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U.S. Government Quietly Shrinking
While the debate rages over the size of government, a funny thing has been happening: quietly, government has been shrinking. WSJ Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib joins The News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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Looking for info on John White, married? Harriet Chamberlin. Lived Picton area before shifting to Rothbury area.
Cannot find any record of Johns birth [thought born in Tasmania]
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John buried in Rothbury Cemetery in unmarked grave
Looking for John White B1803 Tasmania
Looking for John White who was born in 1803 Tasmania, shifted to Sydney area as a child.
Married Harriet Chamberlain.
John died in 1892 at Cessnock area and is reported to be buried at Rothbury. No trace of grave can be found.
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History was made on Day 3 of the the 2016 Olympics as Ibtihaj Muhammad became the first American athlete to wear a hijab before falling to defeat; it took under a minute to score the first judo win, and the first medal was going to be awarded in rugby in nearly 100 years.
Here are some notable statistics from Monday's competitions in Rio:
1: Ibtihaj Muhammad became the first American to wear a hijab in the Olympics, but the New Jersey native but failed to advance to the quarterfinals. Two other Americans were also eliminated. Read more.
8: The number of sports that will be awarding 14 gold medals Monday in events ranging from artistic gymnastics to diving, fencing, judo, rugby sevens, shooting, swimming and weightlifting.
5: The place the United States men's gymnastics team finished, for the second straight Olympics. The lackluster end came despite a strong rally on the parallel bars. Japan took the gold.
28: Aruna Quadri, who will celebrate his 28th birthday tomorrow, celebrated early by becoming the first player representing an African nation to make it into an Olympic table tennis quarterfinal, a historic accomplishment that came with his defeat of fan favorite (and Germany's flag bearer) Timo Boll. Tomorrow at 9:30pm, Quadri will take on No. 1 Ma Long (CHN) for a chance at the semifinals.
46: The number of seconds it took for Brazil's Rafaela Silva to score the first judo win on Monday. In a first-round match against Germany's Miryam Roper, Silva went out quickly on the offensive and within 15 seconds flipped Roper once to score.
92: The number of years since medals were awarded in rugby. That's set to change as the four women's sevens teams in the world - Australia, Canada, Britain and New Zealand - compete.
103: Total points scored by the U.S. women's basketball team, the second time in as many games they've passed the century mark. The women beat Spain, 103-63, on Monday, one day after beating Senegal 121-56. Read more.


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Report covering activities from January 2009 to October 2010.
Changes in the structure of your organization.
Peter Komisarczuk and Ian Welch from Victoria University have taken on the lead role in the Chapter for 2009-10. Our Auckland members have stepped down due to work commitments.
Unfortunately because of workload the leadership has not been particularly active in national coordination. Peter has recently moved to the UK. We would like to acknowledge Dr Christian Seifert who has recently completed his PhD.
The chapter remains fairly informal. At Victoria University we have two PhD students working on developing mobile exploit detection and AI tools for analysis and have several other contributors at graduate level. There are several other members across New Zealand and some collaboration with Cardiff University.
The chapter is developing plans for the further R&D of client honeyclient technology, and continues some measurement of drive-by-downloads and analysis tools.
List current chapter members and their activities:
Recent student members and summer research assistants:
List current technologies deployed.
A client honeypot deployment is provided through the University of Wellington (sponsored partially by InternetNZ). The client honeypot has been deployed and operational since April 2008. Several reports have been written and presentations provided at InternetNZ. The funding ceased in early 2010.
Fahim Abbasi at Massey University has been developing and deploying honeypots. The project identified and investigated design problems in building Virtual Honeynets. Special emphasis was laid on planning to achieve maximum logging capability within the available resources.
See the presentations and papers listed for highlights of results primarily from the client honeypot deployment.
List any new tools, projects or ideas you are currently researching or developing.
The focus from Victoria University has been on developing Capture-HPC. Some work on Capture-BAT and HoneyC (updates) to be considered.
As part of fourth year individual student projects, we have been developing tools that could be integrated with Capture-HPC/Capture-BAT. Note that all these tools are more proof-of-concept than distributable prototypes. Reports have been produced for each of these by the students and can be made available to interested parties.
The first project is an installer and disk image distribution that contains all required Capture-HPC components except for Windows XP. The current proof-of-concept requires some work to fix problems being encountered with Python Bindings for VMWare VIX that is preventing automation of installation of Capture-BAT within the Windows XP image.
The second project is a generic hooking mechanism for Win32 that allows the loading of ActiveX controls to be hooked and monitored. This makes use of DLL injection to allow this to take place transparently at runtime. This mechanism could be used with Capture-BAT to provide monitoring that is difficult to bypass and provides a detailed view of runtime execution of potentially malicious web pages. A more detailed view of runtime execution would allow us to improve support for malware analysis.
The third project is a testing framework for Capture-HPC that makes use of Metasploit for test cases. A proof-of-concept system has been developed and we have funding to employ the same student over the NZ summer to turn this into a distributable prototype.
Mobile client honeypot research preparation begun in late 2008 and will carry on through to 2011/12. We are working with the Android platform and are currently exploring the use of AspectJ to instrument Android APIs to allow runtime monitoring.
AI analysis tools for automated client honeypot analysis began in late 2008 and will carry on through to 2011/12. We are carrying out evaluation of different machine learning techniques for identifying malicious webpages using static features. A paper on this topic has been accepted for publication at the Australasian Information Security Conference 2011.
List tools you enhanced during the last year .
Capture-HPC is a high interaction client honeypot system. It has been greatly enhanced in 2009. See https://projects.honeynet.org/capture-hpc/wiki/Releases for current release information and prior releases. Capture-HPC has been extended in a number of areas:
Future options for development work on Capture-HPC are documented at https://projects.honeynet.org/capture-hpc/wiki/Proposals.
Capture-BAT is a behavioral analysis tool of applications for the Win32 operating system family. Capture BAT is able to monitor the state of a system during the execution of applications and processing of documents, which provides an analyst with insights on how the software operates even if no source code is available. Capture-BAT is the analysis tool at the heart of Capture-HPC client. See https://www.honeynet.org/node/315. Capture-BAT will be updated to include the functionality to be released in the next major release of Capture-HPC. It is our aim to keep Capture-BAT and Capture-HPC development in step as far as possible.
HoneyC is a low interaction client honeypot framework that allows us to find malicious web servers on a network. Instead of using a fully functional operating system and client to perform this task, HoneyC uses emulated clients that are able to solicit as much of a response from a server that is necessary for the analysis of malicious content. Version 1.3.0 was released on 19th January 2008, see https://projects.honeynet.org/honeyc/wiki/Releases, for more information. No development plans are currently in place to extend HoneyC.
Would you like to integrate this with any other tools, or are you looking for help or collaboration with others in testing / developing tool?
We are open to work with other chapters, depending on available (usually manpower) resources. We are looking to extend the analysis offered through Capture-HPC by including for example geo-location of malicious servers and exploit servers, perhaps reuse some components from various other projects such as Nepenthese (asn, geoip), ffdetect, and add in statistics and graphs.
We also are interested in updating Capture-HPC to use more recent components such as Internet Explorer 8.
We would be happy to receive guidance and information on potential tools that could be used.
Explain what kind of help or tools or collaboration you are interested in.
We are open to work with other chapters, depending on available (usually manpower) resources. As we develop our analysis tools we will need further data sets for AI training purposes.
Highlight any unique findings, attacks, tools, or methods.
As part of the API hooking project, we have discovered that function table rewriting in Win32 appears to be disallowed by Internet Explorer 8. A project report detailing our findings has been developed as part of this work that details this and other results.
What is working well, and what is missing, what data analysis functionality would you like to see developed?
We need to work on coordination with other members of the chapter and the maintenance and updating of our tools to work with current Windows Internet browsers.
Are you working on or did you publish any papers or presentations, such as KYE or academic papers? If yes, please provide a description and link (if possible)
We are working on several papers related to client honeypots, two have been submitted to conferences in 2011.
Are you looking for any data or people to help with your papers?
Data from other client honeypot deployments would be of interest. We are particuarily interested in data from experiments with low interaction honeyclients.
Where did you present honeypot-related material? (selected publications)
In addition to the conferences above we have presented client honeypots and the .nz scan at the following meetings, (i) NZ-BTF, (ii) Kiwicon (Hacker conference), (iii) InternetNZ (sponsors of the .nz scan), (iv) seminar at Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand.
Which of your goals did you meet for the past year?
We increased the visibility of our work in New Zealand, we were awarded several small grant from InternetNZ to study the .nz domain for malicious servers. We have increased the number of students working on honeypot technology and have written a number papers, so generally met our goals.
Goals for the next year.
1 Continue to extend our chapter and develop students with honeynet knowledge.
2 Further develop our tools and integrate with third party tools as appropriate.
3 Continue the .nz domain scan (seeking funding). Share data as appropriate.
4 Apply for funding to support future R&D.
5 Maintain our research and development and develop linkages with other researchers.


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There are numerous methods of progressing the level of difficulty when using stability ball exercises. Specific structured progressions are documented in the text of each exercise. But knowing several guidelines to simplify or advance an exercise will allow you to modify each exercise many times over to define the most appropriate level of challenge for you. If you are uncertain, you should choose regressions to ensure that you complete the exercise safely within your current abilities. However, when you are experienced with an exercise and begin to find it easy, adopt progressions to make sure you are challenged. If an exercise is not challenging, you will not stimulate improvement. With this in mind, the following are points that you can consider when regressing or progressing your exercises.
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One of my absolute favorite things to do is find thoughtful gifts for people. Of course, this normally happens when it's July and I get too excited about the present and have them open it RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NOW, which is sorta a problem, I guess.
I digress.
When you're first seeing a new special someone, it's SO hard to know what to do around the holidays. You don't want to come across as cold or too overbearing, so what's the happy medium? What kinds of presents should you buy your new partner without making it all weird?
Here are some tips on what - if anything - to buy your new boyfriend for the holidays.
1) Before you do any buying at all for your new boyfriend, gather some intel about how he feels about the holidays. Is he celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, or nothing? What traditions does he follow? Don't be nosy -- just try to get a sense of his feelings about the holidays. One of my boyfriends was particularly indifferent toward holidays, which made for a few *ahem* problems.
2) Have a quick discussion about gift giving. Most men aren't particularly cagey when asked an upfront question like, "Should we do something small to celebrate the holiday?" No pressure, no stress, just a quickie question.
3) If you do decide to buy him a gift, keep one ear open as to what he might want. Most people will casually - and unintentionally - say things like, "I like that (insert item here)." Make a mental note of those ideas if you hear them.
4) If he only wants big-ticket items (not from you, I imagine), don't go that route right now. You don't want to overkill on the whole thing and end up feeling embarrassed because he got you a card and you got him a car.
5) If he's shy about talking about what he likes so you don't have much idea of what a good "first holiday" gift would be, that can be tricky. Go by what he's into. If it's music, buy him some MP3s or concert tickets. If he likes nerdy stuff, see what Think Geek has to offer.
6) Don't over-think it. Seriously, don't. Because if you go out of your way to do something thoughtful and perfect, you're going to build it up in your head and and then feel crestfallen if he doesn't react the way you want him to. This totally happened to me once and it STILL makes me cringe.
7) When all else fails, do something like a "movie night in" where you make dinner (or, if you're like me, order pizza), pop some popcorn, and watch the Back to the Future trilogy.
How do YOU decide what to buy your new boyfriend for the holidays?
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US HOLIDAYS. It is amazing to me what we will make an official holiday.
Do I spy a.. Thundercats die?
You and your collection, sir, are amazing.
Mr. Cook, you are a wonderful madman! I just wanted to say that.
Also, we would like to order 12 special, six-sided bad boys, with "StrolenCon 07'" in small print on one of the six faces of the cube. Is that doable? How much? Say if we wanted them made out of, ummm, anyone have any ideas?
What is top dollar for the life dice you need?I have Time Spiral and Planar Chaos in red, and Future Sight in white
30 of those look good to me.And by the look of Kevin's collection they can get really detailed with it.I will get in contact with them with a few graphic ideas and see what they can do!Yes, Kevin, we can hook you up.
Thanks!I emailed him a small list of questions about the dice and am just waiting for a reply now.See, slowly I am also getting addicted to dice. Thanks for the links about this too!!
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KOA, Coleman, Foundation Release New Study
December 22, 2011 by RVBusiness Comments Off on KOA, Coleman, Foundation Release New Study
Almost 40 million Americans participated in camping last year, according to a new study released today by The Outdoor Foundation, The Coleman Co. Inc., and Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA), which equates to more than 14% of Americans over age six. The findings are part of the 2011 Special Report on Camping, an industry-leading report tracking American participation in camping.
"Despite instability in the economy, the Special Report on Camping illustrates that camping continues to be a major part of the American experience," said Chris Fanning, executive director of The Outdoor Foundation. "Thanks to the support and commitment of Coleman and KOA, the report provides first-of-its-kind information on camping trends, which should be of great interest to everyone in the outdoor community – especially those of us focused on inspiring future generations of enthusiasts."
The extended 54-page Special Report on Camping provides data and analysis on camping participation in the United States, including psychographic profiles, camping preferences and buying behavior. The report also explores opportunities in the camping industry and the overall future of camping. The findings are based on an online survey of more than 40,000 Americans ages six and older and a supplemental survey of camping participants 18 and older.
"As a global outdoor recreation leader, the insights provided by the Special Report on Camping are vital to our ability to continue to create innovative products for outdoor enthusiasts worldwide," said Robert Marcovitch, president and CEO of Coleman. "The intelligence gathered from this year's report is already proving valuable, and we are pleased to continue our partnership with The Outdoor Foundation and KOA to discover even more about key outdoor trends in 2012 and into the future."
As the outdoor industry moves into 2012, it will become even more vital to engage parents of young children. The study found that a vast majority of adult campers were introduced to the activity at a young age; in fact, only nine percent of all adult camping participants tried camping for the first time after age 19. To maintain growth in camping, adults will have to be energized to introduce it to their children.
"KOA has been serving the camping public for 50 years and believes that it is essential to evaluate key outdoor sector and camper trends to continually respond to the diverse outdoor hospitality needs of Americans and international visitors", said Jim Rogers, chairman and CEO of Kampgrounds of America. "KOA was pleased to have participated in this special report and looks forward to working with its outdoor partners to use this information to better serve and grow the outdoor marketplace."
The insights detailed in the 2011 Special Report on Camping are critical to understanding both campers and non-campers and building participation in the activity. Additional findings include:
Overview of Camping Participation
• Almost 40 million Americans went camping in 2010 for a total of 514.8 million outings.
• On average, each camping participant spent almost 13 days camping.
• More than three-quarters of participants are planning three-plus camping trips in the next year.
• Over three-quarters of campers participate in multiple outdoor activities.
Profile of a Camper
• Family is the most popular camping companion for 35 to 54 year olds.
• More than 90% of campers hiked during their last in-season trip.
• In the last 12 months, 86% of campers went on a camping trip during the summer.
• Over 50% of campers are motivated to go camping simply because they enjoy the act of camping
Buying Behavior
• Younger campers are most likely to buy backpacks, while older campers are most likely to buy propane lighting.
• Sixty-one percent of campers say they spend about the same amount on recreation in 2010 as they did in 2009.
• Most new and replacement camping purchases are planned at home before taking the camping trip.
Future of Camping
• Nearly a quarter of frequent campers say their camping trips over the last three years have become longer and more frequent.
• The most cited reasons for reducing the number of trips are a lack of time due to work and family commitments.
• Almost half of all respondents say their fathers took them camping for the first time.
To download a complete copy of the 2011 Special Report on Camping, visit The Outdoor Foundation website at www.outdoorfoundation.org.


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Reporter: E-Rated Kids' Game Unsafe For Kids Because The Internet Is Scary
from the swing-and-a-miss dept
Second, the reporter's follow up question asked Barry White, who is apparently News10's "Game Guy," if he thought this stuff was created by sexual predators trying to diddle kiddies. What!?!? It's as though the reporters have never experienced the internet. If every person out there who created something graphic online in any way was a child predator, we'd all be in a hell of a lot of knee-deep-in-predators trouble.
Finally, what about that ESRB rating? The reporter asks White if the E rating gives parents a false sense of security. As White notes, that's only the case if those parents are illiterate chimpanzees, given the fact that the rating quite prominently notes that online interactions in the game can't be rated. In other words, you can't blame a game or its creator for what the strange and unwashed masses do with it online. Or in other, other words, the exact freaking opposite of everything said by the news team.
The money shot in this sexy story of stupid is at the very end, after the reporter talks about how parents should monitor their children's gaming and use the parental controls built within the consoles. The anchor's response?
"Speaking as a parent, my kids would probably know better how to get to the parental controls and configure them than me."Yeah, well, exactly who looks like the idiot in that comment? Maybe if you're going to be the parent of a gamer, you should at least take a modicum of interest in how to parent a gamer. Here's a hint: that doesn't include defaming a nice, kid-friendly game on the news just because you don't want to understand stuff.


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I had posted a blurb similar to this on reddit.com awhile back, and it didn't spark much discussion. This was an important part of my life, and I need to talk to some rational-like-minded people about it! I've spent too much time trying to forget about it, and I really need to talk about it.
Because of living in a house full of metaphysicists, in California, I realized that all evidence-free beliefs was heedless nonsense. And in some cases dangerous.
I grew up on Vancouver Island, Canada (Now live in Halifax). To make a long story short, at 17 (I'm now 24), I graduated high school early and moved down to California for a year. I had met a girl online, and after a couple of back-and-forth trips, moved down permanently to live with her family. It was a huge change for me, but the biggest change was the introduction to "metaphysics".
Now there's a ton of applications for this word. How they used it was the explanation that, with positive thinking, the universe gives back to you. This is true in a very PHYSICAL down-to-earth kinda way. Obviously being positive is probably going to get you further in life rather than say-- being negative. This is common sense. But these people practiced it to the extreme.
They thought Jesus was a metaphysicist, and that with enough positive thinking you can literally do anything. One insane example I can think of, is the Mom convinced everyone in the house that "the banks screwed up" and that her mortgage was gone. She held a massive party and went through great lengths to convince everyone that she was telling the truth. Later I caught her filing for bankruptcy. I confronted her and she told me that she was testing to see, with enough positive thinking, if we could make this happen.
By lying to her family.
She convinced herself that it didn't work because not all of us believed. This made me not only a reaffirmed atheist, but anti-theistic as well. That was one example, but there were many many others. Critical thinking should be a class taught in Elementary school.
Another point I should mention was that I was nearly starving. At 6 feet, I was around 130 lbs and the change in social and physical environment made me have an emotional break down (partly because I wasn't eating enough/drinking enough-- no money). I remember one night I decided I wanted to go home, and because I was paying the Mom a large portion of the rent, and she was unemployed (LARGELY because of her beliefs. She believed with positive thinking, money would just come to her), obviously the Mom didn't want me to leave.
Anyway, one night I had been awake for around 40 hours, starving, homesick, depressed-- and when I told them I wanted to leave, they sat me down and told me that I was meant to be there. That things happen for a reason, and I shouldn't leave. That because I was a good person, good things will happen there for me... I remember for 15 minutes I believed them. Completely. It all made sense. I believed in that garbage for a solid 15 minutes. When I snapped out of it, and realized I wasn't thinking clearly-- that I was being brainwashed (for lack of a better word), I left shortly after.
This is illusive to death-bed conversions, and a VERY real thing.
Just so you know, everything's cool now! I'm not starving anymore. I make short films, and short cartoons, play bass guitar, and am a weapons engineering technician in the Canadian navy.
Any other stories out there from ex-New-Agers or at least people who've had their lives negatively affected by New Age dogma? Anyone else almost convinced by a religion?
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OMGosh, I didn't know there were New Age cults, but that surely sounds like one. It looks like the Mom failed to convince the bank not paying and thinking positive would pay off her debt. I've known some New Agers, but none that kooky. I'm glad you're out of there, safe and doing well. I've dabbled in New Age, spiritualism and some of that junk, but I never had a really bad experience with it. That sounds like the ultimate bad New Age experience.
Haha totally! I thought it might be a pretty original story. New Age religions seem so harmless. I really didn't know that I was living with a cult until it was too late. There's really no other words for it. I was living in a small house, with 10 people and about 20 animals. It was disgusting. All of them preaching the same garbage.
I didn't find it that weird because my parents are foster parents (I'm their real son), so I was always living with a bunch of people growing up, with a ridiculous amount of foster brothers and sisters (great experience actually).
What New Age stuff did you get into?
Haha no problem!
Did you/do you feel embarrassed about it? I've always been pretty rational, and for me it's sooooo embarrassing! I was an idiot for staying there so long!
Hey, you were just 17. Embarrassment just keeps people from talking about it, and talking about it can help others stay out of the same mistakes.
I love the logic of "you're here, so you're meant to be here". Is that a valid reason to stay at every crappy job and relationship too? I mean how do you tell when it's "meant" and when it isn't?
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Barbara Corcoran shares 'Shark Tank' insights
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Barbara Corcoran has made investing seed capital in a barbecue sauce company almost as exciting as winning "American Idol."
Listening to pitches from aspiring entrepreneurs competing not only for her attention but her money as well, Corcoran has helped bring ABC's reality show "Shark Tank" to its fourth season, averaging 6.6 million viewers so far, according to ABC. Founder of real estate broker The Corcoran Group in New York, which she sold for $66 million in 2001, she balances out a team of bombastic and sometimes belligerent sharks like sports and media mogul Mark Cuban, FUBU founder Daymond John, tech entrepreneur Robert Herjavec and venture capitalist Kevin O'Leary. You can tune in to Shark Tank on ABC at 9 on Fridays. While Corcoran was in town to speak at the America's Small Business Summit hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, USA TODAY's Oliver St. John talked with her about her adventures in televised venture capital.
Q: Did you ever do any venture capital stuff before becoming a shark?
A: Never. Let me tell you something, investing in a field you know well is like breathing. It comes naturally. You have an instinct. You've done it your whole life. You know what's right, what's wrong, and what's questionable. The minute you go into somebody else's ballpark it gets really dangerous.
I spent most of the first season losing ever dollar I ever invested. The second season, I lost half the money I invested. By the third season I was investing less.
Q: What was your first big hit?
A: My first big hit was Pork Barrel BBQ Sauce. Two attorneys right here in Washington, D.C. They were peddling pork barrel spending for special interest groups, and running barbecues on the weekend. One of the principals, Keith, looks exactly like a pig. That is one thing I've learned about business, is if you have some sort of gimmick, it's a huge advantage. So I figured, "How bad could this business be with a guy heading it who looks like a pig?" And you wanna know, everyone remembers him. I've trained him. He walks in and he says, "Do you think I look like a pig?" And people of course all think he looks like a pig, but they all say, "No, you don't look like a pig," which they're lying. He looks just like an adorable pig. I don't even like barbecue sauce.
Q: Well, how'd you figure out the ins and outs of investing? How do you know how much these companies are worth?
A: Let me tell you something: I still don't know on Shark Tank what a company's worth. I don't believe in those evaluations. I think the total worth of the company is based on how good the entrepreneur is.
Q: So what's the most interesting business you've seen?
A: The wackiest business I was actually afraid to leave the set and use the ladies room. I was actually afraid I was going to be killed. That guy was a brilliant engineer who'd invented a technology to put Bluetooth surgically down the ear canal. He didn't move. He was like a robot. His lips hardly moved. He just stared at you. He was freaky, and the business itself was freaky. You had to have it surgically inserted; then, if anything went wrong or the battery went dead you had to surgically remove it.
Q: What about the least fundable business?
A: I would have said a very unfundable business was the wacky guy who drew cats. I can draw a cat for you. I can draw a cat for you. He had a little jingle. He was so memorable, and Mark Cuban bought his business for $150,000, and for what? What's he going to do with a guy who draws little cartoon cats? Well, guess what: He was making money with it. I looked at the guy and thought, "What a stupid business." Well, I was wrong, and Cuban was right. You see, you don't really know. You think you know, but you don't really know.
Q: Do you break even on Shark Tank?
A: No, I do not break even. I am still way in the hole for a couple million dollars, but it's unrealistic to expect to break even, because these are baby businesses, and they take three or four years to mature.
Q: Are the deals companies get for equity even good deals? Isn't it all just about the PR?
A: You're right about that. Even if they don't get the funding and they're on TV and they resonate with people at home, it's great for the business. They get discovered on prime-time TV. If they have a website, they sell like crazy. For a moment. Maintaining the sales is something else. Everybody falls in love with them if they have good charisma. For the ones that get bought, it's an amazing advantage. They not only get aired, they get rerun, usually two, three times more than year. They get updates another two, three. Think about it. They're getting anywhere from three to six prime-time four-minute commercials for free.
Q: What's the best way a business can get funding?
A: The best way for most businesses is family and friends who are going to be forgiving, who love you, and you don't have to show a return. If you give up equity in your company to an investor, I think the most important thing is to size up the investor, who they are, and what they are going to bring to the table.
You don't want a tough guy, because small business is tough enough. You want an advocate; you want someone with good connections. Even though you think you're getting funding, you're getting a partner, and you really want to think, "Does my partner fit my personality?"
Q: What about the folks on Shark Tank? Are they the right partners?
A: It depends. It depends which shark is with which entrepreneur. I could be a great partner for somebody and Daymond might be the worst partner. Daymond is a terrific partner to a number of businesses where I'm like, I could never even work with that guy. So it depends how the personalities match.
Q: What sort of personalties work with you?
A: You know what? I want someone who can take rejection. That's all I'm looking for. I'm not so tough on the show, but when the male sharks are beating somebody up, I love to watch, and I'm happy it's happening, because I'm really trying to size up if the entrepreneur is good at standing back up. If somebody's really beaten down, they're never going to make it as an entrepreneur, because succeeding in business has everything to do with how you take rejection.
Q: What advice do you have for the businesses out there looking for funding right now?
A: You want to know what the big news is in terms of funding? It's crowdfunding. I think a lot of people aren't aware how that's going to change things.
There's been something that's just been passed from the federal government. What they're going to do is let every joe on the street invest. It's the biggest thing to happen to small business. Now the little guy can invest right along with the big guy in any business he chooses without being a quote, "sophisticated investor." And that is so much needed. I never thought that thing was gonna pass. Things are looking up there.


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(October 9, 2008) - The ETSU men's and women's tennis teams will both compete in its fifth team fall tournament this weekend, as the Bucs travel to the UNF Fall Invitational.
The three-day event will take place at
The 2008 Fall Invitational will feature 32 total men's and women's singles and doubles flighted A/B/C/ draws. Attached above is a link to the UNF tournament central page. The tournament will consist of a double elimination format, with players dropping to the consolation bracket, after losing in a opening bracket match.
Below are the following draws for ETSU in the tournament.
Men's Singles
ETSU Grega Teraz v. SCSU Dmitry Lomakin (Bracket A)
ETSU Daniel Isaza v.
ETSU Matej Zlatkovic v.
ETSU Sergio Velez v. FAMU Paul Paige (Bracket B)
ETSU Robin Akser v. winner of SCSU Vickram Gautham/UNF Marcos Chiaretti (Bracket B)
Men's Doubles
ETSU Isaza/Velez v. winner of matchup between Auburn/UNF (Bracket A)
ETSU Akser/Teraz v. SCSU Dobrotka/Milijocevic (Bracket B)
Women's Singles
ETSU Paula Jamie v. SCSU Sarai Torres (Bracket A)
ETSU Tara Byrne v. winner of FIU Maria Spencely/MTSU Taylor Coffey (Bracket A)
ETSU Karina Kedzo v. Samford Jessica Diamond (Bracket B)
ETSU Andra Voinea v. B.C. Andrea Paez
ETSU Vita Moskaliova v.
Women's Doubles
ETSU Byrne/Kedzo v. UAB Cape/Strijker
ETSU Moskalivoa/Voinea v. GSU Knight/Maddox
For more information and complete Day One recaps please visit www.ETSUBUCS.com.


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Over a decade since the financial crisis, the world is still a very uncertain place. Despite that, investors have enjoyed the benefits of a strong run by stock markets around the world, coupled with record-low volatility.
However, it would be wrong to believe that market shocks are a thing of the past. From uncertainty over Brexit to the threat of rising tensions with North Korea, there are many risks that pose a challenge to investors now; and any number of unforeseen factors in the years to come.
Whilst these are beyond our control, they cannot be allowed to prevent individuals and families planning their financial future.
You will give yourself the best chance of achieving your financial goals if you focus on what you can control: how much tax you pay on your investments, the size of your retirement fund and how much of your estate passes to your family free of Inheritance Tax.
What's vital is that you put together a plan and take the necessary steps to make those financial goals a reality.
The run-up to the end of the tax year provides individuals and couples with a final opportunity to take advantage of reliefs and allowances that would otherwise be lost; tax breaks that can help create long-term financial security for you and your family.
The value of an investment with St. James's Place will be directly linked to the performance of the funds selected and may fall as well as rise. You may get back less than the amount invested. An investment in equities will not provide the security of capital associated with a deposit account with a bank or building society.
The levels and bases of taxation, and reliefs from taxation, can change at any time and are dependent on individual circumstances.


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|Elsa's Greenland Adventure
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|Experience the birth of the terror that gripped the island of Greenland in the Elsa Adventures series of hidden object adventure games. Take the role of a gifted detective who's always trusted his intellect and never given a second thought to the horrors hidden in the dark corners of the world. Watch his survival instincts kick in as he travels to Greenland to find a missing Viking shield. Then protect the woman from something even more evil and race to escape the island before death catches up. Origin will lure you in with stunning artwork and bone-chilling audio, and then hold you captive as you explore dozens of bloodcurdling locations, search for useful items and solve cleverly designed puzzles. Innovations in this captivating prequel will have you interacting with cinematic videos to make split-second choices and solving dozens of unique mini-games. Tie the many threads of the Viking shield saga together. Every story has a beginning, but few are as horrifying as this. Features: Incredibly deep gameplay, there's always something to do; more 10 Hidden Object levels; bonus levels; Adorable graphics.


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A favorite of the Brookside line is the Medium Weight Turnout. You can embroider these, and this line also has matching Garment Bag, Boot Bag and a Western Saddle Carry Bag or All-Purpose Saddle Carry Bag.
How to measure Weatherbeeta Freestyle Blankets: With a soft measuring tape, measure from the center of the chest along the side of the barrel and belly to the point just before the tail (where horse's rump curves back to the tail) to determine your horse's length. Do not measure all the way to the edge of the tail or the center of the tail with the freestyle blankets as this will lead to a size too big. If your horse measures in between sizes, round down to the nearest size.*
*When fitting a blanket without freestyle or without a tail flap, your horse may require a larger size. When measuring, round up to the nearest size. The top of the tail flap (the binding or joint between blanket and tail flap) is designed to sit at the top of your horse's tail. If the seam between the tail flap and the blanket falls below the top of the tail, the blanket is too big.
Most of the Weatherbeeta blankets are "European cut" (any blanket with a tail flap and sized in 3" increments.)
Brookside makes note if the blanket is "European cut," for example the Medium Weight Turnout and the Lightweight Turnout Blanket. The most common size for a European cut is 75".
An "American cut" blanket is typically any blanket that does not have a tail flap and is usually in 2" increments. The most common size in American cut is 78"
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More Older Americans Have Knee Pain, Replacement
Older Americans are increasingly complaining of aching knees, and getting those knees replaced, even though X-ray evidence of knee arthritis is not on the rise, a new study finds.
Since the 1970s and 1980s, the percentage of older Americans reporting chronic knee pain has risen as much as three-fold—both among people with visible signs of arthritic joints and those without any apparent arthritis.
Despite stable rates of knee arthritis, knee replacement surgeries rose almost nine-fold in 26 years, researchers report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
The nation's growing obesity problem and an aging population seemed to partly account for the increase in knee pain, the study found. But that did not tell the whole story.
"We don't really know what the other reasons could be," said lead researcher Uyen-Sa D.T. Nguyen, of Boston University School of Medicine.
One possibility, she told Reuters Health, is that older adults these days are more likely to admit to having pain.
"I suspect that what happened in the past is that people often wouldn't complain," agreed senior researcher Dr. David T. Felson, who is also with Boston University.
But it's hard to know for sure, the researchers say.
Regardless, it's possible that the rising rate of knee pain is one factor in the surge in knee replacement surgeries in recent decades, Felson said.
Knee replacement is one treatment option for severe osteoarthritis—the "wear-and-tear" form of arthritis, in which cartilage cushioning the joints gradually breaks down. That allows bones to rub together, which can cause pain, swelling and limited range of motion. Over time, the joint may become permanently misshapen.
In 1979, the rate of knee replacements among Americans age 65 and older was 10 per 10,000. By 2006, it had risen to 87 per 10,000.
"We're seeing an explosion in knee replacements," Felson said.
"And if knee replacements are to be limited in some way," he added, "it would probably be wise for us to find some way of preventing knee pain."
People with knee pain but no apparent osteoarthritis would not be the ones getting knee replacements, according to Felson.
But the study also found that a growing proportion of older adults with objective osteoarthritis are describing the condition as painfu—and chronic pain is a major reason that people with arthritis opt for a knee replacement, the researchers point out.
The findings are based on data from two long-running health studies. One was an ongoing government health survey that asked Americans ages 60 to 74 about knee pain.
Overall, Nguyen's team found, the percentage who said they'd had knee pain for at least one month rose by two-thirds between 1974 and 1994. And there was a further increase among white women over the following decade.
The second study involved 1,800 adults age 70 and older who were asked about knee pain and had X-ray imaging of their knees.
In 1983-85, eight percent of women and four percent of men with no X-ray evidence of arthritis reported knee pain. But by 2005, those figures were 25 percent and 16.5 percent, respectively.
There was a similar pattern among people who did have arthritis on X-rays. In the 1980s, 26 percent of women and 19 percent of men complained of knee pain. Twenty years later, nearly half of both men and women with arthritis said they were in pain.
When it came to actual X-ray evidence of arthritis in the two study groups, though, there was little change.
Over the same period, that rate was consistently around one-third of men. And the rate even dipped somewhat among women—from 42 percent to 35 percent.
All of that suggests an increase in knee osteoarthritis is not responsible for the surge in knee replacements, said Dr. Allan Gelber, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.
So what is? "One possibility," Gelber told Reuters Health, "is that Americans are undergoing knee replacements at an earlier age, or at lesser severity grade (of knee arthritis)."
Future studies could look into that question, according to Gelber, who wrote an editorial published with the study.
For middle-aged and older adults with knee pain, Gelber said it's important not to "fall into the reflexive response of, 'I have knee pain, I'm getting older, I must have knee arthritis."
He advised getting a thorough evaluation of knee pain—which includes talking with your doctor about your symptoms and history, along with any imaging tests.
Gelber also advised fellow doctors in his editorial to remember, "Not all knee pain in middle-aged and older adults is the result of osteoarthritis."
Other possible causes of knee pain include injuries to soft tissue like ligaments and tendons, and other forms of arthritis, like gout. Gelber noted that knee pain can also be part of more "global" chronic pain problems that affect other parts of the body too (such as fibromyalgia).
And those causes, Gelber said, might help explain why knee pain increased in the current study, even though X-ray evidence of osteoarthritis did not.


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Former University of South Carolina Beaufort head baseball coach Rick Sofield is headed back to the big leagues after being named the first-base coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.
Sofield, 55, was the Sand Sharks' first head coach and led USCB to a 101-56 record in three seasons at the helm.
During his tenure, the Sand Sharks appeared in the Sun Conference tournament all three years and qualified for the NAIA National Championship Opening Round in his second season.
He left USCB in November 2011 to return to professional baseball with the Pirates organization and was named manager of the club's Class A affiliate, the West Virginia Power, for the 2012 season.
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FCM Travel Solutions – Global Head Office
Flight Centre Travel Group's (FCTG) new global headquarters opened late October 2016 in Brisbane, with all staff now having relocated from existing local offices to the new Southpoint location. Click here to read more and see photos of the new office.
275 Grey Street, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101 Australia
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Nanette & Jonathan's Eclectic Family Home
Name: Nanette Sullano, Designer/Stylist, Basket Weaver, and Shop Owner of waanaki; Jonathan Maghen, Graphic Designer, Art Book Distributor at Textfield; and their son, Willow Maghen
Location: North East Los Angeles, California
Size: 1,100 square feet
Years lived in: 2 1/2 years
It always warms my heart to see young families living in style and the kids learning about art and design at an early age. Nanette and Jonathan created a fantasy home filled with art and interesting finds for the whole family to enjoy! Willow is one lucky boy to have such a cool room and a mother who collects and sells vintage kids' clothes.
The backyard also serves as inspiration. Even though Nanette and Jonathan still consider it a work in progress, the amount of land they have and the magical steps that lead you to a bench at the top of the hill make you feel like you are out in the country. Everyone loves hanging out and playing outside, where you can often find Willow on the hunt for "spiky things."
Apartment Therapy Survey:
Our Style: Warm, modest, and inviting.
Inspiration: Our travels, art and friends. It's great to discover things while traveling and bring a bit home for inspiration, while also feeling inspired by friends who are incredibly creative and always have something interesting to share.
Favorite Element: I love the light and our garden. We both work from home so it's important for us to have natural light and the outdoors to enjoy a meal, the sun, breaks for coffee, and watching our son's exploration and free play. It's also really nice to share our yard with native birds (there's an Audubon Center nearby), wild rabbits, squirrels, and lizards.
Biggest Challenge: We try to let things happen organically. If it feels right, then it's meant to be. Sometimes we bring things home and live with them for a while and discover that it's not working; in that case, we donate it and perhaps even find something new while thrifting.
What Friends Say: We always get calls from friends from out of town asking if they can stay with us. I suppose that speaks for itself.
Biggest Embarrassment: Our shed — it needs major gardening tool and supply sorting.
Proudest DIY: I'm a bit freaked out about touching electric wires. I watched YouTube videos on how to wire ceiling light fixtures and changed them all myself. Our next project is creating a permaculture garden/food forest.
Biggest Indulgence: Art. We are grateful to have friends who are amazing artists that we can collect and trade with.
Best Advice: Buy your home.
Dream Sources: PCC Flea Market and Long Beach Antique Market
Resources of Note:
- Iko Iko
- South Willard
- waanaki
- Heath Ceramics
- Ooga Booga
- Yoko
- Penelope Maghen
- Alex Klein
- Anna Sew Hoy
- Annika Bushman
- Arthur Ou
- Ashley Snow Macomber
- Ashley Thayer
- Ava Kaufman
- Beatrice Valenzuela
- Eduardo Sarabia
- Emily Mast
- Franklyn Liegel
- General Idea
- Gerald McDermott
- Mari Eastman
- Marc Kremers
- Mark Owens
- Michael Wells
- Mike Calvert
- Michael Frank
- Peter Piller
- Phil Chang
- Rafaël Rozendaal
- Sandy Yang
- Shannon Ebner
- Stan Bitters
- Sun An
- Zoe Crosher
Thanks, Nanette & Jonathan!
(Images: Marcia Prentice)
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Vykin Corp needed a new coded website design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 91 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
We need a design for our new corporate website. We are looking for a clean design that incorporates our existing logo/color scheme. Please read the brief for further detail.
Desired Color Scheme:
See logo/business cards in brief
Desired Style:
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
Our company is an IT solutions firm providing consulting services, contract IT professionals. We work primarily as a defense contractor with the US Department of Defense. It is important that all designs portray a professional, clean image. We do not want pictures of servers or other random IT related equipment on the page. We are not fond of pictures of people working in an office either.
Essentially we need an overall site concept and aesthetic designed which takes into account our existing logo, color scheme, and business card designs (provided below). Our current "place holder" web site can be viewed at http://www.vykincorp.com. Please DO NOT use this page as an example of what we want. We put this together ourselves and we are not designers.
Please provide a design for the home page including an editable css based navigation system including at least the following: contact, about us, careers, news. Please incorporate a footer that allows for navigation as well as copyright etc.
Please provide a design that will act as a template for all other pages within the site (we will integrate them later). This page can be very similar to homepage design but we would like to have something on each page that indicates where the user is within the web site (not bread crumbs...use your imagination and we will provide feedback).
Submission must be coded in valid XHTML and CSS , and render perfectly in IE6, IE7, FF2, FF1.5, and Safari. Winner will submit all necessary files ( .html, .css, and images) including orginal .psd/png files with layers intact.
Our logo and business card designs can be found at: http://www.vykincorp.com/logo_contest.htm


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Share documents/presentations for collaborative editing
The internet and web-applications (software that runs over the web instead of from your desktop) have made collaboration amongst individuals and groups far more efficient. Many people still collaborate by attaching copies of documents to emails and sending these to collaborators, but there are serious limitations to this method of collaboration including:
- Lack of standards/conventions for determining which copy of a document is the most current revision
- Incompatibilities between various applications and versions of applications used to create documents/presentations
- Limits on the size of documents that can be shared for collaboration
- Need to send multiple copies of a document of multiple recipients every time a new "set" of revisions is made
Web-based tools for creating documents and presentations overcome many of these limitations. In particular, good collaboration tools have the following features:
- Single application that everyone can access in the same way (by connecting to the application server over the web) and that therefore has the same features/functionality
- Single document/presentation that is accessible to everyone anywhere with an internet connection
- Version and author tracking and rollback that tracks changes to a document/presentation, allows for comparison of versions and allows users to revert to an earlier revision
- Near "real-time" display of changes so you can see what changes collaborators made soon after they make them
The archetype of web-based collaboration tools is the "wiki," the type of tool used to power Wikipedia. More recently Google Docs has provided a platform for collaboration amongst smaller, more defined groups of collaborators.
What you need:
Most web-based collaboration tools such as MediaWiki and Google Docs require you to create an account and/or log in.
MediaWiki is most commonly used for create articles within a given domain of inquiry that can be interlinked and organized "bottom-up" by means of "wiki-links" which can be links to existing articles or "stubs" that can be used to initiate new articles.
Google Docs is most commonly used to collaboratively draft single documents. For faculty, it can be a great way to collect assignments and give feedback
How you do it:
Middlebury has an instance of MediaWiki that can be used for curricular activities. In order to contribute to existing articles/pages or add new articles/pages to a particular wiki, you will need to log in with your Midd username and password. Wikis can also be created for classes, departments and projects. These wikis can be configured to be publicly viewable or restricted to a group of users (e.g. students in a class, people in a group). Contact the Helpdesk or your LIS Liaison to request such a wiki.
Google Docs is an "incubating" technology at Middlebury that is available for limited use upon request. Contact who for more information. If you already have a Google account (most often created for you if you have a Gmail email account), then you already have access to the "public" version of Google Docs. Both the "public" version and the Middlebury "institutional" version are nearly identical and are accessible from the documents link in the upper left corner of your Gmail or Google Calendar page.
Tips and suggestions:
If you plan to request your own space on Middlebury's MediaWiki:
- Decide what the scope of your wiki will be...
MediaWiki is great for building a collection of articles on a wide range of subjects. Make sure your collaborators know what that focus of your wiki is
- Decide what should not be in your wiki...
Anybody (or anyone who has access to your wiki) can edit what is in your wiki so keep any content that you want to have control over somewhere else
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Patricia A. Disney
Philanthropist, ex-wife of Walt Disney's nephew Roy
Patricia A. Disney, 77, who grew up as a neighbor of Roy E. Disney in Toluca Lake and was married to him for more than 50 years, died Friday of Alzheimer's disease, her family announced.
She was the vice chairman of Shamrock Holdings Inc., the investment company for the Roy E. Disney family.
Patricia married Roy, Walt Disney's nephew, in 1955, and they had four children, who survive her. After the couple divorced in 2007, he remarried in 2008 and died at 79 in 2009.
"We will always remember her irrepressible spirit and dedication to our company," Robert Iger, chief executive of the Walt Disney Co., said in a statement. "Patty was known for her kindness, outgoing nature, and especially for her philanthropy."
Her philanthropic endeavors included donating $5 million to help establish the REDCAT theater at Disney Hall and $10 million to Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank to create the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center.
Born Patricia Dailey on Jan. 11, 1935, in New Orleans, she moved to Toluca Lake when she was 6. She spent a year at the University of Colorado in Boulder and worked in advertising in New York before marrying Roy, the only child of Walt's brother, Roy O. Disney.
At home, she had long served as her husband's "gatekeeper," he once said, and despite the family's wealth, maintained an outwardly unpretentious lifestyle. One main indulgence was a castle in Ireland, which was her "refuge from the world," according to a memorial website.
Warren Lockhart
Producer of noted documentary also worked on 'Peanuts' shows
Warren Lockhart, 71, a producer who shared an Academy Award for the 1977 documentary "Who Are the DeBolts? (And Where Did They Get 19 Kids?)," died Jan. 19 at his Culver City office after suffering a stroke, his family announced.
John Korty, Dan McCann and Lockhart produced the documentary film that told the story of the DeBolts, a San Francisco Bay Area couple who adopted children who had been considered "unadoptable" because of their physical or emotional disabilities.
Most of Lockhart's film, television and theatrical projects focused on family themes, including several productions featuring cartoonist Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" characters.
Born Oct. 20, 1940, in Los Angeles, Lockhart was the son and grandson of studio sound technicians, his family said. After attending UC Berkeley, he went to work for United Airlines in management marketing and arranging travel logistics for entertainment companies, including the Ice Follies. He was later hired by the Ice Follies and approached Schulz about incorporating his cartoon characters into the ice skating shows.
Schulz agreed, and in the early 1970s Lockhart became a business representative for the cartoonist as president of Charles Schulz Creative Associates.
He helped market and distribute "Peanuts" merchandise and produce entertainment projects. He is credited as an associate producer of the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," which opened on Broadway in 1971; as a writer on the musical sequel "Snoopy," which toured extensively; and as a producer on various "Peanuts" TV movies.
Lockhart shared a Daytime Emmy Award in 1976 with Lee Mendelson for "Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown." He also shared nominations for two prime-time Emmys in the '70s, for a TV movie adaptation of the DeBolts' story and a Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "The Borrowers" children's tale.
Charla Krupp
Author of 'How Not to Look Old'
Charla Krupp, 58, author of the best-selling beauty books "How Not to Look Old" and "How to Never Look Fat Again," died Jan. 23 at her New York City home. She had breast cancer, according to her husband, Time magazine theater critic Richard Zoglin.
Krupp wrote and edited entertainment and beauty features at Glamour, InStyle and People StyleWatch magazines, and she appeared more than 100 times as a contributor to the "Today" show on NBC-TV.
"How Not to Look Old," published in 2008, spent 15 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and inspired Krupp's 2010 follow-up, which spent four weeks on the best-seller list.
Krupp wrote for the average woman, not just fashionistas, said Karen Murgolo, vice president and editorial director at Grand Central Life & Style, which won out over other publishers interested in what became "How Not to Look Old."
"I had a woman who said her sister was a professor and never wore makeup, but she still bought the book — because she still has to wear clothes and shoes," Murgolo said. "And it was a genius title. It's still selling well."
Krupp was born Jan. 29, 1953, and grew up in Wilmette, Ill. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1975 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was editor of the Daily Illini.
King Stitt
Rap reggae pioneer
King Stitt, 72, a pioneer in rap reggae, died Tuesday at his home in the Jamaican capital of Kingston, said musicologist Bunny Goodison, who was a close friend to the performer for more than 50 years. Stitt had prostate cancer and diabetes.
The entertainer known offstage as Winston Sparks started his musical career in the late 1950s on Kingston's circuit of sound systems, a sort of portable disco. Stitt is credited as one of the earliest performers of "toasting,"
that directly inspired hip-hop music.
He is best known for such songs as
He was a close collaborator of the late music producer Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, who ran the celebrated Studio One and guided Stitt's career for years.
Born with disfigured facial features, Stitt, who was also missing numerous teeth, dubbed himself "The Ugly One."
"Without being disrespectful, Stitt made a mark vocally and visually. Because of his image everyone knew him," Goodison said.
Joaquin Martinez,
a Mexican-born character actor known for his roles in westerns, including Paints His Shirt Red in "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972) and the title role in "Ulzana's Raid" (1972), died Jan. 3 at his home in Everdingen, the Netherlands, according to his family. He was 81 and had pancreatic cancer.
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After joining the Fire last January, Puppo made 12 competitive appearances for the Fire, tallying two goals and one assist over the first half of 2012.
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Laptops these days produce a lot of heat, and it's a good idea to try to pull some of that heat away from the components in the computer to help make your laptop more stable, increase your laptop life, and, if you choose to overclock your laptop, to unlock a little extra potential. Cooler Master has put a lot of laptop coolers out onto the market, but one of their newer ones is the NotePal U3. The design of the NotePal allows for the ultimate in configuration options and should provide a lot of cooling power with three separate fans. While the NotePal U3 I have isn't exactly the same thing that will be shipped when it becomes available to consumers, it is very similar, and I will be sure to point out the differences that I have been made aware of.
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The front of the cardboard packaging shows a large image of the NotePal U3 and has a small window in the lower left corner to show the actual product that is in the box. On the back is a list of specifications and features and installation instructions for the fans. I will detail how the fans work later in the review and the specifications and features are laid out on the third page of this review.
Opening the box shows the product on top of some of the accessories. The bottom of the cooler is pointed near the hinge of the box, so it appears upside down. This is done so the bottom end of the cooler can be seen through the window of the box. One of the accessories that comes with the NotePal is a band which can be used to attach your laptop to the underside of the cooler for transportation.
The cooler, before fans are put on it, is just a metallic sheet that is about an inch and a half in the back and very thin in the front. There are three pieces of rubber padding on the top area, two in the back and a longer piece in the very front that has Cooler Master branding on it. There are also two rubber pieces on the bottom in the back, which should help keep the cooler from sliding on any desk surface.


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hellasei Posts: 1Got the Jetta SEw/con package no sun roof (model #1624Z3), test drive was what sold me, the price at Stevens Creek VW, $19,350, locked me. Based on TrueCar.com this should be a great price. It was a very smooth affair at the dealership, no pressure very friendly, highly recommend them.0
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nam9 Posts: 1Hello All,
Need your advice, i got a deal today for 2009 Jetta at 12K price from a private party. Registration and taxes extra. Mileage 30K.
Is this a good deal to purchase?
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ponytrekker Posts: 308Yes it's a great deal. Whatever the price is, and whatever options it includes. Enjoy.0
sechung80 Posts: 1Hi, please let me know if this is a good deal:
Jetta S auto
18626 out the door price.
I am in New Jersey so tax is 7%.
msurbrow Posts: 82012 GLI Autobahn, automatic, appearance pkg, candy white
Selling price of car: $26,350
$1500 up front includes acq fee, 1st mo payment, taxes, registration/title, zero cap cost reduction
36 month lease @ 12,000mi/year, $330/month inclusive of all taxes, etc
Thoughts? I'm pretty sure I got a good deal!
dules Posts: 37We are in CT and considering trading an 03 Forester towards a TDI sportwagen. Any suggestions of dealers/internet sales etc. to get the best deal?
I leased a Pilot earlier this year and the Pilot forum had a dealer that no one could beat (but my dealer matched). Hoping to find something similar for the Jetta.
This is to buy, not lease, and 1.9 for 60 months is nice but I'm looking for an improvement on the OTD pricing as well.
I am looking to buy a new 2012 Sportwagen TDI automatic transmission and was wondering what is the best recent deal anyone has gotten on one?
ggeeoo Posts: 94I bought mine for 26,000 out the door with glass roof and lux pakage. Note as soon as you can replace tires with NOKIAN ENTYRE get another 11 mpg thats 63 mpg.0
ggeeoo, where and when did you buy yours?
Also, why would adding those tires add 11 mpg?
Also, what is the lux package?0
I'm looking to buy a new 2012 Jetta SE with the 6-speed automatic transmission and without the convenience package and sunroof options.
One of my local dealers has quoted me a price over the phone of $17,990 which includes the destination fee (obviously) and $1000 rebate which is apparently being offered this month.
Does anybody have an opinion of whether this is a good enough deal to go ahead and purchase this car now?
Or should I wait for a month or two until the 2013 models start showing up and possibly get a better deal for this car?
Is it an auto or DSG? There is a difference. They changed a ton of things with gen VI Jettas.....drove a Tiguan auto didnt like it, prefer DSG.0
The price we were quoted was for the 6-speed automatic transmission.0
The DSG has been called an automatic but its really a manual that shifts by itself. Having DSG in my car and have driven the tig with a real 6 auto I prefer DSG.0
enjoythepath Posts: 3hi folks. getting ready to purchase a 2012 Jetta Sedan, TDI, premium with the Fender audio, with Nav. We are in North Carolina.
have been given two quotes: one is for a manual, for 24,900. Other is for DSG, for 25,900.
Are these good deals, based on what people are seeing?
I am sure this has been discussed to death on this list elsewhere, but putting aside personal preference of manual vs. DSG, any considerations for resale value and possibly MPG?
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ronsteve LooavulPosts: 553I am sure this has been discussed to death on this list elsewhere, but putting aside personal preference of manual vs. DSG, any considerations for resale value and possibly MPG?
Resale might be trickier with the manual, because so few Americans can actually drive one. How the difference in resale stacks up against the $1000 difference in purchase price probably depends on how long you keep it.
And isn't the maintenance schedule pretty rigorous on the DSG?2015 Acura RDX AWD / 2013 VW Jetta 2.5SE0
val26 Posts: 3Buying a 2013 Jetta 2.5L SEL Automatic Transmision w/Nav. Dealer told me I could buy at their $25,036 invoice price ($24,241 + $795 destination charge). Not including 'extras' of tax, RMV, doc fees and inspection (another $2,049.63). I'm going to ask the dealer to pay the extras so that I drive off at $25,036, which would be . Would that be a good deal? Are the rebates and incentives worth more than the $3,058 difference b/t MSRP and invoice (with the extras paid for by the dealer)? Is it unrealistic to think that the dealer would eat those other costs?0
highlanderguy Posts: 3I'm in LA. Just got a quote (11/9/12) on a '13 Jetta SE automatic, w/convenience pkg and sunroof. MSRP $23,502, invoice $22,569, price $21,100. Seems like a good price. Any better deals recently?0
Sat in a couple of these the other day and really loved the perforated leather seats, very comfortable. And the dash was laid out very nicely...very ergonomic where everything was right where it should be. The exterior is nicely done for a compact car...they had a red one in the showroom which was so glossy, absolutely beautiful. The only bad thing was the so so mileage from the 5 cylinder engine. But overall, something I could live with as a dd.
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dadof2plusdog Posts: 10I got a quote on the East Coast (Philly suburbs) for the exact same car for $21,151 for auto, 20,151 manual including destination charge. Thinking on making the deal, have been emailing back and forth with 2 dealers for a week now.0
just got back with my girlfriend who just purchased her first brand new car ever after many years of used cars.she got a 2013 vw jetta S with auto.only additional options were floor mats and first aid kit.msrp was $18,570.00 and the final negotiated price was $17,000.00..i test drove this car as well and it is extremly very slow with only 115 hp..iam assuming here that the 0-60 run would be in between 10-15 seconds.but my girlfriend wanted to keep the price low and so you might say that she got what she paid for..i tried talking her into getting the SE model with 170 hp but she didn't want to spend the extra bucks.however,what is nice here is that VW has included 3 years of free maintanence including oil changes and tire rotations....0
just returned this morning with a friend of mine who was comparing 2 cars that he was interested in.2013 VW jetta S and 2013 hyundai elantra gls with preffered package and auto.the msrp for the jetta S model was $18,800.00 and the msrp for the hyundai elantra was $19,685.00....hard to beleive that only 800 bucks seperates these 2 cars and the elantra offers way more standard features.these are the things that the elantra has that the vw is missing.better warranty,more power,sat radio,steering wheel controls,bluetooth,alloy wheels,fog lights,heated seats,ect...why in the world would anybody choose the vw over the elantra for only a 800 dollar difference???0
Your posts are very hard to read. Please use capital letters at the start of each sentence and proper punctuation...like skip two spaces after the end of a sentence. Makes one's posts easier to read and understand with the use of proper English and punctuation. Just a thought...look at other posts and maybe you'll understand what I mean.
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abforums Posts: 5Getting $23,600 OTD NEW 2012 Jetta TDI Premium (no Navigation), Automatic, Blk/CornShell .
Base Price 21000
Tax 1470
Dealer Fee 730
Tag 400
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Is this a good deal?
My first TDI...
Will appreciate any feedback!0
Dealer fee?
WTF is that?
A few years ago I was looking for a truck....the saleslady said "theres a $500 city of ------ fee on every vehicle we sell."
I walked.
A few years later I bought my VW, you could throw a rock and hit the dealer that tried pulling that fee BS on me...right down the street, I would tell em what to do with the fee.0
I have a car local to me being offered for $19K at a dealer. It is a CPO and has just shy of 5K miles on it. I offered $17.3 and they rejected it. Wondering how much wiggle room I have here. The CPO does get an extra 24K mile dealer warranty but I'm not planning on keeping the car that long. Thoughts on price?0
What exactly is in the Convenience Package? These are nice looking vehicles especially in red and am anxious to try one at work. I've only seen one so far in all the vehicles that we have transported and if it's anything like the Passat I drove, I know I'm gonna like it. Not crazy for a sunroof but if I bought a CPO unit that had one, I'd suffer with it...lol! I prefer the alloys but from what I've seen, not all SE models come with them and all that I've seen at hertz have the wheel covers which look like crap actually...they're not even the bolt on type! Though I'm not a VW fan, if I had to, I'd buy one and hope that all the gremlins had been exorsized!
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Convenience and Sunroof add the following options:
16" Sedona alloy wheels
Bluetooth® with audio streaming
SiriusXM Satellite Radio with 3-month trial subscription
Media Device Interface (MDI) with iPod® cable
Heated seats
Leather-wrapped multifunction steering wheel
6-speaker sound system
Power tilting/sliding tinted sunroof
Premium VIII touchscreen sound system with HD Radio™0
Sounds like a really good deal with all those goodies. Have driven the Jetta and it really is a nice daily driver. All the extra's just add to the fun of the car. Personally, I really like the red and blue colors. They have a red one at the Mazda dealer across the street I'd love to test drive. Still afraid of all the electrical gremlins that seem to plague VW's and their coil pack issues so doubt I'd ever purchase one but one never knows what the future will hold!
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I watched a television program in which they rated the top ten tanks of all time. You might wonder how this relates to Karate. (Of course, I think just about everything relates to Karate in some way.)
To rate the various tanks, they compared them based on different strengths and weaknesses. Here are some (as I recall).
Firepower: Naturally, a tank that can shoot farther and more powerfully has a huge advantage. The same applies in Karate. Someone who can hit harder has a big advantage over someone with a weak punch.
Armor: A tank that can take a hit is better than one that is easily destroyed. Again this is obvious, as is the parallel to Karate. The armor used on modern tanks is not simply thick, hard metal. The armor tends to be sloped (to deflect incoming rounds) and sometimes explosive (to prevent rounds from having time to pierce the armor). The sloped armor reminds me of how we "slip" punches, I'm sorry, but I don't have an analogy to the explosive armor.
Speed: The best tanks tend to be the fastest and most maneuverable. This makes sense and applies in Karate too.
Construction and Maintenance: How hard is it to make the tank, how much does it cost, and what are the difficulties and costs of maintenance? I had a computer. It had great features but kept breaking down. I ended up hating it! A tank may be great, but if it costs too much, no one could afford it. The same goes for maintenance. As I recall, the German's Panther tanks were very good but hard to maintain, and the Tiger tanks were outstanding but so expensive that relatively few were made (compared to other types).
In Karate, how long does it take and how much work is involved in attaining proficiency? If it takes a lifetime to become proficient at self-defense, that means that for most of one's life, one is not yet proficient. If the objective is self-defense, you must ask how well and quickly your training accomplishes this. Of course, self-defense is not the only goal in Karate.
I am sure that I have grossly oversimplified the factors, and there may have been others. But here is the point I want to make -- the factors are not independent.
In order to have great firepower, a tank may have a really big and heavy gun. But this slows it down. To accommodate the added weight, the tank will need a bigger engine. This is heavier too. A tank with a huge gun might be so slow that it would be an easy target.
The same goes for armor. Too much armor will slow the tank down. A bigger engine will be needed, more gas, etc. To accommodate more armor, other things might be sacrificed -- the big gun for example.
A bigger gun or more armor?
And both affect speed. You might have a really fast tank if you strip the armor and give it a small gun.
A super high tech tank might seem like a good idea, but is it rugged enough to handle battlefield conditions? Will it break down often and will be cost of repair be too great? Is it so complicated that soldiers will require a Ph.D to run it?
Some people in Karate work on a devastating punch (firepower). Others might seek to toughen then body so that they can take any hit or kick (armor). Still others might work on agility and quickness (speed). And how long does it take for all this to become effective, and at what cost?
The best tank rates high on all factors (and tends to be very expensive). Firepower alone is not too hard to accomplish, as are armor and speed. But to achieve all three takes a lot.
So does Karate. The best Karate student can punch hard, take a hit, and move quickly. He is not one dimensional. One strength is not sacrificed for another.
To all my friends in the military, please forgive my inaccurate descriptions of tanks. I have never served in the military (my father and my wife's father did), and I have the greatest respect for our men and women in the armed services. My point about tanks is that we can learn something from them and apply the same (or similar) principles to our Karate training.
Also, I respect that what also makes a tank great are the men and women who man, command and service them.
Charles C. Goodin
Tanks -- And Karate
I watched a television program in which they rated the top ten tanks of all time. You might wonder how this relates to Karate. (Of course, I think just about everything relates to Karate in some way.)
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Friday, September 14, 2007


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People wanting to attend Ryan's 11:15 a.m. Thursday "Victory Rally" at Island Grove Regional Park, 425 N. 15th Ave., Greeley, can obtain tickets by going online, to www.mittromney.com/CO. Doors to the event are to open at 9:15 a.m.
Doors to the University of Colorado's Coors Event Center, 950 Regent Drive, Boulder, are to open at 4 p.m. Thursday for Obama's "Grassroots Event" there, with the president expected to begin speaking about 7 p.m.. People who haven't gotten tickets yet can still get them at several of Obama's Boulder County campaign field offices, including the Longmont office at 1811 Hover St., from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann have scheduled two Colorado events for Saturday -- a 3:50 p.m. rally at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport and a 6 p.m. appearance at the Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, formerly Fiddler's Green, in Englewood. Tickets to either may be obtained by visiting www.mittromney.com/CO.
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