Los Angeles is not unfamiliar with gun crime, and on Friday the city made its entry into the recent history of mass shootings, when a gunman killed four people in the beachfront suburb of Santa Monica, before being cornered and shot dead by police near the library of a local college. The suspects rampage began shortly before midday at a home in a residential neighbourhood beside the busy I-10 freeway, where he reportedly killed two men before leaving the house engulfed in flames. The authorities later said they believed the killers first victims were his father and brother. It was not clear how the blaze had begun. Neither the gunman nor his motive had been publicly identified by late Friday evening, but witnesses described him as a white man of between 25 and 30 years old, with corn-rows in his hair, dressed in black and wearing a bullet-proof vest and ammunition belt. He is thought to have been armed with an AR-15 assault rifle. Mike McCaffrey, a father who lives in the immediate vicinity of the house, said, Its a great neighbourhood. Santa Monica is pretty safe, so this was a shock. At about noon I was driving home and … Continue reading →

Los Angeles is not unfamiliar with gun crime, and on Friday the city made its entry into the recent history of mass shootings, when a gunman killed four people in the beachfront suburb of Santa Monica, before being cornered and shot dead by police near the library of a local college. The suspects rampage began shortly before midday at a home in a residential neighbourhood beside the busy I-10 freeway, where he reportedly killed two men before leaving the house engulfed in flames. The authorities later said they believed the killers first victims were his father and brother. It was not clear how the blaze had begun. Neither the gunman nor his motive had been publicly identified by late Friday evening, but witnesses described him as a white man of between 25 and 30 years old, with corn-rows in his hair, dressed in black and wearing a bullet-proof vest and ammunition belt. He is thought to have been armed with an AR-15 assault rifle. Mike McCaffrey, a father who lives in the immediate vicinity of the house, said, Its a great neighbourhood. Santa Monica is pretty safe, so this was a shock. At about noon I was driving home and … Continue reading →

Los Angeles is not unfamiliar with gun crime, and on Friday the city made its entry into the recent history of mass shootings, when a gunman killed four people in the beachfront suburb of Santa Monica, before being cornered and shot dead by police near the library of a local college. The suspects rampage began shortly before midday at a home in a residential neighbourhood beside the busy I-10 freeway, where he reportedly killed two men before leaving the house engulfed in flames. The authorities later said they believed the killers first victims were his father and brother. It was not clear how the blaze had begun. Neither the gunman nor his motive had been publicly identified by late Friday evening, but witnesses described him as a white man of between 25 and 30 years old, with corn-rows in his hair, dressed in black and wearing a bullet-proof vest and ammunition belt. He is thought to have been armed with an AR-15 assault rifle. Mike McCaffrey, a father who lives in the immediate vicinity of the house, said, Its a great neighbourhood. Santa Monica is pretty safe, so this was a shock. At about noon I was driving home and … Continue reading →

Los Angeles is not unfamiliar with gun crime, and on Friday the city made its entry into the recent history of mass shootings, when a gunman killed four people in the beachfront suburb of Santa Monica, before being cornered and shot dead by police near the library of a local college. The suspects rampage began shortly before midday at a home in a residential neighbourhood beside the busy I-10 freeway, where he reportedly killed two men before leaving the house engulfed in flames. The authorities later said they believed the killers first victims were his father and brother. It was not clear how the blaze had begun. Neither the gunman nor his motive had been publicly identified by late Friday evening, but witnesses described him as a white man of between 25 and 30 years old, with corn-rows in his hair, dressed in black and wearing a bullet-proof vest and ammunition belt. He is thought to have been armed with an AR-15 assault rifle. Mike McCaffrey, a father who lives in the immediate vicinity of the house, said, Its a great neighbourhood. Santa Monica is pretty safe, so this was a shock. At about noon I was driving home and … Continue reading →

Los Angeles is not unfamiliar with gun crime, and on Friday the city made its entry into the recent history of mass shootings, when a gunman killed four people in the beachfront suburb of Santa Monica, before being cornered and shot dead by police near the library of a local college. The suspects rampage began shortly before midday at a home in a residential neighbourhood beside the busy I-10 freeway, where he reportedly killed two men before leaving the house engulfed in flames. The authorities later said they believed the killers first victims were his father and brother. It was not clear how the blaze had begun. Neither the gunman nor his motive had been publicly identified by late Friday evening, but witnesses described him as a white man of between 25 and 30 years old, with corn-rows in his hair, dressed in black and wearing a bullet-proof vest and ammunition belt. He is thought to have been armed with an AR-15 assault rifle. Mike McCaffrey, a father who lives in the immediate vicinity of the house, said, Its a great neighbourhood. Santa Monica is pretty safe, so this was a shock. At about noon I was driving home and … Continue reading →

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jun 6, 2013) - Dr. Paul M. Friedman, a New York dermatologist, prides himself on keeping his practice up to date with the latest technology the dermatology field has to offer. Many patients visit his office seeking tattoo removal, and with the PicoSure Picosecond Laser Workstation, his patients will now receive more effective treatment in a shorter timespan. Dr. Friedman's patients have a variety of reasons for wanting to remove their tattoos. Tattoos can become stretched, deformed, or discolored as a person ages. Sometimes a tattoo simply no longer fits in with the patient's current lifestyle. According to CynoSure, the developer of the new laser, the average laser tattoo removal patients are college-educated and between the ages of 24-39 years old. As the popularity of tattoos has increased in the past few decades, the number of people wanting to eventually remove them has also increased. Just a few years ago, the removal of a tattoo could cause a scar-like appearance on the skin. However, due to advances in technology, laser tattoo removal has become a safer and more effective treatment. The PicoSure Picosecond Laser Workstation (or "Pico Laser") by CynoSure features a breakthrough in laser technology … Continue reading →