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Board member: DermSpectra to revolutionize skin careBy KIMBERLEY HAAS
Union Leader Correspondent
September 18. 2017 8:13PM
PORTSMOUTH — A former U.S. Surgeon General says the technology developed by Digital Skin Imaging could revolutionize the way doctors approach treating diseases of the skin.
According to Dr. Richard Carmona, who is on the DermSpectra board, its new machines allow doctors to track changes to the skin better. That means earlier skin cancer detection and more access to screenings.
"It really comes down to GPS mapping of the body," Carmona said. "It brings technology into the realm of something that was done by hand before."
Carmona said dermatologists have been taking photos of moles for years, and try to determine if they have changed by eye. Now, the precision of DermSpectra does that work for the doctor.
Estimates from The Skin Cancer Foundation in New York City are that each year in the United States, more than 5.4 million cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer are treated in more than 3.3 million people. One in five Americans will develop skin cancer over the course of their lifetime, according to the foundation.
The foundation reports that the annual cost of treating skin cancers in the U.S. is an estimated $8.1 billion, with about $4.8 billion for nonmelanoma skin cancers and $3.3 billion for melanoma.
Carmona said DermSpectra can be used for eczema and other skin diseases as well. He hopes the technology can be applied to other areas of medicine.
"We all believe this could be truly disruptive in all areas of medicine," Carmona said.
Linda Fanaras, the executive vice president of DermSpectra, said the company's mission is to make sure every person has a full body digital skin image in their medical records to ensure physicians can objectively review and analyze the health of the skin. The technology can be used by dermatologists, primary care physicians, telemedicine centers, vein specialists and plastic surgeons.
"Digital images captured through the DermSpectra system can be marked using simple touch screen features that allow physicians to zoom in on lesions, add notes, circle abnormalities or changes, annotate directly on the image, and attach a report," Fanaras wrote in a statement.
Fanaras said patients experience a private, 10-minute session while their doctor views the latest digital images, annotates directly to the image, and securely stores the images on a HIPPA-compliant server database.
Karleen Seybold, CEO of DSI Acquisition, said the breakthrough technology is in the initial roll-out phases. So far, the DermSpectra system is located at Well America Clinics, Walter Reed Army Hospital and Oregon Health and Science University.
Seybold made the decision to move her company to Portsmouth from Arizona following a meeting with Gov. Chris Sununu and company executives earlier this year. An official welcoming ceremony was held at Medtronic in August.


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Scarus ferrugineus
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål, 1775
|Regional Assessments:
Common Name(s):
Pseudoscarus augustinus Kossmann & Räuber, 1877
Scarus aeruginosus Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus caerulescens Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus marshalli Schultz, 1958
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Eschmeyer, W.N. and Fricke, R. (eds). 2015. Catalog of Fishes: genera, species, references. Updated 1 October 2015. Available at: http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp. (Accessed: 1 October 2015).
|Taxonomic Notes:
|The sister species is S. persicus (J.H. Choat pers comm. 2010). Initial phases between the two species are very difficult to tell apart.
Westneat and Alfaro (2005) recognize the Scarini as a tribe within the family Labridae. The genera Chlororus and Scarus are two distinct monophyletic lineages (Smith et al. 2008).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
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|Date Assessed:
|Choat, J.H., Clements, K.D., Rocha, L.A., Russell, B., Myers, R., Lazuardi, M.E., Pardede, S. & Rahardjo, P.
|McIlwain, J. & Craig, M.T.
This species is abundant over most of iits recorded range. It is not targeted in any particular fishery and it occurs in marine reserves in parts of its range. It is therefore listed as Least Concern.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species is found in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden to Somalia and Socotra, Oman and Arabian Gulf, but it is not recorded from the northern Arabian Gulf (Randall and Bruce 1983).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Bahrain; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Israel; Jordan; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; Sudan; United Arab Emirates; Yemen
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Indian Ocean – western
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|This species is abundant over most of its range. It is abundant in the Red Sea with estimates of 76 individuals per hectare and 30.6 individuals per 1,000 m2 in northern Oman. It is also abundant along parts of the southern Arabian Gulf coast (J.H. Choat pers comm. 2009).
|Current Population Trend:
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species inhabits coral reefs of the Red Sea and rocky shores of Oman and the Arabian Gulf in depths from 1-60 m
(Lieske and Myers 1994, Bruce and Randall 1984). The maximum age was recorded at 15 years (J.H. Choat pers comm. 2009).
|Use and Trade:
|This species is a component of artisanal fisheries.
|Major Threat(s):
There are no major threats known for this species.
Parrotfishes show varying degrees of habitat preference and utilization of coral reef habitats, with some species spending the majority of their life stages on coral reefs, while others primarily utilize seagrass beds, mangroves, algal beds, and /or rocky reefs. Although the majority of the parrotfishes occur in mixed habitat (primarily inhabiting seagrass beds, mangroves, and rocky reefs) approximately 78% of these mixed habitat species are experiencing greater than 30% loss of coral reef area and habitat quality across their distributions. Of those species that occur exclusively in coral reef habitat, more than 80% are experiencing a greater than 30% of coral reef loss and degradation across their distributions. However, more research is needed to understand the long-term effects of habitat loss and degradation on these species populations. Widespread coral reef loss and declining habitat conditions are particularly worrying for species that depend on live coral reefs for food and shelter especially as studies have shown that protection of pristine habitats facilitate the persistence of adult populations in species that have spatially separated adult and juvenile habitats. Furthermore, coral reef loss and declining habitat conditions are particularly worrying for some corallivorous excavating parrotfishes that play major roles in reef dynamics and sedimentation (Comeros-Raynal et al. 2012).
|Conservation Actions:
|There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species. However, its distribution overlaps several marine protected areas within its range.
|Choat, J.H., Clements, K.D., Rocha, L.A., Russell, B., Myers, R., Lazuardi, M.E., Pardede, S. & Rahardjo, P. 2012. Scarus ferrugineus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T190759A17778209. . Downloaded on 23 September 2018.
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HUANCAVELICA, Peru (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered on Huancavelica's main square Wednesday to say goodbye to their longtime Roman Catholic bishop with a memorial service that included a color guard of students and a contingent of police in dress uniform.
Bishop Emeritus William McDermott died Monday at age 83.
The Irish priest arrived in Peru in 1976 and immediately embraced the Quechua culture of Peru's Andean areas, even learning the language. People in this mountain town of about 40,000 people fondly called him "Bishop Demetrio." He served as bishop from 1982 to 2005.
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FINAL: Paul Solofa sentenced to 35 months in prison
Former Department of Education chief financial officer Paul Solofa was sentenced yesterday to 35 months imprisonment, following his conviction in January this year, for his efforts to obstruct a federal grand jury and law enforcement investigation into a bribery scheme involving school bus spare parts at the DOE school bus division.
Fifty-year old Solofa was found guilty on one count each, of witness tampering and obstruction of justice.
After his January conviction, prosecutors said Solofa faced a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine on the witness tampering charge and 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine on the obstruction of justice charge.
The Probation Office report, filed in court last month, calculated sentencing at between 41 to 51 months in jail which was supported by prosecutors. Solofa's defense asked for a lesser sentence citing among other things that Solofa is facing "Stage IV renal failure", a serious medical condition.
The charges against Solofa stem from his time as head the DOE finance division. He was later moved to another DOE division. When he was arrested in the territory in late 2010, Solofa was head of the school lunch program.
Solofa has been detained since early February at the federal detention center in Honolulu awaiting sentencing. His defense attorney said in court documents, Solofa was to participate via video conference from Honolulu during the sentencing phase.
Responding to Samoa News questions, Justice Department spokesperson Alisa Finelli confirmed that Solofa participated via video conference and that "no fine or restitution" was ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton, who presided over the sentencing hearing.
Finelli offered "no comments" on other Samoa News questions such as the Justice Department's reaction to the jail term imposed by the court since prosecutors wanted a higher one.
Solofa's attorney, Washington D.C. based Assistant Federal Public Defender Michelle Peterson, didn't immediately reply to Samoa News' e-mailed questions seeking comments and a reaction to the sentence.
In its sentencing memorandum last Friday, federal prosecutors said Solofa "initiated a brazen fraud and bribery scheme that ultimately cost the Department of Education and the schools of American Samoa nearly $300,000."
When the FBI and grand jury began to investigate his corrupt scheme, the defendant told a key witness to lie and to destroy records to conceal what they had done, the government said.
The key witness cited by prosecutors is Pacific Products owner Oscar Mayer, who was identified in other court documents filed earlier in this case.
"To this date, he (Solofa) refuses to acknowledge that he did anything wrong," said prosecutors.
Solofa's co-conspirator in the bribery scheme, Gustav Nauer, 47, a former supervisor of the DOE bus division, was sentenced to 25 months in jail on Monday, this week, after he pled guilty in January of last year to one count of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery.
It remains unclear whether the U.S. Justice Department will file any charges against Mayer.


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Around this time last year I did one epic recap of all the cakes and baked goods I had produced throughout the previous year and a bit. Well, the rest of my 2013 was an even busier year which meant my poor little blog received even less love and attention from me because all my time and energy was spent in the kitchen or I would be passed out on my bed with the little down time that I did get. This blog post doesn't even cover absolutely everything that I have baked in the last year, but I'll show you all the main events. You may have already seen some if not all of these if you have been following me on instagram or facebook. If you are new to the blog - I have been making cakes as a hobby on top of my full time job as an admin assistant/PA for the last couple of years. A hobby which has managed to consume a lot of my free time. I also do wedding flowers on the side, continuing on from my previous career as a florist.
So my busy 2013 continues with some corny themed gingerbread that I baked just for fun, just in time for Valentines Day. These are 'painted' in white chocolate and coloured candy melts. I do love the taste of white chocolate and gingerbread.
A good family friend of Ryan's had a baby shower and I couldn't turn up empty handed so made these cute baby jumpsuit gingerbread with white chocolate piping to take along.
I decided to bake a belated birthday cake for a work colleague instead of ordering one from our on site caterers - Jaffa mudcake with redskin macarons.
April 2013 saw Ryan and I launch our first ever dessert degustation pop up event for our friends at his parents place which we called 'The DESSERTed Dinner Party'. We were quite pleased with the outcome and the demand and interest from our friends meant that we went ahead and hosted two more for the year. The last one is to be blogged about soon.
Birthday cake for blogger friend Gastronomous Anonymous' little dragon baby. My brief for this cake was 'she likes balls!' And her dad calls her his little monkey and she loves playing with his soccer ball. I thought the woman was a little mad at first, all I had in my mind was 'she likes balls'. How the heck do you make a cake to reflect that? After some brainstorming between the two of us, this is what we came up with. A dark chocolate mudcake soccer ball cake with small mudcake cake balls around it. I personally delivered this cake to the birthday girl and I must say, her reaction to the balls was absolutely priceless! As soon as she saw the cake she just reached out both her hands and screamed. It was hard to tear her away from her balls.
And last year I kept baking more and more chiffon cakes. Never got sick of these things :) Always turning back to the Asian favourite of pandan coconut though. I've got to say I can almost make these cakes blindfolded now, after much practice I have my technique down packed.
A last minute black forest birthday cake for one of my cousins as it's her favourite cake. I was experimenting with a chocolate sponge cake recipe - yet to master it. There was also a plate of purple red skin flavoured macarons served up with this for a family feast.
Mother's Day baking, rosewater cupcakes with lemon butter cream, recipe here.
Mother's Day cake for Ryan's mum. My 'Victorian Black Forest'. A much better chocolate sponge baked but definitely need more practice with sponge cakes.
I had an order for a wedding cake with a sugar flower for later in the year so when the opportunity came, I went and booked myself into a sugar flowers course at Planet Cake in Balmain.
Dessert table that I made all on my own for my cousin's baby shower late May. Read all about it and see what I made here.
A last minute order for a wedding cake from blogger friend Jen of Jenius/I Ate My Way Through, which turned out to be one of my best looking cakes ever. The bride did not want a traditional wedding cake, and flavour was to be Asian inspired. After a round of cake tasting we decided on a lychee cake with rose buttercream. The inside was pink ombre at the bride's request.
Unfortunately the bride forgot to tell the photographer to take money shots of the inside of the wedding cake so the crazy baker and crazy bride went and recreated everything just for the photo above.
My parents celebrated 30 years of marriage last year and we had a big bbq at our place and tagged my birthday on to the whole thing as my birthday was only a few days after their anniversary. Technically I did not bake my own birthday cake. I made a small lime and coconut cake for my parents and and tiers of lime and coconut cupcakes, profiteroles with vanilla bean creme patissier and popcorn caramel macarons. We had lots and lots of food leftover but most of my desserts had disappeared.
Cousin's 25th birthday Tiffany box cake. Vanilla bean white chocolate mud cake with a lime and white chocolate ganache.
No, I didn't bake my own birthday cake! It was a week or two long celebration in June with lots of feasting as usual.
In late June, I participated in 'The Sweet Swap' and made turkish delight.
This was a very last minute request from a colleague at work and I only had a few days notice but luckily I had everything I needed on hand. A giant cappuccino for a cappuccino loving mother made of lemon and coconut cake with a lemon and white chocolate ganache filling and 'froth' made of lemon marshmallow.
Samples for a blogger friend but the request fell through. Lots of baby cakes left to be shared around so effort was not wasted.
My cousin had her baby and he had reached his 1 month milestone which is something that is celebrated in most Asian cultures. A rainbow cake is what she wanted and a rainbow cake is what she got! She sent me a whole heap of inspiration photos and I came up with this. Inspired by the movie 'Up'. That's a home made fairy floss cloud which didn't quite survive the heat of the day.
Money shot. Layers of rainbow coconut cake with white chocolate ganache.
**Edit** I almost forgot about this bizarro piece that I threw together for Nathaniel's uncle whose birthday was the same weekend as his one month celebration. Talk about stealing the limelight, I was too busy making Nathaniel's cake that I didn't have much time to make a cake for his uncle. I can whip together a batch of profiteroles quite easily now and my plan was to make a croquembouche. Then a whacky idea came to me and I thought I could try and turn this croquembouche into a funky shape instead.
I don't know how effective the end result was but I was short on time as I had to assemble everything after work before running off to the birthday dinner. If you look really closely this should resemble a Nike Air Jordan shoe... I could have made some laces and added a bit more detail but ran out of time. A choux pastry shoe... get it? ;)
Ms Jenius loved her wedding cake so much she pre-booked me in to make her hubby's 30th cake. We originally wanted to make an actual 3D F1 car cake to surprise the F1 fanatic but due to budget restraints this was the alternative. When I told Ryan about the project, being an F1 fan himself he was pretty interested to see how it would turn out. The cake topper is hand made out of fondant and thanks to Ryan for helping me with all the details, and putting it all together. He helped me hand cut the Pirelli logo for the top of the tyre cake, and all that detail which you can see under the car is hand cut too.
As a surprise to the newly married couple I made the inside of the cake 'rainbow' to match the Red Bull team colours. They certainly got a pleasant surprise :) They really liked the ginger & palm sugar cake with lime butter cream that I made when we were doing the wedding cake sampling so I recreated it for the birthday cake. Unfortunately though I think the flavours were a bit on the weak side this time so didn't really come through as much as I had wanted them too. I also had to substitute the buttercream for ganache instead as it was quite a warm August and even then I was worried the cake would not hold up under the heat.
You may have seen this crazy project's progress on instagram or facebook last year. Somehow I can rarely say no to my own mother. When I said yes to a baking request from mum on behalf of the church for Father's Day I don't think I quite comprehended what I had gotten myself into. She originally asked me to bake 'about 100 cakes' for church and I said 'sure mum!' In Vietnamese we have a general term used for baked goods and or cakes, 'banh' can mean anything without context and I assumed mum just meant some little cup cakes or something.
We don't have a word for macarons and mum wouldn't even know that that's what they are called so when she started describing them I knew it was not going to be an easy task... I explained to her that 100 macarons meant I would have to bake 200 shells. And the fact that these things are so temperamental they might not even turn out. 'About 100' soon creeped up to 'about 150' and I ended up delivering about 200 macarons. I had to make a lot more than that too get my 200 perfect macarons though considering there were a lot of rejects. I was in the kitchen straight after a long day at work every day the week leading up to Father's Day and wouldn't finish until about midnight. It was quite the experience but never again!
As these were for an Asian audience I decided to play with Asian flavours and ended up with jasmine tea, Vietnamese coffee, pandan coconut, and ginger & palm sugar (inspired by the sweet syrup that mum makes for the popular tofu dessert 'tofu fa').
Christening cake and cupcake tower for a special little baby. You may remember all the cakes I made last year for a boy named Isaac, well Isabel is his baby sister and their mother is my number one fan. The cake was booked in before their photographer uncle even knew about the event ;) This was also my first time creating a sugar flower outside of a classroom, giving me practice before the wedding cake I had to make later in the year. The small cake was a vanilla bean white chocolate mud cake with vanilla bean white chocolate ganache and the cupcakes were lemon and coconut with a coconut buttercream and lychee with rose buttercream.
I wasn't sure if Isaac was getting a custom cake this year as it was 'only' his third birthday but his mum emailed me last minute with the request (compared to the months ahead that she booked me for previous years). He was currently into Thomas the Tank Engine and we originally toyed with the idea of a 3D Thomas cake but in the end we had a dozen Thomas cup cakes for him to share with his little friends and a small cake to celebrate with his family. The cake topper is hand made out of fondant and and I put a jaffa twist on the family favourite chocolate mudcake.
The one thing I love about making these cakes is watching/hearing the reactions from the recipients. It gives me joy, to bring joy to other people. Isaac was still awake when I arrived with the cakes and was very very excited when he saw all the Thomas cupcakes. He did ask where the James cakes were... oops! He wanted to eat one then and there and couldn't quite comprehend that he had to go to sleep first before he could have one. I felt bad that I didn't wait until he was asleep to deliver the cakes. Mum and dad must have had a hard time putting him to bed that night.
The 'Fancy Schmancy Dinner Party' club still continued throughout 2013. We managed another 3 dinners with the last one being in October. Numbers had dwindled a bit but we wanted to keep it going and we had a very good one to start off the year this year. A recap of our dinners will be up on the blog soon.
Birthday cake for Ryan's mum. Every year I seem to be caught off guard when her birthday comes around. This time I only found out the day before so with what I had on hand I made her a pandan coconut chiffon cake with a pandan flavoured chantilly cream. I was a bit short of cream so couldn't even pipe rosettes on the top of the cake. Ryan was working that night so I delivered the cake myself and ended up coming in and having a slice of cake with her over some tea.
A birthday cake for another cousin. One of my favourite cakes that I've made! Usually I don't get a lot of notice when it comes to birthdays in the family so I don't really have time to make anything fancy. This time I had some time up my sleeves so decided I would make something a bit different to my usual. And to think, most of this cake was based around things I had to use up! A jaffa marble mudcake (jaffa white chocolate mud swirled with dark chocolate mud), filled with jaffa dark chocolate ganache and decorated in ganache rosettes. To top it all off I had some sad looking strawberries in the fridge so decided to fancy them up with some white chocolate and made some peanut butter pop rock macarons. I love how the colours on top are a contrast to the dark cake. I also found out that the birthday girl loves jaffa! What a happy coincident.
Wedding cake for my brother's manager in November. Last Christmas (2012) I sent in some peanut butter chocolate mudcake cake pops to my brother's work as I had made a surplus and that first bite is what hooked in his manager. I then made that burger cake for his birthday where he took the leftovers in and she was very keen for me to make her wedding cake. I originally said no but a few months later I received an email to say that her cake maker had to pull out and that she really really liked the taste of my cakes and was very keen for me to make her wedding cake. I agreed and the cake was booked in and paid for - about 8 months before the wedding. Gee I love organised brides!
Now don't be fooled by it's simplicity, the most simple looking cakes are the hardest to do! There is nowhere to hide any mistakes or imperfections. The bride requested a white chocolate mudcake with a large sugar flower. The birds were provided. The wedding was all the way in Palm Beach and it was a hot Spring day which made the drive up there all the more nerve wrecking. It arrived at the Boat House safe and sound (and intact) and I let out a big sigh of relief when that delivery was done. My last major cake project for the year, and I think I managed to pull off a very stunning cake.
Cake off cuts are never wasted now. All off cuts are turned into cake pops and I always keep cake balls in the freezer now for emergencies. I sent my 'leftovers' in with Ryan to his new work place and they deemed me a baking goddess.
Apart from all the major baking projects, I do bake 'just because', or 'for fun'. Yes, this is my kind of fun and relaxation - not all the time of course. Whipped up a batch of 48 cup cakes just because. They all went to good homes of course :)
December means the start of crazy Christmas baking! Started off with green lime flavoured macarons and red Christmas pudding flavoured macarons..
Christmas themed cupcakes.
Some non Christmassy cupcakes in amongst it all.
My annual Christmas goodies sweat shop/production kitchen.
For my managers and admin ladies I work with I made a mix of chocolate crackle cookies or parmesan paprika twists and popped them in these gorgeous jars that I found at Myer.
For Christmas with the family I actually didn't bake anything (though bbq ribs in the oven probably counts as baking?). I made mangomisu cups for lunch with the family. Recipe is from the Taste website. I decorated them with some white chocolate dipped cherries and some redcurrants I saw which I thought were perfect for a festive looking dessert.
I made a large mangomisu 'cake' and decided to give this to Ryan's family as my Christmas present to them.
And 2014 starts with more baking 'just because'. I have formed quite a reputation with these brownies which I only started making recently - chocolate brownies with hazelnuts and caramel chips and a hint of chilli. The chilli only comes through as a slight buzzing sensation at the end - people are loving it! Ryan's boss was very upset that he was away when I made these for his colleagues so I had to whip up a batch just for him. I've made this a few times for my workplace too.
Last week was my brother's girlfriend's birthday. It was a last minute decision to make these chocolate mudcake cupcakes but I was already baking for something else anyway. No Chanel handbag cake this year ;)
Engagement cake for a lovely and talented couple. A couple of our friends got engaged and my number one fan wanted me to make the engagement cake for her brother and sister in law-to-be as a gift to them for their engagement party/tea ceremony. At the time she made the request I wasn't sure if I'd have a kitchen to bake in but luckily the start of our renovations are a little further delayed so I was able to make this cake in familiar surroundings.
The couple wanted a non traditional cake, they wanted to incorporate their love of food and love of smelling flowers. I love that this cake also gave me a chance to combine my two loves of cakes and flowers together too. The end result was a two tiered cake, first tier was a dark chocolate mudcake (because they love my mudcake) filled with a dark chocolate ganache. The second tier was to be something a bit less rich and they ended up choosing a pandan coconut cake which was filled with a coconut white chocolate ganache (I didn't want to gamble with a buttercream filling in the middle of a hot summer). The two tiers were stacked and then covered in a Swiss meringue buttercream as it was supposed to be more stable than regular buttercream and then decorated with fresh flowers. But with the extreme heat that hit Sydney last weekend even I would have melted, let alone cake!
There were a few small dramas during transportation with the heat, as I had to take it to the groom to be's place where it was then transported again by them to the bride to be's home. I should have insisted on delivering the cake directly to her place but the groom's family wanted to take the cake as part of the procession of gifts involved in the traditional tea ceremony. Any other time of the year it probably would have been ok but it was about 38+ degrees out in the western suburbs that day. The happy couple didn't seem too fussed I was told and everyone loved the taste of the cake and there was none leftover which is a good sign I suppose. I was just very glad when that was all over.
Red Velvet Babycakes. Just Because. Leftover Swiss meringue buttercream and buttermilk that needed to be used so I decided to make use of the oven while we still have it. The kitchen is due to be ripped out in the next week or two so we've packed everything up. Baking is like a game of hide and seek as I've packed everything away in different boxes and crates which are stored all over the house whever we can fit them. Not sure what I am going to do with myself without a working kitchen in the house! Mum will have a little make shift kitchen out in the backyard for basic stuff but there won't be any gourmet meals or baked goods from me for a while. Can't wait for the new and improved kitchen to play in!
And of course I have been kept extra busy with all the wedding flowers I've been doing in the past few years and it's just another busy year on that front with a wedding this weekend. A lot of people ask me how do I do it... the baking and the flowers all on top of a full time job. To be honest I don't know either but I am well and truly exhausted at the moment and I think it's a love for it that has kept me going all this time. I will probably use the renovations as a chance to take abit of a break from it all, though I know there are some other big projects in the pipeline coming up later in the year which might mean that all my cakes will have to take a back seat but we'll see what happens...
Thank you to all my family, friends and readers/followers/likers for all your support throughout 2013, here's to a bigger and even more exciting 2014! I turn the big 30 this year too so keep an eye out on my plans for that celebration - lots of food involved of course ;)


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I'v had these tires sence 2009, and I'v never had a flat, and I ride every day with a total of 4100miles to date (knock on wood).and the tred still grabs hold well, just don't put the PSI over 50 or the edge will slip over the rime and the tube will explode in you face like it happend to me. I'v gone over glass, nails, rusty metal part's of some kind, hitt pot holes twice, and I'v eaven flated out my rimes once and broke many spokes on a 2 wheel landing (that... I was'ent sopoesed to do any way) and the tubes(standerd tubes with good qwalaty rime tape) wher unrealestcly unharmed. and yes, it was a gift...kinda, I got a "gift card" of some sort then used it to buy a set of the tires. these tire's are probaly over engeneered. if you commute/ride hard almost every day over glass/sharp object's, then get a set, it's well well worth it, I sware by these tires evrey time I ride. thay'll may last longer than I do.
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The U.S. Comex gold futures stabilized on Thursday and rose 0.27% to around $1,583 upon Asia's Friday open. The gold futures plunged 4.34% in the previous five trading days, with the prices reaching a recent low of $1,554.30 during Asia's Thursday open. Rumors of forced selling by a hedge fund may have aggravated the decline in gold prices. The CRB Commodity Index fell in three consecutive weeks by 3.91%. This week, the S&P 500 index dropped 1.14% while the Euro Stoxx 50 index dropped 1.36%. The Dollar Index surged 1.09 %this week.
Lively Debate Within the U.S. Fed
The release of the January FOMC minutes on Wednesday brought about gold selling. The market particularly focused on the governors' discussions of the risks and costs due to additional asset purchases as well as the problems such additional purchases would pose for both the QE exit strategy and financial stability. The debate was quite balanced between the early termination of the QE before the thresholds have been breached and the risks caused by a premature stimulus removal. On global recovery, the governors actually thought that no single country can help to lift the pace of global recovery, suggesting that the worry about global growth risks is still very much alive. Note that the Fed Board and the Chairman still hold the key to monetary policy despite the lively debate within the governors. Realistically, the pace of the asset purchases will remain unchanged for the foreseeable future.
More Bearish Economic News
The E17 PMI composite fell from 48.6 in January to 47.3 in February, leading to a fall in the Euro/Dollar. The February U.S. Philadelphia manufacturing index fell much more than expected to minus 12.5 from minus 5.8 in the previous month. With Chinese housing prices rising in most cities for three consecutive months, more analysts are expecting some tightening by the Chinese government this year.
Loads of Events to Watch Next Week
Important events to watch will include the Italian election on Feb. 24-25, the February China flash manufacturing PMI on Feb. 25, Ben Bernanke's testimony on Feb. 26, the February Germany unemployment change on Feb. 28, and the start of the Single Supervisory Mechanism framework for EU banks, the February U.S. ISM manufacturing index as well as the automatic spending cuts in the U.S. on March 1.


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We do have a few Trekkies on staff, but we didn't actually have a Star Trek communicator in mind when we selected the May Puzzler. Nor were we trying to puzzle you by showing something from under a microscope. However, we did intend for the May puzzler to be tough because last month it was solved in a matter of minutes.
With that in mind, we choose an area that looks quite different on Google Maps than it does to NASA satellites. If you look carefully, you'll notice that Google Maps imagery can be spotty in some areas, particularly in the high latitudes and over the oceans. For instance, compare how Nunavut's Manning Islands—the answer to the puzzler—look on Google Maps (below) compared to the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on July 26, 2012 (above).
Despite the hundreds of answers we received, nobody noticed that the Manning Islands were hidden away amidst all the sea ice. However, a few readers came close. On Facebook, Owen Anfinson hypothesized that the image showed pack ice in the Arctic during the summer, even pointing out that it was most likely sea ice near land because of all the sediment-covered ice. Meanwhile, Laura Yeo guessed that the image showed "rapid ice melt in the Northwest Passage in the summer of 2012." Nice work, Owen and Laura. For more more details about the Manning Islands, read the Image of the Day we published on May 23, 2014.
For some background about the satellite imagery on Google Earth, try this post from the Google Earth Blog. For more details about ALI, see the feature story we published in 2010. As a bonus for blog readers, you'll find a broader view of Foxe Basin as seen by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on August 1, 2002, below.


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Quanah drought update:
Just today we talked to Quanah city leaders and found that they have upgraded to drought level three. This is similar to level two, but they are asking residents to conserve a bit more. They will reevaluate the situation on the first week of August and may need to upgrade to level four, which would eliminate all non-essential watering.
Issues Facing Your Town: Quanah
"We are survivors and people are just trying to outlive these hot and dry conditions and I think if we can get some of the things settled and the economy picks up a bit more, then I think we will be doing just great," said Eugene Johnson the Executive Director of Quanah Economic Development.
Johnson is one of many Quanah residents that has the fighting and surviving spirit, and that is exactly what is needed in these harsh times. The budget woes in Washington have trickled all the way down and hit towns like Quanah hard.
Johnson said, "everyone wants to please Dallas Fort Worth and Houston, but the smaller towns they kind of forget and put us on the back burners."
"We are not seeing a lot of new businesses coming in," said Bertha Woods of the Chamber of Commerce. "We have had some, yes, but not what we would like to have."
Woods is excited about the new businesses coming to town and hopes more continue to move to the area, but conversations always turned towards the worsening drought. There is a large concern for the water running out, and soon.
"It will affect us first if matters get to that point," said Woods. "The water supply will be gone."
Many Western Texoma towns get their water from Greenbelt Lake in the Texas Panhandle, which means that Texoma towns are at the end of the line. Woods and other Quanah leaders are worried that their water will be cut off first if the drought continues much longer.
Meanwhile, the lack of water has killed the crops just like the rest of Texoma, and it isn't just this summer. Woods is worried about the winter season to come.
"Even if it starts raining right now, there will be very little pasture for any of the cattle to graze on and to go through the winter with," said Woods.
Fewer cattle and crops hurts farmers and ranchers all over Texoma, but it is hitting Quanah even harder this year.
Woods explained that many Western Texoma farmers travel to Quanah to ship off their crops and cattle by train or truck. Since there is no wheat crop, people from surrounding towns aren't driving through.
Another important part of Quanah's economy is the elderly population, but because of the heatwave, many of them stay indoors and don't spend money. However young families are moving to Quanah. Lee Loeffler and his family moved here less than three months ago.
"I saw this as an opportunity for me and my family to give back to the area similarly to what we have done the last 15 years in Lampassas," said Loeffler.
Loeffler moved here to be the Vice President of Security Bank, which just happens to be celebrating its 120th birthday in Quanah! He believes the growth and success of Quanah will improve simply with the changing of the season.
"With school starting up you are going to see more activity in town, the excitement of Friday night football and everything associated with that," said Loeffler. "I think it is going to raise the overall moral of people in town."
While a new school year could energize the town, for now, the general motto seems to be: endure.
"Quanah is a survivor," said Woods. "And we will come back... When it rains!"
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Where Michael Vick is or isn't has become something of a sport this offseason.
The latest incident involved the Southeastern Virginia Arts Association Black Tie gala on Saturday night in Norfolk, Va. Vick was to be honored as a "hero" by the group and the invitation seems to indicate that organizers expected Vick to attend. According to WAVY-TV, several guests who had paid for the $100 tickets walked out when told Vick was not there.
However, Vick spokesman Chris Shigas said organizers were told months ago that Vick would not attend.
"He was grateful that they did honor him with an award, but he declined the invitations to actually attend the event in person," Shigas told the Daily News. "That was clear to the organizers."
Shigas said Vick is getting "20 to 30 event requests per week, not even including the media. These are all community events."
"He's getting a huge volume of requests, but at the same time Mike is one of the most active players in the NFL as far as doing community events," Shigas said.
This event comes on the heels of several other highly publicized events and questions about Vick's participation. In virtually every case, none of these seem to be Vick's fault.
• Vick was advertised as attending a Super Bowl party that reportedly was to be patrolled by off-duty SWAT team members for security. The league and an Eagles source said that Vick's social calendar in Dallas was reviewed several times by the NFL, including three conversations in 2 weeks between Goodell and Vick. The quarterback spoke at a Boys and Girls Club in Frisco, Texas, and then was supposed to make an appearance for a check presentation but was never supposed to stay for the party, an organizer said. The owner of the club had said he was expecting Vick to attend.
• Vick agreed to an interview with Oprah Winfrey and then canceled a few days later. Vick said "the timing was not right," adding there were some subjects he did not want to discuss.
• Vick was scheduled to attend a "What It Takes" event for 200 high school students at the Franklin Institute. According to Shigas, the organization was told the week before that Vick was not going to be able to make it because of a conflict that required him to head to Virginia to be with his son. Vick previously had worked with the group and the group's leader said he knew in advance that Vick would not attend, although some still characterized it as a Vick no-show.
• He accepted a player of the year award from the Maxwell Club and took part in a press conference. However, the Maxwell Club had scheduled Vick for an appearance on ESPN's "First Take" without confirming it with Vick or the Eagles. The club later apologized.
"The reality is there is a process for those requests, whether through the Philadelphia Eagles, my own agency or Mike confirms personally," Shigas said. "There are a lot of events around Mike where sometimes people are too eager to offer him up for opportunities because they know they get a lot of exposure when they do."
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SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain's crown prince says there will be "a time and a place" for him to participate in the slow-moving political dialogue in the divided Gulf nation but not yet.
Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa spoke Saturday as he toured the Bahrain International Circuit on the eve of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The crown prince says he is "hopeful" about the talks between the government and opposition forces in the divided Gulf nation but admitted the slow pace has been a concern.
"I wish they were going faster," the crown prince said. "But I'm hopeful. They are happening. That is the important thing. All sides get a chance to air their grievances and that is very key."
Last month, Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa appointed his heir to an additional role overseeing government affairs in an apparent gesture to opposition groups that have led more than two years of protests in a country which is home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet. The crown prince is seen as more receptive to political compromises than others in Bahrain's ruling family, which has waged withering crackdowns on protesters, mainly Shiites calling for a greater political voice.
The largest Shiite political group Al Wifaq welcomed the move but has since demanded that a member of the ruling family directly participate in the talks.
"There is a serious need to involve the ruling family with the dialogue process in a serious way," Al Wifaq spokesman Abdul Jalil Khalil told The Associated Press. "This will be one of the first steps to improve the conditions of the dialogue, prepare the atmosphere and build the bridges of trust that also can be done by releasing political prisoners, stopping the intimidation of media."
The crown prince said a "framework" needs to be in place for the talks before he would consider joining.
"If I attend talks and (they) fail as it did in 2011, the costs are extremely high," the crown prince said. "I can't speak for different political groups or different political views that are present at the table. So there is a time and a place for me to step in. It is not yet there."
More than 60 people have been killed in the Arab Spring-inspired unrest, but some activists place the death toll higher. Opposition protesters stepped up their campaign for change ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, with some demanding the race be cancelled until their demands for political reforms are addressed.
Sporadic protests were reported around the capital, Manama, on Saturday, with protesters lighting fires and riot police firing tear gas and bird shot. Two Asians were also injured by firebombs being thrown at police patrols, the Ministry of Interior tweeted.
The crown prince dismissed allegations by rights groups that the race is used by the Sunni-led government to gloss over problems with its majority Shiite population. The race was canceled in 2011 due to the Arab Spring-inspired uprising and was overshadowed last year by massive protests outside the circuit — including a firebomb that briefly delayed a Force India car and prompted the team to pull out of the second practice.
"We've never used this race to say that everything is fine," the crown prince said. "We recognize there are issues in the country but they are to be solved through a political process which is well under way. I can name at least four other grand prix venues which have political problems but (they) don't seem to attract that kind of attention."
Associated Press Writer Reem Khalifa contributed to this report from Manama, Bahrain.
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Diane Kruger & Joshua Jackson: Sunset Stroll in Vancouver!
Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger hold hands during a sunset stroll on the beach on Sunday (August 12) in Vancouver, Canada.
The 36-year-old actress and the 34-year-old actor enjoyed a romantic dinner at the Boathouse restaurant later that night.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Diane Kruger
Earlier in the day, Diane and Josh held hands as they strolled through the city during the sunny afternoon.
Josh's show Fringe will be back on the air on September 28!
FYI: Diane is wearing a yellow sweater and floral leggings by H&M.
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The program, funded by a grant created by the Utah State Legislature, pays math teachers whose students increase their test scores. The results of the first year of the three year program were reported to the San Juan School Board on November 7.
Bonuses totaling $35,500 were paid to 16 teachers in the school district. The maximum amount a teacher can earn is $5,000.
District officials state that the one-year results are positive and are anxious to see what happens in subsequent years.
"The interesting results will be over the three-year time frame," said Ron Nielson, the supervisor of schools in the San Juan School District.
Each student is tested in the spring in a number of measures. Test results are reported in four levels, ranging from minimal mastery of the concepts to mastery.
The incentive program pays the teacher if a student's test score increases to another level. Students at the top, who stay at the top, can also earn the teacher a bonus. In addition, teachers face a penalty if a score drops.
Overall, math scores for fourth through sixth grade students increased across the district. The results in some schools are dramatic.
The percentage of students, now in the sixth grade, who scored at the mastery level at Mexican Hat Elementary increased from 14 percent in 2006 to 47 percent in 2007. Significant increases in test performance were made in 12 of the 15 class groups tested.
Teachers have reported that the program made them aware of the needs of every student, from the lowest to the highest performers.
Nielson reports that the San Juan program is the most aggressive incentive program in the state, the only one based upon the results of test scores. It is simply designed to offer a cash bonus to math teachers if test scores rise.


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Why Rate Your Marriage? A Numerical Score Can Help Couples Talk About Problems
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When marriage therapist Sharon Gilchrest O'Neill met with new clients recently, she asked them why they were seeking therapy. The couple told her they'd spent years arguing over finances and recently had their worst-ever blowup. The husband complained about how much money his wife was spending; the wife said her husband was controlling. They hadn't slept in the same room for months.
Ms. O'Neill, whose practice is in Mount Kisco, N.Y., then asked the question she often poses in a couple's first session of marriage therapy:...


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2013 and earlier-Honda Accord Prices Paid and Buying Experience
kr6822 Posts: 5I think you have overpaid because of the add on's and don't think you can do anything about it now. As the previous comments suggested cancel all your warranty stuff.
I have bought my car around mid april and paid 25,800 OTD (incl tax and tags, mud guards and wheel locks)0
I have bought my car around mid april and paid 25,800 OTD (incl tax and tags, mud guards and wheel locks)
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walletless Posts: 40Just helped a neighbor buy a base model 2013 Accord LX Automatic with no add-ons/accessories in Bay Area (San Jose area). He just closed a deal for $20,248 + $80 doc fee + TTL (price includes destination fees). I don't exactly remember the final OTD price, but it was around $22300.
Good deal?
The neighbor is brand new in the country so he does not have any credit history. He had secured a 2.74% rate from a local credit union, which Honda finance was unable to meet/beat, so he kept his CU financing.0
I have bought my car around mid april and paid 25,800 OTD (incl tax and tags, mud guards and wheel locks)
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Sorry, I found your numbers up chain:
24046+790 (freight) + 394 (doc fee) +756.91(tax) + 69.75 (title and license) -300 (flex cash/towards honda finance 1.9%) = 25800 OTD0
jatan Posts: 92adj price 25757.01 -- that's fine (you want to be $500-$1000 below the $26399 invoice price)
pro pack 799 -- not sure what this includes, but I'm guessing floor mats + trunk tray + mud guards + wheel locks which you can buy online for around $300-350 (overpaid by $450-500)
tint 299 -- probably costs around $150-200 depending on your area (overpaid by $100-150)
dooe edge 299 -- I'm guessing its body colored rubber then $80 on eBay (overpaid by $220)
pin stripes 299 -- completely useless so worth $0 to me (overpaid by $300)
total purchase 27453.01 -- surprised that the dealer stayed below the car's $28785 retail price lol
If you care about having those accessories then you overpaid by $1100-1200, but if you didn't want accessories in the first place then you overpaid by $1700 (total price of the addons) -- maybe even more if they taxed the addons as well
Nothing you can do about it now -- just accept it as a life lesson and move on (cancel the warranty and maintenance as soon as you can)
You'll probably get a phone call or mailed survey from Honda asking you about your car buying experience -- let them know you were disappointed by the dealer pressuring you into buying the car with overpriced addons that you didn't want and that you'll stick with buying Toyotas in the future lol (you wont get any money back from Honda but at least they'll know you weren't happy about the buying experience)0
Brian125...the Subaru thread doesn't get the traffic the Accord thread gets so please excuse the desparate attempt to get your attention. I shopped a 13 Accord LX and and got a local dealer to $20,995. I shopped a comparable '13 Sube Impreza 5 door premium edition based on equipment and price point. Sube wins the business with a final negotiated price of 20,000. It's invoiced at $21267. They had it stickered for 22500 and added on a cold weather pkg for an extra $500 so it tipped out at $23,500 range. So...
Selling price: $20,000
36 month lease
12000 miles/per annum
Residual 61%
Base payment $223
Monthly payment = $239 month ($223 + 6.75% tax)
Due at signing: $583 (1st month of $223/$250 doc fee/$60 license and registration)
What say you Brian? Good deal or not so good? Appreciate the feedback!0
Just read the consumer report review on the New redesigned 2014 Forester.. It has taken over the top spot for best small Suv.
My only concern was the reports claims the ride was not as good as the 2013 and wind noise was very noticeable.
As far as your deal on the Subaru. Impreza... Excellent price.
If your residual, and MF; are correct you have done a good job.
I negotiated a deal for a Impreza last year for 900 below invoice with no doc fee's added. The CVT engine is said to be noisy
What is the name of the dealership your considering buying from..
Good luck
2016 BMW X-5 35i, 2013 Genesis 5.0 R-spec, 2012 MB ML3500
If this meets your seal of approval I am pretty happy then!!! I will be back soon once i pull the trigger0
cid805 Posts: 4City: Bethlehem Twp
State: Pa
Brian, your advice was very very helpful and I thank you. I made a $25,000 OTD offer to five local dealers with four responses. One (Lehigh Valley Honda) met my offer price pretty quickly and was accepted. The other three were in the $25,450 - $25,500 range.
Making the offer at the end of the month helps. Two of the offers were good only through May 31.
I just got home with the Accord and was very pleased with the transaction. Everyone involved at Lehigh Valley Honda (Elizabeth, Jennifer, Michael and Matthew) was very helpful and professional. There were no surprises. The paperwork was pretty much ready when I arrived and we were done in about 90 minutes. I would definitely recommend them.
The breakdown of the $25,000 OTD is as follows:
Car price - $23,361
Pa 6.00% Sales Tax - 1,402
Registration, Tags, etc. - $237
The car price is a net $676 under invoice ($24,037). Could I have done a little better? Maybe, but the dealer is only 20 miles from home and a half-hour drive max. When i first started out, my goal was a net $800 under invoice.
I also ended up purchasing Honda Care (8/120k $0 deductible - Plan D82) at $1,240 retail. This seemed reasonable given what I had read in another forum about the on-line offers from Hyannis and others.
Thanks again!!0
Glad it worked out. Little effort by phone with meet my price i buy today.
End of the month buying always bears fruits..
Enjoy the Accord
2016 BMW X-5 35i, 2013 Genesis 5.0 R-spec, 2012 MB ML3500
I got a price today in the New Orleans, La area of $27,400 for a 2013 Honda Accord EXL 4 cyl.
First time car buyer. Would appreciate any input.0
I love those Moon pies....
Invoice price with dest charge = $26,399
You want the sale price to be 500 to 1000 below the invoice price. Then add your states taxes, dmv, and dealers doc doc fee's for the total OTD price.
2016 BMW X-5 35i, 2013 Genesis 5.0 R-spec, 2012 MB ML3500
Thanks, Brian. After reading some of the posts, car buying is a pretty
daunting task!0
I didnt realize how much of a process it was going to be to buy a 2013 Honda Accord Ex coupe automatic 4 cyl!!!!!
The Frisco, TX David Mcdavid dealer told me "they would match and even beat ANY price I brought in as long as it was on paper". Well that was a LIE! I went in today with a new quote I got from a different dealer of $25,244 OTD....and instead of matching the price, they took that price and added $1400 in accessories to the price and gave me a new total of almost $27,000!! I told the dealer that I didnt want any accessories and he told me that I was ultimately getting them for free because the car was already discounted for me and he refused to take them off. I was livid! I know two other people that have been pissed off by this dealership and regret even wasting my time there.
I am going to go to another Honda dealer tomorrow that I have heard good things about and hope for a better outcome, and am keeping my fingers crossed that the end of the month will do me some good.
Has anyone else had the issue of a dealer refusing to sell the car without the accessories? I dont know what else to do! Even though I told them I DO NOT WANT ANY ACCESSORIES, they didnt listen to my request. How do I handle that situation besides leaving?0
That is the price the dealer is trying to charge me for a 2013 honda accord coupe EX 4 cyl....what city/state did you buy your car from?0
Just got done buying the EX
So. CA
Invoice 24,037
Purchase price 23,335
doc fee - 80
sales tax - 1,873
electronic registration - 16
License fees - 256
OTD (before down payment & trade in) 25,560 (I think the high trade in value skewed this #)
down payment - $500 (wanted to lower my montly payment slightly)
trade in - 3,000 for '01 camry w/150k miles
60 months at 1.9
Per KBB, fair trade in value for my car was about $1700(definitely just fair condition) so I don't think the 3000 trade in offer was accurate. I'm assuming they are trying to keep the appearance up of not selling the car between 22,350-22,800??? No one else was offering anywhere near that on the trade in.
I went into 2 places and spoke with a number of others over the phone. I asked for a $385 monthly payment for 60 months, with them getting my car(assumed 2,000 was the best real trade in number) and $500 as a down payment. No one was in the universe at first. The offers I received were crazy. I just kept saying no until they hit the number I wanted.
I would think a purchase price of 22,400 is attainable.
I was also considering the Sport but wasn't getting anywhere with the number I wanted ($370).0
ageary Posts: 1I live in the Chicago area and am wondering what people are paying for a 2013 Accord EX-L 4 cyl w/NAV.0
So your purchase price would be 22,280 - 500 = 21,780?
If I could have gotten that on a Sport(w/cloth interior), I would have jumped all over it. I needed automatic due to the wife. If manual and leather are attractive to you, sounds like an awesome deal. I'm assuming the msrp for the leather is over $1,000. What's the invoice cost of the car with leather? It sounds like your deal is over $2k under invoice. I'd love a recap after you purchase.
No one was interested in giving a great deal on the Sport when I was looking. I was watching the dealers and each only had a couple of Sports, and they kept turning over quickly. I moved onto the EX after reading this site about some of the deals people were getting on the EX.0
mjk14 Posts: 12Absolutely right.
I just went to two dealerships after speaking with an internet sales rep on the phone and found that they would not offer the price originally stated. On the phone they said that the leather was included in the sport price of around 22k although it was an add on. When I informed them of what I was told on the phone they said that they apologize for being misinformed. In addition, the approximate trade in value was several thousand less.
What a scam, you think you are saving time and headaches by making the phone calls yet instead they will tell you whatever you want to hear to get you to the dealership. Has anyone else had a similar experience. In addition, I was told that the 2014s are coming out in two weeks. Is that true? The salesman told me that for the first few months the most they could mark down is about 1k.0
gmanusmc SoCalPosts: 694Emilynicole - you did the right thing - this is the type of dealer to stay away from. There are dealers who do not pack their cars with unwanted accessories and will sell the vehicle at a fair price. As Brian has stated, $1000 below invoice seems to be the fair market price right now. Stand your ground and you will get the price you are looking for.
Good luck, Bill G2016 ES350 Lux/Atomic Silver
2017 Accord Sport CVT Mod Steel Metallic0
zoxo Posts: 62013 Accord Coupe EX L V4
Price Paid (for car): $25,960
Sales Tax: 906 (6.5% on balance after trade in)
Title/Tags: $134.(tag not included)
Options: Pro Pack $0
minus $12,000 on my '08 Accord EX Trade in
$15,000 out of pocket
How did I do??0
Hello Vinnu,
Thanks for your post. and i would need a big favor from you.
I bought an exact color,model car what you have bought, but i paid 29531 OTD..which is way higher and felt like cheated by davidMcdavid,Frisco dealer..i was going throgh this forum and found you have bought for lesser price and then called up my dealer and argued with him..he was kind of interested to match the price if he gets any document signed by delaership for lesser price..if you can help me by providing any of your quote or purchase order from yor dealer that would be so awesome and i will personally meet you if you are in DFW area to show my gratitude...please please help me if you can..you can send an e-mail to me at [email protected]
i hope you understand my situation and hopw you will help me on this..
please let me know if you have any questions...Thanks in advance0
my dealer now saying he can think of matching the price if i get a documnet or Purchase order or quote from the dealer signed by manger..is there a way that i can get any of the reqd documents from any of our members so that i can demand my dealer about the same.. i hope you can help me in routing the better way..all i can do now is hoping to get some document form someone and then fight with the dealer to get some discount at his mercy...
please put your comments.0
They all say that, because they know you can't prove it. Which is why it's a waste of time to negotiate that way.
Determine the price you will pay, and stick to it. If no one takes it, check your research..
Prices Paid, Lease Questions, SUVs0
Thanks for your reply..I know it's an attempt to get back my money as i already paid 29531 OTD and bought car on 25th of May at david mcdavid frisco...just wondering if i can get any proof and fight with dealer to reduce some amount..
i can see you as Host, is there a way that i can get e-mail of username vinnu so that i can meet and check with him if he can provide details..i know it's not good to ask any of other users details but i am so desperate and need help....atleast first and last name of vinnu can be helpful so that i can check in Face book and the name sounds to me as Indian so am hoping he wil definitely help if i can get back to him...
let's see what i can do in this, hmmm i am a poor fellow who paid rich amount to dealer with my ignorance and lack of knowledge in buying a new car in United States....:(0
I'm afraid we can't do any of those things...
But, your dealer isn't going to give you any money back, either way... Trust me on that..
Prices Paid, Lease Questions, SUVs0
Hey C ' the dealer did you in.
Chaulk this up to a life lesson in Car buying. Dont feel bad dealers do this to many many folks across the country. This is what dealerships are good at. Misleading and taken advantage of people who dont know how to buy.
Cancel your extended Warranty and your 4 yr maint and your ahead of the game. Drive and enjoy your accord and dont look back.
See you in 5/6 yrs will knock the next deal out of the box.............
2016 BMW X-5 35i, 2013 Genesis 5.0 R-spec, 2012 MB ML3500
I went in today, and the salesman asked me to give him a price so i wrote down 25500 with dest. they said they cant do it. the best they can do is 25800.
sale price: 25800
7% tax : 1806
DMV fee : 301
Doc fee : 359
tire : 7.50
total: 28273.50
i asked for 28000 OTD but they just wont give it to me. the last offer was 28200 so i walked out and left.
what do you guys think of this deal? anybody who brought it in NJ got 28000 OTD for EXL?
any advice would be helpful, as i plan to call other dealerships around to beat that price and try to make the deal at 28000.0
If you get several dealership involved and be firm on your price you will hit your mark tomm.
invoice w dest on the exl= $26,399
at 899 below dealers invoice your giving back $359 in doc fee's. Ny doc fee's are only 75 dollars
Your total deal would be around 540 below invoice. if you got 25,500
In New jersey i'd say that is a ok deal Nothing special.
your asking price to buy tomm should be 1000 or better below invoice. Unless your happy with the 540 below price.
2016 BMW X-5 35i, 2013 Genesis 5.0 R-spec, 2012 MB ML3500
Thanks Brain125,
all the quote i been getting are around 25,800, so i thought i already hit the bottom line at 25,500.
i originally plan to make a trip to VA with their price of 25,313 with dest. and i handle my tax and tags in NJ, but in the end gave that up cuz of the long trips not worth it.
i really dont know how much are ppl getting the EXL for in NJ.
Should i buy it in NY cuz the doc fee's lower.0


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Oh, phleaaaaseee!My post was not about teachers, for god's sake, but about the pompous, pseudo-intellectual lecturing by someone whose own photography can be described as mediocre at best and excruciatingly boring at worst.
As for curators, milkers of others' talents, gurus and general hangers-on, you already know my feelings on the topic.Rob C
Andrew, could it be that you feel threatened by "Redwoodguy" -it looks like he is right in the middle of "your" territory here? Stop this "dick-measuring competition"...Surely there is place for everyone here? I find your critiques just as helpful as "Redwoodguys". You both take time and thought with your opinions, stop wasting your useful energy on this silliness.
That is our loss Rob...there is so much that you could contribute. I look at your website often, so I know... (the tap with the dripping water is my favourite). William
Do you take any photographs? I haven't seen any posted. Oddly, I also haven't seen any user critiques you've written.
Then you've not been paying attention.Jeremy
Thank you, William.The problem is, I simply don't believe in photography as teachable art. I do believe in photography (the art of) as something you really can teach yourself right to the limit of your personal capability. And for me and, I suspect, many of my era, that was done by looking at, buying, begging or borrowing books and magazines and really studying them and discovering why some things caught one's eye where others did nothing for one at all... Then, the best break of all was finally getting into an industrial photo-unit where I really, really learned how to print. There's a world of difference between makiing an overly dark landscape print because you think you like it, and making a print in either colour of b/white that exactly captures the tonality of, say, a broken turbine blade off a jet engine.What I do think can be taught is function: how to work cameras, lenses and, today very importantly, Photoshop. Those too can be 'picked up', but as they aren't natural, teaching saves lots of time and effort and gets you there faster and probably better equipped with shortcuts etc. that you might never learn by yourself. I base that on my own rudimentary knowledge of digital manipulation. It would have been very nice to have had a place available where I could have paid a few bucks and had lessons.Anyway, thank you again for looking at the website more than once!;-)Rob C
Slobodan, I've strayed here by mistake (no, that's a little fib: from boredom) and I have to tell you: you are wasting your time. Anyone who has been here with LuLa a while is familar with your pretty damned good shots, so rise not to the occassion, but simply let the holiday snaps from some others just flow; that's democracy, after all. Neither of us has to look!As for curators, milkers of others' talents, gurus and general hangers-on, you already know my feelings on the topic.Rob C
Works in this case.Besides, teachers protesting it does not say much, does it? Btw, I happen to be a teacher, among other things.
To prove, once again, that those who can, do, and those who can not, teach (ie, lecture about it)?
I've noticed that a lot of people don't give enough time let character and personality come through on this forum. Especially the ones who begin life here with some sore spots. When someone responds on a forum, it should be taken in context. You can't tell a lot about someone on a forum by looking at a a couple dozen of their posts. Face-value is never accurate on an Internet forum. Searching and reading someone's posts from the past without reading the context they were made in. It takes a while to develop a good sense of someone's personality over the Internet, especially if it involves satire and wit (as much of Slobodan's posts contain). I remember reading in my earlier post academic studies that relationships over the Internet can take up to 9 times as long to develop when compared to face to face interaction. I think the best advice is to go back and read old threads and see how things work around here. I don't mean this as a warning, but as a welcome. I'm not the best person to offer this advice as I'm relatively new here, but this is what has worked for me. After re-reading one of Michael's old reviews, a quote came up that could be altered to use as a reminder for this forum. "It's the image, stupid!"
The problem is, I simply don't believe in photography as teachable art.
Hi Redwoodguy,Quickest way I know to find image posts by members is to go to critiques, click on the "started by" header which puts them in alphabetical order, you can then quickly step through 3 pages at a time,Slobodan's posts are here;http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?board=26.3240;sort=starterIf you go to his sites in his sig you'll see he is a good photographer.Your critiques are good as well as they make me think.My cred is currently zero as I've not posted an image yet!