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Two survivors of the Aurora, Colorado shooting describe the terror and chaos in the movie theater during the attack.
If the shooter had rigged his apartment with booby-traps, then he obviously had no plans to return there after his foul deed was done. And since he didn't commit suicide, what exactly were his life plans afterwards? He planned everything out so meticulously, he must have had something in mind.
Guaranteed that the alleged money that Holmes spent on ammo and such was purchased with his federal student loan money...something to think about.
How are the theatre employees doing? Any body looking out for them?
Anderson,most of the news networks have had experts on their shows, asking them if anything could have been done to stop the type of killings that took place in the Colorado theatre.... they all said little to nothing could have been done..
They are all wrong ! it all could probably been kept to a minimum of death and injury.... all "Emergency Exits" should be connected to local police depts..... if one of those doors open,an emergency alarm should go off at the closest police dept., and police should be dispatched immediately to the location of that emergency door.... it is basically no difference than a fire alarm going off at a theatre, there is no waiting to find out if it is real or a false alarm....
if this plan were in place before the terror happened at the theatre, the ollice would have been there before this maniac could have gotten back inside........... these additions to the alarm systems at all theatres would be minimal in comparison to the lives that would be kept safe.....
thank you for your time, H.Cox
There are many complicated factors that go into the causes of such horrific acts as the Batman movie , Columbine, Fort Hood and Tuscon shootings. To blame one specific group is not reasonable. For sure, there are many wonderful, law abiding members of the NRA who are probably horrified by what has taken place and may even have had family or friends at the movie last Saturday. That is the last thing they want to happen too. However, the NRA could certainly be a huge part in the solutions to this growing problem. No-one disagrees that the second amendment allows people to have firearms but that was meant to protect their homes and persons and for recreational hunting. The founding fathers would have never dreamed that people could easily buy assault weapons meant for war and thousands of rounds of ammunition to load them. That is taking the amendment too far. As one governor responsibly stated, he has no problem with the second amemdment but he also wants the first amemdment upheld also which is to protect everyone else's freedoms and safety too. The ball is actually in the NRA'S court now. They could work sensibly and compassionately right now with victim's families, police, FBI, governors, law makers, gun salesmen, mayors and everyone else to try and come up with ways to flag unreasonable requests for assault weapons and ammunition which would not in any stretch be necessary to uphold the second amendment. The NRA has a terrible PR nightmare right now and they could show everyone that they do not condone such acts and want to be part of the solution. Not only would it save their reputation, but might save lives too.
Anderson, you guys said you're not going to publicize the shooter's name, but now CNN is running a commercial that shows his face and mentions his name twice...What gives?
Who was the shooter calling? Why could he come back in through the exit? The mother was in mental health field, so was she aware of issues? When does it become a mandate reporter on mental health issues and the massive amount of weapons he ordered. Surely something should have flagged the PO . When you order weapons does it go through a data base?
Why is no news organization reporting that, according to investifator BillWarner, a Black Bloc researcher and OWS expert, and posted on other sites, that Holmes was an active Occupy Wall Street protester and Black Bloc member? The fact that the villain in the new Batman movie is also portrayed as an OWS "type" and portrayed in a negative light...as the villain., is also interesting.
IIf he were in the Tea Party, it would be the top headline.
I checked out your reference to what Bill Warner is saying, however, none of his links for verification check out. I can not verify through any of his sources where the Occupy movement states that Holmes was a member. Can you relate your source for this info?
This shooting should be a reminder that it is too easy to purchase and acquire this kind of weaponry in the United States. Why do we need to own such weapons? The chances of one human needing to shoot and kill another is very slim. We need strict screening procedures for the buying and selling of guns. It should be simple and we should have learned from the columbine shooting, from a father who explained that guns like these are not meant for hunting and should not be sold to someone for "home defense." More innocent people continue to be killed while the second amendment remains guarded by the NRA.
If everyone agrees that these people who commit mass murder crimes do it for infamy, would the media not be saving many lives by not giving them their fame. Can these stories not be news worthy by not using the name and certainly not flashing pictures of the guilty every 15 minutes on TV. We know their names but not the names of the victims which is surely far more important. Do we really care what his name is, what he looks like and what his high school classmates have to say about him. The only reason a picture of the suspect is required is to gain the publics help in locating them. once caught cut off the publicity for the suspect. I don't understand why this is not recognized.
The "theater shooter" deliberated, carefully planned, and then executed his plan scrupulously. Right down to telling law enforcement that his apartment was tripped to kill. His lack of talking to law enforcement is as if law enforcement officials have not found what he wants them to find and/or see. Everyone seems to be centering on "The Dark Knight" scenario. Might I suggest a few "Criminal Minds" episodes or a combination of a few? I remeber a couple that fit the bill better than the Batman thought.
James Holmes is anything but insane.
I found that tragedy very disturbing and I send to all the families and friend my sincere condoleences , I am from Canada and I do have a question about the exit emergency door not suppose have an alarm on it in case someone use for nothing so like that in the office where check camera that will turn on and then send someone to investigate and close that door and maybe that tragedy will never took placed I said that because I working in a warehouse and those emergency door have an alarm on it so if someone use it we know immediatly so I don't know about the security in a theater but it is something to think about
Please stop broadcasting the picture of the shooter in Colorado. It only encourages others to seek their moment of infamy by doing some other horrific act.
Mr. Cooper and Friends at CNN,
We have been hearing on CNN and local news in Phoenix that perhaps the suspect had a change of heart or moment of clarity when he informed police that his apartment was rigged with explosives. However, since the music was set to go on at 12:00 am, and his attack on the theatre was 12:30 am, he expected, when caught by police, that he had already killed others back at the apartment. I do not believe he was in a moment of clarity or empathy. Rather, he wanted police to know that there was another mass of dead back at his home. He also clearly had no plans after the attacks. He did not commit suicide like many others in these types of attacks. He had every opportunity to flee and/or take his own life. He did not. What were his plans after all of this? Nothing. I understand that we should not care so much about what or who the suspect is, we need to remember the dead, but I would hate to see that his defense could claim any empathy and lesser punishment simply because of his admittance about the apartment. This admittance was pride of his personal death toll, that is all.
Additionally, please consider other areas of this man's life that could be targets for terror such as his workplace or other areas of his life in which his anger is targeted. It is not my intent to promote mass hysteria, but his terror work may span outside of these two known venues.
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Reading the little information known about the shooter in Colorado, I immediately didn't think schizophrenia but Asperger's. I have been around individuals with high functioning autism and Asperger's syndrome, and although they are all different they all share similar characteristics: the loner, awkward social skills, hyper focus on specific interest, some highly intelligent. I wonder if they will find that he was into computer "fantasy gaming". I am in no way saying we should fear people with autism or Asperger's. I have a son with low functioning autism and had an uncle who was diagnosed with schizophrenia during the '60s who I believe actually had high functioning autism.
Does it strike anyone else as wrong that I have to show ID and go into a database registry when I purchase pseudoephedrine cold medicine but I can buy 6000 rounds of ammunition, four automatic weapons, tear gas, gas mask etc. without raising a red flag?
Living in Colorado now and having lived here during Columbine, I have done a lot of self-reflection as well as watched the reactions and responses to both events and this is what I have observed.
My children and Social Media
The kid's Facebook page is a mixture of kids being devestated because of the event and fights with those that don't want to hear about it any more. The issue isn't who cares and who doesn't care, but it is how each person individually copes. It breaks my heart to see kids fighting Facebook because they don't think one friend cares, when actually that person probably cares but just has taken on as much as their individual soul/heart can handle so they have to step back. I think a discussion needs to be had on how people cope with tradegy so people are accept other people's reaction.
Media – Desensitization
Yesterday at work, even though we are only about 10 miles from the tradegy, no one in my department mentioned the tradegy initially, the mood was somber, but people carried on in a professional yet somber way. A young co-worker who just moved here from Kansas was constantly checking his phone and at lunch brought up the tradegy. It occurred to me that my other three co-workers had lived through Columbine, we knew either what it would take to get through or knew how much we could or could not take on without it greatly affecting mental state. The young co-worker did not have the same history as us and this was new for him. Did it mean we cared less, no. It ment that we had different coping skills based on our history.
What a nation of hypocrits the Us, is. There is all this commotion about the shootings, and the big fuss when a military dies and the the great faith nation "God bless America" etc And yet we never hear of this incredible statistic : "In the United States, 31,224 people die from gun violence each year and 66,768 other people are injured by guns yet survive" This should shame Americans to no end. Probably no other country in the world comes even close to that statistic. How can a country so great make a federal case out of Janet Jackson's nipple and not even care that they kill each other 3.6 times an hour !!!!!
Anderson is their any speculation on wether this may been a sick neuro experiment to see peoples reaction to a hositile situation on different ethinic groups and age groups. He knew that DKR coming to theaters and knew kids teenagers and adults would be attending the movie. He had the amount of time to plan everything and if something happened and it was a failure the apartment building could have been a back up plan or another section. Im just trying to make some sort of explaination why why certain percentage of humans kill.
Hello Anderson,
I just don't understand when this guy decide to lose reality with life and decide to take others with him, and why his parents didn't get him help. My hearts goes out to all the people in Aurora and we wish the people and there families all the best and this is extremely sad. When he was purchasing all these things online why some one didn't alert the police about his purchase order of these items he bought. The police should have taken his life. Life is to short and we should not hold any hate toward anyone and remember to tell your family, friends, and love ones that you love them and give them a hug. Peace and Love to all.


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You scientists DO understate the results of studies to "may possibly". It's not until you see lots of people die of something called "cancer" that you state the disease "isn't even a single disease- it's hundreds."
And a good scientist needs to have his or her nails removed without painkillers before one will state that, "XYZ causes ABC." How long did it take to figure out smoking causes cancer? That too much fat is not good for the heart?
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Remember, as a journalist, our understanding of the basic science involved is sketchy at best. Readers/viewers is less than that (I know there are PhDs and the like out there, but ...)
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In defense of my hungry colleague: Dr. Hodgkin's results, no matter how obscure, still suggest SOMETHING that might stop the cancer's spread.
To a scientist that is promising. Worth looking at further. I don't know if the result in the math sense is a significant number, but to a layperson, it is interesting. To someone with ovarian cancer or a loved one with ovarian cancer, it's a lifeline.
Maybe (or maybe not) it's something that will treat human ovarian cancer. But at least it will add to our store of knowledge.
But remember what I said about the science background of most journalists. To Reporter Hungry and Editor Avarice, this is big stuff. So it gets headlines.
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There is your audience and your "translator" to the masses. Good luck.
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Thank you for your letter. I appreciate you sharing your side of the issue.
I agree with you. All research, and every breakthrough, has to start somewhere. People focus on Penicillin being discovered by accident, but ignore that those situations are exceedingly rare. The majority of medical breakthroughs take a lot of time, patience, and money.
The trouble isn't in the research, it's how people make a huge leap of illogic from preliminary findings in non-humans, and suddenly want that treatment TODAY! A lot of treatments that looked remarkably good in preliminary stuff (look up Dimebon if you wish) have later fizzled in large scale human trials.
One topic that I did NOT touch on is the number of times you guys are screwed over by an unscrupulous Dr. Hodgkin. It wasn't really the main theme of the post, but I could have written this instead:
"Let's say Dr. Hodgkin does some research on rat ovarian cells. He finds that in 25% of rats with ovarian cancer, there is a gene that may be able to stop cancer spread.
He gets published in the obscure journal Genetics Research and Lab Decor. But no one pays attention. And to continue his research, he needs money. And he'd also like a promotion. But his stuff is obscure enough that he doesn't get a grant.
So he calls Mr. Hungry Reporter, and "leaks" his results in a way that makes them sound far more promising, and immediate. Mr. Reporter isn't a scientist, and has to take the story at face value. So he publishes what Dr. Hodgkin told him, making it sound like the cure of ovarian cancer is close.
Now the attention is on Dr. Hodgkin. His university is in the spotlight, and suddenly wants to put money into his program (after all, they don't want to look like they're ignoring a cure for cancer), so they solicit donors and promote Dr. Hodgkin. When his research is, in fact, anything but groundbreaking. He's simply manipulated the media in a way that is unethical (or pretty damn close)."


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The opening scene is a brutal, muddy melee. At close quarters in that wet place, the men on whom the camera closes in are attacking one another with bayonets, swords, fists, or even by holding an enemy's face in the mud to drown him. Many of the combatants are black. A voice-over says that the rebels (Confederates, or rebs) "killed every negro soldier they captured at Poison Springs... so at Jenkins Ferry, we decided we weren't taking no reb prisoners." The camera cuts to show the speaker, a black soldier in an army camp talking to someone who after a few seconds is revealed to be President Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis). The soldier (Private Harold Green, Colman Domingo) and his comrade (Corporal Ira Clark, David Oyelowo) tell Lincoln their names, ranks, and where they're headed next (Wilmington). They're pleased that they're finally being paid as much as the white soldiers, but Clark complains about the lack of commissioned negro officers and sarcastically predicts that whites might be able to tolerate a negro colonel in 50 years -- and "in 100 years, the vote." A couple of white soldiers who heard Lincoln speak at Gettysburg come up; one repeats the beginning of the Gettysburg address and his friend recites the next lines. They're called away, but Corporal Clark finishes the speech as he walks off.In January 1865, the recently reëlected Lincoln notes the imminence of the Civil War's end, wondering out loud what will become of the former slaves. He finds insufficiency, even hypocrisy, in his Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, which had freed most slaves as a war measure but had not made slavery illegal. Only a constitutional amendment illegalizing slavery, he realizes, will spell its permanent end in America.Debate rages even within his own cabinet, but as Lincoln sees it, the passage of the constitutional amendment cannot wait until the end of the war, for Southern slaves who had been freed as a war measure might fall into forced servitude once again. In an interview with a white couple from Missouri, it becomes clear that some, at least, of the popular support for the antislavery amendment is based on the belief that passing the amendment will hasten the end of the war. Under the questioning of Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn), the two admit that should peace break out without the amendment passing, they would no longer support it, fearing the effects the freed slaves would have on their local economy.The proposed Thirteenth Amendment has passed in the Senate but does not have sufficient backing in the House of Representatives. Lincoln takes it upon himself and his staff to find the votes needed by the end of January, which requires the granting of many political favors to members of their rival party. Lincoln and Seward will not stoop to outright cash bribery (not knowingly, anyway), but Seward hires three lobbyists to promote their cause by promising government jobs to Democratic members of the House who failed to win reëlection -- the lame ducks. The lobbyists are W.N. Bilbo (James Spader), Robert Latham (John Hawkes), and Richard Schell (Tim Blake Nelson).To pass the amendment, Lincoln needs the support of Preston Blair (Hal Holbrook) and his son Montgomery (Byron Jennings), the influential founders of the Republican Party and leaders of its conservative wing. The Blairs are eager to end the war. As a condition of his support, Preston Blair demands permission to visit the Confederate leadership in Richmond, Virginia, and invite them to send a peace delegation to Washington. This is awkward for Lincoln because he can't afford to end the war until the amendment passes, but he allows Blair to go secretly to Richmond.The bedrock of support for the amendment lies at the other end of the party: the Radicals, lead by the creatively abusive Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones) of Pennsylvania. The Radicals are abolitionists, and Stevens goes so far as to support full racial equality, including voting rights for black men -- an idea that angers and frightens most white people outside his own wing of the Republican Party.Lincoln's family life is emotionally fraught. His wife Mary Todd Lincoln (Sally Field) suffers constant headaches as the result of a carriage accident that she believes was an assassination attempt against her husband. Mary is deeply interested in the passage of the amendment, but Lincoln and Mary are still grieving the death of their son Willie three years before. 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Some politicians see peace as a necessary precursor to the passing of the amendment, but others see the passing of the amendment as a step on the road to the end of the Civil War. Lincoln's challenge is to play the middle, and he does so very effectively.The vote on the amendment is nearly postponed due to the rumor that a Confederate peace delegation is in Washington, ready to negotiate. James Ashley (David Costabile), the amendment's sponsor, is able to deny that a delegation is in Washington or on the way because Lincoln has cannily ordered the Confederate emissaries to be held at Hampton Roads, Virginia. The Thirteenth Amendment passes by two votes after Lincoln himself lobbies a few fence-sitting congressmen.Congressman Stevens borrows the official copy of the amendment and takes it home to show to his biracial housekeeper and common-law wife, Lydia Smith (S. Epatha Merkerson).Days after the vote, Lincoln and Seward meet with the Confederate delegation at Hampton Roads. The Confederates make negotiation conditional on Lincoln's written assurance that the Thirteenth Amendment will not be ratified. Lincoln responds that all the northern states will ratify it, and he has assurances that at least three Confederate states will do the same upon readmission to the Union; this makes the end of slavery a certainty. No agreements are made at the Hampton Roads Conference.About two months later, General Robert E. Lee (Christopher Boyer) surrenders at Appomattox Court House. Lincoln's double coup has paved the way for the peaceful readmission of the Confederate states to the Union, but he will not live to see it, as he is assassinated days after the surrender. In the closing scene, Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address.
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St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - In a wild ninth inning, a wild pitch helped the Atlanta Braves salvage a game in St. Louis. With the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning, Ryan Doumit scored the deciding run on a wild pitch by Carlos Martinez to give the Braves a 6-5 win over the Cardinals in the finale of a three-game series. Freddie Freeman singled to lead off the ninth and closer Trevor Rosenthal (0-2) got two quick outs before Doumit knocked a pinch-hit double into the right-field corner. Rosenthal, attempting to convert his fourth save in as many days, intentionally walked Evan Gattis and then walked Jordan Schafer in an eight- pitch at-bat to force in the tying run. Martinez entered in relief of Rosenthal and uncorked a pitch in the dirt that allowed Doumit to cross home. "We grinded it out today," said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. "It was nice to win this one and maybe it will help us in the right direction." David Carpenter (3-0) earned the win after throwing 1 1/3 innings in relief and Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 11th save of the season. Freeman went 3-for-3 with a homer, three RBI and two runs scored. Braves starter Gavin Floyd allowed four runs -- one earned -- over 5 1/3 innings in a no-decision. St. Louis starter Jaime Garcia, who made his season debut after missing the majority of 2013 because of shoulder surgery, hurled seven innings and allowed four runs on five hits with five strikeouts. Kolten Wong had three RBI and Matt Carpenter had two hits and three walks for the Cardinals, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. "It would have been a big win, no question," said Cardinals manager Mike Matheny. "It's a tough one to lose." With two outs in the first, Freeman welcomed Garcia back to service with an opposite-field homer to open the scoring. The Cards put up three in the second after an unlikely miscue prolonged the inning. After Jhonny Peralta grounded into a double play, Peter Bourjos struck out, but the ball got away from catcher Gerald Laird. Garcia singled and Carpenter then walked before Wong cleared the bases with a double to left. Justin Upton's leadoff homer to left cut the deficit to 3-2 in the fourth. Matt Adams got the run back in the fifth with a sacrifice fly to center that plated Allen Craig. Following a single from Jason Heyward and a double from Upton, Freeman stroked a single into left that scored a pair and tied the game at 4-4. With two outs in the seventh, Peralta stepped in and skied a pop fly out to center. Schafer settled under it, but as the ball made its way downward, Schafer lost it in the sun and the ball dropped to the right of him for a double. Yadier Molina raced around from first and slid in safely to give the Cardinals the lead. Game Notes The Braves snapped a three-game losing streak to conclude a six-game road trip ... Atlanta went 1-for-4 with runners in scoring position ... St. Louis, meanwhile, went 1-for-13 with RISP and stranded 12 men on base.
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Cranberries often take a backseat to the more popular fall flavors of pumpkins and apples. This is an extreme injustice in my opinion. I bought a bag of cranberries a few weeks ago and all but forgot about them so I needed to act fast, and this is what I came up with. I love the combination of tartness with the slightly sweetened cornbread. We had it for breakfast and it was fabulous.
Maple Cornbread with Cranberries and Pecans
wet ingredients:
2 Tbsp. ground flax seed
6 Tbsp. hot water
1 large banana, mashed (or applesauce would work instead)
1/2 cup almond or other non-dairy milk
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
3 Tbsp. non-dairy margarine (I use Earth Balance)
dry ingredients:
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
3 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
fold in:
1 cup fresh cranberries, roughly chopped
1/2 cup pecans, raw or roasted and roughly chopped
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and add the margarine to your cast iron skillet (or 9-in. baking dish), place the skillet in the oven while it preheats to melt the margarine. Combine the flax and water in a medium mixing bowl and whisk for about 30 seconds then set aside. This is a good time to chop your cranberries and pecans.
Add the remaining wet ingredients to the flax mixture including all but about 1 Tbsp. of the melted Earth Balance. Leave the remaining 1 Tbsp. in the skillet and swirl it around to coat the bottom of the pan. Whisk this mixture well then add the cornmeal, again whisking until well combined. Add the remaining dry ingredients mixing only until the flour is fully incorporated. Fold in the cranberries and pecans.
Pour the mixture into the skillet and bake for about 25 minutes or until the cornbread just begins to turn golden brown. Allow to cool slightly before cutting and removing from the pan.


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Barr is back in business. Aaron Barr, the former CEO of HBGary Federal, memorably had his corporate e-mail exposed to the world by Anonymous earlier this year after attempting to expose the group's "leadership." Based on our reporting, comedian Stephen Colbert memorably summed up the encounter: "To put this in hacker terms, Anonymous is a hornet's nest, and Barr said, 'I'm going to stick my penis in that thing.'"
Barr eventually resigned from HBGary Federal after weeks in the spotlight—and after revelations emerged that he helped form dubious plans to attack Wikileaks, fake documents, and identify critics of the US Chamber of Commerce using "link analysis" technology.
But he resurfaced a few months later as the director of cyber security for government contractor Sayres and Associates. This week, he dusted off an old presentation on "Social Media and Evolving Cyber Threats" and made one of his first public presentations after the HBGary Federal debacle. We stopped by Barr's presentation to find out whether the criticism of Barr's own desire to play "offense" in cyberspace had changed his perspective. It had not.
"More money needs to be spent, in my opinion, on offense," Barr said during the talk. "Offense is a controversial topic but it's one that, unfortunately, we have to deal with more and more, because defense doesn't work."
Freak out
Despite the beating that Barr's reputation took in public after the Anonymous incident, his warnings about social media and the power of link analysis are clearly worth hearing. He gave the example of Apple employee Gray Powell, the man who lost an iPhone 4 prototype in a California bar. Powell's LinkedIn page notes that he is currently in "iPhone Sw [software] engineering at Apple" and that he does "performance validation" on the device. A malicious attacker, hoping to get her hands on an iPhone prototype, could search LinkedIn for this sort of information, then go to a location-based site like Foursquare to find out where Powell "checks in regularly." With that information in hand, the attacker could track Powell and try to swipe the phone from him at one of those locations. Corporate espionage has never been so easy.
Barr said that he was sometimes hired to run "social media pen tests" for companies to illustrate vulnerabilities of their executives. In one case he recounted, a top exec was well protected on social media sites, but his wife exposed far more information. Barr used the wife's Facebook profile to see her friends list, and he was able to use the web of connections to figure out where the couple had attended school. He then went to classmates.com, created a fake profile pretending to be a known friend from that school, and used it ping his target, saying he wanted to get back in touch. The man accepted—and Barr suddenly had a direct, trusted connection to his target.
This sort of thing used to be a staple of Barr's work; alarming top executives was always good for the security business. (When Barr once sent such information on a law firm partner unsolicited, he was told by one exec, "Thanks. I am not sure I will share what you sent last night—he might freak out.")
Indeed, it's what got Barr into trouble. As the HBGary Federal business ran into difficulties bringing in government cash, HBGary CEO Greg Hoglund told Barr in an e-mail, "It hasn't really been a success... You guys are basically out of money and none of the work you had planned has come in."
Barr then tried to make a big splash that would put his company on the map by outing the main players in Anonymous. He took his "scoop" to the Financial Times ahead of his conference presentation on the topic, but the result so annoyed Anonymous that hackers broke into HBGary Federal's computers, took Barr's e-mails, and exposed them to the world.
Hacks aside, was Barr right? Our own reporting suggests that his list of top Anons had serious problems, as did his attempts to tie those screen names to real people, but the basic ideas had merit. Barr tried to make his connections using social media analysis—for instance, a favorite technique was trying to link IRC posting times to Facebook users who also wrote things about Anonymous. If both were active at exactly the same time, it might be the same person.
Barr's presentation sounds the (fairly obvious) warning against the rise of personal information online and the ways in which it can be exploited. Even if you want to keep your identity private, it's hard—friends may tag you in Facebook photos, documents and webpages may contain relevant metadata on where you work, check-in services like Foursquare can make you easier to track.
Barr's two key bits of advice are "hide your friends list" and "don't list where you currently work." He noted that "the most frightening website out there is LinkedIn, by far" because people see a real benefit—jobs and career connections—from posting information and so freely divulge workplaces, job duties, location, education, and more. For someone looking to mount a targeted attack on an individual, this can be a gold mine.
Let's play offense
The controversy in Barr's case didn't involve the main points he was making about security, but his more offensively minded strategies and his willingness to deploy them against all sorts of people. For instance, Barr was willing to turn his link analysis expertise on US-based critics of the Chamber of Commerce by setting up a "corporate information reconnaissance service." He had an idea to "create two fake insider personas, using one as leverage to discredit the other while confirming the legitimacy of the second." He was willing to attack WikiLeaks electronically and then forge documents to discredit them. He seemed willing go after civil liberties writers like Salon.com columnist Glenn Greenwald, saying, "These are established professionals that have a liberal bent, but ultimately most of them if pushed will choose professional preservation over cause."
Barr doesn't see himself as a bad guy, or even a rah-rah military/industrial booster. No, as he said this summer after attending the DEFCON security conference in Las Vegas, "I have always been and still consider myself a liberal." He even "helped to lead a protest against Walmart in 2005 from putting up a store in my small town" (and lost), and he opposed the Iraq war.
But his liberal impulses are tempered by pragmatism and "necessity." "I believe that sometimes circumstances require more aggressive tactics in order to maintain stability," he wrote. "But I'm also aware that such tactics can run dangerously close to the line, and are susceptible to corruption."
Still, despite the danger of corruption—something Barr arguably got caught up in himself—he still says more "offense" is needed when it comes to cybersecurity. As Barr tweeted on September 11, "Do politicians understand when they talk of getting ahead of the cyber threat that it requires more offense? I doubt it."
Such tactics aren't the sorts of things one talks about in the open at conferences, but Barr did admit that government "should be the only ones allowed to do certain types of offense." Something needs to be done, though, because playing defense simply doesn't work any more. The Chinese and Russians are becoming sophisticated cyber-attackers, Barr said—and he worries that the US is getting left behind.
As for Barr, if you want to find him, Foursquare says he's the "mayor" of the Shell gas station near his home in Mclean, Virginia.


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To explain her first music video off her upcoming ARTPOP album, Lady Gaga tweeted:
"'APPLAUSE' starring LADY GAGA. A film in black+white, color, and handpainted film. Directed by Dutch Photographers Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin...A MusicVideo where B+W and Color battle in a bid for your Applause!...Its inspired by the entertainers passion for shapeshifting. Would you do 'anything' for the Applause? Iconography in motion, as magic. -GAGA"
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The video, Gaga's first in two years, premiered on "Good Morning America" Monday as well as on every video billboard in Times Square. It was ushered in with a lot of hype (see above, see also this tweet: "Only w your happiness comes mine.") and talk of the merits of art and pop culture and "art in pop culture in me." That stuff.
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As expected, Louis Saha's inept display on Monday night was rewarded with the axe as Yakubu took on the role of misfiring forward. The other changes involved a new look right side with Anichebe preferred to Coleman and Hibbert deputising for the injured Neville. The Blues setup with Heitinga playing level with Arteta and Cahill advanced alongside Yakubu, in short 4-5-1 without the ball and 4-4-2 with the ball. West Brom's key man Chris Brunt passed a late fitness test and took his place on the right side of midfield.
Everton were on top in the early stages of this game, with Distin close to connecting with Baines free kick and Anichebe looking lively after a lengthy spell on the sidelines. This early pressure quickly subsided though as Mulumba and Brunt took control of the game. Brunt's starting position was on the right side of midfield but as Diagram C shows below his average position was more central, often coming inside with the ball to give WBA an extra man centrally. The Irishman has great quality on the ball and registered an assist and a stunning goal today. With Cahill playing high up field and Brunt cutting in,West Brom swamped the centre of midfield and Everton couldn't handle this.
Heitinga occupies the right side of Everton's central midfield area (with Arteta on the left) and he had a truly inept afternoon and was culpable for allowing West Brom the space on the inside right of midfield. This was in complete contrast to his opposing number Mulumbu who had a stormer, making a succession of key tackles and interceptions whilst also successfully completing 37 passes. Heitinga in comparsion made no interceptions and no tackles, making just 12 passes. For a player occupying the position the Dutchman does this is simply not good enough ( shown in Diagram D)
As a general point of interest, Arteta's emphasis as an attacking force has been questioned by many of late, but as the left sided central midfielder he is restricted by the Baines/Piennaar attacking leftside. As Diagram E shows below from the Sunderland game, with Pienaar coming inside at advanced positions and Baines often the highest man up field, Arteta is often dragged into a defensive left sided position to cover these players. Everton's midfield balance would really be better playing the more defensive Heitinga on the left side and Arteta on the rightside which is much more solid defensively with Neville/Coleman usually providing better protection.
Diagram E – Arteta covers left side
Poor Pressing
Despite the scoreline, Everton created enough chances to win this game but were undone by poor defending and woeful pressing when West Brom where in possession. Diagram's A & B show the build up to West Brom's first two goals, and importantly how poor Everton's pressure on the ball was. Brunt's goal was superb but Jagielka's poor marking for the opening goal was inexcusable. Despite this, Everton got back into the game thanks again to the Baines-Cahill partnership, with the Aussie talisman slamming a great header in from a trademark Baines corner. These two were probably the only 2 to survive this game with their reputations intact and how Everton will cope when Cahill leaves for the Asia Cup is anyone's guess.
Everton started the second half with real resolve and looked to be turning the screw on West Brom, with Anichebe swopping wings with Pienaar. However, a red card for an Arteta stamp on Jara would leave the Blues with a mountain to climb. Granted, play should have been stopped for an earlier foul on Baines and Jara made 4 fouls in this period of play and somehow didn't get a booking but as a senior player Arteta should have showed more proffesionalism.
Beckford was to have a big impact from the bench, getting into 4 scoring opportunities, 3 of which were clear cut chances. The frontman clearly has confidence shown by him choosing to take Hibbert's cross first time on the volley when he had the opportunity to control and slot, but his composure is questionable. In this way he is the polar opposite to Saha who lacks the desire and movement to get into these scoring zones but does have the capability to finish. West Brom's movement and incision were far superior to ours all afternoon and the clinching 3rd and 4th goals were a microcosm of this ability, neat work and a cool finish from Tchoyi followed up by an excellent team goal from Mulumbu which went in off Distin.
A truly dire day for all concerned with Everton. The continued selection of Heitinga is something which needs to be addressed, but in truth only Cahill and Baines could say they put in a shift in an abject day for the Blues.
Although we later went on to create numerous chances the red card was a key moment in the game and ultimately cost Everton the chance of getting at least a point. The application and desire of the players and not necessarily the tactics and formation were the key reasons for this defeat.


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From Science-Based Medicine, 1 February 2011:
'Dr. H. Gilbert Welch has written a new book Over-diagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health, with co-authors Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin. It identifies a serious problem, debunks medical misconceptions and contains words of wisdom.
We are healthier, but we are increasingly being told we are sick. We are labeled with diagnoses that may not mean anything to our health. People used to go to the doctor when they were sick, and diagnoses were based on symptoms. Today diagnoses are increasingly made on the basis of detected abnormalities in people who have no symptoms and might never have developed them. Overdiagnosis constitutes one of the biggest problems in modern medicine. Welch explains why and calls for a new paradigm to correct the problem.'
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Inkjet Printers for Ceramics Applications
GCC America, Inc.
January 13, 2009
GCC now offers solutions for printing on ceramics: StellarJET 250UV and the K100UV UV-curable inkjet printers. GCC developed a formula for ceramics applications using primer and topcoat, and the solution has undergone testing for high/low temperature, scratch hardness, surface abrasion, and boiling. Inkjet-printed ceramic tiles can be used for floorings, walls, ceilings, and decorative or architectural markets. GCC America, Inc., 323 Paseo Tesoro, Walnut, CA 91789, 909-718-0248, fax: 909-718-0251, Web: www.gccamerica.com.
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reading skills, sales training, soft skills training
Achieving Good Criteria of Report Writing
Report writing is often asked as the university task. Your professor may give you this task to finish some coursework material or for structuring your final thesis. Whatever the purpose are, writing a report still has the same criteria. Those are easy to understand, describing the real fact on the field, able to develop the people's curiosity, and delivered in simple but as detail as possible. To meet those criteria you probably don't know what are the effort you need to meet them at once. So, this academic article will be helpful for your work
A report writing means you are explaining what really happen on the field. Taking a report is a similar job of the TV reporter usually done every day. Now, if you are at the same position, you must imitate their techniques to be the best. As we know, good reporter will never waste their time with bubbling around the audience with dozens opinion. So does your report writing. You should put the interesting fact first, the following events happen in the situation. Then, you can add it with valuable and make sense opinion.
Furthermore, in order to enhance your report, give the interesting headline as a title or sub chapter into it. For example "iPhone 6 Report: The Evolution of the Legendary " instead of "Report of iPhone 6 Launching". By giving the eye-catching title, you will have a better chance to win your audience attention. Thus, it will make your report not only good but interestingly read by many people.
Then the last but not the end is delivered is in detail and simple view. Don't be too much bubbling for your report. Let your readers know exactly what you mean and where the direction of your writing is. However, report writing is basically just giving a straight information for those who needs some references, market research, or just university task compliment. So, by lying the detail and simply informative format, the report will be more valuable.
Why should I say it was not the end? That is because your report task writing will be developed by process. There is no sharp knife arise from one times grind and so does your ability. In order to keep it perfect, always train yourself to declare a writing report for something important happen. Hope this article helpful for you! Don't forget to share it!


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Boolean Operators in Practice
Make the set larger by adding words with 'OR'
In browsing through this list, we found another good word to use, a word that we could use in addition to evaluate: credible. So we're going to use OR to include that word in our search statement, like this:
Notice how we used the parentheses around words connected with or? Think of those parentheses as a container that keeps that group of words together. You should ALWAYS use parenthesis around words you connect with 'or'.
This time, will we get MORE or FEWER than the last search?
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Poojari tells sakthi that you are looking cheerful so much today, he said when I had been dismal to wind up upbeat today. He says since hedropping his companion securely in his home, he is upbeat and keeps on implying him the explanation behind scrutinizing this. Poojari talks about his affection with Azhagus sister. Sakthi says that he is not suitable for Azhagus sister as she is flawless lady filling in as educator yet I am not in the same class as her. Sakthi feels that he ought not give terrible name to his gang.
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மஞ்சு ஜெய்யை சந்திக்க வைஷாலியிடம் சம்மதம் தெரிவிக்கிறார். தனலட்சுமி பூஜாவின் முன்னால் பிரியாவை பற்றி தவறாக பேசுகிறார். அர்ஜுன் தனது வேலையின் மூலம் அசோக்கை தோல்வி அடையச் செய்கிறான்.
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Through his beef with Cassidy, it appears that Philadelphia spitter Meek Mill has found himself in a feud with yet another artist. Earlier in the week, the Philly emcee exchanged words with fellow rapper Shyne on Twitter after Shyne allegedly praised Cassidy's record "R.A.I.D."
"Ayo @OriginalShyne I see u hate all the young niggas that's out here getting! I can't respect ya for that…A @OriginalShyne talkin about shout out 2 a nigga that's no good in the hood..I'm in my hood right now..iced out foreign whips..That's not G," said Meek Mill in two separate Tweets made on January 6.
Shyne quickly responded to the comments Meek made via Twitter by calling out the rapper's ties with Rick Ross who he compared to former undercover FBI agent Donnie Brasco and Ice T's character from New Jack City.
"@MeekMill Your great wit the raps! You in the streets, ok! But your boss is Donnie Brasco! Ice T from new jack city! How u justify that," Shyne questioned on Twitter.
After a series of exchanges, the online squabble between the two rappers seemed to settle down with Shyne saluting Meek as a "street general living by the rules of honor & integrity."
Shyne previously made headlines due to his issues with Kendrick Lamar and also Rick Ross who he criticized due to the release of Ross' The Black Bar Mitzvah mixtape.
RELATED: Shyne Says Rick Ross Is Lying, Talks Diddy Beef, Clarifies Statement On Kendrick Lamar


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Today I found what the nautical term 'avast' means, namely "stop" or "hold still". The word was originally derived from the Dutch phrase "houd vast", which literally means "hold fast".
The frequent usage of this phrase eventually got it slurred down to "hou' vast" and later "avast".
This became a common term among sea-folk around the late 17th century.
Other Fun Nautical Terms and Their Origins:
Coxswain: a boy servant (swain) in charge of a small cock. This cock was for the captain's use only (I'm not making this stuff up).
The cock was a small boat used to transport the captain to and from the ship; thus, the cock was a vessel used to deliver seamen to fertile shores (tee hee).
This term has its origins all the way back in the 15th century. It has since been replaced with "helmsman"; "helmsman" can also refer to the person currently in charge of controlling the actual ship itself and not just the small cock.
Scuttlebutt: a cask of drinking water aboard a ship.
A "butt" being the wooden cask and "scuttle" being the act of drilling a hole in the butt (tapping the butt). Sailors would often gossip while they drank by the scuttlebutt. This has since lead to the term becoming synonymous with "gossip" and "rumors".
Duffle: the name of sailor's personal effects along with the bag that carries them. The term comes from the Flemish town "Duffel", which popularly produced the rough woolen cloth these bags were often made of.
Bilge rat: a rat that lives in the worst place on the ship, namely the bilge. The bilge is the lowest level of the ship and is loaded with ballast and often foul smelling water/muck. Thus, a bilge rat is a stinking, muck covered rat.
Bung hole: as mentioned before, a cask was called a "butt"; a hole in the butt is then stoppered with a bung and thus is called a "bung hole". So sailors drank and ate out of butt's bung hole.
Grog: typically rum diluted with water, but can also be used to refer to any alcoholic beverage other than beer. The drink was common aboard ships due to the fact that the drinking water aboard ships often got pretty slimy and disgusting. Thus, a little rum was mixed in to kill the putrid flavor (and hopefully the alcohol would kill some of the bacteria).
"Your true colors": ships would often carry flags from many nations so that they could deceive nearby vessels into thinking they were allies. The rules of engagement however required that all ships hoist their true nation's colors before firing upon someone. Thus, it was common to hoist an enemy ship's colors and hail them; once near, show your true colors and fire upon them.
Clean Bill of Health: this common phrase has its origins as a nautical term. Before the crew of ships were allowed to depart their ship, it was often required that the crew present a clean bill of health, which was a document issued from the port the ship had just sailed from showing that there was no epidemic or the like from that port at the time of the ship's departure.
Mayday: distress signal still used to this day. The term comes from the French "m' aidez", which means "help me".
Port and Starboard: left and right side of the ship, respectively. What's more interesting is how these terms came about.
The starboard is actually the steering paddle or rudder, which in England was in the back-right of the ship, hence starboard = right.
Originally, Larboard referred to the left side of the ship (the side the ship was loaded/unloaded on). These two words sounded too similar, particularly when shouted in a storm or battle, so larboard was abandoned and port began to be used, as referring to the side the port was on when loading/unloading cargo, hence the left side.


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Turkey steaks with citrus & ginger sauce
Nutrition and extra info
- Healthy
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal310
- fat7g
- saturates1g
- carbs25g
- sugars1.9g
- fibre3g
- protein39g
- salt0.22g
- 2 tsp cornflour
- 4 quick-cook turkey breast steaks, weighing about 300g/10oz total
While it's the traditional Christmas bird, turkey is good to eat all year round, though…
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
Sunflower oil
Sunflower oil is made from pressing sunflower seeds and extracting the oil. It's usually…
- 3 oranges, juice of 2 and one peeled and cut into segments
One of the best-known citrus fruits, oranges aren't necessarily orange - some varieties are…
- 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
Mainly grown in Jamaica, Africa, India, China and Australia, ginger is the root of the plant. It…
- 1 tsp clear honey
- 1 pink grapefruit, peeled and cut into segments
Named for the fact that the fruits grow in grape-like bunches, grapefruits are the largest…
- 1 tbsp fresh snipped chives or chopped parsley
- wild or long grain rice and steamed broccoli, to serve
Rice is a grain, the seed of a type of grass, which is the most widely grown and the most…
Sprinkle a teaspoon cornflour onto a plate, then press the turkey steaks into the cornflour to dust them lightly. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan, until it is really hot. Add the turkey and fry for 3-4 minutes, turning once until golden on both sides – cook in batches if need be. Transfer to a plate.
Add the orange juice, ginger and honey to the pan. Gently bring to the boil. Mix the remaining cornflour with 1 tbsp cold water and stir into the sauce. Keep stirring on a gentle heat until thickened and syrupy, like a sweet and sour sauce. Season.
Return the turkey to the pan. Add the orange and grapefruit segments and heat through gently. Scatter over chives or parsley and serve straight away with rice and broccoli.


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For the past few months I have been in the brand new Resnick Pavilion every day during the installation of its three inaugural shows. Two of the exhibitions, Fashioning Fashion and Eye for the Sensual, were designed by Pier Luigi Pizzi and Massimo Gasparon, opera/costume designers from Italy.
Since all of the pieces in Eye for the Sensual are part of Lynda and Stewart Resnick's personal collection, Pizzi and Gasparon wanted the show to look like it was hung in someone's home; albeit a sumptuous, elegant, palatial home. I spoke with Massimo last week to find out more about the wall coverings, which are made of a fabric created by the Italian company Rubelli.
Housed in a Venetian palace, Rubelli has been around for over 200 years and has historically created beautiful fabrics for nobility; they are now doing a lot of restoration. Rubelli has an archive housing a collection of over 6,000 textile samples ranging from the late fifteenth century to mid-twentieth century from Europe, the East, Africa, and the Americas. From this amassment, they have created fabrics for La Fenice in Venice, La Scala in MIlan, San Carlo Theatre in Naples, the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Cologne de Buenos Aires, and the Museo Verdi in Parma. "They did all of this stuff, with different patterns. You can have incredible quality; it can be very expensive. They have some fabrics that are at least 2,000–3,000 Euro each meter, because they are hand-made. They can do Brocatto [brocade] with gold [woven] inside—real gold! They can do whatever."
Looking through the archives at Rubelli, Pier Luigi found a pattern that he liked and had something similar made for Eye for the Sensual. "This is a pattern that simulates the ancient fabric, ruined by time; when it's been worn," explains Massimo. The original swatch was made of silk, but because of import rules, fabrics must be fireproofed, and it changed the color of the silk; Pizzi decided on viscous fabric instead. "I think it's really interesting to see what the light does because it almost makes the pattern disappear."
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Starting a small business can be an exciting, anxiety-provoking, hectic, costly and rewarding exercise. With so much to get your head around, it's little wonder some important tasks get overlooked.
Get it right from the ground up
It's tempting to undertake all the necessary paperwork in-house, to cut out legal and accounting costs.
But Joe Kaleb, chartered accountant and CEO of small business portal www.australianbiz.com.au, says many people focus on cutting costs and don't consider the benefits of contacting their accountant for advice before embarking on their venture.
"Perhaps the most common and important mistake that business owners make when starting up is that they don't seek advice early on important matters, such as the appropriate legal structure to operate the business, setting up appropriate systems, the best way of funding the business, having the right insurance policies in place, and having a business plan that is updated on a regular basis," Kaleb says.
"The consequences of this is that the business owner may end up paying more tax, because, for example, a company was not set up as opposed to running the business as a sole trader … it increases the risk that the business will fail."
Learn from others' mistakes
Failing to properly register business and trading names is more common than you'd expect, according to Ben Dalton, senior business facilitator at (Sydney's) Eastern Suburbs Business Enterprise Centre.
Dalton says the top five mistakes small businesses make when starting out are:
1. Not checking if the preferred trading name has already been registered with ASIC
"Up until recently, business names were regulated separately by each state government. (Therefore) it was possible that the same name would relate to a range of businesses across multiple states," he says.
"For businesses that are just starting and concentrating on their local market, this might not be a problem, but once they start to expand (especially with a presence on the internet), they could find that they are being confused with an inferior producer – or even worse, other businesses are benefiting from their hard work and good reputation.
"Now that the federal government has taken over regulation, the price has come down and registration is national, so that's great, but it also means it's even more important to check first before the domain name is purchased, promotional material is printed and signage paid for."
2. Businesses that have registered the business name – but fail to check if a trademark has been registered
"Sometimes a business can be in operation for years, and then suddenly gets a 'cease and desist' letter as they are infringing someone's trademark," he says.
"Often it's not understood that business name registration is designed to protect consumers, so the operator of a business can easily be tracked down if something goes wrong. A trademark is designed to protect the intellectual property of the business owner. This could include (singly, or in combination) the business name, colour/s, logo, smell – even sounds."
3. Lack of a five-year plan with milestones to a clear exit strategy
"When I bring this up in the facilitation meetings we hold, people often ask: 'why would we be discussing the end, when I am only just beginning?'," says Dalton.
"I reply that, without a clear idea of what all the blood, sweat and tears are for, it will be almost impossible to get through the long days and cold, lonely nights that is the reality of running your own business. The end goal not only has to have a deadline, it also needs to have a number that makes it worthwhile investing five years of your (and your family's) life."
4. Trying to appeal to too broad an audience
"We often see people who have a very general product or service, and they often try to appeal to as many different types of customers as possible – simultaneously," he says.
"This is almost always a mistake. By completing a competitor analysis, they could find out what is going on out there with products that are similar, and then via the '5 P's' of marketing (product, price, place, promotion and people) (to) identify what their point of difference is. This will then make it easier to identify what target market would find this point of difference attractive. Once they know who the target market is, they can then make it easy for that market to find them."
5. Why?
"One of the most elemental aspects of starting a business is often the most overlooked, and that is the question of: why? This process begins with (asking yourself): 'why would anyone start and run this business', and then leads to 'why am I starting and running this business?' If the answer is not clear…then it probably shouldn't be done."
Other reasons businesses fail
• Lack of management skills and business experience
• Inadequate working capital
• Poor marketing
• Inadequate market research/poor geographic location
• Poor competitor analysis
• Poor understanding of relevant laws and regulations that must be complied with
• Poor inventory management
• Over-investment in fixed assets
• Poor sales
• The absence of an entrepreneurial orientation
Source: Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry