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Have to laugh clarym29, Sat Apr 14 11:25The shows host uttered these words-"and that is deception" (meaning the occult). What the heck is organized religion????? Christian sects of all strips make their livings with deception.
A few more politically incorrect points ... Baruch, Sun Apr 15 04:47Usually I advocate the Jewishness of Jesus, because of Christian prejudice but Jesus isn't just Jewish ... so besides the aspects that Jesus shared, instead of differed from the Pharisees (lay... more
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There were plenty of false messiahs and wonder workers ... Baruch, Sun Apr 15 12:14in ancient Israel/Judah. There were plenty of human prototypes to draw storytelling on, and they probably were. I am not saying that there was no Jewish component, no humanistic component. But if... more Our terrorists are freedom fighters .... sure (nm) Baruch, Sat Apr 14 11:51
In a world where might makes right clarym29, Sat Apr 14 11:58America is always right.
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I've currently working for a baby clothing brand, http://www.ohbabylondon.com
We've only just started to sell online, and from this and from our high street shop, we have a database of about 1000 people.
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Volumes would be 1k , split across 2 or 3 cells, every 2 months
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I previously worked for the Arcadia group who had a massive database and I have many years experience in email marketing. I recently started on a new project for an Architects firm and have a simillar size database to yourselves and similar needs. I was shocked to find how hard it is to come accross companies who can provide a good email service for small businesses. I've been researching 16 different companies for this and we are likely to go with Dotmailer who offer a pay as you go offer for £75 for one month wich you can use ad hoc for up to 2000 emails in that month (or you can do it regularly for £50 a month). From previous experience and from colleages also in online marketing I would advise against the free packages as these are often based in the USA and then there is confusion with data protection laws and usually the reports are unreliable and in the wrong time zones :-) - but that is just my opinion.
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2013 MTV Video Music Awards(#RoadToTheVMAs) & the Role of Social Media
MTV has announced a new socially voted category called "Best song of the Summer". The nominees for this award are Daft "Get Lucky," Selena Gomez's "Come & Get It," One Direction's "Best Song Ever," Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop," Ellie Goulding's "I Need Your Love,"and Robin Thicke's sexy "Blurred Lines." Fans can vote via Vine, Twitter, Instagram by using #voteonedirection, #votethicke, #votemiley, #votedaftpunk, #voteselena or #votecalvinandellie. Using Twitter, Facebook, Instagram & Vine MTV also announced that Kanye West will perform at 2013 MTV VMA. The official hashtag for the VMA's is #RoadToTheVMAs.
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Comment Number: | 522418-09767 |
Received: | 7/15/2006 3:13:07 AM |
Organization: | XanGo |
Commenter: | Jeffrey & Nancy Lucas |
State: | OH |
Subject: | Business Opportunity Rule |
Title: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 437 |
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We are concerned about the proposed Business Opportunity Rule R511993. In its presented form, it will prevent us from continuing my very successful small business. We have been a sole proprietor independent distributor / associate with several good public and private companies that use Network Marketing (word of mouth marketing) for more than twelve years. We started our Network Marketing business with XanGo™, because we loved the product and business opportunity that were offered, wanted to earn some additional money, work from home, without expensive start- up costs, and build a full time income. We rely on this income to help support our 4 children and allow my wife to stay at home with them. Please don't destroy our small business, We need it! There is no other business model that offers us these opportunities. Some of the sections in the proposed rule would make it hard or almost impossible for us to continue with my XanGo™ business. 1. Seven day waiting period. As Distributors of XanGo™, it was $35.00 for our start up kit for our business. People buy TVs, cars, and other items that cost much more than that and they don't have to wait seven-days. This waiting period will certainly inconvenience and "chill" enthusiastic individuals anxious to participate in my business opportunity. It will also create an air of suspicion among prospective purchasers when told that the FTC requires such a waiting period and give the public the idea that there's something wrong with me or our plan and also reflects badly on me.. This waiting period will also create tremendous inconvenience for me because I recruit on the road. It will require gathering contact information and following up seven days later, assuming that all the disclosures were given at the time of the meeting. This waiting period suggests a level of risk that simply doesn't exist for any of the direct selling companies we have been involved with. we also think this seven-day waiting period is unnecessary, because XanGo™ already has a 90% buyback policy for all products including sales kits purchased by a salesperson therefore, it presents little or no risk to a prospective purchaser. 2. List of nearest references. we will have to contact XanGo™, which will have to maintain a special database, to access the information required by this disclosure. This requirement is overly burdensome and evokes confidentiality and privacy concerns for all involved. Logistically speaking, because you don't know where a prospective purchaser lives before meeting him, it will be difficult to have this information available to disclose until a later time. This will further prolong the seven day waiting period. From a privacy perspective, all distributors will have to agree to have their names, addresses and telephone numbers disclosed to prospective purchasers for possible contacting. The disclosure of this information will not be limited to bona fide purchasers, but will have to be given to anyone who might be interested, including competitors. The reference information could then be used for any purpose. The required disclosure of this information will certainly discourage participation in the direct selling industry and will not be a significant deterrent to fraud businesses. It would be very easy for a fraudulent company to provide a list of "references" that are involved in the fraudulent business, but very burdensome on legitimate direct selling businesses. we are glad to provide references, but in this day of identity theft, we are very uncomfortable giving out the personal information of individuals (without their approval) to strangers. Women in our organization may be subject to sexual or racial harassment so this part can't go in at all, unless the FTC passes an addition to this rule prohibiting sexual or racial attacks related to this disclosure. In the end the rule must bind the FTC to take direct enforcement action on sexual and racial attacks with a special unit assigned to monitor actions related to the disclosure forms. 3. Earnings claim statement.. While XanGo™ strongly supports the proposition that earnings claims made by business opportunity sellers should be substantiated, this requirement will not deter fraud. A fraudulent company will not provide accurate data, while legitimate business opportunity sellers will have difficulty in meeting the proposed requirements. 4. Legal actions. Not only would this rule require disclosure of litigation potentially unrelated to the business opportunity transaction, but it doesn't provide for disclosure of the outcome of the litigation. Thus, litigation that was favorably resolved for the distributor, or is otherwise irrelevant to the recipient of the disclosures, would still need to be provided. At the very least this requirement should be modified to take into account these problematic elements. 5. Cancellations and refunds. While XanGo™ would have to maintain and update this database for its distributors, its disclosure can be misleading due to the fact that distributors often join to achieve specific, short term objectives, leading to a high cancellation ratio that is not representative of the satisfaction of the average new purchaser. We have seen many scams on the Internet and been approached by many crooks because of my success. This rule will do nothing to stop them. They hurt our business! This rule will not stop Crooks – they violate the current rule all the time. But we are a good American citizens and it will hurt us. Thank you and please help us.


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the name is a mouthful. but this soup is an amazing blend of three excellent, orange food sources of beta-carotene. vitamin a is super important for skin health. and a perfect blend of fall flavors, just right for september.
not the best project for a day when you are short on time, but it makes a lot of soup, so the prep time is well worth it. i put a container in the freezer to thaw out later, and the rest filled up much of a 2-liter (!!) pitcher in the fridge.
if you're not into p.b., sub a nut butter of your choice. this is inspired by two recipes, from Cheap. Fast. Good! by Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross and Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites by the Moosewood Collective.
peanut sauce (makes 1 and 1/4 cups):
1/4 cup natural peanut butter
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup Braggs Liquid Aminos
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon molasses (spray your tablespoon first with canola spray!)
4 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped
1 large sweet potato, scrubbed
1 can pure pumpkin
4 medium carrots, peeled and chopped
4 cups vegetable broth
1/2 large onion, chopped
1 teaspoon olive (or other) oil
1/2 teaspoon each of sea salt, cinnamon, turmeric
1 teaspoon cumin
3/4 cup non-dairy milk (like almond or coconut)
bake the sweet potato wrapped in foil in the oven at 375 F for up to 1 and 1/2 hours. (i intentionally overcooked to make it extra soft for blending). meanwhile, start on:
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2. meanwhile, in a skillet heated to medium, add oil and sauté onion with sea salt, cinnamon, turmeric, and cumin.
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Type the name Lamar Warmack into an Internet telephone directory, and you'll learn that there's only one person listed under that name in the entire United States.
That wouldn't come as a surprise to most who knew him because there was no one else like him in the world.
Warmack, who became a self-employed surveyor after working with the Public Service Commission for many years, was known by many around Yazoo County for his professional work.
But he was best known as Guitar Lamar, a local music legend.
Warmack died Friday at age 56, after battling liver disease.
Guitar Lamar was famous for his fiery guitar performances, where he often fell to his knees or on his back in the middle of a solo without missing a note. With his head shaking and waving his guitar around like a madman, Warmack's onstage antics were almost as lively as the notes coming from his guitar. It didn't matter if he was performing with his band, joining someone else's band on stage for a song or two or playing at a deer camp out in the middle of nowhere, Warmack was equally intense when he tuned up his guitar.
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"Further to Fly" is perhaps the best example the album has to offer of this visual transportation. To me, it has always represented what Africa (or, to a lesser extent, any place) feels like to a foreigner. The unique combination of the drums, the guitar, and Simon's own hauntingly-produced voice makes me actually see Africa from the luxurious, safe height of a plane.
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You know, what's the point of being 'hipster' anyway? I mean everything you do to be 'hipster' is bound to become mainstream anyway, in fact the trend of 'hipsters' is now meaningless, because thanks of popular internet culture, you yourselves and everyone have cherished the trend 'hipster' so much, you've now made it mainstream.
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Good morning! I'm kicking myself for having sold out of Kentz (LON:KENZ 472p) too early, as it has announced this morning a "highly conditional and unsolicited proposal" was received from Amec regarding a takeover at 565-580p.
Readers here will be well aware of what good value Kentz shares are, as it was flagged in my morning reports three times, on 3 May and 17 May at sub-400p, and again on 26 Jun. Readers who agreed with me, and bought the shares at that time, are already almost 20% up, and I suspect are likely to get another decent boost today on the rejection of the 565-580p takeover approach as it "undervalued the company" and has hence been rejected by the Board. So that both underpins the value at 472p per share, and could drive a higher takeover bid now the company is in play perhaps?
(Edit: I see Kentz shares are up 22% today, to 580p, which is great news for holders. Unfortunately, I forgot to include this one in Paul's Value Picks, which is a pity, as it was clearly a suitable candidate based on my Blog entries referred to above, but never mind - entries won't be altered or added retrospectively, as that would be wrong).
We're looking at a reasonable open, with the FTSE 100 futures indicating a rise of 19 points to 6,508.
I see the CEO of 21st Century Technology (LON:C21 6p) has fallen on his sword, which is probably a good thing given the profits warning and collapse in share price in the last fortnight. I picked up a few of these at just over 5.5p last week, as it seemed to have stopped falling, and if they drop again today then I might pick up some more. The Chairman says this morning that they are looking for a new CEO, and that:
We continue to pursue a number of exciting business leads and look forward to providing further updates in due course."
It strikes me that C21 is too small to be separately Listed, and has too lumpy sales, so this might be the ideal time for a larger competitor to put in a takeover approach for it.
Shares in 1pm (LON:OPM 42p) are now trading at a more sensible share price, following their share consolidation. The market price has gone from 0.3p per share to 42p per share, so I'll quickly check that it's correct.
The capital reorganisation is 146.67 old shares for 1 new share. So at 42p market price today, you just divide the "new money" price by 146.67 to get the "old money" share price, which in this case is 0.286p (old money). In this type of situation, I normally stick a post-it note on the edge of my screen, to remind me what the conversion factor is, during the period of a few days when your mind needs to adjust to the new share price.
Next I've been looking at (drum roll please!) interim results from Quindell Portfolio (LON:QPP 13p). As always, the headline figures look great - revenue increased 78% to £163.3m for the six months to 30 Jun 2013, although adjusted EPS only rose a comparatively small 17% to 1.1p, which I think is due to large number of shares having been issued, diluting the growing profits.
EBITDA increased by 44% to £47.7m, and profit before tax increased by 49% to £43.4m, so on the face of it very impressive numbers for the first half of the year.
The narrative says that:
"Average group trade debtor days at June 2013 reduced to circa 4.8 months (December 2012: 6.5 months)"
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Cash collection was one of my main concerns with Quindell, as I have painful personal experience of losing my shirt a few years ago (about £250k loss) on Accident Exchange, which is in the same sector, and has made me very wary of the cash collection issue with this type of company. Accident Exchange reported fantastic growth, huge profits, but it all built up in debtors, which got longer & longer, and eventually had to be written off. So the profits were essentially fictitious in the long run. The shares collapsed, and they de-Listed.
In Quindell's case, it all looks fine, as the above quote shows, trade debtor days have reduced to a reasonable 4.8 months. Or is it really fine? On checking the Balance Sheet, trade and other receivables are actually shown at £243.9m, which is considerably more than revenue for the six months of £163.3m. So how can debtor days be less than six months?
The answer can be found in note 8 to today's accounts, see below:
So trade debtors seems to be only a small part of total debtors. Accrued income is just debtors that have not yet been invoiced, and I have no idea what is in that £57.4m "other receivables" line. Prepayments and the derivative I can accept, so strip those out and you are still left with £228m in debtors, which is considerably more than six months turnover.
I don't know whether Quindell's services are VATable, but even if you add 20% VAT onto their entire H1 turnover, you still get to £196m, which is less than the £243.9m debtors figure. So my conclusion is that actually the jury is still out on whether Quindell can collect in its debtors, and that 4.8 months figure looks suspect to me - I'd like to know the workings of that number, as I don't think it includes everything it perhaps should? Anyway, the bottom line is that debtors are still growing and are still huge, so I'm not convinced.
The cash position accordingly is not great. In fact, they still have net debt, of £14.1m, as once again all the growth has ended up in debtors. That should turn around at some point, when turnover growth slows, or goes backwards, but it's not generating cash at the moment.
Couple of other funnies jump out at me. On the cashflow statement there is another strange item, being £11.5m paid out, which is described as "loans to investments & other parties". What's that about then? I queried a similar item last year, of a £15.1m cash outflow, but nobody seems to know what that is either. These are quite material amounts, so who is Quindell loaning money to, and why? I'm not suggesting anything untoward, just querying it. See the extract from their cashflow statement below:
The company has issued a lot of shares in the past for acquisitions, and this looks set to continue, with long term liabilities including £24m in deferred consideration that has to be settled in shares. So expect ongoing selling from the various lock-ins expiring, which is certainly one of the drags on the share price.
My main concern though, is how sustainable Quindell's profits are? A contact in the insurance industry has told me that Quindell's profits are real, but that they are not sustainable. The company tries to pass itself off as being a technology business, whereas in reality it's an ambulance chasing business that is generating much of its profit from things like whiplash claims, which as we all know is a long-standing area of widespread falsification of claims by members of the public, who seem to regard it as fair game to claim for whiplash when they are in reality uninjured. At some point the insurers will stop this practice, and I'm surprised they have allowed it to go on this long.
So I just don't believe that Quindell has a sustainable business model at this level of profitability, but instead are almost certainly cashing in on recent regulatory changes, which have given them a purple patch whilst competitors scramble to catch up.
So I don't think it would be wise to base a valuation for the shares on a multiple of bumper profits which probably won't be sustained for that long.
This is probably why Quindell shares remain on such a low multiple of forecast earnings (PER of 5 for 2013, and 4 for 2014, based on Cenkos forecasts), as investors are collectively clearly not convinced the profits are sustainable.
Cenkos are convinced though, and I see their note this morning says they see the shares rising to 18p in the short term, and "potentially much higher (40p+)" in the longer term, so who knows? For me however, there are too many question marks over the business model, so it doesn't interest me as a potential investment. To clarify, I have never held a long or short position in Quindell, as I think it's just fundamentally too difficult to value accurately.
OK, that's it for today. See you from 8 a.m. tomorrow, and just a reminder that my 11 a.m. email goes out every day, to ensure you don't miss a morning report - sign up box is below, it just needs your email address, nothing else.
Regards, Paul.
(of the companies mentioned today, Paul has a long position in C21, and no short positions)
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corrsfan | 19th Aug | 10 of 29 | ||
I was surprised to see QPP fall after the results, but then again i didnt read them anywhere as close as paul did. |
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DJLJ23 | 19th Aug | 11 of 29 | ||
REF QPP, Loans to other parties, |
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intuitive6191 | 19th Aug | 12 of 29 | ||
The strange case of Quindell rumbles on. |
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cig | 19th Aug | 13 of 29 | ||
In reply to it_trader, post #6 Is the small free float (3%!) not a problem for MDM Engineering (LON:MDM) ? |
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tkb123 | 19th Aug | 14 of 29 | ||
In reply to cig, post #13 Cig, I have a similar concern regarding MDM Engineering (LON:MDM) - would be interested in Paul's (and others) opinion. It is the only thing holding me back from increasing my holding. |
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Murakami | 19th Aug | 16 of 29 | ||
Hi, we've double checking that as it seems to contradict the information given here on the company website - http://www.mdm-engineering.com/im/shareholder.asp - I'll post any resolution here once available. |
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kenobi | 20th Aug | 17 of 29 | ||
In reply to Paul Scott, post #7 Yes sorry Paul, I meant to say after you flagged kenz. |
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mjd | 20th Aug | 18 of 29 | ||
v interesting piece on QPP. it's not a straight fwd situation. |
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it_trader | 20th Aug | 19 of 29 | ||
Yes Stockopedia is wrong. The free float is around 97.5% although there is an additional 7% associated to nominees accounts which 'could' be deemed as additional to the free float. |
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PhilH | 20th Aug | 20 of 29 | ||
Agreed about the screens and Kentz. I bought in back in late February and I'm sat on a tasty 53% gain. I've found so many high quality companies that I wouldn't have sifted out without the screening mechanisms. |
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deucetoace | 20th Aug | 21 of 29 | ||
In reply to it_trader, post #19 MDM are committed to paying out at least 50% of earnings in dividends. The projected yield is based around the fall in EPS. It's not a matter of shareholders objecting to a cut in dividend. The policy is, for a change, very clear. |
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snickers | 20th Aug | 22 of 29 | ||
MDM's website says 'Shares not in public hands 97.94%'. Six institutions hold 87%, the two largest called Pipestone Capital. So 767,000 are in public hands. There were about 27,000 traded today in 13 trades. It looks like anywhere between zero and 30,000 a day, but the odd day with a million+, so I wonder what that 767k means, or public hands? |
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rick | 20th Aug | 23 of 29 | ||
In reply to snickers, post #22 "Six institutions hold 87%" |
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cig | 22nd Aug | 24 of 29 | ||
In reply to snickers, post #22 Shares not in public hands now 98.5% on the website... so most of the turnover could be one insider/large investor hoovering the remaining public shareholders (before a sale?) This is possibly consistent with the cap (flat line) at 180p from December to May which looks like a single buyer. |
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cig | 22nd Aug | 25 of 29 | ||
In reply to rick, post #23 In practice a large strategic holding is not that easy to sell and it's far fetched to consider it at parity with tiny stakes that are really readily tradable. Ultimately the precise definition of free float is what the index vendor or market regulator decides it to be. I haven't found AIM rules directly, but if they're anything like the FTSE AIM indices rules shown here in section 3.5: it's broader than your definition. |
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Murakami | 25th Aug | 26 of 29 | ||
In reply to cig, post #24 We've been discussing the MDM free float number with Reuters who have in turn been discussing it with the company. We/Reuters define Free Float as being Total Shares - Treasury Stock - Shares held by Strategic holders/entities. As a result, the total shares strategically held are 25,122,810 and the free float is 37,259,107 - 25,122,810 = 12,136,297, or 100 - 67.43 = 32.57%. Obviously this number depends on the methodology employed, and this is just one possible methodology but hopefully it helps to clarify the approach used. See: As ever, please feel to raise a ticket via the Green Help & Feedback on the right with any follow-up data queries. |
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intuitive6191 | 26th Aug | 27 of 29 | ||
How do Reuters know this - have they asked them? I would suggest that its not possible to assign motives to a shareholder on the basis that they have a large shareholding. Even if a strategic investor did have long term intentions it could change. Its all very vague. The acid test from a small investors point of view is whether the directors of the company own or control more than 50% of the shares. |
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cig | 27th Aug | 28 of 29 | ||
In reply to intuitive6191, post #27 I wondered the same. In the MDM case, the bottom 2 (or 3) are not even "large" by any stretch of the imagination... |
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intuitive6191 | 27th Aug | 29 of 29 | ||
In reply to cig, post #28 Hi Cig You may recall an exchange on this board regarding Quindell shareholders and how the major shareholders apparently differed depending on which data was used. Factor this extra variable into ithe equation and a Free Float figure as it stands could be virtually useless. |
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Sorry for the delayed blog entry and comment approval, folks; I just returned from a Sunday wedding in Baltimore. Ahh, the crab cake appetizers and wedding cupcakes. The theme was both traditional and trendy. Trenditional!
Happily, I returned to one of the best responses EVER on the FM blog. Who knew so many of you were holding onto a fabulous chocolate memory? I'm not a huge fan of chocolate myself, but I should have considered that it's one addictive food.
It's going to be difficult to decide which reader is most deserving of the book, "I'm Dreaming of a Chocolate Christmas" by Marcel Desaulniers. The contest isn't even over yet. You have until Friday to join in the fun and share your own piece of chocostalgia.
In honor of the theme, here's a recipe from one of my fave dessert cookbooks, "1,001 Low-Fat Desserts" by Sue Spitler: Don't be turned off by "low-fat." This recipes is still loaded with sin.


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"The school closed in 1971, but we try to have a reunion every three years to bring the old graduates back together, to rehash old memories that we had going to school," Sherry Armstrong, Class '61 said.
Armstrong said the highlight of her experience at St. Joe's was graduating and passing her boards. She is retired now, but was a nurse for 40 years.


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