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The XTO Energy Parade of Lights is dedicated to preserving a top quality community parade with thousands of lights and a tremendous entertainment value, and there are several ways YOU can participate in Texas' top holiday parade! We are currently accepting applications.
- Enter a Unit – Applications are no longer being accepted for this year's parade. The deadline for entry was October 14. Thank you for your interest and check back next year in July when we open applications for 2017!
- Purchase seats for your entire family, or purchase a block of seats and celebrate the holidays Downtown with employees, clients or other guests. Seats are now on sale, and are selling quickly! Click here to go to our Street Seats page
- Volunteer! The parade and our afternoon activities wouldn't happen without our hundreds of dedicated volunteers, needed to walk in the parade, help with staging…and more! Our online signup form is now available.
We are focused more than ever on the quality of our entries. Thousands of people from around the Metroplex join us downtown, some purchasing front row seats, and our float participants provide the show!
You're invited to join us on our one-mile parade route with colorful illuminated floats, beautiful antique cars, marching bands, equestrian units, horse-drawn carriages and a cast of delightful characters dressed in their holiday best. The unforgettable parade and an annual visit from Santa Claus and his elves will make the XTO Energy Parade of Lights a fun-filled holiday experience for the entire family.
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Every now and then the internet surprises me with an unexpected gem. While searching for an image for a different post, I came across these great photos of a Montreal street artist named 'Roadsworth'. Apparently "Montreal police arrested Gibson on November 29 last year [2005] and charged him with 51 counts of mischief, the charges carrying maximum penalties ranging from $200 to $5,000" but since January 6, 2006, "All charges against Gibson have been dropped. His punisment is a minor fine and 40 hours of 'community work'."
Makes me want to grab a few cans of aerosol!
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If you like guerilla-street-stencil art you will most definitely like these too, by Banksy.

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One of President Obama's top economic advisers stressed the positives today in an otherwise gloomy jobs report.
"The economy has now added private sector jobs for 28 straight months, for a total of 4.4 million payroll jobs during that period," said Alan Krueger, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
The Labor Department reported that the economy added 80,000 jobs in June -- below expectations -- and the unemployment rate remains at 8.2%.
Krueger wrote on the White House blog, "Employment is growing, but it is not growing fast enough, given the jobs deficit caused by the deep recession."
Krueger notes that "the economy is continuing to heal from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression," and recovery takes time.
"There are no quick fixes to the problems we face that were more than a decade in the making," Krueger said.
As Republicans cast blame on Obama economic policies, Krueger wrote, "President Obama has proposals to create jobs by ending tax breaks for companies to ship jobs overseas and supporting state and local governments to prevent layoffs and rehire hundreds of thousands of teachers."
David's journalism career spans three decades, including coverage of five presidential elections, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 2000 Florida presidential recount and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has covered the White House for USA TODAY since 2005. His interests include history, politics, books, movies and college football -- not necessarily in that order. More about David
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A brewer who makes beer with urban honey and a special needs teacher who spent school holidays making cocktail-inspired sorbets have been named two of Britain's top up-and-coming entrepreneurs.
Hannah Rhodes, 30, and Laura Lewis, 29, both from London, are among five finalists who have been selected to pitch their product ideas to former M&S boss and Ocado chairman Sir Stuart Rose and Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge on Friday.
The winner of the national Ocado competition, Britain's Next Top Supplier, will be given an exclusive listing on the online retailer's website and a £10,000 marketing package to promote their product.
Miss Rhodes, from Bermondsey, has been shortlisted for her British craft beer Hiver which is made with urban and rural honey. After a spell at the Meantime Brewery she started getting involved with London Beekeepers Association.
She now works full-time on her own beer which is stocked in a number of places including The Dorchester and Selfridges. She said: "I was so thrilled to make it to the last 50 and now the last five. It's just so rewarding, you put your heart and soul into it."
Miss Lewis, from Fulham, came up with the idea for her dairy-free cocktail sorbets Lushice because at the time she could not eat dairy and she wanted to make a decadent "grown up" treat.
She has cut her special needs teaching down from full-time to one day a week to focus on her business and currently stocks her product in Partridges on King's Road but is hoping to expand.
She said: "I thought there's no one out there doing something similar and I though there would be room for this so I kept plugging away with it."
The winning product or range will be announced next month.
Kerridge said: "I am really looking forward to the pitches. The shortlisted products all look great."
Sir Stuart said: "All the finalists are hidden gems and it's going to be a jolly tough decision to pick a winner. I will be looking for a product that has the potential to be a big seller but also something original and quirky."
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New homes in a former Victorian factory in Clapham
Moments from Clapham Common, on the western edge of Clapham Old Town, the Macaulay Walk development has been created from a former Victorian factory in a much-admired conservation area. And, in a perfect touch for busy Londoners, there are refrigerators in the basement for internet-ordered food and wine deliveries.
The former Ross Optical Works, makers of camera lenses, is now a courtyard scheme of 97 homes in a leafy avenue. It offers loft-style apartments in converted warehouses plus new-build blocks, penthouses, and a pair of new houses that mimic neighbouring Victorian villas, together with in-keeping office studios aimed at local small businesses such as architects and graphic designers.
Contemporary architecture dovetails nicely with the refurbished heritage buildings. Grainger, the developer, has resisted carving up the interiors into small spaces, instead retaining the original high ceilings and windows, brick and ironwork features. Prices from £295,000. Call Savills on 020 7795 4600.
Clapham Old Town is the original Georgian quarter between the high street and the common. Left behind during the Eighties wave of gentrification that turned the wider area into Nappy Valley, it is making up for lost time. Gastropubs, gourmet food stores, galleries and fashion boutiques have opened, while run-down heritage architecture is getting a facelift and swish new homes have sprouted up on derelict sites. Twentysomethings like the gyms, the cinema and the Tube links, while the child-friendly cafés, the pond and gift shops attract yummy mummies from the Northcote Road side of the common.
New flats overlooking Lord's Cricket Ground
After a seven-year planning battle, a residential tower block overlooking Lord's Cricket Ground has been given the go-ahead.
KSR Architects' contemporarydesign scheme of stone, glass and steel features double-height lateral apartments, some with vast terraces and views into the ground and across Regent's Park. Construction will start in 2014. Contact developer Marcus Cooper Group on 020 7586 5060.
The scheme of 84 private flats and 47 affordable homes in a separate low-rise block comes as Regent's Park homes are regaining parity with those in neighbourhoods ringing Hyde Park, according to James Simpson of estate agent Knight Frank. Values have doubled during the last three years and now reach £3,000 and £4,000 a square foot.
Riverside flats in Fulham
Fulham is a development hot spot, with builders snapping up riverbank commercial sites and back-street plots for smart new housing.
Imperial Wharf, the giant waterfront estate built on the site of an old gas works, started the ball rolling. Following on is Fulham Riverside between the green acres of polo-playing Hurlingham Park and sought-after Peterborough Estate. The 8.25-acre scheme replaces a supermarket depot and will have 463 homes either side of a central piazza and boulevard leading to the river. Prices from £525,000. Call Barratt on 0844 8114334.
Coming soon is Hurlingham Gate, with 13 four-bedroom houses and 68 apartments. Call St James Homes on 020 8246 4199.
New flats in Fulham on the site of an old stables
Developer London Square's Farm Lane scheme on the site of an old stables in Fulham is set to become a traffic-free retreat with 40 homes. Residents will be able to park in an underground private garage with direct access to their homes. Building is under way. Call 01895 627 300 for details.
Ten flats at 120 Broughton Road (pictured) between the river and fashionable Parsons Green, are priced from £500,000. Call Haus Properties on 020 7751 0400.
Boutique apartment schemes are a Clerkenwell staple and the latest is The Yard, a dozen homes on the site of a former timber merchant's on Warner Street, close to the Mount Pleasant postal depot, where a masterplan is being drawn up for a new urban quarter. Prices from £850,000. Call Stirling Ackroyd on 020 7749 3810.
Apartments overlooking the Royal Mews
A penthouse with a bird's-eye view of the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace may not please the Queen's security staff — but it will delight those who want the cachet of being the monarch's nearest neighbour.
Part of a new development of 14 apartments, the 1,750sq ft penthouse has three terraces and is priced at £3.25 million.
Call Jones Lang LaSalle on 020 7201 6699.
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Developing a blueprint for a Web-based tool to make public how nonprofit hospitals' community-benefit investments impact communities' health needs
This grant supports George Washington University (the University) to develop a blueprint for a national, user-driven, Schedule-H Web tool that will provide easy access to community-benefit data submitted annually to the IRS by all nonprofit hospitals. Section 9007 of the Affordable Care Act calls for strengthening and clarifying the obligations of nonprofit hospitals to invest in addressing their communities' health needs as a condition of their tax-exempt status. Although many efforts are under way to assist hospitals and their community and public health partners in conducting the mandated community health needs assessments and developing implementation strategies that respond to identified and prioritized needs, no parallel effort exists to make information readily available to the hospital community, advocates, health policymakers, and researchers about how hospitals actually invest in the public's health as part of their community-benefit obligations. Without easily accessible data, assessing how individual hospital community-benefit investments are linked to the needs identified in a community health needs assessment is difficult, as is assessing how hospital investments compare geographically and by other variables, such as size, location and patient mix. Deliverables include: the blueprint; an engagement and training plan for potential users; a sustainability plan for the project; a methods outline to conduct an updated economic estimate of the total value of tax exemptions for nonprofit hospitals; convening of an advisory committee; and a two-page project summary to be shared with prospective advisory committee members and co-funders.
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They've been copying broomhandle Mausers since the 1930s, but that's the first "Thampson" I've seen! Confucius say "Imitation is most sincere form of flattery".
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I saw some in Canada a few weeks ago.. Didn't get a chance to finger them as the ass hats (sales people) at the shooting edge were too busy bumping their gum's with each other to help customers, like me so I walked out.. too bad they more than likely loose $$ everyday with poor customer service.. B2B
way back in the day china copied the "broom handle" in 45acp -- i wonder what one of those would be worth today?
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Ohlone claims it is in good financial shape
By Wes Bowers.
Friday, November 21, 2008—Reprinted from Fremont Bulletin.
While cities and school districts scramble to cut and balance their respective budgets to fall inline with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent proposals, Ohlone Community College District officials say they're not worried about potential cuts this year.
Mike Calegari, Ohlone's vice president of administrative services, gave Ohlone's Board of Trustees an update on the California State Budget Nov. 12, one week after the governor declared a fiscal emergency.
Calegari said he and Ohlone President Gari Browning attended a conference call with community college presidents and superintendents from around the state shortly after the governor's declaration of a $24-billion revenue shortfall in California through the 2009/10-fiscal year. The governor's plan was to propose increasing taxes and reducing expenditures to solve the problem.
Calegari said California community colleges could expect to see $332 million in reductions this year.
Those reductions will come in the form of a reduction to cost of living adjustments.
Calegari said the governor's proposal includes eliminating a .68 percent cost of living increase to community college employees, which would give $40 million back to the state's 2007/08 general fund.
Schwarzenegger has also proposed a $292 million reduction to general proportionments, and has asked community college districts to redirect categorical funds to their general funds to address the general proportionment reduction.
"For 2008/2009 we're in relatively good shape to absorb mid-year cuts up to 5 percent in our current reserves," Calegari said. "We can withstand cuts, one-time reductions, and use our one-time reserves to generate those funds."
He added for 2009/10, all available options for budget reductions must be on the table, depending on the severity of the state budget.
Those options include a hiring freeze, voluntary time off, golden handshakes and cuts to programs, among others.
"We'll be planning for the worst but hoping for the best," he said. "The fiscal crisis is not just relegated to California, so it's going to be a while before we dig ourselves out of this. But in the meantime we want to keep our doors open."
The board didn't discuss Calegari's update, as board President Garrett Yee said it was best to discuss the budget at a later date.
"Things have been changing daily and Dr. Browning has given (the board) frequent updates," he said. "But I don't want to get into a dialogue about the Ôwhat ifs' with this because it's only an update."


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The beta starts today and I still got no key,in my mail inbox or even in the shaiya webpage personal messages,does that mean that the signup in colaboration with Onrpg was merely a contest? I mean,you didn't have all the odds to get one key right?
We do have cross-promotions in place with other companies, so check in with your second-favorite 'net community (cuz we know Aeria is your fave!). You never know, they might have invites that they're passing out.
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"Teacher of the Year" Nominees
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Three teachers have been selected as finalists for the 2011 Alachua County Teacher of the Year program.
Louise Brown from J.J. Finley Elementary School, Sharon Sailor from Oak View Middle School, and Michael Testa from Buchholz High School have been named this year's representatives for the district's elementary, middle, and high schools.
One will go on to represent the district in the state "Teacher of the Year" program. The name of that teacher will be announced at the annual celebration on February 17.
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The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is proud to announce large scale greening initiatives for its 2008 event, set to take place June 12-15 in Manchester, TN. Festival organizers continue to take aggressive steps toward mitigating the event's environmental impact and raising awareness about green issues.
Steel Train will be at "The Other Tent" on Friday June 13th at 12:30pm.
Dark Star Orchestra has been confirmed as part of the initial lineup for the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The 7th annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 12-15 on the same 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. The final Bonnaroo 2008 lineup will total over 100 bands and over 20 comedians performing on 13 stages over four days.
Saturday morning is one of the toughest to motivate for, especially when it is hotter than the previous two days, but with the lineup that was ahead of us, one finds the motivation to get to Centeroo early. After all, this day was a special day in history. It was the 40th Anniversary of the Monterey Pop Festival.
In the beginning of June of every year, most musicians and music lovers know that the greatest festival of all time takes place in that small town in Tennessee called Manchester that has become famous for this unique and prodigious extravaganza. This was my fifth time out of its six year existence that I have made the pilgrimage to this Mecca for music. It is never without struggle, conflict, or a challenge that one achieves complete bliss or fulfillment.
I would like to apologize to the kid who passed out before my mosh pit neighbors' feet at the sound of my scream. It was at that point in the early morning, somewhere between midnight and dawn, when the thick voodoo pierced my soul sacrificing my voice to the hottest, heaviest, dirtiest jam I have witnessed in my short thirty years on this planet. The victim can take solace in the fact that four nights later my voice has yet to return. Yet he was hardly the only person whose knees buckled at the sounds eman
The Dead just played the Bonnaoo Music Festival in Manchester, TN. We just got news of the setlist, check it out here:
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I would like to know this man's military service history. At 64 he was prime draft age for VN.
A flash back could explain his behavior and mitigate the charges and punishment. I'd also like to know if he
had a prior criminal record, as that too could affect what he should be charged with and what his punishment should be.
I don't exactly believe his statements. I think he might believe them, the police and DA might want to take them at
face value because it is quite convenient for them to do so, but they could be quite untrue.
I'm thinking some sort of flash back and shock might explain the apparent coldness as well as the 24 hour
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You guys have asked for this and we are testing out a new chat room! Take it for a spin and let us know what you think!
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You guys have asked for this and we are testing out a new chat room! Take it for a spin and let us know what you think!
Thanks for setting this up Art. This should lead to some really good discussions.
I know this chat room is for testing and is a good thing for this site, but I think it would be a good idea to implement it on the Home page, this way that page will be animated in a bigger proportion. Just my thoughts...
Not sure I follow you.
He means to have the chat on the main forums page, just like it was a few months ago (we had a chat at the bottom of the main).
There was nobody on when I tried just now. Oh well, I'm used to talking to myself. :lol
I think it was more handy than the chat room. Anyway it seems no one is using the chat room? The times I was in (for a few seconds) I felt like...
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I drop in occasionally.
Nobody is ever there.
I had a conversation the other night in the chat room and it worked out well.
Checked back a while later though and no one was there.
Got to try out the chat room for the first time today, and I like it. It's a great way for us forum-members to chat live with each other instead of just random posts. Chat-room-date next, yeah? :D
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I have some residual cystic acne scarring from my teen years. 6 years of IPL (Photorejuvenation) sessions took my skin about 60% to where I want to be - but I still have a ways to go. So, my derm suggested Fraxel. Why she chose this for me over V-Beam, Cool Touch, CO2, Pixel, and many others available, I'm not sure - but since I love and trust my derm so much, I decided to take the plunge.
The appointment began with the nurses taking a Before shot of me. A shower cap was placed on my head, and numbing cream was applied on cheeks, forehead, and chin, then a painkiller with a glass of water. I asked one nurse, "So, does this hurt?" Her answer without hesitating was, "Mm-hmm." Asked a second nurse who came in if it hurt. She gave me a flat "Yes." Yowkay. Here we go.
Well, after cooling my heels for about half an hour, I was told to wash my face with Cetaphil. Then I put on my goggles and it was on.
As the nurse stood over my right with the chilled air system blowing cold air on my face, my derm at left began the procedure, which took about 15 minutes total. It hurt a *lot* less than I expected, but was still uncomfortable; I was definitely looking forward to it being over. It felt like a blunt knife scraping on the skin towards the end of it - especially down towards the mouth area. But! I refuse to move, flinch, jerk, or make a single peep during treatments like this - why, so the doctor can turn the megajoules way down? At the cost of 45 tanks of gas, I make sure it's Stoic City. But for what it's worth, my derm did remark on more than one occasion that I was pretty quiet & still. Two passes on my left cheek, one pass on my right, and one pass to each my forehead and chin. There's work to be done, and I want to be gorgeous everywhere.
Afterward, I could feel my face pulsating because, as my derm put it, I was "on fire"! The skin was very pink, but not full-on scarlet red as I was expecting and fully prepared to be. Cold compresses were applied to my face, which helped the flush, and I was to lie there a good 20-30 minutes. After this, 5% hydrocortisone was applied, which I am to do thrice a day for a week. Then I was sent on my way.
A few hours later, my cheeks began crusting. It looked like a fresh skier's sunburn. After applying foundation, it looked like a skier's sunburn I got a couple of days before. The thickest little spot of cheek crust looks like dried, caked-on concealor that hasn't been rubbed in all the way. For the day OF the procedure, just go home. In a life/death situation, you're cool - but it's not partytime yet.
By that night (last night) 12 hours after the treatment, I looked work-ready - with makeup. By this morning, I looked fine. My cheeks are still tight and feel crusty-ish. Imagine how the thinnest layer of clay masque would feel on your cheeks 20 minutes after applying - that's EXACTLY how it feels. My derm informed me that this crusting should peel off in a few days.
By the way my skin looks and feels now, I would imagine doing this on a Friday right after work would put you at A-OK in time for heading back to work on Monday morning.
I've Had Four Fraxels in the Past Year - New York, NY
I have some residual cystic acne scarring from my...
I have some residual cystic acne scarring from my teen years. 6 years of IPL (Photorejuvenation) sessions took my skin about 60% to where I want to be - but I still have a ways to go. So, my derm suggested Fraxel. Why she chose this for me over V-Beam, Cool Touch, CO2, Pixel, and many others available, I'm not sure - but since I love and trust my derm so much, I decided to take the plunge.
Well, here I am 12 days post-treatment. The...
Well, here I am 12 days post-treatment.
The crusting is long gone (it was history by 5 days after), but I noticed the oddest thing 10 days post-treatment: tiny, milia-sized ... pustules? But I'm not at all upset about it, because they are not cystic (which means they're transient), they're only on my lower right cheek/jawline as opposed to everywhere, and even without makeup, you can hardly spot them even if you're looking for them. I mean, I'd read about post-Fraxel breakouts - but since I really no longer get acne these days, I figured I would be exempt from that.
Also, from what I've read, the "breakouts" seem to come just a couple days post-treatment. For whatever reason, mine took much longer to happen. I've also read this milia is completely normal with lasers, and just the dermis healing itself. But! As a preemptive strike, some might find it beneficial to be put on an antibiotic prior to treatment. My milia is so minor, but I might put a call into my derm Monday just to let her know that it's happened to me and bothers me anyway!
1 week out, I was back on my Retin-A and glycolic acid. To keep skin moisturized in the first week, I used Aquaphor. I stayed inside for the most part during this time, so only had to apply SPF on isolated incidents.
12 days out, I still have some dry-ish skin on both cheeks & outside-orbital area, but you can't really see it - you can just feel it. Forehead is normal; chin is normal. Pinkness only exists where the aforementioned milia is, and it is very faint.
Update for 15 days Post-Treatment. The weird...
Update for 15 days Post-Treatment.
The weird (but very minor) bumps I mentioned that were on the bottom of my right cheek/jaw only lasted about 48 hours. The tiny bit of roughness that remains on the bottom half of my cheeks - but a bit more on my right cheek - gets a little better every third day or so. I put a call into my dermatologist to report this roughness and make triple-sure it was normal and expected, and the P.A. advised me to skip the Retin-A & glycolic acid that I'd resumed 8 days post-treatment for at least another week, and to focus on moisturizing and call her back in 72 hours to update her on how I'm doing.
I love doing these updates. My friends and family who don't see me every day are all asking how I'm doing, so I just refer them to my review here - so, you all benefit! :)
Let me reiterate that - at least for me - going to work the following morning after a Fraxel re:store is totally possible. I wouldn't have felt self-conscious. Each day thereafter, you look even better. It's the day OF that you must say "forget it" and head home. :)
Okay, it's been 5 weeks now since my first Fraxel...
Okay, it's been 5 weeks now since my first Fraxel Re:store!
The dryness/roughness remaining on my cheeks was history 4 weeks post-treatment. I was starting to get a little concerned; but after about a month everything looked and felt back to normal. I switched moisturizers & that seemed to be when things began to turn. Yay!
I head back for my second Fraxel in one week.
Alright, I had my second Fraxel re:store yesterday...
Alright, I had my second Fraxel re:store yesterday.
Though the mJ setting was a smidge higher this time around (I believe she said 25), and I am more red now than previously, there was a little less pain. It's the morning after, and I look like I have a serious skier's sunburn again. :) It'll pass. That crusty roughness I love so much is back as well, and it'll pass, too.
I asked my derm if she recommended the equal-parts white vinegar/water soaks I read about so much, and she said only if I am breaking out in pustules - so, that probably won't be for me. The Pramosone (steroid cream) prescribed to me previously is a whopping $400+, & fortunately, I managed to squeeze out a solid week's use from the one sample of it given to me last time; so I made sure to ask for double samples this time. When I inquired of the best post-Fraxel moisturizer, she suggested CeraVe Cream, and gave me plenty of samples of this as well. For the record: when I asked her P.A. about using Aquaphor as a post-Fraxel moisturizer (another thing I read about a lot), she gave me a flat no, followed by listing off a few random things it is actually good for.
My classes start in 4 days, so I hope the redness dissipates a bit by then! I'm sure it will. But until then, I'm for the most part staying inside and reapplying the snazzy CeraVe every couple of hours.
Had my fourth Fraxel 2 days ago. My third...
Had my fourth Fraxel 2 days ago.
My third Fraxel was 6 months ago, & my dermatologist says I'm now finished with them. But oh boy, this last one was the most aggressive of all!
Today, I'm dealing with the expected bronzing & crusting which should be gone in a couple of days. When asked recently if I can see any improvements with the Fraxel, which I've been doing the last year, it bothered me to say I wasn't sure - after all, I see myself every day! It's a little like weight loss or trying a new color-depositing shampoo - you had better take some snapshots if you want an objective visual gauge. Luckily, my derm took these before each treatment. But in pondering whether I've had actual changes to my face (cheeks in particular), I have to take into account the fact that I can look at my face after washing it & be happy with what I see. I have to take into account that I get more compliments on my skin from complete strangers than ever. When I mention something skincare-related to even strangers, they all want to know what I use on my face. All of that says a lot about the way my skin is looking.
What I really have to look forward to with this extra-aggressive final Fraxel is the additional results it will bring several months down the road - and I can't wait.
My dermatologist is amazing in her own right: honest, forthright, loves the word "NO" for any treatment she does that you might broach with her, if she doesn't think it is appropriate for you. When she finally does make a treatment suggestion, you can rest assured a lot of MD-qualified thought from training and years of experience went into it, and that it's right for you. But another reason I recommend her is because I would NEVER let a spa lady, esthetician, nurse, or "MD-supervised tech" go near my face to do anything more than what's mentioned below (greeting me, applying cold compresses, etc.). Forget it! So many horrible reviews on this website are attributed to individuals with spa-level training administering medical procedures like this one. Be cautious!


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December 2, 2011 - On November 3, the World Language Honor Society (formerly National Foreign Language Honor Society) gathered in the Goshen High School auditorium to induct its new members for the 2011-12 school year.
The ceremony was organized by current members of WLHS including President Nawshin Ahmed, Vice President Allegra Anderson, Secretary Karen Walker, Treasurer Jason Basri and Faculty Advisor Fabien Rivière.
"This is a very important ceremony and beginning of a new chapter for our inducted world language students, said Rivière. "This induction ceremony could not be possible without the hard work and effort from all current members."
The ceremony began with an introductory speech from Rivière and President Nawshin Ahmed, thanking all faculty, administrators, parents and friends for attending. A special tribute was paid to Mrs. Jeri Krish, former advisor, for her several years of service to the National Foreign Language Honor Society.
After pledging allegiance to the flag in English, French, Spanish, Latin, Italian, German, Chinese and Portuguese, a few officers and current members read passages about the lighting of the symbolic candles and explained the requirements for selection into WLHS. In addition, a few selected readings were presented to the audience from inductee application essays.
Rivière, along with GHS Interim Principal James Polunci and Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Jane Unjhem presented certificates and inducted all members into the Junior National Classical League for Latin, La Société Honoraire de Français for French, and La Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica for Spanish.
In addition this year, four exchange students from Germany, China, Brazil, and Belgium were inducted as honorary members.
After receiving their certificates, new inductees lit up the symbolic candle, read the oath of induction into their respective chapter, and extinguished their candle. The vice president, Allegra Anderson, concluded the evening by congratulating all new and current members. Everyone was invited to refreshments and international hors d'oeuvres in the high school cafeteria after the ceremony.
"Congratulations to all new members and current members of the World Language Honor Society," said Rivière. "I look forward to a wonderful year of commitment and promotion of world languages in our district and through WLHS."
President Nawshin Ahmed, Vice President Allegra Anderson, Secretary Karen Walker, Treasurer Jason Basri.
New Inductees for 2011-12
Tucker Brownell, Joan Climes, John Ferguson, Alyssa Frenette, Connor Gansrow, Morgan Heinrich, Hannah Kaplan, Heather Koennecke, Sara Laaninen, Taylor Link, Amanda Perez, Christina Stamos, Nicholas Sullivan, Emily Swanson, Elissa Terach, Juliana Weiss, Emma Zahren-Newman, Margaret Conley, Sarah Ward, Shailen Patel, Michaela McBride, Ruben Irizarry, Kevin Donnelly
Ahmed Nawshin, Maaz Ahsan, Margaret Conley, Brigid Larkin, Nicole Rountree
Melissa Weilacher, John Navilio, Jessica Spencer, Nadeja Dimitrova, Taylor Ouellette, Raquel Phillips, Christine Villamil, Margaret Conley
Current WLHS members
Nawshin Ahmed, Allegra Anderson, Jonathan Augustin, Jason Basri, Victoria Baline, Chase Bouchard, Nicole Clark, Stephanie DeSantis, Zachary Hayden, Sara Klusky, Brigid Larkin, Mary Looram, Nicole Rountree, David Totton, Samantha Senak, Devin Valencia, Ana Romero.
Maaz Ahsan, Jonathan Augustin, Lauren Branigan, Nicole Glade, Courtney Murphy, Nicole Rountree, Karen Walker, Brigid Larkin
Honorary Members for 2011-12
Jana Driendl, Germany; Barbara
Jordens, Belgium; Mengyu Liang, China; Victoria Viapiana, Brazil


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Paula Deen Severs Ties with Agent, Becomes Extortion Target
She has lost endorsement deals with countless retailers and her television shows on Food Network, and now Paula Deen has parted ways with her manager just as a New York man has been arrested for trying to extort the Southern cook.
On Thursday (July 4), the Georgia native, who has been the subject of ridicule after admitting to using a racial slur, announced she cut business ties with the agent who helped make her career, Barry Weiner.
A statement released by her spokeswoman read, "Paula Deen has separated from her agent ... She and her family thank him for the tireless effort and dedication over the many years."
The blows kept on coming on Friday (July 5), when the FBI announced it had arrested former Georgia resident Thomas Paculis after he allegedly sent Ms. Deen an email last month demanding $250,000 in return for not releasing "true and damning" information that would "bring hardship and financial ruin" to the once popular chef.
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Sporting is on a seven-game home winning run against the Earthquakes, but has yet to find a win in 2014.
Seven times running SKC has beaten the 'Quakes at home, but the club is still looking for its first league win of 2014 and faces an Earthquakes side still looking to find its first win as well.
For Sporting, an opening matchday loss to the Seattle Sounders was followed up by a 1-1 draw against FC Dallas.
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San Jose has played just once in the league so far this season, but that game was a thrilling 3-3 draw with Real Salt Lake.
Both teams are also coming off of midweek CONCACAF Champions League dates, with San Jose falling on penalties to Mexican club Toluca, while Sporting was dismantled by Cruz Azul 5-1.
The all-time series between these two teams is nearly even, with San Jose having one more win (21) than Sporting (20) and the teams having drawn seven times. The home teams have also traditionally been dominant, with Sporting taking 16 of its 20 wins at home while San Jose has picked up 14 of its 21 on home turf.


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This Week's Agenda: TSA, Black Friday, Haiti
With Thanksgiving approaching, how many notches you'll have to relax that belt buckle won't be the only question people will be asking. Much of the focus will be on air safety and retail sales. Many travelers are not happy about the latest security measures the TSA is using for secondary screening, including full-body scans and thorough pat-downs. Many see both as extremely invasive, but the TSA says that both measures will stay. Callie Crossley, host of "The Callie Crossley Show" at WGBH in Boston, will see if any changes will come as Thanksgiving quickly approaches.
Charlie Herman, economics editor for The Takeaway and WNYC Radio, will be looking to see how much shoppers are spending this holiday season as Black Friday approaches, and what they are spending it on.
They'll also see how upcoming existing and new home sales numbers are expected to look; what's to be expected from Haiti's upcoming presidential elections; and the fate of GOP Chairman Michael Steele.


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Twitter has officially launched @earlybird, its sponsored-deal account that offers up daily discounts and the like from Twitter advertisers.
In a blog post, Twitter describes @earlybird this way:
Several times a week, @earlybird will help consumers discover Twitter-exclusive deals in entertainment, fashion, technology, beauty, travel and more. These deals will come directly from our advertising partners and from other companies (including Groupon and Gilt Groupe) that already deliver valuable deals to consumers via Twitter.
The launch today featured a deal from Disney on tickets to its new movie The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
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O.P.I Swimsuit...Nailed It SwatchThursday, October 25, 2012
Good morning, dear readers! :D
Today I have a gorgeous blue polish to show you: O.P.I Swimsuit...Nailed It!.
This polish is from the 2011 O.P.I Miss Universe collection, and I was lucky to find it at Winners! :D
Someone had stuck a "matte" sticker onto it, so when I purchased the polish I thought that it was going to have a matte finish. I soon realised that it is not a matte, but that is okay since it is so stunning!! :D However, the sticker gave me the idea to slick some Sephora by O.P.I matte top coat on it, and so here it is:
Isn't that a stunning blue???!! O_O
I heard that this can stain nails and fingers a lot, but I used the glue base coat and the only staining I had was from where the polish got on my dry skin. I was able to get it off not too bad, so I am happy! :D (If only I had the glue base coat last year when I used Finger Paints Winter Sky...)
I changed my nail shape for this season after watching Dark Shadows (I was inspired by the main character XD) and I like them! :D Unfortunately I was opening a small cosmetic box and snapped the pointer tip clean off my right hand. Sigh. Thankfully it was on my non-photo hand. XD I also need to buff my nails as they are a bit lumpy from poor diet.
I hope that everyone is doing well!!
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Lovely shade :)ReplyDelete
this blue is amazing!ReplyDelete
Lol about the matte mixup! But it looks great! Very retro nails...but yeah, bummer about the breakage :(ReplyDelete
very very very pretty *.*ReplyDelete
SO pretty! Loving the new nail shape!ReplyDelete
Love your nail shape and this is stunning!!!ReplyDelete
This is one of my all time favourite polishes! But, it stains my nails sooo badly :(ReplyDelete
I really like your new nail shape, it's relatively similar to mine (though yours a bit longer - I always have the weakest nails, so it's hard to build up my length, especially when I factor in a fair bit of hands on crafting). Gorgeous polish hue - it makes me think of something a female superhero might sport on her tips.ReplyDelete
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My name is Grace.
I adore photography.
I'm a model as well as an amature photographer.
I'm into glam, goth, punk, indie, industrial and Urban exploring.
I have quite a bit of experience modeling and I bring an understanding of cameras and composition to the table.
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I've done nudes, but dont exactly want to make a habit of it. Though not opposed for the right concept.
I'm looking for paid work right now OR people who have ideas and need a model for it. If I like your work and the project sounds interesting I'm definitely willing to do TFP. There are always exceptions if you come to me with an AMAZING idea that you need me for.
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Zac Efron is certainly enjoying his sun-drenched break - and we're certainly enjoying his holiday snaps.
The High School Musical star was snapped looking toned and tanned on board Justin Bieber's private yacht with rumoured girlfriend Michelle Rodriquez.
Dressed in a pair of dark shorts Zac showed off his rock-hard abs rivalled only by gorgeous Michelle's.
The Fast and the Furious actress laughed and giggled as she bared her amazing body in a skimpy black bikini as the adorable pair enjoyed the seas surrounding Formentera, Spain.
Chiselled hunk Zac and his dark-haired actress were then snapped hopping on board a jet-ski for even more fun in the sun.
And while Zac rode solo Michelle took the wheel with another hunk.
The super-cute duo were then pictured cuddled up to each other on the back of Justin's boat as they relaxed in brightly coloured holiday gear.
Michelle wore a very questionable yellow hat while hunky Zac put an arm around her and gazed into her eyes. That has to be love!
Zac and Michelle's relationship certainly seems to be hotting up on their island getaway and they were recently pictured locking lips in a full-on nightclub PDA.


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Place-Based Care
Melanie Simmer-Beck | 07.31.2014
It is not uncommon for older adults, especially those residing in residential facilities, to lack ready access to oral health care (1). This is because dental care in the United States is typically provided directly in private dental offices or safety net clinics by dentists and personnel supervised by dentists (2). Older adults must identify the need for care, call to schedule an appointment, and find transportation to the appointment before they can receive care. Older adults who are unable to do this must rely on their care providers for identifying the need and coordinating care. This can be a difficult task.
The need to provide oral health care to older adults directly where they live, worship, or receive social services is increasing (3). This phenomenon is referred to as "place-based care." Integration of place-based care, directly in residential facilities, is an efficient way to utilize resources, get the community involved in taking care of one another, and meet older adults' oral health needs (4, 5). A wide variety of place-based care models are in existence across the U.S. The structure of the models, and the care that can be provided, relies heavily on the state's individual dental practice act. Many states have begun revising their dental practice acts to allow dental hygienists direct patient access (6).
If you, or a loved one, are considering place-based care, some key questions to ask are:
• Who owns the place-based care program? How is it funded? What are my financial obligations? Are uninsured individuals offered the same services as insured individuals?
• Are your providers licensed in the state where the dental services are being offered?
• What treatments will be offered? When will they be provided? Where will they be provided? How long will it take?
• How is the need for follow-up care handled? How is urgent care handled? Who coordinates this?
• Who will answer questions or concerns about treatment after it has been provided? How do I contact this individual?
• How can I get copies of my dental records to share with future dental providers?
• How will the information you get be shared with the residential facility?
• Do you have a letter of reference?
Melanie Simmer-Beck, RDH, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Missouri-Kansas City
School of Dentistry
1. Dye BA, Fisher MA, Yellowitz JA, Fryar CD, Vargas CM. Receipt of dental care, dental status and workforce in U.S. nursing homes: 1997 National Nursing Home Survey. Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry. 2007;27(5):177-86.
2. Helgeson M, Glassman P. Oral health delivery systems for older adults and people with disabilities. Spec Care Dentist. 2013;33(4):177-89.
3. ASTDD. Mobile-portable dental manual: ASTDD; 2014 06/03/201.
4. Mueller KJ, MacKinney AC, Gutierrez M, Richgels J. Place-based policies: The road to healthy rural people and places. Columbia, MO: Rural Policy Research Institute; 2011 March 2011.
5. Committee on the Future of Rural Health. Quality through collaboration: The future of rural health. Washington, D.C.: Institute of Medicine; 2005.
6. American Dental Hygienists' Association, cartographer Direct access 2013 37 states. Chicago, IL: American Dental Hygienists' Association; 2013.


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I would choose my S&W 642 because it is usually the gun I always have with me. It conceals like a dream and I find it to be a very accurate, and most of all reliable, shooter.
This is a discussion on if you could only own ONE handgun?? within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; hypothetical guestion-If you could only own ONE handgun,what would it be and why? (this is concidering you are a concealed carry permit holder)...
hypothetical guestion-If you could only own ONE handgun,what would it be and why? (this is concidering you are a concealed carry permit holder)
I would choose my S&W 642 because it is usually the gun I always have with me. It conceals like a dream and I find it to be a very accurate, and most of all reliable, shooter.
Glock 26 9mm CCW - - S&W 642 Super Tuned - - Remington 870 18.5" 12GA 6+1
Well I currently only own one handgun, and its a sig 229. I have owned Glock G19, Taurus Melinium pro .45cal and a 38spl in titanium, Ruger GP100 and Vacaro 44mag , and S&W airweight 38spl. All are/were great. I would carry any of them. Excpt the Taurus 45 due to it being unreliable, it broke the fireing pin twice. The 44mag was just a fun gun I would not carry it unless I had to. The single action would be a killer in a real life gun fight. Any of the others I would carry in a heartbeat. But back to your question if I had to own one. I would have to say a Glock, Sig, or a GP100. As these have been my favorite guns that I have fired in the past few years.
My EDC is a Glock 23 in .40...but i would have to say a Glock 17 or 19. Universally rugged and the 9mm ammo is a world standard and would always be easier to find.
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Sig P228 without a doubt. The heft, the balance, ergonomics, capacity, accuracy. Can't find any fault with it.
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HK USP Compact .40. Because I want something a little bit bigger than my P2000SK if I can only have one gun.
HK USP Tactical 45
HK P2000SK .40, LEM, Night Sights
My Glock G23.
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Kimber Ultra Carry II, Glock G23 & G36, Kahr PM9, Winchester 1300 Defender 12gauge pump (my favorite but hard to hide)
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I'll say my Glock 32 .357. I went with it because I figure it would be my only gun for a while, so it should be a good balance of shootability and concealability, plus I just love the .357 SIG round.
CZ75. My EDC. Long enough sight radius to be really accurate, yet still concealable for me, 16+1 capacity, indestructible durability, and ergonomics that are damn near perfect.
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I love my Kimber Custom TLE II.
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My EDC is my Kimber Ultra CDP and I have a second Kimber, a Compact CDP...both are fantastic weapons.
If I could only have ONE gun, it might just be my Harley gun, a Glock-36. It is sooooooooooo easy to carry and conceal. It disappears when tucked into my kidney, it's accurate and it's dependability is without question.
Mr. Kimber,
Wait a minute...
, this was only if I could have just ONE gun...so, the Kimber Brothers are still my EDC.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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I have guns made by Kahr, Kimber, and Sig Sauer. If I could only have one of them then the Kahr and Kimber would have to go. The Sig has been flawless, and it just feels like part of me when I carry it.
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Tied after one period and being outshot by the last-place team in the Western Hockey League, the Brandon Wheat Kings got a lift from their power play when they needed it.
The Wheat Kings got two power-play markers in the second frame, sending them on their way to a four-goal period and a 6-2 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Wednesday night at Westman Place.
Jayce Hawryluk had two goals and an assist as the Wheat Kings (30-26-6-2) held their ground in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, two points behind the sixth-place Swift Current Broncos.
"We just realized we had to work harder," Hawryluk said. "We weren't working hard enough in the first. They had 16 shots on net and that can't happen in our home barn, especially after losing to them in the game before and them coming off a game (Tuesday) night. We had to work harder and we thought we did in the second and the third."
Rihards Bukarts had a goal and an assist, while Eric Roy, Rene Hunter and Jens Meilleur also scored for Brandon. Curtis Honey made 36 saves to break a personal four-game losing streak, with 15 of his stops coming in the first period.
The Wheat Kings scored first, with a delayed penalty coming up against the Hurricanes, as Roy picked the top corner on Lethbridge goalie Jonny Hogue, who made 40 saves. The Hurricanes (12-48-2-3) got that back on a two-on-one rush as Carter Folk's attempted pass went in off of Wheat Kings defenceman Ryan Pulock, who recovered to have a two-assist night.
Penalties haunted Lethbridge in the second period as Tyler Wong took a double minor for high-sticking only six seconds into the frame. The Wheat Kings took advantage of that late in the power play as Hunter scored on a slap shot from the point to put Brandon ahead for good.
"(The power play is) always a game-changing opportunity, and you've got to make good on it," said Hunter, who finished his night early, sent to the dressing room following a third-period fight with Tyler Bell after the Lethbridge defenceman's hit on Ryley Lindgren.
The Wheat Kings' power play went 2-for-5 after a slow start, and head coach/general manager Kelly McCrimmon said the production started once the team established the point shot as a weapon.
"We sometimes look for the fancy play or the pretty play and force things a little bit and overlook some of the people we've got on our blue-line that can do a pretty good job of getting the puck to the net if we have traffic," McCrimmon said.
Brandon took a two-goal lead on Hawryluk's power-play one-timer, with Bukarts and Meilleur scoring at even strength to put the Wheat Kings comfortably ahead going into the third.
Hawryluk netted his second of the night, and 20th of the season, only 52 seconds into the third period and Tyler Wong added a late marker to give Lethbridge a 1-for-3 night on the power play. Hawryluk has been on a roll, with three goals and four assists in his last three games, and McCrimmon gave the second-year forward's line with John Quenneville (two assists on Wednesday) and Jesse Gabrielle (one assist) credit for playing a strong game.
"Jesse Gabrielle, I thought, skated well with those guys tonight, did some good work and they made a real nice play on the power play; the Quenneville to Hawryluk play there for the one-timer from the slot was a good look," he said. "They had a lot of chances, hit posts and were around the net pretty consistently tonight."
Having followed up an eight-game losing streak with back-to-back wins, the Wheat Kings hit the road for matchups against the Saskatoon Blades on Saturday and the Broncos on Sunday, before playing four of their last six at home.
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Cast and crew of Lee's Summit High School's upcoming musical "Clue" were supposed to unveil the production Feb. 18 for select family members, but had to call off the private dress rehearsal due to the looming effects of the whiteout that hit the area a couple of weeks prior.
Having missed four of five rehearsal opportunities the week of Feb. 3, theater director Micah Hensley shelved the sneak peek and instead prepped the cast for its opening at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Feb. 21).
The musical, based off the board game of the same name, will also run at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 and March 1 and at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 23 and March 2.
"We lost about a week of rehearsals and so we're doing a little bit of catch-up," Hensley said prior to Feb. 19's dress rehearsal. "We'll be ready and it'll be fine. We just felt better not having (parents) here on Tuesday. We lost four days and they were four big days for us. We've been playing a little bit of catch-up but it's coming along fine. We're making up ground, but you always wish you could have more time."
Sophomore Abby Gast plays the role of Mrs. Peacock, a wealthy widow many times over who may or may not be the killer. Gast said the missed rehearsal times may have affected the production schedule but she is confident that the show will go on without a hitch.
"We just weren't ready," Gast said of the canceled private performance for parents. "We were victims of a snow week. It was a struggle just trying to remember everything that we learned before and applying it again. "I'm excited for Friday. We're getting there."
Gast added the chemistry among cast and crew has made preparation for the show easier despite a week's absence.
"We're like a big family," she said. "It's been nice. Everybody has been really great."
Lee's Summit High stage veteran Andrew Wright said the musical should be fun for the audience once it premieres due to its interactive nature. He mentioned, just as the board game, he too may or may not be the killer.
"The way the show is written, it's just like the game of 'Clue,'" Wright, a senior who portrays Mr. Green, said of the musical. "The audience draws three cards at the beginning of the show – the murderer, the weapon and the room. The show changes based on what cards are drawn. We try to help the audience guess who they picked as the murderer."
In regards to the lost rehearsal times, Wright said all is moving ahead now that school is back on its normal schedule.
"As both an actor and a technician, it hurt me a lot because I didn't have rehearsal time nor did I have time to work on getting lights hung and getting things programmed and what not," Wright said. "It meant a lot of hours after school or a weekend spent in here, but it all pulls together and works out.
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Hey all,
Just wondering what your experiences with a Ruger LCR have been? Also do you find it easy to conceal?
I don't own one, but want to!
The trigger is excellent IMO, weight is perfect, and it should conceal excellent!
It took me awhile to get used to it but I carry it more now than my G-27. I like the fact that it has a stiffish trigger and I can keep it in my pocket.
If I didn't already have a couple of J-frames, I would really consider getting one.
Voted "dislike." Has nothing to do with it's potential for effective concealed carry but it's too ugly to have any appeal to my traditional tastes. It has a reasonable trigger action but won't accomplish anything that the more traditional revolvers can't do. Besides which, I've never cared for any products from the company that makes revolvers that "are built like tanks."
My LCR was replaced by a .44 special due to larger caliber size. Since .44 spl was sent back to Charter Arms for cylinder repair, I now tote the LCR when possible. Overall good up close & personal weapon, for me! My only dislike is the lack of a longer grip; for I do not like my pinkie free in limbo. But is an awesome lightweight revolver with the CT grips. Waiting for the holiday rush to end so I can have the LGS install XS night sight which came in the mail.
I can't say. I've never seen one in any of the gun shops in my neck of the woods. I was sort of shopping for one to look at and wound up bringing home a S&W 438 Bodyguard instead.
Great for concealment but it is beyond painfully snappy. I am not even kidding when I say that it is tourtue to shoot. If feels like shooting a .44 magnum except with a tiny grip. However, it is probably the greatest BUG there is IMO.
"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual... as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of." -Suzanna Gratia Hupp
Not nearly hairy-chested enough for me. I'm way too macho for that little gun.
Little Cute Revolver. :)
Voted Dislike......It did spark my intrest and almost bought one but while at the guns shop I handled it and the S&W 642 Non Locking, Non CT. Came down to the S&W just looked waaaaay better, grips the right size, handled better and shoots very well for a small frame revolver. I no a few people that have them but its just not for me.
Nice revolver, but for the money, I'll take the flatter profile, greater capacity, faster reload, and lower cost of the LCP. In fact, I did - my wife and I now have two! One for each of us!
The number of people killed because they didn't have "enough gun" is dwarfed by those who had none at all.
Love it!
I thought about the Charter Bulldog in 44 too.
However, The one my Dad carries is as heavy as my 9mm RAMI.
The gun is much larger than my trim LCR and the DA pull is just horrid.
I remain less than impressed with CA quality, and your post reinforces such.
BTW that new XS sight looks awesome!
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Housing starts dip, but still sturdy in March
By Renato Andrade
TORONTO (Reuters) - Housing starts fell less than expected in March, underlining the resilience of the domestic market in contrast to the United States, where the housing sector continues to deteriorate.
Last month, housing starts in Canada dipped just 0.35 percent to a seasonally adjusted annualized 254,700 units, from a downward-revised 255,600 units in February, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. February's housing starts were previously estimated at 256,900 units.
The number of starts in March well exceeded the consensus expectation of analysts for 220,000 units.
"This strength continues to illustrate the dichotomy in the Canadian and U.S. housing markets," said Scotia Capital economist Karen Cordes in a note for clients.
March's housing starts were supported by a 1.1 percent jump in the urban multiple-units segment, particularly condominium starts, said Bob Dugan, chief economist at CMHC's Market Analysis Center.
On the other hand, single-unit starts dropped 2.9 percent from February to March, to 80,500 units.
"This is consistent with our view that the housing market will moderate gradually throughout 2008," said Dugan.
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Chinese Factories Slump, Euro Zone Business Wilts
Chinese manufacturing slumped for a fifth month in March and the euro zone economy is showing new signs of wilting, according to surveys on Thursday that pointed to weakening global demand.
Only the United States is showing signs of momentum at the moment among the world's top economies, underlined by jobless claims falling to a fresh four-year low last week.
Still, investors were unnerved by the reports from Asia and Europe, selling riskier assets such as stocks.
Thursday's batch of purchasing managers indexes (PMIs) suggested China and Europe will not contribute to a global upturn anytime soon.
Factory activity in China shrank for a fifth straight month in March, hit by declining order books, disappointing exports and new hiring hitting a two-year low.
By contrast, Thursday brought more evidence the U.S. jobs market is improving, with initial jobless claims falling by 5,000 to 348,000 last week - firmly below expectations and the smallest number since February 2008.
The PMIs give a warning that even if the U.S. economy seems to be doing quite well, that doesn't necessarily translate to solid growth in every other part of the world, said Jonathan Loynes, economist at Capital Economics in London.
China's slowdown partly reflects the weakness of economies in Europe, its single biggest export partner. The PMIs suggested a euro zone recession is now unavoidable.
German and French manufacturing, which this time last year spearheaded the euro zone's economic recovery, suffered a sharp decline this March that even the most pessimistic economists failed to predict.
Investors immediately hedged exposures to trades betting on a rebound in global growth. Brent crude oil shed 0.8 percent, but pared losses to 0.3 percent after the U.S. jobs data.
The HSBC flash purchasing managers index, the earliest indicator of China's industrial activity, fell back to 48.1 from February's four-month high of 49.6, firmly below the 50 mark that divides contraction and growth.
The survey added weight to a string of downbeat anecdotes from major corporations on the world's No.2 economy. BHP Billiton (BHP.AX), the world's biggest miner, said on Tuesday it was seeing signs of flattening iron ore demand from China.
Broad-based weakness in the five key components that generate the Chinese PMI index surprised analysts, particularly those who had anticipated a clear cut rebound in factory activity in March after the Lunar New Year disrupted output in the first two months and distorted the data.
This data suggests there's something more profound at work, that it's not just a Lunar New Year problem and that it's not just affecting exports, but domestic demand, said Tim Condon, chief economist and head of Asian research at ING in Singapore.
Markit's Eurozone Composite PMI declined unexpectedly to 48.7 in March from 49.3 in February, a full point below the economists' consensus of 49.7 and capping the first quarter of the year in disappointing style.
Most worryingly, the surveys suggested business activity in economic heavyweights France and Germany is starting to flag, with job losses mounting across the bloc at the fastest pace since March 2010.
We're more pessimistic than the consensus on the euro zone over the next year or two, both in terms of the outlook for the economy and also the currency union itself. So in that sense, these numbers give some support to that view, said Loynes from Capital Economics.
The European Central Bank has pumped more than 1 trillion euros of cheap, three-year loans into the banking system over the last four months - lowering bond yields - but the PMIs showed the impact of this has yet to be felt in the wider economy.
While we still see a good chance of the recession in the euro zone coming to an end in spring, it seems unreasonable to expect more than an anaemic upward movement in the further course of this year, said Christoph Weil, economist at Commerzbank in Frankfurt, in a research note.
PMI compiler Markit said the surveys were consistent with a decline of 0.1 percent in euro zone gross domestic product during the first quarter, following on from the 0.3 percent decline seen in the last three months of 2012.
With France and Germany now struggling, Markit said it was hard to see what could drive the currency union forward in the months ahead, especially since many of its smaller countries are already mired in recession.
The austerity measures implemented there are going to keep some major economies such as Italy and Spain in recession, which is going to damage the region as a whole, said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit.
By contrast, Britain should at least avoid a recession, but hopes the UK economy will pick up momentum were dealt a blow on Thursday with news that retail sales suffered their biggest monthly fall in nine months in February.


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2001 USC Trojans Baseball
UC Riverside at USC Trojans
Mar 06, 2001 at Los Angeles, Calif. (Dedeaux Field)
Score by Innings R H E
UC Riverside........ 010 200 210 - 6 8 1
USC Trojans......... 100 021 000 - 4 8 1
Umpires - HP: Rorke Kominek 1B: Mike Gilmore 3B: Dick Flaherty
Start: 5:05 Time: 3:38 Attendance: 207
Game notes:
UC Riverside defeats USC for only the second time (April 11, 1989, 6-3 at
Dedeaux Field).
2001 USC Trojans Baseball
UC Riverside at USC Trojans
Mar 06, 2001 at Los Angeles, Calif. (Dedeaux Field)
UC Riverside starters: 10/lf Faulkner; 8/2b Blood; 20/c Anderson; 23/1b B.
Smith; 6/dh Pestorich; 27/3b Teahen; 7/cf Wahlbrink; 11/ss Powis; 22/rf Torres;
5/p Carralejo;
USC Trojans starters: 2/ss Davidson; 6/cf Barre; 22/1b Persell; 24/2b Lunetta;
50/dh Peavey; 47/lf Brewster; 15/rf Garibaldi; 13/c Concepcion; 4/3b Moon; 9/p
UC Riverside 1st - Faulkner struck out. Blood struck
out looking. Anderson struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
USC Trojans 1st - Davidson singled to center field.
Barre walked; Davidson advanced to second. Persell flied out to cf; Davidson
advanced to third. Barre stole second. Lunetta walked. Peavey flied out to rf,
SF, RBI; Barre advanced to third; Davidson scored. Barre out at home c to 3b to
p to c, caught stealing. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UC Riverside 2nd - B. Smith homered to center field,
RBI. Pestorich grounded out to 3b. Teahen walked. Wahlbrink struck out. Teahen
stole second. Powis struck out. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
USC Trojans 2nd - Brewster grounded out to 3b.
Garibaldi flied out to cf. Concepcion flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
UC Riverside 3rd - Torres walked. Faulkner struck
out. Blood flied out to cf. Anderson walked; Torres advanced to second. B.
Smith walked; Anderson advanced to second; Torres advanced to third. Pestorich
struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
USC Trojans 3rd - Moon walked. Moon out at first p
to 1b, picked off. Davidson tripled down the rf line. Barre walked. Barre
advanced to second; Davidson out at home p to 1b to c, caught stealing. Persell
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UC Riverside 4th - Teahen grounded out to ss.
Wahlbrink tripled to right field. Powis walked. Clark to p for Dizard. Torres
reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Powis out at second ss unassisted;
Wahlbrink scored. Seuss pinch hit for Faulkner. Torres stole second. Seuss
doubled down the lf line, RBI; Torres scored. Blood struck out. 2 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
USC Trojans 4th - Tomarelli to lf for Seuss.
Fernandez to p for Carralejo. Lunetta walked. Peavey grounded out to 2b;
Lunetta advanced to second. Brewster popped up to 2b. Garibaldi fouled out to
3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UC Riverside 5th - Anderson flied out to rf. B.
Smith walked. Pestorich struck out. B. Smith advanced to second on a wild
pitch. Teahen walked. Teahen advanced to second on a wild pitch; B. Smith
advanced to third on a wild pitch. Wahlbrink grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
USC Trojans 5th - Concepcion grounded out to ss.
Moon singled to left field. Moon stole second. Davidson flied out to lf. Barre
singled to center field, RBI; Moon scored. Barre stole second. Persell hit by
pitch. Lunetta singled to right center, advanced to second on an error by cf,
RBI; Persell advanced to third; Barre scored. Peavey grounded out to 3b.
2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
UC Riverside 6th - Powis singled to right field.
Torres struck out; Powis stole second. Tomarelli struck out. Blood flied out to
lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
USC Trojans 6th - Brewster walked. Garibaldi
grounded out to 2b; Brewster advanced to second. Concepcion flied out to cf.
Gibson to p for Fernandez. Moon singled to right center, RBI; Brewster scored.
Moon out at second p to 1b to ss, caught stealing. 1 run, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
UC Riverside 7th - Anderson singled to center field.
B. Smith struck out; Anderson stole second. Pestorich walked. Olson to p for
Clark. Teahen reached on an error by ss; Pestorich advanced to second; Anderson
advanced to third. Wahlbrink singled to left field, 2 RBI; Teahen advanced to
second; Pestorich scored; Anderson scored. Powis reached on a fielder's choice;
Wahlbrink advanced to second; Teahen out at third 3b unassisted. Torres struck
out. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
USC Trojans 7th - Davidson grounded out to 2b. Barre
grounded out to p. C. Smith to p for Gibson. Persell grounded out to ss.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UC Riverside 8th - Tomarelli struck out looking.
Blood singled to shortstop. Anderson struck out. B. Smith walked; Blood
advanced to second. Pestorich singled to center field, RBI; B. Smith advanced
to third; Blood scored. Teahen lined out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors,
USC Trojans 8th - Lunetta singled to center field.
Peavey popped up to 2b. Lunetta stole second. Brewster hit by pitch. Garibaldi
grounded into double play 1b to ss to p; Brewster out on the play. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UC Riverside 9th - Bn Bannister to p for Olson.
Wahlbrink struck out, out at first c to 1b. Powis grounded out to ss. Torres
walked. Tomarelli struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
USC Trojans 9th - Concepcion walked. Moon singled to
right field; Concepcion advanced to second. J. Self pinch ran for Concepcion.
Davidson out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; Moon advanced to second; J. Self
advanced to third. Barre struck out looking. Persell grounded out to ss.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.


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Hi BMW'ers...
I gained so much insight into value investing from this board that I wanted to share how I use the BMW principles and make them work for me.
I have posted these ideas in the past on this board, so I guess this is an update.
I have been using these parameters for the past three years using "BMW stocks" and have been in positive territory for each year. Even though 2008 was +2.45%, it beat my managed portion of my portfolio ( down 39%)!!
I guess I will start with a little history that will surely tickle Icy's toes. He knows how I hate to do due diligence where as he relishes it, so I needed to find the professional know how to perform this task. He also knows that I am an MI'er at heart so I wanted to find a method that requires no thinking on my part!!
I started this quest when the screens started to fail me and I wanted to find a method that allowed me to hold stocks longer than two seconds. I found the BMW board and my ideas started to gel.
For my BMW stocks, I used Morningstar to locate the stocks that began my search. I developed a screen with these parameters:
1. http://www.morningstar.com/ (a subscription is needed) Morningstar 5* stocks, B or Better in Growth, Profitability and Financial Health. This covered my part of "due diligence". I figured Morningstar was a lot smarter and has a lot more talent than I could muster.
2. http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/StockRating/srsmain.asp... (free). As a check, I used the stock scouter. The stock need to have a rating of 8 or better for its current rating and a 7 or better in the past 3 time periods which are given on the page if you scroll down. This was my double check for "due diligence"
3. http://www.grahaminvestor.com/ (free) I used this site to ensure that the stock was indeed a good value (my analysis). The stock needed to have an Altman rating of 3 or better (to weed out those companies who are shaky.. another attempt at "due diligence'. The stock also needed to have a forward intrinsic value of 50% or more from its current stock price. This gave me a tangible number of its upside potential which allowed me to eliminate many marginal stocks.
4. BMW chart (I have a spreadsheet.. can share if requested) or use http://invest.kleinnet.com/bmw1/index.html for ones produced by Mike (free) You can go on the BMW board and request other charts. My requirement is different from the regular BMW'ers. The stock needs to have data for 15 years or more, but I will buy a stock if it is -1 SD where others will wait longer.
5. Sell when the Stock Scout rating falls to 6 or lower. Easy.
6. If stock price drops 10%, buy an additional 2x shares. If it drops again from the new price, buy an additional 2x shares. I have not needed this second cushion. When I buy my initial shares, I allow for a 1, 2, 2 potential purchase. For example, if I was initially buying $1000, I would have set aside potentially $5000 for this stock. It should be noted that I do not add to my position if the stock cannot pass parameters 1-3. This limits my risk in doubling. Icy asked if I keep the extra money in the mattress or is it virtual. In my head, I know how much I am willing to spend on any holding so I guess it is both virtual and real. I am sitting with a lot more cash than I would prefer because of difficulty in finding stocks that meet my goals so this year I increased what I am willing to spend on a stock to hopefully reduce some of my cash. I ended last year with: APH, BIIB, ESI and MSFT. All stocks were in positive territory. During the year I bought and sold others. Starting 2010, only ESI remains as of 1/2010. I have not sold the others as they did reach my sell criteria so they have been moved to a wait to sell portfolio. ESI met the criteria at the beginning of the year so it is the only stock in the 2010 portfolio. As I already owned the stock, I used the opening price on 1/4 as a beginning price. ESI is one of those stocks that I had to double during 2009. It is now showing a nice but small gain!!
This is how I formulated my original plan.
2007: +18.45%
2008: +2.45%
2009: +31.3%
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Food auctions are a growing hit in communities slammed by recession and layoffs.
Marvin Mason, who runs grocery auctions in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, tells the Associated Press that more and more shoppers use credit cards and food stamps instead of cash, indicating more people are showing up out of necessity.
In Pennsylvania, the AP quotes Kirk Williams as saying nearly 300 people showed up at his first grocery auction in one rural area in February, prompting him to schedule more throughout the region.
"Right now, people don't have a lot of spare pocket change," says Williams, who operates Col. Kirk's Auction Gallery near Bloomsburg, Pa. "They're looking to save money."
In Michigan, Kalamazoo's WWMT-TV reports full houses at food auctions in Bedford Township, especially from families with layoffs.
Chris Crepeau, of Michigan Auctions Sales, in Holt, Mich., tells WLAJ in Lansing that he sees more and more families showing up to save as much as 50 percent on bulk items, or those nearing expiration date.
Here is what his auction house has on the menu for May:
Fresh and frozen meats, snacks, fruits, pies, seafood, pizzas, steaks, ground beef, kielbasa, sausages, chicken fingers, chicken nuggets, cereals, Lunchables and much more! All in-date items and all items are guaranteed! You can bid on items by the piece, and take either just one piece, two pieces or the whole case. You do NOT have to bid by the case.
It also recommends that would-be buyers "bring a cooler."
(Photo of food auction in Dallas, Pa., by Matt Rourke, AP)
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