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On Wednesday, a soldier who had served in Iraq — and was being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder — killed three people and injured 16 others at Fort Hood, and then killed himself. While it isn't certain that PTSD played a role in this shooting, two things are clear: that this is a tragic incident that will take a huge emotional toll on all of those involved and also that it is a relatively rare occurrence.
Still, there's no doubt that families of soldiers live in fear of the impact of PTSD. And while the emotional consequences of the disorder are well documented, many don't realize that PTSD can also have significant financial implications for families.
PTSD — a condition in which a person experiences a traumatic event and then has disturbing flashbacks, memories and/or nightmares and exhibits extreme avoidance behaviors and hyper-arousal — impacts about 14% to 20% of service members returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, but only between about 4% and 7% of the general population, says Terri Tanielian, a senior research analyst with policy think tank the RAND Corporation and the author of "Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery."
The cost to treat PTSD can vary significantly — some veterans can get very low-cost care from the VA, for example, but many choose to get private care and pay out of pocket — but that can easily add up to thousands in a year. "PTSD has one of the highest costs to treat of any disorder," says Barbara Rothbaum, a professor of psychiatry and the director of the trauma and anxiety recovery program at Emory University School of Medicine.
Cost estimates for treatment of PTSD vary widely. A study by the Congressional Budget Office based on VA data found that the average cost of treatment for PTSD in the first year was roughly $4,100 (treatment trends to get less expensive as the years go on). A study by Rand found that the annual cost ranges from about $1,160 to $4,724 per person (though this data is from 2008, Tanielian says there is little reason to think that these numbers would have changed significantly).
What's more, some patients need years of therapy to cope with this disorder, so it's possible that patients and their families could spend tens of thousands of dollars just on treatment, experts say. CBO data shows that four years of PTSD treatment would cost $10,000.
The costs don't end there. Individuals impacted by PTSD also often have a higher risk of lost productivity at work, says Tanielian. PTSD sufferers "often can't take crowds, which makes it hard to go to work or commute," says Bella Schanzer, the chief of mental health at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center. Rand also estimates that PTSD could cost up to about $7,000 per year per person, when you consider both the cost of treatment and lost productivity (note that lost productivity includes both lost wages and cost to the employer, which the firm did not separate out).
What's more, those impacted by PTSD also have higher rates of other medical conditions that can also be costly to treat (though Rothbaum points out that treating PTSD often helps treat these other disorders at the same time). "With PTSD comorbidity is the rule rather than the exception," Rothbaum says. "The majority of people with PTSD have three other disorders," she says -- with depression, anxiety and substance abuse among the most common. Rothbaum points out that roughly half of people with PTSD also have depression and/or anxiety, and that somewhere between about one-third and two-thirds of people with PTSD also have a substance-abuse problem.
On the family level, costs also arise related to a soldier's PTSD, as "spouses and partners and some family members often also need therapy," says Rothbaum. Indeed, Jeffrey Borenstein, a psychiatrist and president and CEO of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, says that PTSD can take a "tremendous toll" on families, and that family members may also suffer from depression, anxiety and sleep disturbances related to the soldiers' PTSD.
The bad news: While a soldier often can get free therapy from the VA, family members usually can't, unless it's part of a group family therapy effort or the family member can show that his or her therapy is needed to help the soldier, explains Rothbaum. That can easily cost thousands of dollars a year if the family member has to pay out of pocket. What's more, Schanzer notes that those who suffer from PTSD also have a higher rate of divorce; the average divorce can cost $15,000 or more.
The good news: Experts say there are plenty of effective therapies that work. Schanzer says that those suffering from PTSD should seek prolonged exposure or cognitive processing therapy, as both have research backing up their effectiveness, in addition to considering medication like SSRIs as well as prazosin for nightmares. Prolonged exposure therapy involves teaching patients about common reactions to trauma and revisiting the traumatic memory to help make its impact more bearable. Cognitive processing therapy helps patients understand their trauma and develop coping behaviors.
Families also need to figure out a cost-effective way to pay for therapy. Veterans should contact the VA to determine their benefits eligibility and active duty military should contact the Department of Defense. If those organizations don't provide care to you or your family member — or you don't want the care they give — there are also community-based therapy groups that are often free or low-cost to join, and private insurance may cover you.
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Heh. Heina on Twitter.
NateHevens, resident SOOPER-GENIUS... apparently... says
Did y'all read the ensuing conversation under that? Some guy tried to deny the existence of racism.
jamessweet says
Dawkins is, of course, totally right that this security theater has gotten really insane, and while one white guy's jar of honey doesn't really matter, it's symbolic of a bigger problem.
But turnabout being fair play and all… Dear Muslimo indeed 🙂
Anthony K says
Dawkins is, of course, totally right that this security theater has gotten really insane
I wonder if it has anything to do with the kind of unscientific, anti-Muslim silliness that's been flying around for the last decade and then some. For instance, I heard of some kind of scientist actually claiming that the disparity between Nobel Prizes awarded to Muslims and those awarded to Trinity College alumni means something or other besides that the scientist in question doesn't understand some very basic concepts regarding experimental design and statistical inference.
Anyway, I'm glad to see that the Professor is learning that fearmongering has repercussions besides increasing book sales.
Giliell, professional cynic -Ilk- says
I actually saw it while sitting in a lecture.
Now the professor thinks I laughed at him…
Silentbob says
I know!… Next let's photoshop Dawkins into some porn dripping with honey instead of semen!!!
(Seriously people, this is getting so Slymepit-esque you are creeping me out.)
Silentbob says
I'll never understand people who think it's fun.
O Rly?
jenBPhillips says
Next let's photoshop Dawkins into some porn dripping with honey instead of semen!!!
Yeah, no. None of the FTBullies/Skepchicks have done anything remotely like that–at least not that I have seen. Dawkins said something mockable. The hypocrisy of what he tweeted, given his past conduct, was robustly lampooned. This is very, VERY different from using his stupid tweet as an opportunity to attack his sexuality, or his attractiveness, or to debase him as a human being, or to threaten him for saying something so ridiculous.
Further, this was a weekend distraction. I think it's already over. If there are ugly little cartoons of Dawkie the Pooh popping up on Facebook TWO YEARS from now, then do let's revisit these comparisons with the Slymepit. Until then, it just doesn't wash.
Ophelia Benson says
Seriously Silentbob why did you say that? Why are you suggesting that anyone would photoshop Dawkins into some porn dripping with honey instead of semen, or that I would repost it if anyone did? Why are you pretending Heina's joke is comparable to that? Or a short step away from that?
Ophelia Benson says
And yes, Rly. Are you saying this post is comparable to a rant about how sexually physically aesthetically disgusting someone (in this case Dawkins) is? You seem to be saying that, so why are you? Why are you saying this is like that?
[…] "Dear Muslimo" scorn being heaped on Richard Dawkins over his lost honey would be undeserved were it not for his own earlier mockery […]

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Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald says a father who was shoveling snow in the Roxbury neighborhood put his son in the running car to stay warm.
MacDonald says the car's tailpipe was clogged with snow and the boy, who was 13 or 14, was overcome by carbon dioxide and died. His name has not been released.
Later Sunday, a man in his 20s was found dead in a running vehicle in the Mattapan neighborhood. MacDonald said the car's tailpipe was also clogged with snow.
Also, two children overcome while sitting in a car in East Boston were taken to a hospital but are expected to recover.


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OAKLAND, Calif. – The Golden State Warriors never relented. They didn't back down when Andrew Bogut sat out rehabilitating his left ankle. They didn't buckle when they lost Game 1 at Denver. And they didn't quit when All-Star forward David Lee tore his right hip flexor in that playoff opener — and neither did Lee, for the matter.
For only the second time in 22 years, the Bay Area's only NBA team is heading to the second round.
Stephen Curry had 22 points and eight assists, Bogut broke out with the best performance of his injury-saddled season and the Warriors eliminated the Nuggets with a 92-88 victory in Game 6 on Thursday night.
"Just a huge win in front of our fans. I've only been here a year, but I know the nightmares they've been through in the last 20 years," Bogut said. "They're enjoying this as much as we are."
Bogut had season-bests and career-playoff highs of 14 points and 21 rebounds, and rookie Draymond Green added a career-high 16 points and 10 rebounds to power Golden State into the second round for the first time in six years.
Bogut added four blocks and three assists in an unforgettable performance after rehabilitating his left ankle most of the season. He also became the first Warriors player with 20 rebounds in the playoffs since Larry Smith had 23 on May 12, 1987 at the Lakers.
"It's very satisfying. It's an emotional game for me," Bogut said.
The Warriors went ahead by 18 points early in the fourth quarter before holding off one final Nuggets flurry.
Andre Iguodala scored 24 points and Ty Lawson had 17 in another disappointed early exit for Denver, which has lost in the first round nine of the past 10 seasons. The Nuggets won 23 of their final 26 regular season games to earn the Western Conference's third seed, then lost four of six to the hot-shooting Warriors.
"We didn't lose this series tonight. This is a proud loss," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "We lost this series in Game 1 and 2. We didn't play well enough to sustain the confidence. We won Game 1 on a last-second layup. In Game 2, we gave away everything we worked for with 57 wins in the season. And that's on me."
The Warriors only outshot the Nuggets 40.3 percent to 34.7 percent in the finale but dominated the rebounding matchup again, 55-44. They also overcame 21 turnovers — including 10 in the fourth — while the Nuggets only had seven.
Golden State, seeded sixth, will open the second round at second-seeded San Antonio on Monday. The Spurs swept the Lakers in four games.
"I'm exhausted," Warriors owner Joe Lacob said after emerging from the locker room celebration.
Jackson ratcheted up the rhetoric after the Nuggets won a physical Game 5, saying Denver sent "hit men" out to take "cheap shots" at Curry. The accusations earned Jackson a $25,000 fine from the NBA for an "attempt to influence the officiating," though neither side ever got out of control in the finale.
Except Curry's shooting — again
On the ball or off the dribble, Curry connected all over his home court in another dazzling second half. Curry swished all four of his 3-pointers in the third quarter and brought the frenzies fans roaring to their feet each time.
Green also made a corner 3 in front of Denver's bench, and Klay Thompson hustled for a rebound and a quick put-back to put the Warriors up 80-62 with 9:11 to play.
The Nuggets failed to score for nearly six minutes during the stretch. But they rallied with 13 straight, held the Warriors scoreless for almost five minutes and gave the fans in Oakland reason to worry.
After the Warriors went back ahead by nine, they nearly collapsed again. Wilson Chandler stole the rebound from Green for an easy layup to get within four, Iguodala hit another from long range and Kenneth Faried made 1 of 2 free throws to bring Denver within two with 32.4 seconds to play.
Iguodala stole Thompson's pass on the ensuing play. Chandler's running layup rimmed out, he missed a put-back and then knocked the ball out in a scrum — a call that stood after a video review and had the Nuggets questioning whether the ball ever bounced out.
"They made the call. The refs make mistakes," Nuggets guard Andre Miller said.
The Nuggets were forced to intentionally foul Jarrett Jack, who made both free throws to give Golden State a 92-88 lead with 7.3 seconds remaining to seal the victory. Miller missed a 3 and Faried clanked a meaningless jumper as the buzzer sounded, touching off the emotional celebration.
The Warriors advanced to the second round for the first time since 2007, when the "We Believe" team upset top-seeded Dallas in similar fashion — at home and in Game 6. Golden State lost to Utah in the second round that season.
"To finally get it done, it's kind of a hazy feeling," Curry said. "Just a sense of relief the way the game finished."
Golden State seemed to have an answer for everything Denver threw its way in this series.
Even Lee made a surprising return — "part of it was for inspiration," Jackson said — for the Warriors after not dressing the previous four games with what the team had called a season-ending hip injury. He grabbed one rebound and missed one jumper in 87 seconds off the bench in the first quarter.
Bogut's big first half — 10 points, eight rebounds, four blocks and two assists — allowed the Warriors to erase a nine-point deficit, and they sliced Denver's lead to 42-40 at the half behind a late surge of shooting from their guards on the perimeter.
Faried, the target of Jackson's accusations of "dirty play" in Game 5, picked up his fourth foul with 10:23 to play in the third quarter. Three of those fouls came in the first 1:37 of the third before Nuggets coach George Karl took him out.
Soon after, Curry took control to send the Nuggets home for good.
NOTES: Aaron Hern, an 11-year-old from nearby Martinez, who was injured in the bombings during the Boston Marathon, attended the game with his family and was honored on the videoboard during the first quarter. ... The Warriors are 10-1 in home playoff games in which they had a chance to win the series since moving to the Bay Area prior to the 1962-63 season.


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Vancouver police said that a person reported seeing "the remains of what appears to be a human foot and leg bones in a running shoe" shortly before 5 pm on Tuesday.
"It was quite disturbing — quite a discovery to make," Vancouver Police Constable Jana McGuinness told WWN.
A police statement said that the shoe was found floating in the water next to the Plaza of Nations marina in the False Creek area, which was cordoned off to allow the British Columbia Coroners Service to begin their investigation.
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In March a woman walking near Powell River, British Columbia, found a running shoe containing remains.
One washed up foot has been linked by DNA to a suspected suicide, while two found in Richmond, British Columbia, have been confirmed as belonging to the same woman.
Police said they do not suspect foul play and believe that the feet detached naturally in the water. But, there are others that suspect a serial killer – one that targets men and women jogging.
Some of the feet are believed to be American feet. But that has not been confirmed yet.
The foot recently found, is believed to have floated in from either the Puyallup River or Puget Sound. It's the second human foot to wash ashore in Washington state in four months.
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Harold W. McIntosh, Jr., 88, of Bloomfield, entered eternal life, 2:22 a.m., with his family by his side, Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at IU Health-Bloomington Hospital.
He was born September 5, 1925, in Highland Township, Greene County, to Harold W. and Ada Pearl (Jones) McIntosh, Sr.
Harold was a farmer, and a registered massage therapist and retired from Allen Bradley Electrical. He was a member of Ellettsville First Baptist, also Worthington, F. & A. M. Masonic Lodge #577, and Knights of Pythias Lodge #253 and A.M.T.A.
Harold is survived by three children, H. Wade (Ellen) McIntosh, III, Sharon Elaine (James) Western of Bloomfield, Teleatha Ann (Muzzy) Mortimer of Spencer; six grandchildren, Bill (Renee) and Keven (Laura) McIntosh, Michael Jason Holtsclaw, Mary Beth (Tom) Query, Kyle (Allendra) Mortimer, Kassandra Lorene Mortimer, Ryan (Chris) Mortimer; nine great-grandchildren, Marisa, Wyatt, Lance, Isabella, Olivia, Sammy, Sydney, Silas and Christian; and sister, Doris Pauline Moulden, Elnora.
Harold was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife, Thelma Lorene (Higgins) McIntosh, February 10, 1992.
Funeral service will be held at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Worthington at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, 2014. Pastor Mark Villanova will officiate. Friends may call at Welch & Cornett from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, and from 10:00 a.m. until time of service on Saturday. Burial will be Prairie Chapel Cemetery.
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|January 4, 2013, 07:12 PM
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Best cheap .22/.22 mag revolver
I plan on buying a new rimfire revolver sometime in the next few weeks. I want something that has interchangeable .22lr/.22mag cylinders. Right now my sights are set on the Heritage rough rider combo with the 9-shot .22lr cylinder and 4.75" barrel. Ive also looked at the Puma m-1873. I dont know much about the Puma, I just know there are ALOT more of the Heritages around and figured it must be for good reason. Is there a better option in the sub-$300 range? If not, which of the two mentioned is best? It will be used for plinking, small game at short range, and a fishing sidearm to shoot snakes and such.
|January 4, 2013, 07:20 PM
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I have a Heritage RR, and it seems to be a good shooter. I have the interchangeable cylinders but have never used the magnum. I like shooting CB Shorts in the back yard with it.
If I could have found a used single 6, I might have bought that instead...but I didn't, and I have no regrets.
|January 4, 2013, 07:30 PM
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Been there - done that. Just buy a .22 LR revolver. The bore size for a .22 mag is larger than a .22 lr. What this means is that if the bore is sized for the .22 mag. (and it will be on a convertible setup) when you fire a .22 lr. the fit will be loose enough that accuracy will be, let's say, lousy when you fire .22 lr ammo. Years ago I had a Ruger convertible Single Six and it was a tackdriver with .22 mag. but sucked with .22 lr ammo. Sold it and never looked back.
|January 4, 2013, 07:33 PM
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I have yet to find an unsatisfied RR owner so that must be a good sign. I just dont know anything about the Puma. Id at least like to hear something bad about it so it would make my decision easier. Does your RR have a steel or alloy frame? Which sights does it have? Drail, that makes sense what youre saying about accuracy issues, but I will probably be using the .22 mag more for everything but plinking. Id really like to have that .22 mag cylinder and given the choice of one or the other Id probably want the mag. I just saw that the lcr is now offered in .22 mag but the barrel length is shorter than what Im looking for. Not to mention the msrp is $529
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|January 4, 2013, 08:02 PM
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If your looking for cheap then a Cimarron Plinkerton is the lowest cost new option I have found. Quality is not a word to use in the same sentence as these guns but the function on mine so far has be great. I wanted a cheap fishing gun a few years ago and bought a new Plinkerton convertible for $150. Most of my shooting has been with 22mag and its spent its life in the bottom of a fishing box loaded 5 up with a shot shell in first place. I cant speak to its accuracy on account of my being a horrible pistol shot. If you truly want a great gun that you'll be proud to hand down to your kids one day then a single six or bearcat is worth every penny. Gun shows and pawn shops are another option. I always keep my eye out for top break H&R 22's on the cheap.
|January 5, 2013, 06:37 PM
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I was doing some looking around online and ran across an EEA bounty hunter for right around $300. Does anyone have experience with one of these in the .22 combo?
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I'd recommend a Charter Arms Pathfinder. I've had one in .22LR with a 4" barrel for about 6 months now and have had no problems. I know they also make a convertible. Mine didn't cost an arm and a leg, shoots pretty nice groups and the trigger is smoothing out after about 600 rounds through it so far. I suspect it will continue to get better over time. Still fairly heavy, but smooth. Good luck, whatever your decision!
|January 6, 2013, 01:42 AM
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Another very satisfied RR owner here. Mine has been great, and contrary to the previous post it's accuracy has been good. The goofy, and unnecessary safety is sometimes a pain. I almost always forget it the first time I try to fire a round, and just get a click. But aside from that minor glitch it's been an accurate, and fun plinker. I will say I don't use the Mag cylinder very much. No need for the extra power at the additional cost.
The Charter Pathfinder would be a double action option, but with a MSRP of over $500.00 I doubt if the OP can find one within his under $300 price range.
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|January 6, 2013, 09:16 AM
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Cheapshooter is your RR an alloy or steel frame? Should I be concerned using the mag cylinder alot with the alloy frame version?
|January 6, 2013, 09:29 AM
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It's not cheap, but it's amazing. My highest recommendation, well worth the money.
|January 6, 2013, 03:03 PM
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Avoid Taurus 22 magnums.Triggers suck and can't be made better.The S&W 22 Mag Kit Gun was the best-I have one but it wasn't cheap.
|January 6, 2013, 04:01 PM
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I agree 100% about the rugers and the s&w wheel guns. They are great and they are worth the money. But I already have a really nice .22 pistol. Not a revolver but a colt woodsman thats been handed down through a couple generations and has a book value of about $1500 in its condition, but the price is irrelevant because Ill never sell it. Its priceless to me. For that reason it is mostly a safe queen. Im looking for a beater gun thats cheap enough that it can get dropped and beat and banged around through the woods with and I dont have to feel bad about it. But something that will still shoot decently accurate and be reliable and trouble free. I think from what Ive read and heard, the RR will fit that bill fairly well. Also I should mention, before I go to order a new gun, I will definitely make a sweep of the local gun stores and pawn shops just to make sure there arent any beat up rugers, s&w's or the like at a crazy good deal.
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Mine is the alloy frame. I don't have any concerns with using the 22WMR cylinder, just don't have a need for more power, at a higher cost. In fact, some of the most accurate ammo I've found for it is the much malined Remington Golden Bullet bulk from Wallyworld. Pretty much does what I want it to out to 25 yards or so.
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|January 6, 2013, 10:49 PM
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I have a 5.5 inch 3 screw Ruger single six conv.
If I do my part it's pretty darn accurate with the 22lr
cylinder in place.I have shot the mag cylinder
(plinking not hunting) and find the round uncomfortable
to shoot.
|January 8, 2013, 10:56 AM
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I have the RR too, and have had it for probably 5 years. It's surprisingly accurate. Not a beautiful gun, nor beautifully made, but it's been a good plinker for me, in both calibers.
|January 8, 2013, 11:12 AM
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Really in the "inexpensive" .22lr/.22m SA market there is not really a reason to look at much else than the RR. Been around long enough that you know what you are gonna get. And what do you get with one? A gun with a horrid finish that will work reasonably well for awhile. They aren't 50,000 round guns, be stupid to think they are for what you pay.
Would I buy one? Not at today's prices. Back when they were $100-$125 dollars they held my interest. But at the $175-$225 price I see today I wouldn't touch one. At that I'd go with the more expensive Single Six or dump the idea of a revolver all together and get a Ruger 22/45 ($250). SA Revolvers are cool but not cool enough to buy a worse gun for a relatively minor savings.
|January 8, 2013, 04:20 PM
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Consider a Charter Arms Target Pathfinder Combo,,,
Consider a Charter Arms Target Pathfinder Combo.
I just purchased a 4" Target Pathfinder in .22 LR,,,
It's a J-frame sized DA/SA revolver.
Mine is becoming quite a nice little handgun,,,
I've just started my 2nd 550 round bulk pack with it,,,
The trigger was stiff and heavy at first but is smoothing out nicely.
Just a suggestion.
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|January 8, 2013, 06:00 PM
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You should be able to find a used Single Six for under 3 hundred. I did just that last week, and it's a 97% three screw OM Single Six for under $300. They are out there . All it takes is a little looking around.
|January 8, 2013, 06:21 PM
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I had an EAA Bounty Hunter 22LR/22WMR. It seemed good at first but with very little use the parts started to loosen. The frame is made of a very soft metal which means the screws will strip in time. Eventually the cylinder went out of time and became unsafe to fire. I sold it as a broken gun to a friend who believed he could fix it.
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|January 8, 2013, 06:54 PM
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I know a lot of people like them, but I'll never consider a Heritage again.
I broken one, just looking at it. The next one the salesman tried to hand me was locked up, because the cylinder face was not milled straight, and was jammed on the barrel.
To make matters worse, he mumbled "We've been getting a lot of that lately."
No thanks...
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Ruger, or better.
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Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.
|January 8, 2013, 08:20 PM
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Just when I thought I had it figured out, killkenny has got me looking at the ruger 22/45, even though I wish it came in a .22 mag version. Where can you find them for $250 new? Now Im in the wrong forum...
|January 8, 2013, 08:50 PM
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You're probably not gonna find them at your LGS and big box stores for that but I see em priced for that at gun shows all the time. Even the upper end 22/45's with all the bells and whistles go for $275 - $325. Bought this for $323 thanksgiving weekend:
No matter if you go for bottom end or something like mine, 22/45's are the best value in handguns.
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I like it. That would look nice beside my old Colt woodsman but I could actually do more than look at the Ruger.
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I hate to say it, but a used Ruger isn't much more than $300.00 around here. Normally I hate the "save a little more and get something else" line, but in this case it's true because the OP set the bar rather high at $300.00. I've bought a Uberti 22 S/A in that price range too.
If you think used, you open up a whole world of other options. Just since Christmas I've bought two used 22's for less than $200.00. One was a Ruger standard semi-auto, and the other a High-Standard Sentinel, 9 shot, D/A revolver. No, they're not convertables, but I personally have never seen much use for a 22 Magnun. I've owned several with a magnum cylinder, but have never fired a single round.
(They were not "beaters" either.)
I suppose if I had to pick one of the less expensive new ones, I'd go with the Rough Rider.
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Another happy R.R. owner. I regretted getting rid of the Ruger convertible so long ago, wanted another similar gun without spending too much. Did some research and bought the R.R. Another good tool in the tool shed.
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While the sides don't actually have specific openings for the lumbar adjustments (I can still sort of get to them if necessary) and the velcro pieces don't quite reach in some places, overall, the seat covers are well made and really do look fabulous. I ordered a similar product from another site only to find out (quite a while later) that the product was no longer actually available. It was refreshing to find that AutoAnything was able to actually deliver the product I wanted and quickly. Thank you!


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Purchased Sourdough Starters
There's been a recent discussion in the forum about activating purchased starters from Sourdoughs International. I'm curious - over time does a purchased starter maintain its unique flavour profile? It would seem to me that the type of flour you use to feed your starter (as well as the water and perhaps feeding routine) would eventually change the starter's characteristics. Can anyone who has used these purchased starters say whether they stay the same or change?


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Look up 'Companion Planting' - it does (I think) help.jackson wrote:Hi Ben, All,
I'm currently thinking about starting a garden myself, and would be interested to know how you handled "pests", for while I find the idea of growing food for my family appealing I'm also strongly averse to causing another being harm.
Great photos!
Personally, I don't bother with pesticides - the bugs do get a percentage of the produce but there's enough left for us.


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Welcome to VegWeb's Soft Launch!
Hi all!
I just wanted to thank you all for stopping by the newly redesigned VegWeb! We're so proud of and excited about the site, and we hope you will be too.
There's a new blog section where we'll regularly post site news and have fun guest chef posts and all sorts of great stuff. Find out about the soft launch and about new and coming attractions here: http://vegweb.com/blogs/welcome-vegweb
As always, if you have any questions or comments, shoot me a private message or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Again, so excited, and stay tuned for even more delicious happenings!
Subnicks are those little phrases that appear under a user's avatar. Something that you like or that expresses your personality. My last one, for example, was "I am not 100 other people, are you?" Kind of like a siggy line, but under your picture.
On the old site the subnick also doubled as a sort of title on that user's profile page. For example, here is an archived copy of yabbitgirl's old profile in which the subnick is "Hummus: The Miracle Food". I think in SMF terminology it may have been called the user's "Personal Text". Also, here is an archived thread where, Laura, your subnick is "I love to cook! And eat! And eat!". (I didn't have one, but sometimes was entertained by what other people came up with.)


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Ted Siefer's City Hall: Brennan's faux pas added fuel to already sizzling school issueBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 16. 2012 12:01AM
Things have gotten pretty heavy with Hooksett, notwithstanding the town denizen who came to speak at Monday's Board of School Committee meeting dressed as an elf.
Hooksett's school board has voted to find Manchester in breach of the contract by which it sends its high school students - and more than $7 million annually in tuition - to the district. Both sides appear to have lawyered up; the city school board has held two non-public meetings about the contract with the district's attorney. (See Manchester attorney Brad Cook's op-ed piece, Page B3.)
Superintendent Tom Brennan has underscored the seriousness of the situation by telling school board members that he has Hooksett's intentions, to find the district in breach of contract, in writing.
It turns out, no such letter has been sent - and Hooksett may be more amenable to negotiations than it appears.
Brennan, in an email to the school board last week, said that he had mistakenly indicated that Hooksett had sent a "Formal Letter of Breach."
Hooksett's superintendent has not yet sent such a letter, Brennan explained in the email, which was forwarded to the New Hampshire Union Leader. The Hooksett school chief had, in fact, told Brennan that the board is still pursuing several options, including "meeting with the BOSC to reach a resolution, negotiating an early release, and/or declaring a formal breach."
Brennan said in the email that he cannot explain "How I came to the conclusion, nor can I explain why I thought I had received the letter."
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Maybe Brennan slipped up because he has had a lot on his mind, what with the careers of his three top deputies on the line.
The school board on Monday ended up voting to renew the contracts of Business Administrator Karen DeFrancis and, by much narrower margins, those of Assistant Superintendents Karen Burkush and Michael Tursi.
All three likely breathed sighs of relief after the meeting, but the vote had board member Art Beaudry breathing fire.
Beaudry has argued that Burkush and Tursi should be made at-will employees without contracts, to give the new superintendent, after Brennan steps down at the end of the school year, the chance to form his or her own team.
Going into the meeting, Beaudry thought he had the votes. Two board members he said had indicated they would vote against renewing the contracts voted otherwise. The contracts for Burkush and Tursi, to start next fall, were approved by a three- and two-vote margin, respectively.
Beaudry also didn't like that Brennan had proposed giving all three administrators the 2.5 percent cost of living increase called for in their contracts. Brennan said that the three wouldn't accept the raises, but still, Beaudry noted, the offer was made, just as the board is gearing up for negotiations with the teachers union and other district employees.
"The union guys sitting up in the balcony listening now can say, 'You offered your administrators 2.5 percent - Why not us?'" Beaudry said. "It's just a poor way of negotiating."
Beaudry and others on the board have suggested that the pay for the assistant superintendents, above $105,000 for Tursi and above $111,000 for Burkush, is excessive at it is.
"This happens more and more and more. We treat upper management much different than our rank-and-file workers," Beaudry said.
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Now for some good news. Alderman Garth Corriveau is the 2012 recipient of the New Hampshire Young Democrats "C. Arthur Soucy Award." The group singled out Corriveau for his work as an alderman, the former president of the New Hampshire Young Democrats and his "tireless effort . in working up and down the ticket to reelect Democrats in November."
So will Corriveau use the accolade to launch a run for mayor in 2013?
He said he's still weighing his options. "I intend to ask people in the city after the holidays for their input and advice on how I can best serve Manchester going forward," Corriveau said.
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There's at least one other young Democratic alderman said to considering taking on the formidable Mayor Gatsas: Patrick Arnold. From his perch beside the mayor's podium at board meetings, he has often been a thorn in Gatsas' side.
"I'm discussing it with people." That's all Arnold would tell me at this point, although he added, "I do have major concerns about the state of the city."
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Next week may be our elected officials' last chance to get anything done this year. So it's no surprise that the schedule at City Hall is jam-packed.
There's a special meeting of the Board of School Committee on Monday.
There's also a Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting on Tuesday, and in between those meetings, there's a Curriculum and Instruction subcommittee meeting and six aldermanic subcommittee meetings.
The week wraps up with joint meetings between the school board and the Candia board on Thursday, and with the Hooksett board on Friday, to discuss the sending towns' ongoing issues with the Manchester district.
Hopefully by then, Christmas spirit will be in the air and the meetings will be less acrimonious than past ones.
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Joint PAEL-TILCEPA workshop on Protected Areas Management Evaluation and Social Assessment of Protected Areas
Summary of Report
- There is substantial under-reporting by State parties on Element 2 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA), which deals with Governance, Participation, Equity and Benefit Sharing;
- More effort needs to be given to raise awareness about the interdependence of successful Protected Areas and the participation of (and equitable benefit sharing with) a range of stakeholders, particularly local communities and indigenous peoples;
- Globally, there is improvement in Protected Areas Management Evaluation (PAME) reporting. Though PAME capacity is improving overall, there is still a notable weakness in reporting on social indicators related to Protected Areas;
- Research indicates that there is a statistical correlation between good overall Protected Areas Management Evaluation (PAME), effective public participation and social policy processes. Three of the top seven most significant correlated indicators for successful Protected Areas are related to community participation and benefits;
- There is statistical evidence of a positive correlation between land tenure resolution, access / benefit sharing processes and successful conservation of biodiversity;
- There is an opportunity to sensitise national Protected Areas agencies, CBD State Parties and civil society as to the importance of Social Assessment as an instrument for improving biodiversity conservation;
- A policy window is available for the promotion of Social Assessment within Protected Areas Management Evaluation. These opportunities include the 2010 in-depth review of the CBD's Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA), the revision of CBD biodiversity targets and the new CBD strategic plan to be adopted at COP10 by Parties to the Convention;
- Other policy opportunities include the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) reporting and review process and preparations for two major global conferences, the VIth World Parks Congress and Earth Summit 2010 (Rio+20);
- he Protected Areas, Equity and Livelihoods (PAEL) taskforce together with CARE International, IIED and UNEP-WCMC is developing a framework, standards and instruments for Social Assessment of Protected Areas (SAPA);
- SAPA is not yet fully developed. It needs to be promoted, test run and ramped up to be more widely known and available to those already or about to implement PAME, as one important use of such Social Assessment methodologies;
- There is an opportunity to promote synergies between PAME and SAPA by a. Improving the quality, focus and availability of rapid assessment instruments for social assessment which can be embedded in existing PAME practices; b. Where there are efforts to build PAME capacity, there is an opportunity to include SAPA capacity building; c. There are lessons from the evolution of global PAME reporting which can inform SAPA implementation.
- CEESP-WCPA are important catalytic actors in building advocacy and technical alliances for the improvement of social assessment within PAME reporting and for the use of social assessments within conservation initiatives more generally;
- Social assessment considerations, frameworks and indicators need to be incorporated in other processes and mechanisms including the implementation of the CBD Strategic Plan, implementation of REDD+, and similar instruments which have an impact on biodiversity conservation;
- SAPA's significance increases with the challenge of climate change. Adaptation and mitigation actions both increase the need for participatory approaches and monitoring equity, rights and benefits, as well as the ever greater challenge of delivering successful ecosystems-based biodiversity conservation.
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 21, 2013) – The ETSU women's tennis team hopes to put an end to a two-match skid on Friday, heading one hour south on I-26 to the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown to take on the Bulldogs at 2 p.m.
ETSU (2-2) had a tough weekend, losing close, 4-3, decisions to both Akron and then-nationally ranked Oregon at the Zips' LaTuchie Tennis Center. The defeats were the Lady Buccaneers' first and second of the season, but they hope to bounce back against a UNC Asheville (4-2) team that is a perfect 4-0 at home.
Leading the way to this point for ETSU has been senior newcomer Antonia Kolvou (Larisa, Greece), who is on a six-match winning streak in singles and stands at 12-8 overall on the 2012-13 campaign. Kolovou's record also includes a perfect 4-0 mark through the Lady Bucs' first four dual matches.
On the doubles side, the duo of junior newcomers Sofia Espana (Mexico City, Mexico) and Salma Dahbi (Marrakech, Morocco) will hope to stay hot and help deliver a win. Espana and Dahbi have won their last four matches to begin the dual season 4-0, while carrying an overall record of 8-3. Meanwhile, ETSU's regionally ranked freshman duo of Lyn Yee Choo (Kuching, Malaysia) and Anna Gerbasi (Caracas, Venezuela) will try and recover from dropping both their sets over the weekend.
UNC Asheville may be 4-0 at home, but only one of those wins has come against a Division I school, defeating USC Upstate, 4-3. The other three were against Lees-McRae, Mars Hill and most recently Augusta State.
ETSU has taken the last two meetings in the series history. The two schools were scheduled to meet last season, but had the match postponed due to rain. In the spring of 2011, the Lady Bucs defeated the Bulldogs, 4-3, in Johnson City, and in 2010 were victorious in the last meeting in Asheville, 6-1.
A full recap of the match will be posted Friday night on ETSUBucs.com.
ETSU fans wanting to get Buccaneer news, score updates, in-game promotions and much more sent to their mobile device can do so by signing up for "Buc Updates." Click here to sign up today!
For more information on ETSU women's tennis, please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's tennis links.


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DBAs will always think about response times and user profiles, while storage managers will think about capacity and backup needs. But is storage always considered—really considered—when key applications such as SQL Server are being implemented and grown? All too often, it can be an afterthought. Yet not only is storage a crucial foundational infrastructure that supports mission-critical applications such as SQL Server, but it also can be something that actually affects the achieved business value of the application: Good storage, well implemented, can enhance and optimize the application.
This white paper highlights details around SQL Server 2012 and EMC storage products so that IT managers (if they are not already doing so) can focus on the database system and storage hardware relationship. Dependencies do exist. Also, there is optimized value to be enjoyed. Quite simply, storage must be actively considered in concert with SQL Server; if not, it is almost certain that costs will rise and quality of service will decline. Certainly, neither will be optimized.


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Forbes magazine moving from NYC to New Jersey
January 15, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Forbes magazine is leaving its historic New York City headquarters and moving hundreds of employees to New Jersey.
Forbes Media, which publishes the magazine, announced Wednesday that it has secured office space in the Newport area of Jersey City. Forbes plans to relocate by the end of this year. The exact date has not been determined.
The move comes after New Jersey's Economic Development Agency approved a $27.1 million incentive over 10 years for Forbes.
Forbes sold its Fifth Avenue building in Greenwich Village to New York University in 2010 but kept a five-year lease on the property it occupied since 1962.
Forbes will keep an office in New York. The company says it's in the final stages of securing space in the city.


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Shall we talk today about one of the still cool things in the music biz, the indie record store? In this day of file sharing and music discovery being done on one's own, having an outpost with informed clerks and a community culture that takes out the virtual and makes it real is so important. If you consider yourself a music junkie, here is hoping you have a store near you dedicated to ferreting out the good stuff. One of the great ones is Grimey's New & Preloved Music in Nashville. There you will find limited editions only available at indie music stores, and a grand march of fabulous in store performances. The band Ponderosa will be there today in Nashville at 6pm.
Ponderosa has been hard at work, crafting a new album and refining and building on their sound. Pool Party comes out today, and it represents an amazing growth spurt for the band from Atlanta, Georgia. This is the follow up to 2011's Moonlight Revival. Kalen Nash on lead vocal and guitar, JT Hall playing bass and singing, John Dance on keys and vocals, Kris Sampson on guitar, and Darren Dodd on drums, came en masse to our Spring Music Fog Marathon in March at Threadgill's WHQ in Austin. They brought us some powerful stuff. Here is one of the new songs, recorded Music Fog style. "Never Come Back."


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The Texas Rangers returned P Coty Woods, their Rule 5 pick, to the Colorado Rockies Wednesday, March 27.
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The Texas Rangers will have SS Jurickson Profar begin the season at Triple-A Round Rock, with INF Leury Garcia serving as the utility infielder. OF Jim Adduci, C Eli Whiteside and SP Nate Robertson are also heading to Round Rock. P Coty Woods has cleared waivers, and the Rangers are trying to work out a trade with the Colorado Rockies.
Fantasy Tip: Profar will be up eventually this year and is still worth grabbing in the late rounds in mixed formats if you can stash him. He should be owned in every AL-only and keeper league.
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The Texas Rangers signed 11 players to one-year deals Monday, Feb. 18. The players were P Wilmer Font ($491,000), INF Leury Garcia ($490,000), P Roman Mendez ($490,000), 1B Mitch Moreland ($502,700), SP Alexi Ogando ($506,600), P Joe Ortiz ($490,000), SP Martin Perez ($492,000), SS Jurickson Profar ($491,000), RP Tanner Scheppers ($493,600), P Matt West ($490,000) and P Coty Woods ($490,000).
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The Texas Rangers selected Colorado Rockies P Coty Woods with the 24th pick in the Rule 5 draft.
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by Mark Kromer
As part of our series on SQL Server BI for SQL Server DBAs, I am going to now focus on architectures that you can implement and what you need to know about scale-out for SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) for SQL Server 2008 R2. Previously, we talking about SSAS & data warehouse DBA management. Now let's talk a little bit about how you can scale SSRS. Note that we are talking about scaling SSRS, not high availability. I am going to show an architecture that can also include database mirroring and/or Windows Clustering to build-in high availability and redundancy into the architecture. But keep in mind that in SQL Server-land, scaling out and high availability are 2 different and distinct things. Additionally, the SSRS service itself is not "cluster-aware", meaning that when we cluster SSRS for HA, we are going to actually cluster the Report Server Catalog database, not SSRS as a service itself.
The first diagram that I am showing here is a sample of a SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services architecture from the Microsoft DPE team. In this architecture, the primary idea to take away is that you will create scalability with SSRS by utilizing multiple (n) number of SSRS servers running the Reporting Services Windows service. The SQL databases storing the database for the report server catalog is then housed on a separate SQL Server instance, which can then also have high-availability configuration as shown in the diagram. Note that in both a scale-out mode as well as a native SSRS configuration, you should to configure the ReportServerTempDB using configurations recommended in the SQL CAT whitepaper below and this Technet article. Setting up the TempDB properly such as the recommended methods in that Technet whitepaper are helpful in improving performance on any SSRS architecture. In their tests, Microsoft used "10 separate 1 GB files and a 1-GB transaction log in an effort to improve the parallelism for disk I/O operation" for ReportingServerTempDB.
In the next SSRS scale-out diagram below from the SQL CAT team, we add more scalability and load-balancing capabilities by introducing a network load balancer (NLB) from the user connections which then ties into a single RDSB (report server catalog DB). By using a native SQL Server HA capability such as database mirroring or SQL clustering with Windows clustering, you could add HA at the report catalog DB as well. These are both very common and I have seen these implemented successfully at a number of customers. You get the same separation from your primary data sources and you also get the advantage of being able to scale to your customer reporting demands with multiple servers running SSRS.
It is important to note that these scale-out architectures are not absolutely necessary to scale SSRS. The SQL 2008 version of SSRS does not rely on IIS and has its own stripped-down version of the HTTP server that is uses to service requests. So on its own, SSRS is more scalable natively than the SQL 2005 version of SSRS, provided that you at least consider isolating SSRS running on a box separate from your primary database server, at a minimum.


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It's incredible how quickly social networking has become so integrated in our lives, but a majority of people do not use it to its full potential. Using social networking to help grow your business and allow you to be successful is pretty simple and inexpensive compared to other forms of reaching out and advertising.
There are many benefits to using social networking to reach out to current and potential clients. Since computers and automated systems have taken over a majority of the customer service process within companies, it's a major benefit to show that you are still a REAL PERSON working with your customers. Social networking is a superb way to let your clients know that you are a real person and to interact with them.
Interacting with clients through social networking allows them to feel that they are getting quality one-on-one attention. Psychologically, people want to feel that their needs are being met and they are valued by others around them. With social networking, you can build those relationships with your clients and are able to show that they are worth your time and energy.
Many people are on Facebook and Twitter (and other social networking sites), so take advantage of that. Don't rebuild the wheel; use the networks that already exist. Inserting your name and your business into a network that already exists and functions successfully will save you a lot of frustration and energy.
Another major advantage is that you are able to just post a status (or even a tweet, which is 160 characters) to reach out to your entire network at once. A lot of people even have their social networks connected on their phones, so you will be able to reach them at any moment in time, no matter where they are. With a website, you will have to have someone who understands HTML coding/Wordpress (or something similar) and it takes a lot of time to update every time there is a change. It doesn't take much time at all to write a sentence or two and send it to your entire network at once.
There are so many types of social networking and so many ways to use them. I have already talked about Facebook and Twitter, which are the more popular forms of social networking. Another way to incorporate social networking is to make a blog page. You can write articles relating to your business and/or industry that would be beneficial to your potential and current customers. It is a great way to show up in search engines and spread your name to more people.
You can also link your different social networking outlets to each other, so people are able to just click on a link and go from your Twitter account to your Facebook to your blog to your website, etc. A blog is a great way to compliment your website. Websites tend to stay the same because it takes a lot of time and effort to change them. It is not cost-effective to be changing it on a daily or weekly basis. Having a blog gives you the opportunity to give a current update on different things you are doing or share your thoughts on particular issues relating to your business/industry.
Since so many people already use social networking, use it to your advantage! Take the time to initially set up your different outlets and to update them regularly. Putting in that little extra effort will help to set you apart and allow you to stand out to potential clients.