can still see the huts today. Bere Island in County Cork is an idyllic spot famous for dolphin and whale watching, while Rathlin Island's nature reserve in Antrim has the added novelty of being surrounded by more than 40 shipwrecks.
We have lake islands too. Disembark on White Island in Lower Lough Erne to explore the ruins of the 12th century church and eight carved stone figures in the walls.
Whether you're after clear white sand beaches or rugged mountains filled with sea birds, Ireland's islands have pretty much got it covered… and there's not a crowd in sight.
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The Vines Are Part of 'Who Shot Rock & Roll'
For those of you who have visited Who Shot Rock & Roll, you may have noticed that the exhibit features several music videos playing throughout the space. One of them is energetic video for the The Vines' song "Outtathaway." The piece was directed by David LaChapelle, who has several images (including this one of Eminem) in the show. While it's not the same as watching the clip amidst the rest of the images in the Photography Space gallery, you can check out the colorful, gorgeous and kinetic music video above. Wonder who had to clean up the mess created at the end of the clip?


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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's military, founded 81 years ago Thursday, is older than the country itself. It began as an anti-Japanese militia and is now the heart of the nation's "military first" policy.
Late leader Kim Jong Il elevated the military's role during his 17-year rule; South Korea estimates he boosted troop levels to 1.2 million soldiers. The military's new supreme commander, Kim Jong Un, gave the Korean People's Army a sharpened focus this year by instructing troops to build a "nuclear arms force." Yet the army is believed to be running on outdated equipment and short supplies.
The secretive army divulges few details about its operations, but here is an assessment from foreign experts of its strengths and weaknesses:
North Korea provided a chilling reminder of what its artillery is capable of when it showered a front-line South Korean island with shells, killing four people in November 2010 and underscoring the threat that its artillery troops pose at the disputed sea border.
South Korea says North Korea has more than 13,000 artillery guns, and its long-range batteries are capable of hitting the capital Seoul, a city of more than 10 million people just 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the border.
"North Korea's greatest advantage is that its artillery could initially deliver a heavy bombardment on the South Korean capital," Mark Fitzpatrick, a former U.S. State Department official now with the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said in an email.
South Korea's defense minister estimates that 70 percent of North Korean artillery batteries along the border could be "neutralized" in five days if war broke out. But Sohn Yong-woo, a professor at the Graduate School of National Defense Strategy of Hannam University in South Korea, said that would be too late to prevent millions of civilian casualties and avert a disastrous blow to Asia's fourth-largest economy.
Experts believe guerrilla warfare would be the North's most viable strategy in the event of conflict, since its conventional army suffers from aging equipment and a shortage of firepower.
Seoul estimates North Korea has about 200,000 special forces, and Pyongyang has used them before.
In 1968, 31 North Korean commandos stormed Seoul's presidential Blue House in a failed assassination attempt against then-President Park Chung-hee. That same year, more than 120 North Korean commandos sneaked into eastern South Korea and killed some 20 South Korean civilians, soldiers and police officers.
In 1996, 26 North Korean agents infiltrated South Korea's northeastern mountains after their submarine broke down, sparking a manhunt that left all but two of them dead, along with 13 South Korean soldiers and civilians.
"The special forces' goal is to discourage both the United States and South Korea from fighting with North Korea at the earliest stage of war by putting major infrastructure, such as nuclear plants, and their citizens at risk," said Kim Yeon-su, a professor at Korea National Defense University in Seoul. "The North's special forces are a key component of its asymmetric capabilities along with nuclear bombs, missiles and artillery. Their job is to create as many battlefronts as possible to put their enemies in disarray."
In March 2010, 46 South Korean sailors died in a Yellow Sea attack on their warship that Seoul blamed on a North Korean submarine. Pyongyang denies involvement. Separately, since 1999, North and South Korean navies have fought three bloody skirmishes near their disputed western maritime border. Experts say those battles show while the South has an edge in naval firepower and technology, the North relies on the element of surprise.
North Korea has 70 submarines while South Korea has 10, according to Seoul's Defense Ministry. The most menacing threats from the North's navy are small submarines that would deposit commando raiders along the South Korean coast, said John Pike, head of the Globalsecurity.org think tank.
North Korea also has 820 warplanes, more than South Korea, though Seoul is backed up by American air power. The South says most of the North's aircraft are obsolete. North Korea also suffers chronic fuel shortages that have forced its air force to cut sorties, experts say.
"North Korea would not be able to prosecute a full-fledged war for very long," Fitzpatrick said. "Its biggest problem is that North Korea would quickly lose control of the skies because of the vastly superior (South Korean) and U.S. air forces. The reported number of North Korean aircraft is meaningless, because many of them cannot fly, and North Korean pilots have little training in the air."


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Universities Week 7 - 15 June 2014
As part of the national Universities Week 2014, with its theme Ideas for Life, Bath School of Art and Design at Bath Spa University presents Futurkammer. Futurkammer builds on the idea of the wunderkammer and the recent Bath Spa University publication, Artists Work in Museums: Histories, Interventions, Subjectivities (Wunderkammer Press, 2013). This intervention by the artist Gavin Turk on the Davidson Ballroom table proposes an idea for a 'cabinet of curiosities' of the future. Gavin Turk is Professor of Art and Design at Bath Spa University.
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In 1928 Rene Magritte famously painted a picture of a pipe with the text 'ceci n'est pas une pipe' painted underneath it, forcing the viewer to question the representational nature of art forever afterwards.
Gavin Turk for the project 'Pipe' found a dirty obsolete exhaust pipe from a crashed transit van and using molten bronze to cast its shape and oil paints to affect its surface created a trompe l'oeil of this thing. This metal intestine, whose original function was to be part of the processing of diesel fuel; channelling the combustion gas out into the world, now memorialised and displayed corpse like in a steel and glass vitrine. The 'pregnant snake-object' holds up an anthropological mirror to societies reliance on roads and transportation and the consumption of resources at the heart of this. The pipe was once a symbol of more innocent times as Bertrand Russell and his fellow intellectuals puffed their way to enlightenment and the brave new world.
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one of my old dogs has a dry and cracked nose. Actually just the right half.
She is on prednisone daily due to vest synd.
Otherwise ok just old.
Vit E applied seems to help some.
What can i do to clear this up?
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