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My mother used to tell me a little story about a guy who sold fish. He thought maybe he'd get more business if he had a sign to advertise his market, so he went to a sign maker.
"How much do you charge?" the fishmonger asked.
"Ten dollars per word."
Now the fishmonger was a frugal man, so he thought carefully about what the sign should say. "All right, then—paint 'Fresh Fish Sold Here' for forty dollars. No…wait! Of course the fish are fresh; my shop is right on the docks. Just paint 'Fish Sold Here.' No…wait! Of course I'm selling fish here, where else would I sell them? Just paint 'Fish Sold.' No…wait! Of course I'm selling the fish; who gives fish away? Just paint 'Fish.' No…wait! Of course I'm selling fish; what else would a fishmonger sell?'
He walked away without his sign, happy that he'd saved forty dollars that day.
The fishmonger learned a lesson that many FaithWriters have also had to learn, especially if they write for the Weekly Challenge—the economy of words. When I was writing for the challenge, I was happiest when my first draft was 800-850 words; I knew that the process of trimming 50 – 100 words would be painful, but would result in a far better entry. And now, as an editor, I find that the MSs I edit end up with about 10% fewer words when I'm done with them.
Here, then, are my tips for writing frugally:
1. Look for places where you've used an adjective + noun combination, or an adverb + verb combination, and choose a stronger noun or verb instead.
a. Jack lived in a huge, expensive house/Jack lived in a mansion.
b. Jack walked slowly and heavily down the hall/Jack trudged down the hall.
2. Avoid redundant phrases. A few of my pet peeves:
a. I thought to myself. (Who else could you think to? Just write I thought. Better still, eliminate the tag and put the thought in italics.)
b. She nodded her head and She shrugged her shoulders. Just write She nodded and She shrugged.
c. It was six a.m. in the morning. Just write It was six a.m.
d. The $500 check was an unexpected surprise. It's not necessary to put unexpected with surprise.
You get the idea—most of these redundant phrases are also clichés, and we write them without really thinking. This website has a list of redundant phrases that you should avoid.
3. The famous writer Kurt Vonnegut said, "Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action." Eliminate sentences that don't. I'll reprise an example I've used before: "I can't believe you're wearing that purple sweater." Jan placed her coffee mug on the table. That action reveals nothing significant about Jan, and does not advance the plot. Eight words, easily snipped.
4. Most readers dislike long descriptive passages. You may find it necessary to set the scene, but often descriptions—whether of places or people—go on far too long. If you have written a description, look for ways to trim it.
a. If you've used two or three adjectives, eliminate one or two of them.
b. Sometimes you can arrange the words in a sentence differently and lose a word or two: There were six trees lining the driveway/Six trees lined the driveway.
c. Don't assume that your reader wants to know what every tree and bush looked like, or every item of furniture in a house, or every article of clothing that your MC is wearing. I'm exaggerating—but truly, descriptive passages should be trimmed, especially in microfiction like the challenge, to allow you more room for character or plot development.
5. Just be ruthless. Slash, slash, slash. I know it's painful, because we love every word that we write. Just imagine that, like the fishmonger, every word is costing you a sum of money. Be frugal, and spend as little as possible.
Your homework is going to be a little bit different this week. Here's the background—I used to write a blog called "One Hundred Words." Several times a week, I posted a complete story with exactly a hundred words. Most of the stories had a developed character, conflict, and a bit of plot development. The rough drafts usually had 125-150 words; if you thought trimming down to 750 words for the challenge was difficult—this is exponentially harder. I'm going to give you a typical rough draft for a 100-word story—your homework is to trim it to exactly 100 words, while retaining the integrity of the story. Feel free to choose different words, to combine, to paraphrase, but keep the story essentially the same. If you wish, post it here for a mini-critique. I'll give you my edited version in the comments, after some of you have given it a try.
Doreen didn't look up from her book while the subway clacked through station after station. She was aware of the big man sitting heavily next to her, but she inched closer to the window and dug in with her left shoulder. When the train sped through the second of five long tunnels before her home stop, Doreen wished—not for the first time—that she had bought one of those backlit electronic books. She held her finger in the book and moved her thigh away from the man's blue jeans. The train came to a screeching halt, still in the tunnel; the only light came from a dimly flickering tube overhead. Panicked, she felt her breathing stall in her throat. When she made a small choking sound, the man said, in a surprisingly soft voice, "Ma'am? Would you hold my hand, please?"
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Many also scoff at the notion that a responsible Iranian leader would risk using or transferring nuclear weapons or technology. We are told that Ahmadinejad (who most acknowledge is crazy enough to use such a weapon) won't make the final decision. But the regime is remarkably opaque, and shifting power centers ensure that even capable intelligence agencies have low levels of certainty about decision-making in Iran's nuclear program. ~Danielle Pletka [1]
As one of the scoffers, I would add something else. That parenthetical statement about Ahmadinejad's insanity does a lot of the work in a piece aimed at instilling fear in its audience. We heard quite often how "mad" Hussein was in the years prior to the invasion. As we now know for certain, he was so utterly preoccupied with self-preservation and projecting an image of strength that he went out of his way to appear more dangerous than he was to make enemies think twice about attacking him. As the rigged election and crackdown this summer have shown, Ahmadinejad is concerned above all with keeping himself and his allies in power.
Ahmadinejad has shown himself to be the most cynical, self-serving political operator. This is hardly the kind of person who would hand over a nuke to a third party even if he were in a position to do this, much less order a nuclear attack when he and his allies would stand to lose everything in the retaliation that would follow. It is improbable that a constitutionally weak president, who does not have authority over the security apparatus or foreign policy, would be in a position to make a decision as crucial as the sale or use of nuclear weapons, but even if he were making that decision we have little reason to think that he would willingly hand over such a powerful weapon and even less reason to think that he would order an attack with such a weapon. So Iran policy hawks have to trot out the "crazy dictator" line to get around the problem that all of their frightening scenarios are far-fetched and unreasonable.
The Iranian government is relatively opaque, but like any modern regime it is made up of a large number of people and institutions that have their own interests in self-preservation. Even if Iran one day had a nuclear weapon (which it doesn't have right now!), and even if Ahmadinejad were in a position to give away, sell or use such a weapon, you have to assume that there would be a near-unanimous consensus inside the upper echelons of the Iranian government that this is a desirable thing to do. More to the point, you have to assume that there would be no violent attempt from within the regime to stop such action. As Pletka herself acknowledges, the regime's structure is opaque, so we cannot assume that there is anything like a consensus inside their government about what Iran should do with any nuclear weapons that it might acquire. This is understandable, since it does not yet possess these weapons and won't have them for many years. Even if Ahmadinejad were "crazy," as Pletka assumes without any real evidence*, that doesn't mean that all of the people in the military, the IRGC and the clerical establishment are suicidal.
Pakistan is a useful counter-example that disproves the hawks' fantasies. Pakistan is a state that has used terrorist and militia proxies against it enemies for decades. Pakistan is at a significant disadvantage against India in conventional warfare, which is why it has relied on terrorism and proxy warfare since the loss of Bangladesh. It has actually possessed a sizeable nuclear arsenal for over a decade. If ever there were a candidate for a nuclear-armed state giving nukes to terrorists to achieve its political goals, Pakistan is it, and Pakistan has not done this and is not likely to do this. While there was a dangerous moment during the Kargil war when the conflict almost escalated disastrously and there were extremely heightened tensions earlier this decade, the Pakistani military had complete control over its arsenal and it was not about to hand off one of its weapons to Lashkar-e-Taiba or one of its other proxies. Not only would this deprive Pakistan of control over how and when the weapon would be used, but it would still make Pakistan responsible for the weapon's use, the weapon would be traced back to Pakistan, and this would lead to serious Indian retaliation against Pakistan. When nuclear weapons are involved, deterrence seems to prevail every time.
As Greg Scoblete [2] makes clear, the "the real fear is not that the lives of Americans are in any concrete danger when Iran goes nuclear but that the power balance in the Middle East might tilt in Iran's favor." The thing to bear in mind is that the power balance has been tilting in Iran's favor for the last six years thanks to the rise of pro-Iranian Shi'ite parties as the leading parties in Iraq's government. Iran is a leading regional power, and it is going to exercise more influence over time. It is going to seek and eventually acquire nuclear weapons to counter-balance the numerous other nuclear powers in its neighborhood, several of which are openly hostile.**
We already have the means to contain Iran. Except when we have toppled their worst rivals and empower their proxies, we were already containing Iran. What so many Westerners seem not to understand is that if Iran pursues a nuclear weapon, it is doing so to acquire a deterrent to limit the aggressiveness of hostile states. In other words, the question the Iranian government is asking is how it can "contain" and deter the U.S. and our allies.
* Treating Ahmadinejad as a "crazy" person is a mistake, because it means that we believe that only a madman would hold the beliefs that he does. We don't quite know what to do with an urban engineer apparently in complete control of his faculties who nonetheless holds some of the most obnoxious political views. Indeed, when most people label this or that foreign leader as "crazy," I'm guessing they don't mean that he is out of his mind. They mean that they don't like him. As a descriptor of political leaders, crazy is fast becoming as meaningless as fascist already is.change_me
** The amazing thing about the Iran debate is that many of us in the West talk about the possibility of bombing Iran the way other people talk about the weather. It might rain later today. Israel might launch military strikes on Iran. I recall an article [3] in The Wall Street Journal over two months ago outlining the technical difficulties of an Israeli air strike, the armaments that would be used and the targets that would be attacked. There is a remarkable non-chalance about aggressive war against Iran that would send the very same people into apoplectic fits of rage if state-run media in one of these authoritarian states blithely discussed attacking installations in our country. Hawks would take such talk from the Iranian media as proof of hostile intent and a justification for "pre-emptive" action.


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I am planning to go this year, since I missed last year. Two years ago, I met Rod Laver and he signed my Adidas white jacket. The modesty of the champion was very disarming. I also saw Nadal vs. Tsonga, Djokovic vs. Canas, Federer vs. Ljubicic, Sharapova vs. Hantuchova. What a great day for me! Hope this year will be as good, or better.
Maybe some tennisopolis'ers should all go together, one day, I dunno...
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Will be there too this year. :-) Actually, will be planning to check out the qualifier rounds too on top of the full tournament.
I remember that day you mentioned two years ago. I was there too. Nadal vs Tsonga match was fun. Tsonga won the first set then ran out of gas and Nadal had his revenge from the Aussie Open lost that year on Tsonga. Photos from that day are attached at the end. ;-)
This year should be awesome. It'll be the first tournament utilizing Hawkeyes on all courts at the tournament, including outside courts. On top of that, I can't wait to check out Dolgopolov, Tomic, & Raonic on the ATP side at Indian Wells this year. I'll get to see Raonic in person next week at the SAP Open first. :-) By the way, Pistol Pete is playing an exhibition match against Gael Monfils next Monday night there. Should be fun.
It's not a bad idea to get some 'opolians together. Perhaps even a hitting / round robin meet-up would be fun.
Awesome picture of the Rocket! That was the hat he was wearing. Yeah, the new young players you mention, I'd like to see, Dolgopolov, Tomic and Raonic. All interesting stylistically.
Sampras and Monfils? Great exo!
A Tennisopolis hitting session meetup at Indian Wells? Great idea!
Yes, I must've been right there because he signed my jacket on the sleeve and then he gave a talk Q&A and Bud Collins was going around with the mic.
Maybe I might organize. I'm in the middle of a possible move, so I cannot commit just yet.
No,I'd missed that laver-collins junket :( The idea of a hitting meet-up sounds great ! I'm down for it !
Perhaps getting someone in the Palm Springs Group involved to organize since the person will be more familiar with the facilities around there.
Here's a possible incentive: play on all three surface types at the meet up. JW Marriott Desert Springs has grass, clay, & hard courts. ;-)
I would volunteer to organize the get together if I am not shooting at the tournament. But I will be slammed while out there. It's not unusual that I am shooting from 10 am 'til 1 am everyday at the tournament.
Must be really great to get all those pictures. What camera are you using?
So the Marriot has those courts all available? So if I rent a room there, I get to play on all of them?
Hmmmm, Tim, not able to reply to your post below.
Anyway, to answer your questions. Yes, it is great to shoot as a press. But it's a pure madness running between all the matches during the first week. ;-) I was shooting with a Nikon d300 as the main camera last year. This year, I probably will be shooting the d300 in the day & the d7000 in the evening.
The JW Marriott Desert Springs has all three surfaces. You still need to pay for court fee if you are staying there. I played on the grass court for the first time there. It was a blast. We wanted to do the "Grand Slam" surfaces that day but ended up just doing the grass court.
tennisbum, I see that beautiful grass court every year and I have never seen anyone on it - so I figured that the court fee must be really high. Do you remember how much it is?
@Tim, the courts are real popular (especially that weekend), so you can only get on one for one hour. They are fully booked. You can usually get a court if you go early enough, but they are strict about the 1 hour thing.
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What's the best system of rechargeable AA batteries (+ charger)? I'm mostly using them for things like camera flashes, remotes, and radios.0
No doubt, the best I've used are Sanyo's Eneloop cells. They're NiMH but the self-discharge problem is pretty well licked; they're the ones who solved the problem.
Eneloops are still the best, but there are more makers now of LSD (Low Self Discharge) NiMH cells. Usually marketed as "ready to use", their initial charge should still be available at time of purchase.
Sanyo has a fairly broad range of chargers available to go with these things, of which I have a couple. But to really get the most from my cells, I use the LaCrosse Technology BC700 Alpha Power charger. A very good combination for me.
2nd vote for the eneloops - have been using them for a few years and still on first set of 8. Have had very good luck with batteryjunction.com for both batteries & chargers
3rd-ing Eneloops. Available at Amazon.com. Reasonably priced, great for the Wiimotes at our house.
4th Eneloops. I also quite like Apple's Batter charger (which comes with what the community believes to be rebadged eneloop batteries). It's a very nice, very compact charger which for $29 includes six batteries. It's not the cheapest, but it is the smallest charger I've ever owned, and it works great with the eneloop batteries I use.
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Another vote for Eneloops and La Crosse.
Eneloop is coming out with several different types of new batteries soon so take a look at their site to see which best meet your needs.
We have dozens of chargers out in classrooms and La Crosse smart chargers keep batteries from being overcharged, deal with batteries that are put in backwards and turn off if alkalines are put in them.
USBcells are great since they charge, natch, from a USB port.
I have the same rig as Wayne notes. I use it mostly for AAs but also AAAs. Eneloops have worked exceptionally well for use in my Nikon Speed Light flashes, my digital recording device (a Marantz 660), and various flashlights. The LaCrosse recharger unit is great, robust, and allows numerous options for charging, recharging, topping off, etc.
I've had four packs of Eneloops (in the sort of plastic battery carrier devices sold by County Sales or MaxPedition stuffed into the bottom of my camera or recorder go-bags...and pulled them out not remembering when they were last charged...and they worked like a charm.
I'm going to be the dissenter in the ranks, but let me justify it. First -- I will definitely recommend the Maha Powerex branded chargers. I have been using the C9000 for a few years (or it's predecessor) and love it. Simple to use if you want to ignore the buttons, but when you need to you can rematch and renew your sets.
It also runs from 12V which means that you can use it in the car and elsewhere without too much trouble.
Secondly, while the enerloops are great, the low-self discharge batteries have lower capacity than the more traditional models. If you need more than around 2000mAh per AA, you are better served by the 'regular' NiMH chemistry cells. These come in capacities as high as 2700 mAh last time I looked. If you are charging and using immediately (camera flashes, or any heavy current draw items) the advantages of LSD are lost.
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Found one old shed today and collected 21 gallons of maple sap … almost didn't make it out of the woods! Tomorrow could prove interesting.
My son and I put in 2.5 hours of hard looking — this pursuit is not all glory. I saw a coyote up close, a bald eagle, a rabbit (believe it or not,) and several deer. At least two bucks were still carrying their antlers.
Truthfully, seeing a shed is almost … almost … almost as exciting as pulling the trigger. And you don't have to sit still all day to do it! Did I mention almost?
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A revision to Hood River County's inventory of possible destination resort sites is good news for Mt. Hood Meadows, Ltd.
But the Cooper Spur Wild and Free Coalition, opponents of large-scale development in the forest zone, are "very curious" about why the changes were made after Meadows complained — especially when the public was never given the opportunity to first review the map and supporting documents.
"It is worrisome to the Coalition that this is supposed to be a public process and these are public documents that should have been released, but have not been, and we'd like to know why," said Heather Weinstein, spokesperson.
Mike Benedict, county planning director, said the public will have ample opportunity to scrutinize and comment on the materials submitted by the Portland consulting firm of Cogan, Owens, Cogan. However, he said the first mistake on the map has underscored the need for his staffers to review the information before it is released to correct any further technical problems.
"We're reviewing the map parcel by parcel to ensure its accuracy," said Benedict.
Corrections to the draft map have added about 75 acres of the 155-acre Cooper Spur Inn property that Meadows purchased in July of 2001. Benedict said the change was made after the company pointed out that several of its tax lots had been left off the first document unveiled in mid-November.
Dave Riley, Meadows general manager, believes that oversight was an "honest mistake" since the Portland consulting firm was looking at old maps that incorrectly showed 320 acres of private land as U.S. Forest Service property in the Cooper Spur area.
Benedict said the draft map, and proposed land-use ordinance, will be made available to citizens about 30 days before the formal review by the Planning Commission on Jan. 22. The time and location of that public hearing will be advertised at a later date.
Several weeks ago, Meadows was told that its private Parkdale property did not make the cut of forest parcels meeting state Goal 8 planning rules for a destination resort. At that time, Riley said Meadows would seek a development under the Goal 2 state exception process. He said although it was more arduous to get projects approved under the zone change, there was much more flexibility for the design and scale of construction.
"For several reasons we believe that whether our land falls underneath Goal 8 or Goal 2, the Cooper Spur area is clearly the best place in the county to expand a destination resort," said Riley.
For example, he said the current Inn is an existing Goal 2 approved destination resort and 50 units of overnight housing already exist in the Cooper Spur area. In addition, Riley said the land-use pattern for recreation and resort activities have already been established in that vicinity and adequate road capacity for access is available. He also said conservation easements can be used to protect the Crystal Springs watershed location and wildlife corridors.
"I realize that some people want to see an application right not, but we want to take the necessary time to plan this correctly," Riley said.
In July, Meadows made the formal request that triggered a mapping process and paid the $8,300 fee for the consultants. However, Benedict issued a clear directive while the study was underway that Cogan, Owens, Cogan was to have no communication with Meadows or the team would be fired.
The county's new draft map also identifies three other timbered properties that have met the Goal 8 destination resort requirements.
One parcel lies on the southeast side of the county line and is primarily owned by Longview Fibre Company.
The second is largely an SDS Lumber Company holding near Lost Lake and the third is county forest near Kingsley Reservoir.
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Washington, D.C., has emerged as an important hub at the intersection of business, public policy, and international affairs. As an internationally focused business school in the nation's capital and within one of the most distinguished universities in the world, Georgetown's McDonough School of Business is well situated to link the business, government, and nonprofit communities with world-class scholars and exceptional students for mutual benefits.
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Samuel Reich (standing) and Andrew Schally
For more than half a century, Nobel Prize-winning scientist and University of Miami faculty member Andrew Schally has been researching the hormones that stimulate growth in the body's tissues. Now his work is being used by Miami-based Biscayne Pharmaceuticals, which was founded last year and licensed from UM the rights to Schally's inventions related to that research. The company, which Schally works with as scientific adviser, is using his discovery to develop possible treatments for cancer and heart disease.
Biscayne Pharma got going after a $1.5-million investment from its co-founders and Miami Beach investment firm Reich Group, whose Managing Partner Samuel Reich joined Biscayne Pharma as CEO. "This is a breakthrough that will really transform the way we treat cancer," Reich says.


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You've gone out and bought all of these fresh ingredients for Thanksgiving dinner, but you've still got some leftovers lying around. Instead of watching them go bad or killing yourself trying to concoct a makeshift meal with minimal groceries, indulge your body and pamper your senses with this fresh and yummy Thanksgiving-inspired body scrub. It's really easy to make — and now your insides and your outsides can savor the goodness of comfort food! Here's what to do:
- In a medium-sized saucepan, mix together and heat 2 oz. of apricot-kernel oil, 1 oz. of sunflower oil, and 1 oz. of jojoba oil.
- Next, turn off the heat but add in 1oz. of cornmeal, one teaspoon of sugar, one tbsp. of ground pecans, and six drops of lavender oil. Stir.
- When everything is cool enough for your skin, stand on a large towel (this could get messy) and gently rub the mixture onto your body in circular motions. Don't forget about your toes, your neck, and your knees — but you will want to avoid your face.
- Rinse off in a warm shower and don't use any soap. Allow the oils to moisturize your skin. When you are about to get out of the shower, give your body a cool rinse and then gently pat your body dry.


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Canadians should expect the unexpected when it comes to the changing winter climate, warns the UN Water for Life Decade Chair, Bob Sandford.
"We are entering a period in which water is going to do things we haven't seen it do before," said Sandford, who will be speaking at the Vernon campus of Okanagan College, Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Science in Society Speaker Series.
The series is a joint project by the Okanagan Science Centre and Okanagan College. Tickets for the event are available in advance for $7 at the Okanagan Science Centre, or $10 at the door.
In this highly graphic presentation, entitled The Snows of Yesterday and the Future Climate of the Canadian West, Sandford will illustrate what is happening to the snowpack, snow cover and glacial ice in the Mountain West and what changes in upland hydrology may mean in terms of downstream water supply and quality in the future.
The loss of stable snowpack and glacial ice "will affect water supply throughout the Canadian West with significant implications for everyone downstream," said Sandford, who has established himself internationally as a water policy expert.
Sandford is the Director of the Western Watersheds Climate Research Collaborative and an associate of the Centre for Hydrology, which is part of the Global Water Institute at the University of Saskatchewan.
In 2011, the Interaction Council invited Sandford to be an advisor on water issues. This global public policy forum was composed of more than 20 former Heads of State including Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, U.S. President Bill Clinton and the former President of Mexico, Vicente Fox.
Sandford is the author of 20 books, including numerous titles on water issues, such as Restoring the Flow: Confronting the World's Water Woes. His next book, Cold Matters: The State & Fate of Canada's Snow and Ice will be available in the fall of 2012.
The Science in Society Speaker Series is sponsored by the Best Western Vernon Lodge, Starbucks Coffee, Sweet Caroline's Bakery, and the Vernon Morning Star.
For advanced tickets and more information, visit the Okanagan Science Centre at www.okscience.ca or call (250) 545-3644.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sweeping, White House-backed immigration bill cleared its first procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
The Senate voted overwhelmingly to eliminate a procedural roadblock against the measure. Even some senators who have expressed opposition to the bill as currently written voted to allow the debate to go ahead.
The Senate is expected to soon begin debating amendments to the bill, a process that could run through the end of June.
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It's that time again.
It's that time again.
Time to make resolutions that in years past you've probably broken before Valentine's Day. In its annual New Year's resolution survey, Allianz Life Insurance found that exercise or diet, better money management, spending more time with friends or relatives, volunteering and getting rid of bad habits are among the top promises that people make.
But more than a quarter of survey respondents said they wouldn't either make New Year's resolutions or keep the ones they do make. Allianz also found that 84 percent of the people surveyed said they would not include financial planning in their resolutions for 2013.
I thought this was odd, that people who said they want to get better at managing their money don't see the need for overall financial planning. Well, the reason people see the two differently is that they don't think they earn enough money to worry about financial planning.
"There is this fear that people are throwing their hands up about getting their financial future in order," said Katie Libbe, vice president of consumer insights for Allianz.
It's worth setting New Year's resolutions for your financial life. If you are not happy about how you handle your money, make a change. It's also not enough to just focus on one area, such as getting out of debt or starting an emergency fund. Your financial New Year's resolution should entail looking at getting your financial house in order.
A financial planner can help you focus on getting your financial house in order. They can help you develop a budget, look at your debts, tax situation, retirement and college savings, estate planning and insurance needs.
There are plenty of planners who will work with people of all income brackets. One of the best ways to find a financial planner is to ask around and get recommendations. Find someone in your circle who has used a planner. You can also find an adviser through the Financial Planning Association (fpanet.org). You can search for a planner by city, state, ZIP code or specialty. To find a fee-only planner, check with the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (napfa.org), which is the professional association of fee-only financial planners. The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (cfp.net) also has a search tool for planners. Be sure you ask how your financial planner is paid, which can vary from a commission, hourly fee, annual retainer, or percentage of assets managed.
Fidelity Investments has a useful, 2013 month-by-month guide to keep you on track. Go to fidelity.com and search for "Keep Your Resolutions in 2013."
Even if you've failed to keep your financial resolutions in the past, try again this year. What's the alternative? Do nothing and get the same results you've been getting?
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(AP) Pirates lose to Diamondbacks 4-2 in 16 innings
By CHRIS ADAMSKI
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Added to the roster less than an hour before Sunday's game, Kris Johnson experienced his first major league pitch, strikeout, at-bat and sacrifice.
Unfortunately for the Pirates, he also took his first career loss.
Johnson did not allow a run until his sixth inning of relief during his major league debut, but Adam Eaton's bloop double in the 16th drove in two runs and helped the Arizona Diamondbacks outlast Pittsburgh 4-2.
"It's satisfying _ I just wish I could have done a little more," Johnson said.
Johnson is a 28-year-old minor league veteran of 189 games. He was 10-4 with two saves and a 2.41 ERA in 25 games (20 starts) with Triple-A Indianapolis this season. He was summoned by the Pirates on Sunday because of their weary bullpen.
"Just a fantastic effort for your major league debut," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "We couldn't ask him to do any more than he did other than to find a way to win that game."
Eaton's career-high fourth hit came during his seventh at-bat, giving Arizona its club-record 13th victory in extra innings this season.
"As long as you want to go, we'll go with you and stay in a dogfight," Eaton said. "We'll play as long as we need to play."
The Diamondbacks used seven pitchers in a game that lasted 4 hours, 39 minutes. They improved to 13-5 in extra-inning games.
It was Arizona's 27th victory in its final at-bat, by far the most in the majors. It also was the Diamondbacks' 36th comeback win _ second-most in the majors _ and ninth in as many games when playing beyond nine innings on a so-called "travel day."
"It can be frustrating when you get into extra innings and don't come through, but all you can do is keep battling and our guys do that," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said.
With A.J. Pollock and Didi Gregorius on base and two outs in the 16th, Eaton fought off a 1-0 pitch from Johnson and dunked the ball into shallow left-center. A sprinting Andrew McCutchen failed in his attempt at a diving catch.
"That ball wasn't exactly crushed," Eaton said. "He threw a slider and I tried to stay through it, and good things happen when you put the ball in play."
The Pirates dropped two of three to Arizona, losing their third consecutive series.
"We're playing good baseball; we're just in a stretch here," second baseman Neil Walker said. "We need to keep grinding it out and keep playing hard. We've played a lot of innings, so it's taxing us a little bit."
Pittsburgh lost its third extra-inning game in six days. The Pirates have played 69 innings during that span _ the equivalent of almost eight games.
Johnson (0-1) threw 82 pitches in six innings. He had five strikeouts and allowed five hits and two walks.
"It's a little nerve-racking at first," Johnson said. "I know we're in a pennant race and coming into a tie ballgame with the bullpen being taxed recently, I just tried to go as deep as I could. Try to save the bullpen _ that was the main thing _ and try to keep the team in the ballgame and hopefully we could score some runs at the end."
That never happened, something that is becoming a recurring theme for Pittsburgh, which had its NL Central lead trimmed to one game over St. Louis. The Pirates have been shut out in the 14 innings they've played recently beyond the ninth.
That hasn't been a problem for Arizona, which remained five games behind Cincinnati in the race for the second NL wild-card spot.
The Diamondbacks (64-58) play their next four games in Cincinnati against the Reds, who are 2 1/2 games back of the Pirates in the division race.
Six Arizona relievers combined to pitch eight scoreless innings. Brad Ziegler (7-1) had two strikeouts while pitching perfect 14th and 15th innings, and J.J. Putz worked around two walks _ one intentional _ in the 16th to earn his sixth save. Johnson struck out swinging to end the game.
Wade Miley limited the Pirates to two runs over eight innings and Aaron Hill went 4 for 7 to extend his hitting streak to 11 games for Arizona.
After Hill's based-loaded single scored Eaton in the sixth, the Diamondbacks had the bases loaded and no outs with an opportunity take the lead. They tied it at 2 when Gerardo Parra grounded into a double play.
Pirates starter Charlie Morton allowed two runs on seven hits and three walks with six strikeouts.
Tony Watson allowed a single during each of his two innings, but struck out the side in the ninth. Mark Melancon worked a scoreless 10th and has allowed an earned run during just one of his past 26 outings.
The Pirates scored once each in the first and third on RBI doubles from Russell Martin and Jordy Mercer, who had three hits.
NOTES: OF Andrew Lambo was optioned to Triple-A and C Michael McKenry was transferred to the 60-day disabled list to make room on the Pirates' roster for Johnson. … Starling Marte went 2 for 4 against Miley and has reached safely in 12 of his past 19 plate appearances against left-handers. … The Pirates were set to leave after the game for the West Coast, where they will play seven games in seven days. In NL games played in California over the past two seasons, the Pirates are 1-11.


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Email worm still rated medium-level threat
A senior virus researcher in Melbourne expects the threat from the latest variant of the Bagle worm to remain at a medium level for a while and
then gradually decrease.
Jakub Kaminski of Computer Associates' Richmond lab said the volume of the worm, which surfaced on Friday evening just before it was time to leave work, was steady.
He said one of the reasons why Bagle.AQ had been noticed was because it had surfaced after a period of relative quiet.
"It is not as bad as previous cases," Kaminski said. "We pushed out a major update on Friday evening and I guess all the other major A-V vendors would have done the same so unless the worm infects some big networks, it is likely to be contained."
Trend Micro's senior systems engineer Adam Biviano, said the worm had been sighted in Japan, China, Europe and the US.
"While they affect systems running Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP and Server 2003, they have been enhanced to disable Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall [ICF], Internet Connection Sharing [ICF] and Security Center Service," he said.
Rod Fewster of NOD32 Antivirus Systems in Queensland said said while the worm did attempt to make anti-virus software and firewalls there was nothing to indicate that it could disable the XP SP2 firewall.
"We haven't been too bothered about this worm and other recent variants because our product detected it heuristically," he said.
The worm, which affects PCs running any of Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, or Windows XP, is mass-maling and also spreads through file-sharing networks, according to A-V vendor Symantec's advisory.
It also opens a backdoor on TCP port 81.
The From address on the email carrying the worm is spoofed and the Subject could be any of the following: "Re:", "Re: Hello", "Re: Hi", "Re: Thank you!" or "Re: Thanks :)".
The email would have an attachment named "Price", "price" or "joke" and the file extension would be .com, .cpl, .exe, or, . scr, Symantec said.


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In the first match of a club doubleheader in Richmond, BC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 (6W-6L-3D) suffered a 2-1 home defeat to British Columbia rivals Victoria Highlanders FC (6W-6L-4D) on Sunday afternoon.
Two first-half goals by Ashley Burbeary gave Victoria all three points in their final match of the season at Minoru Park Oval. Though Cam Hundal replied for the Blue and White in the second half, the result ended Whitecaps FC U-23's hopes of making the playoffs in the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL).
Sunday's result also meant that the inaugural Juan de Fuca Plate competition between the three PDL clubs from BC will be decided at Vancouver's final league match versus Fraser Valley Mariners FC on Wednesday night.
"We were undone by two early mistakes," Whitecaps FC U-23 head coach Craig Dalrymple told whitecapsfc.com. "Credit to the boys, they fought back and got one late on. It's a heartbreaking result for the players because I think we again played the best soccer and out-possessed Victoria. We just didn't get the win."
The visitors from Vancouver Island won the game in the first quarter of an hour, with Highlanders FC taking the lead on a fine volleyed finish from Burbeary on six minutes.
The U-23 'Caps responded with several chances, with the best of those efforts being a powerful Michael Marousek free kick that flew just over the Victoria crossbar on 11 minutes.
It was a similarly taken free kick that extended Victoria's lead on the quarter-hour mark, as Burbeary powered his set-piece past Whitecaps FC U-23 goalkeeper Nolan Wirth and into the roof of the Vancouver net for a 2-0 Highlanders FC lead.
Though they had further chances through Marousek, captain Gagandeep Dosanjh, and Bobby Jhutty before the break, Victoria took a two-goal lead into the halftime break. In fact, Victoria almost scored a third goal on 41 minutes when Sam Prett and Jordie Hughes threatened the Whitecaps FC goal.
The second half saw an improved display from the U-23 'Caps, as their passing and movement created opportunities after the restart. Dosanjh, in particular, tried his best to pull Vancouver back into the match.
The U-23 'Caps skipper played his part in Vancouver's consolation goal on 66 minutes. Dosanjh's pass to Hundal allowed the University of Victoria midfielder to run into the Highlanders FC box and finish past Victoria goalkeeper Elliott Mitrou to cut the deficit to 2-1.
It was as close as the home side would come on Sunday. In fact, Victoria nearly scored a third goal after hitting the woodwork through goalscorer Burbeary and substitute Jared Stephens in the late stages.
Whitecaps FC U-23 will wrap up their 2012 PDL campaign at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, BC, on Wednesday night, as they host Fraser Valley at 7:30 p.m. PT. Admission to Wednesday's match is free of charge.
Scoring Summary:
6' - VIC - Ashley Burbeary (Jordie Hughes)
15' - VIC - Ashley Burbeary
66' - VAN - Cam Hundal (Gagandeep Dosanjh)
Match Stats:
Shots: Vancouver 16 - Victoria 12
Saves: Vancouver 5 - Victoria 9
Fouls: Vancouver 11 - Victoria 16
Offsides: Vancouver 1 - Victoria 5
Corners: Vancouver 6 - Victoria 3
33' – VIC – Ashley Burbeary
Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23
1.Nolan Wirth; 9.Alex Marrello, 4.Shawn Parkes, 2.James Farenhorst, 11.Reynold Stewart; 5.Bobby Jhutty, 3.Kianz Froese (12.Declan Rodriguez 70'); 18.Cam Hundal, 16.Gagandeep Dosanjh, 17.Coulton Jackson (19.Sangyoon Hwang 67'); 21.Michael Marousek (6.Carlos Marquez 45')
Substitutes not used: 30.Raegyn Hall, 20.Tyrin Hutchings
Victoria Highlanders FC
29.Elliott Mitrou; 18.Liam Davis (12.Sasa Plavcic 64'), 2.Kalem Scott, 14.Kevan Brown, 15.Andrew Ravenhill; 20.Tommy Mallette (19.Jared Stephens 59'), 16.Souroush Amani (23.Bryan Taylor 79'), 26.Sam Prette (11.Craig Gorman 59'), 24.Gareth Langdon; 17.Jordie Hughes, 10.Ashley Burbeary
Substitutes not used: 13.Brock Reed, 5.Ryan Ashlee, 6.Josh Heard


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The Vista Lindenhurst campus is located at the corner of Grand Avenue and Deep Lake Road. This growing campus includes the following:
Outpatient Rehabilitation – Vista's complete rehab center for outpatient care, now including Lake County's only certified STAR Cancer Rehab center
Lindenhurst Surgery Center – Complete surgical suites for outpatient surgery performed by surgeons on staff at Vista and at other leading hospitals
Imaging, CT, MRI – All imaging facilities on site
Lab – Complete lab work is done on site
Breast Center with Mammography – Vista is certified by the National Association of Breast Centers to provide complete care, including our breast health nurse navigator who works with each breast cancer patient
Sleep Center – Fully remodeled and expanded, now with the latest technology for complete sleep analysis by Vista's sleep disorder experts
Serves western Lake County with complete ER services to treat any patient
Board-certified ER physicians on site 24/7, along with experienced ER nurses and staff
Opened in 2011
This 40,000-square-foot deluxe new medical office building opened in 2012 to bring leading physician practices close to people who live and work in western Lake County. The building is currently home to several offices.
Vista Cancer Center – Located on the first floor, this is western Lake County's most complete cancer center and is served by Oncology/Hematology Associates of Northern Illinois (OHANI), one of the most experienced oncology practices in Lake County and now members of the Vista Physician Group. The Vista Cancer Center includes private infusion rooms for chemotherapy patients, multiple patient exam rooms, the Look Good/Feel Better suite hosted by the American Cancer Society and more. For information, contact the Vista Cancer Center at (847) 336-6111, or the Vista Cancer Help Line at (847) 360-4063.
Vista Physician Group – Located on the second floor, Vista Physician Group serves patients with physicians who practice family medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and several other specialties. For information, contact Vista Physician Group at (847) 599-1142, or visit the VPG website at VistaPhysicianGroup.com.
Advanced Radiation Oncology – This office offers innovative therapy techniques including external beam, intensity-modulated and image-guided radiations therapy services using a linear accelerator to deliver radiation. For more information, contact the Lindenhurst office at (224) 444-8390.
Illinois Bone & Joint Institute – Located on the first floor, this Illinois Bone & Joint Institute provides the complete range of orthopedic care. IBJI is one of northern Illinois' leading orthopedic practices and is home to a number of orthopedic surgeons. The office can be reached at (847) 245-7175.
Dr. James Orticelli, DDS – This dentist is located on the second floor and can be reached at (847) 395-2010.
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Peter Cooper is a:
- software developer and code experimenter (Ruby, JavaScript and C primarily)
- screencaster and podcaster
- niche publisher and blogger
- author
- entrepreneur who has sold a couple of businesses
- avid reader of as many programming and CS books as he can find
- consultant specializing in e-mail newsletters
- husband and dad
I'm based in Louth, Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom. I mostly work online so I get to live where I love.
- I'm currently evangelist for Rails Rumble, a popular annual Web development contest. Registration starts October 1st if you're interested!
- I'm beginning to offer consulting services to companies who want to launch e-mail newsletters or otherwise make their e-mail newsletters work well for them. If you're interested, get in touch.
- I'm working on a book - Self Promotion For Geeks - due soon (been saying that a while ;-)). If you want to be notified and get a discount, fill in the form there.
- I'll be lecturing as a part of App Academy
- I'm speaking at All Your Base Conf in Oxford this November. It's a conference about NoSQL databases.
Web Projects
- Ruby Weekly - A weekly Ruby programming e-mail newsletter started in August 2010 and at about 16000 subscribers so far.
- Ruby Inside - A blog about the Ruby programming language and associated technologies. Approximately 26,000 subscribers.
- JavaScript Weekly - A weekly JavaScript programming e-mail newsletter started in January 2011 and at about 32,000 subscribers so far.
- JavaScript Daily - A JavaScript Twitter feed with daily JavaScript news, a sister Twitter account for JavaScript Weekly really. Over 6000 subscribers so far which, I believe, makes it the most popular JavaScript news account on Twitter(?)
- Code Wisdom - A Twitter feed dedicated to programming related quotes and wisdom. Now at 14,000 subscribers.
- HTML5 Weekly - the latest in my line of curated e-mail newsletters, now close to 20,000 subscribers.
- StatusCode - a weekly e-mail digest for programmers. Now at 7,000 subscribers.
- Dart Weekly - Another weekly newsletter, this time about Google's new Dart language. Currently just over 1,000 subscribers but not going out every week due to lack of content in the Dart world.
- Fitness Inventor - I'm responsible for the technology and design of Fitness Inventor, a health and fitness Q&A site (think Quora or Stack Overflow but for health and nutrition). The team is led by Dr. Dan Reardon.
- RubyFlow - A community driven link blog for the Ruby and Rails communities (~8000 subscribers and 2000 registered users).
- Hacker Slide - Time based snapshots of Hacker News you can scroll through. Ideal for catching up due to the speed of HN's front page now. The code is on GitHub and BSD licensed.
- Rails Inside - A blog about the Rails Web application development framework (~6700 subscribers). Dormant.
- TweetCanal - A real time, automatically updating Twitter "dashboard"/river. Perfect for watching what's going on in the world without any delays or queuing. I personally enjoy it for watching the heckling during The Apprentice and other TV shows. Developed along with Nelson K of Safarista Design at Leeds Hack on November 6-7, 2010, where it won "Best Dashboard."
- coder.io - A site I built focusing on aggregating news and links for software developers. I never truly launched it and while it's still running OK, it's currently on the backburner.
- Ruby Jobs Board - A popular, paid Ruby and Rails jobs board. Post your Ruby and Rails job listings there.
- Criminal Record Disclosure Calculator - A pro-bono project developed with an offender rehabilitation charity. It allows people to work out how long they need to disclose their convictions for (this is complex to work out under UK law).
- Ruby 1.9 Walkthrough, a 3 hour screencast guiding Ruby 1.8.7 developers through the worlds of Ruby 1.9.2 and 1.9.3. I've sold about 1200 copies so far.
- Ruby Trick Shots, a video going over 24 Ruby tricks, in anticipation of collection together > 100 tricks into a free e-book
- Currently working on Self Promotion For Geeks, my first attempt at self-publishing a book.
- Author of Beginning Ruby, published by Apress (1st ed. 2007, 2nd ed. 2009.) It has sold around 15,000 copies as of 2012.
- Author of the "Indexing and Searching" chapter of Ruby In Practice, published by Manning in 2009.
- Co-author of Essential Ruby, published by DZone in 2009.
- Referee of Controlling a Robotic Marine Environmental Sampler with the Ruby Scripting Language (Roman, Scholin, Jensen, Massion, Marin) for the Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation.
- Technical reviewer of Design Patterns in Ruby (Russ Olsen), a book published by Addison-Wesley.
- Reviewer for Technical Blogging by Antonio Cangiano.
- Technical reviewer for Pragmatic Guide to Sass by Hampton Catlin and Michael Lintorn.
- Technical reviewer of The Revolutionary Guide to QBasic (1996) by Victor Munerman, Evgeny Yemelchenkov, and Tatyana Samoylova.
- I frequently give 'praise quotes' that are used in the front matter of books. If you're interested in this and, most importantly, have a good book that's in my topic area, get in touch.
- Since 2010, I have been the co-host of The Ruby Show with Jason Seifer. My first episode was: #135, we're now up to around episode 209. We get around 6000 downloads of each episode.
- I'm the co-host of The JavaScript Show along with Jason Seifer. We're now a year in and getting anywhere between 5000-9000 downloads per episode.
- I was on the launch of JavaScript Jabber, a new JavaScript podcast but due to time constraints have not returned yet.
- I was one of the hosts of The Ruby Rogues between episodes 1-10. I left to launch my Ruby Reloaded course.
- 10Terms - A topical vocabulary podcast, my first foray into running a podcast. (Now defunct. A failed experiment!)
- I'm running more Ruby Reloaded runs in October, and November 2012.
- In July and August 2012 I ran Ruby Reloaded 5.
- In December 2011 I ran Ruby Reloaded 4.
- In November 2011 I ran Ruby Reloaded 3.
- In late August 2011 I ran Ruby Reloaded 2.
- In late July 2011 I ran a course called Ruby Reloaded for 24 students. It's for intermediate and "pro newbie" Ruby and Rails developers who want to recover the Ruby basics in a more formal way and gain some confidence about becoming a professional Rubyist.
- Over 2011 and 2012, I gave 6 4-week online Ruby courses at CodeLesson to 104 paying students on dates starting: January 10, 2011; February 28, 2011; May 4, 2011; October 3, 2011; 21 November 2011 and 31 January 2012.
- Trtl - A turtle graphics system for Ruby.
- Massive Attract - An HTML5 and JavaScript game I rapidly developed for the Ludum Dare 23 gamedev contest.
- TestRocket - A tiny testing library for Ruby. It won a publicly judged CodeBrawl contest so I thought I'd release it properly.
- Bodge - A game I developed in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 22, a game development contest. It's open source and uses LWJGL from JRuby.
- Prelude of the Chambered - JRuby port - A JRuby port of a Java game written by Notch (of Minecraft fame). Still not entirely complete, but functional. 2 solid days of fun porting Java ;-)
- WhatLanguage - a Ruby library to detect the language of texts
- Pismo - a content analysis and metadata extraction library
- rubyflow build from 2008 - An old build of the RubyFlow.com Rails 2.x source code that I shared in 2008 and that has been maintained by 3rd parties. Heroku posted about how to install it.
- bitarray - Simple, pure Ruby bit array/bitfield implementation.
- code2png - Render source code to a PNG image on OS X. Using this for my Kindle experiments.
- 16 step drum machine with CoffeeScript and Node - A bit of fun.
- My GitHub profile - I have a few other minor things going on.
- My GitHub gists - My most interesting bits of code are the short bits I share as 'gists' on GitHub :-) See a DNS server written in Ruby, a couple of mini test libraries, an IRB prompt for multiple installs of Ruby (at once), and my Twitter UI restyling (since the new Twitter UI is.. not good).
Past Projects
- Code Snippets - A tagged code snippets site I built in 2005 and sold to DZone in 2007.
- Feed Digest (now Feed Informer) - Web feed manipulation and syndication service I launched in 2005 and sold to Vicman Technologies in August 2007. Users included NASA, The Denver Post, MIT, The Smithsonian Institution, and the US Department of Agriculture. Traffic was 250m requests per month. Update: I've written about the sale.
- Mobile Orchard - iPhone developer news blog and podcast co-founded with Dan Grigsby in 2008. I designed the site and produced most of the content for the first 3 months. I handed it over entirely to Dan in 2009 as I was no longer involved with iPhone development. He has since put it on hiatus.
- Apprentice Watch - A small JavaScript "app" to monitor tweets about the BBC's "The Apprentice" show in real time.
- Switchpipe was a proof of concept Web application process manager and request proxy that made it easy to deploy persistent process Web applications such as Rails apps. It was superseded by Phusion Passenger within two months but the code remains on GitHub for historical purposes.
- Editor of WebPedia.com which was acquired by Internet.com in 1999. I was then joint editor of Internet.com's WebDeveloper.com until 2000.
- Editor of eboz.com in 1999 until it was acquired by iBoost.com in 2000.
Interviews and Press
- I made some comments about semicolons in This Developer's Life 2.0.9. September 2012.
- Peter Cooper Makes Money. By Not Talking About Himself. MailChimp, my e-mail service provider, ran an interview/profile of my e-mail newsletter business. June 2012.
- O'Reilly Radar - The Surprising Rise of JavaScript was primarily an interview with me about JavaScript, May 2012.
- Ruby Rogues #42 - Producing Content with Peter Cooper was largely about my projects, February 2012.
- Interviewed for Founders Talk #30: Peter Cooper / Cooper Press, February 2012.
- I was on the panel for TechZing 160.
- I was on OfficeHours.tv offering 'office hours' for anyone who wanted me to give them business advice. Bidding ended Monday September 5th 2011 and I spoke to six people.
- My projects were discussed (though I did not appear) on episode 2 of Jawgrind, September 2011.
- JavaScript Weekly was discussed (though I did not appear) on episode 145 of TechZing, August 2011.
- New Ruby and Rails Training Course - Interview, May 2011.
- My Motivation - Start Lots and Start Small with Peter Cooper, May 2011.
- Sitepoint Podcast: Ruby is Old Enough to Drink with Peter Cooper and Jason Seifer, March 2011.
- TechZing Panel - Gabriel Weinberg and Peter Cooper, January 2011.
- Online Domination Through Code and Action - with Peter Cooper, December 2010.
- Teach Me To Code Episode 37 - Peter Cooper, October 2010.
- Three Years Ago, I Sold My Startup Because I Was An Idiot by Peter Cooper in Hacker Monthly, Issue 4 link, September 2010.
- Foundora Interview: Peter Cooper on Foundora, August 2010.
- TechZing #60: Peter Cooper on TechZing podcast, August 2010 [audio interview].
- coderpath 5: Peter Cooper on CoderPath podcast, May 2010 [audio interview].
- 30 minute radio slot/interview about the iPad on BBC Radio Lincolnshire, April 12, 2010.
- Peter Cooper: How to become a successful Rubyist by Dmitry Belitsky, October 2009.
- Peter Cooper谈Ruby是否将会流行 by 51CTO, September 2009.
- Will iPhone 'orchard' bear fruit? by Katharine Grayson for Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal, November 2008.
- Take Five: Questions with Peter Cooper for FiveRuns (now out of business), January 2008.
- Chatting with Peter Cooper by Fabio Akita, January 2008.
- Interview: Peter Cooper on Rails, Enterpreneurship, and Developing on Linux by Larry Wright, December 2007.
- Ruby Experts: Why They Are In Love With Ruby/Rails by Naveen Bala, December 2007.
- Feed Digest, A Great Way To Republish Feeds at Laughing Squid, September 2007.
- Advice for Ruby Beginners 1 by Satish Talim, September 2007.
- Peter Cooper on the Ruby on Rails Podcast, May 2007 [audio interview].
- How to find your angel investor by Michael V. Copeland for Business 2.0 Magazine, February 2006.
- Interview with Peter Cooper, author of Beginning Ruby for Apress, 2006.
- Interview with Peter Cooper by Ken Yarmosh, September 2005.
- I'm speaking at All Your Base Conf in Oxford this November. It's a conference about NoSQL databases.
- I Choo, Choo, Choose The Web - my keynote at ScotlandJS on June 26, 2012.
- Redis Steady Go for Ottawa Ruby, early 2012.
- Stupid Stunts for Rampant Rubyists at Surrey Rubyists on January 24, 2012.
- Introduction to Ruby at Geekup Nottingham (a 90 minute intro and live coding demo of Ruby to a technical group) on August 1, 2011.
- Self Promotion for Over-Thinkers at Think Visibility, a Web business and affiliate conference that took place for the fifth time in Leeds, UK on March 5, 2011. My talk was mentioned here, here, here, and here. My speaker's page is/was here.
- Obscurity Bytes! Self Promotion for Geeks at Geekup Doncaster on September 22, 2010.
- Ignoring Common Sense: The Aircraft Carrier Made of Ice and Other Technical Flights of Fancy at Geekup Nottingham, August 1, 2010.
- Redis 101: A whirlwind tour of the next big thing in NoSQL storage at Hull Digital in Hull, England, June 24, 2010.
- Passion, Properly Pursued, and Why Journeys are Important at Think Visibility in Leeds, England, March 6, 2009 (review).
- Introduction to Ruby at Ruby Fools 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 1, 2008.
- I chaired the evening panel of Euruko 2008 (the photo proof!) with Matz, Jamie van Dyke, David Black, et al. March 29, 2008.
- Building a multi user dungeon in Ruby at Barcamp Manchester in Manchester, England, March 1, 2008.
- I also give less formal talks at user groups and the like.
I keep track of my main ambitions on 43things. In terms of a "mission", though, I want to make a significant contribution in and by applying the fields of mathematics, computer science and publishing/news.